Can we wean up to 40 piglets per sow per year?

Where in some countries 30 piglets per sow per year is only a distant target, others are already talking about achieving a target of 40. The number was key in several series of presentations at this year’s edition of Alltech’s International Animal Health and Nutrition Conference, in Lexington, held in Kentucky, USA, in May. Below is a Danish and a British view.       Denmark is the world’s most efficient producer of weaners. We have a highly specialised producti