Improving sow performance: Focus on the total picture

Culling rates and poor sow performance are serious concerns for the pork industry around the globe. Until recently, the opportunity to reverse performance-related trends seemed grim. However, results of a recent three-year study have led to the development of a programme offering pork producers new avenues for combating this costly problem. By Lori Weaver With producers already having cut expenditures throughout their operation in the face of shriveling profits, making strides to improve sow pe