More sustainability leads to higher pig profits

Profitability in swine production depends on optimising lifetime output per sow breeding place. But often potential sow lifetime is cut short through early culling because of breeding problems, or leg and feet faults. By: DSM In this way, sows often leave the herd before they can earn any sort of return. Prolonging sow production lifetime remains an important goal nowadays while success has already been achieved in other fields with more reproductive efficiency, bigger litters, impro