Thinking ahead: Essential for sow management

About 15% of all farms are run by real experts doing well despite some difficult times. The ability to ‘think ahead’ in several management areas is one reason why these leaders are succeeding. What do these areas encompass? By John Gadd Thanks to prodigious genetic advances since 1998 – when whispers of ’30 pigs per sow per year’ began to appear – the gilt is a very different animal now compared to the 1998 model. Modern day productivity of 12 to 16 born-alives