It is essential to keep a good set of production records to determine the areas in which production costs can be reduced. When margins are tight, the least productive sows should be culled. - Photo: Bert Jansen
Raising cost-effective pigs and optimising farm profitability while staying competitive with a fluctuating feed cost, new regulations and an unpredictable market is a significant challenge for swine producers. Over the years, swine producers have applied genetic selection and improved methods of production to enhance their profit. Pork products however, must be marketed within a short time span. As a result, swine producers have limited control over or influence on the price received for mark
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