Swine - Production Management

This section of the website provides information on Ontario swine production management including feeder management, sow production, finisher production, benchmarking, barn management and animal welfare.

Sow Production

• Pre-Weaning Mortality
• Sow Feeding Considerations
• Farrowing Room Sanitation
• Group Housing Systems for Gestating Sows
• Helping High Risk Piglets in the Farrowing Room

Barn Management

• On-farm Energy Audits Save Swine Producers Money
• Swine Water Management

Grower Finisher

• Consider All Your Costs When Contract Finishing
• Determining the Size of Finisher Pigs, Replacement Gilts and Sows (Order No. 20-003)
• Feeder Management in the Grower-Finisher Barn
• Points to Ponder When Raising Heavier Weight Pigs
• Tail Biting in Swine

Production Systems

• Grading Data Explorer Analysis Tool - A software program for pork producers to analyze hog grading data.
• Carcass Comparison Calculator - Estimate the Cost of Producing Fat
• Hog Target Weight Calculator
• What is Benchmarking?
• Benchmarking for Ontario Swine Operations
• Shipping Lighter Hogs May Save Money
• Target Weight Calculator for Heavy Hogs
• Small Scale Pig Farming in Ontario - Ontario Pork
• Fencing for outdoor pig production: protecting your livestock and the environment

Labour Management

• Farming Operations to Come Under the Occupational Health and Safety Act
• Hazards on Farm
• Hazards on Swine Farms - Be Informed and Work Safe

Welfare

• How to Avoid Production Losses in Swine Due to Heat Stress
• Enrichment for Pigs
• Guidance on Pigs with Hernias
• Fencing for outdoor pig production: protecting your livestock and the environment