Swine - Production Management

Sow Production

• Batch Farrowing Alternatives
• Gilt Performance
• Group Housing of Dry Sows - A Report from the IGN
• Management of Sows in Loose Housing Systems (Order No. 11-029) (pdf version)
• Pre-Weaning Mortality
• How to Manage Difficult Farrowings (Purdue University)
• Sow/Gilt Anatomy and Physiology (Purdue University)

Genetics

• Swine Genetics Handbook (National Swine Improvement Federation)
• U.S. Pig Gene Mapping Coordination Program (Iowa State University)
• Centre for Genetic Improvement of Livestock
• National Swine Improvement Federation (NSIF) - Publications (Purdue University)
• Implementation of Terminal Crossbreeding Systems (Purdue University)

Breeds of Swine

• Breeds of Livestock - Swine (Oklahoma State University)

Reproduction

• A Guide to Basic Boar Semen Collection, Evaluation, and Processing Procedures (Purdue University)
• Artificial Insemination in Swine (University of Pennsylvania)
• Artificial Insemination in Swine: Breeding the Female (University of Missouri-Columbia)
• Boar Anatomy and Physiology (Purdue University)
• How to Manage Difficult Farrowings (Purdue University)
• Sow/Gilt Anatomy and Physiology (Purdue University)
• Farrowing Room Sanitation (Order No. 12-005w) (pdf version)

Grower Finisher

• Consider All Your Costs When Contract Finishing
• Swine Feeder Management Video - Watch this video about how to reduce swine feed costs in the grower-finisher barn.

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  Production Systems

  • Grading Data Explorer Analysis Tool A software program for pork producers to analyze hog grading data.
  • An Overview of Organic Pork Production (Order No. 07-027)
  • Batch Farrowing Alternatives
  • Benchmarking
  • Carcass Comparison Calculator - Estimate the Cost of Producing Fat
  • Changing Production Requirements
  • Energy Costs
  • Hog Target Weight Calculator (Order No. 11-031) PDF- 449 KB
  • Benchmarking Works
  • Pig Farming in Ontario (Ontario Farm Animal Council)
  • Pork Per Tonne of Feed - A Measure of Efficiency

  Labour Management

  • Farming Operations to Come Under the Occupational Health and Safety Act
  • Job Satisfaction
  • Keeping Your Employees
  • Management Skills
  • Ontario Farm Safety Association

  Welfare

  • Behavourial Considerations in Animal Transport and Design
  • Deadstock
  • Increased Welfare Leads to Increased Productivity
  • OMAFRA Farm Animal Welfare Index Page
  • On Farm Euthansia of Swine
  • Shipping Information for Sows, Boars and Off-sorts
  • Toys for Pigs

  Other Good Information Sources-these websites are academic based and provide proceedings on a variety of swine production topics

  • London Swine Conference
  2012 Proceedings Now Available
  • Banff Pork Seminar
  • Centralia Swine Research
  • Prairie swine research centre
  • U of G - Ontario Veterinary College
  • Ridgetown College - University of Guelph
  • NPPC-National Pork Producers Council
  • Ag Canada
  • United States Department of Agriculture

  Land Grant Colleges

  • Cornell University
  • Kansas State University
  • University of Minnesota
  • Iowa State University
  • University of Vermont
  • Michigan State University
  • Rutgers University
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • University of Vermont
  • University of Missouri
  • University of Wisconsin