
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
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
For more information:
Toll Free: 1-877-424-1300
E-mail: ag.info.omafra@ontario.ca