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Three key reasons for removal are prolapses, body condition and general health.

For finishing closeouts to have less death loss, master the three core components of animal husbandry: feed, water and air.

Prior to a gilt's first service, if she has one or more heat no service events, performance will supersede those gilts with no heat no service events.

Removals at sow farms are inevitable but when and why animals are removed can have an impact on performance.

April mortality rate of 6.12% was the high month's average for 2022. Are we seeing the grow/finish impact of the PRRS Lineage 1C 1-4-4 strain?

Pandemic virus had a direct impact across the pork industry, especially on pig performance.

Bradley Eckberg, MetaFarms | May 05, 2021 When the March 2020 outbreak of COVID-19 occurred, life, as we knew it, was destined to change and impact everyone’s way of life. The extent of the impact on the swine industry would not be felt until April 2020 when the first packing plants started to shut down due to employee health safety concerns. Unfortunately, pork producers are used to disruptions in their production pipeline, with swine health breaks being one of the main causes. These issues ...

Bradley Eckberg, MetaFarms | Apr 07, 2021 In March of 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. On March 10, 2020, several states made proclamation of a State of Emergency that implemented rules and recommendations to slow the spread of COVID-19. With the unknown uncertainty of how, and when, COVID-19 would impact the pork industry, the answer came a lot quicker, and the effect was felt sooner than the industry was prepared for. On April 7, 2020, the first temporary cl...