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Challenges from the past year have changed the focus in US swine production. Priorities have moved from increasing performance to optimizing performance through more efficient and sustainable cost of production strategies, say three US industry insiders.

PIC May 19, 2021 What does the future hold for the pork industry? That’s a question on many pork producers’ minds. And while the future is unknown, taking a closer look at trends can shed a light on opportunities to improve sow operation profitability and performance, according to Pig Improvement Company (PIC), a global leader in swine genetics. Three industry-leading experts recently shared what they think are the biggest trends to watch: 1. Production costs “Challenges from the past year have changed the focus from increasing performance to optimizing performance t...

Evaluating factors associated with nursery throughput. Mark Knauer, Terry Armstrong, Brandon Barnes, Austin Jones, Bo Mobley, Tyler Odell, Lee Tyre, Matthew Wynn, North Carolina State University, NCDA Tidewater Research Station | Apr 08, 2021 Summary Birth weight explained 4% of the variation in nursery survival Weaning weight explained 36% of the variation in the percentage of full-value nursery pigs Older weaning ages and heavier weaning weights generally have favorable impacts on post-weaning throughput. However, which is more important in relation to nursery growth rate and maximizi...