Managing a sow herd is arguably the most complex aspect of swine production to manage. Each sow needs individualized attention to maximize performance and rebreeding success. In today’s talk, Dr. Laura Greiner and Stephen Hall discuss different management strategies and practices that can help get the most out of our sows and our employees.
"𝘐 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 3 𝘌'𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘴, 𝘌𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 3 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺. 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘪𝘨 𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴." - 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻:
1. Retention rates within sow herds
2. Gilt longevity
3. Tolerance in rebreeding failures
4. Key points
𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁: Stephen Hall has been working in pig production for more than 50 years. He has worked in multiple positions within the industry from the farm level as a production manager, to the office level managing the office side and business analytics. As an International Pig Data Analyst, Production Strategist, and writer at his company, Stephen Hall Management Quill & Pig Limited, his main goal is that his clients develop an evidence-based business strategy to maintain a financially and environmentally efficient production system while continuing to dignify the workforce and maintain a high level of integrity.
𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘀, 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺.
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