Increasing lighting on a pig farm
Having a correct lighting is basic for the productivity of the sow and the farm workers, and it can be increased considerably with solutions apart from artificial lighting.
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A visual and practical step-by-step guide on how to perform a necropsy on a pig.
All the information about ASF: how to recognize the disease, how it is transmitted, pictures of lesions, latest news, guides, etc.
Description of the most important diseases and conditions in pigs
Images of major swine diseases
Pig disease diagnostic tool
Definition for the most commonly used pig terms
Simulator that calculates the amount of drug to add to the water when using a flow dispenser.
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Pig Prices by countries. Pork production and trade. News of the pig market and the raw materials
The latest slaughter pig prices in the most important pig markets. Check the evolution of the historical prices in charts and in several currencies.
Latest quotations for the main commodities used in pig feed. Historical graphs with the pig price and estimated feed price.
Figures & trends in pig numbers, pork production and pork trade.
Global production and trade data for the most important raw materials
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Articles on nutrition and pig feeding, characteristics of raw materials and additives for pig feed. Prices of raw materials
Latest quotations for the main commodities used in pig feed. Historical graphs with the pig price and estimated feed price.
Technical sheets of the main raw materials and additives used in swine feed. They include a comparison of nutritional values from various sources, product
Global production and trade data for the most important raw materials
Definition for the most commonly used pig terms
Use this tool to diagnose problems with the feed conversion ratio. Click on the flowchart or on the buttons within the text to navigate through the different parts of the tool.
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Articles on genetics and pig reproduction: genetic improvement, genomics, artificial insemination, use of hormones
Compare production data, calculate the number of sow, nursery, and finishing spaces, and visualize your tasks on the work schedule by type of BMS.
Tool that allows you to calculate the replacement rate in your farm
Definition for the most commonly used pig terms
Use this tool to find out why your farrowing rate is less than ideal. Click on the flowchart or on the buttons found within the text to navigate through the different parts of the tool.
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Management, pig farm management, work planning in each production stage: management in gestation, grow finish, batch farrowing
Compare production data, calculate the number of sow, nursery, and finishing spaces, and visualize your tasks on the work schedule by type of BMS.
Tool that allows you to calculate the replacement rate in your farm
Definition for the most commonly used pig terms
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Design of facilities and equipment for pig farms: building design, climate control, feeding systems, etc.
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Definition for the most commonly used pig terms
Use this tool to explore which slurry management strategy best fits your situation. Click on the flow chart or on the buttons within the text to navigate through the different parts of the tool.
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Son of swine farmers, and born in Turégano (Segovia, Spain), his beginnings consisted of summers working on the farm with the shovel and the wheelbarrow, until he became the manager of the farm.
In 2005 he started an international path in Denmark, where he worked as a manager, technician and consultant for Danish companies, and he still cooperates with them, but now from his own independent consultancy: Emaswine. Later on he also worked in Italy, Slovakia, Romania, Canada and Finland. In 2013 he returned to Spain, where was hired by Hnos. Chica as the manager of the sow production department.
Denmark has had a great influence on his way of understanding swine production, and he has a Spanish-Danish management culture.
At present he is Area Manager for SPF-Danmark for Spain and Portugal, with its headquarters in Spain. He is a distributor of SPF products with DanAvl genetics, and he is in charge of the commercialisation and the technical consultancy for the sales and after-sales departments.
He is most grateful to the people that have helped him to grow in his professional career in pig production, and their stimulus and help have been enormously valuable for him.
Updated CV 21-May-2014
Having a correct lighting is basic for the productivity of the sow and the farm workers, and it can be increased considerably with solutions apart from artificial lighting.
Nothing has more impact on piglet survival that an adequate intake of colostrum.
The trick consists in selecting the appropriate foster sows and marking them on the back with the maximum number of pigs that they can take care of.
In order to avoid that the pigs urinate and defecate in the trough we can place approximately a metre of pipe on the floor parallel to the trough and tightened with two clamps.
This article suggests some solutions to the main problems encountered in pregnancies with group housing.
The two main factors that make that certain farms have not been successful adapting to the animal welfare regulations are design and handling/management.
In Denmark the most common practice is to always stimulate with the boar together with a complete 5 point pattern of stimulation carried out by the inseminator.
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