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A simple management strategy can have an impact on the piglet’s most challenging time in life: the weaning period.

Everything you need to know to successfully wean your piglets.

This system uses a small air stream at the sow's nose to improve her thermal comfort.

Which management factors can affect the feed conversion ratio? Enric Marco covers how all-in all-out, density, trough space, and filling and emptying of barns can lose us money.

Continuous monitoring of sow weight has significantly improved feed use efficiency and sow longevity.

This tip uses a stamp to mark the sows that we should pay more attention to during farrowing.

This corridor allows sows to be moved with minimal intervention from the staff.

From their respective academic and on-farm perspectives, Josep Gasa and Josep Casanovas comment on a recent study regarding the effect of heat stress on sows: Which weeks does it affect the farrowing rate the most? What about the weaning-to-first-service interval? Are there differences depending on parity?

A simple, easy-to-build toy that will attract piglets to the feed dish to reduce post-weaning fasting.

Goggles, masks, earplugs, helmets, boots... We use a lot of PPE on farms, but maybe you hadn't thought of how to protect your fingers when grinding teeth. We'll show you.

Europe is preparing to eliminate farrowing crates in the next few years... Are farmers ready? Will this benefit the sows? What about the piglets?

Needle-free vaccination has many advantages over conventional vaccination, but it is not as comfortable to do. This trick gives us a solution.

Low birth weight increases mortality during the lactation period and affects the productive life of piglets until slaughter. This article attempts to answer the question: Is pre-weaning mortality related to a birth weight threshold?

To have good gilt performance, producers and vets must value those gilts and invest accordingly. Dr. Clayton Johnson from Carthage Veterinary Services shares some tips about gilt productive development.

Castration remains prevalent in European countries, although the systems used differ from country to country.

Some farmers have devised a device that allows them to tattoo the whole litter at the same time. We'll show you how it works.