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Truffles have been treasured for centuries for their taste, flavor and scent. The pig's keen sense of smell is the best way to find them where they flower, deep below the ground. In France, a few men continue this method of hunting --- each year, a young pig is trained to become a partner hunter for the following year. It's a competition to find this mushroom, whose value can rise like gold.

For the animals to be comfortable it is important to know their needs. The more needs that we can fulfill the more productive the animal will be.

In order to carry out this economic analysis we have kept in mind the variables between the two types of weaning in the different phases: site 1 (reproductive sows), site 2 (weaning), and site 3 (fattening).

Both for heat detection and for mating, maximum efficiency is achieved if the sow is well stimulated.

A breeding chart would be like a type of computer without wires, screen or keyboard.

Normally the productivity of the sow is valued for the number of litters/sow/year multiplied by the number of weaned piglets per litter.

With this article we begin the publication of a series of three unpublished articles by José Barceló for pig333.com on the age at weaning. José gave us the articles a few days before his death. As a way of paying homage to him we have decided to publish them posthumously without any alterations.

Piglets are born with very limited energy reserves: compared to other newborn mammals, they have much less energy stored per kg liveweight.