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ACMC: don’t delay culling sows

21-Jun-2013
Cull sow prices may be down — up to £30 per head compared with last year — but pig producers have been advised not to put off replacing older, less productive animals in their breeding herds.

JSR’s top tips to combat summer infertility

19-Jun-2013
It’s an age old problem, when the summer temperatures rise, fertility in pigs (and many other mammals) declines. It is nature’s way of limiting the number of offspring produced in the winter when the temperature is cold and food is in shorter supply.