Farm Management
Pig enterprises incur large costs, especially that of feed. Cash flow and budgeting exercises should be carried out regularly to ensure the business can run effectively. There are numerous tools below to aid this.
Farrowing Systems: Weekly or Batch?
Commercial pig herds in the UK practice either weekly or batch farrowing. Of those batch farrowing, the main systems are two week, three week or five week farrowing.
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