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From the Show Ring to Your Kitchen Table: Swine

April 23, 2024 by gracie.smith09

https://aglifesciences.tamu.edu/agcj366/wp-content/uploads/sites/118/2024/04/From-the-Show-Ring-to-Your-Kitchen-Table-Episode-2-.mp3

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Swine is the number one meat consumed globally according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization

Steps to Get To Your Table

  • Breeding Selection
  • Piglets Born
  • Piglet culling process
  • Selling of Animal
  • Feeding for Approximately six months

Feeding Assistance

  • Fresh food and water is key
  • Producers power pig starter 30-50
  • Power Pig Extreme 16
  • High Octane depth Charge
  • High Octane Fitter 35

Is the use of Farrowing Boxes Good or Bad?

The use of farrowing crate has long been a topic of discussion, however the research that has been completed on various occasions has shown that the positive far outweighs the negatives. As the farrowing crate foes not harm the mother and keeps the piglets from being harmed as well.

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