Swine

Information about raising swine in Wisconsin including: disease prevention and management, business management, pork quality, housing, animal welfare, nutrition, and reproduction.

 

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Questions to ask before you try contract hog feeding

Contract hog feeding is an arrangement where one entity contracts with another entity to provide daily care for hogs in various production phases. The most common arrangement, and the arrangement we will discuss here, is a wean-to-finish arrangement where one entity provides weaned pigs, feed, transportation of feed and pigs, and veterinary services and medicine.

Preparing for a foreign animal disease outbreak in swine production

Preparing for a Foreign Animal Disease outbreak continues to be one of the most discussed topics in the pork industry.  With African Swine Fever as close as the Dominican Republic and Haiti, it has never been more important for pork producers to have a plan in the event of an outbreak.

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