Ongoing herd expansion is questionable. The June through August pig crop was down 1% from the same period in 2023 with a 3% decline in the number of sows farrowed, but there were a record number of ...

Youth experience swine production The Nebraska 4-H Farrowed and Owned Swine Cohort is designed to enhance the traditional 4-H swine project and cultivate the next generation of leaders in the swine ...

DIRTY EDDIE (240 pp.) — Ludwig Bemelmans—Viking ($2.75). ” ‘Nice pig,’ said Moses Fable, who usually paid no attention to bit players and extras.” The pig, Dirty Eddie, black ...

Market hog inventory, at 69 million head, was up slightly from last year, but down slightly from last quarter. Wisconsin’s annual pig crop was 1.08 million head, up 2 percent from last year, resulting ...

Osborne Industries Stanfield Heat Pads for farrowed piglets maintain a consistent temperature approximately 35F about ambient air temperatures. The ultra-thin profile prevents sow from pushing against ...

We’re probably in the Thrill stage, with excitement about the ability to lock in profitable new crop prices before crops are planted or sows are farrowed. In the Euphoria phase, seemingly nobody ...

Breeding hogs accounted for 58,000 head of the total inventory, while market hogs totaled 342,000 head. The annual pig crop was 1,197,000 head, up 10% from last year, resulting from 105,000 sows ...