Your sows are the champions of the whole operation. Without them, there is no herd, so it benefits them and pays you in the long run to plan for their health and wellness. A productive sow is measured not only by the size of her litter and her parity, but also by her piglets’ disease resistance and livability. If you are striving for larger, healthier litters, your sows need to be in good condition prior to breeding.

Throughout a piglet's life, there are stressors that you just can’t avoid: processing, weaning, vaccinations, and diet transitions, to name a few. When you pair those stresses with a health challenge… well, you know the rest. Some pathogens seem almost inevitable to cause illness and inflammation in your sows and nursery pigs, so your prevention strategy should center on minimizing the risk and impact of disease challenges. Solid management plans and well-developed health protocols will solidify their ability to gain a foothold and thrive once they get to the grow-finish stage.

Once they’ve graduated from the nursery to the grow-finish barn, your pigs have to be fed effectively and efficiently so you can realize the full value of every animal and maximiaze your return on investment. When it comes to planning pigs’ grow-finish regimen, you know the fine line you have to walk in feeding to achieve the best gain without breaking the bank.

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Productivity is not just the ROI you achieve when you sell the finished pig; productivity has different metrics at different life stages. A productive sow is measured on parities and litter sizes… but those are heavily dependent on your provision of daily care and her own good genetics. A productive nursery piglet is measured on its ability to adjust to solid food and adapt to a group setting while maintaining reasonable immunity and illness recovery time. A productive grow-finish pig’s productivity rests on average daily gain, feed conversion, daily feed intake, and carcass yield.