Video Clips
The swine unit is managed as a typical commercial operation, using all-in, all-out (AIAO) pig flow. The sows are allotted to three breeding groups, with each group farrowing 2+ times per year; with this management design a group of sows farrows approximately every 45 days. Sows are hand-mated in groups with the breeding period restricted to seven days for each group. Assuming an 80% conception rate, a minimum of eight farrowing stalls will be filled with each rotation; at the end of a typical 28-day lactation phase, a typical sow weans nine pigs.
How to play these video clipsFeeding and Cleaning Systems in
the Farrowing BarnDescription:
This clip details the feeding of pigs in a large facility. Canadian produced grain is
used in most hog barns.
Reference: Tape #101A
“Today It's Canadian Pork”
Pork Central: Pork Industry Information Center
Environmental Systems in the
Farrowing BarnDescription:
This video clip details a piglet exploring the poly grate drainage in the Owen farrowing
barn in Guernsey, Saskatchewan. The farrowing stall drains all liquid and manure out of
the farrowing barn through this grate system.
Reference: Tape #22 B
“Optimizing Productivity - An on Farm Production.”
Technology Transfer Program
Pork Central: Pork Industry Information Center
Human Resources in the Farrowing
BarnDescription:
In this clip, two hog producers stand over a litter of nine piglets...probably
a couple of days old.
Reference: Tape #101A
“Today It's Canadian Pork”
Pork Central: Pork Industry Information Center
For access to the complete VHS version of these segments please contact:
Pork Central
3737 Thatcher Avenue,
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
S7K 2H6
(306) 933-5992
