When was the last time you had an insurance review of your swine facilities? I thought of this today after stepping into 1” of water in my basement on my way to my office early this morning. We had a sump pump failure sometime in the last 2 days and our entire basement was under water. Read More...

This past week I was reminded by an equipment supplier to the swine industry of an on-going conversation that he and I have been having regarding maintenance schedules of equipment installed in swine facilities. Read More...

The optimism is gone from the feeder pig market. Cash SEW pigs this past week averaged only $22.95 per pig as quoted by USDA. The lowest quoted price was $16 per pig. This is 50% of the $32/pig low the last week of March. Read More...

In the past few weeks I’ve looked at a lot of fans that suffered damage from winter snows. A common problem is a broken discharge cone on a fan due to snow and/or ice sliding off of a steel room. It has also been common to see discharge cones broken or even missing on tunnel fans. Read More...