Last week I wrote about the 2015 MetaFarms data summary for nursery, grow-finish and wean-finish sites. For feed utilization I cited both feed conversion (pounds of feed per pound of live weight gain) and feed cost per pound of live weight gain. Read More...

A few weeks ago MetaFarms (www.metafarms.com) shared with me the summary of pig performance for all batches that closed out in 2015. This record system now has summaries released from 2009 to 2015 so we have a somewhat look at the progress producers are making in pig performance. Read More...

This spring I’ve been involved with the planning/design for several new grow-finish research barns. At World Pork Expo I learned of several other planned facilities. When you combine these new barns with the existing facilities, the research capabilities of private entities in the US is vast. Read More...