ANFS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Weaning, Feeder, Landrace
16 May 2016
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Learning objectives: explain the place of swine in u. s. agriculture, describe the purpose and the value of the swine industry in the united. The place of the swine industry in u. s. agriculture: gross annual income of approx. billion: hogs currently generate 5. 5% of al u. s. farm cash receipts and over. Purpose of the industry: use surplus grain, use high quality by-products, produce meat, add value to grain, most efficient, require high-energy feed, feed costs are high fixed cost. Industry structure: 5 types: farrow to wean (feeder pig producer, finisher (feeder pig finisher, farrow to finish producer, purebred (seedstock) producer, integrated corporate production. Feeder pig producer: sows and boars (breeding herd, farrowing facility/barn, breeding/gestation facility/barn (and boars, baby pigs (sells 35-50 lb. feeders or 10-15 in early weaned pigs, nursery. Feeder pig finisher: growing/finishing pigs, growing/finishing facilities, feed, manure. Purebred (seedstock) producer: similar to farrow-to-finish but sells breeding stock or show stock.
