Swine it #112: From farrowing to weaning - what are we doing wrong? - PJ Corns
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Pre-weaning mortality is one of the most detrimental issues the swine industry is currently facing. In todaysโ talk with P.J. Corns, we discuss ways to properly manage sows, piglets, and farm staff to reduce pre-weaning mortality and maintain high health standards in a farrowing facility. Proper pig care is extremely important and it all begins on day 1.
"๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ช๐จ๐ด ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ." - ๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป๐
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป:
1. Day one pig care
2. Ideal body condition
3. Working with nutritionists
4. Colostrum
5. Large litter size
6. Labor allocation
7. Training people
8. Lowering pre-weaning mortality
9. Adjusting the farm to change
10. Global swine industry issues
๐ ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐๐ฒ๐๐: P.J. Corns is a pork producer and production advisor from Iowa. He is currently with JBS and is the owner of Global Swine Solutions with clients throughout Europe, Asia and Russia. Besides the familysโ Century Farm near What Cheer, Iowa that includes row crops and wean to finish operations, P.J. consults large, vertically integrated swine production systems on production optimization, biosecurity, standard operating procedure development, and implements business and development projects with the largest genetic companies in the world. P.J. has spent his entire career forging world class results with every step from managing a sow farm with Smithfield Foods shortly out of college, to working as the Director of Sow Production for one of the largest swine producers in the world. P.J. moved from the live production side of the industry to become the Director of Technical Services, Europe for Genus PIC prior to starting his own company where his involvement has been key for clients. He has since become an industry leader in both production and profits in all the regional areas he is involved in.