1. Managing Nursery and Grow-Finish A Continuous Improvement Project Mike Brumm Extension Swine Specialist

2. Over $1 Billion in profits in 2004? Board Close, Nov 7, 2003

8. SWAP (Swine Welfare Assurance Program) Specifies space requirement as 8 sqft/pig at 150 lb – Animal Care Guide Almost 100% checkmark as “needs improvement”

9. m 2 =k x BW.667 BW = kg 10.8 ft 2 = 1 m 2 Preliminary graph When does space limit adg? k=.033

11. 2 Issues of Concern with Water Daily water needs – total usage per day University of Nebraska grow-finish Nipples – 1.5 gal/pig/day Cups – 1+ gal/pig/day Instantaneous Delivery Rate Can we meet the need at the moment?

12. Max recommended flow in plastic pipe - MWPS Ignores friction loss due to elbows, etc. 4 ft/sec max flow Nominal Diameter, inFlow, gpm ½1.5 ¾3.1 15.7 1¼12 1½18 235

13. 40 nipple drinkers per side (2/pen x 20 pens/side) 4 cups/min flow (.25 gal/min) 40 x.25 = 10 gal/min need 1” line = 5.7 gal/min flow 1¼” line = 12 gal/min flow Lets do the math!

14. Drinkers and Water

17. Weaned 7/25

20. Water meters are used in some countries to predict oncoming health problems

21. Medication begun Water and feed as predictors of illness

23. www.mnpork.com Watercharts.xls

24. Out-Of-Feed Events

26. 6pm – 1pm 4pm – 1pm 3pm - noon5:30am – 3 pm 4:15 am - noon 8:30am – 3:30pm

30. 6:30pm – 10:30am

31. Out-of-Feed Events Empty bulk bins – human error Bridging of feed Fat + hammermill + 700 microns Equipment failures Proximity switches Motors, etc

32. Out-of-Feed Events Increase with increasing facility age Equipment Caregiver malaise

33. Out-of-Feed Events Estimates of impact – does the pig recover? Increased variation Health Hemorrhagic bowel syndrome (PPE) Ileitis Ulcers Welfare

34. Feed Bins in Series

35. Courtesy Farmweld Inc Automatic Scale for Sorting by Weight

37. Automatic Sorting Ease of Loading Narrow Aisle, Movement, Floor Surface Sorting Labor Packer Sort Loss Management Options Paylean, lysine, drug pulsing, ?????

38. Automatic Sorting Concerns Expense One-Way Gates Training Increased backfat if done wrong Water vs Food Court? Pigs/sorter?

39. Dumping vs Sorting?

41. ($1.55)

42. ($1.20)

45. Dumping Barns on Hormel Grid CV=12%

46. Dumping Barns on Alternate Packer Grid CV=12%

47. Dumping Barns on Tyson-IBP Grid CV=12%

48. Dumping Barns on Tyson-IBP Grid

49. UNL Tyson-IBP Grid Dumping 287 hd Dekalb EBxGPK348 272 LW 206 CW mixed sex

50. UNL Tyson-IBP Grid Dumping Danbred Genetics 257 LW 195 CW

51. UNL Tyson-IBP Grid Dumping Danbred Genetics 263 LW 205 CW Gilts

52. Dumping Barns Packer Grids Never to Hormel IBP – Target 206 lb carcass Others - ?? Labor Savings vs Sort Loss?

53. Wean-Finish Thoughts

54. Heat Sources by Mat Material – University of Nebraska

55. Single Stock Double Stock

56. Univ of Neb Wean-Finish, 56d, 2002 15 vs 30 pigs/pen

57. Univ of Neb Wean-Finish, 56d – mkt, 2002

58. Univ Illinois Wean-Finish, 2002 27 vs 54 pigs/pen

62. Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm. Winston Churchill

63. Questions???

64. Very often the most boring parts of your business are the most profitable. Pita Alexander