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South Dakota sees record pig production
PIERRE | South Dakota's 900 pig growers ranked third-best in the nation with a record number of pigs per litter in a recent three-month span.
The state was only behind Nebraska and Minnesota, reaching 11.3 pigs per litter, the Pierre Capital Journal reported.
Glenn Muller, executive director of Sioux Falls' South Dakota Pork Producers Council, said the record is a sign of improving management by hog farmers and a high health/low disease environment.
"It's improved management, improved health status, improved nutrition, improved genetics and improved environment, all those things," he said Thursday. "In South Dakota we have a lower density of sows and of pig farms than the adjoining states. That allows us to have a higher level of bio-security and less chance of hogs being exposed to disease."
Read more: http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/latest/south-dakota-sees-record-pig-production/article_3feb71ee-620d-5d3e-9de1-997fc474b8f6.html
They might give them a raise to two pigs!
PIERRE | South Dakota's 900 pig growers ranked third-best in the nation with a record number of pigs per litter in a recent three-month span.
The state was only behind Nebraska and Minnesota, reaching 11.3 pigs per litter, the Pierre Capital Journal reported.
Glenn Muller, executive director of Sioux Falls' South Dakota Pork Producers Council, said the record is a sign of improving management by hog farmers and a high health/low disease environment.
"It's improved management, improved health status, improved nutrition, improved genetics and improved environment, all those things," he said Thursday. "In South Dakota we have a lower density of sows and of pig farms than the adjoining states. That allows us to have a higher level of bio-security and less chance of hogs being exposed to disease."
Read more: http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/latest/south-dakota-sees-record-pig-production/article_3feb71ee-620d-5d3e-9de1-997fc474b8f6.html
They might give them a raise to two pigs!
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