Content related to the topic: environment

Growth and food intake are highly dependent on temperature. This information looks at factors that affect pigs' temperature requirements.

Use this information to optimise the indoor environment for your pigs through building design, systems and equipment.

Guidance on how to improve the killing-out percentage of your finished pigs

Use this information to understand how the weather can affect the breeding performance of pigs.

Guidance on how to improve marketing returns from finisher pigs

Guidance on how to reduce the variation in size between finisher pigs.

Guidance on weaning, including creep feeding and small pig management

Guidance on monitoring farrowing and piglet behaviour

Guidance on indoor piglet management

Creep areas provide the right environment for piglets and training them to use this area will give them a good start in life.

Guidance on the nutritional requirements of growing and finishing pigs