virtual niche farm tours - iowa pork...lyle rossiter, allee farm manager. spring farrowing group...
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Virtual Niche Farm Tours
Compiled by Dave Stender
ISU Swine Field Specialist
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Eight Farms Visited
• Gathered 5 giga-bites of audio and visual information
• Trying to learn about new ideas – trade management secrets
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Innovation - records
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Pasture Farrow in Summer
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New Lactation Feeding System
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More Effort in Feeder Adjustment in Response to High Feed Prices
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Modified Outdoor Farrowing
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Portable Corral
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Portable Corral
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Portable Corral
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John
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Door in a Door
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Group Lactation
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Wheels for the Hut
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Innovative Shed Scraper
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Big Bale Pusher
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Welcome to The Martin Kramer Farm
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Inside the Farrowing Hoop Barn
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Handy Access
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Sow Huts
Pig creep area
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The Hut
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Good Environment to
Farrow Pigs
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Thermostats
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Hot Water Heat
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Summer Cooling
Box fan installed in the back of the hut.
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Free Stall Pens
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Directed Air Flow Important to Summer Farrowing Success
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Pig Finishing
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Shed within the Barn
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Finishing Space Within the Finishing Barn
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ISU Allee Demonstration Farm Lyle Rossiter, Allee Farm Manager
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Spring Farrowing Group Lactation
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Fall Farrowing
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Hoop Pigs
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Developing a System
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Summer Hoop Farrowing
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December Hoop Nursery • Cover Sleeping Area
• Draft free
• Cover material
• Deep bedding
• December and January mild temperatures
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Farrowing Barn
Lean-to building 30’ by 80’
Radiant Tube Heater
150,000 Btu/hr, 62’ long
$2306
Heat Lamps – 250 W
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Allee Farrowing Barn
• Radiant Tube Exhaust
• Exhaust Fan 16”
• Double doors to move huts with skidloader
• Farrowing/Nursery
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Farrowing Systems During Cold Weather
To Water and Feed
3’ Creep Area
6’ by 7’ Huts with open back
Tube Radiant Heater
8
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Farrowing Systems During Cold Weather
Radiant
Tube
Heater
Two
Rows of
Huts,
Back to
Back
Creep
Area
Between
Huts
ISU Allee Farm
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Farrowing Behavior
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Piglet Comfort Zones
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Gestation Gilts Fed in Individual Stalls
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