Hogs Housing - Facilities
Understanding why neighbors react strongly to farm smells and why caretakers often develop “nose blindness,” begins with how the human brain processes complex odor mixtures.
Understanding why gas detectors fall short—and how sensory metrics evaluate threshold, intensity, and persistence—helps producers and communities assess odor concerns objectively.
RealClearInvestigations follows the money and public records behind the fight against congressional action on California’s Proposition 12, calling into question the campaign’s financing and leadership.
After 20 years of regulatory limbo, livestock producers no longer face the looming threat of industrial-style air permits based on obsolete data.
From spotting early lameness to easing eye strain, barn lighting remains an essential workplace tool that machine vision can guide, but never replace.
Strong winds threatened nearby LP tanks and standing corn before mutual aid crews and a local farmer brought the blaze under control.
As artificial intelligence enters commercial pig barns, experts say proper illumination is the critical bridge connecting camera optics, stockmanship and animal welfare.
Sows with painful claw lesions don’t always show visual signs of lameness, making routine checks and proactive management essential for sow longevity.
While the campaign frames its messaging around family farms and foreign ownership, industry groups warn of animal rights strategists driving the multi-million-dollar push to preserve Prop 12.
Here’s why proper pit ventilation matters for air quality, moisture control, animal comfort and long-term barn performance.
The six PCT filings secure global intellectual property protection for BinSentry’s AI-driven sensors, 3D mapping, and automated feed-monitoring technology across the supply chain.
The award-winning colorimetric tool provides pork producers with a simple, barn-ready way to verify water medication delivery and prevent treatment failures.
The high-airflow V-bank filter delivers MERV 16 biosecurity protection to help swine producers defend against evolving airborne PRRS strains without sacrificing ventilation efficiency.
Swine expert Hyatt Frobose says precision feeding and barn automation empower producers to manage by exception—enhancing individual animal care rather than replacing it.
The upgraded facility will allow researchers to raise all on-site pigs to market weight, dramatically expanding critical nursery and finishing trials for regional producers.
Installing filters is only the starting line, says Phil Hord of Hord Family Farms. Protecting your herd requires an ongoing operational culture, daily maintenance and strict biosecurity discipline.
After watching his team’s morale get “completely destroyed” by a virus they couldn’t control, Phil Hord decided he was done taking punches. He shares his family’s journey with barn filtration in an area where PRRS wasn’t supposed to run rampant.
Before reaching for medication when pigs go off-feed, discover why your water system may hold the simplest, lowest-cost solution for herd health and performance.
Before you tear down or build new, use this expert-backed checklist to see if your older barns are worth saving.
From undercover videos to legislative battles like Prop 12, the debate over sow housing has evolved into a strategic campaign to control how farmers operate.
U.S. pork producers are warning that further farm bill delays threaten farm survival by leaving them vulnerable to a costly, state-by-state patchwork of Prop 12 animal housing laws. Three producers share their perspective.
While the pork industry spends millions locking down feed and air, untreated water remains a massive, wide-open doorway for costly pathogens to slip directly into the herd.
Colin Johnson shares practical insights and strategies to help pork producers navigate current challenges in disease management, labor sourcing and facility transitions.
While BinSentry alleges willful infringement of its patented feed-bin monitoring system, BarnTools asserts the lawsuit is entirely without merit and vows to defend its independent technology.
While modern swine genetics have advanced rapidly, our assumptions about water quality remain stuck in the past—costing producers average daily gain and wasting expensive medications.
Biosecurity managers say the recently launched Protocol Farm Visits app takes the guesswork out of compliance by automatically recording barn visits, managing downtime requirements and helping farms stop outbreaks before they spread.
The National Pork Producers Council is backing a federal proposal to restrict unauthorized drone flights over agricultural sites to safeguard animal health and worker safety.