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Every detail matters when you're talking about preventing a bacteria or virus from walking onto your sow farm. Here's a look at why employee turnover may be one of your greatest biosecurity risks.

Conflict. Everyone wants to avoid it, but experts say that's never a good move. 

Being an advocate for your employees is one of the best things you can do as a sow farm manager because it pays off in their work and in their mental health, says Danielle Voelkel of New Fashion Pork. 

It’s hard when sows die, says Luis Lopez, a breeding team lead at New Fashion Pork. The reality that you can do everything right and still experience loss on a farm is hard to deal with day in and day out.

Benny Mote, University of Nebraska-Lincoln assistant professor and swine Extension specialist, believes producers can help tackle the lameness issue in their herds by focusing on three simple things.

Ongoing research aims to provide clarity on why sows die. What’s challenging about sow mortality is the largest contributor is a bucket of reasons labeled “unknown.” The leading identifiable reason? Lameness.

Most traits of importance in the swine industry are affected by both genetics and environmental factors, including nutrition, management, etc. Uterine prolapse appears to be no exception to this, says Dr. Jack Dekkers.

Sow mortality continues to baffle the pork industry. Although no one has uncovered the smoking gun, most would agree that it’s a multifactorial problem. 

Even though research points to the benefit of attended farrowing in the sow barn, labor challenges can stand in the way. However, if you could cut your stillborn rate in half, what is that worth? 

Whether you are converting an existing herd or populating a barn utilizing ESF systems with new gilts, it can be a long road to get the herd comfortable with a new system. TriOak Foods' Tanner McCulley shares three tips.

Equip your team with confidence so they can thrive through the transition to electronic sow feeding (ESF) systems and improve their animal handling skills. Here are a few tips to get started.

When John Deen, DVM, was a kid, he remembers a time when sow mortality was not a problem. However times have changed, and Deen says it's partly our creation. Here are seven sow management trends to watch in 2022.