I met this little guy last week in Iowa. He was cute as can be, as most pigs under 60 pounds are, I think. Soon he lay his head on the slats. All tuckered out. It was a total “But Mom, I’m not tired!” moment….
Hi, Larry. Larry has a wean-to-finish facility near West Point, NE. Nearly 10,000 pigs are under his care – 6,600 of which live at the site we visited last week. His barns are filled with Crystal Spring Water-Space feeders, and he calls his Pro Sort…
A grower who’s interested in a Pro Sort system joined us at a site near West Point, NE today for a barn tour. It was a beautiful day for a drive. I love rural America. Except when there’s no data service. Then I want to…
Gro Master has been at World Pork Expo for 25 years; I have been there for 4. However, this was my first year to attend as an employee rather than just a supportive wife. It was great watching Booth 503 come together during set up….
Chad’s been working on these growth curves since before I met him. What’s a growth curve you ask? Honestly, I don’t understand exactly how they work, but it’s something about projecting the future weight of a pig in a large pen auto sort setting, and…
We stopped at a barn near Britt, Iowa, to check on a Water-Space Nursery Feeder trial earlier this week. The feeder looked great, and so did these little guys.
There’s an increasing trend in consumers’ desire to know where their food comes from. But today, let’s go even further – all the way back to the source of the equipment that feeds the pigs that become your bacon. Yum, bacon. Crystal Spring is…