Question: I have a serious problem - nearly 50% of my sows repeat (come on heat after being served). I use 3 boars but, while the problem occurs in sows served by all the boars, it occurs more often with 1 of the boars. Can this be caused by a…
Question: My friend and I are both newcomers to pig farming. My friend heard that pigs often become infertile in summer – is this true? Pigs don’t really become infertile in summer, but if the weather is very hot they may not breed as well as they do in cooler…
Converting a field to organic production depends on how soil fertility is managed. Replenishing the soil is important as it determines the health of the plants. Soil fertility isn’t simply a matter of adding synthetic fertilisers to the soil to provide nutrients to the plants. Fertile soil implies that the…
