Tosh Pork Sow Production

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1 Outline Productions System Explanation Tosh Martin Facility System Management Challenges with Group housing Production Records and Cost Comparison Things to Think About Other Options

2 Tosh Pork Sow Production 18,500 Owned Sows 3 Owned Facilities 4 Lease Facilities 2 Contact Facilities 2,500 Sows Total Contract 1 Sow farm 150 Head Boar Stud

3 Tosh Pork Sow Production

4 Tosh Martin Facility 3,400 Sow Multiplier on Electronic Sow Feeding X 301 Gestation Barns Each Pen is 41 X Breeding Stalls 8 6 x 21 Recovery Pens Totally Slatted/Deep Pit

5 Tosh Martin Facility

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7 Feeding Station

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10 Feeding Station

11 B/G Barn Management Wean Sows into Breeding Stalls Breed All Females in Breeding Stalls Move Sows to Pens within 48 to 72 Hours Pens Start with ft²

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15 Why 60? Feed Station Feeds Every 30 Seconds Each Feed Dump Is 2.5 oz Therefore, 6lbs/2.5oz = 38 Dumps per sow 38 dumps X 30 seconds = 19 min/sow 19 min X 60 = 19 hours

16 B/G Barn Management All Pens Are Static Animals can be removed, but not added We expect 10-15% fallout Returns, culls, lames, death loss Pens end up with ~52 ft²

17 Gilt Management Training Gilts Isolation is big pens on full feed Gilts are moved to training ~27 weeks old Trained for a minimum of 2 weeks Breeding Gilts Heat Checked and Bred in Pens Moved to Pens with Gilts ONLY 2 Weeks worth of Gilts per pen

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19 B/G Barn Management

20 Challenges with Group Housing

21 Challenges Fallouts/Lames Where do you put them Fighting There will be fighting how do you manage it When to make groups

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24 Lameness/Injury

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29 Challenges Training Gilts 3-4% will not train It takes time Extra equipment needed

30 Challenges Management Must have a dedicated manager and crew Must be willing to adapt Must be committed to making the system work Must be able to multi-task Must be detail oriented Must use system tools

31 Challenges Feeding all animals in a day 8lbs/2.5oz = 51 Dumps per sow 51 dumps X 30 seconds = 25.5 min/sow 25.5 min X 52 = 22.1 hours Data Entry Must Enter Sow Information into System

32 Challenges Maintenance System Has to work Facilities Knowing what is needed before construction

33 Performance/Cost Comparisons

34 Total Born ESF Stalls

35 Born Alive ESF Stalls

36 Pre-Weaning Mortality ESF Stalls

37 Pigs Weaned Per Litter ESF Stalls

38 Pigs Weaned/Sow/Year ESF Stalls

39 Sow Mortality 20.00% 18.00% 18.70% 16.00% 15.40% 14.00% 12.00% 10.00% 8.00% 10.20% 10.69% 13.20% 9.19% ESF Stalls 6.00% 4.00% 2.00% 7.70% 6.68% 4.89% 3.67% 4.60% 5.38% 0.00%

40 Farrowing Rate ESF Stalls

41 Antibiotic Use 2011 Cost Per Piglet Stall Facilities $0.22 Pen Facility $0.42

42 Labor and Benefits $10.00 $9.24 $9.00 $8.00 $7.66 $7.71 $7.65 $7.94 $7.48 $7.00 $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 $5.46 $5.37 $5.08 $4.94 $5.21 $5.19 ESF Stalls $3.00 $2.00 $1.00 $

43 Repairs and Maintenance $0.80 $0.70 $0.60 $0.65 $0.69 $0.59 $0.62 $0.50 $0.49 $0.47 $0.43 $0.40 $0.37 ESF Stalls $0.30 $0.24 $0.24 $0.23 $0.20 $0.17 $0.10 $

44 Potential Change in Pigs Produced 90,000 85,000 80,000 75,000 70,000 65,000 Actual Adjusted 60,000 55,000 50,

45 Potential Change in COP $40.00 $35.00 $34.86 $32.30 $30.00 $32.89 $29.80 $30.86 $28.98 $29.93 $29.10 COP ADJ COP $25.00 $28.62 $27.04 $28.42 $27.55 $

46 Things To Consider Must Have Better Basic Husbandry Skills ESF vs. Stalls are full of Trade Offs Movements Feeding Management Maintenance Must have spare parts

47 B/G Barn Management

48 Things to Consider Employees Cleaner Work Environment Less Noise Open Facilities Transition from Stalls to Big Pen

49 Other Options

50 Issues with Other Housing Methods Larger Footprint Loafing area takes extra space Individual animal care Feed/Treatments

51 Issues with Other Housing Methods Environmental Impact Waste containment Waste Disposal Weather Impact Conversion Difficult to convert current facilities $500 to $700 per sow space

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62 Summary Either way can work! For the most part, production is the same and costs are a little higher. The big question is, is it more welfare friendly.