Colored coded feed line control
Infrared sensing uses light beams to detect feed buildup.Infrared sensing works by utilizing small transmitters to project invisible light beams to receivers located on the opposite side of the [...]
A new look at tunnel ventilation
A recent development designed to improve tunnel ventilation involves substituting variable speed fans for single-speed summer fans. These large, variable-speed fans utilize a different type of [...]
How will Prop 12 affect sow housing?
Set to take effect on January 1, 2022, California’s Proposition 12 will prohibit the sale of pork not raised according to specific production guidelines. This restriction includes pork [...]
Comparing OEM and catalog motors
Catalog or stock motors are the motors that every manufacturer produces in large volume to meet a wide range of applications. In general, these are good products built to compete in a very [...]
New nursery, new generation grows family farm
Hoffman/Drake Farms began raising weaned pigs on the home farm in 2000 with the construction of two 2,000-head nurseries. This year another nursery and another generation to the family operation [...]
Boar stud utilizes air-conditioned ventilation system in new facility
“The ventilation in our latest buildings incorporates all the improvements we made along the way,” says Tyler Petersen from Eastern Iowa AI, a family business located near [...]