Hogslat spotlight

The appearance of our farms goes a long way to building acceptance by non-farming neighbors It is a fact of life that the countryside around us is changing. Places where there were nothing but [...]

Review this simple checklist to ensure the roofs on your buildings can withstand the worst conditions winter can throw at them. This year the Midwest received an abnormal amount of snowfall and [...]

Tyler Marion from Hog Slat’s engineering group outlines the process of developing poultry and swine fans.  

We measure the strength of cured concrete by testing the pounds force per square inch or psi. The psi rating refers to the compressive strength of the concrete or its resistance to a downward [...]

Worn fan belts can decrease air delivery by as much as 20%. This spring as you prep hot weather ventilation fans by cleaning blades and shutters, greasing bearings and removing winter covers, one [...]

We just returned from the EuroTier show held in Hanover, Germany. Billed as the largest animal production trade fair in the world, this year’s theme was “Digital Animal Farming.” Many of the [...]

Anybody who has ever poured concrete is familiar with the adage “the less water you use, the stronger the concrete will be.” Here’s why. Water added to the dry ingredients [...]

Cherkizovo Group discusses factors influencing their choice of equipment for their most recent building project. The following article contains excerpts from an interview with Brad Heron, [...]

Ryan and Reagan Hunter’s 2,500-sow farm in southern Michigan features innovative odor reduction equipment and pig-proof access doors. The production site consists of a ’160-foot x ’352-foot [...]

Producers considering group sow housing should consider an alternative to ESF. Modern agriculture embraces many new technologies — smartphones, wireless climate sensors, GPS crop monitoring, [...]