Has this trend continued anywhere? Does not seem to be the case from shows I have seen this summer. Seems to still be plenty of cover and lottttts of belly and guts. Just curious what people are seeing.

Does anyone know... when you are breeding to berks for meat quality does it need to be berk on berk or can you breed berk boar to a cross bred sow and get good results?

What level paylean does everyone feed. I thought 9 grams was max, but recently heard of some feeding more than that. what is norm?

<t>We have been feeding a "high fat" content ration since our pigs were about 80 lbs., They are now about 200 bls. and about 40 days from show. We are planning to begin paylean in the next week. Wondering if we should continue with the added fat all the way to the end or if that should be backed off...

<t>I need to clarify a little. I said I was trying to cause her to come into heat sooner. The more accurate problem is, I purchased her as an open sow (she had a small litter in July). Since I moved her 5 weeks ago I have not seen any sign of heat. Is it possible the move has caused her to stop cycl...

<t>I am considering using PG 600 to trigger the sows cycle a little sooner. Questions:<br/> <br/> Will the sow behave any differently in an artificially induced heat? Stonger? Weaker? Different signs?<br/> <br/> Do you still follow the same protocol of waiting 12 to 24 hours from the first sign of s...

<t>I just need a few suggestions to help with AIing. Still relatively new at this. We AI'd 2 sows last year for the first time at it all went extremely well. I was able to easily detect when they were in standing heat.<br/> <br/> This year we have 3 sows and we are having a little more difficulty. I...