Curtiss LittlejohnCurtiss Littlejohn is the swine products manager for Canarm AgSystems. Email him at [email protected].From the AuthorHome5 barn rules to manage body condition in sowsMost farms should be able to accomplish a near perfect BCS on 90 percent of the herd by doing five basic things and performing detailed work only a couple of times a year.Home5 pointers for buying electronic sow feedersSince farmers started to domesticate livestock, we have been continually looking for better materials to keep livestock where we want. We’ve come a long way. Up to the mid-1800s, stone or split rail fences kept most livestock within a confined area. In 1864, barbed wire came to the farm and resulted in improved confinement. But regardless of what method was used to confine swine, materials have always seemed to lose the test of time against the ever-patient hog.Page 1 of 1
