Figures are fact, so act

摘要

Some 300,000 breeding sows in the UK are recorded and current census figures suggest that most herds do carry out regular record keeping. But how this data is used varies considerably, and many pig businesses overlook key areas of loss and/or where herd productivity could be improved. To the knowledgeable eye, figures reveal certain trends - some of which are consistent year-on-year. Its an indication that, in spite of good record keeping, many businesses aren't grasping what their statistics are telling them, so are often unaware of how they could improve productivity - sometimes by considerable margins.