Don't weigh? That's a quid a pig down the drain then: Sam Walton reports from NPA's conference on precision pork production

摘要

Record everything, is the advice of Philip Hopley, of Grampian's poultry division. And he means everything: temperature - inside and outside - water and feed consumption, gas and electricity consumption, mortality and performance. A small increase ordecrease of as little as a penny can make an enormous difference to a unit each year, he told NPA's spring conference at Stoneleigh. Recording water and feed intake means an impending problem can often be nipped in the bud, saving huge costs.