How to optimise grazing of hogs while maintaining healthy vegetative ground cover?
Solution
This synthesis shows how to subdivide the paddock to rotate pig grazing into the different sections.
Description
First, the rotation approach to pig grazing is described. Then all assumptions and goals of this method are detailed: soil protection, quality of forage, stocking rate, rotational management, logistic aspects, time of return between two groups, etc.
Finally, several examples of design are presented for different kind of animals; breeding sows, gestating sows, from growing to finishing pigs. This will help breeders or advisors to choose which system is well-adapted and how this should be implemented.
This tool is relevant to all farmers who hope to better manage their pig grazing system and is not location specific.
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