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Make your labor more productive with actuated inlets
Make your labor more productive with actuated inlets

Automated ceiling inlets offer a time-saving alternative to gravity air inlets

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3G shutdown and your farm alarm system
3G shutdown and your farm alarm system

The 3G sunset may also shut down your alarm systems.

Cellular carriers announced their intentions to shut down all 3G technologies in 2022 in favor of faster and more advanced tech like 4G and 5G networks. This action means that if your farm alarm system includes a 3G cellular transmitter for communication, it will no longer function when the 3G shutdown occurs. Even if it appears to function, it will no longer be able to communicate with a digital cellphone line.

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Retrofit project repurposes 20-year-old building
Retrofit project repurposes 20-year-old building

Illinois farm converts nursery to 1800 head finishing facility.

When presented with the opportunity to convert an existing 20-year-old nursery to a finishing facility, the owners of Probst Porkers LTD decided to move forward. Located near Sigel, IL, the partners worked with Hog Slat sales rep Ross Thompson to finalize the plans and construction timeline.

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Update feed delivery in farrowing to reduce sow farm labor
Update feed delivery in farrowing to reduce sow farm labor

The Grow-Disk chain disk system is a cost-effective solution for automating feed delivery.

Any equipment that reduces labor or enables workers to be more productive deserves serious consideration. Updating a farm's feed delivery in farrowing is a great way to reduce the physical effort and time needed to distribute rations and give employees more time to care for the animals.

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Progressive show pig breeder builds unique development barn.
Progressive show pig breeder builds unique development barn.
Ryan Stohlquist says the new development barn adds flexibility to the family operation.
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Labor-friendly automated sow feeding
Labor-friendly automated sow feeding
SowMAX eliminates the guesswork of feeding sows to full appetite
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Reduce labor and workers' injuries when removing pig mortalities.
Reduce labor and workers' injuries when removing pig mortalities.

A look at the equipment available to aid in the safe and efficient removal of pig carcasses.

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Smart farming with free access stalls
Smart farming with free access stalls

Innovative group sow housing without electronics.

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Motor nameplate key to selecting replacements.
Motor nameplate key to selecting replacements.

What do Service Factor, Full Load Amps, and Service Factor Amps tell us about motors?

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Slat replacement with Altenburg Construction
Slat replacement with Altenburg Construction

Andy Altenburg offers practical advice on evaluating slats in an existing facility. 

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