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Why the Midwest? Corn availability and price Packer Competition Environment Holden Farms, Inc. Hog Production History 1963: 75 sows at original farm 1965: 1st confinement finishing barn 1970: 100 sow farrow-to-finish operation 1974: Increased to 300 sows 1976: 800 sows total + 3000 hd. finisher 1980: 1200 sows total + 1st contract finisher Today . . . Owns and operates 4 breeding/farrowing facilities for 9000 sows Contracts facilities for a capacity of 8600 sows Has used contract finishing for 14 years
Current Production: 1996 ~ 55 million lbs. pork (230, 000 hogs) ~ 6 million lbs. turkey Changing to all 3-site production Project > 350, 000 hogs by 1997 from more than 17, 000 sows Holden Farms Genetic Program Haugen Farrowing Contract 600 sows Berquist Farm Contract 600 sows Hangar Farms Contract 6200 sows Swanson Farm Contract 1300 sows Isolation barns Off-site Nurseries Damon Knobloch Contract Growers 55 with 100 barns Mark Renneke Research Farms Packer Contacts 500 head Test Barn Contract nurseries and finishing Disease Prevention Management Latest technologies Multi-site production Segregated Early Weaning (SEW) All-in/All-out (AIAO) Benefits to Contract Growers Helps producers with capital through shared agreement or alliance Improves producers net worth by owning quality facilities Provides on-farm income with flexible work schedule
Provides management system and training to maximize production efficiencies Multi-Site Production Advantages One week age spread Potential depopulation Specialized labor Disease control Disadvantages Cost of separate sites Transportation between sites Multi-Site Production Improvement per Pig Improvement Value Average Gain $1.40 Feed Efficiency $2.20 Death Loss $0.75 TOTAL $4.35 Off-site Nurseries SEW program Locked wean age 20 days maximum Wean control system Ear tattoo Concerns Nurse sows Cross fostering Two digits Letter for the week Number for the day of the week Farm ID (Track pigs from source farm) 2 digits Farm name Sow farms Minnesota North Dakota Canada Contract Nurseries Minnesota Contract Finishers Minnesota Iowa Interstate Shipment Minnesota to Iowa Tattoo system Record system Production records Sow: Boar Pig CHAMP Grow: Finish Spreadsheet Financial records Sow farms Each group close-out Nursery Grow-Finish Animal movement record Every stage of movement Weaner pig manifest Date of movement Show farm source Nursery destination Inventory Weight Sex and number of each sex Outside temperature Loading density Double checked Sow farm Trucker Nursery farm Discrepancy (corrected by service people) Feeder pig manifest Date of movement Nursery farm source Finishing farm destination InventoryWeight Sex and number of each sex Outside temperature Loading density Double checked Nursery farm Trucker Finishing farm Market hog manifest Date Herd ID Destination Inventory Sex Type of sale Market Cull Outside temperature Stocking density Double checked Contract grower Trucker Final Inventory Final Weight Sales MarketResales Subjects Dead on arrivals Faxed back to the office the same day Animal Movement Records Manifest Carbonless forms Source farm Destination Offices Truckers carry a copy during all shipments Auditing system Each group is closed out and must balance Sales Deaths Periodic Inventories
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