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Pork Industry

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1. What is the #1 US Hog Farm?
- Pigs/litter - Litters per breeding animal - Market pigs per breeding animal - Pork production per breeding animal - Slaughter weights
Smithfield Foods
- Farrow - Wean - Nursery - Growing - Finish (possible contracting)
China

2. The following Swine production equipment was NOT banned from the Florida Constitution
fewer numbers of farms and greater pork production
farrowing crates - slatted floors - self feeders - waste lagoons
1. Improved herd performance - Producer efficiency 2. Fewer & bigger hog farms 3. Specialization 4. Fewer & bigger packing plants 5. Geographic shift in production 6. Integration of production and packing 7. Contracting 8. Globalization
About 3 weeks (21 days)

3. What Steps are involved in Conventional Farrow to Finish?
Breeding-gestation - Farrowing (2 to 3 wk) - Nursery (to 20 kg) - Finishing (to 115 kg; 1000 pig capacity)
Control disease
1980-2004
China

4. The country that produces the most pork is...
Specialization
- Pigs/litter - Litters per breeding animal - Market pigs per breeding animal - Pork production per breeding animal - Slaughter weights
China
1980-2004

5. When was there a major increase in pounds of pork produced?
1. Improved herd performance - Producer efficiency 2. Fewer & bigger hog farms 3. Specialization 4. Fewer & bigger packing plants 5. Geographic shift in production 6. Integration of production and packing 7. Contracting 8. Globalization
Pork
1980-2004
Control disease

6. Name 8 Trends Chang in the US Pork Industry.
1. Improved herd performance - Producer efficiency 2. Fewer & bigger hog farms 3. Specialization 4. Fewer & bigger packing plants 5. Geographic shift in production 6. Integration of production and packing 7. Contracting 8. Globalization
fewer numbers of farms and greater pork production
About 3 weeks (21 days)
- Pigs/litter - Litters per breeding animal - Market pigs per breeding animal - Pork production per breeding animal - Slaughter weights

7. Name the top 5 US Hog Farms
farrowing crates - slatted floors - self feeders - waste lagoons
China
Smithfield Foods - Premium Standard Farms - Seaboard Farms - Iowa Select Farms - Christensen Farms
Big Companies contract out pigs to smaller farms for them to raise the hogs and take care of them. These companies pay for the feed and pigs.

8. The estrous cycle length in the sow is ...
Farrow-Finish
2000
Soybean meal
21 days

9. What are most operations considered?
the climate is drier & the population of people is less dense than most other parts of the country
All In - All Out : All come in and out at the same time; form of disease control b/c sanitize after each group
Control disease
PSE

10. Who are the largest importers of Pork from the US?
2000
- Pigs/litter - Litters per breeding animal - Market pigs per breeding animal - Pork production per breeding animal - Slaughter weights
All In - All Out : All come in and out at the same time; form of disease control b/c sanitize after each group
Japan - High value cuts Mexico- low value cuts

11. What region mainly raises hogs in the US?
The Midwest (the location is beginning to change)
Increased efficiency - Decreased operation costs
All In - All Out : All come in and out at the same time; form of disease control b/c sanitize after each group
Litters lowered the number of days weaning therefore can be sowed back into production a little quicker add up and get a lot more gain.

12. What are the 3 specializations within the Swine Industry?
Smithfield Foods - Premium Standard Farms - Seaboard Farms - Iowa Select Farms - Christensen Farms
The Midwest (the location is beginning to change)
- Farrow - Wean - Nursery - Growing - Finish (possible contracting)
Pigs were fed outdoors and ran around Problems Caused: -Weight Loss from Running -Diseases from Dirt

13. What is a big part of the Swine Industry in the US?
Increase of large scale production which allows increased producer efficiency then leads to lower consumer cost.
1. Improved herd performance - Producer efficiency 2. Fewer & bigger hog farms 3. Specialization 4. Fewer & bigger packing plants 5. Geographic shift in production 6. Integration of production and packing 7. Contracting 8. Globalization
Specialization
1980-2004

14. How many days are pigs weaned?
1. Improved herd performance - Producer efficiency 2. Fewer & bigger hog farms 3. Specialization 4. Fewer & bigger packing plants 5. Geographic shift in production 6. Integration of production and packing 7. Contracting 8. Globalization
1990-2005: production was pretty flat but gradually going up with the increased demand due to Population increasing There was a spike in 1980; There was a drastic decrease in 1975 because people had gotten out out of the industry and got back in in 1
Increase of large scale production which allows increased producer efficiency then leads to lower consumer cost.
About 3 weeks (21 days)

15. What is Contracting?
Japan - High value cuts Mexico- low value cuts
China
All In - All Out : All come in and out at the same time; form of disease control b/c sanitize after each group
Big Companies contract out pigs to smaller farms for them to raise the hogs and take care of them. These companies pay for the feed and pigs.

16. Describe the traits of Early (1950's) Swine Production
Litters lowered the number of days weaning therefore can be sowed back into production a little quicker add up and get a lot more gain.
Specialization
Smithfield Foods - Premium Standard Farms - Seaboard Farms - Iowa Select Farms - Christensen Farms
Pigs were fed outdoors and ran around Problems Caused: -Weight Loss from Running -Diseases from Dirt

17. 'All in All Out' type of swine production is designed to...
Control disease
Pigs were fed outdoors and ran around Problems Caused: -Weight Loss from Running -Diseases from Dirt
PSE
Farrow-Finish

18. What is the primary energy source for pigs?
PSE
Corn
Control disease
Big Companies contract out pigs to smaller farms for them to raise the hogs and take care of them. These companies pay for the feed and pigs.

19. When did pork exports increase to 178%?
PSE
2000
About 3 weeks (21 days)
1980-2004

20. The current US Swine Industry compared to 40yrs ago can be characterized as...
All In - All Out : All come in and out at the same time; form of disease control b/c sanitize after each group
PSE
1980-2004
fewer numbers of farms and greater pork production

21. The per capita consumption of this meat is the greatest in the world.
1980-2004
farrowing crates - slatted floors - self feeders - waste lagoons
Pork
Specialization

22. Describe the Trends in the Industry of Demand/Comsumtion.
Smithfield Foods - Premium Standard Farms - Seaboard Farms - Iowa Select Farms - Christensen Farms
Corn
1990-2005: production was pretty flat but gradually going up with the increased demand due to Population increasing There was a spike in 1980; There was a drastic decrease in 1975 because people had gotten out out of the industry and got back in in 1
PSE

23. The UF Swine Unit is what kind of farm?
Farrow-Finish
Control disease
Increase of large scale production which allows increased producer efficiency then leads to lower consumer cost.
About 3 weeks (21 days)

24. Litters per Breeding Animal
Litters lowered the number of days weaning therefore can be sowed back into production a little quicker add up and get a lot more gain.
About 3 weeks (21 days)
Increased efficiency - Decreased operation costs
Specialization

25. The major cause of low quality pork is...
PSE
All In - All Out : All come in and out at the same time; form of disease control b/c sanitize after each group
Japan - High value cuts Mexico- low value cuts
Soybean meal

26. How are producers able to become more efficient today?
Increase of large scale production which allows increased producer efficiency then leads to lower consumer cost.
Smithfield Foods - Premium Standard Farms - Seaboard Farms - Iowa Select Farms - Christensen Farms
Control disease
- Pigs/litter - Litters per breeding animal - Market pigs per breeding animal - Pork production per breeding animal - Slaughter weights

27. What 5 factors make up Producer Efficiency?
Soybean meal
Pork
Big Companies contract out pigs to smaller farms for them to raise the hogs and take care of them. These companies pay for the feed and pigs.
- Pigs/litter - Litters per breeding animal - Market pigs per breeding animal - Pork production per breeding animal - Slaughter weights

28. New Hog operations are moving into the western part of the US because ...
the climate is drier & the population of people is less dense than most other parts of the country
1980-2004
Pigs were fed outdoors and ran around Problems Caused: -Weight Loss from Running -Diseases from Dirt
Smithfield Foods - Premium Standard Farms - Seaboard Farms - Iowa Select Farms - Christensen Farms

29. What is the primary protein source for pigs?
Soybean meal
Smithfield Foods - Premium Standard Farms - Seaboard Farms - Iowa Select Farms - Christensen Farms
Breeding-gestation - Farrowing (2 to 3 wk) - Nursery (to 20 kg) - Finishing (to 115 kg; 1000 pig capacity)
Big Companies contract out pigs to smaller farms for them to raise the hogs and take care of them. These companies pay for the feed and pigs.

30. What is the main effect of specialization?
21 days
Increased efficiency - Decreased operation costs
Big Companies contract out pigs to smaller farms for them to raise the hogs and take care of them. These companies pay for the feed and pigs.
2000