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Pork Industry

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1. How are producers able to become more efficient today?
About 3 weeks (21 days)
fewer numbers of farms and greater pork production
PSE
Increase of large scale production which allows increased producer efficiency then leads to lower consumer cost.

2. Who are the largest importers of Pork from the US?
Smithfield Foods - Premium Standard Farms - Seaboard Farms - Iowa Select Farms - Christensen Farms
Farrow-Finish
PSE
Japan - High value cuts Mexico- low value cuts

3. When was there a major increase in pounds of pork produced?
farrowing crates - slatted floors - self feeders - waste lagoons
1980-2004
Smithfield Foods
The Midwest (the location is beginning to change)

4. The estrous cycle length in the sow is ...
Pigs were fed outdoors and ran around Problems Caused: -Weight Loss from Running -Diseases from Dirt
Specialization
Smithfield Foods
21 days

5. What are most operations considered?
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
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.
1980-2004
All In - All Out : All come in and out at the same time; form of disease control b/c sanitize after each group

6. The major cause of low quality pork is...
Increase of large scale production which allows increased producer efficiency then leads to lower consumer cost.
PSE
fewer numbers of farms and greater pork production
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

7. The per capita consumption of this meat is the greatest in the world.
the climate is drier & the population of people is less dense than most other parts of the country
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.
Japan - High value cuts Mexico- low value cuts
Pork

8. When did pork exports increase to 178%?
Pork
2000
Control disease
Smithfield Foods

9. The UF Swine Unit is what kind of farm?
About 3 weeks (21 days)
Farrow-Finish
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
Breeding-gestation - Farrowing (2 to 3 wk) - Nursery (to 20 kg) - Finishing (to 115 kg; 1000 pig capacity)

10. What region mainly raises hogs in the US?
China
- Pigs/litter - Litters per breeding animal - Market pigs per breeding animal - Pork production per breeding animal - Slaughter weights
The Midwest (the location is beginning to change)
Pork

11. 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
- Farrow - Wean - Nursery - Growing - Finish (possible contracting)
Smithfield Foods
- Pigs/litter - Litters per breeding animal - Market pigs per breeding animal - Pork production per breeding animal - Slaughter weights

12. How many days are pigs weaned?
Farrow-Finish
PSE
farrowing crates - slatted floors - self feeders - waste lagoons
About 3 weeks (21 days)

13. Litters per Breeding Animal
1980-2004
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.
Pork
Specialization

14. What Steps are involved in Conventional Farrow to Finish?
Control disease
Breeding-gestation - Farrowing (2 to 3 wk) - Nursery (to 20 kg) - Finishing (to 115 kg; 1000 pig capacity)
Japan - High value cuts Mexico- low value cuts
- Farrow - Wean - Nursery - Growing - Finish (possible contracting)

15. What is the #1 US Hog Farm?
China
Increased efficiency - Decreased operation costs
1980-2004
Smithfield Foods

16. What 5 factors make up Producer Efficiency?
Increase of large scale production which allows increased producer efficiency then leads to lower consumer cost.
All In - All Out : All come in and out at the same time; form of disease control b/c sanitize after each group
Breeding-gestation - Farrowing (2 to 3 wk) - Nursery (to 20 kg) - Finishing (to 115 kg; 1000 pig capacity)
- Pigs/litter - Litters per breeding animal - Market pigs per breeding animal - Pork production per breeding animal - Slaughter weights

17. Describe the Trends in the Industry of Demand/Comsumtion.
Soybean meal
21 days
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
Increased efficiency - Decreased operation costs

18. What is a big part of the Swine Industry in the US?
farrowing crates - slatted floors - self feeders - waste lagoons
Specialization
21 days
- Pigs/litter - Litters per breeding animal - Market pigs per breeding animal - Pork production per breeding animal - Slaughter weights

19. New Hog operations are moving into the western part of the US because ...
Control disease
China
the climate is drier & the population of people is less dense than most other parts of the country
Specialization

20. The following Swine production equipment was NOT banned from the Florida Constitution
farrowing crates - slatted floors - self feeders - waste lagoons
The Midwest (the location is beginning to change)
Pigs were fed outdoors and ran around Problems Caused: -Weight Loss from Running -Diseases from Dirt
All In - All Out : All come in and out at the same time; form of disease control b/c sanitize after each group

21. 'All in All Out' type of swine production is designed to...
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.
- Farrow - Wean - Nursery - Growing - Finish (possible contracting)
Breeding-gestation - Farrowing (2 to 3 wk) - Nursery (to 20 kg) - Finishing (to 115 kg; 1000 pig capacity)
Control disease

22. Describe the traits of Early (1950's) Swine Production
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
About 3 weeks (21 days)
the climate is drier & the population of people is less dense than most other parts of the country
Pigs were fed outdoors and ran around Problems Caused: -Weight Loss from Running -Diseases from Dirt

23. Name the top 5 US Hog Farms
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
Smithfield Foods - Premium Standard Farms - Seaboard Farms - Iowa Select Farms - Christensen Farms
- Farrow - Wean - Nursery - Growing - Finish (possible contracting)
Control disease

24. What is the primary energy source for pigs?
Control disease
China
Corn
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.

25. What is the main effect of specialization?
China
1980-2004
Increased efficiency - Decreased operation costs
Corn

26. What is Contracting?
Pork
fewer numbers of farms and greater pork production
Increase of large scale production which allows increased producer efficiency then leads to lower consumer cost.
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.

27. The country that produces the most pork is...
Pigs were fed outdoors and ran around Problems Caused: -Weight Loss from Running -Diseases from Dirt
- Farrow - Wean - Nursery - Growing - Finish (possible contracting)
The Midwest (the location is beginning to change)
China

28. What are the 3 specializations within the Swine Industry?
All In - All Out : All come in and out at the same time; form of disease control b/c sanitize after each group
- Farrow - Wean - Nursery - Growing - Finish (possible contracting)
2000
Japan - High value cuts Mexico- low value cuts

29. What is the primary protein source for pigs?
Soybean meal
farrowing crates - slatted floors - self feeders - waste lagoons
2000
Specialization

30. The current US Swine Industry compared to 40yrs ago can be characterized as...
fewer numbers of farms and greater pork production
Soybean meal
farrowing crates - slatted floors - self feeders - waste lagoons
PSE