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Pork Industry

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1. What is the #1 US Hog Farm?
PSE
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.
Smithfield Foods

2. What is the primary energy source for pigs?
21 days
Corn
Smithfield Foods
- Farrow - Wean - Nursery - Growing - Finish (possible contracting)

3. What is Contracting?
Farrow-Finish
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.
Corn
2000

4. 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.
Japan - High value cuts Mexico- low value cuts
China
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.

5. What region mainly raises hogs in the US?
The Midwest (the location is beginning to change)
Smithfield Foods
About 3 weeks (21 days)
Control disease

6. What are most operations considered?
Corn
All In - All Out : All come in and out at the same time; form of disease control b/c sanitize after each group
farrowing crates - slatted floors - self feeders - waste lagoons
Control disease

7. How many days are pigs weaned?
Smithfield Foods - Premium Standard Farms - Seaboard Farms - Iowa Select Farms - Christensen Farms
the climate is drier & the population of people is less dense than most other parts of the country
About 3 weeks (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

8. The country that produces the most pork is...
Farrow-Finish
Corn
Smithfield Foods - Premium Standard Farms - Seaboard Farms - Iowa Select Farms - Christensen Farms
China

9. What are the 3 specializations within the Swine Industry?
- Farrow - Wean - Nursery - Growing - Finish (possible contracting)
Pigs were fed outdoors and ran around Problems Caused: -Weight Loss from Running -Diseases from Dirt
Japan - High value cuts Mexico- low value cuts
2000

10. What Steps are involved in Conventional Farrow to Finish?
Farrow-Finish
Breeding-gestation - Farrowing (2 to 3 wk) - Nursery (to 20 kg) - Finishing (to 115 kg; 1000 pig capacity)
Pork
the climate is drier & the population of people is less dense than most other parts of the country

11. What is the main effect of specialization?
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 were fed outdoors and ran around Problems Caused: -Weight Loss from Running -Diseases from Dirt
Increased efficiency - Decreased operation costs
Soybean meal

12. Who are the largest importers of Pork from the US?
Japan - High value cuts Mexico- low value cuts
- Pigs/litter - Litters per breeding animal - Market pigs per breeding animal - Pork production per breeding animal - Slaughter weights
fewer numbers of farms and greater pork production
Breeding-gestation - Farrowing (2 to 3 wk) - Nursery (to 20 kg) - Finishing (to 115 kg; 1000 pig capacity)

13. Name the top 5 US Hog Farms
2000
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
Smithfield Foods - Premium Standard Farms - Seaboard Farms - Iowa Select Farms - Christensen Farms

14. When did pork exports increase to 178%?
Pigs were fed outdoors and ran around Problems Caused: -Weight Loss from Running -Diseases from Dirt
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
fewer numbers of farms and greater pork production
2000

15. How are producers able to become more efficient today?
Pigs were fed outdoors and ran around Problems Caused: -Weight Loss from Running -Diseases from Dirt
Control disease
Increased efficiency - Decreased operation costs
Increase of large scale production which allows increased producer efficiency then leads to lower consumer cost.

16. What is the primary protein source for pigs?
Soybean meal
Control disease
China
PSE

17. The following Swine production equipment was NOT banned from the Florida Constitution
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
farrowing crates - slatted floors - self feeders - waste lagoons
21 days

18. When was there a major increase in pounds of pork produced?
1980-2004
Farrow-Finish
About 3 weeks (21 days)
Pork

19. The UF Swine Unit is what kind of farm?
The Midwest (the location is beginning to change)
PSE
Smithfield Foods - Premium Standard Farms - Seaboard Farms - Iowa Select Farms - Christensen Farms
Farrow-Finish

20. What is a big part of the Swine Industry in the US?
Specialization
2000
farrowing crates - slatted floors - self feeders - waste lagoons
the climate is drier & the population of people is less dense than most other parts of the country

21. The current US Swine Industry compared to 40yrs ago can be characterized as...
Pork
Breeding-gestation - Farrowing (2 to 3 wk) - Nursery (to 20 kg) - Finishing (to 115 kg; 1000 pig capacity)
Farrow-Finish
fewer numbers of farms and greater pork production

22. 'All in All Out' type of swine production is designed to...
Control disease
Pork
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

23. The per capita consumption of this meat is the greatest in the world.
- Pigs/litter - Litters per breeding animal - Market pigs per breeding animal - Pork production per breeding animal - Slaughter weights
PSE
Pork
farrowing crates - slatted floors - self feeders - waste lagoons

24. The major cause of low quality pork is...
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.
Breeding-gestation - Farrowing (2 to 3 wk) - Nursery (to 20 kg) - Finishing (to 115 kg; 1000 pig capacity)
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
PSE

25. Describe the Trends in the Industry of Demand/Comsumtion.
Increase of large scale production which allows increased producer efficiency then leads to lower consumer cost.
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
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.

26. Describe the traits of Early (1950's) Swine Production
- 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)
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
Pigs were fed outdoors and ran around Problems Caused: -Weight Loss from Running -Diseases from Dirt

27. 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
Increase of large scale production which allows increased producer efficiency then leads to lower consumer cost.
2000
Smithfield Foods

28. What 5 factors make up Producer Efficiency?
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
All In - All Out : All come in and out at the same time; form of disease control b/c sanitize after each group
The Midwest (the location is beginning to change)

29. New Hog operations are moving into the western part of the US because ...
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.
fewer numbers of farms and greater pork production
the climate is drier & the population of people is less dense than most other parts of the country

30. The estrous cycle length in the sow is ...
21 days
- Pigs/litter - Litters per breeding animal - Market pigs per breeding animal - Pork production per breeding animal - Slaughter weights
Smithfield Foods
China