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Pork Industry

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1. 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.
- Pigs/litter - Litters per breeding animal - Market pigs per breeding animal - Pork production per breeding animal - Slaughter weights
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
farrowing crates - slatted floors - self feeders - waste lagoons

2. The UF Swine Unit is what kind of farm?
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.
Farrow-Finish
PSE
China

3. What are the 3 specializations within the Swine Industry?
Specialization
- Farrow - Wean - Nursery - Growing - Finish (possible contracting)
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

4. 'All in All Out' type of swine production is designed to...
Increased efficiency - Decreased operation costs
Control disease
fewer numbers of farms and greater pork production
The Midwest (the location is beginning to change)

5. What 5 factors make up Producer Efficiency?
China
- Pigs/litter - Litters per breeding animal - Market pigs per breeding animal - Pork production per breeding animal - Slaughter weights
Soybean meal
- Farrow - Wean - Nursery - Growing - Finish (possible contracting)

6. What Steps are involved in Conventional Farrow to Finish?
fewer numbers of farms and greater pork production
1980-2004
Breeding-gestation - Farrowing (2 to 3 wk) - Nursery (to 20 kg) - Finishing (to 115 kg; 1000 pig capacity)
Farrow-Finish

7. Describe the traits of Early (1950's) Swine Production
Pigs were fed outdoors and ran around Problems Caused: -Weight Loss from Running -Diseases from Dirt
- Pigs/litter - Litters per breeding animal - Market pigs per breeding animal - Pork production per breeding animal - Slaughter weights
1980-2004
Japan - High value cuts Mexico- low value cuts

8. What region mainly raises hogs in the US?
Japan - High value cuts Mexico- low value cuts
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.
Control disease
The Midwest (the location is beginning to change)

9. The per capita consumption of this meat is the greatest in the world.
1980-2004
Japan - High value cuts Mexico- low value cuts
Pork
The Midwest (the location is beginning to change)

10. The current US Swine Industry compared to 40yrs ago can be characterized as...
The Midwest (the location is beginning to change)
fewer numbers of farms and greater pork production
Smithfield Foods
China

11. Litters per Breeding Animal
Control disease
Breeding-gestation - Farrowing (2 to 3 wk) - Nursery (to 20 kg) - Finishing (to 115 kg; 1000 pig capacity)
2000
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. 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
Increased efficiency - Decreased operation costs
PSE
Specialization

13. The estrous cycle length in the sow is ...
21 days
Smithfield Foods
About 3 weeks (21 days)
Corn

14. What is a big part of the Swine Industry in the US?
Breeding-gestation - Farrowing (2 to 3 wk) - Nursery (to 20 kg) - Finishing (to 115 kg; 1000 pig capacity)
Specialization
China
fewer numbers of farms and greater pork production

15. What is the main effect of specialization?
Increased efficiency - Decreased operation costs
Japan - High value cuts Mexico- low value cuts
fewer numbers of farms and greater pork production
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. Who are the largest importers of Pork from the US?
Smithfield Foods - Premium Standard Farms - Seaboard Farms - Iowa Select Farms - Christensen Farms
Increased efficiency - Decreased operation costs
Japan - High value cuts Mexico- low value cuts
the climate is drier & the population of people is less dense than most other parts of the country

17. The country that produces the most pork is...
farrowing crates - slatted floors - self feeders - waste lagoons
PSE
China
About 3 weeks (21 days)

18. What is the #1 US Hog Farm?
Increase of large scale production which allows increased producer efficiency then leads to lower consumer cost.
The Midwest (the location is beginning to change)
Smithfield Foods
China

19. How many days are pigs weaned?
PSE
Soybean meal
About 3 weeks (21 days)
Increased efficiency - Decreased operation costs

20. New Hog operations are moving into the western part of the US because ...
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
PSE
the climate is drier & the population of people is less dense than most other parts of the country

21. Name the top 5 US Hog Farms
Increased efficiency - Decreased operation costs
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
Pork

22. The major cause of low quality pork is...
PSE
1980-2004
fewer numbers of farms and greater pork 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

23. What is Contracting?
Farrow-Finish
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

24. What is the primary energy source for pigs?
The Midwest (the location is beginning to change)
fewer numbers of farms and greater pork production
Corn
2000

25. When did pork exports increase to 178%?
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
2000
Specialization

26. The following Swine production equipment was NOT banned from the Florida Constitution
China
Breeding-gestation - Farrowing (2 to 3 wk) - Nursery (to 20 kg) - Finishing (to 115 kg; 1000 pig capacity)
farrowing crates - slatted floors - self feeders - waste lagoons
Control disease

27. What are most operations considered?
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)
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.

28. Describe the Trends in the Industry of Demand/Comsumtion.
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
Smithfield Foods - Premium Standard Farms - Seaboard Farms - Iowa Select Farms - Christensen Farms
- Pigs/litter - Litters per breeding animal - Market pigs per breeding animal - Pork production per breeding animal - Slaughter weights
Increase of large scale production which allows increased producer efficiency then leads to lower consumer cost.

29. What is the primary protein source for pigs?
Increase of large scale production which allows increased producer efficiency then leads to lower consumer cost.
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.
21 days
Soybean meal

30. When was there a major increase in pounds of pork produced?
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
farrowing crates - slatted floors - self feeders - waste lagoons
1980-2004
Increased efficiency - Decreased operation costs