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Pork Industry

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1. What is the #1 US Hog Farm?
Smithfield Foods
Corn
Pork
farrowing crates - slatted floors - self feeders - waste lagoons

2. What is the primary protein source for pigs?
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.
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.
Smithfield Foods
Soybean meal

3. 'All in All Out' type of swine production is designed to...
Pork
- Pigs/litter - Litters per breeding animal - Market pigs per breeding animal - Pork production per breeding animal - Slaughter weights
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.
Control disease

4. When was there a major increase in pounds of pork produced?
1980-2004
Breeding-gestation - Farrowing (2 to 3 wk) - Nursery (to 20 kg) - Finishing (to 115 kg; 1000 pig capacity)
Smithfield Foods - Premium Standard Farms - Seaboard Farms - Iowa Select Farms - Christensen Farms
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.

5. The country that produces the most pork is...
- Pigs/litter - Litters per breeding animal - Market pigs per breeding animal - Pork production per breeding animal - Slaughter weights
Soybean meal
21 days
China

6. The per capita consumption of this meat is the greatest in the world.
Smithfield Foods - Premium Standard Farms - Seaboard Farms - Iowa Select Farms - Christensen Farms
Smithfield Foods
1980-2004
Pork

7. What is a big part of the Swine Industry in the US?
Specialization
Soybean meal
About 3 weeks (21 days)
Control disease

8. Name 8 Trends Chang in the US Pork Industry.
The Midwest (the location is beginning to change)
Increase of large scale production which allows increased producer efficiency then leads to lower consumer cost.
21 days
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

9. Describe the Trends in the Industry of Demand/Comsumtion.
China
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
Corn

10. How many days are pigs weaned?
Soybean meal
fewer numbers of farms and greater pork production
About 3 weeks (21 days)
Smithfield Foods

11. What are the 3 specializations within the Swine Industry?
- Pigs/litter - Litters per breeding animal - Market pigs per breeding animal - Pork production per breeding animal - Slaughter weights
Corn
China
- Farrow - Wean - Nursery - Growing - Finish (possible contracting)

12. Name the top 5 US Hog Farms
All In - All Out : All come in and out at the same time; form of disease control b/c sanitize after each group
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.
Smithfield Foods - Premium Standard Farms - Seaboard Farms - Iowa Select Farms - Christensen Farms

13. What is Contracting?
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
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

14. Who are the largest importers of Pork from the US?
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
farrowing crates - slatted floors - self feeders - waste lagoons
21 days

15. When did pork exports increase to 178%?
2000
Increased efficiency - Decreased operation costs
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

16. Litters per Breeding Animal
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
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.
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.
the climate is drier & the population of people is less dense than most other parts of the country

17. The current US Swine Industry compared to 40yrs ago can be characterized as...
Pigs were fed outdoors and ran around Problems Caused: -Weight Loss from Running -Diseases from Dirt
China
fewer numbers of farms and greater pork production
Specialization

18. The UF Swine Unit is what kind of farm?
Farrow-Finish
Smithfield Foods
Smithfield Foods - Premium Standard Farms - Seaboard Farms - Iowa Select Farms - Christensen Farms
1980-2004

19. Describe the traits of Early (1950's) Swine Production
- Farrow - Wean - Nursery - Growing - Finish (possible contracting)
farrowing crates - slatted floors - self feeders - waste lagoons
Pigs were fed outdoors and ran around Problems Caused: -Weight Loss from Running -Diseases from Dirt
Japan - High value cuts Mexico- low value cuts

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

21. The major cause of low quality pork is...
Increased efficiency - Decreased operation costs
PSE
All In - All Out : All come in and out at the same time; form of disease control b/c sanitize after each group
- Pigs/litter - Litters per breeding animal - Market pigs per breeding animal - Pork production per breeding animal - Slaughter weights

22. What 5 factors make up Producer Efficiency?
the climate is drier & the population of people is less dense than most other parts of the country
Corn
- Pigs/litter - Litters per breeding animal - Market pigs per breeding animal - Pork production per breeding animal - Slaughter weights
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 region mainly raises hogs in the US?
Control disease
The Midwest (the location is beginning to change)
Farrow-Finish
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.

24. 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
2000
the climate is drier & the population of people is less dense than most other parts of the country
Smithfield Foods - Premium Standard Farms - Seaboard Farms - Iowa Select Farms - Christensen Farms

25. The estrous cycle length in the sow is ...
farrowing crates - slatted floors - self feeders - waste lagoons
21 days
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

26. What is the main effect of specialization?
Increased efficiency - Decreased operation costs
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
Farrow-Finish
Japan - High value cuts Mexico- low value cuts

27. The following Swine production equipment was NOT banned from the Florida Constitution
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-Finish
Pigs were fed outdoors and ran around Problems Caused: -Weight Loss from Running -Diseases from Dirt
farrowing crates - slatted floors - self feeders - waste lagoons

28. How are producers able to become more efficient today?
Breeding-gestation - Farrowing (2 to 3 wk) - Nursery (to 20 kg) - Finishing (to 115 kg; 1000 pig capacity)
Smithfield Foods - Premium Standard Farms - Seaboard Farms - Iowa Select Farms - Christensen Farms
Increase of large scale production which allows increased producer efficiency then leads to lower consumer cost.
farrowing crates - slatted floors - self feeders - waste lagoons

29. 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)
Soybean meal
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.

30. What is the primary energy source for pigs?
- 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
The Midwest (the location is beginning to change)
Corn