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Pork Industry

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1. The major cause of low quality pork is...
PSE
Increased efficiency - Decreased operation costs
Farrow-Finish
China

2. Who are the largest importers of Pork from the US?
Japan - High value cuts Mexico- low value cuts
Pork
All In - All Out : All come in and out at the same time; form of disease control b/c sanitize after each group
Corn

3. What Steps are involved in Conventional Farrow to Finish?
farrowing crates - slatted floors - self feeders - waste lagoons
Pork
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

4. 'All in All Out' type of swine production is designed to...
Soybean meal
China
Control disease
farrowing crates - slatted floors - self feeders - waste lagoons

5. Name 8 Trends Chang in the US Pork Industry.
Specialization
Breeding-gestation - Farrowing (2 to 3 wk) - Nursery (to 20 kg) - Finishing (to 115 kg; 1000 pig capacity)
About 3 weeks (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

6. Describe the Trends in the Industry of Demand/Comsumtion.
Pigs were fed outdoors and ran around Problems Caused: -Weight Loss from Running -Diseases from Dirt
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
China

7. The current US Swine Industry compared to 40yrs ago can be characterized as...
fewer numbers of farms and greater pork production
Specialization
Control disease
Increased efficiency - Decreased operation costs

8. What is the primary protein source for pigs?
Increase of large scale production which allows increased producer efficiency then leads to lower consumer cost.
Soybean meal
PSE
Japan - High value cuts Mexico- low value cuts

9. The following Swine production equipment was NOT banned from the Florida Constitution
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
Pigs were fed outdoors and ran around Problems Caused: -Weight Loss from Running -Diseases from Dirt
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

10. 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
Pork
Soybean meal
Control disease

11. 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
Breeding-gestation - Farrowing (2 to 3 wk) - Nursery (to 20 kg) - Finishing (to 115 kg; 1000 pig capacity)
Increased efficiency - Decreased operation costs
Pork

12. Litters per Breeding Animal
About 3 weeks (21 days)
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
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.

13. What is the #1 US Hog Farm?
1980-2004
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
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

14. Name the top 5 US Hog Farms
Smithfield Foods - Premium Standard Farms - Seaboard Farms - Iowa Select Farms - Christensen Farms
About 3 weeks (21 days)
Increased efficiency - Decreased operation costs
Corn

15. How are producers able to become more efficient today?
2000
farrowing crates - slatted floors - self feeders - waste lagoons
Increase of large scale production which allows increased producer efficiency then leads to lower consumer cost.
Increased efficiency - Decreased operation costs

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

17. When did pork exports increase to 178%?
Increase of large scale production which allows increased producer efficiency then leads to lower consumer cost.
Breeding-gestation - Farrowing (2 to 3 wk) - Nursery (to 20 kg) - Finishing (to 115 kg; 1000 pig capacity)
Smithfield Foods
2000

18. What are most operations considered?
Smithfield Foods - Premium Standard Farms - Seaboard Farms - Iowa Select Farms - Christensen Farms
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)
21 days

19. When was there a major increase in pounds of pork produced?
21 days
1980-2004
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

20. 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
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
Pigs were fed outdoors and ran around Problems Caused: -Weight Loss from Running -Diseases from Dirt

21. What is Contracting?
Corn
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.
Japan - High value cuts Mexico- low value cuts
PSE

22. What region mainly raises hogs in the US?
Increase of large scale production which allows increased producer efficiency then leads to lower consumer cost.
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.
The Midwest (the location is beginning to change)

23. The estrous cycle length in the sow is ...
Farrow-Finish
China
21 days
All In - All Out : All come in and out at the same time; form of disease control b/c sanitize after each group

24. What is the main effect of specialization?
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.
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
Increased efficiency - Decreased operation costs

25. The country that produces the most pork is...
21 days
China
Pigs were fed outdoors and ran around Problems Caused: -Weight Loss from Running -Diseases from Dirt
2000

26. The UF Swine Unit is what kind of farm?
Farrow-Finish
Pork
Smithfield Foods - Premium Standard Farms - Seaboard Farms - Iowa Select Farms - Christensen Farms
21 days

27. How many days are pigs weaned?
21 days
- Farrow - Wean - Nursery - Growing - Finish (possible contracting)
The Midwest (the location is beginning to change)
About 3 weeks (21 days)

28. What is a big part of the Swine Industry in the US?
Specialization
About 3 weeks (21 days)
farrowing crates - slatted floors - self feeders - waste lagoons
fewer numbers of farms and greater pork production

29. What 5 factors make up Producer Efficiency?
fewer numbers of farms and greater pork 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.
- 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

30. What are the 3 specializations within the Swine Industry?
- Farrow - Wean - Nursery - Growing - Finish (possible contracting)
1980-2004
Corn
Increase of large scale production which allows increased producer efficiency then leads to lower consumer cost.