The pigs receive sawdust to make sure the pens stay dry. The straw is given as an extra safe- guard against tail biting.
The heat exchanger extracts warmth from manure and passes this on to floor heating as well as pre-heating of water for liquid feed.
The farm’s smoke detector. The red duct runs through the en- tire farm.
feed from the same distributor that supplies the multiplication farm. After this month, within three days, the Yrjälä farm switches to feed which is based on its own-produced raw mate- rials, mainly consisting of wheat and barley. The grain is mashed and with a hammer mill added to the mixer. This is filled with the pre-heated water. The liquid feed is then finished off with an additional feed component. With this diet, rich in grains, the pigs are thriving. Between 30 and 120kg, the gilts and barrows easily reach 1kg growth/day. That high average growth figure includes a small percentage of underachievers.
Great animal health
The excellent growth figures are also related to a great pig health status. Finland is free of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M. hyo) as well as Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syn- drome (PRRS). That means that the animals come closer to reaching their genetic potential. The first pigs will go the slaughterhouse 11 weeks after entering the finishing barns. New weaner pigs arrive every 14 weeks, which gives the farmers four days to completely clean and dry the pig houses. The pigs are also free of Salmonella. Finland has a zero
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