AGRICULTURAL
IN SHORT
➊ A piglet weighs 8kg after 28 days and 30kg
after 70 days.
➋ 92% to 94% of the pigs survive the whole
process.
➌ Interesting! A boar has to be sold before the
age of 22 weeks, which is when he reaches
sexual maturity.
➍ A carcass of 110kg has a final slaughter
percentage of 78%, 80kg tot 85kg.
➎ Sows are kept in groups of 8 to 60 and they
socialise for 16 weeks, to the benefit of their
own wellbeing and for production purposes.
Please take a look at the
Nation in Conversation
episode where the focus
was on the Kriek family and
Taaibosch Piggery. Use the
following link:
http://fwd2.co/pork
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SENWES SCENARIO | WINTER 2018