As a pig farmer, your yield, your earning capacity, is determined by the price for the product at the time of delivery, the actual sale.

Since you have little or no influence on market prices, the majority of your opportunities for margin growth lie within your company. Healthy, well-growing animals have a low mortality rate, a better feed conversion, produce better quality and require relatively little attention. This applies to both the sow and her offspring.

Remember that often “rubbish in = rubbish out”, or inaccurate information often leads you to the wrong conclusions, which leads to the wrong solution.