July 23, 2007

TOPIGS sows breed well in the Netherlands

TOPIGS sows in the Netherlands last year weaned on average 25.7 pigs per year based on the technical results of 768 farms with a total of 290,000 sows.

The results show an average of 12.5 live-born piglets per litter while the number of piglets weaned per litter is 10.9.

In 2005 the average weaned per sow was 25.1 piglets, upping production by 0.6 percent per sow per year.

The 10 percent best farms achieved a production of 28.6 piglets weaned per sow per year. In 2005 this was 28.0. In 2006, the average number of live births per litter was 13.2. The number of piglets weaned per litter was 11.7.