Herd Profile
Stephen Moffett owns Moffet Farms, a 1200 sow farrow-to-wean operation located in Sussex, New Brunswick. The barn was built new in 2004. The gestation room has 16 pens with 60 sows per pen, using CanArm and Schauer ESF feeders. The sows are bred weekly and managed in static groups.
Process
The barn was built new in 2004.
Table 1. Herd Production Data for 2014
| Total | |
| Number of Serves | 4053 |
| Return Serves (%) | 8.6 |
| Conception Rate (%) | 76.9 |
| Farrowing | 3127 |
| Total Born/Litter | 14.2 |
| Live Born/Litter | 13.2 |
| Mummified/Litter | 0.4 |
| Born Dead/Litter | 1.0 |
| Total Weanings | 3139 |
| Pigs Weaned/Litter | 10.6 |
| Removal Rate (%) | 5.6 |
| Suckling Days/Litter | 20.8 |
| Litter/Sow/Year | 2.26 |
| Pigs Weaned/Sow/Year | 24.08 |
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