Pig Farming – Housing

Pig farming is not only a profitable business but also a very popular and lucrative business. Pig is widely used to eat and pork. But it is not an easy tusk to farming. It takes a lot of time and money to make a profitable pig farm. To make a perfect pig farm everybody needs…

Square Foot Gardening

Small Outdoor Space? Consider “Square Foot Gardening.” There’s nothing quite so satisfying as growing your own food and nothing quite so frustrating as being a would  be gardener with a too small outdoor space. What is Square Foot Gardening? Square Foot Gardening (commonly referred to as SFG) is a simple method of creating small, orderly,…

Identifying Pest and Disease

Identifying the problem is the first step in finding an earth-friendly way to reduce or even eradicate the damage caused by garden foes. Check the list below for the most common causes of garden problems. Keep in mind that the 95 percent of garden visitors are either helpful or harmless. Beneficial insects include ladybugs, lacewings…

Reproductive Disorders

Reproductive failure is the most common cause for culling sows from production herds. The reproductive disorders failure can affect individual pigs, but can also be a farm problem. Any region of the pig’s genital tract can be diseased, with the uterus being the most frequently affected organ.  Other less common infectious causes of reproductive problems…

Crop Rotation Importance

A question mostly asked; what is crop rotation importance: To help control pests and diseases it is a good idea to grow families of vegetables in separate plots and move them around(rotate) them each year. E.g Year 1; Potato family – Carrot family – Cabbage family – Pea & bean family Year 2; Pea &…

Management of New Born Piglets

A few minutes after birth the umbilical cord may be pulled gently away or cut if necessary(to about 5cm length). After birth, the navel of each piglet should be soaked in a cup of iodine solution to prevent inflammation and tetanus. Each piglet should be rubbed carefully, dry with a cloth. After the first one…

Selecting Breeding Gilt

Selecting breeding gilt is important since it contributes half the quality of the herd. Areas to be considered while selecting breeding gilt: Gilts selected to have at least 12 teats so as to accommodate a large litter Gilts to be selected from sows, which mean 9-10 or more piglets per litter and are unknown to…

PURE PIG BREEDING

Pure-breeding The major objective of pure pig breeding is to identify and propagate superior genes for use in commercial production primarily in crossbreeding programs as well as to propagate and identify superior females for maintaining valuable genetic material. Furthermore crossbreeding will not be worthwhile unless superior pure bred individuals are used. Out breeding Mating individuals…

Controlling Calcium

Controlling Calcium mineral  is delicate in the plant. A deficiency can cause problems such as blossom end rot in sweet pepper and tomato, burnt edges in leafy crops and ‘trip burn’ in some ornamental crops. The other way round, excess leads to gold spot on tomatoes and stip (color spotting) in peppers. Just paying attention…