Indiana swine industry grows

Indiana's growing swine industry brings more than $3B annually to the state economy, according to Tim Belstra, president of Belstra Milling Co. An Iowa study showed that a new swine facility directly creates 21 new jobs and indirectly creates 19 jobs, he said.
According to Indiana Pork data listed in The Times of Northwest Indiana, Indiana is the fifth largest pork-producer in the country, and the pork sector is the largest consumer of Indiana grain. About 3,000 producers are involved in Indiana’s pork industry.

UK aims for 2-ton sow

Britain’s pig industry has set itself a new aim for 2010 – that of achieving what is being called the “two-ton sow.” A spokesperson for the British Pig Executive (BPEX) told Pig International that the term has been coined to describe plans to increase the average carcase weight produced per sow per year up to 2000 kilograms by the end of this year. Speaking to producers in the east of England, Andrew Knowles of BPEX insisted that this was the level of output which British pig producers must achieve in order to stay competitive with the rest of Europe. “We are confident that the UK industry can achieve this target,” he added. “It will be achieved through improvements in breeding, accommodation, nutrition, finishing and health status that will add up to increases in the number of pigs per sow per year and carcase weight of slaughter pigs. We can do it, but we will need the whole industry to pull together.”

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