Show Notes
Gerard McCutcheon, Specialist Pig Development Officer at Teagasc joins Ciarán Carroll on the latest Pig Edge podcast to discuss the recently published National Pig Herd Performance Report for 2021.
This report is the detailed analysis of the performance of the pig farms that participated in the Teagasc e-Profit Monitor (ePM) recording system in 2021.
The data available and included in this analysis is from a total of 79 herds representing over 62,000 sows or 43% of the total Irish sow herd.
For more, go to: https://www.teagasc.ie/news--events/daily/pigs--poultry/pig-herd-performance-2021-infographic.php
For more episodes and information from the Pig Edge podcast go to: https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/pigs/the-pig-edge-podcast/
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