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D-pigs-per-sow-per-year Dictionary

Pigs per sow per year

The number of pigs a sow produces for sale each year

All termsIntroduced in M11Open the Toolkit
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Plain meaning
The number of pigs a sow produces for sale each year
How to use it
Use a realistic figure for the student's management level, not the best commercial figure.
South African benchmark
South Africa's industrialised pig sector is measured on pigs per sow per year (Article 67).
Country notes
Applies the same way in all five markets.
Go and read
M11
Calculate it
T-M11-02 Sow Productivity
Library sources
LIB-A067, LIB-P-Pork
See also
Sow, Farrowing
One sow and the piglets she produces in a yearPigs per sow per yearLitters a year x piglets weaned per litter. Here: 2 litters x 9 = 18.
Pigs per sow per year, shown as a diagram.

Introduced in M11 Pork.