The 91大神 ATI swine program聽includes a 24-sow farrow-to-finish operation that produces 500 market hogs and feeder pigs annually. The farm produces over聽1500 pigs each year with approximately one-half of those being finished on the farm.聽
Pigs are weaned at 18 days of age then go through our 300 pig two-staged,聽environmentally controlled, raised deck nursery and a grower-finisher barn.
Students assist in the daily operation of the herd and facilities, including baby pig management, reproductive management, live animal evaluation, ultrasonics, and computerized record-keeping.