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56 THE RURAL VOICE
ADVICE
PORK RECORDS
USE THEM WELL
•
From time to time I ask myself, why
do pig producers keep production rec-
ords? My reason for asking this ques-
tion is that I see producers do interesting
things with them.
One interesting thing that producers
do with their records is nothing. I have
been in too many operations that could
bury me in sow cards, but when I asked
if any of this information was used to
highlight strengths and weaknesses in
the operation, I got blank stares.
Perhaps this is extension's fault.
Many producers responded: you just
told us to keep the records, you didn't
tell us we were supposed to do anything
with them. I hope we aren't perpetuat-
ing this feeling with the Ontario Pork
Industry Improvement Plan (OPIIP).
If the only reason you are keeping
records is that someone suggested it was
a good idea and you aren't doing any-
thing with them, you have two choices.
One is quit, because you're wasting
your time. Two is to move on to record
analysis and make records one of the
driving forces in the success of the
operation.
The other interesting thing produc-
ers do with their production records is
compare them with a whole host of other
production records. In many instances
the pastime of "never mind what I'm
doing, what's the other guy doing" can
be a favourite but fatal one.
Let me give you an example of some
potential problems. Compare your pro-
duction records to the following:
PRODUCTION STANDARDS
Pigs per sow per year
MLC Top 10%
(10-18 day weaning) 25.0
J. Gadd 27.8
Queen Elizabeth II 24.8
Archbishop of Canterbury Undisclosed
(but remember,
the Lord is on his side)
(Source: J. Gadd, National Hog Fanner,1983)
Now because the need to achieve
high performance has been imprinted on
your brain by advisors and the media,
(cont'd)