ANSI $4643$

Assignment #$1$

"DESIGNING YOUR FARM"

Name: Hayley Tate

$****$Due $\frac{9}{5}\frac{?}{2024}**$ in$-$lab

$*$Use additional sheets if necessary.

Swine Production System

The total flow must exceed $1200$ sows and be based on a $20-$d schedule $($breed and farrow every $20$ days$).$ Recall throughput is essential and maximizing flow is important

Binth $-$ Market economically.

$168$

$\backslash$table$[[$Sow Group,Breed,Enter Farrowing,Enter Nursery,Enter Finish,Market,$],[$A$,0,114,118,135,177,303],[B,20,134,138,155,197,323],[C,40,154,1518,175,217,343],[D,60,174,178,195,237,363],[E,80,194,198,215,257,383],[F,100,214,218,235,277,403],[G,120,234,238,255,297,423],[H,140,254,258,275,317,443],[I,160,274,278,295,337,463],[J,180,294,298,315,357,483],[K,200,314,318,335,377,503],[L,220,334,338,355,397,523]]$

$\backslash$table$[[$Sow Group,Breed,Enter Farrowing,Weaning,Enter Finish,Market$],[M,240,354,358,375,417,543],[N,260,374,378,395,437,563],[O,280,394,398,415,457,583],[P,300,414,418,438,477,603],[Q,320,434,438,455,497,623],[R,340,254,458,475,517,643],[S,360,474,478,495,537,663],[T,380,494,498,515,557,683],[U,400,514,518,535,577,703]]$

Important Info:

Gestation length, $114-116$ days $-$

Return to estrus, $4-7$ days

Weaning age, $17-24$ days

Nursery turn, $42-56$ days

Finisher turn, $112-126$ days

Wean$-$to$-$finish turn, $168-182$ days

For Breeding$/$Gestation $($Use $87\%$ farrowing rate; $87\%$ of the sows bred will farrow$)$:

What is the breeding interval? $q,-$

How many sow groups will be needed: $q,$

How many sows will be bred per group $$

For Lactation: $($Use $87\%$ farrowing rate; $87\%$ of the sows bred will farrow$)$

What is the farrowing interval $($days between grour $$

How many sows will farrow per group? $q,$

How many farrowing rooms $($barns$)$ will be need $lon$

For Nursery: $($Use $11$ pigs weaned per sow$)$

How often will you receive pigs? $$

How many rooms $($barns$)$ will be needed! $$

How many pigs do you expect to receive each tu $$

For Finisher: $($Use $93\%$ survival from weaning to market$)$

How often will you receive pigs? $$

How many rooms $($barns$)$ will be neede $$

How many pigs do you expect to market from each group? $$