PIC Symposium 2011 | Nashville, TN Improving Productivity Noel H Williams PIC North America

PIC Symposium 2011 | Nashville, TN Genetic Trends Trait Total born Born alive Pigs weaned/sow/year Milk production, lb weaned/sow/year Litters/sow/year2.5 Feed usage/WP/sow/year, lb10075

PIC Symposium 2011 | Nashville, TN 26 BA, 0 SB, 0 mummies

PIC Symposium 2011 | Nashville, TN What Improvements Have Been Made in the Last 10 Years? Strategies for reproduction: Sow Farm Gilt development and management Managing sow body condition Lactation and gestation feeding strategies Length of lactation Discipline and Implementation

PIC Symposium 2011 | Nashville, TN Farm 1 Performance Performance Monitor 2/23/2011  14 WK  42 WK BREEDING TOTAL # OF SERVICES (SOWS & GILTS) # OF GILTS SERVICE/WK # OF GILT SERVICES W NO PRIOR HEATS RECORDED (HNS)/WK0000 TOTAL # OF RECYLCES/WK7998 # OF RECYCLES REBRED/WK0000 # OF RECYCLES NOT REBRED BUT CULLED/WK7998 RECYCLES AS A % OF SERVICES3% # OF RECYCLES LESS THAN 35 DAYS OF PREGNANCY/WK (REBRED OR CULLED)6898 % RECYCLES LESS THAN 35 DAYS OF PREGNANCY90%98% 96% # OF HARDHEADS (OPEN SOWS GREATER THAN 7D POST WEANING THAT NOT BEEN BRED YET) % HARDHEADS OF MATED FEMALE INVENTORY0.8%0.6%0.3%0.6% # OF ABORTIONS GREATER THAN 50 D OF PREGNANCY PREG CHECKING - TOTAL # BRED/WK TOTAL # SOWS BRED/WK TOTAL # GILTS BRED/WK # PREG +/30 DAYS/WK/WK # SOWS PREG +/30 DAYS # GILTS PREG +/30 DAYS % PREG +/30 DAYS96% 95%96% - % SOWS PREG +/30 DAYS96% 95%96% - % GILTS PREG +/30 DAYS98%96% 97% FARROWING RATE95.3%95.7%95.2%95.4% FARROWING # FARROWED/WK AVG TOTAL BORN/LITTER TOTAL LIVEBORN/WK AVERAGE LIVEBORN/LITTER AVERAGE WEANING AGE # OF STILLBORN/WK % OF STILLBORN4%3% # MUMMIES/WK % OF MUMMIES2% # DIED THAT WERE BORNALIVE/WK PREWEANING MORTALITY % (PWM)6.8%7.3%7.4%7.2% NET GAIN/WK (WEANING AVERAGE) POPULATION INVENTORY OF VIRGIN GILTS GREATER THAN 200 D INVENTORY OF MATED GILTS/SOWS (20 GRPSX275) INVENTORY OF ALL FEMALES > 200 D % INVENTORY CAPACITY of %103.8%103.5%103.2% SOW DEATHS /WK5566 SOW DEATHS %4.9%4.6%5.2%4.9% # PIGS WND/MATED FEMALE/YR SALES # OF PIGS WEANED/WK AVG WEIGHT # DESTROYED AT WEANING/WK % DESTROYED AT WEANING0.68%0.71%0.73%0.71% % OF PIG BUDGET OF 2818/WK117%109%117%114% FEED DELIVERIES AVG # GEST FEED/SOW/DAY (4904 SOWS WITH 100 EMPTY CRATES) AVG # LACTATION FEED/SOW/DAY (825 F CRATES FULL - 1/2 GRP EMPTY) GESTATION - TON/ WK# LACTATION - TON/ WK# LBS OF SOW FEED PER PIG PRODUCED

PIC Symposium 2011 | Nashville, TN Farm 2 Performance Performance Monitor 2/23/2011  14 WK  42 WK BREEDING TOTAL # OF SERVICES (SOWS & GILTS) # OF GILTS SERVICE/WK # OF GILT SERVICES W NO PRIOR HEATS RECORDED (HNS)/WK0000 TOTAL # OF RECYLCES/WK6777 # OF RECYCLES REBRED/WK0000 # OF RECYCLES NOT REBRED BUT CULLED/WK6776 RECYCLES AS A % OF SERVICES2%3% 2% # OF RECYCLES LESS THAN 35 DAYS OF PREGNANCY/WK (REBRED OR CULLED)5776 % RECYCLES LESS THAN 35 DAYS OF PREGNANCY87%99%98%95% # OF HARDHEADS (OPEN SOWS GREATER THAN 7D POST WEANING THAT NOT BEEN BRED YET) % HARDHEADS OF MATED FEMALE INVENTORY0.7%1.5% 1.2% # OF ABORTIONS GREATER THAN 50 D OF PREGNANCY PREG CHECKING - TOTAL # BRED/WK TOTAL # SOWS BRED/WK TOTAL # GILTS BRED/WK # PREG +/30 DAYS/WK/WK # SOWS PREG +/30 DAYS # GILTS PREG +/30 DAYS % PREG +/30 DAYS11197% - % SOWS PREG +/30 DAYS96% - % GILTS PREG +/30 DAYS98%97% 98% FARROWING RATE94.0%96.6%96.5%95.7% FARROWING # FARROWED/WK AVG TOTAL BORN/LITTER TOTAL LIVEBORN/WK AVERAGE LIVEBORN/LITTER12.7 AVERAGE WEANING AGE # OF STILLBORN/WK % OF STILLBORN4%3% # MUMMIES/WK % OF MUMMIES2% # DIED THAT WERE BORNALIVE/WK PREWEANING MORTALITY % (PWM)5.7%5.5%5.6% NET GAIN/WK (WEANING AVERAGE)12.0 POPULATION INVENTORY OF VIRGIN GILTS GREATER THAN 200 D INVENTORY OF MATED GILTS/SOWS (20 GRPSX275) INVENTORY OF ALL FEMALES > 200 D % INVENTORY CAPACITY of %99.8%99.9%99.1% SOW DEATHS /WK6666 SOW DEATHS %5.4% 5.7%5.5% # PIGS WND/MATED FEMALE/YR SALES # OF PIGS WEANED/WK AVG WEIGHT # DESTROYED AT WEANING/WK % DESTROYED AT WEANING0.34%0.59%0.57%0.50% % OF PIG BUDGET OF 2818/WK102%110% 107% FEED DELIVERIES AVG # GEST FEED/SOW/DAY (4904 SOWS WITH 100 EMPTY CRATES) AVG # LACTATION FEED/SOW/DAY (825 F CRATES FULL - 1/2 GRP EMPTY) GESTATION - TON/ WK# LACTATION - TON/ WK# LBS OF SOW FEED PER PIG PRODUCED

PIC Symposium 2011 | Nashville, TN Productivity Improvements Q1Q2Q3Q4Q1Q2Q3Q4Q1 Farrowing rate, % Litters/sow/yr Avg Born Alive PWM, % Avg wean pigs/sow Wean/MF/yr Courtesy of Dr. Joaquin Sporke and Eduardo Luchsinger

PIC Symposium 2011 | Nashville, TN How Did They Maintain PWM With Higher Litter Size ? Have a good team in place Assisting farrowings. Make sure day-1 care is always there Provide right environment to newborn piglets Implement an effective colostrum management process Keep sows healthy and have a good start Keep piglets healthy Set litters consciously, according to every sow capacity and history Have a good plan to use nurse sows Designated creep area for piglets Heat lamp management Current trials showing some other management practices that can take the system to a level of less than 8% PWM Did the same better

PIC Symposium 2011 | Nashville, TN Genomic Selection Implementation of dense marker panelsImplementation of dense marker panels –Total born - L02 Dec % improvement in accuracy58% improvement in accuracy –Scrotal Hernias – 337 Dec % improvement in accuracy14% improvement in accuracy –Finishing Mortality – 337 Jan % improvement in accuracy22% improvement in accuracy

PIC Symposium 2011 | Nashville, TN Genetic Trends Trait Total born Born alive Pigs weaned/sow/year Milk production, lb weaned/sow/year Litters/sow/year2.5 Feed usage/WP/sow/year, lb75??

PIC Symposium 2011 | Nashville, TN What Innovations will Occur in Next Five Years Strategies for reproduction: Sow Farm Gilt development and management Managing sow body condition Lactation and gestation feeding strategies Length of lactation Message – as Biology/Potential of sows change we must continue to research these factors

PIC Symposium 2011 | Nashville, TN What Innovation will Occur in the Next 5 Years Strategies for Reproduction: Sow Farm Crate Size Continued Improvement of Pig Quality Hovers, other Technologies Improve Teat Quality/Milk Production Discipline and Implementation-Human Factor

PIC Symposium 2011 | Nashville, TN Get Creative For instance, this device prevent laid ons by blowing cold air into the creep area when the dam is getting down. 1.Innovative ideas - not so much have been done in this department so new ideas to explore are welcome

PIC Symposium 2011 | Nashville, TN What improvements have been made in the last 10 years? Boar Stud 1. Accuracy of semen concentration 2. Assessment of sperm 3. Confidence in boar studs Not much change in semen concentration and utilization of boars…

PIC Symposium 2011 | Nashville, TN Semen Concentration Trial Objective: Use lower semen concentration and improve the use of genetically superior boars Used a stud with terminals that was pooling semen at 3.25 billion viable Materials and Methods: –Boars were used at 2 billion cells with traditional AI for 50 ss matings –100 matings per week at 2 sow farms –Identify poor fertility boars based on performance –Remove these boars from the herd

PIC Symposium 2011 | Nashville, TN Results

PIC Symposium 2011 | Nashville, TN IUI CBV Plus Program AI Boar Avg. Index = 122 CBV Boar CBV Plus Boar Avg. Index = 136 Diff = 14 50%50% Cull

PIC Symposium 2011 | Nashville, TN CBVPlus FCR Days Backfat (mm) Loin Depth (mm)0.179 Pre wean Mort (%) Nurs Mort (%) Fin Mort (%) $ value$0.87 Estimated Performance Improvements Reduction from 3 to 1 billion

PIC Symposium 2011 | Nashville, TN WTF Productivity

PIC Symposium 2011 | Nashville, TN How Do You Measure Feed Cost Cost/Ton Feed/Gain Feed Cost/Market Pig Income Over Feed Cost Hard to standardize –Nutrient levels –Market weight –Physical form –Etc, Etc

PIC Symposium 2011 | Nashville, TN Benchmark Comparison Agri Stats Data, All Rights Reserved

PIC Symposium 2010 | Nashville, TN Benchmark Comparison Agri Stats Data, All Rights Reserved

PIC Symposium 2010 | Nashville, TN Benchmark Comparison Agri Stats Data, All Rights Reserved

PIC Symposium 2010 | Nashville, TN Benchmark Comparison (260 Pound Pig) Agri Stats Data, All Rights Reserved

PIC Symposium 2011 | Nashville, TN PIC337 Grow – Finish Performance 270 lb. Market Wt. Energy Level x Sex Entry Wt., lb. Market Wt., lb. Average Daily Gain, lb. / day Daily Feed Intake, lb. / day Feed Conversion High Energy x Barrows (3759) High Energy x Gilts (3666) Low Energy x Barrows (3931) Low Energy x Gilts (3787) 300 lb. Market Wt. High Energy x Barrows (3774) High Energy x Gilts (3697) Low Energy x Barrows (4046) Low Energy x Gilts (3830)

PIC Symposium 2010 | Nashville, TN Benchmark Comparison (260 or 290 Pound Pig) Agri Stats Data, All Rights Reserved

PIC Symposium 2011 | Nashville, TN PIC337RG x Camborough Barrows and Gilts 1,556 Kcals ME1,442 Kcals ME TraitBarrowsGiltsBarrowsGilts Entry Wt., lb Market Wt., lb Ave. Daily Gain, lb. / day Daily Feed Intake, lb. / day Feed Conversion Metabolizable Energy, Mcals / day Energy Conversion, Kcals / lb. gain4,1153,8844,2613,975 Message – PIC pigs have appetite capacity to meet demands for growth

PIC Symposium 2011 | Nashville, TN Variation in Growth Rate

PIC Symposium 2011 | Nashville, TN Variation in Growth Rate

PIC Symposium 2011 | Nashville, TN Factors Limiting Growth Environmental Limitations –Feed availability –Feeder design –Water availability/design –Square footage Other Stressors –Health –Health x environment interactions

PIC Symposium 2010 | Nashville, TN Compliments of Dean Boyd

PIC Symposium 2011 | Nashville, TN GNX Program Expansion FIRE test (May 2010)

PIC Symposium 2011 | Nashville, TN Bluegrass GNX Update 5,000 pigs tested / 250 sires now tested5,000 pigs tested / 250 sires now tested Fed low energy dietsFed low energy diets Fed pelletsFed pellets All lines (terminal and maternal) impacted by this programAll lines (terminal and maternal) impacted by this program

PIC Symposium 2011 | Nashville, TN EBV Accuracy Improvement with Crossbred Data

PIC Symposium 2011 | Nashville, TN Consumer Acceptability?

PIC Symposium 2011 | Nashville, TN Grow-Finish Potential (Fire Station Off Tested Boars) CriteriaLine 65Line 27 On Test Weight, lb End Weight, lb Daily Gain, lb/day2.27 Feed Conversion, lb Feed Conversion, cal BF, mm

PIC Symposium 2011 | Nashville, TN Improvest ® Effects Improvest Treated Males as % of Surgically Castrated Male Performance Production Traits% of Surgically Castrated Male Average daily gain4.1 % Daily feed intake2.4 % Feed conversion6.3 % Carcass Traits Yield2.5 % Last rib, Mid-line backfat thickness8.5 % FOM Loin depth3.0 % Boneless loin weight.1 % Boneless ham weight3.0 % Belly weight4.3 % Meat Quality Traits Loin pH.2 % Subjective marbling score15.5 % Loin Minolta L*1.7 % Belly thickness6.6 % = Desirable response. = Undesirable response.

PIC Symposium 2011 | Nashville, TN First shot Second shot Compliments – Pilino Barbarino Feed Consumption: Castrated vs Immunocastrated - Fielda Data Message – Quick, Correct Adaption Critical