UNIVERSITY PARK - Despite
the lack of profits in hog produc
tion since mid-1979, the industry
C£,.onued its rapid expansion in
Pennsylvania through last year.
“As recent as the mid-1960’s
there had been little expansion in
Pennsylvania’s hog industry,”
according to H. Louis Moore, Penn
State Extension agricultural
economist. In 1966* hog marketings
in the state totaled just over a half
million bead. Expansion began in
the late 1960’5.
Hog marketings in Pennsylvania
totaled 1.2 million head in 1961 up
28 percent from 1960. National hog
numbers declined 4 percent during
1981 as a cyclical decline in
Pa. red meat dbwn
. HARRISBURG Commercial
red meat production in Penn
sylvania' during March totaled 77.1
million pounds, down 13 percent
from a year ago, according tothe'
Pennsylvania Crop Reporting ’
J'-'jyice.
Cattle slaughter at 70,800 head
. increased 15 percent from last
March. Calf slaughter increased 31
percent to 28,600 head. Hog
slaughter at 188,800 head dropped
37 percent from March 1981. The
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. In, recent years, many changes have
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■ But the most critical stage is when a cow is
in the first 100 days of lactation. It’s during this
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numbers began. Moore points out
that- Pennsylvania expansion in
recent years has not come from an
expansion in number of hog
producers hut is the result of an
expansion in size of operations.
The growth in operations with 300
to 500 sows has accounted for a
major portion of the -expansion in
the paid' S years. Pennsylvania
ranked 15th in hog marketings in
1981, upfrom 20th in 1980. -
“The sharp cyclical downturn in
hog numbers, which began late in
1981 will reduce Pennsylvania hog
marketings in 1962,”, says Moore.
Pennsylvania producers- last
December indicated- they would
cut production more than 30
percent in 1982.
number, of sheep and lambs
slaughtered totaled up four
percent from a year ago.
, Nationally, ' commercial red
meat, production during March
totaled 3.30 bilhop pounds, down
three percent from Macch 1981.
Commercial red meat
production includes.'slaughter in
federally inspected and other
plants, but excludes animals
slaughtered on farms. . '
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1981 hog expansion slows
Farms with hog operations
totaled 17,000 at the end of
December down 3,000 from the
previous year. Smaller operations
are discontinuing hog production
at a rapid rate. Larger operations
now account for a growing share.of
total hog production.
' At the end of 1961, hog operations
in the United States which had over
500 hogs each, accounted lor only
4.7 percent of the total hog
operations but 45.5 percent of the
total hogs. Even in the smaller
states such as Pennsylvania the
impact of the larger operations is
evident In these states operations
EFFECT: Center filling with forages results m particle separation
(heavier particles in middle - leaves to the outside) and con
sequently uneven compaction The hard core in the middle is very
dense but, the outside areas are fluffy. Since the angle of repose
of forages can be 45 to 60 degrees, many times the top of the pile
will slide off causing random hard spots in the mass. Air can
readily travel thrathe lighter, fluffy compacted areas during and
after filling, especially in larger diameter structures Air can
actually be trapped in these less dense areas, resulting in higher
heating and/or extended fermentation of the forages evidenced
by large watfers of whitemold.
'Because the, particles are arranged in such a steep angle (45-60
degrees) the-dome formed by the unloading action follows the
angle of the placement, fesujpng in a high steep sided dome and
irrsome instances a hole clear thru to the top of the mass, called
donutmg, will occur Some unloaders actually pull air back into
the dome area because of the revolving action of their carry out
device.
The whirling action of other types of unloaders will invariably suck
air, back into the dome. Depending on how long you run the
"unloader, how large the dome area and how well the hatches are
sealed will determine the amount of cave mold formed. Since air
willreadily travel thru light compacted forages, further damage to
the dry matter and subsequent nutrients may not be physical
evident
SOLUTION: The use of a circular action distributor during filling gives you an even, more dense compaction
of the total mass, greater air exclusion, minimal particle separation and flatter particle placement The
results are more tons in your structure, no wafer mold, a very low profile dome area and in reality "fresh”
smelling feed.
Use a Laidig 98 or 198 allows you to unload the more dense packed, distributor filled structure.
Actually the unloaders work better in a distributor filled structure because the evenly compacted mass is
easier to control. In addition, the conveying action of the LaidigTs one direction, always toward the feed
bunk In conclusion, the Sealstor/Laidig system provides you with more effective use of the storage space,
greater exclusion of air - both at the time of filling and unloading (better control of fermentation) and more
consistent, positive unloading of your top quality forages.
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SUBJECT: CAVE MOLD IN FORAGES
CAUSES: ★ Center Filling
★ Large Dome Area
★ Hatches Not Properly Sealed
★ Uneven Distribution
★ Type Of Unloader System
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 1,19*2—A19
with over 500 hogs in inventory
accounted for only 1.1 percent of
the total operations but 32.7 per
cent of the hogs at the end of 1981.
Nationally over the past 3 years,
hog producers have generally
operated at a loss because of low
prices and high production costs.
However, pork production has now
declined substantially, and hog
prices rose about a fourth between
early January and early February
as the weather reduced
marketings.
Large corn and soybean crop;
have resulted in lower grain and
supplement prices. These lower
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I NO. OF BEEF DAIRY HOGS
feed prices, along'with moderating
prices of other inputs, may lower
the cash costs of farrow-to-finish
operators below 1961’5.
The hard winter has affected
bogs more than other livestock,
because about 80 percent of the
nation’s bogs we produced in the
North Central region, where the
winter has been especially severe.
The weather has slowed weight
gains and may result in longer
feeding periods, which increase
the feed-conversion rate.
, Pork production in first-quarter
1982 has been forecast 8 to 10
percent a year earlier.
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