Mark Slack and his son, John, have built a new barn for their purebred Duroc hogs and for Durocs from Denmark.
The facility near Tamworth, Ont., has room for 625 sows, reports Jim Eadie of Swineweb.
it is outfitted with Gestal technology from Jyga Technologies and is designed for exceptional animal comfort and operational efficiency.
The barn, built under a new multiplication contract with DanBred, will focus on supplying breeding stock, including boar studs featuring Duroc genetics.
The sow barn will run as a companion to their gilt-rearing barn with capacity for 2,500 pigs.
