New Standard Case Study: Greenwald
New Standard Ag took on a renovation project located at Greenwald Colony, in Brokenhead, Manitoba, Canada. The renovations started in early January 2020. Before renovations, it was servicing 1200 head of sow. The crew and the client worked to get the barn fully empty in March. Renovations were completed and filled with sows at the beginning of August 2021. This was a great example of fine eye to detail, taking advantage of space, and utilizing the whole facility to its full potential.
Barn Facts
Originally designed as a 1,200 head sow barn
Gestation stalls with old technology, trying to avoid aggression in sows (spindle metal side frame)
Food dispensed in a trough along with water
slatted concrete flooring to solid concrete flooring
Breeding and gestation separate rooms
Gestation and Farrowing
1000+ head of sows
Replaced the feed system with an installation of a chain disc on both sides of the barn
4 rows of breeding stalls + additional for overflow
New gestation hardware installed (ESF)
Batch farrowing every 2 weeks with 100 sow
Variety of option styles (crating, penning, loose sow) for batch farrowing; giving sows a max of a week in the crates or penning for breeding
Pens installed for sick beds or culls that will be transported out of the barn
Separation pen for interaction after sows are bred
Gates designed to harness sow from running into areas that they don’t need to be in, and help introduce newly bred sows
17 ESF Feeding Stations installed for bred sows, 1 station ESF for training
Training Room
Training in batches of 45-50 gilts, three weeks allotted for each training stage
First stage is pre-training (or self-training)
1 large pen with PanelTIM walling
Dry ad-lib feeder on one side and water nipples on the other to promote circulation of pigs moving back and forth in the training pen
Gates that are the same as entrance and exit gates mounted into hallways for travel between both sides
After the first 2-3 days of familiarization in the pen, the gates are slowly closed over the next few weeks to allow the animals to learn how to operate them
Second stage is access to an ESF for 3 weeks to train them to enter, stand and eat inside the station
Other Features
3 large pens in different square footage depending on sow size for gestation
RFID tags with backup information to cloud in case of replacement
Sow weigher in each pen to collect data and assist with body conditioning
Construction and Manufacturing
Removal of old slats, and replaced with new slat flooring
Skinned concrete over troughs
Removal of solid concrete with an 8ft pit near the end of each hallway, required only in areas where animals will be traveling regularly
Installation of new penning and ESF
Installation of new chain feed conveying systems
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