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What is the cost of IPPC on a straw based unit, and is it hard to do?
I have to calculate whether we have enough dirty water capacity for 6 months storage. Are there standard figures to calculate liquid output per pig?
Can you clarify whether or not you can feed raw potatoes to pigs please, I thought that the tryptophan they contain harms them?
I was interested to see the picture of the matting in the gateway of Plantation Pigs farm in the BPEX case study featured in this month's Pig World (Oct 09). Any idea where I can get the matting? I thought we might try some in parts of our service tents, as well as gateways.
We are building a new finishing house with a straw bedding, please could you suggest what fall we need to lay the floor at so that it drains away from the bedding? The pen will be 7m long. We will also put in a new loading ramp, are there any rules we need to follow?
How would you recommend slap marking pigs to give maximum tattoo and minimum pain to the pigs and myself?
I am looking into purchasing a recording system and I wondered if you could recommend one?
I am looking into purchasing an incinerator and wanted to know if BPEX have a Which Guide so I know what one to purchase.
I would like to know why the price of pork has increased significantly in recent times. Is it purely to do with the increasing cost of animal feed or are there other reasons?
My water meter is giving a very high reading for water output; averaging well over 10 gallons per day per sow. I believe I have a water leak but just to make sure how much should sows be drinking per day?

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