THE BETTER WAY TO FEED SOWS
Electronic Sow Feeding
THE BETTER WAY TO FEED SOWS
Highlights
- Target vaccination, heat detection, reproductive efficiency, nutritional supplementation and animal movement.
- From a single feeder operation to a 10,000-sow farm, ESF can be customized to meet the operation's requirements.
- Feed up to 80 sows per unit.
- Hand-held units enable paperless barn management.
- Straight-ahead exit and retractable feed bowl maximize animal troughput.
Keys to successful implementation of ESF
Barn Design and Animal Flow
Electronic sow feeding is the only alternative to gestation crates that provides true individual animal nutrition. Compident feeding stations are robust and reliable, thanks to over 30 years of experience and dedication to continuous improvement.
AP and Schauer's alternative sow housing solutions maximizes performance and sow comfort. Design a system ideal for your facilities, animal flow and management style.
ESF Videos
Tennessee Producer Shares thoughts on Electronic Sow Feeding
Watch as we take a walktrhough of the Electronic Sow Feeder (ESF) system at the Herrondale sow farm in Henry, Tennessee. Jim Maggart, Regional Production Supervisor of the Herrondale farm, shares his thoughts and experience with the AP ESF and post-implantation design.
More Videos
Tennessee Producer Shares thoughts on Electronic Sow Feeding
Watch as we take a walktrhough of the Electronic Sow Feeder (ESF) system at the Herrondale sow farm in Henry, Tennessee. Jim Maggart, Regional Production Supervisor of the Herrondale farm, shares his thoughts and experience with the AP ESF and post-implantation design.
How We are Using the Electronic Sow Feeder
Dennis and Tara Terpstra operate a 370 sow farrow-to-finish farm near Brussels, Ontario. Listen as they share their experience with loose housing and the AP Electronic Sow Feeding system.
Electronic Sow Feeding - Maximum Animal Health, Maximum Productivity
Healthy pigs are productive pigs. AP's Electronic Sow Feeder ensures each sow gets her share of feed for the day, safely and individually in the stall.
Electronic Sow Fedding - Flexible, Efficient Design
An overview on the flexible design of Electronic Sow Feeder (ESF). The ESF can be set up to fit the needs of any group sow housing operation.
Why I Use an Electronic Sow Feeding System
Listen while Automated Production Systems visits with a customer and AP representative Jeff Schoening about how thy are using electronic sow feeding in their operation.
Electronic Sow Feeding - Painless Setup, Easy Maintenance
AP's Electronic Sow Feeding (ESF) System can be set up to fit any operation. ESF is simple to set up and service, and creates an environment that is safe and healthy for your pigs.
Built to Perform
PROGRAMMABLE CRITERIA
TOPO SOFTWARE & HARDWARE
TOPO is a straighforward and intuitive system based on Windows CE programming. An easy-to-read dashboard and graphics provide a clear overview of the feed strategy and the current status of the feeding at all times. External data backup is easier than ever before with the use of a USB stick. A backup battery ensures that data is stored reliably in the event of a power outage. The key data and input menus link up to Pig Manager Mobile, allowing the possibility of a 'paperless' sow and feeding management system.
SIMPLE DESIGN
Reduce stress to animals and staff and lower service costs with the simple and convenient design of ESF. It's easy for animals to acclimate to the feeding process. Workers will find convenient access to necessary components for regular maintenance.
ELECTRONIC TRACKING
Electronic identification of sows with RFID tags allows computer-controlled management of individual animals including vaccination, heat detection and top dressing of nutritional supplements.
