From one farm to another, about 45% of sows are replaced annually. Unfortunately, much too low a percentage of the new gilts will get the opportunity to complete three parities. Why? Increasing mortality rates, higher incidence of prolapses, and elevated involuntary culling rates are common reasons mentioned. How to improve the performing sow management to reduce the incidence of these problematic and reach 75% retention at parity 3?
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Francis Simard holds a bachelor's degree and a masters degree in animal science from Laval University. He is a member of the Ordre des agronomes du Québec since 1999.
Working for Trouw Nutrition since 1999, he rose in the hierarchy of the animal nutrition sector. He is now the Nutrition and Development Director at Trouw Nutrition for swine and poultry for the Eastern Region. Over the years, his work has brought him to work with several client feed mills where he had the opportunity to perfect his knowledge of the interaction between formulation and feed production.
Mr. Simard participated to the elaboration of several articles in peer-reviewed magazines and presented lectures in different event, including Expo-Congrès du porc du Québec in 2003, the London Swine Conference in 2015, the Banff Pork Seminar in 2016 and The Pork Show in 2018.
Francis Simard is an active member of the Centre de développement du porc du Québec Nutrition Committee in 2008, the Swine industry’s RDT Committee and Le Porc Show Conferences Committee since 2014.
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