Over the last few years, we’ve fielded a lot of questions on the MealMeter feed dispenser. There are many I myself would ask if I was in the customers’ shoes. For those of you who are intrigued, but haven’t caught up with us at a trade show or aren’t ready to make the call yet,…
A consulting veterinarian we’ve utilized for years at Klocke Farms has the heart of a teacher. He likes to stay focused on the fundamentals and uses phrases that stick in your head long after he heads back to the office. We often catch ourselves repeating these one-liners when we talk about the MealMeter feed dispenser.…
World Pork Expo, Des Moines, IA The 2017 World Pork Expo is around the corner and we’re putting the finishing touches on PigEasy products that will be featured in our expanding booth (#V729). Even as we focus on promoting our tried and true product line, Dave never stops developing new innovations. The…
With the AI Saddle, we’ve been living under the age-old advice of “If it’s not broke, don’t fix it.” And who can blame us? This artificial insemination tool has been a gold standard in the swine industry for almost 15 years with major improvements in 2006. Producing a top notch, dependable product has…
I started getting migraines in middle school. I left most softball games with a bad migraine from getting overheated. Mine had typical triggers, but as a 12 year old I barely understood what migraines was and didn’t understand why they were happening. By the end of high school, I was getting 3-4 a week…
“There’s a way to do it better – find it.” – Thomas Edison While innovation never quits at PigEasy, it can certainly ebb and flow. Sometimes great ideas get stuck in Dad’s noggin for quite a while before he begins messing around in the shop creating the first proto-type. Even then, parts and…
Steve Austin. Astronaut. A man barely alive. Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to make the world’s first bionic man. Steve Austin will be that man. Better than he was before. Better. Stronger. Faster. Gentlemen, we can rebuild her. We have the technology. Comparing a sow to the…
When we launched PigEasy and set out to build the product line, adding the Chuck-It Bucket was a no brainer…. Long before it ever had a name, Dad built the Chuck-It Bucket for our sow farm to hold and handle pig mortalities and afterbirth. He didn’t like the idea of full 5 gallon buckets…
“You can’t win them all if you don’t win the first one.” In high school and college, I used to work at a local café where the “regulars” would pull out a deck of cards while their bacon was frying to play for who gets stuck with the breakfast tab. As the cards were…
Culling sows have been brought up in a past blog post as the MealMeter has catapulted Klocke Farms’ (KFI) pigs per sow lifetime past 60. While many focus on Pigs per sow per year, pigs per sow lifetime is an equally important number especially in terms of cost of production. Jason, KFI’s Breeding…
Tuesday’s Trick of the Trade On the farm and with PigEasy, we’re all about making jigs to get the job done a little faster and a lot more smoothly. Templates also make each hole and cut more uniform, saving time later on during installation. I have to say spending time making up jigs and templates…
