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…
“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…
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…
This summer, Klocke Farms and PigEasy were fortunate to add a couple members to the team. Their involvement with PigEasy varies, but as with everyone else in our operation, they are a part of just about everything. Welcome to PigEasy and Klocke Farms, Ben and Mitch! Ben Klocke and Mitch Tiefenthaler began working for Klocke…
What is it and why is it so important? MealMeter feed dispenser When we set out to develop the MealMeter, we were focused on two main benefits; to increase production while decreasing feed waste. Now that we have had the MealMeter in front of pre breed gilts, weaned and under conditioned sows, and lactating sows…
The 2015 World Pork Expo is exactly one week away and we couldn’t be more excited. In our younger years, we would love to tag along with Dad to sneak treats (everyone remembers the flavored slushies in the semen bags at the ZFI booth??) and eat as much barbecued pork as our stomachs would allow.…
I think Earth Day in the past has left a bad taste in most farmers’ mouths because activists tend to use this day as a platform and a launch pad for their attacks on innovation and progress in the Ag industry. I can’t blame farmers in some ways. Animal and anti-GMO activists are like that…
Dave’s awakening occurred a few years ago at a regional boot camp offered by his genetics company. There, the presenter discussed the importance of gilt development. He said gilts are significant because the size of their first litter can define their lifetime litter size, yet gilts represent quite a challenge in many ways. …
My name is Katie. About a year and a half ago I gave up my corporate 8-5 job in Des Moines to help my family run a startup business called PigEasy. My work station went from a cubicle and head set to a laptop, briefcase and kitchen table. It’s been an exciting ride. So, who’s…
