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…
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…
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…
Templeton, Iowa – January 28, 2016 – PigEasy, LLC, a family owned company based in Templeton, Iowa, announced today it has received intellectual property protection in the form of patent US 9,220,236B2 for the premier product, the MealMeter feed dispenser. This new patent was awarded on December 29, 2015 to PigEasy founder Dave Klocke by…
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…
PigEasy Feeder Set Up Veterinarians, nutritionists and consultants have been promoting ad lib feeding sows in lactation for years due to its many short and long term benefits. Overall, ad lib feeding removes the human element of feed intake, thus giving each sow the ability to choose how much feed she wants to consume throughout…
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.…
Many pork producers have acknowledged the importance of ad lib feeding in lactation for a number of reasons. First and foremost, lactation puts huge caloric demand on a sow as they are feeding larger litters. If we are not giving her access to full feed, there is a chance she will lose condition, which will…
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. …
