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Illuminating Poultry Production: The Overdrive® LED Bulb Advantage - QC Supply

Illuminating Poultry Production: The Overdrive® LED Bulb Advantage

Whether you're an amateur chicken farmer with a backyard brood or a full-scale poultry producer, you know chickens need light. But have you ever asked...

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Battling Rodent Infestations With Neogen® - QC Supply

Battling Rodent Infestations With Neogen®

Rodents like mice and rats can pose a huge threat to a farming operation. They damage property, contaminate feed and create major health risks by...

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Exploring the Advantages of Swine Cup Watering Systems

For commercial swine producers, a cup watering system can be a way to realize significant savings in a variety of areas. Because of their unique...

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Maximizing Livestock Comfort: The Role of Barn Curtains - QC Supply

Maximizing Livestock Comfort: The Role of Barn Curtains

Investing in a high-quality agricultural curtain system for your facility may make a lot of sense. Better environmental conditions can lead to better yield which...

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How to Make a Biosecurity Plan for Your Farm

The goal of any biosecurity plan is to minimize the movement of threatening organisms and the dogs, cats, birds, and rodents that can carry them...

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Airflow Essentials: Choosing the Right Ventilation System for Your Pig Barn - QC Supply

Airflow Essentials: Choosing the Right Ventilation System for Your Pig Barn

Proper ventilation in pig barns improves the air quality and reduces the chance for illness, decreased pig productivity, and loss of profits. The two basic...

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A New Approach to Chick Watering: Exploring Hanging Bucket and Nipple Systems - QC Supply

A New Approach to Chick Watering: Exploring Hanging Bucket and Nipple Systems

Switching from a ground-based waterer to a nipple-based watering system is a smart move for the poultry producer. Nipple systems come in several options: from...

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The Power of Prevention: The Importance of Daily Pig Barn Inspections

The main advantage of a daily inspection is the early identification of any problem that might need to be resolved for individual animals, pens, and...

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Guarding Against Infection: Hygiene Protocols for Pig Barn Workers - QC Supply

Guarding Against Infection: Hygiene Protocols for Pig Barn Workers

Healthy and clean facility workers are much less likely to introduce infections. Attention to even the smallest detail of an employee’s on-site experience—from the soap...

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Understanding Your Pressure Washer: The Importance of Nozzle Sizings - QC Supply

Understanding Your Pressure Washer: The Importance of Nozzle Sizings

By understanding the differences in nozzle sizes and the tasks they were designed to accomplish, you can get the most out of your investment in...

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Tips for Dealing with Livestock Heat Stress - QC Supply

Tips for Dealing with Livestock Heat Stress

Heat stress can lead to a host of issues, none of them good. Heat stress can be responsible for breeding inefficiency, lower milk production, decreased...

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Cooling Down the Barn: The Benefits of Misters for Indoor Livestock - QC Supply

Cooling Down the Barn: The Benefits of Misters for Indoor Livestock

Heat stress is a real and all-too-common problem most farmers, particularly those in hot climates, must deal with. Heat stress can result in drastically-reduced productivity...

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