If you don’t measure it, you can’t control it was one of the key messages to come out of the BPEX Innovation Conference.The theme of the event, held at Stoneleigh Park, was the future of pig feeding and performance data interpretation.

　　“如果你無法衡量不去測量它，你就無法控制它”，這就是BPEX創新大會給出的關鍵信息之一，是走出BPEX創新大會，本次活動是在麗石公園舉行，其主題是未來養豬和性能數據的解讀。

　　In his presentation Hugh Crabtree of Farmex said producing data was easy but it was worth nothing if it could not be interpreted.

　　來自Farmex的休·克拉布特里在他的幻燈片中介紹說，生成數據是容易的，如果不對它進行解釋，那它是就沒有價值的。

　　He said: "Data should be turned into knowledge then used to generate profit. Even the most experienced can learn something when they start measuring. "

　　他說：“數據應該轉化為知識，然后用來產生利潤，即使是最有經驗的人也可以學到一些東西，當只要他們開始測量后。”

　　He said there was no need to measure everything but the key elements were temperature, water, energy, feed and growth.

　　"The data must be used to get more things more right more of the time. Do that and the pigs' biology will respond. It is mostly what we do to the pigs that gets in the way which means on-going monitoring and on-going training."

　　必須通過數據用來獲得更多東西，更正確的事情，節省更多的時間獲得更多正確的東西，通過這樣做，豬的生物學指標會作出回應。基本上，我們以這種方式對豬所做的一切它主要是我們做什么，這都意味著我們要對豬進行持續的監測和持續訓練的方式。

　　His presentation was followed by two from producers who had put the mantra into practice and benefited from it.

　　在他的報告之后是兩位養豬生產者商的報告，這兩位養豬人將他的跟隨并把口號方法付諸實踐，并已從中受益。

　　Harry Heath, farm manager at Whitely Manor Farm in Shropshire, has a 550 sow breeder/finisher unit and 500 acres of cereals.

　　哈利·希思，是懷特利莊園農場的什羅普郡農場的經理，擁有一個550頭母豬/育肥舍和500英畝的農作物土地谷物。

　　He said they had a problem with poor growth in the nursery/grower unit following a restock and started making changes but didn't know which of the changes, if any, were having an effect.

　　他說，以前當在保育舍和育肥階段表現出很差的生長性能差的問題，接下來有個補償生長，于是我們開始發生了改變變化，但是確不知道其中的變化，如果有的話，這些變化哪些是有效果的。

　　He said: "Performance was being measured subjectively and we needed to change to it being based on objectivity. We wanted all the information stored in a single place so we produced a batch card.

　　他說：“以前是通過主觀的觀察來估測豬的生長表現，我們需要改變的是主觀上被測量，以客觀的稱量為基礎基于客觀性，我們希望所有的信息都存儲在一個地方，為此我們制作了一批次記錄卡。

　　"From that we developed a farm dashboard to check performance against the last 12 months and relayed the information to both the vet and the nutritionist. The net result was a 6kg increase in weight going into finishing."

　　“從那時起，我們開發了的一個農場儀表板來檢查過去12個月豬的生長性能，對過去12個月，并將這些信息傳遞了相應的信息給獸醫和營養師。最終的結果是出欄時達到了6公斤增加的重量的增重。”

　　For the future, his aim is automated data capture to spend less time inputting and more time analysing.

　　對于未來將來，他的目標是自動化的數據采集，以減少數據錄入的時間花更少的時間輸入，并有花更多的時間來分析數據。

　　The second was Tom Allen of DC and RJ Allen based near Wallingford Oxfordshire, a family pig and arable business.

　　第二個養豬人農場是湯姆·阿倫，來自DC和RJ艾倫，位于牛津郡沃靈福德附近，以家庭養豬和耕種為主。

　　He said they already gathered data but the finishers were performing badly and they couldn't see why. An in-pen weighing platform was purchased which provided a huge amount of data including the number of pigs weighed, the heaviest the lightest and much more.

　　他說，他們已經收集到的數據，但是育肥階段的生產性能卻很糟糕，并且不知道問題出在哪里。于是我們購買了一套實時稱量系統，這套系統提供了大量的數據，包括豬的稱重數量、最重的豬、最輕的豬以及等等更多的信息更一點的數據等等。

　　He said: "Half way through the finisher stage growth was tailing off and we were able to see dips in growth in real time. We adjusted the feed curve which resulted in an improvement of 60g a day.

　　他說，在育肥階段進行到一半的時候，生長速開始下降，我們能實時的看到。我們調整了喂料曲線，這使生長速度改善了60g/天

　　"The scales also showed how poor was my selection for slaughter! This forced me into weighing individually every week for the three weeks leading up to slaughter which has resulted in increased sale weight and reduced overweight pigs.

　　“這天秤還展示了我選擇的屠宰方式是如何差，出欄肥豬的方式是多么的糟糕！這使得我不得不在出欄前的三個星期內到每一個星期對每頭豬單獨稱重持續三周到屠宰，這使我在提高出欄體重的同時又減少了過肥肥豬的數量從而造成出欄的增重，減少了超重豬。

　　"Although the scales were costly, they helped solve the problem and paid for themselves very quickly."

　　“雖然天秤是昂貴的，他們幫助稱量器材很貴，但它們有助于解決問題，并很快支付了自己地收回成本。”

　　To see the presentations from the conference, follow this link. 

　　by PIG PROGRESS Jul 1, 2014