Pig trade |
Pig trade |
Pig
trade |
Lorry contamination: traces from other pigs |
13 |
And those who come
with a dirty lorry - I had that once or twice - and do not want to
change their practices, well, I tell them ”there are others” [other
trading companies]. Yes, at some point it [the lack of compliance to
hygiene rules] has to stop. |
Contamination via lorry driver |
4 |
The driver cannot come in during
animal loading, he is just on the ramp. There has also been one who
thought he wanted to do it well, so I had to say ”Out, that is not
possible.” He wanted to be helpful, but that is just it. I had to be a
bad guy [and ask him to get out]. |
Sharing of boars between farmers |
5 |
That is certainly a danger when I
take the sow to the boar, which is why I am considering having a boar
myself. |
Transport done by farmer |
1 |
In the past, I have transported pigs that
had something and could not be taken to a large butcher’s shop to the
village butcher myself. |
Farmer encounters |
Farmer encounters |
Farmer
encounters |
Farmer encounters on the premises |
12 |
In [neighboring town] a
retired farmer still keeps the town piggery. I get along very well with
him. And from time to time he calls me so that I go put down a pig. Put
down a pig because he does not have other solutions to kill them. He
does not dare. |
Farmer encounters outside the premises |
1 |
I do not meet any colleague
in my work clothes. In the afternoon I indeed meet some colleagues, or
in committees and commissions to which I belong and where I meet work
colleagues, but never in work clothes. |
Sharing of pig farming equipment |
10 |
The [narcosis] equipment
[for piglet castration] is at my place, in the boiler room. At the
beginning there were 5 of us using it, now there are 3. The tool is in
my place because I am in the middle of them. It actually works out quite
well. […] But for me it’s a bit of a tricky story, I’m not
entirely happy with the situation. I think it’s a bit
risky. |
Sharing of other farming equipment |
6 |
We collaborate a lot in the
neighborhood. We have farmyard manure machines and arable machines
together, and we have certain machines together with a third or fourth
farmer, but we have all the harvesting machines
ourselves. |
Going to the carcass collection point |
17 |
Usually everyone is on
their own. Sometimes there are queues. Because we are not calling [to
take an appointment]. We just go like that and sometimes there are
waiting lines, let’s say. Usually, sometimes when it is a big beast we
help each other, and sometimes we just stay in the car. |
External collaborators |
External collaborators |
External collaborators |
Collection of carcasses on the premises |
20 |
I do not want to have
that truck [the carcass collection truck] here on the premises. I
prefer to bring a dead sow there [to the carcass collection point]
[…] if he would come here to me on the premises with his truck,
perhaps still drenched in blood… |
Manure trade between farms |
21 |
In terms of biosecurity, we only
ensure that the farmyard manure that leaves the farm is applied by a
contractor and the tools that come into contact with the manure are our
own, pumps and suction hoses etc. are all our own material. Like this no
foreign material ever comes into contact with our
manure. |
Veterinarian / official farm visits |
14 |
[The vet] is almost never
in the pigsty. Only in emergencies, otherwise he is only there to give
advice and hand out medication. But it has already happened that the vet
is inside. That would basically be one of the most dangerous things. But
we have never had any negative consequences. |
Feed advisor visits |
19 |
I know the [feed] advisor very well.
Sometimes he comes by to see if there are issues. I call him, he comes,
he looks and… he comes a couple of times a year. Also, now and
then I see him because we have the same age, we also went around
together and therefore I know him very well. |
Environment / other |
Environment / other |
Environment / other |
External visitors |
5 |
Animal welfare is very important to us and that
we have a farm where people can look in at any time - an open
farm. |
Pets (cats, dogs) |
17 |
But there can also be cats… cats who
take their kittens in the straw on the back because we have straw barns
where we stock it. Because we use big quantities of straw for the pigs.
So, there can be cats, mice, birds… |
Wild boar / other wild animals |
16 |
It is fairly new. There were not
really wild boars in our region. They are mainly in the lake areas
[…] it is rare that they come to us. But this year I saw some with
my own eyes. |