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Osborne Industries Awarded 2010 Kansas Governor's Exporter of the Year Award
Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson presented Osborne Industries with the 2010 Kansas Governor's Exporter of the Year Award at the Annual Kansas Cavalry Encampment June 29, 2010.
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Total Electronic Animal Management (TEAM®)
Purpose
The Osborne TEAM System is a complete management system for gilts and gestating sows in large pen gestation. TEAM enables swine producers to individually manage and feed sows in group sow housing.Use
- Gestating sows and gilts in large pen gestation
- Gilt development units
TEAM System Components
- TEAM G-Station - electronic sow feeding station
- TEAM E-Station - electronic sow estrous detection station
- TEAM Software - manages the data collected by the TEAM System and provides attention lists for management tasks, feed and estrous summary information and individual and group performance summaries
Operation
- Each individual sow or gilt tagged with a radio frequency (RFID) ear tag
- Automated workstations read the ear tag and perform specific chores and collect information based on the animal's unique identification
- TEAM G-Station feeds each sow and gilt
- TEAM E-Station collects estrous information on sows and gilts
Advantages
- Does much more than just feed sows
- Simple, rugged equipment designed for many years of use
- Designed to meet the needs of all sizes of intensively managed sow farms like North American sow farms
Benefits
- Controlled feeding of individual sows and gilts in large pen gestation
- Eliminate feed waste
- Existing facilities can be easily converted into TEAM System barns
- Provides comprehensive records for sow management
- Animals eat in protected environment eliminating competition for feed and end results are calm and docile animals
- TEAM System barns are pleasant working environments with less equipment resulting in less maintenance
- Better space utilization of barn because more of building footprint is available as available room for sows
Kirsten Nickerson, Grandview Farms, Maryland
"We are very happy with our TEAM System, the way it runs and the way the sows perform. Having reliable support close is a big plus for us."
