Livestock & Animal Husbandry
Pigs
Feed conversion, health status and a contract that moves weekly.
Pig production runs on tight feed conversion margins and high health status, both of which collapse quickly when records lapse. This module manages breeding herd performance, growing and finishing batches, feed conversion and cost, health status and biosecurity, and the contract and specification against which every pig is priced.
- 12 capabilities
- 3 linked schemes
- Offline capable
- 12
- Capabilities in this module
- 5
- Interactive tools
- 3
- Linked support schemes
- 5
- Data integrations
- 6
- Measures reported
The ground reality
What is actually happening in pigs in the UK
Pig production is exposed to feed price volatility more directly than any other livestock enterprise, and health status is the dominant determinant of performance. Fair dealing regulations for the pig sector have been in development, which will change contract transparency. Antimicrobial usage is closely monitored through sector reporting.
Figures are as published at the time of writing. Farm policy and payment rates change frequently — verify against the primary source before relying on any number here.
In the field
Pigs, as it actually looks
Photography from working UK holdings alongside the interface that records it. Every frame below is a commissioned slot: the brief is stated until the photograph is taken.
Pigs — a walkthrough
A working pass through pigs: entering the record once, and watching it appear in the evidence pack, the calendar and the scheme application without being typed again.
- 0:00 What the module is for
- 0:48 Entering the record
- 2:05 Where it appears next
- 3:20 The evidence pack
Photography slots state their own brief until the shot is commissioned, so the layout never shifts when real images arrive.
Capabilities
What Pigs does
Every capability below is built on the same underlying record, so entering something once is enough for it to appear wherever it is needed.
Record and plan
- Breeding herd performance with pigs born alive, weaned and per sow per year
- Batch management from weaning through growing to finishing
- Feed conversion ratio and feed cost per kilogram of gain
Operate and monitor
- Diet phase management with specification and cost per tonne
- Health status classification and monitoring
- Biosecurity protocol with visitor, vehicle and delivery controls
Comply and evidence
- Mortality and morbidity recording with cause analysis
- Contract and specification management with weight and probe bands
- Slaughter feedback capture with grading and deductions
Analyse and improve
- Antimicrobial usage recording and benchmarking
- Building environment monitoring — temperature, ventilation and ammonia
- Outdoor unit land management including rotation and nutrient loading
Interactive
Tools you actually use, not screens you read
These are working interfaces inside the module — maps, calculators, planners and dashboards that respond to your own holding data.
Feed conversion dashboard by batch and by house
Feed conversion dashboard by batch and by house
DashboardFeed cost per kilogram of gain calculator with live feed price input
Feed cost per kilogram of gain calculator with live feed price input
CalculatorContract grid value model showing weight and probe optimisation
Contract grid value model showing weight and probe optimisation
ToolHealth status timeline with intervention markers
Health status timeline with intervention markers
ToolPigs per sow per year performance funnel
Pigs per sow per year performance funnel
ToolEnd to end
How Pigs runs, start to finish
The module is modelled as a state machine, so at any point the business knows exactly which stage every record is at and what has to happen next.
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Set the breeding and production plan
This is where the record starts, and getting it right here removes work at every later stage.
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Manage service, farrowing and weaning
The platform prompts only for what this stage genuinely needs, and carries everything forward.
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Form and move batches
Conflicts with scheme rules, regulatory windows and existing commitments are flagged here rather than discovered later.
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Feed by phase and record intake
Capture works offline, so this stage is completed in the field rather than remembered afterwards.
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Monitor health and biosecurity
Everything recorded at this point becomes evidence automatically, in every format that will later ask for it.
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Finish to contract specification
This is the stage most businesses currently do twice, once for the operation and once for the paperwork.
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Capture slaughter feedback
Results feed the whole-farm view, so the effect of this stage is visible against the rest of the business.
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Reconcile cost of production per kilogram
The cycle closes here, and what is learned is carried into next season's plan rather than lost.
Who uses it
Built around four real jobs, not one generic user
Each of these people needs something different from the same record. The module is designed so none of them has to work around the others.
Indoor finisher
Contract finishing
Needs feed conversion and grid performance daily.
Outdoor breeder
Breeding herd on arable rotation
Needs nutrient loading managed alongside sow performance.
Pig veterinarian
Health planning
Needs medicine and mortality data before the visit.
Processor procurement
Supply planning
Needs forward visibility of numbers and specification.
Schemes and funding
Support schemes this module works with
Agrivencia holds these schemes as data, so eligibility, payment rates, caps and windows update the day they change rather than at the next software release.
Animal Health and Welfare Pathway
Fund annual veterinary reviews and capital investment to improve animal health and welfare outcomes.
Defra / Rural Payments Agency EnglandFarming Transformation Fund
Fund larger capital projects that transform farm productivity, water management or value addition.
Defra / Rural Payments Agency EnglandImproving Farm Productivity Grant
Support investment in robotics, automation and on-farm energy that raises productivity.
Defra / Rural Payments AgencyRates, caps and windows change frequently and sometimes without notice. Always confirm against the current published scheme rules before applying.
Measurement
How you will know it is working
The module reports against these measures from the day it is switched on, so the value is demonstrable rather than assumed.
- 01Pigs per sow per year
- 02Feed conversion ratio
- 03Feed cost per kilogram of gain
- 04Mortality rate
- 05Percentage in specification
- 06Antimicrobial usage
Traceability
The chain behind one batch
Livestock traceability is statutory, the reporting window is short, and it runs through a different national system in each nation. The record is assembled as the animal moves rather than reconstructed at audit.
BATCH-3300B1
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Born on holding
- Who
- Holding of birth
- Evidence
- Ear tag applied and registered
- Held in
- British Cattle Movement Service
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Health intervention
- Who
- Veterinary practice
- Evidence
- Medicine record with withdrawal period
- Held in
- Medicine book
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Moved
- Who
- Haulier
- Evidence
- Statutory movement report within the reporting window
- Held in
- British Cattle Movement Service
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Received
- Who
- Destination holding
- Evidence
- Arrival recorded, standstill applied
- Held in
- Holding register
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Slaughtered
- Who
- Approved abattoir
- Evidence
- Kill sheet, classification and food chain information
- Held in
- FSA
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Sold
- Who
- Buyer
- Evidence
- Batch linked to the carcase and the holding of origin
- Held in
- Platform record
Take the record with you
Obligation calendar
What pigs asks of you, and when
Windows, deadlines and recurring obligations for England. Set a different nation and the calendar reconfigures; farm across a border and it shows both, reconciled.
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February 1 entry
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3 February: Animal Health and Welfare Pathway
Rolling application.
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April 3 entries
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11 April: Form and move batches
A recurring step in pigs.
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20 April: Adding Value Grant
Round-based.
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27 April: Feed by phase and record intake
A recurring step in pigs.
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June 3 entries
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5 June: Farming Transformation Fund
Round-based by theme.
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15 June: Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026
Two windows in 2026: window one from 30 June, window two from September.
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16 June: Manage service, farrowing and weaning
A recurring step in pigs.
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July 2 entries
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14 July: Slurry Infrastructure Grant
Round-based.
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17 July: Water Management Grant
Round-based.
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September 1 entry
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10 September: Set the breeding and production plan
A recurring step in pigs.
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October 1 entry
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5 October: Farming Equipment and Technology Fund
Round-based, usually open for a defined application period.
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November 2 entries
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12 November: Improving Farm Productivity Grant
Round-based.
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27 November: Environmental Land Management Capital Grants
Round-based, with rapid allocation once open.
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December 1 entry
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26 December: Countryside Stewardship
Rolling and round-based depending on the tier and option group.
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Questions answered
What people ask about Pigs
Does this replace the software I already use?
Not necessarily. Agrivencia integrates with authoritative sources and mainstream packages rather than insisting on replacing them. Where an incumbent does one job well, the platform connects to it; where the job spans several systems and nobody does it, the platform does it.
Will it work where I have no signal?
Yes. Field capture in Pigs is offline first, storing locally and synchronising when a connection returns. Only around a fifth of UK farms report reliable signal across the whole holding, so this is a design assumption rather than a feature.
What happens when the scheme rules change?
Scheme rules are held as data rather than code, so a rate change, a cap change or a window closure is a content update that takes effect the same day. The platform also alerts you to what the change does to your own position.
Who owns the data I put in?
You do. The Farm Data Charter gives you a complete export in open formats at any time, and every instance of data sharing requires an explicit, revocable consent that is visible in your account.
Does it work if I farm across a border?
Yes, and that is one of the main reasons the platform exists. A business with land in more than one nation sees one reconciled view rather than two portals, with obligations and deadlines from both administrations in a single calendar.
Can my agronomist or land agent use it too?
Yes. You grant scoped, time-limited access per holding and per module, and you can revoke it in one click. Advisers never get a shared password or a blanket view.
What is the biggest limitation of this module?
Feed price exposure. Mitigated by forward purchase tracking. We would rather state that plainly than let you discover it after signing.
Documents
Take it away with you
Everything here is printable and works on a kitchen table with no signal. Where a document asks for an email address, it says so on the button rather than after you press it.
Feed Conversion and Grid Value: The Two Numbers That Decide Pig Margin
The practical handbook for pigs: what the rules require, what the evidence has to show, and the mistakes that cost people money.
pigs — evidence checklist
Every document an audit or a claim asks for, in the order it is asked for, with the validity period of each.
pigs — record template
The record structure the module uses, as a spreadsheet, so a business not yet on the platform can start keeping it correctly today.
Data model reference
Entities, fields and integration points for pigs, for advisers and software partners.
See Pigs running on your own holding
Thirty minutes, using your parcels, your schemes and your enterprises rather than a sample farm. No obligation and no sales script — if it does not fit your business we will say so.
- Free tier available
- No card required
- Your data stays yours