About the ProductThe IFeed Hopper, made by Canarm ltd, is durable, plastic, and a 100% polypropylene feeder with smooth edges and patent grade material to protect pigs (Canarm AgSystems, 2015). The feeder is originally manufactured in Denmark at IFeed Technology, and exported to Canarm Ltd, in Arthur, Ontario (Richard, Personal Communicator, October 2015). At the price of $74.99, the feeder is clog free, can feed up to 15 kg/day and encourages natural root behaviour (Canarm AgSystems, 2015).
About the Company Canarm Ltd is headquartered in Brockville, Ontario and is structured around 3 different units, one of them being agriculture (Canarm, 2015). Canarm Ltd has broadened its agricultural products since 2005 and sells high quality equipment which includes livestock confinement equipment that was based around the US hog market, supporting the growing customer demand in North America and abroad (Canarm, 2015). Picture source: http://205.150.58.49/CanarmBSM%20Swine%20Products/Feeders/index.htm |
Benefits to Nepal
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The feeders will be beneficial to the Nepalese Pig farmers. Specifically, the feeders can be introduced to the farmers who have poor feeding systems and/or poor feed. Some famers use a combined program of scavenging with a supplement of poor feed such as wheat or rice bran (DD Joshi, n.d) and the feeder would be able to provide the farmer with a consistent system. Since the feeder is a patented no-clog feed dispenser, (Canarm AgSystems, 2015) it will provide farmers who use cheap feed or wheat supplements the opportunity for full consumption and little to no waste. With these feeders increasing feed intake, pregnant or lactating sows who receive little to no special exceptions for mineral, vitamin and nutrient intake (Abington, 1992) will have the opportunity to obtain or maintain some. This feeder will be very beneficial to all pig farmers who have trouble with maintaining their farrowing/lactating sows weight and/or piglet morality. Specifically, the feeder will help Nepalese pig farmers with increasing their wean rates, sow food intake and feed costs (Canarm AgSystems, 2015).
After a sow farrows, it is very important that piglets maintain as much milk as possible as they are dependent on the milk yield and its composition (Hardy, 2005). It takes about 4 grams of milk to produce 1 gram of weight gain in a piglet (Hardy, 2005). During lactation, milk accounts for 75% of the total energy requirement and uses 70% of the total body’s glucose (Hardy, 2005). As the sow’s body is trying to produce milk sufficiently and effectively, feed intake is necessary for the regain of body protein (Hardy, 2005). The overall physical aspects of the pig, which include lean protein and back fat during farrowing and weaning, have a general influence on reproductive performance concerning the litter (Hardy, 2005). To improve the overall health of pigs in Nepal, it would be beneficial to import the feeders that will increase feed intake, reduce the stress on sows, and aid in milk production (Canarm AgSystems, 2015). |
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The unemployment rate in Canada for October 2015 was at 7% in 2014 (Statistics Canada, n.d) and through exporting the feeder, it will create Canadian jobs . Jobs can be created at the original head quarters in Brockville, organizing, planning and designing for the company. In the Arthur location, jobs will be available to employees in different areas such a shipping, ordering, and packaging. Employees in the ordering department would order the feeders from IFeed Technology. Once the feeders arrive they could be sent straight to Nepal or repackaged for smaller cargoes at cheaper prices. Jobs would also be available in the shipping part and deciding the details surrounding shipment to Nepal.
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