Arbeitszeitbedarf in der ökologischen Schweinehaltung – ein Vergleich von zwei Stallsystemen

Summary

Up-to-date information on the working-time requirement in pig husbandry and in ecological
pig husbandry in particular which reflects the changed basic conditions in
agricultural practice is extremely rare in the literature. In the Agroscope Reckenholz-
Tänikon ART project Working-Time Requirement in Pig Husbandry according to the
EU Eco-Regulation carried out within the framework of the “Calculation Documents”
work programme of the Association for Technology and Structures in Agriculture
(KTBL), current key figures were provided.
Housing systems and work processes used in pig husbandry vary substantially. For
this reason, two examples commonly used in practice are compared in this article:
outdoor climate housing with two-space pens, and a Pig Port 3. Dung removal and
litter spreading in the pen and run of the two-space pens is performed with the aid of a
mobile unit, whilst manual processes are used in some cases in the Pig Port 3. Feeding
is automatic, and roughage is made available in the outdoor run.
For a livestock population of 520 fattening places in the two-space pens and 500
fattening places in the Pig Port, an annual working-time requirement of 2.6 and 2.8
MPh per fattening place, respectively, is to be reckoned on.