Other assets
Over the years, Suinosul Farm has accumulated a wealth of assets, such as buildings, machinery, equipment, etc. Some of the major ones are shown below.
Farm office with changing rooms for staff - 91 m².
Administrative office, with phone lines and Internet -97 m².
Feed mill with unloading pit - 319 m².
Workshop/store - 127 m².
Staff house 1 - 154m².
Staff house 2- 129 m².
Ferrando weighbridge capacity 60.000 kg.
Power house - off-peak supply.
Bore-hole well (142m) and pump house. Beyond the well are two concrete water reservoirs holding 250,000 litros.
Tower and tank for 5.000 litros. The water is top quality and the well has never dried up.
Corn silage shed capacity 1,500 tonnes - 639 m².
Pit for receiving moist corn for silage - cap. 40 tonnes.
Car shelter.
Diesel tank 3.000 l, with hose and flow meter.
Adjustable height pig loading ramp.
Football field with lighting.
Ford F14000 slurry tanker - 7.500 liters .
VW 13.130 with dual purpose back - pigs and grain.
MF250 tractor with various implements.
High-pressure water distribution for washing pig buildings, with three Triglau pumps.
The six finishing buildings share a computerised liquid feed system. Mixing is done in a tank and the mix is distributed by pipe. Each trough is filled to the set level in turn.

Two Schneider pumps circulate the mix through the buildings.

The system was developed on-farm.

Pneumatic valves control feed flow into the troughs..
The feed downpipe is seen on the right. The pipe on the left contains the level sensor. The troughs are double-sided and feed two pens.