When Experience, Leadership and Structure Turn into Results – Team Abildgård

On December 1, 2025, I started working with Team Abildgård – a team of four men and one woman, all bringing valuable experience and strong opinions about how things should be done.

Two of the employees have been working in Denmark, at the same farm, for many years. And with experience naturally come established routines and habits.

At first, we needed a little time to get to know each other and build mutual trust. But once that trust was established, things really started moving forward.

Since then, I have visited the farm every four weeks.

Our starting point – E-control results:

19.2 liveborn piglets per litter
16.8 weaned piglets per litter
12.4% pre-weaning mortality
37.6 weaned piglets per sow per year (PSY)
1,796 Danish feed units (FE) per sow per year

These were already good results. However, the challenge was that performance fluctuated too much from week to week.

That is why our focus has not only been on the pigs, but very much on the people behind the results.

Our key focus areas have been:

* Leadership
* Structure and daily routines
* Teamwork
* Confidence and individual development
* Attention to the small details
* Consistency – every single day

The latest E-control results now show:

19.4 liveborn piglets per litter
17.4 weaned piglets per litter
10.5% pre-weaning mortality
39.7 weaned piglets per sow per year (PSY)
1,514 Danish feed units (FE) per sow per year

And looking at the most recent four weeks:

8.9% pre-weaning mortality
41.4 weaned piglets per sow per year (PSY)

These are results Team Abildgård can truly be proud of!

For me, this project once again demonstrates that consultancy is not always about providing all the answers.

When working with experienced employees, it is equally important to recognise individual strengths, build trust, bring the team together and turn existing knowledge into consistent daily performance.

When people succeed, the results often follow.

Today, we celebrated Team Abildgård with breakfast rolls and cake – a well-deserved recognition of their hard work and dedication!

Congratulations to the entire team!

Karina Mikkelsen
Farestalds Eliten
30 years of practical experience in pig production – helping farms and their teams achieve sustainable results.

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