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The Kansas Department of Agriculture Division of Animal Health (KDA–DAH) is pleased to share that Kansas now has more than one million head of cattle covered by Secure Beef Supply Plans.
Record supplies underscore how important demand will be in determining 2019 livestock and poultry prices. What will it take for pork to stay competitive in 2019?
Phase-feeding programs have been widely used to closely meet the nutrient requirements of grow-finish pigs and to reduce nutrient excretion in the environment.
Researchers from the University of Missouri, Kansas State University and Genus plc have successfully bred genetically edited pigs that are resistant to the deadly Transmissible Gastroenteritis Virus (TGEV).
Nothing that doesn’t afflict much of rural America: depopulation, lack of economic development and a ‘brain drain’ of educated young people leaving town. But there are solutions to be pursued.
It's not too late to sign up for the distance educational series PorkBridge to obtain relevant and accurate information for those who own, manage or work in swine grow-finish facilities.
Meat scientists’ recent findings that consumers are routinely happy with larger cuts – and the resulting tenderness profiles – can be looked at as good news for pork producers.
K-State researchers are placing casings containing accelerometers to measure the vibration of trailers that transport farm animals. They hope to learn more about how to reduce stress on animals during transportation.
