Hogs Nutrition
How to test your source, strip away rapid biofilm regrowth and calibrate your system to ensure every drop of water supports pig performance.
With industry-wide sow mortality hovering around 15%, the sow herd is under intense pressure. Here’s how a shift in gilt selection criteria can transform herd performance.
While feed mitigants offer a vital shield against PRRSv, validating their presence and mixing consistency at the mill is crucial to ensuring true biosecurity on sow farms.
From encouraging daily movement to fine-tuning feed-to-water ratios, simple management tweaks can unlock a lactating sow’s full reproductive potential.
New management strategies go beyond the basics to improve lactation and sow productivity.
While modern sow productivity has skyrocketed, standard nutritional guidelines haven’t kept pace—but new research reveals that targeted prefarrow supplementation can bridge the gap and dramatically improve sow survival rates.
It takes very little contamination to cause a lot of harm, making mycotoxins an invisible threat to pig health.
Paying attention to early-life hoof integrity can prevent premature culls, boost lifetime pigs weaned, and unlock your herd’s true genetic potential.
Guided by his father’s wisdom and Ralco’s founding principles, Russell Fent is bridging the gap between cutting-edge research and practical producer success.
Focusing on accurate, consistent data helps producers bridge the gap between collection and action to drive measurable operational value.
United Animal Health recognizes Dr. Robert Goodband for nearly decades of groundbreaking research and his profound influence on generations of pork industry leaders.
University of Minnesota studies show the low-inclusion feed mitigant achieves a 99.99% reduction in viable viruses within one hour, offering a safer and more efficient biosecurity tool for pork producers.
Launching at the World Pork Expo, Zinpro Aqua X-Cell VitalAsa provides producers a new tool to maintain feed and water intake during high-stress respiratory challenges.
A new AI-driven weight prediction model is uncovering hidden efficiencies to ensure no revenue is left on the table for Keystone’s member-owners.
Master the daily fundamentals that protect your herd, optimize feed efficiency and boost your bottom line.
Benchmarking provides the essential context to transform production variation into actionable patterns, driving more consistent animal health and improved system-wide profitability.
Precision nutrition, powered by real-time digital data, is transforming feed management from a historical review into a proactive tool to reduce variability and maximize profitability.
From managing the “summer weight dip” to forecasting 12-month returns, this data-driven tool empowers nutritionists to build feeding programs tailored to operational goals.
While global production climbed in 2025, the latest Alltech survey highlights a diverging landscape of North American contraction and rapid commercialization in Africa and Asia.
Sow and piglet mortality are the toughest opponents facing the pork industry today. Mark Knauer applies the same “grind” mentality he used as a Division I wrestler to “takedown” this crisis.
University of Arkansas researchers find that oregano and rosemary extracts support better long-term pig growth and gut health than traditional antibiotics.
China is accelerating the use of fermented local ingredients to slash its reliance on imported soybeans as trade tensions with the U.S. intensify.
As construction costs for a standard finishing barn approach $1 million, experts discuss how today’s contract growers can protect their ROI through enhanced biosecurity, manure management and a heightened focus on the first 48 hours of pig reception.
While all swine operations implement diets and management strategies with the end in mind, 2026 should bring even a sharper pencil to maximize this opportunity.
Pig producers squeezed by rising costs and falling hog prices. Chinese authorities intensify efforts to stabilize the market.
New insights into digestible mineral requirements suggest that a “one-size-fits-all” approach to calcium and phosphorus may be limiting sow longevity and performance.
Biosecurity doesn’t stop at the barn door—the feed your pigs consume daily represents a critical, yet often under-recognized, pathway for pathogen introduction.