Hogs Nutrition
China’s soymeal futures soared to record highs this week on concerns about the scale of South America’s drought-hit soybean crop and tightening meal supplies in domestic markets.
Lean on available resources to help solve swine health and nutrition problems, especially if the situation is outside your expertise, says Will Fombelle of Carthage Veterinary Service. He shares a recent case study.
While many “believe” mat feeding and gruel feeding help the young pig thrive, surprisingly little comparison data is available to make best practice decisions. Here’s a look at K-State research on these practices.
Scientifically sound data based on the use of infectious agents and representative conditions are now available to inform the pork industry on how to store feed and feed ingredients to minimize risk of disease.
Fast Genetics, a Canadian-based swine genetics company owned by STgen, acquires Acuity, an Illinois-based company founded by The Maschhoffs. Arm & Hammer restructures their internal organization.
Backed-up pork processing plants. Holding diets. The waiting game. If anything good came out of the pandemic and it’s initial impact on the pork supply chain, Randy Francois said it was hog inventory management.
The Food and Drug Administration provided notice in the Federal Register on Tuesday of its intention to hold a public hearing regarding Mecadox, a widely used treatment for controlling bacterial diseases in swine.
USDA will release several reports Wednesday, January 12, including Crop Production, Grain Stocks and WASDE. With declining outlooks for South America’s crop, Garrett Toay and Brian Splitt break down what to watch.
A shareholder activist group is calling on Hormel Foods to issue a report on the environmental and public health costs of antibiotic use in its meat and how those costs could impact the company, investors and economy.
Although it’s important to focus our biosecurity efforts on the farms, now is a good time of year to review important feed mill biosecurity in these five key areas, says Laura Greiner of Iowa State University.
Whether you are converting an existing herd or populating a barn utilizing electronic sow feeding systems with new gilts, it can be a long road to get the herd comfortable with the new system. Here are a few tips.
Kansas State University researchers have completed work indicating that increased levels of a common feed grade amino acid can improve growth in swine herds – to a point. Here’s what they learned.
Introduction of foreign animal disease viruses in domestic feed manufacturing facilities has the potential to unknowingly disseminate viruses. Researchers are studying how to best decontaminate facilities, SHIC says.
Whether you’re talking about pigs or people, COVID-19 or porcine reproductive respiratory syndrome (PRRS), zinc keeps coming up in the conversation as tool to help fight these serious health challenges.
Everyone knows vitamin D provides great bone health benefits, but here’s a look at the role of vitamin D “beyond the bone.”
How will agricultural biotechnology and gene editing fit into the future of U.S. agriculture? The House Committee on Agriculture’s livestock and biotechnology subcommittees held a joint hearing to discuss.
When it comes to sow mortality, we often take note of the upper part of the “iceberg,” but we really need to be concerned with what’s below the surface, said Carlos Piñeiro, DVM, of PigCHAMP Pro Europa, S.L.
Farmers need more space to grow crops to meet mounting demand for food and renewable fuel at a time of slowing growth in yields, consultancy AgResource said on Tuesday.
Sow death loss continues to rise. Many or most farms don’t have enough labor due to cost and availability. This leaves the pork industry asking a tough question: How can we make the most of the labor we have?
A successful gilt development program is vital to a production system because it has a direct effect on reproductive performance and sow lifetime productivity. K-State experts share why a solid nutrition program is key.
A new high-oil corn product offers greater amino acid and energy digestibility in growing pigs, according to new research from the University of Illinois.
How does overfeeding amino acids impact a sow’s energy balance and lactation feed intake? Nutritionist Jeff Knott shares his thoughts on lactation diets.
The potential for feed ingredients to serve as a vehicle for African swine fever virus introduction to the U.S. remains a significant concern, said Gil Patterson, VMD, chief medical officer at vet tech company, VetNOW.
Research shows what technology, and in particular precision feeding, can do to improve efficiency in a commercial swine farm setting. So, what’s holding pork operations back from implementing precision feeding systems?
How Could a Small Family Farm Hog Operation Grow their Operation and Increase Efficiencies while Keeping their Costs in Check?
Energy and passion for the global pork industry are the foundation of United Pork Americas, a new event Farm Journal recently acquired that will take place April 19-21, 2002, in Orlando. Here’s what you need to know.
Three drivers influence cost of production today: facilities, weaned pigs and feed. Feed cost accounts for over 60% of the total cost of production, so what can you do to keep it in check?
Every year, the harvesting of a new crop brings great anticipation for the farmer. This is also true for the swine nutritionist. Here are five things to keep in mind as new crops are getting ready to be harvested.
Sow diets cannot be formulated based on values for digestibility of phosphorus and calcium obtained in growing pigs, University of Illinois swine nutritionists say. Here’s why.
Management has a strong influence on age and weight considerations when it comes to producing a quality weaned pig. The people as well as the processes play a critical role.