Corn is a major ingredient in swine diets (ranging from 70 to 88% on a weight basis), which makes corn the primary energy source for most swine rations. The quality of the corn in these rations can impact animal...
An on-farm trial is an investment in your business, so before starting a trial it is important to truly understand the question you are trying to answer. Most on-farm feed trials will never give the result they were set...
Source: PigHealthToday.com
Swine viruses have been shown to hitch a ride in feed and feed ingredients, thereby increasing the infection risk. To address this, the swine industry has applied a range of mitigation techniques, including extended feed storage in a...
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Dr. Joe Loughmiller
North American Senior Swine Technical Services Manager, Phileo by Lesaffre
What is Heat Stress?
Heat stress occurs when a pig is unable to maintain a comfortable body temperature due to high environmental temperature and humidity. It...
The economics of feed efficiency and decision-making in swine production
No question feed efficiency is a robust benchmark and a key driver for many decisions. Yet, are we utilizing these benchmarks correctly?
We know that the feeding program for pigs significantly...
Focus on maximizing margins with increasing feed prices using these five areas that may involve feed savings.
After a tumultuous 2020 on and off the farm, America’s pig farmers are now facing extremely high swine feed costs. And, with this...
Innovative new options help farmers battle ingredient pressures and boost profits
As swine production transitions to a new future one of the most promising areas of progress showcased at the 2021 World Pork Expo is feed technology.
Innovators such as CBS...
Nutrition21, LLC announced today Kent Nutrition Group, an Iowa-based animal feed producer and division of Kent Corporation, will be the exclusive distributor of Nutrition21’s Chromax® chromium tripcolintae through their Innovative Solutions business unit.
Chromax, Nutrition21’s flagship ingredient, has over 35...
Farmscape for June 4, 2021
The Director of Risk Management with HAMS Marketing Services is advising Canadian pork producers to consider grain prices as they make forward contracting decisions for the fall and winter months. Carcass values in the United...
China’s massive livestock sector is set to snap up millions of tonnes of wheat from the country’s winter harvest that began this month, extending a run of crop-switching in animal feed and further cooling demand for corn imports.
Corn imports...