Jamee Eggers, Swine Insights International
Proposition 12 in California has been dominating agriculture media, and to some degree national media headlines since the May 11th2023 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the law approved by California voters via...
Tuesday June 27, 2023
GRAINS:
The bullish corn trader is going to take an elevator ride down, hard and fast. Support was penetrated early this morning (576-571) like a hot knife through butter. The next support is 550 and I anticipate this will be...
Source: AllTech Blog
There is no question that feed efficiency is a powerful benchmark and a key driver for many decisions. But are we utilizing these metrics to drive profitability?
We know the feeding program for pigs has a profound impact...
Surgical castration of piglets continues to be “under the microscope” with respect to animal welfare. Some countries such as Denmark allow surgical castration when a local anaesthetic such as procaine is used as a local anaesthetic. These Danish researchers...
Abstract
Three experiments were conducted to test the hypothesis that values for standardized ileal digestibility (SID) of amino acids (AA) and metabolizable energy (ME) in a the cheese coproduct are greater than in fish meal or enzyme-treated soybean meal (ESBM)....
A Pork Cares Farm Impact Report details the efforts and practices employed by pork producers to promote sustainable agriculture. The report includes information on the farm's environmental impact, social responsibility, and economic viability. The Pork Cares Impact Report is...
Land Investment Companies – What are they?
We recently had a tract of farmland in my county that was sold to a land investment company. The selling price was over $12,000 per acre–outbidding any local farmer. I took a step...
Is Gene Editing the Next Frontier?
Moderator: Bill Even, CEO, National Pork Board
Panelists: Evan Grusenmeyer, University of Missouri; Mike Paustian, Pork Producer; and Randy Riley, GoldenSun Insights
Historically, agriculture has effectively kept pace with the exponential human population growth. First, it...
Laura Carroll, DVM (NCST ‘16) is a prime example of the trend in veterinary medicine. She grew up in the suburbs and had no ag background. Her original career path was heading toward human medicine when fate landed her...
Dr. Mark Knauer, Swine Extension Specialist at North Carolina State University, spoke at the Four Star Veterinary Pork Industry Conference held in Fort Wayne, Indiana in mid-September about the importance of maintaining ideal body condition in the sow herd.
“Thin...