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Heat Detection Critical to Success 

Investing time and talent in developing effective heat detection methods should be a top priority on every sow farm. Gilt development aside, this activity...

Newsham Purchasing Monsanto Choice Genetics 

Newsham Genetics has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Monsanto Choice Genetics, Inc. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed...

Swine Reproductive Practices Survey 

Sow farm and boar stud managers, we need your help. The University of Illinois and its cooperators are conducting two surveys for an Update of Reproduction Practices for the North American Swine Industry...

Swine AI Workshop Offered 

The University of Minnesota Southern Research and Outreach Center at Waseca, MN, will hold a swine artificial insemination (AI) workshop Dec. 1-2....

New Genetics Drive Gilt Replacement Program 

High sow mortality and culling rates drove Illinois pork producers Jim and Steve Moest to the brink about a year ago. The Moest brothers had pleaded with...

Genetic, Financial Implications Of Raising Your Own Gilts 

For herd health reasons, and to a lesser degree costs, many commercial pork producers are implementing internal gilt multiplication systems. Many swine...

Swine AI Workshop 

A two-day, intensive workshop on artificial insemination (AI) is being offered by the University of Minnesota Extension Service and the Minnesota Pork Board. ...

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