June 15, 2008
Industry Spotlight: Risk Management
Searching for Hidden Dollars
Jun 15, 2008 12:00 PM, Dale Miller, Editor
Editor's Note: Skyrocketing feed prices and the everyday uncertainties in the hog market have veteran pork producers and newcomers alike scratching their...
A Lender's Perspective
Jun 15, 2008 12:00 PM, By Dale Miller, Editor
If you don't currently have a risk management strategy, you'd better get up to speed really quick to learn how to develop one. That's the best advice...
A Producer's Perspective
Jun 15, 2008 12:00 PM, By Dale Miller Editor
This southern Minnesota producer chips away at his highest input costs sow and pig diets. One of the best in the nation is how AgStar's Mark Greenwood...
A Producer's Perspective
Jun 15, 2008 12:00 PM, By Dale Miller Editor
When markets move to extremes, fallout is assured and business fatalities become a reality. Norlin Gutz has been raising hogs for over 35 years. In the...
A Marketer's Perspective
Jun 15, 2008 12:00 PM, By Dale Miller Editor
Doing a better job of marketing in the next 12-18 months will be key to the survival of many pork producers. Larry Sills, Premium Pork senior agent at...
This Month's Focus: Highlighting Herd Health
Preparing for FMD
Jun 15, 2008 12:00 PM, By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor
Getting the word out about foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) will help the United States better prepare for the potential disease disaster. Even with the best...
Building Functional Biosecurity Barriers
Jun 15, 2008 12:00 PM, By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor
Pork producers and veterinarians have eliminated many diseases, but now it's time to build a workable biosecurity program to upgrade animal health. Many...
Circovirus Vaccines Score Well
Jun 15, 2008 12:00 PM, By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor
Swine veterinarian Steve Henry outlines the growing relevance of the three federally licensed porcine circovirus vaccines. As one of the leaders of the...
Making Group Sow Housing Work
Jun 15, 2008 12:00 PM, By Kathy Zurbrigg Franklin Kains Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
New systems of floor feeding and adding complexity to sow pens can reduce confrontations. If sows can gain greater access to feed by being aggressive,...
Sow Lameness Underrated
Jun 15, 2008 12:00 PM, By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor
A first-ever conference, which focused on sow lameness, served as a forum for changing attitudes and taking action to improve performance and animal welfare....
News and Reviews
Hog Price Surge Viewed as a Miracle
Jun 15, 2008 12:00 PM, By Joe VansickleSenior Editor
The recent spike in hog prices defies sharply higher supply costs. Purdue University Extension marketing specialist Chris Hurt describes recent high hog...
Groups to Sue USDA Over National Identification Plan
Jun 15, 2008 12:00 PM
Attorneys for the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund have sent a Notice of Intent to Sue letter to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)...
Veterinarians on Call
Fighting PRRS Still Causes Plenty of Pain
Jun 15, 2008 12:00 PM, By Keith Wilson, DVM Worthington, MN
A PRRS break and high production costs can destroy an operation. I have been in veterinary practice more than 20 years. I saw my first case of porcine...
Technology Watch
CT Scans Advance Genetics
Jun 15, 2008 12:00 PM
Computer scanner advances efficiency and sow productivity. Norsvin USA has announced that it has implemented computer tomography (CT) in its new boar...
Swine Heealth
Circovirus Vaccines Score Well
Jun 15, 2008 12:00 PM, By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor
Swine veterinarian Steve Henry outlines the growing relevance of the three federally licensed porcine circovirus vaccines. As one of the leaders of the...
The Top 10 Questions of Porcine Cirovirus
Jun 15, 2008 12:00 PM, By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor
Despite the appreciable gains that circovirus vaccines have made in controlling porcine circovirus-associated disease (PCVAD), 10 major questions need...
Articles
Pads Radiate Warmth
Jun 15, 2008 12:00 PM, By Suzanne Deutsch
Precast concrete hot water pads are joining the short list of products designed to keep pigs snug and warm. The challenge of keeping pigs warm and cozy...
