July 15, 2009

Cover Story

2009 World Pork Expo New Product Tour

Jul 15, 2009 12:00 PM

Challenging economic times were reflected in the type of products introduced to the pork industry at the 21st annual World Pork Expo in Des Moines, IA....

FeaturesThis month’s focus: World Pork Expo new product tour

Trials Study Divergent Sow Feeding Systems

Jul 15, 2009 12:00 PM, By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor

Pen gestation appears to be the future of sow housing, and helping pork producers pick an option that suits their operation is the goal of Innovative...

H1N1 Flu Outbreak Virus Raises Questions

Jul 15, 2009 12:00 PM, By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor

Continuing growth in cases of the H1N1 Flu Outbreak Virus (just renamed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture) has raised many questions about the severity...

Grain Forecasts Plummet

Jul 15, 2009 12:00 PM, By Forrest Laws Director of Content

Robert Wisner says he's never before seen the kind of drop that occurred in grain production in South America this spring. Farmers in Argentina and Brazil...

Circovirus Vaccines Excel But Issues Persist

Jul 15, 2009 12:00 PM, By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor

Three short years ago, the pork industry saw porcine circovirus-associated disease (PCVAD) burst on the scene, causing dramatic losses. Since that time,...

Circovirus Vaccine Boosts Growth in Healthy Herd

Jul 15, 2009 12:00 PM

Significant improvement in growth performance in a recent field trial in a Nebraska herd validates use of a single-dose circovirus vaccine in a herd that...

Holistic Method Turns The Tide on PRRS

Jul 15, 2009 12:00 PM, By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor

Research compiled over the years has given pork producers better tools in their toolbox to combat porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS),...

Feed Alternatives Not A Quick Nutritional Fix

Jul 15, 2009 12:00 PM, By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor

Producers often get excited when they locate a source of feed alternatives at a reasonable price. But Joel DeRouchey says there's a lot to be considered...

Cause of Flu-Infected Canadian Herd Remains a Mystery

Jul 15, 2009 12:00 PM

How an Alberta, Canada swine herd became infected with the H1N1 Flu Outbreak Virus remains a mystery after officials ruled out the prime suspect. ...

From My Perspective

Rethinking, Retrenching

Jul 15, 2009 12:00 PM, By Dale Miller Editor

There were a few wisps of optimism a fractionalized resiliency that often accompanies pork producers attending trade shows. Clearly, many were on the...

Veterinarians on Call

Getting the Upper Hand on Ileitis

Jul 15, 2009 12:00 PM, By John Waddell, DVM Sutton, NE

Haven't heard much about ileitis lately? There may be a reason. Lawsonia intracellularis, the organism that causes ileitis, is certainly still around,...