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National Hog Farmer July 2012

The July 2012 issue of National Hog Farmer magazine features the results of the World Pork Expo New Product Review Panel's tour of the 2012 World Pork Expo trade show. Read about balancing dietary costs, undercover video woes and an update on the sow gestation stall situation. 

From My Perspective

  • Jul. 16, 2012
    Article

    Be Proactive or Perish

    The damn-the-data attitude of anti-meat groups has permeated the attitudes of the general public and too many members of Congress. The lackadaisical attitude about the science of food production is setting dangerous precedents that will haunt livestock producers for generations to come....More

2012 World Pork Expo New Product Tour

  • Jul. 15, 2012
    Article

    2012 World Pork Expo New Product Tour Showcases Innovative Products

    While the 2012 National Hog Farmer World Pork Expo New Product Review Panel found there were often a number of products targeting the same need at this year’s trade show, they worked hard to make sure they brought forward new ideas for consideration wherever possible....More
  • Jul. 15, 2012
    Article

    Bioverse - AgraSphere

    The Bioverse AgraSphere went on the market last fall after eight years of development, according to Bioverse’s Brad Carson. The product distributes beneficial bacteria into manure storage systems to reduce sludge buildup and crusting using a biodegradable sphere made of a corn-based polymer....More
  • Jul. 15, 2012
    Article

    Big Dutchman - DryExact Pro

    The Big Dutchman DryExact Pro is a computer-controlled, chain-disk feeding system that gives producers the ability to deliver a different diet to each feeder. The system uses a batch mixer to blend and deliver individual feed recipes and allows for easy, multi-phase feeding. A two-loop system can feed different diets simultaneously, allowing for quick distribution of feed with one batch mixer....More
  • Jul. 15, 2012
    Article

    SFP – More-than-Manure Nutrient Manager

    The More-than-Manure (MTM) Nutrient Manager is a liquid product designed to be poured directly into confinement barn manure pits or lagoons....More
  • Jul. 15, 2012
    Article

    Ralco Animal Health - DE-Lyte 1

    DE-Lyte is a liquid nutritional supplement that helps ease pig transitions from the sow to the nursery at weaning time. Russell Fent, Ralco Animal Health, explained, “Typically it takes just over two days for 95% of pigs to come onto feed once they enter the nursery. DE-Lyte is fortified with vitamins D and E to support the young pigs’ transitioning immune system and promote healthy bone development.”...More
  • Jul. 15, 2012
    Article

    ClicRweight - ClicRweight Weighing System

    The ClicRweight wireless, remote weighing system may be in the early stages of development, but the new product panel thought it offered an intriguing approach to fine-tuning feeding programs that could prove useful under the right circumstances....More
  • Jul. 15, 2012
    Article

    Prima Tech USA - 0.3 ml. Bottle Mount Vaccinator

    Prima Tech recently launched a new, 0.3-ml. bottle-mounted vaccinator with a dose range of 0.1 ml. to 0.3 ml. The vaccinator allows the barrel to prime at the lowest 0.1-ml. setting. It also offers a full stroke at the 0.3-ml. setting so the user can easily recognize the feel of a successful injection, according to Bob Walber, PrimaTech....More
  • Jul. 15, 2012
    Article

    Pfizer Animal Health - Fostera PRRS Vaccine

    Fostera PRRS is a new, modified-live vaccine option for porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS), respiratory form of the disease, offered by Pfizer Animal Health. Doug King, senior veterinarian, swine veterinary operations, Pfizer Animal Health, told the new product panel that Fostera PRRS is licensed for the vaccination of healthy pigs three weeks of age or older in PRRS virus-positive herds or in PRRS-seronegative pigs that are deemed to be at risk for exposure to PRRS virus....More
  • Jul. 15, 2012
    Article

    Automated Production Systems (AP) - Flow Hammer 1

    The Automated Production Systems (AP) Flow Hammer feed flow device is a patent-pending product that aids in the prevention of out-of-feed events in all phases of swine production. A low-frequency, high-impact design helps minimize feed bridging by having the Flow Hammer strike a bin up to 60 times per minute with 500 lb. of force when there is a feed flow problem. The Flow Hammer is mounted to the bin collar on the outside of the bin and will fit on most 16-in. bin collars on new or existing bins....More
  • Jul. 15, 2012
    Article

    Clarcor Air Filtration - Model 2000-P and Model 4000-P Filter Housings

    Clarcor Air Filtration Products offers the Model 2000-P and 4000-P plastic, three-piece filter housing holding frames for swine buildings. Perry Hartmann, Clarcor sales manager, demonstrated how the compact filter housing encloses two, 24 x 24-in. and two, 20 x 24-in. single header filters. The filter housing box is designed for ceiling inlets....More
  • Jul. 15, 2012
    Article

    Master Trading - Tube-O-Mat Classic

    The Tube-O-Mat Classic wet/dry feeder from Master Trading is designed for wean-to-finish or finishing pigs. Designed in Denmark, the hopper of the feeder is made of high-density polyethylene with ultraviolet protection. The base is made up of two stainless steel compartments, one for water and one for dry feed....More
  • Jul. 15, 2012
    Article

    Producer's Choice Award: Bazooka Farmstar - Coulter Till

    Every year attendees at World Pork Expo are asked to vote for their favorite new product introduced to the pork industry within the last year. Prior to World Pork Expo, each company that will be exhibiting at Expo is asked to nominate new products for consideration by a National Hog Farmer World Pork Expo new product review panel....More

National Hog Farmer "Hogs are Beautiful" Photo Contest

  • Jul. 15, 2012
    Article

    National Hog Farmer Sponsors ‘Hogs are Beautiful’ Photo Contest

    National Hog Farmer believes all hogs are beautiful, and we think our readers tend to agree. To share our pork industry enthusiasm, we invited readers to submit their favorite photo of their ugliest — or prettiest — pig in June for the first-ever National Hog Farmer “Hogs are Beautiful” Photo Contest....More

Nutrition

  • Jul. 15, 2012
    Article

    Balancing Dietary Costs

    It used to be about all that pork producers worried about when it came to swine rations was availability of feed ingredients, and, of course, the prices of corn and soybean meal. But, currently, virtually all other key ingredients in swine diets also cost more, according to Joel DeRouchey, Extension swine nutritionist at Kansas State University (KSU)....More

Farm Security

  • Jul. 16, 2012
    Article

    ‘It Can Happen to You’

    It’s been nearly four years since Minnesota pork producer Lynn Becker received the shocking message that an undercover farm video had been taken at a newly acquired 6,000-sow farm in Bayard, IA, and that it was being posted on the Internet....More
  • Jul. 15, 2012
    Article

    Employee Care Toolkit for Your Farm 1

    New from the Pork Checkoff, the Employee Care Toolkit provides assistance to build and retain a quality workforce....More

Sow Housing

  • Jul. 15, 2012
    Article

    Defending Freedom of Choice 1

    At a World Pork Expo news conference last month in Des Moines, IA, National Pork Board CEO Chris Novak made it clear that the rush to prohibit pork suppliers from housing sows in gestation stalls is a judgment made in haste and without any basis in science....More
  • Jul. 15, 2012
    Article

    Pork Checkoff’s Sow Housing Research

    During the past 10 years, Pork Checkoff has invested more than $1.3 million to fund 20 research projects related to sow gestation housing. The projects focus on key factors to optimize a particular type of housing system....More
  • Jul. 15, 2012
    Article

    ‘When Crates Go Away’

    Done poorly, the loss of sow performance and the increase in sow mortality will explode.” That is the learned observation of Peter Kristensen, DVM, a native of Denmark, who most recently served as general manager of animal health for Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. in the Ukraine, Belorussia and Kazakhstan....More
  • Jul. 15, 2012
    Article

    Reshuffling EU Sow Counts

    Sow numbers in the European Union (EU) are down slightly from 13 million sows, 2010 vs. 2011. “A number of big countries have seen limited change, while in a number of eastern and central European countries the change is massive,” points out Peter Kristensen, DVM, former general manager of animal health for Boehringer Ingelheim in the Ukraine, Belorussia and Kazakhstan....More

Veterinarians on Call

  • Jul. 15, 2012
    Article

    Mycoplasma Cases Appear on the Rise

    Mycoplasma pneumonia was identified as a cause of pneumonia in pigs in 1965. Mycoplasma is most often mixed with other bacteria — like Pasteurella multocida, Streptococcus suis or Haemophilus parasuis. When this occurs, the pneumonia is referred to as enzootic pneumonia....More
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