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National Hog Farmer September 2012

The September 15, 2012 issue of National Hog Farmer is devoted to the topic of nutrient management. Our Environmental Stewards Special Report recognizes the families and management teams of four production systems dedicated to preserving environmental quality. Learn more about planning for manure application during drought conditions, read about how to determine the value of manure and how to preserve nutrients with shallow injection. Grain quality and feed cost issues are also covered.

2012 Pork Industry Environmental Stewards

  • Sep. 15, 2012
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    2012 Pork Industry Environmental Stewards Announced

    Four farms have been selected to be honored as the 2012 Pork Industry Environmental Stewards. The Environmental Stewards recognition program is co-sponsored by National Hog Farmer and Pork Checkoff. Now in its 18th year, nominations are open to pork producers of all types and sizes who demonstrate a positive contribution to our natural environment....More
  • Sep. 15, 2012
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    Focused on the Future: Jeff and Sue Frey are 2012 Pork Industry Environmental Stewards

    Jeff and Sue Frey are always thinking about tomorrow on their Future View Farm. But the Frey family starts each day, quite literally, in the shadow of history. Nestled in Pennsylvania’s historic Lancaster County, the Frey family can trace the roots of their farm all the way back to William Penn....More
  • Sep. 15, 2012
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    Wide Open Spaces: Jeff Mencke and Bill Barnes are 2012 Pork Industry Environmental Stewards

    Trail’s End Sow Farm #2 really does sit at the end of the trail. It’s located at the very end of a farm road that heads south out of tiny Ames, OK. Beyond the farm is nothing but sandy farmland and a wilderness full of scrub trees, bordered by the Cimarron River....More
  • Sep. 15, 2012
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    Living for the Legacy: Wayne and Laura Dahl are 2012 Pork Industry Environmental Stewards

    Wayne and Laura Dahl eagerly await the return of an old friend they call Tony each spring. Tony arrives when the weather warms up and the stream that meanders through the Dahl’s farmstead flows full, teeming with all kinds of aquatic life. Tony is a great blue heron, given that name by Laura, who not only feeds and shelters a number of birds on this Dawson, MN, farmstead, but also gets to know many of them on a first-name basis....More
  • Sep. 15, 2012
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    Wooded Wonderland: Ryan and Lana Reed are 2012 Pork Industry Environmental Stewards

    As the naturalist John Muir once observed, “Going to the woods is going home.” At their farm near Ottumwa, IA, Ryan and Lana Reed have enticed the woods to come to them. The Reeds have planted about 1,200 trees on their home site, providing a living frame that encompasses a picture-perfect farmstead. A wide, grassy lawn welcomes visitors to a pair of 2,400-head finishers, and Lana’s gardening touch brings a flood of flowers to their adjacent homestead. It’s a place to raise pigs, but it looks more like a good spot for a picnic....More

From My Perspective

  • Sep. 15, 2012
    Article

    Challenges Abound

    The when-it-rains-it-pours analogy seems to fit the challenges facing the pork industry recently. It’s an old idiom often used when a disproportionate number of trials and tribulations have befallen someone....More

News and Views

  • Sep. 15, 2012
    Article

    New Study Targets Pork Quality

    The 2012 National Retail Benchmarking Study is a massive project divided into two parts. The first part and first year have been devoted to the development of a computer model that randomizes selection and aides collection of data from retailers and club stores that sell pork products, both prepackaged and those prepared for sale in the backroom....More

Feed Costs

  • Sep. 12, 2012
    Article

    Surviving the Feed Crisis 1

    Since 1988, there have been 4-5 major downturns in the swine industry, each time challenging producers to find ways to decrease feed costs and boost feed efficiency, says Bob Thaler, South Dakota State University Extension swine specialist....More

Manure Application

  • Sep. 15, 2012
    Article

    Tips for Drought Application

    This year’s drought has producers wondering what early harvest means for early manure application. Iowa State University (ISU) specialists provide some observations and some solutions to those concerns....More
  • Sep. 15, 2012
    Article

    Shallow Injection System Boosts Manure’s Value

    European producers have long been testing low- disturbance, shallow-injection manure application systems for growing crops to reduce nutrient loss and help control odor, which opens up a valuable application window in the spring....More
  • Sep. 15, 2012
    Article

    Tool Inflates or Deflates Tires in Under 30 Seconds

    Heavy equipment can compact and damage soil structure, which can lead to lower yields. Ontario pork producer Jake Kraayenbrink has developed a new automatic air inflation/deflation (AAID) control system that can help solve the problem....More

Manure Value

  • Sep. 15, 2012
    Article

    Manure Calculator

    With uncertain markets and narrow margins, producers become motivated to make the most of all resources — including manure, according to University of Minnesota Extension economist William Lazarus, Extension educator Jose Hernandez and Extension educator Les Everett....More

Veterinarians on Call

  • Sep. 15, 2012
    Article

    Influenza: Dynamic In Pigs and People

    During the 1918 human influenza pandemic, clinical signs of respiratory disease were reported in pigs in Europe and in the United States. Since that time, there has been a complex interplay of viruses between humans, poultry (birds) and pigs....More

Manure Management

  • Sep. 15, 2012
    Article

    Application Matters

    It is important to know the value of farm manure in order that more care may be exercised in conserving and applying it to the land. Too often it is regarded as a waste material to be disposed of in the easiest way possible. Frequently, no care is taken to prevent losses before it is applied, and on many farms, fields at some distance from the barns and feed yards are sometimes not manured at all.”...More

Feed Quality

  • Sep. 15, 2012
    Article

    Be Vigilant about Grain Quality

    All livestock producers are in a waiting game — waiting to see how short the 2012 corn crop will be, waiting to see where shortages will be felt deepest and waiting to see what adjustments will have to be made for quality. Experience has also taught us that drought-stricken feedgrains are more prone to molds and fungus, such as aspergillus, fusarium and gibberella. Each fungus has the potential to cause enough damage to the kernels to produce toxins detrimental to livestock....More

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