Check Feed Particle Size To Improve Feed Conversion
Pork producers know the impact of particle size on feed efficiency. As particle size is reduced, digestibility of the diet and feed efficiency are improved...
Swine Vets Group Addresses Injectable Iron Issue
Tom Burkgren, executive director of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians, has submitted a letter to the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) regarding the shortage of injectable iron dextran...
Iowa Group Expands Family Farm Assistance
Leaders in Iowa are lauding efforts of the Coalition to Support Iowa’s Farmers (CSIF), which helped 225 families that raise livestock in 2007, up from 220 the previous year...
Veterinary Group Updates Use of Animal Antibiotics
The American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV) has adopted a recommendation regarding the use of antibiotics in finishing and breeding herd diets, to comply with Japan’s Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs)...
Time to Reduce Breeding Herd Nears
Hog production will continue to run higher than expected, dragging out the potential for losses until next spring, according to a Purdue University Extension marketing specialist...
Lessons Learned in Animal Welfare Survey
A joint animal welfare survey conducted by the American Farm Bureau Federation and Oklahoma State University (OSU) produced three key lessons...
Feed Mixing Equipment Testing Standards Revised
The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) has issued a revised standards for testing solids-mixing equipment for animal feeds...
Iowa State Releases Pig Genetic Marker Technology
Genetic markers for growth, leanness and meat quality discovered at Iowa State University (ISU) have been made available to pork producers in the United States...
Canadian Government Bails Out Producers with Circovirus Losses
The Canadian government launched the Circovirus Inoculation Program (CIP) on Nov. 15 to help pork producers affected by disease-associated mortality losses...
Higher Milk Prices Pinch Pork Producers, Too
Consumers are feeling the pinch from the increased cost of milk and milk products – and so are pork producers, says a Purdue University swine nutritionist...
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