Nutrition
Dealing with Mold-Infected Corn
Jan 15, 2010 12:00 PM, By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor
Iowa State University fact sheet offers guidance when mycotoxins are found in the corn supply. Extended periods of wet weather during the recent corn...More
Nutrition News
Veterinary Clinic Challenge: Eat Pork Each Night for a Week
Sep 25, 2009 4:48 PM
To show support for a struggling U.S. pork industry, which has weathered two years of economic hardship and put some producers out of business, a northern Iowa swine veterinary consulting clinic has kicked off “Pork Week.”...
Records Projected for Corn Use, Soybean Exports
Sep 15, 2009 11:30 AM, By Elton Robinson Farm Press Editorial Staff erobinson@farmpress.com
Importing countries are certainly taking a liking to current U.S. soybean prices, a fact reflected in USDA’s Sept. 11 World Supply and Demand Estimate forecasting record U.S. exports this marketing year...
Feed Additives
NPPC Stands Its Ground: Antibiotic Use Aids Health
Jul 16, 2010 10:57 AM
A University of Minnesota expert witness stressed the continuing importance of antibiotic use in food-producing animals at a congressional hearing July 14 on antibiotic use in livestock production ...
Minnesota Nutrition Conference Planned for Sept. 21-22 in Owatonna
Jul 13, 2010 2:49 PM
Be there Sept. 21-22, 2010 at the Holiday Inn in Owatonna, MN, for the 71st Minnesota Nutrition Conference, where internationally renown feed industry speakers will discuss the latest concepts in beef, dairy, poultry, swine and equine nutrition...
Feed Quality
Swine Nutritionists Challenged to Find Alternatives to Pricey Protein
Aug 17, 2010 4:26 PM, By Debra Neutkens
Pricey protein can wreak havoc on nursery feed budgets and challenge producers and swine nutritionists to find options that won’t throw pigs off feed or break the bank...
Assessing Added Fats in Finishing Pig Diets
Aug 17, 2010 2:19 PM, By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor
In research conducted at the University of Illinois, choice white grease had a higher energy value than soybean oil, according to a team of scientists...
Feed Storage and Handling
Minnesota Nutrition Conference Planned for Sept. 21-22 in Owatonna
Jul 13, 2010 2:49 PM
Be there Sept. 21-22, 2010 at the Holiday Inn in Owatonna, MN, for the 71st Minnesota Nutrition Conference, where internationally renown feed industry speakers will discuss the latest concepts in beef, dairy, poultry, swine and equine nutrition...
Manage Mycotoxins In Corn in Hot Weather
Jun 15, 2010 1:16 PM
As the outside temperature warms up, it is no longer possible to keep grain stored at a temperature of 50 ° F. This means that mycotoxins can now be produced in stored grain...
Dietary Ingredients
Ractopamine Fed to Finishing Pigs Lowers Environmental Impact
Aug 17, 2010 2:38 PM, By Dale Miller Editor
Improvements in lean growth and feed efficiency when ractopamine hydrochloride is fed to finishing pigs are well documented. Research was conducted to determine if the improvements in nutrient utilization can lead to a demonstrable reduction in the environmental footprint of pork production, specifically water utilization and nitrogen (N) output...
Assessing Added Fats in Finishing Pig Diets
Aug 17, 2010 2:19 PM, By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor
In research conducted at the University of Illinois, choice white grease had a higher energy value than soybean oil, according to a team of scientists...
Nutrition Requirements
Swine Nutritionists Challenged to Find Alternatives to Pricey Protein
Aug 17, 2010 4:26 PM, By Debra Neutkens
Pricey protein can wreak havoc on nursery feed budgets and challenge producers and swine nutritionists to find options that won’t throw pigs off feed or break the bank...
Ractopamine Fed to Finishing Pigs Lowers Environmental Impact
Aug 17, 2010 2:38 PM, By Dale Miller Editor
Improvements in lean growth and feed efficiency when ractopamine hydrochloride is fed to finishing pigs are well documented. Research was conducted to determine if the improvements in nutrient utilization can lead to a demonstrable reduction in the environmental footprint of pork production, specifically water utilization and nitrogen (N) output...
