Digging Deep to Capitalize on DDGS
ver the course of three different research trials, more than 2,000 pigs were fed dried distiller's grains with solubles (DDGS) diets, which varied in...
Feed Association Launches Safe Feed, Food Web Site
The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) is announcing the launch of a new Web site dedicated to the Safe Feed/Safe Food Certification Program for mills and other facilities that produce livestock feed, pet food and related ingredients...
Grain Forecasts Plummet
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...
Planting Delays Impact Feed Stocks
Planting delays in the eastern Corn Belt are expected to reduce corn yields this fall, according to USDA's June 10 Crop Production Report. Projected U.S....
Lower Feed Costs Provide Pork Producers with Some Relief
Although the U.S. breeding herd is not dropping fast enough to bring pork production back to profitability, falling corn prices and prospects for lower soybean meal prices this fall are providing rays of hope for pork producers in the future, said Purdue University agricultural economist Chris Hurt...
The Right Diet At the Right Time
Diet formulation and feeding programs traditionally formulated for group averages short suits the lighter pigs and overfeeds the heavies. Driven by high...
State-of-the Art Feedmill Under Construction
An all-concrete, totally computerized feedmill is being built for The Maschhoffs at Griggsville in western Illinois, reports Aaron Gaines, vice president...
Optimizing Feed Manufacturing, Transport Options
Rising ingredient, energy (petroleum) and transportation costs are changing feed manufacturing practices across the U.S. pork industry. Feedmill and production...
More Efficient Use of Feed
Living through the volatility of feed prices over the last two years has heightened producers' awareness of the need for continual improvement in the...
Feeder Adjustments Optimize Growth, Reduce Feed Wastage
Recent studies at Kansas State University took a closer look at how feeder adjustments affected pig performance and feed wastage. In those studies, pigs...
