It's All About Corn
Corn the real thing or any reasonable facsimile that could serve to replace it. Cost and availability was top of mind. How high do you think corn will...
Plan Survival Strategies
Glenn Grimes, University of Missouri professor emeritus of agricultural economics, began his outlook talk at World Pork Expo with a stern warning: If...
NPPC Urges EPA to Waive Ethanol Mandate
Due to rising pressures on this year’s corn crop, squeezed even more from recent Midwest floods, and the chance that large numbers of pork producers could ...
Consider Feed Alternatives When Formulating Diets
As feed costs have risen above historical levels of 65% to 75% of the variable costs of production for many producers, alternative feed ingredients have become more attractive...
Consistent, Targeted Nutrition Improves Efficiency
Nutritional programs can certainly play a major role in the amount of weight variation within a common group of pigs. The ability to minimize this variation...
Computer Spreadsheet Aids in DDGS Decision
An Excel spreadsheet developed at the University of Illinois helps pork producers determine the value of feeding distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) to their pig...
Aggressive Amino Acid Use Helps Offset High Feed Costs
Rapidly rising feed costs has everyone looking for ways to relieve the pain. Implementing technologies designed to improve feed efficiency or reduce input...
Using Corn Distiller's Syrup in Swine Diets
Currently, dry milling ethanol plants produce primarily two co-products wet corn distiller's grains (WCDG) and corn distiller's liquid solubles (CDLS)...
By-Products Spur Interest in Enzymes
Skyrocketing feed costs has producers and nutritionists taking a closer look at enzymes to improve digestion and absorption of dietary components. There...
Lactating Sows Feed Themselves
New feeder design improves sow body condition and helps boost pigs-born-alive average. About three years ago, Iowa Select Farms set out to do a better...
