Reversing Equity Drain in the Pork Industry | Cash for Clunkers
Marketing groups called for a $200-million sow buyout. Like the $3 billion national effort to rid the roads of inefficient, gas-guzzling vehicles, the...
Phytase Helps Lower Phosphorus in Swine Manure | Dietary Adjustments Lower Phosphorus
Dried distiller's grains with solubles (DDGS) and phytase help lower phosphorus in manure, eliminate need for supplemental phosphorus. Last year, when...
Higher Corn Yields on Same Acres Will Meet Food, Feed and Fuel Needs
In separate news releases, the U.S. Grains Council and the Renewable Fuels Association cite the USDA’s World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) released today ...
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...
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....
Feed Alternatives Not A Quick Nutritional Fix
Producers often get excited when they locate a source of feed alternatives at a reasonable price. But Joel DeRouchey says there's a lot to be considered...
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...
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...
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...
