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...
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...
Wet Weather Raises Fears Of Mycotoxin in Corn
Continued rain throughout the Upper Midwest following this summer’s drought has heightened fears that harvested corn could contain mycotoxins which may prove harmful to pigs and people alike...
International Distiller’s Dried Grains Conference Scheduled
The International Distiller’s Grains Conference in Schaumburg, IL, Oct. 21-23 will trace the extraordinary growth of the U.S. ethanol industry, which, in turn, has led to the explosion in production of the co-product, distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS)...
Carolina Nutrition Conference Looks at Alternative Feedstuffs
The 2007 Carolina Swine Nutrition Conference is planned for Nov. 12-13 at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel, Research Triangle Park, Raleigh, NC...
