Pork-Soybean Groups Unite For Research Collaboration
The rise in soybean meal prices and other protein products has driven livestock and poultry producers to work toward maximizing the nutrient value of those sources...
Near-Record Harvests Predicted
Despite severe flooding throughout much of the Corn Belt in June, crops have rebounded with yields expected to produce the second-largest corn crop and the fourth-largest soybean crop in history...
EPA Nixes Waiver Of Ethanol Mandate
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) was “deeply disappointed” by Thursday’s decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to turn down a waiver of the federal ethanol production mandate for Texas...
Midwest Swine Nutrition Conference Scheduled
Steve Pollman, Murphy Brown LLC, Ames, IA, will present the keynote address at the 8th annual Midwest Swine Nutrition Conference Sept. 4 at the Indiana Farm Bureau Building in Indianapolis, IN...
Midwest Pork Conference Slated for Danville, IN
More than 300 pork producers and industry representatives and 50 exhibitors are expected at the 2008 Midwest Pork Conference. This year’s event is set for Sept. 9 at the Hendricks County Conference Complex, Danville, IN...
Minnesota Nutrition Conference Moves to New Location
The 69th Annual Minnesota Nutrition Conference on Sept. 16-17 is moving to a new site, the Holiday Inn & Suites in Owatonna, MN...
Crisis Management Tips Offered On-Line
The Illinois Pork Producers Association (IPPA) and the University of Illinois Extension service have introduced an interactive Web site to provide assistance to pork producers during these unsettling economic times...
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 ...
USDA Plans Survey of Flood-Ravaged Crops
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has announced it is taking several steps to assess the impact of massive rainfall and flooding on the 2008 crop acreage...
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...
