Understanding The Genetics of Feed Efficiency
The genetic makeup of maternal (sow) lines and terminal sire lines used to produce market hogs has a considerable bearing on how efficiently their progeny...
United Soybean Board Funds National Swine Nutrition Guide
The United Soybean Board (USB) has approved soybean checkoff funding for the development and distribution of the National Swine Nutrition Guide by the...
Feed Focus is a Balancing Act
Cutting corn-soy diets and replacing with alternative ingredients and feeder management are ways that Dykhuis Farms reduces feed costs. With 195,000 pigs...
Strive to Survive
Fifty-year-old Bob Dykhuis is taking a conservative approach to protecting his family's hog operation for future generations. He believes it's necessary...
Sows in Groups Preferred
Electronic feeding system Just over 10 years ago, Bryan Ruwe decided it was time to move his breeding herd from dirt lots and the hot and cold temperature extremes common to northeast Nebraska to a more controlled environment. The options ranged from individual sow stalls, the most popular choice of the day, to...
Organic Selenium Enhances Boar Fertility
The resounding acceptance of artificial insemination (AI) by commercial pork producers necessitates the need to manage boars for maximum fertility and semen production....
Corn and DDGS Diet Switching Do Not Affect Pig Performance
Pork producers looking to optimize feed ingredients are including distiller's dried grains with solubles (DDGS) for grow-finish pigs when costs are in line...
Supplementing Fall-Back Pigs Pays In the Nursery
A number of Michigan pork producers have questioned whether the “rescue decks” really pay off, according to Barbara Straw, Extension veterinarian at Michigan State University (MSU)....
Enhanced DDGS Offer Improved Swine Diets
Enhanced distiller's dried grains with solubles (E-DDGS) provides greater energy concentration in swine diets, improving the nutritional value of DDGS for pigs...
Adding Amino Acids Cuts Protein Costs, Boosts Net Energy
Supplementing a low-protein diet with synthetic amino acids can provide a cost-effective way to avoid adding excess crude protein (CP)....
