Corn Variety Offers More Bang per Bushel
Higher energy and amino acid values of nutritionally enhanced corn hybrids are gaining pork producers' attention. One variety backed by research from...
Ethanolmania Driving By-Product Research
Swine nutritionists are scrambling to keep up with nutrient profiles. One of the hot topics concerning dried distiller's grains with solubles (DDGS) these...
Stage Set for Growth Of Enhanced Feedgrains
Convincing pork producers to set energy specifications in the corn that they buy has proven more difficult than expected. For Pioneer Hi-Bred Inter-national,...
Feeding Early Finishers for Maximum Gain
Producers should provide optimal intake of an optimal diet for the correct weight pig. Pigs moving into the early finishing stage are entering an unprecedented...
Developing Diets for Grower Pigs
Because the nutrient requirements change quite rapidly in the grower stage, increasing dietary phases can reduce diet cost and nutrient excretion. Grower...
Early Finishing Management Affects Closeouts
Achieving good production numbers requires managing young pigs as soon as they hit the finishing floor. As pork producers, we all would like to sit around...
Targeted Feeding Boosts Sow Prolificacy
Computer-based lactation feeder moves sow productivity to a higher plane. If you could find someone to manage sow feeding during lactation and boost number...
Sow Condition Scoring Guidelines
Sow herd culling and mortality rates have reached unacceptable levels in some herds. Reproductive failure is the most common reason sows are culled from...
Feed Sows For Condition, Productivity
When designing a feeding program for gestating sows, it is important to remember the overall goals for the nutrition program: Prepare sows to be in proper...
Optimizing Cull Sow Value
When is the best time to market cull sows? Before pork producers can answer this seemingly easy question, some additional questions must be thought through:...
