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  • Jul. 15, 2012
    Article

    Clarcor Air Filtration - Model 2000-P and Model 4000-P Filter Housings

    Clarcor Air Filtration Products offers the Model 2000-P and 4000-P plastic, three-piece filter housing holding frames for swine buildings. Perry Hartmann, Clarcor sales manager, demonstrated how the compact filter housing encloses two, 24 x 24-in. and two, 20 x 24-in. single header filters. The filter housing box is designed for ceiling inlets....More
  • Jul. 15, 2012
    Article

    Automated Production Systems (AP) - Flow Hammer 1

    The Automated Production Systems (AP) Flow Hammer feed flow device is a patent-pending product that aids in the prevention of out-of-feed events in all phases of swine production. A low-frequency, high-impact design helps minimize feed bridging by having the Flow Hammer strike a bin up to 60 times per minute with 500 lb. of force when there is a feed flow problem. The Flow Hammer is mounted to the bin collar on the outside of the bin and will fit on most 16-in. bin collars on new or existing bins....More
  • Jul. 15, 2012
    Article

    Pfizer Animal Health - Fostera PRRS Vaccine

    Fostera PRRS is a new, modified-live vaccine option for porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS), respiratory form of the disease, offered by Pfizer Animal Health. Doug King, senior veterinarian, swine veterinary operations, Pfizer Animal Health, told the new product panel that Fostera PRRS is licensed for the vaccination of healthy pigs three weeks of age or older in PRRS virus-positive herds or in PRRS-seronegative pigs that are deemed to be at risk for exposure to PRRS virus....More
  • Jul. 15, 2012
    Article

    Prima Tech USA - 0.3 ml. Bottle Mount Vaccinator

    Prima Tech recently launched a new, 0.3-ml. bottle-mounted vaccinator with a dose range of 0.1 ml. to 0.3 ml. The vaccinator allows the barrel to prime at the lowest 0.1-ml. setting. It also offers a full stroke at the 0.3-ml. setting so the user can easily recognize the feel of a successful injection, according to Bob Walber, PrimaTech....More
  • Jul. 15, 2012
    Article

    ClicRweight - ClicRweight Weighing System

    The ClicRweight wireless, remote weighing system may be in the early stages of development, but the new product panel thought it offered an intriguing approach to fine-tuning feeding programs that could prove useful under the right circumstances....More
  • Jul. 15, 2012
    Article

    Ralco Animal Health - DE-Lyte 1

    DE-Lyte is a liquid nutritional supplement that helps ease pig transitions from the sow to the nursery at weaning time. Russell Fent, Ralco Animal Health, explained, “Typically it takes just over two days for 95% of pigs to come onto feed once they enter the nursery. DE-Lyte is fortified with vitamins D and E to support the young pigs’ transitioning immune system and promote healthy bone development.”...More
  • Jul. 15, 2012
    Article

    SFP – More-than-Manure Nutrient Manager

    The More-than-Manure (MTM) Nutrient Manager is a liquid product designed to be poured directly into confinement barn manure pits or lagoons....More
  • Jul. 15, 2012
    Article

    Big Dutchman - DryExact Pro

    The Big Dutchman DryExact Pro is a computer-controlled, chain-disk feeding system that gives producers the ability to deliver a different diet to each feeder. The system uses a batch mixer to blend and deliver individual feed recipes and allows for easy, multi-phase feeding. A two-loop system can feed different diets simultaneously, allowing for quick distribution of feed with one batch mixer....More
  • Jul. 15, 2012
    Article

    Bioverse - AgraSphere

    The Bioverse AgraSphere went on the market last fall after eight years of development, according to Bioverse’s Brad Carson. The product distributes beneficial bacteria into manure storage systems to reduce sludge buildup and crusting using a biodegradable sphere made of a corn-based polymer....More
  • Jul. 15, 2012
    Article

    2012 World Pork Expo New Product Tour Showcases Innovative Products

    While the 2012 National Hog Farmer World Pork Expo New Product Review Panel found there were often a number of products targeting the same need at this year’s trade show, they worked hard to make sure they brought forward new ideas for consideration wherever possible....More
  • Jun. 21, 2012
    News

    U.S. Pork Meets Growing Mexican Demand

    More than one out of every four hogs harvested in the United States is destined for international markets, and the Pork Checkoff is strengthening partnerships that put more U.S. pork on the world’s table, especially in Mexico. “Mexico has a growing middle class, and people are increasing their animal protein consumption,” says Becca Hendricks, assistant vice president of international marketing for the Pork Checkoff....More
  • Jun. 19, 2012
    News

    World Pork Expo Sets Livestock Show, Largest Burger Records

    The 2012 World Pork Expo attracted nearly 20,000 pork producers and industry leaders from 38 countries to Des Moines, IA, for the world’s largest pork-specific trade show....More
  • Jun. 13, 2012
    News

    Economist Offers Tips for Maximizing Pork Profits

    Despite a mixed bag of economic factors, pork producers will have opportunities to lock in profits in the months ahead, says Steve Meyer, president of Paragon Economics and author of Market Preview in National Hog Farmer’s Weekly Preview. It will pay to keep an eye on a number of issues that could influence the markets, says Meyer, who spoke at the Pork Checkoff’s Producers Opportunity for Revenue and Knowledge (PORK) Academy at the 2012 World Pork Expo last week in Des Moines, IA. These include:...More
  • Jun. 11, 2012
    News

    Pork Board Study Shows Sustainability of Today’s Operations

    A study commissioned by the National Pork Board finds that while pig farms of the 1950s may be remembered as idyllic, they were not as sustainable as today’s systems. From the 1959 baseline, today’s hog operations offer  a 35% decrease in carbon footprint, a 41% reduction in water usage and a 78% reduction in land required to produce a pound of pork....More
  • Jun. 11, 2012
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    National Hog Farmer Panel Evaluates New Products at 2012 World Pork Expo

    The National Hog Farmer World Pork Expo New Product Review Panel evaluated new products on behalf of producers who cannot make it to World Pork Expo. Hear a summary of this year's hot new products....More
  • Jun. 11, 2012
    News

    Pork Board Picks New Slate of Officers

    A farmer and pork production executive from Algona, IA, has been elected president of the National Pork Board. Conley Nelson was named during the board’s meeting prior to World Pork Expo last week in Des Moines, IA. Nelson, the Pork Board’s vice president previously, owns a 4,400-head, wean-to-finish operation on a farm that has been in the family for more than 120 years. He also serves as general manager of the Murphy-Brown LLC Midwest operation that oversees 75,000 sows and markets 3.4 million hogs a year....More
  • Jun. 8, 2012
    News

    Hog Prices Could Rebound Going into Summer, Meyer Says

    Hog prices have been disappointing of late, not reaching the $100 mark that many expected. The hog market could have life left in it, however, according to Dr. Steve Meyer. Meyer, a regular speaker at World Pork Expo, talked about the outlook for hog prices and for wheat feeding in this interview...More
  • Jun. 8, 2012
    News

    Busy year for the pork industry, farm bill task force co-chair says

    The U.S. Senate has agreed to take up the farm bill proposed by its Ag Committee, but there’s no guarantee the legislation will be passed this year. Sam Carney, a producer from Adair, Iowa, talks about the National Pork Producer Council’s farm bill priorities and legislative issues in this interview...More
  • Jun. 8, 2012
    News

    Tweet This 1

    You had to have a name tag and some pork industry credibility to get through the gates of World Pork Expo this week. Take a look at the photo and video galleries our staff took of the World Pork Expo action over the past few days at http://nationalhogfarmer.com/. You will see real people who believe in the pork industry. Meanwhile, even as World Pork Expo was taking place, Twitter was being flooded with a very coordinated series of “attack tweets” pertaining to the pork industry as a whole, and gestation stalls in particular....More
  • Jun. 7, 2012
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    Pork Producers Worried Egg Legislation Could Set Precedent

    The introduction of the Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2012 in both houses of Congress has touched off a wave of concern among other livestock groups. The NPPC's Audrey Adamson talks about some of those concerns and the impact of the legislation in other countries...More
  • Jun. 7, 2012
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    2012 shaping up to be good year for corn and soybeans in Midwest

    The skies were overcast at this year's World Pork Expo in Des Moines, Iowa. But those clouds may have a silver lining for hog and cattle producers. Iowa State University's Elwynn Taylor told World Pork Expo attendees that the 2012 corn and soybean crops are off to a good start...More
  • Jun. 7, 2012
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    Pork Producers Report Little Use of Open Pens in University of Missouri survey

    Some pork producers have moved to open pens for sows, but the overwhelming majority continue to use gestation stalls, according to a University of Missouri study released at World Pork Expo. Dr. Ron Plain discusses the results and some inplications of the study in this interview following a press conference at the Expo in Des Moines, Iowa....More
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