Fuel for the Fire: Livestock Inputs and GHG Emissions
The effects of livestock farming on climate change is an ever-expanding issue for the meat industry. At the forefront of consumer concerns is the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs). Consequently, in a bid to tackle the problem, ongoing research attempts...

Yeast Added to Sow Diet Improves Piglet Performance
Top-dressing sow diets with a yeast product greatly improved the growth rate of the litter, according to research by Dr Kim of North Carolina State University.

Particle Size in Swine Diets
Reducing particle size of the grower-finisher from an average of 1000 microns to an average of 700 microns could save about $1.78 per pig per annum. An investment in a few particle size tests per year is well worth the effort, explains Greg Simpson, swine...

Meat Per Tonne of Feed - Become a Convert!
Respected pig consultant, John Gadd, explains why producers should adjust their future thinking to the amount of meat produced per tonne of feed, rather than a simple feed conversion ratio for JSR Genetics.

Prepare a Survival Kit for Difficult Economic Times
Some important tips to reduce feed costs and improve efficiencies are offered by David Meisinger, Executive Director of the US Pork Center of Excellence.

Nutrition of the Young Breeding Pig
Steve Jagger, Paul Toplis and Ian Wellock of AB Agri give their recommendations for feeding gilts during rearing, first pregnancy and first lactation for optimum performance. They focus particularly on new information relating to back fat, bodyweight...

Scouting for Corn Mould
A useful guide to identifying common moulds in corn and the mycotoxins associated with each one by Albert Tenuta, pathologist for field crops and program lead at the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.

Focus on Feed Conversion
One of the top pork producers in the US has found a new way to meet the challenge of rising feed prices. In his paper at the 2008 Australian Pan-Pacific Pork Expo, Dr Dean Boyd of The Hanor Family of Companies shows how removing some pigs from the pen...

Practical Ideas to Address High Feed and Production Costs
Pork producers are facing a period of rapidly increasing feed and production costs. The following management tips and resources have been compiled by the Pork Checkoff to assist producers in identifying opportunities to increase efficiencies and reduce...

Amino Acid Boosts Litter Size and Piglet Growth
Research at North Carolina State University shows that feeding extra arginine to young sows during pregnancy and lactation can increase litter size and piglet growth, writes Jackie Linden, editor of ThePigSite.

Distillers Grains in Finishing Hog Rations
The recent rise in food prices has been blamed on the emergence and expansion of the biofuel sector among other factors, writes Chris Harris, Senior Editor, ThePigSite.

Feeding Biodiesel Co-products to Swine
Depending on its price relative to corn, crude glycerol may become a useful feed ingredient but more research is required into its safety in diets for pigs, writes Greg Simpson, swine nutritionist with Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs....

Proceed Carefully with Feed Alternatives
By Dr Chad Hastad, Swine Nutrition Services Inc. who explains that care is needed when considering unfamiliar feed ingredients for pig diets.

High-Oil Oat Groats for Weaned Pigs
Report of a study by Pascal Leterme, Brian Rossnagel and John F. Patience (Prairie Swine Centre, Canada).

Feeding Mycotoxin-Infected Wheat
By Greg Simpson - Swine Nutritionist at Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA).

Understanding and Managing Sudden Death in Fattening Pigs During Summer
Summer = danger! High temperature often leads to digestive upset in pigs, and farmers often experience sudden deaths in fattening pigs, making preventive measures an economic necessity, write Dr Vincent Couture and Dr Yannig Le Treut from Lallemand Animal...

Living with Higher Feed Costs
By John Lawrence, from the June issue of the Iowa Farm Outlook of the Department of Economics of Iowa State University. Livestock producers are well aware that feed costs are higher than they were two years ago.

Organic Acids in Water Can Improve Performance of the Weaned Pig
One of the greatest challenges to the pig farmer is to ensure that weaned piglets get off to a good start without suffering ‘a post-weaning check’, writes Adrian R. Cox BVetMed MRCVS, British Poultry Executive.

Can We Feed Mycotoxin Contaminated Feed to Pigs?
Pigs fed with mycotoxin contaminated feed demonstrated both a drop in growth rate and feed in-take according to a report by A.D. Beaulieu, J.F. Patience and D. Gillis of the Prairie Swine Centre, Inc.

Increasing Daily Feeding Occasions in Restricted Feeding Strategies Does Not Improve Performance or Well Being of Fattening Pigs
By Eva Persson, Margret Wülbers-Mindermann, Charlotte Berg and Bo Algers. Published by BioMed Central in the Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008, 50:24 Journal.

Profitable Antibiotic-Free Pork Production
By Darwin Kohler, DVM; James Schneider, PhD and Chad Bierman, MS, Babcock Genetics, Inc., Rochester, Minnesota, as published in the North Carolina University, Swine News Volume 31 No 6.

Does Feeding Distillers Grains in Rations Increase E. coli O157:H7?
By Terry Klopfenstein, Dave Smith, Galen Erickson and Rod Moxley University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Global Feed Commodities Market
This report looks at the Impact of the Global Feed Commodities Market on the British Pig Industry and Risk Management Strategies to Mitigate This. Prepared by BPEX Ltd with independent contributions by ABN and Barclays.