Meal or Pellets for Your Piggy Bank?
Large economic differences exist when feed is offered to pigs in either meal or pellet form and when diets are either finely or coarsely ground, according to new research from Northern Ireland's Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute.

Mannan Oligosaccharides Offer Health Benefits to Pigs
Feeding mannan oligosaccharides (MOS) can fine-tune the immune system of pigs against PRRS, suggests a new University of Illinois study.

Prairie Swine Research Centre Annual Report 2010
The annual report from the Prairie Swine Centre in Canada includes articles on some recently completed research in the fields of engineering, behaviour and nutrition.

Evolution: Economic and Agriculture Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
The five most important policy categories for economic development in sub-Saharan Africa are identified in this report by Dr Giovanni Gasperoni and Tricia Beal of Novus International. They focus particularly on empowering agriculture best practices and...

Is There Gold in Your Dust?
A farm case study from BPEX exploring the benefits of a cyclone dust collector attached to the feeding system. The main advantages are improved biosecurity and a reduction in feed wastage.

Feed Outlook – July 2011
Higher stocks and production have boosted the feed grain supply, according to the latest report from the USDA Economic Research Service.

Effect of Source & Quantity of Dietary Vitamin D in Maternal & Creep Diets on Bone Metabolism & Growth in Piglets
Supplementation of the sow diet during pregnancy with 50µg/kg of either of the two vitamin D sources tested was adequate to meet the needs of the sow herself, the developing foetuses and for normal skeletal mineralisation and growth in her offspring,...

World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates – July 2011
Meat production in the US is expected to remain stable next year, according to the latest USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates.

Nutritional Aspects of Sow Longevity
Dale W. Rozeboom from Michigan State University discusses the nutritional aspects of sow longevity in a review published in April 2010.

Antioxidant and Antifungal Properties of Orego-Stim
The antioxidant and antifungal properties of Orego-Stim are described in Technical Bulletin 3 from Meriden Animal Health.

Feed Outlook – June 2011
US corn production is still expected to be a record this year but the current forecast is for historically tight global coarse grain stocks, according to the latest report from the USDA Economic Research Service.

World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates – June 2011
With many important crop-growing regions affected by flooding or drought, the projections are 'highly tentative', according to the latest USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates.

Dietary Linoleic Acid Content Can Predict Carcass Fat Quality
Dietary C18:2n-6 (linoleic acid) content was a better predictor of carcass fat iodine value than diet iodine value, according to researchers based at Kansas State University.

Mexico – Market Concentration in Selected Agricultural and Food Sub-Sectors
The Mexican agricultural and food sector is marked by varying degrees of market concentration by sub-sector, according to the latest GAIN Report from the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). Animal feed and poultry meat production are much more concentrated...

Use of Crude Glycerol in Diets for Lactating Sows
Feeding diets containing up to nine per cent crude glycerol to lactating sows had no adverse effects on sow and litter performance, daily water consumption by sows or their response to heat stress, according to research at the University of Minnesota...

Feeder Adjustment
To achieve consistent feeder adjustment, Mike Brumm of Brumm Swine Consultancy, Inc. recommends using a digital camera to take a picture of the correct setting and displaying it in the farm office or hallway. His article is published in the latest Pig...

Feed Outlook - May 2011
Tight markets and record prices are set to continue in 2011/12, according to Thomas Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research Service.

World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates - May 2011
Pork production and farrowings are expected to increase gradually, according to the latest USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates.

Feed Outlook - April 2011
The recent grains stocks report confirms that supplies are tight, according to Tom Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research Service.

Dietary Changes Reduce Dust and Ammonia in Pig Houses
Canola oil sprinkling and a low crude protein diet reduce respirable dust and ammonia concentrations from swine production, according to Drs Y. Jin and B. Predicala in the Prairie Swine Research Centre's Centred on Swine newsletter.

Giving the Best Start in Life
A field study on the effects of feeding Orego-Stim to sows from one week before farrowing and during lactation on the number and weight of piglets born and weaned from Meriden Animal Health.

World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates - April 2011
The forecast for 2011 red meat and poultry production is virtually unchanged from last month, according to the latest USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates.

Research Sheds Light on Fat Digestibility in Pigs
Producers and feed companies add fat to swine diets to increase energy but recent research from the University of Illinois, conducted by Hans H. Stein, U of I professor in the Department of Animal Sciences, along with his team of researchers, suggests...