Managing Feed Costs

SwineCast 0674, Better Outlook For Feed Grains From Industry Analyst Joe Kerns

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SwineCast 0671, Feed Efficiency - Is Net Energy A Better Feed Ration Evaluation?

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Chris Hurt - Hog Forecast 2010


Hog Forecast 2010 - Chris Hurt - Purdue University, from the 2010 Midwest Pork Conference, September 15, 2010, Danville, IN, USA.

SwineCast 0383, Route Back to Production Profitability and Efficiency

SwineCast 0383 Show Notes:

  • Dermotte Hayes of Iowa State presents his thoughts on returning to profitability at the Banff Pork Conference
  • FeedLogic's Drew Ryder looks at the market and tools to maximize feed efficiency

SwineCast 0310 for June 9 2008

SwineCast 0310 Show Notes:

  • Conversing with Glenn Grimes at World Pork Expo on markets and ratios
  • Tradeshow talk about BASF's Nutridense corn system
  • Iowa State's Suzanne Millman joins us for a followup discussion about her animal welfare presentation at National Institute for Animal Agriculture

SwineCast 0299 for April 29 2008

SwineCast 0299 Show Notes:

  • Ag Secretary Schafer says government is looking for fast turn solutions to higher feed costs
  • Canada's breeding herd cull program received widespread government support
  • Feed components are increasingly imported from countries with poor purity standards. John Ratcliff of the U.K.s Food and Agriculture Consultancy says increased monitoring is necessary.
  • American Feed Industry Association's Jerrod Kersey follows up with the issue from his industry's perspective
  • Link to Pew Foundation report - Putting Meat

SwineCast 0297 for April 22 2008

SwineCast 0297 Show Notes:

  • Looking to cut costs in your ingredient sources may expose you to more risk than you think. A conversation with John Ratcliff of the Food and Agriculture Consultancy of the United Kingdom
  • Genetics are driven by data but who determines the direction? PIC's Technical Services Director for Genetics joins us
  • Employee relations and recruitment questions continue to be heavily attended workshops. Don Tyler recounts a session at the Responsible Pork Symposium

SwineCast 0293 for April 8 2008

SwineCast 0293 Show Notes:

  • AFBF requests Section 32 pork purchase by USDA
  • Prospective plantings report sows discontent among feed users
  • Farm Bill update.. sounds like another extension in the offing
  • Dr Tom Gillespie of Rensselaer's Swine Vet Services looks at biosecurity
  • PRRS tranmission vectors and social interactions under study at University of MN 

SwineCast 0284 for March 7 2008

SwineCast 0284 Show Notes:

  • New PCV Vaccine research looks at maternal immunity and onset of protection
  • Considerations for adjustments possible in light of high feed costs with Dr John Patience of PSC
  • Air quality equipment... North Carolina State study of ozonation and the impact on barn environment

SwineCast 0279 for February 19 2008

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