Nutrition

SwineCast 0320 Show Notes:

• Trace minerals effect as antioxidants.  A conversation with Dr Gretchen Hill
• Grad Student Melissa Hahn logs in with some comments on her research with amino acids and birthweights
• North Carolina update... Todd See shares research on development waste storage systems to meet the state's requirements for new construction
• ARS may have an answer.. a water treatment plant for y

SwineCast 0272 Show Notes:

• Where's the beef?
  
• Sr Market Analyst with the George Morris Centre Kevin Grier reviews the big issues for Canadian producers
• How should you react to current macro-economic forces in the business world?
• Tom Weber with USDA looks at impact of high fiber rations on monogastrics

SwineCast 0271 Show Notes:

• Link to Jim Long's comments at Farms.com
• Timed A.I. research at the University of Alberta
• Amino acids can have an effect on birthweight... we think
• Responsible Pork Symposium link
• Manitoba Hydro advises energy conservation along with financial incentives
• K-State's Swine Profitability Conference scheduled for Feb 5.

SwineCast 0242 Show Notes:

• California ag water shortage due to effort to save endangered fish
• Auto sort systems... panacea or just pan?
  
• Looking at faster, cheaper ways to assay amino acid availability
• Monetary policy impact on agriculture and exports

SwineCast 0222 Show Notes:

• Shelf life extenders double as E. Coli limiters
• Swine manure affect on antibiotic resistance
• John Lawrence at Iowa State looks at feed prices and live hogs
• Omega 3 fatty acid primer from University of Nebraska
• Transgenic cloning enables Omega 3 pork

SwineCast 0210 Show Notes:

• Managing your breeding herd for maximum proficiency and profit
• Energy value fluctuations require close monitoring
• DDGs affect on bellies and major impact elements
• View of feedgrains from north of the border

SwineCast 0208 Show Notes:

• Chore Time offers equipment to ease transition from crates

• Maple Leaf's CFO on the sale of their nutrition business
• Iowa State's CARD study on ethanol impact gives AMI support in efforts on Capitol Hill.

SwineCast 0206 Show Notes:

• SwineCast at World Pork Expo
• Purdue's Brian Rickerts looks at DDGs long term effect on protein quality
• Viewing today's prices from a historical perspective with Steve Meyer

SwineCast 0202 Show Notes:

• Prairie Systems Feed Allocation System helps manage your nutrient flow.
• Alternative feedstuffs gaining ground outside the U.S.
• Dr. Gerald Shurson shares his thoughts on Ethanol impact.
• Canadians hoping new crop will ease pricing pressure.