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Fitting diets to your farm You can optimize nutrition on your farm by modifying your feeding program specific to your farm. Accurately determining and meeting pigs’ nutrient requirements is key to better feeding. A pigs’ nutrient requirements depend on many...
Ethanol plants are getting more efficient at extracting fuel from corn, and that can affect the quality of distillers grains, a byproduct of ethanol production often used as an economical feed alternative for hogs and poultry. “They are doing some...
Don’t risk your investment and profits when the stakes are high, say feed quality experts. Taking steps to protect feed from contaminants is advised for livestock farmers and feed mills post this year’s harvest, say feed quality experts. This is especially...
CBS Bio Platforms is introducing new feed ingredient bags for the complete lineup of signature Feed Science Platforms (FSPs). Global distribution has steadily increased for CBS Bio Platforms, as the company has posted multiple consecutive years of record sales and...
Source: Hubbard Feeds Blog Feed represents as much as 75% of the cost of production of a marketed pig. Combining that with an extended period of low market prices emphasizes that feed efficiency is an important economic topic. Let’s look at...
Source: Alltech Blog Feed represents most of the cost of producing a marketed pig and it can be affected by a variety of factors, including genetics, health and management. One factor that is often overlooked is the manufacturing of the...
As one might expect, the 2005 genetic line performed better when fed the 2005 industry diet versus the 1980 diet. Given the harvest facility issues pig farmers have faced this spring, many are seeking solutions to slow pig growth. While...
This Friday, KENT Corporation will celebrate the grand opening of the Iowa State University KENT Feed Mill and Grain Science Complex, to which the family-owned company gave the lead $8 million gift. A dedication and ribbon cutting at the...
A list of possible feed ingredients for swine diets alternative to the traditional corn and soybean meal components. Protein sources for swine Soybean meal is the most frequently used protein source in livestock feed. However, if cost competitive, several alternative crop...
Feed producers and farmers have options to protect livestock, says Rob Patterson Feed producers and farmers have sound options to mitigate in-feed trypsin inhibitors (TI), to protect against these anti-nutritional factors undermining livestock performance and profitability, says a feed expert. Rob...
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