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Top Chinese talent joins JSR
Written on 14 Jul, 2011 at 13:31 in Featured Swine News | Comments
One of China’s brightest young graduates has joined a leading UK pig genetics company and will play a key role in their plans for sales growth in China and Asia. Yolanda Hou, who started work at JSR Genetics earlier... (Continue reading)
ACRE viable option if direct payments chopped
Written on 11 Jul, 2011 at 7:06 in Featured Swine News | Comments
Eliminating direct payments likely would have a more major impact on federal budget outlays, farm income, and land values than specific commodity markets and food prices, a new University of Missouri Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) report concludes.... (Continue reading)
Lawmakers, Livestock and Poultry Producers Express Frustrations About GIPSA Rule in Hearing About Its Potential Impact on Small Businesses; Chairman Calls For Revised RFA
Written on 11 Jul, 2011 at 6:30 in Featured Swine News | Comments
Lawmakers and livestock and poultry producers continued to express their frustration and concern over the livestock marketing rule proposed by USDA’s Grain Inspection Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) in a hearing held yesterday by the House Small Business Committee Subcommittee... (Continue reading)
USDA Awards Grants to Help Agriculture Producers Adapt to Global Climate Change Effects
Written on 5 Jul, 2011 at 7:10 in Indiana Swine News | Comments
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has awarded 13 grants to research possibilities for agriculture and forestry producers to adapt to climate change and to best take advantage of variable climate patterns. These... (Continue reading)
Swine Trial Data- Ganpro
Written on 29 Jun, 2011 at 7:35 in Ohio Swine Technical Articles | Comments
SWINE TRIAL DATA Download Swine Data Sheet From farrowing to finishing, Ganpro offers you a cost-effective approach to improve the health, performance and profitability of your operation. Ganpro direct fed microbial contains a highly viable (live) microbial culture that when... (Continue reading)
Owen Roberts Commentary-← Older posts Our food surplus has moral, financial implications June 12th 2011
Written on 13 Jun, 2011 at 6:47 in Canada East Swine Commentaries | Comments
The developing world will be a significant driver of growth in the demand for food, and it won’t all be from hungry people. Despite abject poverty in many parts of the world, some of the new arrivals to this planet... (Continue reading)
Ohio Farm Bureau talks with ODA director about budget, farm challengesOhio Farm Bureau talks with ODA director Jim Zehringer about budget, farm challenges
Written on 1 Jun, 2011 at 7:04 in Ohio Swine Commentaries | Comments
Farmers have a good understanding of why the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) and most state agencies need to trim their budgets because farmers are usually fiscally responsible, says the department’s director. “Most farmers sit around their kitchen table and... (Continue reading)
Has Lean Yield Gone Too Far?
Written on 9 May, 2011 at 7:11 in Canada East Swine Technical Articles | Comments
If you were to ask Canada’s main processors this question they would say that for a growing number of producers the answer is a definite YES! The backfat level on hogs from most farms has gone down over the last... (Continue reading)
Mark Honeyman, Iowa State University- Iowa State Researchers Study Energy Use in Pig Production
Written on 26 Apr, 2011 at 7:08 in Iowa Swine Commentaries | Comments
The concept of “life cycle assessment” was first applied to manufacturing processes but is increasingly being used to examine agriculture. It’s a technique to analyze the environmental impacts associated with a product, process or service. Iowa State University researchers used... (Continue reading)
Pigs Say, “New Nursery Products Hit the Mark”
Written on 26 Apr, 2011 at 6:53 in Indiana Swine Technical Articles | Comments
by Joel Spencer, PhD Director of Nursery Research & Technical Service Our industry expects progress. We expect genetic improvement each year, as well as innovations in vaccines and antibiotics. We agree with these expectations, and that is why we annually... (Continue reading)
Macdonald P Wick, Ohio State University-Filament Assembly Properties of the Sarcomeric Myosin Heavy Chain
Written on 17 Mar, 2011 at 7:29 in Ohio Swine Commentaries | Comments
Abstract Meat is the edible muscle tissue of animals. The sarcomere is the fundamental functional unit of muscle. Growth and development of muscle is the result of the highly ordered accretion and assembly of the constituent proteins in the sarcomere.... (Continue reading)
Pork Checkoff Report-Spring 2011
Written on 10 Mar, 2011 at 7:23 in Featured Swine News | Comments
Read the latest Pork Checkoff Report to learn more about: - PQA Plus - The Next 25 - Pork Checkoff’s Annual Report - America’s Most Unwanted - Consumers Point Checkoff in New Brand Direction - Support for Military Families Read... (Continue reading)
Quality Considerations in On-Farm Feed Processing
Written on 8 Mar, 2011 at 7:53 in Illinois Swine Technical Articles | Comments
On-farm feed processing can be an economical practice to capture more value from home-grown or purchased grains. For operations that are continually growing and/or changing, owners/managers may need to occasionally evaluate whether feed processing and mixing procedures are adequately meeting... (Continue reading)
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