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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)
Owen Roberts Commentary, University of Guelph: ← Older posts It’s tough balancing farmers’ rights versus society
Written on 27 Jun, 2011 at 7:05 in Canada East Swine Commentaries | Comments
As the global population grows and questions arise about farmers’ ability to feed everyone, questions are also arising about their moral obligation to do so — particularly in light of new possibilities that are emerging for them to turn their... (Continue reading)
Economic Impact of Intervention Strategies during a PRRSv Outbreak
Written on 27 Jun, 2011 at 7:03 in Canada East Swine Technical Articles | Comments
The winter months have been shown to be the greatest at risk period for a Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome outbreak. With temperature fluctuations and ventilation adjustments in the barn, the concentration of pathogens can increase 20 times in the... (Continue reading)
Up Front: A Matter of Fairness-Ohio Farm Bureau Federation Executive Vice President John C. (Jack) Fisher.
Written on 15 Jun, 2011 at 6:49 in Ohio Swine Commentaries | Comments
Ohio Farm Bureau Executive Vice President Jack Fisher The following opinion column comes from Ohio Farm Bureau Federation Executive Vice President John C. (Jack) Fisher. It will appear in his regularly featured “Up Front” column in the July-August issue of... (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)
John Deen, Univesity of Minnesota-Culling sows: are we looking at all the factors?
Written on 29 Mar, 2011 at 7:25 in Minnesota Swine Commentaries | Comments
John Deen DVM, PhD, Associate Professor, Veterinary Population Science, University of Minnesota As I review reproductive records I am always surprised at the wide diversity of reasons and levels of sow culling. This is in the face of similar genotypes,... (Continue reading)
Tom Gillespie, DVM, with Rensselaer Swine ServicesWhat To Do If Your Pig Has the Flu
Written on 15 Mar, 2011 at 6:49 in Indiana Swine Commentaries | Comments
Did you know that just like humans, pigs can get the flu too? To learn more about how to treat and prevent the flu in pigs, I spoke with Tom Gillespie, DVM, with Rensselaer Swine Services. Gillespie, a veterinarian who... (Continue reading)
Gilt and First Litter Sow Management
Written on 7 Mar, 2011 at 8:17 in Canada East Swine Technical Articles | Comments
In recent years genetic programs have made significant progress in increasing the number of live piglets born to sows. As the number of live births have increased, so too have the death rate of sows, as well as serious decrease... (Continue reading)
Research and Tips to Combat High Feed Costs- Pork Checkoff Special Report
Written on 22 Feb, 2011 at 7:29 in Featured Swine News | Comments
It’s hardly news that pork producers today are facing near-record feed prices, and the outlook for the rest of 2011 does not look to reverse that trend in a positive way. However, there are always ideas to consider and techniques... (Continue reading)
Max Rothschild, U.S. Pig Genome Coordinator-ISU Swine Researcher: First Draft of Pig Genome Sequence an Important Advance for Iowa
Written on 2 Feb, 2011 at 7:59 in Iowa Swine Commentaries | Comments
The completion of a first draft of the pig genome sequence has extra meaning for Iowa, the nation’s leading producer of pigs, says an Iowa State University professor who was part of the international research team. “With Iowa’s number-one ranking,... (Continue reading)
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