Let me just start with, raising healthy pigs is not easy.
Raising healthy pigs start before the pigs are born by choosing the right genetics....
My husband and I ponder this question frequently. We reminisce about old times and how things used to be. Both good and bad. But...
A New Year?
Honestly, I don’t know how I really feel. Well, no, I do. With all the unrest, I feel like I just want...
The Challenge
Organic pig producers face significant economic pressure from two key inputs: high-cost organic feed (primarily corn and soy) and expensive bedding materials (like...
Memorial Day 2025 was going so well, it was a beautiful day of clear air, high clouds, and the distant hum of field work…....
I honestly thought Proposition 12 would be history by now. Guess not.
Prop 12, passed by California voters, requires specific housing space requirements for sows...
In the previous Swine & U article, we explored past University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine work related to the identification of Porcine...
Producers who were raising pigs in the 1980s can clearly remember the first time they encountered the “Mystery Swine Disease,” a deadly virus that...
Farm Updates
All corn and soybean plants are in the ground and growing. We did have to replant some areas, however, as a deluge of...
By Diane DeWitte, UMN Extension swine educator
Originally printed in The LAND - as March 14, 2025 Swine & U column
Much of UMN Extension’s swine...