Yesterday, April 28, USDA and Statistics Canada released the April 1 Canadian inventories of hogs and pigs, and the combined March 1 US and April 1 Canadian herd numbers. On April 1, there were 1,359,200 head in the Canadian … Continue reading
As I write this week’s blog, the air temperature is 42 F with wind gusts from the NW up to 30 mph. However, by this weekend temperatures in the Mankato, MN area are predicted to be in the upper 70’s. … Continue reading
This is the time of the year when ventilation systems in swine facilities are cycling thru many stages. The cycling of the various fan and curtain stages is totally dependent on how the controller(s) is set, and the location of … Continue reading
In the past 2 weeks I’ve spoken at 6 different producer meetings in Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota. At every meeting one of the topics of conversation around the refreshment table was ‘when will prices improve’. As readers of … Continue reading