Last week I wrote about the exciting happenings in swine nutrition research. This week my comments are still about swine nutrition, but now I’m talking about upcoming ingredient price hikes and their impacts on diet formulation. Soybean harvest has begun … Continue reading →

This past week I participated in both the Leman Swine Health Conference and the Minnesota Nutrition Conference. At both meetings one of the major topics was ‘gut health’ and the impact of nutrition on health. It was exciting to listen … Continue reading →

As we move forward with SWAP and packer on-farm audits for animal welfare and drug residue safety, many producers are now facing 3rd party audits. In the case of SWAP, these audits are randomly chosen sites where an independent auditor … Continue reading →

One of the magazines that I receive is Food Processing (www.foodprocessing.com). This is the National Hog Farmer magazine for the food processing industry. I find it really interesting to learn of their challenges/opportunities as they convert our products into consumer … Continue reading →