In early November I had data loggers placed in production facilities in west central Minnesota to collect producer data for an upcoming ventilation workshop. In addition to logging temperatures every 2 minutes for a 7 day period we collected information … Continue reading →

Earlier this week I drove to Lincoln, Nebraska and back to Mankato. There is a lot of corn piled at country elevators everywhere along the route. While some of it is covered (both with and without aeration fans under the … Continue reading →

If you’re a US producer selling slaughter pigs, you have felt a lot of pain the past 2 weeks as live prices have collapsed. Since many of the readers of this blog are located in other countries or serve in … Continue reading →