Pork producer margins remain positive, packers better
Negotiated cash hog sales held steady last week, but average producer margins dropped $1 per head. Pork packers saw their margins improve more than $7 per head. FULL STORY »LATEST NEWS
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2013 WORLD PORK EXPO
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Plan to attend the 2013 World Pork Expo from June 5-7, at the Iowa Fairgrounds, in Des Moines, Iowa. Read more...
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WORLD PORK EXPO 2013 PREVIEW SHOW GUIDE
WORLD PORK EXPO 2013 PREVIEW SHOW GUIDE
Zoetis is the leading animal health company, dedicated to supporting its customers and their businesses. Building on a 60-year history as the animal health business of Pfizer, Zoetis discovers, develops, manufactures and markets veterinary vaccines and medicines, with a focus on both farm and companion animals. The company generated annual revenue of $4.2 billion in fiscal 2011. Zoetis has more...
DSM Nutritional Products - 2013 World Pork Expo
DSM Nutritional Products is the leading supplier of vitamins, carotenoids, enzymes and direct fed microbials to the animal feed industry. With our extensive network of premix plants, DSM Nutritional Products is optimally poised to deliver these essential micronutrients either as straight ingredients or through ROVIMIX premix. All based on a foundational philosophy emphasizing safety, quality, traceability and reliability, coupled with...
Novartis Animal Health - 2013 World Pork Expo
Novartis Animal Health’s goal is to help swine producers improve the overall health and profitability of their swine production units. We’re committed to the U.S. swine industry and actively investing in its future. As a leader in both enteric and respiratory disease management, we pride ourselves on working closely with producers, veterinarians, diagnostic labs and universities to combat emerging disease...
Merck Animal Health - 2013 World Pork Expo
Welcome to the Next Generation! At Merck Animal Health, we're bringing you the Next Generation in new and better products to improve your operation and your animals like never before. We'll show you new options for the future with products you can tailor to meet your farm's specific needs. Stop by our booth No. 123 VIB to learn about...
Chr. Hansen - 2013 World Pork Expo
Chr. Hansen's swine range consists of the BioPlus® 2B and BioPlus® YC products for piglets, sows, and growers/finishers. These market-leading products contain unique strains of carefully selected probiotic strains of Bacillus bacteria; Bacillus subtilis which produces enzymes and Bacillus licheniformis which supports the gut flora of the pig. The dual-strain feature is unique to the probiotics of Chr. Hansen.Therefore, these...
Livestock Water Recycling - 2013 World Pork Expo
LWR's Manure Treatment System receives effluent directly from your barn and treats it to recover all the valuable nutrients while recycling all the water. The system focuses on the segregation and concentration of phosphorus, potassium, ammonia, and nitrogen from manure. There is zero discharge; all parts of the manure are reused as a valuable output. The system outputs include clean...
Hubbard Feeds - 2013 World Pork Expo
Improved Gut Health Results In Better Performance
GutCIE, from Hubbard Feeds, is an all-natural lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product used to promote gut health and productivity. Using a proprietary anaerobic fermentation process developed by Diamond V, GutCIE delivers a unique stable product not affected by temperature, pH or processing.
Hubbard Feeds research has shown GutCIEto increase ADFI and ADG by 5 percent...
With veterinary needles, detectability means consumers can be confident in the consistent safety of the pork supply. Neogen’s detectable Ideal® D3 Needles™ combine truly superior strength with metal hubs and cannula that is easily detectable in standard metal detectors. The needles, the only disposable needles up to 100 percent detectable, have been proven in over 10 years of rigorous...
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