Feed Ingredients
Codex fails to approve ractopamine standard
A U.N. commission once again elected not approve an international standard for ractopamine use in pork and beef production. The National Pork Producers Council expressed strong disappointment in the decision released on Thursday.
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Diamond V growth continues
Growth of Diamond V, a global innovator in fermentation technology for livestock and aqua, continues with the construction of a new worldwide headquarters and expansion of its second, recently constructed, manufacturing plant.
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International swine feed efficiency conference, Nov. 8-9
The conference, scheduled to take place at the Qwest Center, will focus on all aspects of feed efficiency in growing/finishing swine. Organizers of the event invite you to attend this very timely event, held when feed costs are among the highest in memory.
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Brumm Speaks Out: Improving efficiencies with high feed ingredient prices
In the next few weeks I will be speaking at quite a few producer and contract grower meetings in the upper Midwest. At each meeting, I’ve been asked to talk about something related to production efficiencies and high feed costs.
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Help In Addressing Feed Costs
The National Pork Board has compiled a variety of management tips and resources to assist producers in finding ways to address rising feed costs. Also featured in the 34-page is research funded by the National Pork Checkoff.
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Vomitoxin and the weanling pig
Last January, the North Central Coordinating Committee on Swine Nutrition, or NCCC-042, recognized the extensive vomitoxin or DON contamination in much of the 2009 U.S. corn crop.
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Does the Feed in the Feeder Match Diet Goals?
With hog prices and the economics of producing pork having improved considerably over the past several months, there has been a universal sigh of relief.
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Protect Pigs Against Mycotoxins
Although mold itself found in grain does not cause problems for livestock, pigs can be very sensitive to the mycotoxins that molds can produce.
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Feed Them Right and They will Grow
In an attempt to reduce costs, swine producers feeding newly weaned pigs frequently feed small amounts of complete pellets and transition them to grind and mix diets too soon.
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Measuring Mycotoxins and Distillers’ Grains
Pick up any feeding guide on distillers’ grains and you’ll find a warning about the potential for mycotoxin contamination. The ethanol refining process concentrates the levels and storage can up the ante. Here’s what you need to know.
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Looking at DDGS Options (Nutrition)
If given a choice, hogs prefer the taste of standard feed versus grains that contain nutritionally enhanced dried distillers grains with solubles, say Kansas State University researchers.
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