Latest Feed industry Podcast Episodes
Program to highlight regulatory changes for feed industry
Feedstuffs in Focus - November 30, 2023 23:38 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsRecent changes to animal food regulations and how such changes could affect the animal food industry in 2024 are among those topics on the minds of today’s animal food facility managers and operation/mill personnel. The big question being, of course, is how these latest regulatory requirements m...
Post-COVID regulatory environment brings increase in enforcement
Feedstuffs in Focus - November 22, 2023 17:08 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsWhat are the pressing issues for the animal feed and pet food industries as 2023 wraps up and we move into 2024. Rachael Dettmann Spiegel, a food lawyer with Faegre Drinker in Minneapolis, shares her insight on what to expect. To date, she says there has been an increase inspections and enforc...
Sizzling success: Cracking the multigenerational pork market
Feedstuffs in Focus - November 09, 2023 18:05 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsNational Pork Board helps producers protect their freedom to operate during these difficult times by continuing to focus on its research, education and promotion mandate. Now, more than ever, NPB’s work is to drive domestic and international market demand, to better understand and overcome the b...
Supporting sows and swine producers post-Prop 12
Feedstuffs in Focus - November 02, 2023 14:30 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsCalifornia’s Proposition 12, which restricts gestation crate usage and requires 24 square feet of space per sow, has been a hot topic of conversation in swine circles since the Supreme Court upheld the law earlier this year. While some producers swear they won’t make the change on their farms, o...
Strategizing for a successful succession plan
Feedstuffs in Focus - October 26, 2023 21:12 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsSeparating farming and non-farming assets between heirs, bringing in outside investors and management, and preparing for life’s unexpected challenges are just a few of the issues to consider when building a succession plan for your farming operation. Joining our Ann Hess to walk us through var...
Special Report: Practical ways to handle the most expensive swine pathogen
Feedstuffs in Focus - October 26, 2023 21:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsProduction costs continue to climb across the swine industry, and the health costs associated with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome only make it worse. PRRS is estimated to cost the industry $1.8 million per day. Host Sarah Muirhead talks with Dr. Katie Coleman from Iowa Select Far...
Special Report: Emerging diseases: Sapovirus
Feedstuffs in Focus - October 20, 2023 18:38 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThere are plenty of diseases that can affect a production system, but what happens when the standard culprits don’t show up on a diagnostics test? Host Sarah Muirhead sits down with Dr. Tom Petznick of ArkCare to discuss lessons learned in uncovering and controlling porcine sapovirus. They di...
Emerging diseases: Sapovirus
Feedstuffs in Focus - October 20, 2023 18:38 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThere are plenty of diseases that can affect a production system, but what happens when the standard culprits don’t show up on a diagnostics test? Host Sarah Muirhead sits down with Dr. Tom Petznick of ArkCare to discuss lessons learned in uncovering and controlling porcine sapovirus. They di...
Maximizing labor efficiency with feeds that challenge the assumptions
Feedstuffs in Focus - October 19, 2023 20:22 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsGood help can be difficult to secure for your ranch, and that makes finding ways to maximize animal performance with less labor input even more important to your bottom line. Joining us on this segment of Feedstuffs in Focus to explain how labor efficiency can be maximized through feed is Dust...
Roadmap to better animal welfare and its impact
Feedstuffs in Focus - October 13, 2023 14:20 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsCan animal welfare practices be related to gut health, and how can improvements in gut health contribute to overall animal welfare? Joining Feedstuffs’ Ann Hess today to share her expertise on animal welfare is Dr. Jennifer Walker. Dr. Walker is Co-Founder and Chief Animal Welfare Officer at Ki...
New crop corn: Time to monitor and think about mycotoxin risks
Feedstuffs Precision Pork - October 13, 2023 00:23 - 13 minutesThe hog industry is currently dealing with numerous stressful situations, and one, in particular, that needs to be on the industry's radar as new crop corn starts coming in is that of grain quality. What is the mycotoxin risk and how may that change as harvest season progresses? In this episo...
Special Report: Lawsonia: Silent robbers of feed
Feedstuffs in Focus - October 12, 2023 11:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings“There is no such thing as normal diarrhea.” This comes from someone who has dedicated nearly 40 years to controlling and establishing immunity to ileitis, a leading cause of diarrhea in pigs. Host Sarah Muirhead speaks with Dr. Nate Winkelman from Swine Services Unlimited about practical stra...
Drinking water challenges require identifying, correcting
Feedstuffs in Focus - October 06, 2023 10:40 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThe quality of animal drinking water has been historically overlooked in production systems. The good news is that is changing and more attention is starting to be paid on-farm to water quality and quantity. Joining us to share her expertise on water is Dr. Susan Watkins. Dr. Watkins is a disti...
Special Report: Mycoplasma knocks down ADG and secondary cull markets
Feedstuffs in Focus - October 04, 2023 13:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn an industry where health challenges can determine the difference between profitability and loss, why not eliminate a challenge when you can? Host Sarah Muirhead sits down with Dr. Amy Maschhoff from The Maschhoffs LLC System to discuss practical strategies, lessons and benefits seen from el...
Renewable fertilizer mines of the future
Feedstuffs in Focus - September 29, 2023 13:43 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIndustry disruptors. Those people, those companies and that technology that are changing things up and bringing forward new ideas and often times new solutions for agriculture. Joining us on this episode of Feedstuffs in Focus is a leading disruptor in the agricultural input sector. The compan...
Prop 12 certification: What do you need to know
Feedstuffs in Focus - September 22, 2023 00:20 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsWhen it comes to animal welfare, the rules and regulations can often be vague and hard to keep up with. How best to sort through it all and make sure your operation is in compliance, particularly with Prop 12 on the horizon come January 2024? During this week’s Allen D. Leman Swine Conference w...
Feedstuffs Precision Pork: Sorting through the nursery mortality challenge
Feedstuffs Precision Pork - September 15, 2023 13:21 - 17 minutesCan we do better with how we start our pigs? Yep, we probably can. In this episode of Feedstuffs Precision Pork, host Patrick Duerksen, Commercial Director for Cargill, is joined by Drs. Wes Schweer, Swine Nutritionist with Cargill, and Brooke Smith, Veterinary Nutrition Lead of Cargill. They ...
Soybeans: Exports, food vs fuel, economic benefit to US economy
Feedstuffs in Focus - September 14, 2023 05:14 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThe National Oilseed Processors Association and the United Soybean Board recently unveiled a new study examining the value of the American soybean industry. The study, “The Economic Impact of the U.S. Soybeans & End Products on the U.S. Economy,” found that the total economic impact of the US ...
The soybean meal NE value conundrum
Feedstuffs in Focus - September 07, 2023 11:29 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn this episode, host Sarah Muirhead talks with Dr. R.Dean Boyd and Dr. Aaron Gaines about establishing reliable net energy (NE) values for soybean meal (SBM) in commercial growing and finishing swine diets. Boyd and Gaines are the authors of a recently published Feedstuffs article, “Soybean mea...
Old crop, new crop: How’s this fall harvest season setting up
Feedstuffs in Focus - August 30, 2023 10:28 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsWhat might this fall harvest season have in store when it comes to the markets and market prices? Where might the cost of diesel and propane be as growers fire up those combines and grain driers? What about the market for various feed ingredients? Is it advisable to stock up now or hold off a bi...
Color stability differences in pork muscle
Feedstuffs in Focus - August 23, 2023 15:04 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsMeat discoloration during retail display is a process characterized by changes in the pigment of meat. In beef, that discoloration has been linked back to muscle type. Studies regarding the color stability of different pork muscles, however, has been more limited. Joining us today to talk abou...
Feedstuffs Precision Pork: Feed conversion and profitability
Feedstuffs Precision Pork - August 18, 2023 12:46 - 14 minutesIn this episode of Feedstuffs Precision Pork, host Patrick Duerksen, Commercial Director for Cargill, is joined by Cargill nutritionists Chad Pilcher and Chris Parks to talk feed conversion and profitability. They kick off with a discussion on how best to roll up feed conversion and set as a pri...
Role of biodiversity in a profitable and sustainable farm
Feedstuffs in Focus - August 10, 2023 10:25 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsWhen looking to increase crop yields, a stable biological environment really should be the ultimate goal. Environmental needs vary from crop to crop, but the one constant is that each crop has an optimal environment to support maximum yields and crop quality. Creating and maintaining this envir...
The new Model Pet Food and Specialty Pet Food Regulations: What do we need to know
Feedstuffs in Focus - August 03, 2023 21:22 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsPet owners will soon find updated packaging and labels when shopping for pet food and specialty pet food products. This is because the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) has approved new suggested labeling guidelines. Guidelines that will ensure consistency and transparency a...
Feedstuffs Precision Pork: Don't just buy inputs, manage and monitor them
Feedstuffs Precision Pork - July 24, 2023 18:54 - 10 minutesIn this episode of Feedstuffs Precision Pork, hosts Patrick Duerksen, Commercial Director for Cargill, and Chad Steinkamp, Strategic Account Manager with Cargill, review their key take-aways from the National Pork Industry Conference (NPIC) and explore why it's important for hog producers to man...
Productive energy: A new, old way to approach bird diets
Feedstuffs in Focus - July 20, 2023 19:42 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsProductive Energy, also known as Arkansas NE, is a way of more efficiently influencing performance, breast meat yield and even the economics and sustainability of broiler production, say researchers. It is thought to be the only energy system that can significantly predict the feed conversion ...
How to build a better laying hen
Feedstuffs in Focus - July 14, 2023 00:27 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIs it possible to build a better laying hen? Perhaps so, according to University of Guelph researchers. During the Poultry Science Assn. annual meeting in Philadelphia earlier this week, Drs. Tina Widowski and Ana Rentsch shared their findings on how bird welfare can influence bird productivit...
New product promotes successful farrowing and pig livability
Feedstuffs in Focus - July 06, 2023 18:47 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsAlltech has introduced Triad, an innovative solution that promotes successful farrowing and pig livability through a palatable, proprietary blend of Alltech ingredients. During World Pork Expo, our Ann Hess caught up with Andy Rash, general manager of Alltech’s U.S. swine business to find out ...
Managing economic uncertainty in pork sector
Feedstuffs in Focus - June 29, 2023 14:12 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThe swine industry is currently facing some real economic challenges. Joining us from World Pork Expo to provide perspective on the industry and what is driving this economic uncertainty, as well as thoughts on how long it might last is Dr. Matt Ritter, Sr. Vice President Research & Development ...
New discoveries in the connection between swine nutrition and immune health
Feedstuffs in Focus - June 22, 2023 20:27 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsResearchers in swine nutrition have focused much of their recent efforts on exploring how feed can benefit sows and pigs beyond growth and production. Historically, interventions have concentrated on attacking a particular pathogen, but modern technologies have shown promise in proactively suppo...
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