Latest Feed industry Podcast Episodes
Feedstuffs Precision Pork: Industry resilience apparent
Feedstuffs Precision Pork - June 19, 2023 12:37 - 6 minutesIn this episode of Feedstuffs Precision Pork, we take a look at the market trends and ways to bring more precision to your pork business. Joining us today with insight on the grain markets and a World Pork Expo recap are Patrick Duerksen, Commercial Director for Cargill, and Chad Steinkamp, St...
Generative AI: What's it mean for your business?
Feedstuffs in Focus - June 15, 2023 20:22 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIt’s all the buzz in the business world. The use of artificial intelligence (AI) as a public relations, and even marketing, tool is on the rise and making headlines. But what is true risk? What is the real cost of getting your messaging wrong or using AI to craft your messaging? Is AI a busines...
Intelligent nutrition comes to the animal protein industry
Feedstuffs in Focus - June 09, 2023 12:54 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsDuring World Pork Expo in Des Moines, Iowa, NOVUS International, a global feed additive company, revealed its comprehensive rebranding initiative. The changes reflect the more than 30-year-old company’s promise to deliver more to its customers and its commitment to providing solutions created th...
Sow pelvic organ prolapse appears to have genetic, environmental basis
Feedstuffs in Focus - June 02, 2023 14:40 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsGlobally pork production continues to grow. Improvements in management and genetics have enabled a significant improvement in the production efficiency of sows through increases in the number of piglets born alive and weaned and consistent litter performance across parities. Unfortunately, a co...
Better understanding needed of protozoal disease in turkeys
Feedstuffs in Focus - May 25, 2023 16:17 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThe US turkey industry continues to battle costly protozoal diseases such as coccidiosis, blackhead disease and more. While there are vaccines, medications and alternative products available for managing coccidiosis, there are few dependable options for managing the others. Little also is known ...
Feedstuffs Precision Pork: Put some bacon on it
Feedstuffs Precision Pork - May 18, 2023 15:23 - 8 minutesIn this episode of Feedstuffs Precision Pork, we take a look at the market trends and ways to bring more precision to your pork business. Joining us today with insight on the grain markets, a heads up to closely monitory the protein and lysine levels of your soy plus hog market insight are Pat...
Next steps following Supreme Court Proposition 12 ruling
Feedstuffs in Focus - May 12, 2023 18:40 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThe U.S Supreme Court this week rejected an appeal filed by the National Pork Producers Council and American Farm Bureau Federation challenging California’s controversial Proposition 12. That law, which passed in 2018, requires pork meat sold in the state to come from pigs born to a sow housed ...
Accelerating practical solutions for agriculture
Feedstuffs in Focus - May 04, 2023 14:38 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsA new effort to better connect food and agriculture leaders with real-world field experience has kicked off in the Chicago area. Farm Foundation, an accelerator of practical solutions for agriculture, recently started the 2023 planting season by sowing three acres of oats on its new farm in Libe...
The ups and downs of today's ag economy
Feedstuffs in Focus - April 28, 2023 11:34 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThe global and US economies have been on a rollercoaster ride since COVID-19 entered the picture. As we monitor consumer trends, and what many believe is an impending recession, what should we be prepared when it comes to the resulting effects on the ag economy. Today, we catch up with Don Clos...
Rendering industry gets its own day
Feedstuffs in Focus - April 20, 2023 18:14 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThere is a new day on the National Day Calendar. April 21 is now National Rendering Day. It’s recognition the rendering industry sought as a way to educate the public on the efforts and accomplishments of renderers as well as a way to spread the word about the positive environmental impact of re...
Private cellular networking may benefit on-farm data collection
Feedstuffs in Focus - April 14, 2023 16:39 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsRural commercial cellular coverage is spotty, and Wi-Fi is not always effective in poultry and livestock barns or, for that matter, in remote locations on the farm and in the country. A lack service and reliability can be frustrating at best but it also can cost farmers and ranchers dollars in...
OTC to prescription: What might GFI 263 mean for you?
Feedstuffs in Focus - April 06, 2023 22:36 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThe U.S. Food & Drug Administration Guidance for Industry (GFI) No. 263 goes into effect in June 2023, transitioning 91 livestock antibiotics, previously available over the counter (OTC), to prescription status. Some manufacturers may transition before this timeframe. Joining us to help get us ...
Feedstuffs Precision Pork: Watch the protein level on that soy
Feedstuffs Precision Pork - March 31, 2023 17:08 - 9 minutesIn this episode of Feedstuffs Precision Pork, we take a look at the market trends and ways to bring more precision to your pork business. Joining us today with insight on the grain markets, a heads up to closely monitory the protein and lysine levels of your soy plus hog market insight are Pat...
Rail mergers, river situation: What's likely ahead for this spring?
Feedstuffs in Focus - March 30, 2023 19:25 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsWhat might spring bring in terms of the export and shipping situations? What about Canadian Pacific Railway’s acquisition of Kansas City Southern Railway? What's the latest on the Mississippi River situation? Mike Steenhoek, Executive Director of the Soy Transportation Coalition, joins today us ...
Advancing sustainability in U.S. pork industry
Feedstuffs in Focus - March 24, 2023 17:59 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsAmerica’s pig farmers have long had a commitment to do what’s right for people, pigs, and the planet. With that in mind, the National Pork Board – alongside the National Pork Producers Council – has established new industry-wide sustainability goals and metrics to drive the industry forward. The...
New methodology that proves ROI of early disease detection
Feedstuffs in Focus - March 16, 2023 15:09 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsBefore investing in new technology that can lead to earlier disease detection, producers rightly want to understand the return on investment. To dig more into that topic our own Ann Hess is joined today by Dr. Dale Polson and Dr. Carmen Alonso, both with Boehringer Ingelheim. Dr. Polson’s focu...
Belt and suspender opportunity exists in PRRS battle
Feedstuffs in Focus - March 10, 2023 20:24 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsFor the hog industry, the fight with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) continues, but perhaps there are things that hog producers can do to get the upper hand on the disease. What can be done on the farm to start taking control of your own destiny? Feedstuffs Ann Hess caught...
Feedstuffs Precision Pork: A heads up on DDG supplies; double check nutrient value of your ingredients
Feedstuffs Precision Pork - March 08, 2023 13:32 - 7 minutesIn this episode of Feedstuffs Precision Pork, we take a look at the market trends and ways to bring more precision to your pork business. Joining us today with insight on the grain markets, a heads up on upcoming distillers dried grains supplies and hog market insight are Patrick Duerksen, Com...
Southeast Asia key part of Cargill global animal nutrition growth
Feedstuffs in Focus - March 03, 2023 17:04 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsA gap exists today in production yields seen across the Southeast Asia region as compared to the global average. This industry challenge must be addressed to meet the region’s nutrition needs. Cargill is one company focused on the innovation, investment and infrastructure needed to modernize the...
Using art to tell a story, convey life messages
Feedstuffs in Focus - March 03, 2023 01:30 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsHollis Williford was an American artist known for his remarkable versatility and creative range. He excelled in drawing, sculpting, painting and etching. His work earned him esteem among collectors and institutions alike. The genius of Williford's work is how it often occupied two spaces and t...
Animal disease impact on human and public health
Feedstuffs in Focus - February 24, 2023 14:59 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThere is a side of animal disease that tends to get overlooked, and that is the mental health part of the equation. Having to watch or help out as a flock or herd is depopulated. Being the cause of an outbreak and, as a result, shunned by the community and fellow producers. Even the financial im...
Finding that balance
Feedstuffs in Focus - February 16, 2023 20:53 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsBalancing the roles of being a parent and an industry professional is possible, but it can, at times, be challenging. As our guest shares, it's okay to step back and not feel guilty that nothing got scratched off that to-do list today. It’s okay to have everything delivered to your doorstep. Lik...
Certification and audits under Prop 12: What do you need to know
Feedstuffs in Focus - February 10, 2023 13:34 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsProposition 12 in California continues to be a top-of-the-mind issue for pork producers across the nation. A ruling by the US Supreme Court on Prop 12 is expected by no later than this June. Under Prop 12, producers in California would be required to comply with the new space requirements even i...
What does global feed production reveal about future of agri-food?
Feedstuffs in Focus - February 02, 2023 12:31 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsFor the past 12 years, Alltech has taken a look at the global feed industry on an annual basis. The latest snapshot was released last week as part of the 2023 Agri-Food Outlook. Overall, the numbers show world feed production remained steady in 2022 with a slight decrease of 0.42% to 1.266 bill...
African swine fever and the feed mill: How best to minimize risk
Feedstuffs in Focus - January 26, 2023 13:07 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsAfrican swine fever can be devastating to a hog operation but what about to a feed manufacturing facility. Research is being conducted at Kansas State University to evaluate the feed safety risk related to the feed manufacturing process and what can be done to mitigate that risk. Unfortunately, ...
Time to rethink zinc in pig diets?
Feedstuffs in Focus - January 20, 2023 16:21 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn the US swine industry, the thinking has long been that the feeding of high zinc levels offers health and productivity benefits to pigs. In fact, research has confirmed the positive effect of elevated dietary zinc. However, zinc can have negative effects for the environment and public health. ...
Pondering 'The Future of Agriculture' in terms of technology, innovation, capital
Feedstuffs in Focus - December 23, 2022 17:03 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsWhat does the future of agriculture look like? It’s a question often pondered as one year draws to a close and another dawns, with prognosticators thinking about everything from market outlook and economic conditions to questions of technology, innovation, and the rate of change in the business....
Biosecurity app aids producers, veterinarians and government officials
Feedstuffs in Focus - December 16, 2022 16:17 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsBiosecurity is one of the most important aspects of a successful livestock enterprise, with a growing number of threats in the form of viral disease outbreaks or the potential for foreign animal disease incursion. Technologies to help producers in the fight are proliferating, including a new app...
Discussing PRRS and Senecavirus with Scott Dee
Feedstuffs in Focus - December 09, 2022 14:52 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsViral diseases are a top-of-mind concern for the U.S. livestock industry, and perhaps most especially in the swine business. Experts recently gathered in downtown Chicago at the North American PRRS Symposium to discuss topics ranging from virus transmission and biosecurity to specific concerns a...
Averting a rail strike: What it means for feed, livestock industries
Feedstuffs in Focus - December 02, 2022 14:15 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsCongress intervened this week in an effort to avert an economy-crippling rail strike. What does the labor conflict mean for agriculture, and the feed industry in general? And what does the situation tell us about vulnerabilities to the U.S. logistics infrastructure system? Late Thursday, the Se...
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