2015 MU Swine Institute Set For Nov. 10

Nov 03, 2015

The 2015 Swine Institute takes place Nov. 10 at the University of Missouri Bradford Research Center in Columbia..

Hosted by the MU Swine Team and the Missouri Pork Association, the annual Swine Institute gathers leaders of the Missouri swine industry for the latest research and analysis.

“This year’s program hits topics sure to be of interest among the industry, as has come to be expected,” says MU Extension state swine veterinarian Tim Safranski. “And we’ve worked to pack it so folks can be home that evening regardless of where in Missouri they come from.”

Topics include ration management, heating savings, antibiotics in manure, feed efficiency and market outlooks.

“In addition to speakers from MU, we have guests from the National Pork Board and the director of the Swine Health Information Center to complete a well-rounded program with insights for all involved in swine production,” Safranski says.

The registration fee, which includes lunch, is $25. Registration begins at 10:30 a.m. at the MU Bradford Research Center, with the program beginning at 11 a.m. Details and online registration are available under the “Education” tab at www.mopork.com. For more information, call 573-445-8375.

Source: missouri.edu

Video: US Soy: Pig growth is impaired by soybean meal displacement in the diet

Eric van Heugten, PhD, professor and swine extension specialist at North Carolina State University, recently spoke at the Iowa Swine Day Pre-Conference Symposium, titled Soybean Meal 360°: Expanding our horizons through discoveries and field-proven feeding strategies for improving pork production. The event was sponsored by Iowa State University and U.S. Soy.

Soybean meal offers pig producers a high-value proposition. It’s a high-quality protein source, providing essential and non-essential amino acids to the pig that are highly digestible and palatable. Studies now show that soybean meal provides higher net energy than current National Research Council (NRC) requirements. Plus, soybean meal offers health benefits such as isoflavones and antioxidants as well as benefits with respiratory diseases such as porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS).

One of several ingredients that compete with the inclusion of soybean meal in pig diets is dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS).

“With DDGS, we typically see more variable responses because of the quality differences depending on which plant it comes from,” said Dr. van Heugten. “At very high levels, we often see a reduction in performance especially with feed intake which can have negative consequences on pig performance, especially in the summer months when feed intake is already low and gaining weight is at a premium to get them to market.”

Over the last few decades, the industry has also seen the increased inclusion of crystalline amino acids in pig diets.

“We started with lysine at about 3 lbs. per ton in the diet, and then we added methionine and threonine to go to 6 to 8 lbs. per ton,” he said. “Now we have tryptophan, isoleucine and valine and can go to 12 to 15 lbs. per ton. All of these, when price competitive, are formulated into the diet and are displacing soybean meal which also removes the potential health benefits that soybean meal provides.”

2015 MU Swine Institute Set For Nov. 10

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