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Cautions When Using Brassica Crops As Alternative Feed

Over the past few months, we’ve talked a lot about using alternative crops for feeding livestock this fall and winter. Barry Yaremcio, beef and forage specialist at the Ag-Info Centre, says producers need to be careful when using brassica crops as an alternative feed.

Interview with Barry Yaremcio (2:32 minutes) (1.16 Mb)

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Biosecurity essential to minimize PRRS risk on hog farms

Video: Biosecurity essential to minimize PRRS risk on hog farms


PRRS cost the U.S. swine industry an estimated $1.2 billion annually. What can managers and veterinarians do to minimize the risk in at a hog facility? Are there certain biosecurity protocols that help reduce the risk of this damaging virus infecting their herds? Joining us to provide management tips for the barn, feed mill and feed as we ramp up for possible PRRS infections this fall is Dr. Alex Hintz, a veterinarian with Novus.