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Egg Farmers of Canada named one of Canada’s Top Employers for Young People for a second year

OTTAWA – Egg Farmers of Canada is honoured to be named one of Canada’s Top Employers for Young People for a second year in a row. The award recognizes employers offering the nation’s best workplaces and programs for young people starting their careers.
 
“Our organization takes great pride in being among the ranks of Canada’s Top Employers for Young People,” says Tim Lambert, Chief Executive Officer at Egg Farmers of Canada. “We recognize the immense value of having young people join our workplace and we offer a tailored approach to support their professional growth.”
 
A custom approach to onboarding new staff, personalized training plans, a leadership development program and volunteer opportunities are among the reasons why young people thrive in Egg Farmers of Canada’s work environment. Their employees can also access in-house training services, contribute to a range of cross-functional project teams and take part in networking and wellness activities, like their popular Coffee with the CEO program and monthly yoga classes.
 
“Our approach to employee engagement and human resources complements our vision to be a leader in Canada’s food system and in our community. We believe that knowledgeable and engaged people positively affect the long-term sustainability of our industry, and we have shaped our employee-driven programs to empower our team accordingly,” adds Tim Lambert.
 
Egg Farmers of Canada has been named as one of Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures by Waterstone Human Capital since 2014 and a National Capital Region’s Top Employer for seven consecutive years. These recognitions demonstrate Egg Farmers of Canada’s commitment to their employees and young people.
Source : Egg Farmers of Canada

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

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.”