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New Executive Director named for Do More Agriculture Foundation

The Do More Agriculture Foundation has hired a new Executive Director, Megz Reynolds.

She will lead the foundation's efforts to increase mental health awareness and continue to build the community and programs around mental health.

Himanshu Singh is co-founder of the Do More Agriculture Foundation and says Reynolds comes to the foundation with a wealth of experience, including government relations, advocacy and policy engagement in Canada and globally.

"Reynolds has always been a strong supporter of Do More Ag and played an important role behind the scenes since its inception four years ago. We are excited for her to champion AgTalk and to have her leading the foundation as it continues to grow in its ability to support and create community surrounding mental health in agriculture.”

She has a diverse background and has first-hand experience as a former grain farmer, and experience in agriculture policy provincially and federally as a representative on the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan.

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In this special rerun episode of The Swine Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Gustavo Lima, PhD candidate in Animal Science at Iowa State University, discusses how grow-finish pigs respond to high soybean meal diets. He explains the initial drop in feed intake, changes in backfat, later adaptation, energy efficiency, amino acid utilization, and the rise in nitrogen excretion at higher inclusion levels. Listen now on all major platforms!

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“Once they got adapted to the diet, they can handle higher levels of inclusion of soybean meal.”

Meet the guest: Gustavo Lima / gustavo-lima-a9867127 is a PhD candidate in Animal Science at Iowa State University whose work focuses on swine nutrition, ingredient characterization, energy metabolism, caloric efficiency, and applied data analysis. With more than 15 years of experience in swine production across Latin America, Gustavo also brings expertise in environmental control, performance evaluation, barn ventilation, and grow-finish housing. Learn more from Gustavo Lima on The Swine Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, available on all major platforms.