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Nominations now open for Weyburn's Golden Sheaf Award

The Weyburn Chamber of Commerce announced that nominations are now being accepted for the Golden Sheaf Award, which will be presented at the annual Farmer Appreciation Night banquet.
 
The Golden Sheaf Award gives the Chamber the opportunity to recognize excellence in agricultural achievement and to help foster rural-urban understanding and consideration.
 
Golden Sheaf Nominations are due Friday, October 18, and can be picked up at the Chamber office or downloaded from the Chamber website at www.weyburnchamber.com.
 
The Farmer Appreciation Night is an annual banquet to recognize the importance of agriculture in the local economy, celebrating the hard work and dedication of local producers and ranchers. The program includes dinner, presentation of the Golden Sheaf Award, and entertainment.
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In this episode of The Swine Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Dr. Kwangwook Kim, Assistant Professor at Michigan State University, discusses the use of non-nutritive sweeteners in nursery pig diets. He explains how sucralose and neotame influence feed intake, gut health, metabolism, and the frequency of diarrhea compared to antibiotics. The conversation highlights mechanisms beyond palatability, including hormone signaling and nutrient transport. Listen now on all major platforms!

“Receptors responsible for sweet taste are present not only in the mouth but also along the intestinal tract.”

Meet the guest: Dr. Kwangwook Kim / kwangwook-kim is an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University, specializing in swine nutrition and feed additives under disease challenge models. He earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in Animal Sciences from the University of California, Davis, where he focused on intestinal health and metabolic responses in pigs. His research evaluates alternatives to antibiotics, targeting gut health and performance in nursery pigs.