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USDA Releasing Major Crop Production Report On Friday

The USDA will be releasing a major crop production report on Friday.
 
Keith Ferley is a Commodity Futures Specialist with RBC Dominion Securities.
 
"We're looking for a little bit of a reduction on the corn yield, about a bushel, bushel and a half per acre," he said. "The concern is that they may lower the exports out of the U.S. We've seen a crop that they've counted corn in the field as being corn harvested. As growers know, that's not reality. That's one situation where we're looking for the average corn yield to come down in the U.S. At the same time, exports have really been struggling. The U.S. has been undercut in the global market, so that's one area that we may see a reduction in exports of corn out of the U.S."
 
The first U.S. winter wheat seeding acres will also be revealed in Friday's USDA report.
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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.