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Cow-Calf Corner Jul 26 2022

Mark Johnson, OSU Extension beef cattle breeding specialist, discusses the benefits of early weaning during extreme temperatures.... More ›

Advice to people interested in performing swine disease evaluations

Dr. Burton holds a DVM from the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine. She is currently an associate veterinarian for Suidae Health & Production and has been performing field-based research. She shares some advice for those of you who have been working with research on swine dise... More ›

Dr. Marissa Hake: Getting the consumers to be on the same side as us

No matter what part of the swine industry you are a part of, you are ultimately working towards the same goal as everyone else - to produce affordable pork that the consumers want to buy. But what exactly do the consumers want to buy? In this episode with Dr. Marissa Hake, we work towards answer... More ›

Bringing The Pigs To Hog Heaven

In this one Tork and Sawyer start off the day by sorting 3 loads of pigs, then it’s on to loading up those 3 loads and taking them to hog heaven to feed the world.... More ›

Cleaning Out Our 80 Year Old Barn

In this one Sawyer starts off the day by giving you guys an update on the Babcock house, then Tork and Sawyer start cleaning out the 80 year old barn on the farm, Finally Kat joins in and helps with the cleaning as well.... More ›

Delaying piglet diet transition: when should you start feeding them soybean meal?

Dr. Smith is an animal scientist. Her Ph.D. research was focused on the application of dietary soy bioactives aimed to affect immune response in disease-challenged swine.... More ›

Windrowing Chicken Litter

We have our usual between the flocks routine. Every now and then we add a few extra steps. Windrowing is something we do periodically to try and kill any unwanted pathogens in the litter. We do this by piling the litter in 2 windrows the length of the house. This causes the litter to go through ... More ›

Cleaning out our Chicken Houses

Miller Farms Alabama - Accidentally said 150 tons total, should have said 150 tons of litter per house... More ›

Danny Kluthe: From Hog Manure to Free Energy

This is one of those stories that make you think - the potential is MASSIVE. The meat industry is a fact of life for now, even if it needs to be seriously amended. But the chemicals and pollution produced within this industry don't need to be - in fact, the waste products from meat production ma... More ›

How a biodigester works

In 2013, SRC built a biodigester for the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum. The biodigester is like a mechanical stomach that creates renewable energy. It is fed with organic material, which is broken down by micro-organisms in an oxygen-free environment to produce a renewable energy called bio... More ›

Grinding Chicken Feed

Farmer on the Prairie - Grinding Chicken Feed... More ›

Chicken Feed Tailored to Each Stage of Life

As chickens age and grow, their feed begins to change with them. Learn how we make sure that each bird gets the right nutrients, at the right time, through feed properly formulated for their needs by certified animal nutritionists.... More ›

Sheep Dairy Farm in Ontario

Our family takes great pride in owning and running a sheep dairy farm south of Owen Sound in Ontario. We purchased the land in 2013, and since then, our pesticide-free pastures have provided grazing for over 400 sheep.... More ›

an unexpected trip to the ER. Vlog 600

Well, that was unexpected... While I was stacking our freshly baled barley straw bales, Mark was busy cleaning the pit of our grain elevator system and got his finger crushed under the heavy grates that cover the pit.... More ›

Cow-Calf Corner Jul 22 2022

Mark Johnson, OSU Extension beef cattle breeding specialist, discusses genetics in cattle selection.... More ›

Spreading Chicken litter. The farming side of things.

The ground finally dried out enough to get some chicken litter spread on the fields before the next rain due in this weekend. This litter comes from Arkansas and is trucked up here and dumped on the edge of my fields. We load it in the spreader and spread 2-3 ton/acre. The analysis is general... More ›

What is Chicken Feed Made From?

In Queen Anne in Queen Anne’s county, Farmer David Denny works hard to raise hundreds of chickens so that they may reach regular growth milestones on schedule. This is important because poultry integrators like Purdue require the chickens to be a certain size and weight in a set number of weeks.... More ›

The Anaerobic Digester at Barstow's Longview Farm

As more and more people discover the importance of healthy soil in relation to healthy plants, pastures and gardens, many are also discovering that manure is one of a farm’s most valuable resources. Cows, in particular, are extremely efficient converters of mature plant matter into nutrient-ric... More ›

Sixth-Generation Farmer Discusses Risk Management

Margaret Ann Smith of Southlex Cattle Company in Virginia is the sixth generation of her family to be involved in beef cattle production. We ask her to share some of the steps she and her family has taken over the years to help manage the inherent risk in the cattle business.... More ›

Brenda Christensen: Gut Development - Creep Form And Protein Sources

Transitioning the weanling pig onto solid feed presents several nutritional challenges, as the body has not been producing all of the required digestive enzymes until this point. In this episode, I talk with Brenda Christensen about her study testing different forms of creep feed and nursery die... More ›

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