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Farm Girl's First Time Sorting Pigs

Sawyer and Tork are the force behind their family farm taking care of pigs, along with farming the family’s acres. Together, they promote agriculture in a positive light by recording their day-to-day life’s on the farm.... More ›

Lactating sows in the summer heat - how do we keep their feed intake high

With the summer getting closer pig farmers will need to start worrying about the effects of heat stress on their pigs. It can have a large impact on the productivity of the animals, especially for sows in lactation as maintaining high feed intake is critical.... More ›

Chloe Hagen: Compensatory gain following nutrient restriction - how well can pigs recover?

Covid caused a lot of issues in the swine industry that we were unprepared for especially in regard to meat packing plants shutting down for periods of time leaving farmers with no one to sell their pigs at market weight.... More ›

Ewetopia Farms: Lambs Off To New Homes Already!

At Ewetopia Farms, it is time for our lambs to start heading to new homes now that they are weaned and eating well on their own. Today, we had a Suffolk ram lamb go to his new home where he will become a flock sire. He was a big boy to get loaded onto the trailer.... More ›

BVD vaccinations

This vaccination is done prior to breeding season to prevent BVD in the calves.... More ›

Rancher Researchers

Alberta Producers talk about introducing low-orbit satellite GPS tags, the first of its kind in Canada, on their farm as an alternative to branding cattle.... More ›

Fire Suppression - Benjamin Bohall

Wildfire Prevention – Ag producers in several parts of the state have been dealing with an influx of wildfires in recent months. While these fires have impacted large swaths of agricultural land, it still remains imperative for homeowners, especially those in rural areas to make sure they are ta... More ›

Horn Flies - David Boxler

Extension Educator Dave Boxler gives us some tips and strategies for curbing any economic injury levels among your cattle as a result of pasture flies, such as Horn Flies and Face Flies.... More ›

Follow the Hog Farmers

Join Manitoba hog farmers, Andrea Elias and Craig Sawatzky, and learn all about how they raise their pigs and work hard to provide healthy meat for our tables... More ›

International Stock Food: Quality Livestock Feed

We learn more about International Stock Food. A company that has helped agriculture find new and better ways to make quality feed and forage for over 60 years.... More ›

Follow the Farmers - Hogs

Join Manitoba hog farmers, Andrea Elias and Craig Sawatzky, and learn all about how they raise their pigs and work hard to provide healthy meat for our tables... More ›

Sheep Shearing: Suffolk Ewes & Dorset Rams - From Start to Finish!

Today we shear our dry ewes; the Suffolk sheep and Dorset sheep plus the fall-born Dorset ram lambs. We show everything from set-up of the chutes, how we load the chutes, what we do with the wool, and more. We also highlight some of your favorite sheep as they get shorn.... More ›

Cow-Calf Corner May 31 2022

Mark Johnson, OSU Extension beef cattle breeding specialist, discusses personal safety considerations when handling cattle.... More ›

Nebraska Beef in Las Vegas

Beefing up Vegas – Before the pandemic, more than 42 million people would flock to the city of Las Vegas each year. tourism is the bread and butter for the area, generating $58 billion annually according to local officials. Those visitors are often anxious for a great dining experience, and tha... More ›

Improving Communication In The Swine Industry, With Chris Bomgaars

We are always trying to find better ways to understand what the pigs are telling us. Are we doing the same with our teammates? As Chris rightly points out, we need to find a common language so anyone can understand or use proper tools to translate that. What can we do to improve communication?... More ›

Wild Pigs : A threat to the Canadian pork sector. How can we reduce it - NISAW 2022

This webinar recording is one of seven webinars held during the 2022 Winter National Invasive Species Awareness Week (NISAW) from February 28 to March 4, 2022 in Canada.... More ›

Sorting Pigs & Planting Corn

First Day Of Planting Corn 2022: In this one the boys start off the day with loading up David’s planter to start on day 2 of planting. Then they head to the hog barn to do some sorting of the fallback pigs. While Tork and Sawyer do that David is finishing up planting the corn acres.... More ›

Lysine recommendations for grow-finish pigs - maybe we aren't feeding enough - Rafe Royall

Nutrient recommendations constantly need to be reviewed and updated as genetics change over the years. Lysine, being one of the most critical nutrients pigs receive, definitely deserves some special attention. In this episode, Rafe Royall and I talk about his study identifying the optimal lysine... More ›

Findings on supplementing calcium in the sow diet, with Dr. Tom Crenshaw

Dr. Tom Crenshaw is a Professor in the Department of Animal Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In this episode, Dr. Crenshaw shares some exciting results from his and his team's research on supplementing calcium in the sow diet and the current ratios used in the swine industry.... More ›

GPS tags as branding alternative