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Pig Farming VR Experience: See inside a real pig barn

Pig Farmer Maddie takes you on a behind-the-scenes tour through 3 pig barns to see where pigs live. Look around this 360-degree video to see everything a pig sees!... More ›

Animal Care: Smithfield Foods Sustainability Report

Meet Dr. Mary Battrell, staff veterinarian for Smithfield Foods. Dr. Battrell has spent over 20 years ensuring that our animals are safe, comfortable, and healthy. Her motto is: "Every pig. Every pen. Every day. Food, water, comfort, care."... More ›

Nursery Pig Care

Learn about the importance of feed, water and the environment to newly weaned pigs. Jamie Pietig discusses daily pig care, gruel feeding and identifying pigs that may be undergoing health challenges.... More ›

Cow-Calf Corner - Testing Hay Quality

Glenn Selk breaks down the supplementation needs of heifers in both gestation and lactation periods.... More ›

Livestock Marketing

Derrell Peel gives us an update on wheat pasture conditions across the state and explains why cattle and beef markets are going strong.... More ›

USMEF President and CEO talks Japan Trade

The recently announced trade deal between the U.S. and Japan is a huge win for the beef industry. Although Japan has long been our leading trade partner, Dan Halstrom, President and CEO of the U.S. Meat Export Federation, says there's real opportunity for additional growth in the Japanese market... More ›

Windrow Grazing

Aaron Berger, Extension Beef Specialist, explains the benefits of windrow grazing and the types of forages that make it most successful.... More ›

How Insects Survive Cold Weather

Phil Mulder tells us how the cold impacts insects and how they protect themselves in winter months.... More ›

Cattle Markets with Mike Briggs

Mike Briggs, feedlot manager from Seward, Nebraska, discusses how harvest uncertainty is impacting his management decisions. Mike also talks about the beef industry’s recovery from August’s Tyson plant fire, and what he’s tracking in the live and feeder markets.... More ›

Weaning Stress Management

Halden Clark, a veterinarian with the Great Plains Veterinary Education Center, offers some ways to limit stress when weaning calves to keep your animals happier and healthier.... More ›

Gestating sows mingle in group maternity pens

Hog farmer Hardy, from the RM of Lorne in Manitoba, submitted August 2018’s winning video of his sows getting some exercise and relaxing in group maternity pens. These pens allow sows freedom of movement and opportunities for social interaction. Alternatively, some farmers choose to use individu... More ›

How They Expanded Their Sheep Farm WITHOUT Buying More Land

This week I was lucky enough to tour my friends Chris and Lyndsey’s sheep farm. They do things a bit differently from me and I love seeing other methods of operating a sheep farm.... More ›

Setting Calves Up for Success

Maggie Smith, graduate assistant at Kansas State University, discusses the results of a health and vaccination program for beef calves study based on market data from Superior Livestock.... More ›

Fitbit for Cows

Do you wear some sort of digital device to keep track of your daily activities? More than half of Americans do.... More ›

AgweekTV: NDLA Pork Month

Too often pork producers get a bad rap for their practices but Jenny Schlecht talks with Brian Zimprich on ways pork producers are good stewards.... More ›

AFAN NPPA

Tim Chancellor, President of the Nebraska Pork Producers Association Board is celebrating Pork Month by visiting with Pure Nebraska about the importance of Nebraska's pork industry. He discusses the growth in production and the importance of exports to the Nebraska economy.... More ›