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What Are We Seeing In Terms Of Pig Birth Weight?

In this episode, Dr. Knauer talks about how genetics can have a huge impact on a sow and her litter performance. Besides talking about selection process criteria, Dr. Knauer also shares his knowledge and some updates on pig birth weight and what to expect over the next few years.... More ›

Dr. Jamil Faccin: Swine diet vitamin averages across the U.S. industry

Vitamins can sometimes be overlooked due to their cheap and easy inclusion in swine diets. With stabilization issues under certain conditions, we tend to put more in the diet than is required, but how much extra is everyone adding? In this episode with Dr. Jami Faccin, we talk about his survey o... More ›

How can you get buy-in from swine producers on research studies?

Dr. Burton holds is an Associate Veterinarian for Suidae Health & Production. It’s part of her job to coordinate field-based research. Here she shares some thoughts on how to get the producers to actively support and participate in the research, according to her needs. Interesting, right?... 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 ›

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 ›

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 ›

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 ›

DDGs in Swine Diets, with Dr. Annie Lerner

Dr. Lerner is Director of Nutrition and Research at Schwartz Farms, Inc. One of the principal lines of her master research was on the impacts of withdrawing corn DDGS from swine diets prior to market.... More ›

The correlation between inflammation biomarker and pig mortality

In this episode, Dr. Burton shares some of her experiences researching inflammation biomarkers and their effects on swine performance. One of the most significant results shows a correlation between the serum vitamin A biomarker and pigs’ mortality rate. What do you think of that? Share your tho... More ›

Sorting The Piglets

In this one Tork starts out the day by sorting the piglets into three fallback pens, Sawyer landscapes around his barn, Tork get’s the red snap in feeders and bruter heaters out and finally the family has a summer bbq.... More ›

Christian Ramirez: Modeling amino acid requirements in the gestating sow

We continue to adjust amino acid requirements to meet best the needs of pigs for growth or protein synthesis. Multiple studies have shown that AA intakes above current requirements improve various body functions. That is the focus of Christian Ramirez’s work, and he and I talk about it in this e... More ›

Dr. Linhares and Dr. Trevisan: The SDRS: A one-stop-shop for swine disease reporting

Part of a veterinarian's job is tracking disease outbreaks to identify the probability of their farm coming into contact with certain pathogens so they can best be prepared for any situation that may arise. In this episode, I talk with Dr. Giovani Travisan and Dr. Daniel Linhares about their col... More ›

Kelsey Hammers: Decreasing piglet mortality - can extra zinc help?

Piglet mortality continues to be an issue for the swine industry and is one of the worst sources of economic losses in production facilities. Several studies have tried to identify new ways to decrease mortality to save producers money. In this episode, I talk with Kelsey Hammers about her study... More ›

Bad Day Of Loading Pigs

In this one the boys start off the morning by loading 4 loads of pigs out of Site 1. Then it’s on to side dressing the rest of the corn acres.... More ›

Alpha-linolenic acid in nursery pigs by Jenna Bromm

PRRSV and E. coli continue to remain a problem for farms everywhere, and nursery pigs, with their often underdeveloped immune systems, can take a major toll if infected. In this episode, I talk with Jenna Bromm about her work at Kansas State University studying the effects of alpha-linolenic aci... More ›

Dr. Crystal Levesque: Feeding gilts and sows

Transitioning the gilt into a successful sow is not always a simple task. They require particular attention and we cant treat them just like any other finishing pig. Similarly, graduate students often need quality education and preparation for their next step in their career. In this episode I t... More ›

Iowa Pig Farming

Welcome to it! This’ll Do Farm is a 6th generation family farm located in Southeast Iowa that is run by a father-son duo Tork and Sawyer. 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 pos... More ›

Shorts How Can We Improve Pig Survivability?

Here, Dr. Rademacher discusses ways to improve pig survival by identifying diseases in the herd earlier. Identifying a disease early, no matter what it is, will allow you to take better care of the pigs.... More ›

How can we improve pigs' caretaker's skills?

Chris discusses the benefits of mentoring on pig caretakers' learning. The more you are on the farm with them, the better. Through effective training, you will be sure that your employees can identify herd problems earlier to initiate treatment as soon as possible. Isn't that interesting?... More ›

Improving water intake by 200% in weaned piglets

CallaBria Putrino, R & D assistant with Tonisity tells us how their new Tonisity PxW isotonic protein drink improves water intake in weaned piglets by 200% while reducing fall behinds by 65% and mortality by 17%.... More ›

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