The use of meat and bone meal as organic farming fertiliser
By Prof. Dr. Dr. Ewald Schnug, Federal Agricultural Research Centre (FAL), Institute for Plant Nutrition and Soil Science - Meat and bone meal (MBM) contains mineral elements essential for all organisms, typically 6-8% Nitrogen (N) and 5-6% Phosphorus...

Searching for Alternatives to Antibiotic Growth Promoters
By the North Carolina State University - The use of antibiotics for growth promotion in swine feeds has come under serious scrutiny in the last few years due to concerns about their potential effects on antibiotic resistance in humans. This has led to...

Preparing for the Antibiotic Growth Promoter Ban
By Stuart Lumb, Pig Industry Consultant - We???ve all heard about the problems the Danes have encountered with AGP removal and British producers might be concerned they face a similar fate. However, the Danes have not, until recently, had to contend with...

Nutritional and Feeding Strategies to Minimize Nutrient Losses in Livestock Manure
By Mindy J. Spiehs, Regional Extension Educator - Livestock Manure Systems, University of Minnesota Extension Service - The livestock industry has undergone substantial changes in the past few decades. The poultry, swine, and dairy industries in particular...

Feeding Program Management Tips
By Duane E. Reese, Extension Swine Specialist, University of Nebraska - Hog prices have recently begun to come back to earth and soybean meal price has increased about $60 per ton since February. These events signal it is time for producers to note that...

Alternatives to antibiotic feed additives for pigs
This paper was prepared on behalf of BSAS by Dr Pinder Gill (MLC), with the assistance of Dr Vernon Fowler (University of Aberdeen) and Derek Armstrong (Meat and Livestock Commission).

Distillers Dried Grains and Their Impact on Corn, Soymeal, and Livestock Markets
By Steve Markham, Senior Merchandiser, Commodity Specialists Company - In 2004 the Ethanol industry produced 3.41 billion gallons, more than twice as much as in 2000.There are 88 ethanol plants in production or under construction. Approximately 75% of...

Amino Acid Requirements Based on Protein Deposition Rates
By J.F. Patience and R.T. Zijlstra and published by the Prairie Swine Center - In this study, nine hundred and sixty weaned pigs were exposed for 5.5 weeks to controlled concentrations of airborne dust and ammonia in a single, multi-factorial experim...

Water Utilization and the Growing Pig
By Marnie I. Shaw, John F. Patience, A. Denise Beaulieu and published by the Prairie Swine Center - A study was conducted to determine if the crude protein or mineral content of a diet affected water consumption by growing pigs.

Practical Application of Enzyme Supplementation in Swine
By Ruurd T. Zijlstra and published by the Prairie Swine Center - Application of enzymes to improve nutrients digestibility of plant-based feed ingredients for swine and poultry has now been studies for decades. An overview of considerations and practical...

Tech Talk: Maintaining a guard against mycotoxins
By BPEX - Grain quality is likely to have been affected by bad weather during the harvest. Pig producers are urged to be extra vigilant to ensure the quality of cereal grains going into feed is maintained so pig health, feed intake and performance do...

Benefits of feeding phytase to growing-finishing pigs
By A.M. Hawkins and C.M. Nyachoti, Department of Animal Science, University of Manitoba and J. Sands, Danisco Animal Nutrition. Published by Manitoba Pork Council - Managing phosphorus nutrition for swine is not only important for optimizing the performance...

Effect of Starter Feeding Regimen on Variability in Bodyweight and Performance in the Nursery
By Denise Beaulieu, John Patience, Ruurd Zijlstra and Ryan Mohr, Prairie Swine Centre - Variability in growth and performance is a concern to pork producers due to the associated negative impact on revenues and expenditures. This experiment was designed...

Evaluation of different soy protein concentrate sources on growth performance of weanling pigs
By N.A. Lenehan, R.D. Goodband, M.D. Tokach, S.S. Dritz, J.L. Nelssen, M.R. Barker, N.Z. Frantz, C.N. Groesbeck, T. Iwasawa, T.P. Keegan, and K.R. Lawrence, published in Kansas State University's Swine Day 2003. In this article, three experiments...

Feeding High-fat Oats to Swine
By P.A. Thacker, Ph.D. and B.G. Rossnagel, Ph.D., Departments of Animal Science and Plant Science, University of Saskatchewan. Published by Manitoba Pork Council - Feeding a recently developed high-fat oat to pigs improved growth rate and efficiency of...