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Call for Producer Participation: Developing the Saskatchewan Assessment of Soil Health (SASH) Tool

You are invited to join the network of volunteer farmers participating in our research project aimed at developing a soil health testing tool for Saskatchewan producers.

RESEARCHERS: Dr. Kate Congreves (Project leader), Dr. Zelalem Taye (Postdoctoral Fellow), Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan.

FUNDED BY: Sask Wheat and SaskCanola

PARTICIPANT PROFILE: Producers across Saskatchewan. Enroll using the link below to be added to the network of volunteers participating in the research project aimed at developing a soil health testing tool for Saskatchewan producers.

FILLING THE FORM: The online registration takes 1-2 minutes of your time. You will be asked to answer demographic questions, producer association, rural municipality, and crop district you belong to. You can also email us at zmt059@mail.usask.ca with your details to participate in this project.

CLICK HERE TO ENROLL

Source : saskwheat

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In this episode of The Swine Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Dr. Kwangwook Kim, Assistant Professor at Michigan State University, discusses the use of non-nutritive sweeteners in nursery pig diets. He explains how sucralose and neotame influence feed intake, gut health, metabolism, and the frequency of diarrhea compared to antibiotics. The conversation highlights mechanisms beyond palatability, including hormone signaling and nutrient transport. Listen now on all major platforms!

“Receptors responsible for sweet taste are present not only in the mouth but also along the intestinal tract.”

Meet the guest: Dr. Kwangwook Kim / kwangwook-kim is an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University, specializing in swine nutrition and feed additives under disease challenge models. He earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in Animal Sciences from the University of California, Davis, where he focused on intestinal health and metabolic responses in pigs. His research evaluates alternatives to antibiotics, targeting gut health and performance in nursery pigs.