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Cautions When Using Brassica Crops As Alternative Feed

Over the past few months, we’ve talked a lot about using alternative crops for feeding livestock this fall and winter. Barry Yaremcio, beef and forage specialist at the Ag-Info Centre, says producers need to be careful when using brassica crops as an alternative feed.

Interview with Barry Yaremcio (2:32 minutes) (1.16 Mb)

Source : Agriculture and Forestry

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Genetic Engineering in Pigs: What’s Possible Today - Dr. Evan Grusenmeyer

Video: Genetic Engineering in Pigs: What’s Possible Today - Dr. Evan Grusenmeyer

In this episode of The Swine Health Blackbelt Podcast, Dr. Evan Grusenmeyer from the University of Missouri breaks down what genetic engineering really means for the swine industry. He outlines key concepts like transgenics, gene editing, and introgression, and discusses where this technology could take us, especially regarding disease resistance. Learn how these tools might help producers face today’s biggest health challenges. Listen now on all major platforms!

"Genetic engineering is a tool that takes us to the next level by enabling targeted changes to traits that need to be changed, amended, or brought into the population."