Four-State Dairy Nutrition and Management Conference Webinar Will Focus on Mycotoxin Mitigation

Sep 03, 2025

By Fred M. Hall

The Four-State Dairy Nutrition and Management Conference webinar series continues on Thursday, Sept. 18, featuring Joe Pankowski discussing a new approach to mycotoxin mitigation.

Pankowski’s presentation, “Mycotoxin Mitigation: A New Approach,” describes how mycotoxins can be formed on crops in the field, during harvest, or during storage.

processing or feeding.

According to Fred Hall, extension dairy specialist with Iowa State University, the threat of mycotoxins also exists in silage.

Source : iastate.edu

Video: Reducing Nursery Feed Costs Without Losing Performance - Dr. Julian Arroyave

In this episode of The Swine Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Dr. Julian Arroyave, a research swine nutritionist at Carthage Innovative Swine Solutions, discusses nursery feed budget strategies designed to reduce costs without compromising pig performance. He explains trials comparing high, medium, and low phase 1 and phase 2 feed budgets, including commercial validation data showing improved income over feed cost when lower-budget programs were applied under healthy herd conditions. Listen now on all major platforms!

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"Results showed that the low-budget program increased income over feed cost by $1.48 per pig."

Meet the guest: Dr. Julian Arroyave / julian-arroyave-jaramillo-638740129 is a research swine nutritionist at Carthage Innovative Swine Solutions, with experience in nursery nutrition, diet formulation, and commercial research trials. He completed his PhD at Kansas State University and previously worked as a nutrition supervisor at Kekén in Mexico. His work focuses on nutritional strategies that improve production efficiency while controlling feed costs. Learn more from Dr. Julian Arroyave Jaramillo on The Swine Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, available on all major platforms.