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New Resource from ASTA Helps Farmers Find Local Environmental, Conservation and Cover Crop Seed

By Sunny Andersen

Cover Crop Seed

The American Seed Trade Association recently launched a redesigned, updated guide that allows farmers, landowners and others to easily locate and contact professional seed suppliers for quality environmental, conservation and cover crop seed. The interactive Conservation, Environmental, and Cover Crop Seed Resource Guide allows buyers to find lists of specific seed types by geographic location to support production and sustainability goals.

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Season 6, Episode 2: Functional Teat Count and Its Impact on Swine Performance

Video: Season 6, Episode 2: Functional Teat Count and Its Impact on Swine Performance

Abigail Jenkins noticed a challenge in the swine industry and researched it — more piglets are being born than there are functional teats to support them. As a graduate research assistant at Kansas State University, she studied how litter size, relative to functional teat count, impacts lactating sows and litter performance. In this July episode of the PigX Podcast, Abigail Jenkins is joined by Dr. Joel DeRouchey to discuss the importance of this research and what insights it offers for the swine industry.