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Purchasing Low-Cost Opportunity Feeds, Feeding to Nutritional Requirements, Managing Feed Wastage Reduces Feed Costs

A swine nutritionist with Western Ag Supply says by purchasing low-cost opportunity feed ingredients, feeding according to nutritional requirements and managing feed wastage pork producers can reduce their feed costs and improve their profitability.
“How to Save Money on Your Hog Operations” is the focus of the second webinar in the Saskatchewan Pork Development Board’s 2023 spring seminar series. Dr. Dan Sotto, a swine nutritionist with Western Ag Supply, says with feed costs making up 65-70 percent of a typical farm’s budget there’s a growing need to make every dollar count.

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Mark Fynn: PigLEARN Training Platform

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In this episode of The Swine it Podcast Show Canada, Mark Fynn, Training Resources Coordinator at the Canadian Pork Council, discusses the development and rollout of the PigLEARN training platform—a national initiative to standardize swine training across Canada. He explains how this digital resource enhances barn-level education and workforce onboarding, with modules on biosecurity, transport, and more. Learn how this system supports swine professionals in delivering consistent, high-quality training. Listen now on all major platforms!