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Ranch Management Forum Goes Virtual

The Saskatchewan Ranch Management Forum gets underway next week.
 
This year's event is free and is being held online for a couple of hours each day over the next two weeks.
 
Livestock and Feed Extension Specialist Alexis DeCorby says the first week focuses on Forages and covers a wide variety of topics:
 
" The first day is actually just General Forage Agronomy making sure that your stand actually establish. Day two is Rejuvenating Your Forage Stand, we're then going to move into a little bit of a different topic, and we're going to talk about some New Varieties. We're going to cap off the week with a couple more topics including Corn for Cows and also Cover Crops/Poly Crops and how those can be utilized in your new forage rotation going forward."
 
She notes the seminars during the first week will take place live from 12:30 to 2 pm, while the second weeks presentations run from 7 to 8:30 pm.
 
DeCorby says the focus during the second week will be on Improving Your Herd.
 
Presentations include Selecting the Right Bull for Your Herd, Maintaining Your Herd Bulls, Understanding Johne's Disease, Mineral Programs and Extensive Winter Feeding Systems and Parasitic Drug Resistance and Dealing with Common Cattle Pests.
 
Producers can register through their Saskatchewan Agriculture offices or by contacting the Agriculture Knowledge Centre at 1-866-457-2377
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In this special rerun episode of The Swine Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Gustavo Lima, PhD candidate in Animal Science at Iowa State University, discusses how grow-finish pigs respond to high soybean meal diets. He explains the initial drop in feed intake, changes in backfat, later adaptation, energy efficiency, amino acid utilization, and the rise in nitrogen excretion at higher inclusion levels. Listen now on all major platforms!

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“Once they got adapted to the diet, they can handle higher levels of inclusion of soybean meal.”

Meet the guest: Gustavo Lima / gustavo-lima-a9867127 is a PhD candidate in Animal Science at Iowa State University whose work focuses on swine nutrition, ingredient characterization, energy metabolism, caloric efficiency, and applied data analysis. With more than 15 years of experience in swine production across Latin America, Gustavo also brings expertise in environmental control, performance evaluation, barn ventilation, and grow-finish housing. Learn more from Gustavo Lima on The Swine Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, available on all major platforms.