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The Easy Swing Cow Brush – Spa Treatment for Your Herd

By Doug Mayo
 
This week’s featured video was produced by Tom Pemberton Farm Life to share something new he added at his dairy.  The Easy Swing and Totem Cow Brushes are sturdy enough to let cows and bulls scratch and rub to their hearts delight either in a barn or out in the pasture.  Yes it sounds like a silly toy, but the cows loved it.  Notice the name of the company that set up the brushes in the video:   Mayo Cow Comfort.  Maybe they are my distant relatives over in England.  They have some good ideas on their website.  Cow comfort may sound foolish, but if you get a few more pounds of feed into a happy dairy or beef cow, you can probability get a few more pounds of milk or weight gain out of her too. 
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How Swine Nutrition Can Revolutionize Biogas Production - Dr. Felipe Hickmann

Video: How Swine Nutrition Can Revolutionize Biogas Production - Dr. Felipe Hickmann


In this episode of The Swine it Podcast Show Canada, Dr. Felipe Hickmann from Laval University explores how nutritional strategies and manure management impact biogas production in pig farming. He breaks down the science behind anaerobic digestion at low temperatures and explains how dietary adjustments affect methane production and environmental sustainability. Learn how producers can reduce emissions and improve resource efficiency. Listen now on all major platforms!

"Lowering crude protein can reduce nitrogen in manure, but only if animal intake doesn’t compensate by increasing feed consumption."

Meet the guest: Dr. Felipe Hickmann / felipe-hickmann-963853a6 is a PhD research assistant at Laval University, specializing in swine and poultry sustainability. With extensive experience in manure management, nutritional strategies, and precision livestock technologies, he contributes to improving environmental outcomes in animal agriculture.