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Capturing relative phenotypes to help us understand boar fertility

Amanda Minton, Associate Director of Reproductive Technology at Acuity Swine and Karl Kerns, Assistant Professor at Iowa State University, discuss capturing relative phenotypes to help us understand and ultimately improve boar fertility.

 

R&D: Understanding index distribution and accountability in competitive comparison

Justin Fix, Director of Business Development and Genetic Improvement with Acuity and Caleb Shull, Director of Research at The Maschhoffs discuss how genetic evaluation varies from nucleus to commercial production and how that variation creates a bias in data analysis.


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Fixing Prop 12 to Protect Pork Farms

Farm leaders warn Congress that Prop 12 increases pork prices, forces farm closures, and creates chaos. Support is growing for legislation to protect U.S. family farms. Read More

Calls for review as Australia opens the door to US beef

THE Australian Government has opened the door for imports of beef from the United States saying it is satisfied with traceability programs put in place by the US industry, while the Australian industry is calling for a review of the process.Read More

Wild Pigs Are Costing Georgia Farmers

Weather, disease and pests aren’t the only things that can wreak havoc on Georgia’s agricultural industry.Read More

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