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EXPLORE NEW AVENUES - Angus Convention 2022

It’s time to head west of conventional, where elevation meets aspiration. Set your sights on Salt Lake City. Based at the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains and near the heart of the Great Salt Lake, it’s the perfect place for adventure. Come explore new avenues at the 2022 Angus Convention, Nov... More ›

Dr. Jay Johnson: Heat Stress in Sows - Can it Affect Litter Performance too?

What if I told you that you could improve litter growth rate without any nutritional changes? Sounds too good to be true, right? Well in this episode with Dr. Jay Johnson, we discuss his research on sow heat stress and the impacts it can have on litter performance as well as technological innova... More ›

Honoring Dr. Larry Sanders

(Aug. 20, 2022) Finally, we attend a recent event honoring Professor Larry Sanders and his extensive work with military veterans.... More ›

Robot Farming| The lifestyle

Robot Farming| The lifestyle | The Atlantic Dairyman... More ›

Sheep Farming: Udders Are Starting To Form!/August 13, 2022

At Ewetopia Farms, as we go through our daily routines, we spend some extra time checking out our pregnant Dorset ewes with special attention paid to their udder development. We also check out our barley field and do some nighttime baling.... More ›

Livestock Marketing

Derrell Peel, OSU Extension livestock marketing specialist, says beef prices remain strong even with all the challenges in the markets.... More ›

Sheep Farming: Night Chores/August 2, 2022

Our video today takes you through typical chores done on our sheep farm at night. This consists of feeding breeding groups, pregnant ewes, rams, and lambs. Feeding involves different types and proportions of feed for each group. We feed grain, dry hay and wet hay. All the sheep are checked ov... More ›

How Can We Show Parents The Ag Opportunities For Their Kids?

Dr. DeRouchey discusses the challenges ag chain has been facing in the last few years by engaging the youth. And focusing on the swine industry, how can we engage them? Dr. DeRouchey suggests some ways to involve kids in the area. For example, he suggests providing their parents with more inform... More ›

What's New With OQBN?

(Aug. 20, 2022) We welcome the new program coordinator for the Oklahoma Quality Beef Network, Paul Vining, and learn details about upcoming sale dates.... More ›

What It Takes To Run The Swine Barn At The Iowa State Fair

A superintendent at an animal barn at the Iowa State Fair is a big job. Making sure exhibitors, judges and the public all see the best of that industry takes a lot of effort. Ernie Barnes has been making sure the Swine Barn fits that model for more than 20 years. We give him a ride around the ba... More ›

Agbee Kpogo: Diving deeper into the gastric ulcers in pigs

We’ve seen several studies on gastric ulcers being influenced by either feed outages or by particle size, but we still don’t know the exact physiological mechanism that causes the onset of these gastric ulcers. In this episode, I talk with Agbee Kpogo about his work continuing the research on ga... More ›

Dr. John Carr: Future swine farming may be vastly different than you believe

What will the future of pig farming look like? That is an old question with many different possible answer. Some people imagine more robots and technology, but what about some changes that you may not see coming? In this episode, I talk with Dr. John Carr about his take on what the future of our... More ›

Dr. Woongbi Kwon: Benefits from better understanding BCAA transporters in the pig's body

Several new research studies have demonstrated the mechanisms behind branched-chain amino acid transporters and nutrient utilization in pigs. Better understanding this concept can be crucial in some diets due to the high leucine content of dried distillers grains. In this episode, I talk with Dr... More ›

Getting Baby Pigs & Loading Market Hogs

In this one the boys load out 4 loads of market hogs to dump Site 3. Next Tork gives you an update on how the Ap Edge 2 controller has performed over the last 6 months. Finally the boys welcome in another batch of baby pigs to continue the fill at Site 1.... More ›

Dr. Gaurav Rawal: Is your PRRS positive test from a live vaccine or from a wild type?

Modified live virus vaccines are one of the best ways to prevent and control PRRSV today, but PRRS cases continue to be a problem. When testing for PRRSV though, its hard to tell if a positive test is from the live vaccine or from the wild type. In this episode Dr. Guarav Rawal talks about his M... More ›

Dr. Joel DeRouchey: Inspiring youth to be the future of the swine industry

Arguably the best thing that the swine industry can do today to plan for the future is to get the next generation interested in agriculture. With less families having a background in agriculture today than in past generations, it is much more difficult to introduce children to the swine industry... More ›