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Farmall 656 Grinding Hog Feed

Grinding two loads of hog feed with my brothers new to him Farmall 656.... More ›

Labor Issues In Swine Farms, With Dr. John Carr

In this episode, Dr. Carr talks about some of the issues we’ve been facing in the swine industry. It includes labor issues, that go from not having qualified people to work on the farms to the insertion of technologies and the personnel’s adaptation to that kind of change. What do you think the ... More ›

Caitlyn Sullivan: Hybrid rye in swine diets - the pros and cons

With fluctuations in pig diet ingredient costs, it is always prudent to have alternative feed ingredients priced and changes in gain and feed intake estimated in the event of a significant price increase of typical ingredients such as corn or soybean meal. In this episode, Caitlyn Sullivan and I... More ›

Kayla Miller: Effectiveness of different nutritional strategies for low-health pigs

Several studies have shown that feeding increased lysine soon after a health challenge can improve performance and help mitigate the negative effects associated with the infection, but how long after infection will those high lysine diets still be effective? In this episode, I talk with Kayla Mi... More ›

What Happens When Pigs Die On The Farm?

In this one the boys explain what happens when pigs die on the farm. They show the whole process all the way through for educational purposes! No pigs were harmed in the making of this video.... 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 ›

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. 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 ›

Dr. Mark Knauer: What parameters have the biggest impact on pigs through the nursery period?

When it comes to different pig preweaning parameters, which ones are the most important? That is a question that has had a variety of answers over the years, and hopefully after this study we can better understand exactly how large of an effect each parameter has. In this episode, I talk with Dr... More ›

Unloading Piglets

In this one the boys welcome a brand new group of piglets at their double barn site. Then Sawyer chores the piglets and feeds them while Tork brings y'all along for sweet corn harvest, finally the boys meet up again once more to clean out the water lines.... More ›

Loading Market Hogs

In this one Tork and Sawyer start off the day by doing some landscaping around Sawyer’s barn, picking up steel, mowing, spreading gravel, then they sort 2 loads of hogs to load out for Sunday night, then it’s on to finally loading some market hogs.... More ›

What Are We Seeing In Terms Of Pig Birth Weight?

In this episode, Dr. Knauer talks about how genetics can have a huge impact on a sow and her litter performance. Besides talking about selection process criteria, Dr. Knauer also shares his knowledge and some updates on pig birth weight and what to expect over the next few years.... More ›

Dr. Jamil Faccin: Swine diet vitamin averages across the U.S. industry

Vitamins can sometimes be overlooked due to their cheap and easy inclusion in swine diets. With stabilization issues under certain conditions, we tend to put more in the diet than is required, but how much extra is everyone adding? In this episode with Dr. Jami Faccin, we talk about his survey o... More ›

How can you get buy-in from swine producers on research studies?

Dr. Burton holds is an Associate Veterinarian for Suidae Health & Production. It’s part of her job to coordinate field-based research. Here she shares some thoughts on how to get the producers to actively support and participate in the research, according to her needs. Interesting, right?... More ›

Advice to people interested in performing swine disease evaluations

Dr. Burton holds a DVM from the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine. She is currently an associate veterinarian for Suidae Health & Production and has been performing field-based research. She shares some advice for those of you who have been working with research on swine dise... More ›

Bringing The Pigs To Hog Heaven

In this one Tork and Sawyer start off the day by sorting 3 loads of pigs, then it’s on to loading up those 3 loads and taking them to hog heaven to feed the world.... More ›

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