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Move to Group Sow Housing Fuels Interest in Precision Sow Feeding

2016-07-13 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

CANADA - The Innovative Projects and Swine Products Manager with Canarm Ag Systems says, as the transition to group housing of sows accelerates in North America, so is the level of interest in precision feeding of sows, writes Bruce Cochrane.

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Three ways to get the most out of creep feeding pigs

2016-06-30 06:00:00| National Hog Farmer

Nursery management sets the pace for pigs’ lifetime performance, so minimizing production lags is crucial during this phase. Creep feeding is one practice you can use to optimize performance during the weaning period.  Research at the Purina Animal Nutrition Center in Gray Summit, Mo., has shown creep-fed pigs ate more aggressively and experienced early and sustained gains in the nursery compared to pigs that weren’t creep-fed. read more

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Researchers Report Growing Interest in Electronic Sow Feeding

2016-06-20 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

CANADA - A research scientist with the Prairie Swine Centre says there appears to be a growing interest among pork producers in the use of electronic feeding systems, writes Bruce Cochrane.

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Precision Sow Feeding Offers Range of Benefits

2016-06-14 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

CANADA - Canarm Ag Systems says precision sow feeding promises to improve the productivity of the sow herd while lowering costs and reducing the environmental impact of pig production, writes Bruce Cochrane.

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Feeding Antibiotics to Farm Animals May Worsen Climate Change

2016-05-26 00:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

NBC: There may be another reason to discourage farmers from feeding antibiotics to livestock: global warming. A study published this week finds that when cattle were fed a common antibiotic, their manure produced even more methane than normal -- a potent global warming gas. The antibiotics do this by killing off bacteria that compete with methane-producing microbes, the researchers report in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. "To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of antibiotics...

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