Dr. Todd Callaway, a ruminant microbiologist with the University of Georgia, joins us on this episode of Feedstuffs in Focus to discuss the Microbial World: What Do We Know, What Do We Think, What Do We Hope? 

Dr. Callaway is part of the upcoming 2024 Kemin Intestinal Health Symposium. 

The sixth-annual Kemin Intestinal Health Symposium will include presentations from respected industry experts on informative topics that support the key pillars of intestinal health and provide holistic industry insights. Tune in to this free online event to learn more about microbiome and stress research, the importance of water quality for animal performance, feed biosecurity as it relates to gut health, and more. For more information, www.kemin.com/symposium

According to a new report from CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange, the decoupling of fluid milk production and milk component production represents an important paradigm shift for the dairy industry given growing consumer demand for manufactured dairy products. More than 80% of U.S. milk production goes into dairy food products that rely on milk components while less than 20% goes into the fluid beverage category. Would U.S. milk composition and consumer demand benefit from a more comprehensive monthly report from USDA that includes milk, protein and butterfat production levels? 

Joining us in this episode to discuss this topic in more depth is Corey Geiger, lead dairy economist with CoBank. We caught up with Corey at this week’s World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis., 

This episode has been brought to you by United Animal Health, a leader in animal health and nutrition. You can learn more about United Animal Health and how they are working to advance animal science worldwide by visiting the website at UnitedANH.com

Diseases like bovine respiratory disease (BRD) kill an estimated 8 million calves annually and create serious challenges for the cattle industry. Each year BRD alone costs the US cattle industry upwards of $1 billion. As we hear today, a new tool for producers’ toolboxes may be on the horizon.  

Joining us today is Dr. Shafiqul Chowdhury, professor at Louisiana State University’s School of Veterinary Medicine. While not yet cleared for use, Dr. Chowdury has developed a vaccine for bovine respiratory disease for cattle thru the application of new technology. He joins us today to those details.

This episode is sponsored by United Animal Health, a leader in animal health and nutrition. You can learn more about United Animal Health and how they are working to advance animal science worldwide by visiting the website at UnitedANH.com

It is documented that viruses can be transported in feed. That being so, what is the role of feed mitigants, and is there value in including a mitigant in a biosecurity program? 

Your host for this episode of Feedstuffs Pork Nation is Mark Hulsebus, along with Dr. Jose Sota and  Dr. Andrew Bents, all of Alltech. They are joined by special guest Dr. Scott Dee. Dr. Dee is a leading expert in mitigating feed risk as part of a best-in-class biosecurity program. 

Feedstuffs Pork Nation is brought to you by Alltech. Alltech delivers smarter, more sustainable solutions for agriculture through a diverse portfolio of products and services. Contact the Alltech Pork Team, or visit go.alltech.com/swine-research to learn more.

Soybean meal net energy has been found to be higher in commercial settings, which changes the formulation strategies and economics of soybean meal use in diets. 

To find out more about this difference in soybean meal net energy and productive energy in commercial swine diets versus book values and how this improved understanding impacts formulation strategies for nutritionists and economic considerations we catch up with with Dr. Aaron Gaines, managing partner of Ani-Tek, LLC, and Dr. Bart Borg, vice president of feed and nutrition with Passel Farms.

Gaines and Borg spoke at the Iowa Swine Day Pre-conference Symposium titled "Soybean Meal 360° — Expanding our horizons through discoveries and field-proven feeding strategies for improving pork production.” Gaines focused on soybean meal net energy and productive energy in commercial swine systems versus industry book values, while Borg talked about the practical application of this new information relative to the conventional low-cost ingredient formulation approach. 

This episode of Feedstuffs in Focus is brought to you by U.S. Soy.

Last week the 2024 Farm Progress Show took place in Boone, Iowa. Coming into agriculture’s largest farm show of the year, Rabobank took the opportunity to bring its global grains and oilseeds team together to tour Midwest fields and talk with growers and agribusiness leaders.

Joining us in this episode to share their insights and global perspectives are Rabobank researchers Stephen Nicholson and Sam Taylor. We explore what looks to be ahead for this fall harvest, farm input cost trends and the impact of interest rates, US elections and more.

This episode of Feedstuffs in Focus is sponsored by United Animal Health, a leader in animal health and nutrition. You can learn more about United Animal Health and how they are working to advance animal science worldwide by visiting the website at UnitedANH.com

Cameras are used for many purposes. They are frequently used to monitor such things as traffic flows, weather patterns and even to provide security in a number of different ways. But what about in pig barns? What benefit might camera technology and the resulting data collection have when it comes to managing pigs in a breeding program?

Joining us today to talk about camera technology in the pig barn is Kristine Marinsen, a researcher in the health and behavior platform of Toppigs Norsvin. 

This episode of Feedstuffs in Focus is sponsored by Topigs Norsvin, the second largest swine genetics company in the world. The TN70 is the flagship parent sow of Topigs Norsvin, described as being a self-reliant sow capable of raising her own pigs and requiring less human intervention in the farrowing house. Visit tn70.topigsnorsvin.com to see what producers are saying about their experience with the TN70. 

Traceability continues to be a key priority for the National Pork Board. 

AgView, the industry’s contact-tracing tool, has reached an all-time high of more than 1,200 producer-user adoptions, and nearly 1.5 million pig movements, since its launch in November 2020. The National Pork Board is continuing to explore advancements and opportunities while maintaining data security and integrations that make AgView so beneficial to producers.

Joining our Ann Hess today to discuss AgView’s value to U.S. pig farmers is Dr. Dusty Oedekoven, Chief Veterinarian and Dr. Patrick Webb, Assistant Chief Veterinarian, both with National Pork Board. 

This episode of Feedstuffs in Focus is sponsored by United Animal Health, a leader in animal health and nutrition. You can learn more about United Animal Health and how they are working to advance animal science worldwide by visiting the website at UnitedANH.com

The greatest risk for the livestock sector in the remainder of 2024 is that which is related to politics and the uncertainty around what the new administration’s policy will be on the economy and agriculture. 

What will end up being in the farm bill? What about support for such things as foreign animal disease monitoring and prevention? How, too, can more resiliency be created in the overall supply chain and what advantages does that hold for the livestock sector?

Feedstuffs Ann Hess caught up with Lance Zimmerman, Rabobank’s Senior Beef Analyst for the North America market during the recent Ag Media Summit in Kansas City. 

This episode of Feedstuffs in Focus is sponsored by United Animal Health, a leader in animal health and nutrition. You can learn more about United Animal Health and how they are working to advance animal science worldwide by visiting the website at UnitedANH.com

Is liquidation in the beef cattle sector finally slowing? What about the aging of the cow herd? What might this fall calving season hold? 

Herd rebuilding, drought, consumer demand and preferences as well as cost of feeding and the dairy on beef trend. These all are topics we tackle as we dig into the beef industry and what’s likely ahead.

Joining us today to discuss the state of the beef industry is Don Close, chief researcher and analytics officer with Terrain Ag. We caught up with Don during this week’s Ag Media Summit in Kansas City.

This episode is sponsored by United Animal Health, a leader in animal health and nutrition. You can learn more about United Animal Health and how they are working to advance animal science worldwide by visiting the website at UnitedANH.com