Monitoring the growth period (I)
Working with compound feeds allow to cover completely the animals' needs, taking full advantage of their use.
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Canada - Research investment will benefit swine producers
The Government of Canada is investing in an innovative project that will benefit Canadian swine producers and consumers. Coop fédérée will receive up to $80,000 to study and develop feeding recommendations to maximize sow milk production through gestation, ensuring optimal growth of suckling piglets.
A question of feed conversion
Pig farmers need to know whether boars have been individually tested for feed conversion and whether they have an EBV (Estimated Breeding Value) for this trait
USA - Chicago corn futures notch record trading day
Corn futures in Chicago generated record trading Sept. 3 as signs that U.S. farmers won’t harvest as large a crop as once expected fueled buying from speculators.
Vietnam - Blue ear disease flattens corn demand
Pham Duc Binh, Deputy Chairman of the Vietnam Animal Feed Association, said Vietnam will import 1.25 million tonnes, the same as last year.
Netherlands - Insufficient compensation for agriculture
For the Dutch agricultural sector, 2009 was a bad year economically. Production increased slightly, but most primary agriculture market prices fell. The average agricultural income decreased to 5,500 euros per farm, its lowest point in twenty years.
FAO cuts wheat production forecast but considers supplies adequate
International wheat prices have jumped by over 50 percent since June. This rapid increase in prices is prompting concerns about a repeat of the crisis of 2007/08. But after two consecutive years of record crops, world inventories have been replenished sufficiently to cover the current anticipated production shortfall.
European Commission forecasts average crop production for 2010 in the EU despite extreme weather
Total cereal production in 2010 should be close to the average from the last five years. While the yield per hectare will be 5% above average, overall cultivated areas have decreased.
Russia - Decrease in grain production forecast
Several months of drought and heat in European have resulted in a decrease in the Russian grain production forecast to 62 million metric tons, 36 percent less than the last year crop.
International Grains Council - Grain market report
Significantly reduced wheat and barley crop prospects, especially in the CIS and the EU, cut the 2010/11 global grains crop forecast by 8m. tons from July, to 1,745m., 2.4% below the previous year’s record.
Digestion rate of dietary starch affects systemic circulation of amino acids in weaned pigs
High level of rapidly digestible starch allows higher systemic circulating concentrations of most AA in pigs.
Effects of phenyllactic acid on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, microbial shedding, and blood profile in pigs
Phenyllactic acid may play as a natural alternative to antibiotics in pig diets.
Early deposition of n-3 fatty acids from tuna oil in lean and adipose tissue of fattening pigs is mainly permanent
Fish oil may be a useful ingredient to enrich pork with n-3 fatty acids, independently of the supplementation period.
Intestinal physiology and peptidase activity in male pigs are modulated by consumption of corn culture extracts containing fumonisins
The presence of secondary metabolites in the diet like fumonisin may compromise intestinal physiology and enzyme activity in weanling piglets.
Evaluation of the effect of increasing dietary vitamin E in combination with different fat sources on performance, humoral immune responses and antioxidant status of weaned pigs
Immune response or triglyceride and cholesterol levels in plasma are influenced by the fat source fed rather than the level of vitamin E in weanling pig.
European Union - Commission authorises six GM maize for food and feed uses
The European Commission adopted today five Decisions authorising GM maize 1507x59122, 59122x1507xNK603, MON88017xMON810, MON89034xNK603 and Bt11xGA21 and one Decision renewing the authorisation of Bt11 maize. These 6 decisions cover the authorisation for food and feed uses and import and processing but not for cultivation.