In this episode of Missouri Corn Talk Don Nikodim, Executive Director of the Missouri Pork Association, highlights their partnership with Missouri Corn including their efforts to support legislation impacting both corn and pork producers as well as projects to expand corn-fed pork in the state. ...
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or above-normal temperatures throughout the central and eastern U.S., except along the middle and northern Atlantic Coast. Cooler-than-normal conditions will prevail in the West. Meanwhile, near- or above-normal precipitation across much of the country should contrast with drier-than-normal weather from the lower Great Lakes region into the Northeast, as well as an area stretching from California to […]
Spring Cleaning & Maintenance On The Farm: In this one the boys start off the morning by installing a new Barn Tools digital water meter. Next, they head to site 1 to fix a broken relay box on the feed line. Finally, Tork and Sawyer end the video by doing some spring cleaning by scooping some old oats out of the barn.
During lactation the sow prioritizes her litter and will mobilize nutrients from her own body to adequately provide nutrients to her litter if she doesn't receive the proper amount of nutrients in her diet. That is why it is critical for nutritionists to formulate a diet to minimize weight loss in the sow while maximizing weight gain in the litter.
We can get a lot of information by observing the pigs. Now, we are moving forward and bringing cameras and automated systems to evaluate animal performance. Aidan Connolly is an expert on assessing and working with new technologies, and he shares his thoughts on what direction we are going on our farms with camera implementation. How do you think that technology can help you?
2022 Annual General Meeting - Saskatchewan Pulse Growers - Recorded on January 10th, 2022.
Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation - View the livestream of the announcement here. Saskatchewan Minister of Agriculture David Marit will announce the 2022 Crop Insurance Program at the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation’s Head Office on Tuesday, February 22, at 10:30 a.m. in Melville.
An eastern Wisconsin farmer continues to fine-tune his cover cropping plan. Dan Brick from Brickstead Dairy Farm near Greenleaf tells Brownfield he began cover cropping after visiting farmers in Pennsylvania about six years ago who were already doing it. “We’re kind of a low-input type on our operation here already. I don’t have much invested in equipment. Our goal was to be able to use the cover crops in replacing […]
A northeastern South Dakota farmer is one of many farmers waiting for better planting conditions. Ryan Wagner farms more than 45-hundred acres in the Roslyn area and says he’s a little behind where he’d like to be as May begins. “In early May, we would love to have had all of our spring wheat in by now and at least off to a good start on corn, and we just […]
