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What to Expect When Your Chicks Start Laying: A Guide to the First Eggs
After weeks of anticipation—16 to 18, to be exact—your once-tiny chicks are finally on the brink of becoming egg-laying hens. It's an exciting time, and naturally, you have questions. When will they start laying? How can you support them? What’s normal and what’s not?..READ MORE ›
AllBite
Options for mitigating vice behaviors
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While the pork industry is very good at gathering data on productivity to drive progress…READ MORE ›

Dairy Calf
Calf Success: Mycotoxins: Not just a dairy cow issue
By Ellan Dufour, M.S.,
It is well-known in the dairy industry that mycotoxins are not to be taken lightly.…READ MORE ›

Beef Calf
Optimizing genetic potential with creep feed
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Weaning weight is an important indicator of a ranch’s output, as it can serve as a gauge…READ MORE ›

Finisher Pigs
Strategies to capitalize on higher market prices when facing summer heat and lower feed intake
By Henrique Cemin, Ph.D.,
It is well-known that hog prices in the United States have a predictable seasonal pattern…READ MORE ›

Dairy Cows
Evaluating feed costs during times of high commodity prices
By Jon Pretz, PH.D.,
Increasing ingredient costs have wreaked havoc across the dairy industry, leading to…READ MORE ›

Beef cow drinking water
Water quality and concerns for beef cattle
By Josh Stroh, M.S.,
Water is the most critical nutrient but often overlooked for its importance and…READ MORE ›

Forage
Minimizing wild yeast in 2021 silages
By Ben Jensen,
Silage is not immune to the many challenges we face on the farm, and the risks begin…READ MORE ›

Dairy Cows
The cost of delaying first calving
By Angie Golombeski, Ph.D.,
Since heifer-rearing costs represent the second-greatest cost to the dairy (behind feed…READ MORE ›

Swine Finishing Barns
New challenges and opportunities for pork production in 2021
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Remember when you could not wait for 2021? Our expectations were that life would return…READ MORE ›