Tag: Magazine exclusive: Page 2

Animal Nutrition

What is the best heifer-weaning index?

There are many guidelines around, but most are based on the Holstein breed and do not take into account inter- and intra-breed mature animal weight, birth weight and growth rate.

May 2, 2019

Poultry

Marketing nutrition by blaming other products

Those who have nothing good to say about their own products or services instead identify true or imaginary faults in the products of others.

May 2, 2019

Animal Nutrition

How feed additives can reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Feed Strategy Seminar will address the ways feed additives reduce poultry and livestock emissions at VICTAM International on June 13.

May 2, 2019

African Swine Fever

Year of the Pig: A look at China’s declining pork consumption

As Chinese consumers turn to beef, chicken and even vegetarian options, it's important to understand the mindset fueling the shift away from the nation's favorite meat.

May 2, 2019

Swine

Modern growth performance targets for piglets

The success or failure of any piglet nutrition program depends on the degree to which it reaches its targets in terms of growth performance, which often is used as an indicator of profitability under intensive production conditions.

April 1, 2019

Animal Nutrition

4 major additives that replace antibiotics with success

There is no additive, not of a medicinal nature, that can replace the role of antibiotics for therapeutic purposes. Sick animals requiring antibiotic treatment under veterinarian care should receive appropriate antibiotics at proper dosages to ensure their health and welfare. What happens to such animals raised under no-antibiotics-ever production is a matter that has to do with the marketing/commercial aspects of such business.

April 1, 2019

Feed Additives

Marketing nutrition from two different directions

There are two basic methods of marketing nutritional supplements. Successful marketeers combine the best of both worlds, either in a legitimate strategy or in a flawed stratagem. It is up to us to our customers to work with trustworthy and knowledgeable people, but hard and fast earning in this business usually impedes such efforts.

April 1, 2019

Animal Nutrition

Research reveals effects of feeding yucca to ruminants

Different findings regarding the effects of feeding yucca to ruminants may be explained by disparities between studies.

April 1, 2019

Business & Markets

Marketing animal nutrition in 8 easy steps

Marketing is often confused with public relations or communications, whereas others may consider marketing as the process of selling, with selling being the final act of ordering and invoicing for a product or service.

March 6, 2019

Animal Nutrition

Feeding for success in cage-free egg production

Nutritional solutions need to be employed to maintain persistency and egg quality in cage-free egg production.

March 6, 2019

Poultry

7 cage-free layer nutrition issues that require attention

Cage free does not necessarily mean free-range layers. Hens are still kept in-house on floors with bedding material or in open aviaries (multi-storied cages with open access).

March 6, 2019

Animal Nutrition

Lactose levels for modern antibiotic-free piglet feeds

The value of lactose in piglet feeds has never been questioned as much as in the past decade when antibiotic-free diets were designed.

March 6, 2019