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Feedstuffs in Focus — 330 episodes

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Setting the agenda for better swine health

2

Agribusiness under pressure

3

New World screwworm alert

4

Simplifying Meat Industry Reporting

5

Right bug, right drug, right time

6

Layer immune health control programs go beyond single fix

7

Smart bets in uncertain ag markets

8

Ceasefire does little to ease fertilizer market woes

9

AI for early poultry disease detection

10

Is your message clear and understood or just loud?

11

Early-life respiratory disease shapes dairy-beef crossbred cattle performance

12

Inside the feed supply chain: How nutrient shortages are impacting U.S. protein sector

13

Akralos to deliver advanced feed and nutrition solutions

14

Trust through science: Common Swine Industry Audit

15

Study defines value and challenges of Mississippi River shipping channel

16

Preparing gilts with purpose, managing to maximize genetic potential

17

Eggs take top billing in new U.S. Dietary Guidelines

18

IPPE 2026: Bigger, busier, even better

19

Intestinal health, immunity and profit in modern dairies

20

Genetics against PRRS losses

21

Pig livability influenced by nursery pig management, feeding practices

22

Inside the waterlines: Fixing hidden performance robbers in swine barns

23

Inside the rumen: Phages, feed and future dairy nutrition

24

From field to feed bunk: The HarvXtra Alfalfa advantage

25

Inside U.S. dairy: Immigration, trade, MAHA and the Farm Bill

26

Human influenza spillover elimination is simple way to cut disease risks (updated audio)

27

HarvXtra Alfalfa: Rewriting the rules of quality and yield

28

Breaking barriers: Revolutionizing agricultural technology adoption

29

MANRRS: Building lifetime connections, careers in agriculture

30

Battling mortality: The pig livability project

31

Vaccination debate: Protecting poultry from the bird flu

32

Feed milling dynamics: What should we monitor and what can we improve?

33

The invisible shield: Rethinking biosecurity through air quality

34

Beating the summer carcass weight dip: Strategies with soybean meal

35

Digital bridges: When technology strengthens human connections in agriculture

36

The hidden truth about cows in our food system

37

Advancing global livestock solutions: Phibro's portfolio growth

38

Beyond climate debate: Finding cows that do more with less

39

Strategies for managing PRRS in modern swine operations

40

Young consumers perceive pork a bit differently

41

NIOSH cuts stand to put agricultural worker safety at risk

42

American shipbuilding vs. agricultural exports: The trade-off timeline

43

Protecting your herd and profits with strong line of defense

44

Beyond average daily gain: The true path to cattle profitability

45

Decoding public sentiment: How web-scraped data shapes poultry market decisions

46

Shell Egg Contract: Financial innovation for market volatility

47

Ileitis treatment options and resulting correlation on average daily gain

48

PPE has a role to play in preventing influenza A

49

Traveling the world to tell the story of cows

50

Swine respiratory disease risk can be minimized, eliminated

51

Use or non-use of treatment therapies for respiratory disease in finishing pigs

52

Red dye ban may have implications for feed industry

53

When it comes to cows, it's not all black and white

54

Policy and the new Administration: What’s likely ahead?

55

Of pigs and men: Best-laid plans for prevention and control of African swine fever

56

Unveiling biofilm threats: Safeguarding swine health and boosting farm efficiency

57

IPPE 2025: What you need to know before you go

58

SPECIAL REPORT: State of the pork industry: Navigating economics, policy amidst challenges

59

Online dashboard offers near-real time global swine disease surveillance

60

New findings on fan coverings for biocontainment of airborne swine pathogens

61

Production, labeling standards drive Germany's poultry industry

62

New swine respiratory disease treatment flexibility from nursery to finish

63

Managing seasonal variation, herd constraints in a hog operation

64

Federal Milk Marketing Order reform not expected to negatively impact milk checks

65

New feed additive helps dairy farmers get more out of forage

66

Animal feed sector innovations on display

67

Mhp Elimination Program Case Study: Country View Family Farms

68

Swine Respiratory Disease Management 101

69

SPECIAL REPORT: US Swine Health Improvement Plan focused on bettering animal health

70

Biosecurity in livestock production: Impact on animal and gut health

71

Exploring the microbial world: What is known? What is next?

72

Does falling milk production mask US dairy industry capacity for growth?

73

New vaccine technology may offer new solution

74

SPECIAL REPORT: Mitigation of feed risk as part of best-in-class biosecurity program

75

Soybean meal net energy: Practical application to formulation strategies and economics

76

Farm economy expected to remain under pressure

77

Camera technology has benefits in pig barns

78

America’s pig farmers benefit from increased traceability

79

Managing risk and creating resiliency in livestock sector

80

State of the beef industry: Is liquidation finally slowing?

81

EXCEDE® for Swine (ceftiofur crystalline free acid) rapidly reached therapeutic plasma concentration levels

82

Latest measure of PRRS shows mounting cost for pork producers

83

How trace minerals can help support immune function in weaned calves

84

Learning to listen to nursery pigs

85

Lessons learned from wean-to-harvest biosecurity program

86

Producer tools for pig livability

87

Prop 12 fix, labor, foreign animal disease on pork industry radar

88

Versatility helps simplify mineral decisions

89

Dried poultry litter unlikely cause of HPAI in dairy cattle

90

Raw material purchasing: The basics and the future

91

Connect to build trust around the tough issues

92

Getting the best out of a breeding operation

93

SPECIAL REPORT: Global pork and food demand amidst rapidly changing demographics

94

Managing the avian influenza outbreak in the dairy industry

95

Food circularity: Time to disrupt linear model of current food system?

96

Expansion of innovative solutions drives Novus acquisition of BRI

97

Animal feed part of food waste, loss solution

98

Pork industry resiliency makes world a better place

99

Live swine traceability minimizes disease risk

100

Lessons learned from going Prop 12 compliant

101

Market growth, White House Egg Roll are focus of US egg industry

102

Sustainable livestock systems can contribute to climate action

103

Documentary: What’s a world without cows?

104

Hatchability remains major industry challenge

105

Swine industry now in charge when it comes to PRRS

106

IPPE: Eleven football fields of solutions and educational offerings

107

Unveiling economic challenges, investing in pork demand solutions

108

Robust, full-value pigs offer profitability advantage

109

Trust your tools and third parties to cultivate confidence

110

Soybean meal – both a nutritional and prescriptive ingredient – mitigates respiratory disease impact on pig performance

111

Controlling and eliminating PRRSV L1C variant

112

Program to highlight regulatory changes for feed industry

113

Post-COVID regulatory environment brings increase in enforcement

114

Sizzling success: Cracking the multigenerational pork market

115

Supporting sows and swine producers post-Prop 12

116

Strategizing for a successful succession plan

117

Special Report: Practical ways to handle the most expensive swine pathogen

118

Special Report: Emerging diseases: Sapovirus

119

Maximizing labor efficiency with feeds that challenge the assumptions

120

Roadmap to better animal welfare and its impact

121

Special Report: Lawsonia: Silent robbers of feed

122

Drinking water challenges require identifying, correcting

123

Special Report: Mycoplasma knocks down ADG and secondary cull markets

124

Renewable fertilizer mines of the future

125

Prop 12 certification: What do you need to know

126

Soybeans: Exports, food vs fuel, economic benefit to US economy

127

The soybean meal NE value conundrum

128

Old crop, new crop: How’s this fall harvest season setting up

129

Color stability differences in pork muscle

130

Role of biodiversity in a profitable and sustainable farm

131

The new Model Pet Food and Specialty Pet Food Regulations: What do we need to know

132

Productive energy: A new, old way to approach bird diets

133

How to build a better laying hen

134

New product promotes successful farrowing and pig livability

135

Managing economic uncertainty in pork sector

136

New discoveries in the connection between swine nutrition and immune health

137

Generative AI: What's it mean for your business?

138

Intelligent nutrition comes to the animal protein industry

139

Sow pelvic organ prolapse appears to have genetic, environmental basis

140

Better understanding needed of protozoal disease in turkeys

141

Next steps following Supreme Court Proposition 12 ruling

142

Accelerating practical solutions for agriculture

143

The ups and downs of today's ag economy

144

Rendering industry gets its own day

145

Private cellular networking may benefit on-farm data collection

146

OTC to prescription: What might GFI 263 mean for you?

147

Rail mergers, river situation: What's likely ahead for this spring?

148

Advancing sustainability in U.S. pork industry

149

New methodology that proves ROI of early disease detection

150

Belt and suspender opportunity exists in PRRS battle

151

Southeast Asia key part of Cargill global animal nutrition growth

152

Using art to tell a story, convey life messages

153

Animal disease impact on human and public health

154

Finding that balance

155

Certification and audits under Prop 12: What do you need to know

156

What does global feed production reveal about future of agri-food?

157

African swine fever and the feed mill: How best to minimize risk

158

Time to rethink zinc in pig diets?

159

Pondering 'The Future of Agriculture' in terms of technology, innovation, capital

160

Biosecurity app aids producers, veterinarians and government officials

161

Discussing PRRS and Senecavirus with Scott Dee

162

Averting a rail strike: What it means for feed, livestock industries

163

Is there really a shortage of butter or turkey this holiday season?

164

U.S. poultry industry generates nearly $560B in economic impact

165

Work to reduce environmental footprint of animal ag comes under attack

166

SPECIAL REPORT: Writing and executing effective swine health protocols

167

A nutritionist's perspective on pre, pro, and postbiotics in food animal production

168

SPECIAL REPORT: Advice on dealing with chronic health challenges and disease elimination programs

169

Intestinal health from a swine production system lens

170

SPECIAL REPORT: The latest on endemic bacterial research and whole genome sequencing

171

Nutrition program designed to improve dairy cow lactation performance

172

SPECIAL REPORT: An update on the current state of PRRS in the U.S.

173

What U.S. cattle producers can learn from Brazilian ranchers response to extreme weather

174

River levels complicate already complex set of challenges facing ag exports

175

Understanding the Latest Research on Feed Ingredients and Swine Biosecurity

176

Selecting breeding stock for enhanced disease robustness

177

Volatility is name of game in grain markets

178

Tackling food insecurity in uncertain times

179

Inflation: How long can meat prices stay this high?

180

Understanding a U.S.-based solution to rising fertilizer costs

181

Consumers still buying meat in face of inflation

182

Examining opportunities, challenges in exporting more meat to Africa

183

Beef industry priorities in next farm bill

184

Economic headwinds, drought cloud outlook for cattle producer profitability

185

Labeling, regulation key to novel food ingredients

186

Tackling biosecurity in finishing phase of swine production

187

Economist David Widmar examines corn usage and outlook for feed and fuel

188

Attracting capital investment in animal agriculture

189

Inflation making for interesting choices at meat case

190

Preparing for foreign animal disease outbreaks in pork industry

191

What does inflation, interest rate risk mean for farmland values?

192

Inside Washington from a beef industry perspective

193

Mark Lyons talks sustainability and previews Alltech ONE Conference

194

Russia's war on Ukraine taking toll on European feed, livestock Industry

195

Rail delays cost grain industry more than $100M this year

196

Research quantifies cost of "gilt gap"

197

A Conversation with New Animal Ag Alliance CEO Hannah Thompson-Weeman

198

Legal strategies to avoid litigation in the livestock industry

199

SCOTUS to Hear Prop 12 Case Brought by Farm Bureau, Pork Producers

200

High pathogenic avian influenza: What's the same, what's different?

201

Effect of rising interest rates and inflation on ag exports

202

Is long-term growth in the agricultural equipment market sustainable?

203

Animal disease preparedness and response: A state veterinarian's perspective

204

Labor challenges: Preventing and managing employee burnout

205

Understanding the beef supply chain in a "Post-COVID world"

206

Vaccine mandates and OSHA: What you need to know

207

Beef nutrition program features 100% organic trace minerals

208

Discussing challenges, opportunities and 2022 global protein outlook

209

How does EPA figure into 2022 ag policy outlook?

210

Trade NAFTA visa program could help with ag labor challenges

211

Plant-to-plate: Plant-based market offers new premium opportunities

212

Honoring a legacy of service to the hog industry

213

Managing economically important diseases in swine industry

214

Recruiting, retaining employees: Tips you can use

215

Consequences of their choices need conveying to consumers

216

Advancing animal agriculture together: What will it take?

217

Diversifying strategy so US pork remains competitive globally

218

U.S. protein sector needs trade negotiators back at table

219

Management and nutrition tips to optimize milk components

220

Regenerative farming and the future of the meat industry

221

Pathways to Dairy Net Zero climate initiative garners global support

222

Optimizing nutrient management while decreasing greenhouse gas emissions

223

Sustainable food production is focus of dairy industry partnership

224

Wrangling over budget, infrastructure funding, taxes

225

Quorum sensing: Understanding the science of bacterial communication

226

Using genetic selection to reduce uterine prolapse in sows

227

Assessing damage to grain, soy trade from Hurricane Ida

228

Policy Update: WOTUS and Infrastructure Spending

229

Challenge of manufacturing feed operation amid drought, wildfire

230

Drought, COVID and the cattle cycle

231

Animal protein outlook remains strong despite inflation concerns

232

Can animal health industry move environmental needle?

233

Leading through adversity and change

234

What research tells us about limited feeding heifers and bunk space

235

GIPSA, "Product of the USA" labels, ocean freight: What's ahead for agriculture?

236

A pulse on beef industry’s environmental hoofprint

237

How worried should livestock and feed producers be about inflation?

238

What does Biden's infrastructure bill hold for agriculture?

239

JBS ransomware attack highlights vulnerabilities in protein value chain

240

African swine fever in Vietnam: An update and future research

241

Gene-editing may face an uphill battle with dairy farmers

242

Navigating Prop 12 compliance without sacrificing farrowing rates

243

Container shortage creates major challenges for ag exporters

244

What lessons has feed industry learned from COVID-19?

245

As country "reopens", foodservice challenges remain

246

Tyson Foods lets the chickens do the choosing

247

SPECIAL REPORT: Practical experience in developing a Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae elimination program

248

What Biden's infrastructure plan does for ag industry

249

Plant-based gets the press, but beef still king of grill

250

Exploring feed and grain producer priorities in upcoming infrastructure policy

251

SPECIAL REPORT: Immune responses following Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae infection

252

Research shows strong consumer trust in U.S. farmers

253

Talking food price inflation, livestock feed costs and commodity supercycles with economist Scott Irwin

254

SPECIAL REPORT: Tools for practical diagnosis of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae

255

Survey results suggest farmers threatened by new Administration and Congress

256

SPECIAL REPORT: Relevance and impact of swine respiratory disease complex and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae in modern pork production

257

Precision technology in the barn: Where are we, and where are we going?

258

Record winter storms pummel cattle country

259

Opportunities for 2021 pork exports after record-setting 2020

260

Cattle liquidation delay has implications for pork, poultry

261

Consumer 'food values' remain steady in spite of COVID-19

262

African swine fever vaccine: What could it mean for the hog industry?

263

Feeding, housing and managing "The Millennial Pig"

264

Feedstuffs launches new virtual community, feed ingredient pricing tool

265

Canada, now Australia, why not the U.S.?

266

Agriculture and environmental groups form alliance on climate policy

267

A conversation with Farm Credit Administration chairman Glen Smith

268

China's rebuilding of hog sector to require adjustment for U.S. industry

269

Turkeys and presidential pardons have long tradition

270

Global feed biosecurity aim of port analysis

271

EPA, dairy industry sign MOU on sustainability

272

Promoting the brand, creating miles of smiles

273

Talking CFAP and more with FSA's Fordyce

274

Taking the pulse of consumers: Conversation with Jayson Lusk

275

Capitalizing on consumer interest in local meat processing

276

Increasing milk protein is one way to improve dairy profitability

277

Solution for minimizing wildfire risk not easy but needed

278

Amino acid imbalance aids in slowing of pig growth rate

279

Dairy checkoff does COVID-19 pivot

280

Decline in school lunch milk consumption may affect future health

281

Former Sen. Heitkamp discusses her One Country Project

282

Sustainability to be focus of nation’s largest research dairy

283

‘Ice-block’ challenge model tests virus mitigation in feed

284

MCFAs serve multiple roles in swine rations

285

Dairy market outlook murky after rebounding from COVID-19

286

COVID, cage-free movement pose ongoing challenges to egg industry

287

These goat interns aren’t half baaaahhhhd!

288

Demonstration project evaluates viral survival in feed

289

A meat scientist's perspective on backyard grilling, meat quality

290

Vilsack says jury still out on USMCA, dairy exports

291

It’s about taking on, working through, challenges

292

National Pork Board CEO talks current state of market

293

Charting a path forward for beef markets

294

Is current COVID-19 aid for livestock producers enough?

295

People factor essential to animal agriculture's ethical obligation

296

Ag lender advises to 'control what’s controllable'

297

Hey animal agriculture, it’s time to get personal

298

Unpacking consumer research, meat panic-buying amid COVID-19

299

Business insurance in pandemic times

300

'Farmer Focus' drives growth of Shenandoah Valley organic poultry

301

Biosecurity, disinfecting of pig barns shouldn’t be ignored

302

Iowa fish farm poised to take on import-dominated market

303

Pigs saving lives hard hit by COVID-19

304

U.S. pet food industry feeds pets, economy

305

Special Report: COVID-19 takes toll on packing plant workers, operations

306

COVID-19 emergency school nutrition campaign takes on hunger

307

Water quality: A matter of life or death

308

Livestock tech industry faces connectivity challenges

309

Special Report: Farm Bureau economist discusses COVID-19 impact

310

Special Report: Frontline observations from animal food industry in COVID-19 battle

311

NCBA CEO talks COVID19, Brazil beef, GIPSA

312

Special Report: Talking COVID-19 and the impact on livestock markets

313

Farmer of the Future: What will agriculture look like in 2040?

314

A trade chat with USDA undersecretary Ted McKinney

315

USDA's Greg Ibach talks African swine fever

316

How Walmart is shaking up beef supply chain

317

Talking dairy innovation with 'Chad the cheese guy'

318

Getting to Know AFIA's New President Constance Cullman, and Talking Turkey (and broilers and eggs) with Brian Earnest

319

A Conversation with Alltech CEO Mark Lyons

320

Individualizing Sow Care to Reduce Losses, Optimize Performance and Well-being

321

Swine Genetics and Robustness to Disease

322

Taking a Deep Dive into USMCA and Key Trade Policy Issues

323

Livestock Outlook: Fresh Start or More of the Same?

324

State of the Industry: NGFA's Randy Gordon on 2020

325

Behind the Meat Case: Thinking Like a Retailer

326

Projecting Moderate Feed Prices in 2020

327

Understanding Financial Stress In Farm Country

328

Veterinarians Discuss African Swine Fever Prevention

329

Growing the Global Market for Protein: Perspectives from the Soybean Industry

330

Livestock Production and Climate Change: A conversation with Robin White of Virginia Tech