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Swine Feeding Projections – April 22, 2019
April 23, 2019
Changes week over week: Open-market value of weaned pigs and feeder pigs were steady and unchanged Open corn was steady and SBM prices for the feeding period were up 8 […]
Interaction with employees is vital to your operation’s success
April 15, 2019
Written by: Mario Solis Flores, Form-A-Feed Technical Services Specialist In many farm operations, it is normal to see owners, leaders or managers get very busy with the day-to-day operations depending […]
April 2019 Cattle Feeding Projections
April 15, 2019
April 2019 Form-A-Feed cattle projections show some pretty steady numbers compared to last month, it seems most cattle types increased in price according to what the CME live cattle board […]
Swine Projections
September 14, 2017
Form-A-Feed provides monthly swine feeding projections to keep you in tune with the ever-changing market conditions and how these changes come together to affect profitability. We have developed a profit […]
Keys to Preventing Porcine Respiratory Disease Complex (PRDC)
September 5, 2017
In today’s commercial production facilities, biosecurity is essential for the improvement, maintenance and productivity of our farm animals. Disease outbreaks can have a tremendous negative impact by increasing mortality, increasing […]
Wood Joins Form-A-Feed Team as Dairy Production and Nutrition Specialist
August 31, 2017
Ian Wood of Sioux Falls, SD joined the Form-A-Feed team as a Dairy Production and Nutrition Specialist in August 2017. Wood has been working in the dairy animal nutrition space […]
Minimizing Heat Stress in Pigs
August 24, 2017
Managing heat stress is crucial in maximizing swine productivity and production. According to Iowa State University, heat stress causes an estimated $330 million in annual losses to the United States […]
Fine-tune your calf barn cleaning procedures
August 7, 2017
What sets farms with great calf health apart from those that struggle to get calves started? Sanitation. It is a bigger investment of time than money and is certainly near […]
21 Management Practices to Keep Cattle on Feed During the Heat
July 24, 2017
Summer heat is here and with that comes all the extra work to maintain cattle performance. Aside from using Hydro-Lac® in your feedlot ration, what else do we need to […]
VFD in the Swine Industry: Why It’s Important to Track Antibiotic Usage
July 12, 2017
Antibiotic usage is a key issue that the pork industry will always face, and the pressures of it will only continue to increase in the future. With the Veterinary Feed […]
Making the Most of Your Hay
June 22, 2017
With early season drought conditions spreading from the eastern half of Montana, across the Dakotas, and into northwest Minnesota, finding high quality pasture and range land has been a challenge. […]
Setting Your Fresh Cows Up for Success with Hydro-Lac®
June 20, 2017
Returning fresh cows to positive energy balance as fast as you can after calving is the end goal of any transition program. We do this by feeding a well-balanced, consistent […]