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What happens when heifers fail to meet growth goals?

March 4, 2016

Most dairy producers want their heifers to grow bigger and faster, but how often are we actually reaching those goals?  […]

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New VFD Regulations Will Affect Most Livestock Producers

February 11, 2016

We are now about 10 months away from the implementation of sweeping changes in FDA regulations affecting the use of […]

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Feed an Amino Acid Balanced Diet for Transition Cow Performance

January 4, 2016

In today’s dairy farming operations we are all affected by the global milk markets.  As nutrition suppliers we are always […]

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Iodine Values: Pigs are what they Eat

December 1, 2015

While pork carcasses are not typically classified by quality like beef carcasses, there is one measure of carcass quality which […]

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Meet nutrition demands of cattle with lic tubs

November 17, 2015

It’s been a beautiful fall and we can all finally breathe a little bit easier as the crops are off […]

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Form-A-Feed Internship a Great Learning Experience

September 17, 2015

As the new school year begins, my time at Form-A-Feed has come to an end. For those of you I […]

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2015 Swine Conference Highlights

September 2, 2015

We are continuing to make our Professional Swine Conference bigger and better each year.  2015’s Swine Conference was no exception […]

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Creep Feeding Considerations for 2015

August 17, 2015

As late summer pasture conditions begin to diminish and forage supply is no longer adequate to maximize pre-weaning gains, cow-calf […]

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Locking down problem feed ingredients

August 16, 2015

We have had very few challenges to this year’s corn in the upper Midwest. An early spring and timely rains […]

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Advantages of Pelleted Swine Grow-Finish Feed

July 24, 2015

Pellet mills and pelleted feeds have been around since the early 1930’s when the company that would eventually become California […]

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Dealing with Heat Stress in Livestock

June 11, 2015

Summer is finally here and the warm weather is upon us. After a long cold winter everyone looks forward to […]

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Not All Fat Sources Are Created Equally

May 7, 2015

Adding fat to swine diets has the benefit of improving feed conversion rates, average daily gain, and group uniformity, however, […]

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