As we enter the new year, the time is now to focus on pork profitability. A good place to start is to set goals with a focus on improving KPIs, including that of improving pig health. Getting pigs started in a cost effective manner is particularly critical in these market conditions as our guests explain.

Joining Feedstuffs Precision Pork host Patrick Duerksen in this episode are Sabrina May and Ken Mooney. May is swine research and product development manager and Mooney is a swine nutritionist at Cargill.

Feedstuffs Precision Pork is brought to you by Cargill.  Never miss out on knowing today’s profitability outlook. To learn more about the general outlook, sign up for Cargill’s  Pig Flash newsletter. You can also customize the data to your operation using Cargill’s Producer Profitability tools so you always have the profitability outlook tailored to your specific situation. Just ask the Cargill team

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Pork profitability and risk management go hand in hand, and considering today’s market conditions its important to drop any existing biases and look strategically at what you might have done differently this year.

Joining Feedstuffs Precision Pork host Patrick Duerksen in this episode are Cargill’s Matt Wolfe and Andrew Leddy. They talk about specific steps that can be taken to strategically improve your operation's bottom line. It may be reevaluating your nutrition strategy, tightening down your feeder settings or doing a complete strategy review. Feed efficiency is clearly still important but, as they explain, what isn’t needed at this time is formulating for weight gain. 

Feedstuffs Precision Pork is brought to you by Cargill.  Never miss out on knowing today’s profitability outlook. To learn more about the general outlook, sign up for Cargill’s  Pig Flash newsletter. You can also customize the data to your operation using Cargill’s Producer Profitability tools so you always have the profitability outlook tailored to your specific situation. Just ask the Cargill team

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The hog industry is currently dealing with numerous stressful situations, and one, in particular, that needs to be on the industry's radar as new crop corn starts coming in is that of grain quality.  What is  the mycotoxin risk and how may that change as harvest season progresses?

In this episode of Feedstuffs Precision Pork, host Patrick Duerksen, Commercial Director for Cargill, is joined by Drs. Wes Schweer and Chris Parks, Swine Nutritionists with Cargill. They discuss the current situation related to mycotoxins and what to watch for in the coming months.

Feedstuffs Precision Pork is brought to you by Cargill.  Never miss out on knowing today’s profitability outlook. 

To learn more about the general outlook, sign up for Cargill’s Pig Flash newsletter. You can also customize the data to your operation using Cargill’s Producer Profitability tools so you always have the profitability outlook tailored to your specific situation. Just ask the Cargill team.