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Capitalizing on consumer interest in local meat processing
Episode 56
COVID-19 caused some significant disruption in the food system in March and April of this year, with consumers stocking up on a number of meat items,…
5 years, 11 months ago
Increasing milk protein is one way to improve dairy profitability
Episode 55
With milk protein values near all-time highs, increasing milk protein is one way dairy producers can improve income over feed costs. A solid nutritio…
5 years, 11 months ago
Solution for minimizing wildfire risk not easy but needed
Episode 54
A combination of hot temperatures, dry conditions and poor forest management practices have resulted in another year of devastating losses for farmer…
5 years, 11 months ago
Amino acid imbalance aids in slowing of pig growth rate
Episode 53
The coronavirus pandemic resulted in delays and extended shutdowns at numerous packing plants, all the while straining the pork industry as market ho…
6 years ago
Dairy checkoff does COVID-19 pivot
Episode 52
What has COVID-19 meant for the dairy checkoff? Where is the dairy industry and dairy checkoff heading in these pandemic times? In this episode of Fe…
6 years ago
Decline in school lunch milk consumption may affect future health
Episode 51
Fluid milk consumption among children is vital, as adequate consumption of dairy products, especially during childhood, has beneficial health outcome…
6 years ago
Former Sen. Heitkamp discusses her One Country Project
Episode 50
Rural voters played an important role in the 2016 presidential election and appear poised to do so again in 2020. According to a recent Farm Futures …
6 years ago
Sustainability to be focus of nation’s largest research dairy
Episode 49
The University of Idaho’s Center for Agriculture, Food & the Environment – or CAFE – took a major step forward this spring with the launch of design …
6 years ago
‘Ice-block’ challenge model tests virus mitigation in feed
Episode 48
The role of animal feed as a vehicle for the transport and transmission of viral diseases was first identified during the porcine epidemic diarrhea v…
6 years, 1 month ago
MCFAs serve multiple roles in swine rations
Episode 47
Activated medium-chain fatty acids (MCFAs) support feed biosecurity as they can weaken some viruses lurking in feed before they even enter the pigs' …
6 years, 1 month ago