K-State Swine Profitability Conference set for Feb. 8
K-State Swine Profitability Conference set for Feb. 8
K-State plans junior swine, meat goat events
K-State's Youth Livestock Program will host the Junior Swine Producer and Junior Meat Goat Producer weeks on Feb. 15-20 and March 15-20. 4-H and FFA youth encouraged to join the virtual series MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State University officials have announced they will offer two junior producer weeks virtually this year. The Junior Swine Producer Week is scheduled for Feb. 15-20, and the Junior Meat Goat Producer Week is set for March 15-20.…
K-State’s annual Swine Day will be online, Nov. 18-19
Program will focus on increasing profitability, mitigating risk MANHATTAN, Kan. – Even during a global pandemic, swine experts at Kansas State University are committed to making research a cornerstone of their program. This year’s annual K-State Swine Day – scheduled Nov. 18-19 – will be held online only but they’re promising a program chock-full of research presentations just like year’s past. “Due to increasing concerns around the evolving Covid-19 situation and standing by…
New cutout futures will help pork industry with risk management, K-State’s Tonsor says
CME Group to launch new contracts that will reflect wholesale product price after processing MANHATTAN, Kan. – The CME Group’s plan to launch pork cutout futures and options on Nov. 9 is good news for pork buyers as well as producers, a Kansas State University agricultural economist said. “There indeed is significant interest from U.S. and Canadian hog producers in having additional risk management alternatives available,” said Glynn Tonsor, livestock market specialist with…
K-State researchers test ways to slow pigs’ growth
Findings are important for times when markets are disrupted, such as pandemic MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State University swine researchers are reporting results of a study in which they were able to help producers slow the growth of pigs during the COVID-19 pandemic while they waited for packing plants to re-open. Their findings, they say, could be important any time markets are disrupted, whether that be for a global pandemic or other industry…
Swine producers adjust to meet challenges created by pandemic
DeRouchey says plant closings have put a time crunch on industry MANHATTAN, Kan. – The recent closing of meat packing plants and processing facilities in the Midwest and other parts of the U.S. due to the global pandemic is having a trickle-down effect on swine producers, says Kansas State University livestock specialist Joel DeRouchey. “Plants and processing facilities closing or cutting back on the number of shifts they are running is putting pressure…
K-State Swine Profitability Conference Set for February 4
‘Staying Competitive in the Swine Industry’ is the theme for the annual event MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State University’s 2020 Swine Profitability Conference is planned for Tuesday, Feb. 4 at the Stanley Stout Center in Manhattan. Each year, the Swine Profitability Conference focuses on the business side of pork production. “We will be discussing important swine business topics of risk management, pork demand, value-added production, and biosecurity,” said Mike Tokach, University Distinguished Professor…