by GVFMarketing | Dec 18, 2024 | Swine Grist
By: Drew Woods, M.Sc. Manager of Monogastric Nutrition Grand Valley Fortifiers Swine nutrition is a very dynamic science and one aspect of it is knowing when it is time to re-evaluate the diets we recommend. There are a multitude of influences on how a diet is...
by GVFMarketing | Dec 18, 2024 | Swine Grist
By: Kayla Silva, M.Sc.Monogastric NutritionistGrand Valley Fortifiers The 2024 Ontario corn season has been marked by a mix of favourable and challenging conditions that shaped crop development across the region. Early in the season, mild temperatures and an early...
by GVFMarketing | Sep 25, 2024 | Swine Grist
By: Emily Miller, Ph.D. Monogastric On-Farm Technology and Product Performance Specialist If only we could see into the future! We would know when market hogs would be worth the most and when feed costs would be most economical. Unfortunately, I don’t think anyone has...
by GVFMarketing | Sep 25, 2024 | Swine Grist
By: Emily Miller, Ph.D. Monogastric On-Farm Technology and Product Performance Specialist At Fortified Nutrition Ltd., we are focused on our customers’ profitability. Successful swine production systems don’t happen by chance, but through the hard work of pork...
by GVFMarketing | Aug 28, 2024 | Swine Grist
By: João Ferreira, Ph.D. FNL Monogastric Nutritionist There is a common phrase in business management, “you can’t manage what you can’t measure,” and it applies so well in animal agriculture. If raising pigs was a sport at the Olympics, I believe...
by GVFMarketing | Aug 28, 2024 | Swine Grist
By: Jessica Fox, M.Sc.Swine Health Ontario Manager Disease is one of the biggest threats to hog farms, impacting both the health of animals and the viability of farm operations. Swine Health Area and Regional Control —known as SHARC — is a collaborative risk...