Swine it #100: The secrets of successful swine feeding programs - Dr. Mike Tokach

calendar icon 9 July 2021
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"๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ." - ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป:

1. Swine nutrition audit
2. The process of establishing a goal
3. Aligning with the correct goals
4. Performance data
5. Having multiple contract finishers
6. Records and information
7. Walking through the process
8. Analyzing ingredients
9. Vitamin and mineral storage
10. Examining formulations
11. Energy
12. How much leeway to give
13. Feed mill
14. Particle size
15. Efficiency test
16. Sample analysis
17. What to look for in a barn
18. The biggest mistakes in swine nutrition and auditing

๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜: Growing up on a diversified livestock and grain farm in North Dakota taught Dr. Tokach about many of the practical day-to-day problems that livestock producers can encounter. In his position as a swine extension specialist and researcher, Mike has the opportunity to help producers solve those problems. Following completion of a bachelorโ€™s degree in Animal Science at North Dakota State University in 1986, he earned a masterโ€™s degree in swine nutrition at Kansas State University in 1988. After completing his doctorate in swine nutrition at the University of Minnesota in March 1991, Dr. Tokach became a K-State faculty member.

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