Swine it #100: The secrets of successful swine feeding programs - Dr. Mike Tokach
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"๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ช๐จ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ." - ๐๐ฟ. ๐ ๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ง๐ผ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป:
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 ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐๐ฒ๐๐: 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 bachelorโs degree in Animal Science at North Dakota State University in 1986, he earned a masterโs 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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