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Sarah Mikesell

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Sarah Mikesell grew up on a five-generation family farming operation in Ohio, USA, where her family still farms. She feels extraordinarily lucky to get to do what she loves - write about livestock and crop agriculture. You can find her on Twitter or LinkedIn.

Heritage Feeds Tomorrow: Jeff Luebbe is building family memories in the pork industry

People Policy and regulation Food Security

11 November 2024

4 minute read

Pig growth is impaired by soybean meal displacement in the diet

SPONSOR Herd management Feed and nutrition Policy and regulation

21 October 2024

9 minute read

Discover the real value of balancing feed cost with output

Financial modeling shows real value of reformulating soybean meal net energy in swine diets

SPONSOR Herd management Feed and nutrition Policy and regulation

8 October 2024

7 minute read

Feed invoice costs alone don’t show the revenue potential of soybean meal

Dual elimination – Are you ready to say goodbye to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (Mhp)?

SPONSOR Disease Notifiable diseases PRRS

17 September 2024

8 minute read

Learn more about the value of a dual disease elimination program for PRRS and Mhp

Now is the time to rethink soybean meal net energy in pig diets

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16 September 2024

12 minute read

Pig genetics have advanced. Do your pig diets reflect those changes?

May - June 2021

US Drought Monitor shows much of West in extreme or exceptional drought

Herd management Drinkers and water quality Facilities and people

24 June 2021

3 minute read

The US Drought Monitor is showing a lot of red, raising concerns about water availability and wild fires.

WPX: Asia swine consultant speaks on ASF, rebuilding the breeding herd in China

Disease Notifiable diseases African swine fever

11 June 2021

5 minute read

Todd Thurman, consultant with SwineTex based in Texas, USA, spoke to The Pig Site's Sarah Mikesell at the 2021 World Pork Expo, being held live in Des Moines, Iowa, USA.

WPX: Genesus’ Jim Long gives global industry update

Disease Notifiable diseases African swine fever

10 June 2021

6 minute read

Jim Long, president/CEO of Genesus, shares a global industry overview including US prices, ASF in China and what to expect in Europe.

Essential role of colostrum for piglet performance

SPONSOR Genetics and reproduction Pig Welfare Group housing sows

8 June 2021

8 minute read

Research scientist Chantal Farmer explains the composition of colostrum compared to milk, colostrum’s role for the newborn piglet and factors that impact colostrum yield.

Rooted in feed?

SPONSOR Disease Notifiable diseases African swine fever

26 May 2021

5 minute read

What we’ve learned in the last 24 months about feed and the transmission of three critical swine challenges.

Expert speaks on volatility, mega-trends, role of early life in pig productivity and profitability

SPONSOR Disease Notifiable diseases African swine fever

12 May 2021

8 minute read

How contaminants enter the swine feed supply

SPONSOR Disease Notifiable diseases African swine fever

5 May 2021

7 minute read

Few environments present as high of a risk of pathogen and virus entry into our food chain as livestock feed.

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