Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Focus on Feed Efficiency Webinar

Feed represents the largest proportion of production costs, typically contributing 60% of the variable cost of production.  However, in the past couple of years we have seen feed costs rise to historically high levels of at least 70% of the cost of production and, while costs may retreat somewhat, it is highly unlikely in the short term that we will see feed costs dip to levels experienced in 2004 and 2005.

In order to provide the pork industry timely information, Prairie Swine Centre will be hosting a series of webinars that deal specifically with feed efficiency.

This series of eight Feed Efficiency webinars are being delivered in partnership with the Farm Leadership Council, starting March 5 and concluding June 19.  Webinars will run on two week intervals, with one hour segments produced by well-known experts in the area of feed efficiency, discussing a wide range of topics including: feeding and barn management, whole herd factors, feed processing, new technologies and health impact on feed efficiency.

For more information on this “Focus on Feed Efficiency” webinar series, including times, speakers and topics, please visit the website at http://www.prairieswine.com/focus-on-feed-efficiency-in-pork-production-webinar-series/, email ken.engele@usask.ca, or call (306) 667-7439.

 



Daily Market Outlook Report (data is subject to change during the day)
 for Wednesday, February 22, 2012

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