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Updated standards published for feeding wheat to pigs

Kansas State University researchers and representatives of Kansas Wheat have published updated findings on the value of feeding wheat to pigs. What they’ve found is good news for swine producers and wheat growers. “Our data collected from 2014 to 2020 suggests that wheat’s mean energy content is 99% and 98% of corn for digestible energy and metabolizable energy, respectively” said Joel DeRouchey, a swine specialist for Kansas State Research and Extension. Bottom line: Wheat can be used at a similar rate as corn in those areas where wheat is available, without a major decrease in the diet energy density. “The use of wheat co-products for the milling industry is a common practice in feeding livestock,” DeRouchey said. “For wheat, there are many different classifications of co-products, such as wheat middlings, wheat millrun, wheat shorts and wheat red dog.” K-State formed a partnership with Kansas Wheat to update what is known about the nutritional value of wheat and wheat co-produc

Hog futures rise on Mexico tariff reprieve - CME

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures rose on Thursday, joining strength in the grain markets after US President Donald Trump temporarily exempted goods from Mexico from steep tariffs that he had imposed this week, reported Reuters. Mexico is the largest buyer of several US agricultural products including pork, corn and wheat, and the tariff threats raised fears of export disruptions, pressuring hog futures earlier this week. Thursday's exemption helped lift values. The benchmark CME April hog contract settled up 1.950 cents at 86.650 cents per pound. June hog futures ended up 2.450 cents at 97.025 cents. On social media platform Truth Social, Trump initially only mentioned a tariff exemption for Mexico, expiring on April 2, but the amendment he signed into his order covers Canada as well. The three countries are partners in the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement on trade that Trump negotiated in his first term as president. Cattle futures, however, ticked lower as cooling tr

Super Mario and agriculture – who knew?

Fruits, vegetables and livestock are all regular occurrences in Super Mario games

An eventful few days for Canadian ag

It’s been a busy few days for the Canadian ag industry

Breaking News: Manitoba Pork Responds to U.S. Tariffs

The General Manager of Manitoba Pork says a 25 percent across the board U.S. tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico will jeopardise jobs and hurt American farmers, processors and consumers as well as Canadian and Mexican farmers, processors and consumers.Effective today, the Donald Trump administration moved forward with a 25 percent across the board tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico.