Laura FernandezLaura Fernandez is a freelance writer. Email her at [email protected].From the Author - Page 3HomeComing in 2016: Three proposed changes to the Veterinary Feed DirectiveThe proposed 2016 changes to the Veterinary Feed Directive include three major updated, including more VFD drugs, increased regulation and new processes.Nutrition & FeedBiotech’s promise hindered by external factorsThe three main biotech issues facing U.S. feed mills include unpredictable regulations, growing opposition and consumer fear, and global export politics.HomeSow group housing: Is it catching on in the US?Today, more than 80 percent of the sows in the US use gestation crates — a trend that is under pressure from animal rights activists.HomeShould you raise or buy gilts?Should you raise or buy gilts? BREEDING The risk of inviting disease onto their operation is leading some hog producers to raise their own replacement gilts versus buying them from a seedstock supplier. By Laura Fernandez Braendan Yong I Dreamtime Purchasing ready-to-go gilts places the rHomeUS pig industry battling PEDV spreadPorcine epidemic disease virus (PEDV), a disease fatal tonewborn piglets is spreading through the US since its arrival in April 2013.Previous PagePage 3 of 3
