Swine in Minnesota

How is manure changing over time? Trends in Midwest manure sample data

This post comes from our colleagues at the University of Minnesota -College of Extension. Follow their latest news on their blog: Minnesota Crop News

This post was written by: Nancy Bohl Bormann, Graduate research assistant; Melissa Wilson, Extension manure management specialist, & Erin Cortus, Extension engineer

Key Points

Current livestock manure “book values” (the approximate amounts of various nutrients in manure) are several decades old.
Using recent data from several Midwest U.S. labs, we found that manure nutrient data have changed over time compared to previous Midwest Plan Service (MWPS) manure book values.
The University of Minnesota is creating a manure nutrient database called ManureDB to help update these values.
We are currently looking to partner with laboratories that analyze manure on this project.

Comparative survival of different strains of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus

This is our Friday rubric: every week a new Science Page from the Bob Morrison’s Swine Health Monitoring Project. The previous editions of the science page are available on our website.

In today’s Science Page, Angie Quinonez and Sagar Goyal of the University of Minnesota investigate the survival of different PRRSV strains at different temperatures.

Russian pig production grows – a podcast

Podcasts are a perfect way to get caught up with new swine information! We are presenting you the latest episode from “At The Meeting… Honoring Dr. Bob Morrison” in collaboration with SwineCast.

Economic sanctions have sparked expansion of Russian pork production to the point where export to China is likely. The At the Meeting team learns about Russia’s swine industry with Brad Heron, director of pork operations for Cherkizovo, one of Russia’s leading protein production companies.

Effect of Killed PRRSV Vaccine on Gut Microbiota Diversity in Pigs

This is our Friday rubric: every week a new Science Page from the Bob Morrison’s Swine Health Monitoring Project. The previous editions of the science page are available on our website.

Researchers Fangfeng Yuan, Jaishree Sharma, Som G. Nanjappa, Christopher A. Gaulke, and Ying Fang from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign present information on the impact of killed PRRSV vaccine on the gut microbiome in today’s Science Page.

Best of Leman 2021: Erin Cortus – Sustainability approaches and perspectives

This is our most popular series on the blog. Once a month, we are sharing with you a presentation given at the Allen D. Leman swine conference, on topics that the swine group found interesting, innovative or that lead to great discussions.

You can find all of the presentations selected from previous conferences on the blog here.

This month we learn about sustainability approaches from Dr.Erin Cortus of the University of Minnesota