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The Battle of Oil Extraction Methods: Expeller Pressed vs Solvent Extraction
Oil is extracted from seeds via expeller pressing (mechanical) or solvent extraction (chemical). Each method affects oil yield and protein content in feed.
From Hatch to Harvest: Raising Chickens for Meat
Raising meat chickens (broilers) to feed your family is a great way to know where your food comes from, plus this meat will taste better than anything you buy in the grocery store.
Winter Nutrition for Livestock: Supporting Your Animals Through the Wet, Cold Months
Rain, breaking ice on water troughs, cold fingers, and frozen hoses. While we don’t get too many days below freezing, it’s enough to appreciate spring. Good management and proper nutrition in the winter are crucial to ensure animals have enough energy to stay warm and healthy during the cold, wet months of winter. Cold...
How Imprinting Can Make Turkey Season A Triumph
Could imprinting be the missing link in the success of your turkey operation? Kajsa Keane explains how implementing this practice makes her turkey seasons successful by reducing mortality and improving gains.
Understanding Fats & Why it Matters
Fats have received a lot of attention over the years from health experts. We hear them say butter is bad, use margarine, then margarine is bad, use seed oils, and now seed oils are bad, use butter. This article is not intended to chastise or promote any specific products but is an attempt to communicate an understanding...
Raising Broilers for Meat Production
Raising meat chickens (broilers) to feed your family is a great way to know where your food comes from, plus this meat will taste better than anything you buy in the grocery store. Here are a few things you need to know when starting this adventure to make sure your broilers grow healthily and quickly. Breeds Typical...
Flush Feeding Sows
The topic of flush feeding (or flushing) comes up amongst sheep and goat farmers more often than it does for sows. I first learned about flush feeding sows from a farmer in North Carolina, which has led me down a sow flush feeding rabbit hole. What does “flush feeding” mean? Flush Feeding is increasing feed intake for a...
Farm Update: Entering the Decision Season
By Andrew Moore Moore’s Seed and Grain Farms has entered the decision season. Where we ask questions like: What do we plant this spring for fall 2024 harvest? How many acres are going to be in corn, soybeans, “High Oleic” soybeans, grain sorghum, sunflowers, maybe even a summer cover crop. What varieties do we plant? ...
New Year, New…Plan?
The start of the new year is a time to reflect on previous years’ successes, failures, and lessons learned. It’s a time for setting new goals. As a nutritionist, I’m going to focus on the specific goal of tracking feed consumption. Do you know how much feed your livestock consume? How much feed does it take to finish a...
Farm Update from Thanksgiving:
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday on the farm. It celebrates the hard work and long hours, blood, sweat, tears. We celebrate the finish line with the harvest celebration. We are thankful for the continued demand for the ingredients we produce on our farm for your farm. This year, we celebrated with 33 family members and...