The Swine report

Capturing relative phenotypes to help us understand boar fertility

Amanda Minton, Associate Director of Reproductive Technology at Acuity Swine and Karl Kerns, Assistant Professor at Iowa State University, discuss capturing relative phenotypes to help us understand and ultimately improve boar fertility.

R&D: Understanding index distribution and accountability in competitive comparison

Justin Fix, Director of Business Development and Genetic Improvement with Acuity and Caleb Shull, Director of Research at The Maschhoffs discuss how genetic evaluation varies from nucleus to commercial production and how that variation creates a bias in data analysis.

Corn Leads to Improved Performance in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

The WSU team’s research, published in the Journal of Power Sources, showed that a protective barrier made of corn protein, in combination with a commonly used plastic, significantly improved the performance of a button-sized lithium-sulfur battery.Read More

APHIS Allots Funds To Protect Animal Health

The 68 new projects will help address gaps in animal disease outbreak emergency response, increase producers’ use of gold-standard biosecurity measures, train producers and responders to carry out animal disease outbreak response activities, help states and tribes develop and exercise animal disease emergency response plans, and aid producers who are impacted by animal disease outbreaks recover quickly.Read More

Canadian Pork Producers Impacted by Trade Dispute Between Canada and China

Canadian pork producers are facing new trade challenges after China imposed retaliatory tariffs in response to Canada’s recent measures targeting Chinese electric vehicles and metal imports.Read More