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Spreadsheet Can Help Producers Determine Best Pig Marketing Weight

Last Updated: March 27, 2008

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Recent record-high grain prices are reinforcing the need to make livestock operations as efficient as possible.

Released March 20, 2008

MANHATTAN, Kan. - Recent record-high grain prices are reinforcing the need to make livestock operations as efficient as possible. To that end, swine scientists with Kansas State University Research and Extension have developed a spreadsheet that producers can use to determine the optimal sale weight for market pigs.

The spreadsheet, available on the Web: http://www.KSUswine.org (click on the "Marketing Tools" link), can be customized for a producer“s own marketing situation.

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http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/news/

Contacts: Mary Lou Peter-Blecha, mlpeter@ksu.edu

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