1. What sources of agriculture business planning information exist? Updated: December 14, 2011
2. What is the National Animal Identification System (NAIS)? Updated: October 19, 2011
3. What are the state regulations for interstate animal movement? Updated: October 19, 2011
4. How often should manure be sampled? Updated: August 31, 2011
5. My daughter loves animals and shows a lot of interest in becoming a vet. What kind of schooling and training does it take? Updated: August 02, 2011
6. Do pork operations threaten wildlife species? Updated: June 03, 2011
7. What makes hog operations smell? Updated: June 03, 2011
8. What are the main causes of a difficult farrowing? Updated: June 03, 2011
9. What steps can be taken now to reduce or minimize odors? Updated: June 03, 2011
10. What human health and worker safety regulations apply to pork production? Updated: June 03, 2011
11. Does the Clean Air Act regulate odors and gases? Updated: June 03, 2011
12. What should I do if the sow has stopped having uterine contractions after farrowing has begun? Updated: June 03, 2011
13. What are the perceived negative economic effects of pork production? Updated: June 03, 2011
14. What are the economic benefits of pork production? Updated: June 03, 2011
15. What are the differences between commercial and manure fertilizer? Updated: June 03, 2011
16. Is hog manure toxic or hazardous to the environment? Updated: June 03, 2011
17. How do production and manure management techniques effect ecosystems and the environment? Updated: June 03, 2011
18. *What is the protocol for using oxytocin during farrowing? Updated: June 03, 2011
19. Do waste spills occur when earthen manure storage lagoons collapse, equipment breaks, or people make mistakes? Updated: June 03, 2011
20. Are population equivalents, like a 2.5 million head per year swine operation having potential waste output greater than the city of Los Angeles, accurate? Updated: June 03, 2011
21. How many times does a sow or gilt enter estrus in a year? Updated: May 24, 2011
22. What diseases can cats transfer to finishing hogs? Updated: May 24, 2011
23. What is MMA? Updated: May 24, 2011
24. What effect, if any, will loud or constant noise have on a swine herd? Updated: May 10, 2011
25. What is the composition of spray dried plasma? Updated: May 10, 2011
26. What is a feed budget? Updated: May 10, 2011
27. What are particulates with regard to air quality? Updated: May 10, 2011
28. What are the advantages and disadvantages of wean-to-finish technology? Updated: May 10, 2011
29. What diet components give pigs energy? Updated: April 29, 2011
30. What is the recommended distance between groups of unrelated pigs? Updated: April 25, 2011

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