I’ve been hanging out in the Novus International tent this morning during World Pork Expo and the place is busy with activity. Two areas that have been highly discussed around the tables are American legislation to ban the use of certain antibiotics in livestock and poultry. This has already been done in Europe and with the global marketplace for food, other countries are looking at adopting similar European policies. A second topic of interest has been the importance of feed quality and the problems that pork producers have been having over the past 12-18 months dealing with micotoxins.

Since these issues are so important, I sat down with Helen Stebbens, Ph.D. in Pig Nutrition for Novus Europe to discuss organic acids, an alternative to antibiotics that have been used with much success overseas. In addition, I spoke with Scott Moore, Regional Sales Director for Novus about the importance of feed quality and some products that producers can use to combat issues such as micotoxins. Check back later today for both of these stories and audio interviews.

And don’t forget to check out our World Pork Expo 2010 Photo Album.

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