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F-552 Vertical Integration Comparison: Beef, Pork, and Poultry	PDF
Author: Clement Ward Creation Date: 03/04/04 PDF Size: 438092 Modified Date: 03/04/04 Description: This fact sheet provides a perspective on the likely extent of vertical integration in the beef and pork industries relative to the poultry industry, given the incentives and disincentives that exist for vertical integration.

F-573 Formula Pricing Hogs with Wholesale and Futures Markets	PDF
Author: Clement Ward Creation Date: 03/04/04 PDF Size: 474395 Modified Date: 03/04/04 Description: The purpose of this fact sheet is twofold: first, to identify two alternatives to the most common reference market for formula pricing hogs; second, to discuss an initial effort to show how the base price might be tied via formula to wholesale or futures market prices.

F-588 Beef and Pork Checkoffs: Challenges, Impacts, Alternatives	PDF
Author: Clement Ward Creation Date: 04/05/04 PDF Size: 108155 Modified Date: 06/04/04 Description: This fact sheet summarizes recent court challenges to the beef and pork checkoff programs. Then, it reports on research estimating the economic impacts of losing the two programs. Lastly, some alternatives to a mandatory program are discussed.

F-3501 Formulating Swine Rations	PDF
Author: William Luce Creation Date: 07/28/03 PDF Size: 661775 Modified Date: 07/28/03 Description: This fact sheet discusses the best and most cost-efficient way to formulate swine rations.

F-3504 Feeding Wheat to Hogs	PDF
Author: William Luce Creation Date: 08/27/02 PDF Size: 429844 Modified Date: 10/04/02 Description: Feeding wheat to hogs is viewed as a grain marketing alternative by some wheat producers who also raise hogs.

F-3503 Relative Value of Grains for Market Hogs	PDF
Author: William Luce Creation Date: 12/11/03 PDF Size: 436703 Modified Date: 12/11/03 Description: This fact sheet discusses the relative value of cereal grains and contains a nomograph where one may easily determine which grain should be the best buy.

CR-3507 Calculation of Complete Diets for SWINE and Checking for Nutrient Balance (NEWSWINE)	PDF
Author: Donald Gill Creation Date: 09/11/02 PDF Size: 430464 Modified Date: 10/04/02 Description: The swine diet (NEWSWINE) program has two functions. This current report discusses these functions, and helps calculate proper nutrition for swine.

F-3508 Diets for Early Weaned Pigs	PDF
Author: William Luce Creation Date: 08/27/03 PDF Size: 428155 Modified Date: 03/15/03 Description: Two essential factors for early weaning are 1) The utilization of a complex high nutrient, high density prestarter diet, and 2) well designed, environmentally controlled nurseries.

F- 3603 Swine Crossbreeding Systems	PDF
Author: David Buchanan Creation Date: 07/01/04 PDF Size: 441294 Modified Date: 07/01/04 Description: This fact sheet discusses two basic systems of crossbreeding swine. ,

F- 3604 Evaluating Breeds of Swine for Crossbreeding Programs	PDF
Author: David Buchanan Creation Date: 07/01/04 PDF Size: 440554 Modified Date: 07/01/04 Description: This fact sheet discusses breed evaluation for crossbreeding swine. ,

F-3606 Inbreeding in Swine	PDF
Author: David Buchanan Creation Date: 05/20/04 PDF Size: 464823 Modified Date: 05/20/04 Description: This fact sheet discusses the effects of inbreeding on the swine herd, and how to control it.

F-3607 Using Fresh and Frozen Semen in a Swine A. I. Program	PDF
Author: Glenn Selk Creation Date: 07/28/03 PDF Size: 8179300 Modified Date: 07/28/03 Description: This fact sheet discusses points to keep in mind when using the different forms of semen.

F-3650 Managing the Sow and Litter	PDF
Author: William Luce Creation Date: 07/28/03 PDF Size: 543359 Modified Date: 07/28/03 Description: This fact sheet outlines a feeding and management program during the period from farrowing to weaning that will help insure the development of a large, healthy litter of pigs.

F-3651 Managing Herd Boars	PDF
Author: William Luce Creation Date: 08/27/02 PDF Size: 930905 Modified Date: 10/04/02 Description: This fact sheet tells proper selection, care, and management of herd sires and how it is an essential part of efficient pork production.

F-3653 Management and Nutrition of the Bred Gilt and Sow	PDF
Author: William Luce Creation Date: 10/09/02 PDF Size: 1002799 Modified Date: 10/09/02 Description: Management for maximum reproductive performance involves correct breeding, nutrition, herd health, and environment.

F-3655 Pasture Cooling for Bred Sows	PDF
Author: Raymond Huhnke Creation Date: 12/11/03 PDF Size: 505794 Modified Date: 12/11/03 Description: This fact sheet discusses ways to prevent heat stress during pregnancy and farrowing of bred sows.

F-3656 Buying and Managing Feeder Pigs	PDF
Author: William Luce Creation Date: 07/28/03 PDF Size: 473544 Modified Date: 07/28/03 Description: This fact sheet outlines several management tips on feeding and handling feeder pigs that should prove useful.

F-3657 Evaluating Your Swine Enterprises	PDF
Author: William Luce Creation Date: 08/27/02 PDF Size: 433415 Modified Date: 10/04/02 Description: Superior management of each phase of a swine operation is essential if maximum profits are to be realized. This fact sheet presents a list of "performance standards" that producers can use to check their management practices for potential problems and a series of questions to pinpoint solutions to these problems.

CR-3662 Measuring Carcass Traits in Live Hogs	Unavailable
Author: Donald Wagner Creation Date:   PDF Size:   Modified Date:   Description: This current report is currently being revised.

F-3676 Swine Facilities for Production on Pasture	PDF
Author: Raymond Huhnke Creation Date: 07/28/03 PDF Size: 1839770 Modified Date: 07/28/03 Description: This fact sheet illustrates and discusses the use of pasture facilities for breeding, gestation, and farrowing, and dirt lots for finishing.

F-3677 Growing-Finishing Swine in Outdoor Lots	PDF
Author: William Luce Creation Date: 08/27/02 PDF Size: 430026 Modified Date: 10/04/02 Description: With proper management, pigs can usually gain weight as rapidly in outdoor lots as in confinement systems, but many require slightly more feed per pound of gain.

F-3678 Farrowing Sows on Pasture	PDF
Author: William Luce Creation Date: 07/28/03 PDF Size: 436635 Modified Date: 07/28/03 Description: This fact sheet discusses farrowing sows on pasture or dirt lots.

F- 3725 Pork Carcass Evaluation and Procedures	PDF
Author: Fred Ray Creation Date: 07/01/04 PDF Size: 8253218 Modified Date: 07/01/04 Description: This fact sheet describes quantitative and qualitative characteristics associated with pork carcass desirability and identifies procedures that can be standardized and applied to measure these characteristics throughout the pork industry. ,

F-3999 Livestock Disease - Cause and Control	PDF
Author: Joe Berry Creation Date: 10/07/02 PDF Size: 38169 Modified Date: 10/07/02 Description: The purpose of this fact sheet is to acquaint livestock producers with basic facts about diseases, their spread, and ways to minimize losses.

F-7001 Common Ticks of Oklahoma	HTML -PDF
Author: Jakie Hair Creation Date: 06/17/04 PDF Size: 1318778 Modified Date: 06/17/04 Description: This fact sheet describes the life cycles, types, and various diseases caused by the ticks of Oklahoma.

F-9116 Gossypol Toxicity in Livestock	HTML -PDF
Author: Sandra Morgan Creation Date: 07/29/03 PDF Size: 59834 Modified Date: 07/29/03 Description: Gossypol is a toxic compound found in the cotton plant. This fact sheet discusses the effects of gossypol in livestock.

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