Pipestone Veterinary Services News

By: Dr. G.F. Kennedy Many people are well into the lambing season. We field dozens of calls daily and I am continually on E-mail at gkennnedy@pipevet.com.  There are always problems but nothing unusual just more of it as our business and contacts grow. A lot of progress is being made but...

This pig of the week this week is spotted! He is about 6 days old and is still living with his mother and siblings. At this age he has already gotten his “piglet shots”.

By: Hal Schmidt Farming is a business, and part of any business is analyzing when and if you should expand your operation.  This is a question that is constantly circling in the back of farmers minds – to buy that piece of land or not, to expand your herd or...

By: Marty Rost The average person won’t think twice about what lies beneath a hog barn, but anyone in agriculture see’s dollar signs.  As we all know, manure is a valuable fertilizer for crops.  In fact, many hog producers got into the business for that very reason – to save...

Delivering and drying off new born piglets is the best part about working with pigs. However, the work of getting piglets off to a good start starts long before the day they are born. In fact, it starts 3 months, 3 weeks and 3 days before their birth. The day...

By Dr. Brett Kroeze Calf scours is a disease that many producers face in the first few months of life with their calves. The common causes of infectious scours in calves are rotavirus, coronavirus, BVD virus, coccidia, Cryptosporidium, Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp., and Clostridium perfringens.  Unfortunately, many of these pathogens do not have good treatment...

It is no secret that farming can be a difficult business to break into, especially if a young farmer doesn’t have a family member to farm with.  However, Kelly Lyons of Garretson, South Dakota, has turned an interest in cattle into a full time career thanks to a solid partnership...

By Dr. Curt Vlietstra While it might seem like this article is a case of “too little, too late,” take heart; Seven months from now, it will be time to prepare for winter again!  Historically, we’ve learned that the summer months are the worst for seasonal increases in somatic cell counts (SCC).  Truth...

By: Casey Neill This past month, Pipestone Grow Finish held a Nutrition conference.  Several nutritionists  including Dr. Joel DeRouchey from Kansas State University, Dr. John Patience from Iowa State Universtiy, Dr. James Usry from Mironutrients, and Dr. Charles Stark from Kansas State University Department of Grain Science  presented.  Grow Finish...

For a northwest Iowa pork producer, an investment in the Pipestone provided an opportunity for his operation to sustainably grow today, and presents a roadmap for the next generation to get started in livestock production. Mike Ver Steeg is a third generation Iowa farmer, and the second generation to raise...