| Nutrition | |
| Growth Performance, Carcass Characteristics, and Economics of Pigs Fed Diets Containing a Corn Germ-Corn Bran Product | 3 |
| Vitamin B12 Requirement for Weanling Pigs | 9 |
| Vitamin B12 and Mecadox® Supplementation in Weanling Pig Diets | 12 |
| Do Crowded Pigs Respond to Paylean®? | 15 |
| Comparison of Swine Performance When Fed Diets Containing Corn Root Worm Protected Corn, Parental Line Corn, or Conventional Corn Grown during 2000 in Nebraska | 19 |
| Energy and Nitrogen Utilization of Roundup Ready® Corn (Event nk603) and Non-Transgenic Corn in Young Pigs | 23 |
| Effect of a Low Phytate, Nutrient Dense Corn on Pig Performance | 26 |
| Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Swine Reproduction - A Review | 30 |
| Effects of Glutamine on Growth Performance and Intestinal Development of Immune Challenged Weanling Pigs Fed Chemically Defined Diets | 34 |
| Influence of Crystalline or Protein-Bound Lysine on Growth Performance, Body Protein Deposition and Lysine Utilization in Nursery Pigs | 37 |
| Influence of Crystalline or Protein-Bound Lysine on Lysine Utilization for Growth in Pigs | 42 |
| Housing | |
| Progress in Estimating Setback Distances for Livestock Facilities | 47 |
| The Economic Potential of Methane Recovery: Projected Impacts of Various Public Policy Scenarios | 52 |
| Industry Issues | |
| Agricultural Management Advisory Groups for Pork Producers | 56 |
| Meats | |
| Case Ready and Enhanced Pork - How do Ingredients Make them Work? | 57 |
| Fresh vs. Frozen Bellies for Bacon | 59 |
| Fatty Acid Composition of Fresh Pork Bellies - Implications to Bacon Production? | 61 |
| Effect of Post-Cooking Holding Time on Consumer Taste Panel Ratings of Enhanced Pork Loins | 63 |
| Appendix | |
| Explanation of the Statistics Used in this Report | 66 |
Electronic version issued January 2003
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Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Elbert C. Dickey, Dean and Director of Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
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