The Swine it Podcast Show

Have you ever considered what actions would need to be taken if ASF found its way into the US swine population? This virus continues to be a looming threat to the country as it would bring enormous economical losses along with it. Today we discuss what measures are necessary to prevent the entry of ASF into the country, and what plans are in place if the virus does manage to find its’ way into our...

We often put a lot of focus on the sow when it comes to swine reproduction, but what about the boar? Today in our talk with Dr. Kerns, we discuss many things such as the importance of zinc, different semen extenders, and how to properly maintain and check motility. This is a great opportunity to learn more about some important steps in a boar stud. "𝘞𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦,...

"𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵." - 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗕𝗼𝗺𝗴𝗮𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻: 1. Biosecurity 2. Telemedicine 3. Diagnosis 4. Merging data 5. Data management system 6. Challenges with telemedicine 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁: Chris grew up in Orange City, Iowa, and in 2008, he saw an oppo...

"𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘪𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘴, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵." - 𝗗𝗿. 𝗣𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗼 𝗨𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗮 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻: 1. Alternative ingredients 2. Different phases of production 3. Finding the digestibility coefficient 4. Steps to improve digestibility 5. Enzymes 6. Response to different nutrient requirements 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁: As a Ph. D. student in Dr. Stein'...

"𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺." - 𝗗𝗿. 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗮 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻: 1. Challenges incorporating precision technology 2. Inputs and outputs on big data 3. Amount of data 4. Types of information 5. Small producers and big data 6. Next steps 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁: Guilherme Rosa obtained an M.S. in Animal Sciences fr...

"𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘸𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘹𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘮 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘸." - 𝗗𝗿. 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻: 1. Mammary tissue development 2. Soybean in the diet...

"𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘗𝘙𝘙𝘚, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺." - 𝗗𝗿. 𝗚𝗶𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗶 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻: 1. The new PRRS virus strain 2. Virus lasting longer? 3. Progression of this strain 4. Biosecurity measures 5. Trends and patterns with other diseases 6. Online information 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁: Dr. Trevisan obtained his DVM diploma in the veterinary faculty of Lage...

"𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵." - 𝗗𝗿. 𝗧𝗼𝗺 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻: 1. The use of fiber in the US swine industry 2. Fiber in gestation 3. Options for good quality components 4. Methods of fiber analysis 5. Ratios for formulating diets 6. Total Digestible Fiber (TDF) 7. Mode of action of fiber in sows 8. Fiber i...

"𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦." - 𝗗𝗿. 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗯 𝗦𝗵𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻: 1. Research published 2. Deciding a product to put into a research 3. Onboarding with farm employees 4. Study designing process 5. Replications 6. Data collection 7. Handling marketing components 8. Economics 9. Closeout data vs. Contro...

"𝘞𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴." - 𝗗𝗿. 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁 𝗥𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻: 1. Why body weight variation is a concern 2. Money and managing variation 3. Factors that influence body weight variation 4. Expected level of variation within a population 5. Variation as the pig gets older 6. Variation in a late finishing barn 7. How to mi...

"𝘗𝘪𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺, 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯." - 𝗗𝗿. 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗼 𝗥𝗮𝗺𝗶𝘀 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻: 1. Xenotransplantation 2. Challenges 3. Components and proteins targeted 4. Achieving a successful liver transplant 5. Survivability of a litter of modified pigs 6. Survivability of the transplant itself 7. Animal weight vs. Receive...

"𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘨𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥." - 𝗗𝗿. 𝗠𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗸𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻: 1. Swine nutrition audit 2. The process of establishing a goal 3. Aligning with the correct goals 4. Performance data 5. Having multiple contract finishers 6. Records and information 7. Walking through the proces...

"𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬." - 𝗗𝗿. 𝗗𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻 𝗞𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻: 1. Insights from what was learned in the Netherlands 2. Why we need to know a little about a lot of things 3. What to say when speaking to faculty members 4. Talking to vendors as a production swine nutritionist 5. The function of additives 6. Priorities of the production swine...

"𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 – 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴." - 𝗗𝗿. 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗮 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻: 1. The biggest statistical mistakes made in animal research 2. How to set up experimental designs effectively 3. Observational vs. experimental studies 4. Pros and...

"𝘔𝘺 𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 [𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵] 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦, 𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵." - 𝗗𝗿. 𝗔𝗺𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗵𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻: 1. Thoughts on 𝘔𝘺𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘮𝘢 𝘩𝘺𝘰𝘱𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘦 2. Swine transport biosecurity 3. Thoughts on innovation 4. Circovir...

"𝘈𝘥𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘩𝘦𝘢, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘨𝘴." - 𝗗𝗿. 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗛𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻: 1. The major challenges in the pig industry 2. Key areas of research 3. Dynamic amino acid ratios 4. Low protein diets 5. By-products and amino acid ratios 6. Holistic gut health 7. Common misunderstandin...

"𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺. 𝘈𝘯𝘥, 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘳. 𝘚𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘢𝘱." - 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻: 1. Animal protein as the next tech frontier 2. Beef Alliance 3. What drives the pork supply chain 4. Forces shapi...

"𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘴." - 𝗗𝗿. 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘆 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻: 1. Education and mentoring 2. Common topics when talking to students 3. Skill sets 4. Sow research 5. Issues to be tackled 6. Sow longevity 7. Niche markets 8. Connecting people through communication 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁: Dr....

"𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴, 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵. 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴, 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘥." - 𝗗𝗿. 𝗚𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗸 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻: 1. Growing your own company; 2. Biggest lessons from Dr. Bob Morrison; 3. What would Bob write on a billboard? 4. Health monitoring systems around the wor...

"𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘴, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘵. 𝘓𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘴𝘵-𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘵." - 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝘆  𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻:    1. The Russian integration model 2. Outdoor housing 3. Key metrics to follow 4. Improving survivability 5. Variation in birth weight 6. Farm sta...

"𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘨𝘴. 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴, 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘪𝘨𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘺𝘦-𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨." - 𝗗𝗿. 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿  𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻:    1. The Pig Counting Project; 2. How to get acclimated to the system; 3. Training key aspects; 4. Key learnings about all her research; 5. Farrowing ho...

"𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺'𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵." - 𝗧𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗿  𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻:    1. Changes in constructing hog buildings; 2. Biggest challenges from sharing a story on social media; 3. Advice on how to tell your story; 4. The most frequently asked question about swi...

"𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮. 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 “𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩” 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸? 𝘖𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 “𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩”? 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮." - 𝗗𝗿. 𝗝𝗼ã𝗼 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗼𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗼 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻:  1. Antimicrobial resistance; 2. Genomics, ecology, and data science; 3. What’s coming on for our industry; 4. Educating our professionals; 5. Sofware...

"𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘱 12? 𝘈𝘮 𝘐 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 90% 𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 87%, 𝘰𝘳 90% 𝘵𝘰 80%, 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘮 𝘐 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨-𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮? 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭." - 𝗗𝗿. 𝗛𝘆𝗮𝘁𝘁 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗼𝘀𝗲  𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻:    1. Proposition 12; 2. How do we start to prepare our barns? 3. Gestation stalls; 4. Free access and breeding gilts...

"𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘘 (𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘘𝘶𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵), 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘘 (𝘌𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘘𝘶𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵) 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮." - 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝘀𝗼𝗻  𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻:  ...