SwineCast

SwineCast 0299a Show Notes:

• Special presentation featuring the University of Maryland's Dr Ray Strickland from the opening general session of the National Institute for Animal Agriculture Annual Meeting speaking on the diverging ethical perspectives of livestock production

SwineCast 0299 Show Notes:

• Ag Secretary Schafer says government is looking for fast turn solutions to higher feed costs
• Canada's breeding herd cull program received widespread government support
• Feed components are increasingly imported from countries with poor purity standards. John Ratcliff of the U.K.s Food and Agriculture Consultancy says increased monitoring is necessary.
• American Feed Industry Association's Jerrod Kersey follows up with the issue from his industry's perspective
• Link to Pew Foundation report - Putting Meat

SwineCast 0298a Show Notes:

• Special "At The Meeting" presentation with the Morrison Group discussing herd closure to limit disease spread

SwineCast 0298 Show Notes:

• NPPC requests USDA help on US industry crisis
• Money-saving steps from Mike Tokach to help to you hold on
• Sow herd nutrition research featuring grad student Ryan Samuel.  Looking at the amino acid and energy levels of your rations
• Immigration regs tweaked by the Department of Homeland Security and your responsibility

SwineCast 0297 Show Notes:

• Looking to cut costs in your ingredient sources may expose you to more risk than you think. A conversation with John Ratcliff of the Food and Agriculture Consultancy of the United Kingdom
• Genetics are driven by data but who determines the direction? PIC's Technical Services Director for Genetics joins us
• Employee relations and recruitment questions continue to be heavily attended workshops.

SwineCast 0296 Show Notes:

• NAIS update from USDA
• COOL combined with feed prices potentially catastrophic for Canadian producers
• US producers looking for farm bill closure to see how the COOL rules are written
• New content from the NPPC to help producers move to the next level in recruitment and employee communications

SwineCast 0295 Show Notes:

• $50 million Canadian breeding herd buyout
• Cargill Pork vet describes positive circovirus vaccine experience with CircoFLEXX
• Selenium could be an issue in breeding herds if your feed is coming farther from home this year

SwineCast 0294 Show Notes:

• Water acidifiers have history in poultry industry... now considered for swine operations
• Biotech acceptance is a 'go' internationally