SwineCast

SwineCast 0744, Leading Without Authority - Pushing Rope With No Pull

Leadership without authority is a pig of a different color. If you can't hire and fire, how do you keep the team moving forward? General Stanley McChrystal found himself in just such an environment as he sought to meet his goals while working both within the U.S. military establishment and with outside contractors and civilians. Good stuff from the Stanford Graduate School of Business "View From The Top" Series.

Dr. Bob Morrison and The Morrison Group follow up on an earlier discussion related to herd closure as a option in eliminating PRRS in an operation. Now, the data from a recent research project fills in the gaps on this episode of "At The Meeting".
Daniel Linhares "How Long Does It Take Herd To Produce PRRS-Negative Piglets" Powerpoint Slides
Daniel Linhares Text Release "How Long Does It Take Herd To Produce PRRS-Negative Piglets".

Previewing the next "At The Meeting" as The Morrison Group revisits herd closure for PRRS control.

Purdue's Dr. Candace Croney recently presented thoughts on sow housing and other welfare issues at the Midwest Pork Conference in Danville, IN. She shares highlights from her presentation and discusses those animal management areas which are overshadowed by the current debate.
Link to Dr. Croney's 2012 Leman Conference Presentation.

The International PRRS Symposium in Kansas City featured a joint meeting with the National Swine Improvement Federation to highlight the role geneticists are playing in developing PRRS tolerance. Today we feature comments from the PRRS program as speaker Dr. Dale Polson of Boehringer Ingelheim shares how industry perspective of this major disease has changed and where to go from here.

The "One Health Approach to Antimicrobial Use and Resistance" Symposium gathered prominent speakers and industry insiders in a unique round-table work environment, focusing on what's happening and what can be done. Under the auspices of the National Institute for Animal Agriculture, the event follows up on last year's extremely successful "Antibiotic Use In Food Animals". The resulting videos and white paper from the 2011 conference have been downloaded over ten-thousand times. Today we overview the conversations and outcomes with conference chair, Dr. Leah Dorman with the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation.
Links to important presentations from the One Health Approach conference.
Conference proceedings page at National Institute for Animal Agriculture.

The short-term effects of the 2012 drought are readily apparent though we hope the feed price peaks are behind us. Looking through a banker's glasses at the waves resulting from a short crop... and what scenario for 2013 most concerns Jeffrey Swanhorst, Executive Vice-President of Credit and Chief Credit Officer for AgriBank.

At the upcoming National Institute for Animal Agriculture's Symposium, A One Health Approach To Antimicrobial Use And Resistance: A Dialogue For A Common Purpose, presentations and discussion will center on the importance of maintaining access to this important class of management products. Dr. Annette Jones, California State Veterinarian and Director for Animal Health and Food Safety Services, overviews the significance of this discussion and the importance of having your voice in the debate.
Symposium agenda, November 13-15, Columbus, Ohio

Rational decisions are decidedly in the best interest of your business. So why don't we make them all the time? Dr. Terry Hurley, economist at the University of Minnesota discussed the issue and offered his insights to the 2012 Leman conference. Selected comments provide a baseline for your future considerations.

Dr. Kees de Lange, a swine nutritionist at the University of Guelph says research into early pig physiology and less complex diets show promise in lowering feed costs. He cautions the research is ongoing and that disease challenged herd results were significantly different. He talks with Bruce Cochrane at Farmscape.ca.