Banff2009

SwineCast 0396 Show Notes:

• Iowa State's Roger McEowen reviews a recent court ruling on air emissions that many in agriculture may misunderstand
• Liquid feeding proponent shares his best learnings and biggest mistake

SwineCast 0390 Show Notes:

• Presentation from Banff Swine Conference with Dr Bob Friendship.  A review of current MRSA research and theories on sourcing and possible control of the bug.

SwineCast 0383 Show Notes:

• Dermotte Hayes of Iowa State presents his thoughts on returning to profitability at the Banff Pork Conference
• FeedLogic's Drew Ryder looks at the market and tools to maximize feed efficiency

SwineCast 0377 Show Notes:

• Conversation with MetaFarms Tom Stein on the evolution of production software and what the perfect system would do

SwineCast 0375 Show Notes:

• Canadian correspondent Bruce Cochrane logs in with interviews from Banff.  Peace Pork's Rocky Morrell shares his thoughts on managing for profitable production.
• Jerry Bouma of Toma and Bouma Consulting looks at the future of the Canadian industry and significant changes that will need to be made

SwineCast 0374 Show Notes:

• Food safety conversation with Maple Leaf representatives following the massive recall last year.  What went wrong... and what they did right
• Speakers at the Center for Food Integrity's Annual Summit look at food safety as a key component of consumer trust and business profitability

SwineCast 0373 Show Notes:

• From the Banff Pork Seminar in Banff, Alberta, CA, Swine Vet Center's Darwin Reicks shares the groups experience in filtering for PRRS and the economic realities of such a decision.  Drop us a line to continue the discussion at feedback@SwineCast.com
• Iowa State's Jeff Zimmerman discusses his presentation following the International PRRS Symposium on easy sampling methods for PRRS and other pathogens.  In fact he specifically says "Do this, go drink a cup of coffee, come back and you're done."  Breaktime!