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SwineCast 0579, How Can We Improve Food Animal Vet Recruitment?

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  • Staff vet for Country View Family Farms, Dr. Jessica Clark, discusses her journey follow the food animal career path and offers thoughts on filling the pipeline for the future large animal practitioner.

SwineCast 0578, Antibiotic Use Discussion From The 21st International Pig Veterinary Society (IPVS) Congress in Vancouver

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  • Conversation on the prudent use of antibiotics featuring Dr. Scott Hurd, Former Deputy Undersecretary Food Safety, USDA and Associate Professor in the Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine at Iowa State and Carthage Vet Service' Dr. Sarah Probst-Miller.

SwineCast 0577, How Can You Connect With Local Consumers? Belstra Sets A Good Example

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SwineCast 0576, Tips For Controlling PRRS In Your Herd

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  • Swine Vet Service's Mike Eisenmenger joins us from Boehringer-Ingelheim's Carolina Health Seminar with thoughts on how management of PRRS has changed over the past decade and top issues for control.

SwineCast 0575, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration In Your House

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SwineCast Update for August 11, 2010, Will We See Congressional Action On Estate Taxes This Year?

The Year of Pigs is going strong at the Indiana State Fair. Mike Platt, Executive Director of the Indiana Pork Producers Association, shares how innovative product promotion efforts are paying off in Indiana.

SwineCast 0574, Sow Housing Study Seeks Best Solution

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  • Prairie Swine Centre's Dr. Harold Gonyou shares findings on sows seeking solitude... some like it snug.  He talks with Bruce Cochrane about recent research and finding the best solution for the sow, not the activists.

SwineCast 0573, Will We See Congressional Action On Estate Taxes This Year?

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  • Estate taxes are in limbo as American Farm Bureau Federation Tax Policy Specialist Pat Wolff explains.  Yes, we may still see action but if not, the tax clock roles back ten years come January 1.  You need to talk to your congressman because you really don't want that to happen.

SwineCast 0572, The Big Economic Picture And Agriculture

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  • AgriBank's Credit Economist Jim Kielkopf logs on with his economic overview.  Where are interest rates going?  How is agriculture positioned to grow?  Will the world continue to bid for U.S. exports? 

SwineCast 0571, Needle Free Injection Research Will Document Function And Effectiveness

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  • The University of Manitoba is partnering with Acushot to evaluate how needle free injection systems distribute the product and which testing methods will reveal the most useful information.  Correspondent Bruce Cochrane reports.
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