Education

Dr. Alison Van Eenennaam - Were Those the Days? Animal Ag Then & Now

Were Those the Days? Animal Ag Then & Now - Dr. Alison Van Eenennaam, Cooperative Extension Specialist, Animal Genomics and Biotechnology, University of California, Davis, from the 2018 Animal Agriculture Alliance Stakeholders Summit, Protect Your Roots, May 3 - 4, 2018, Arlington, VA, USA.

Chuck Jolley, Danielle Nierenberg, Janet Riley, Dallas Hockman - Postmodern Animal Ag Begins Now

Postmodern Animal Ag Begins Now - Chuck Jolley, President, Jolley & Associates, panel moderator; Panelists Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank; Janet Riley, Senior Vice President of Public Affairs, North American Meat Institute; Dallas Hockman, Vice President of Industry Relations, National Pork Producers Council, from the 2018 Animal Agriculture Alliance Stakeholders Summit, Protect Your Roots, May 3 - 4, 2018, Arlington, VA, USA.

Mark Gale - Consumer Perspectives on Food Labels: Additives, Allergies and Alternative Proteins

Consumer Perspectives on Food Labels: Additives, Allergies and Alternative Proteins - Mark Gale, CEO and Partner, Charleston|Orwig, from the 2018 Animal Agriculture Alliance Stakeholders Summit, Protect Your Roots, May 3 - 4, 2018, Arlington, VA, USA.

SwineCast 1016, Postmodern Animal Ag Begins Now

SwineCast 1016 Show Notes:

During the 2018 Animal Agriculture Alliance Stakeholder Summit, Dallas Hockman, Vice President for Industry Relations for the National Pork Producers Council, participated on a panel titled "Postmodern Animal Ag Begins Now".

Industry Perspective: Developing Human Capital for the U.S. Swine Genetics Field

Industry Perspective: Developing Human Capital for the U.S. Swine Genetics Field Dr. Tom Rathje, DNA Genetics, shares thoughts on the future of the swine industry and animal genetics. Dr. Rathje mentions that problems being faced are complex. Geneticists, and the suppliers they work for, need help to be successful and are limited by current technology and knowledge.

Dr. Rathje concludes with an outline of what students today need: Application of statistics and experimental design to non-breeding data sets, Know how to run a genetic analysis, know how to get data into and out of databases, and use tools like R to build tools to analyze data in those databases [video].

SwineCast 1015, Being Prepared For Foreign Animal Diseases With Planning and Training

SwineCast 1015 Show Notes:

During the recent National Institute for Animal Agriculture annual meeting in Denver, Dr. Patrick Webb of the National Pork Board, outlined what a pork producer can do to be prepared in the event of a foreign animal disease outbreak. Key things to do:

Get a premises ID
Review your biosecurity via the Secure Pork Supply checklists.
Connect with your local and state veterinarians to learn what they need from you in the event of a foreign animal disease outbreak.

SwineCast 1013, Pork Forum - NPPC LEADR Committee Report

SwineCast 1013 Show Notes:

From the 2018 Pork Industry Forum, MN producer Lori Stevermer offers the Legislative Education Action Development Resource Committee (LEADR) Report. LEADR is the leadership development program of the National Pork Producers Council.

2018 Aptimmune Pre-AASV Scientific Symposium

2018 Aptimmune Pre-AASV Scientific Symposium From the 2018 Aptimmune Pre-AASV Scientific Symposium, presentations on Mucosal Immunity and the BARRICADE℠ product. Held March 2, 2018, San Diego, CA, USA.

2018 Missouri Pork Expo

2018 Missouri Pork Expo The 2018 Missouri Pork Expo focused on nutrient management cost sharing opportunities [link] for producers plus highlighted the importance of rodent management [link] for all farm operation biosecurity plans. Held February 6-7, 2018, Columbia, MO, USA.

What Are Some New Technologies for Improving Pork Producers?

New Technologies for Pork Producers - Video Monitoring and Web-Based Learning

Video Monitoring and Web-Based Learning Mr. Earl Dodson, K·Coe Isom, covers several technologies to help address animal welfare and worker safety in farm operations. Video monitoring and web-based learning are important to help improve the education of staff and to help farms be compliant with their customers' need to see what is happening on farm [video].