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SwineCast 0263 Show Notes:

• Farm Bill mixed back for NPPC
• Canadian producers see COOL costs coming home to roost
• Review of potential Farm Bill Conference Committee issues
• AMI Convention wrap-up and suggestions for crisis planning with Janet Riley 

SwineCast 0262 Show Notes:

• New energy bill bumps the RFS up to 36Bln gallon of renewable fuels by 2022
• PCV2 vaccines with Dr. Peter Kristensen
• PCV2 transmission vectors - Dr. Daren Madson at Iowa State looks at semen potential
• Immigration status with Brian Winnekins and Jose' Oliveri
• Sarah Muirhead with Feedstuffs joins us for an issue update

SwineCast 0261 Show Notes:

• Year-end tax strategies with Eric Atkinson and Kevin Herbel 

SwineCast 0260 Show Notes:

• New Feedback Entry Drawing announced for end of year. Go Mobile with a new iPod Nano!
• Livestock production impact brochures available at Meat Matters Info website
• Cross fostering piglets... how and when does immunity transfer occur?
• FMD simulation modeling
• Modified atmosphere packaging... win-win-win

SwineCast 0259 Show Notes:

• Special coverage of Manitoba Hog Days via correspondent Bruce Cochrane
  
• E.U. pork subsidies will impact world trade
• Phosphorus regs in Manitoba to require additional management and record-keeping
• Group housing research with Dr. Laurie Connor

SwineCast 0258 Show Notes:

• Grains expectations and corn or soybeans?
• Ethanol development needs to be near protein production
• Dr Bill Hudson doesn't expect to move from corn for our ethanol energy source anytime soon
• Employee Management for Production Agriculture Presentations
• From the International PRRS Symposium... Dr. Reid Phillips presentation discussion on vaccine timing and management

SwineCast 0257 Show Notes:

• Update on the China Swine Syndrome following the International PRRS Symposium in Chicago with Dr Jim Lowe from Carthage Vet Clinic

SwineCast 0256 Show Notes:

• Mo Agastino, Senior Risk Management Consultant at Farms.com Risk Management, shares some advice on how to prepare for the unexpected
• Let's proactively manage odor before our neighbors and our government teach us how to
• Tom Elam, FarmEcon.com, explains the economics of biofuels 

SwineCast 0255 Show Notes:

• Special Holiday Episode... Collaboration and Collective Intelligence from MIT
  

SwineCast 0254 Show Notes:

• From the Saskatchewan Swine Conference...
  
• Steve Meyer of Paragon Economics looks at COOL and other issues facing Canadian producers
  
• Sask Pork Board Chair Joel Kleinsasser says exchange rate only one factor in producer challenges
• Mycotoxins in your feed supply?  How serious is the concern.
• At K-State Swine Day, Dr. Steve Henry reviews PCV findings