Ned Arthur

SwineCast 0322 Show Notes:

• Special review of two new provisions of the Farm Bill... ACRE and SURE programs 

SwineCast 0321 Show Notes:

• Livestock movement concerns the focus of the National Pork Boards' Transportation Biosecurity Summit
• Catching up with Informa Economics Jim Wiesemeyer for a look at the Washington scenery
• AgCareer's HR Roundtable scheduled for Aug 4-6 this year 

SwineCast 0320 Show Notes:

• Trace minerals effect as antioxidants.  A conversation with Dr Gretchen Hill
• Grad Student Melissa Hahn logs in with some comments on her research with amino acids and birthweights
• North Carolina update... Todd See shares research on development waste storage systems to meet the state's requirements for new construction
• ARS may have an answer.. a water treatment plant for y

SwineCast 0319 Show Notes:

• You've heard of InBev's unsolicited takeover of American Original Budweiser. Hear now from InBev CEO Carlos Brita sharing thoughts on building a corporate culture. Good for you to consider regardless of company size
  

SwineCast 0319a Show Notes:

• Special presentation of Dr. Bob Morrison's "At The Meeting" group reviewing impacts on efficiency at the farm level
  

SwineCast 0318 Show Notes:

• Smithfield hooks up with COFCO Ltd of China
• NPPC CEO Neil Dierks reports on efforts in Washington to get action on producer economic pain
• Center for Food Integrity. Link to 2008 Summit info
  
• Meat quality research at Kansas State includes DDGs

SwineCast 0317 Show Notes:

• Pig Crop Report numbers with Steve Meyer
• Who's signing up for the Canadian Sow Culling program?
  
• New use for an old agent. Borax shows promise as an odor reducer in swine operations
• Euthansia considerations for your operation. Suggestions from the American Veterinary Medical Association
  

SwineCast 0316 Show Notes:

• Special presentation today featuring press call roundtable following the release of the USDA Pig Crop Report. 

SwineCast 0315 Show Notes:

• Livestock groups taking RFS concerns to Washington
• Rationing today's corn crop. How much... where to... and why
• AVMA updates website with position papers on animal welfare
• Save fuel costs and neighbor complaints with vegetative buffers.

  SwineCast 0314 for June 20 2008

  SwineCast 0314 Show Notes:

  • Special report from World Pork Expo... the Environmental Managers Survey Executive Summary with NPPC's Environmental Policy Counsel Michael Formica. You're sitting in on the press conference