SwineCast update for Decemeber 18, 2009, Finding The Right PRRS Plan For Your Operation

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We’re pumped to share presentations from the recent Swine Forecast 2010 virtual conference this week in your email update. This program brings together speakers and groups of swine producers around the U.S. and Canada to share concerns and questions in a timely and forthright fashion. You’ll get the skinny from bankers on access to capital, market updates from Dr. Steve Meyer and a look behind the curtain in the packer/retail area of the industry.

Is is valuable? Over 97% of attendees said they’d be back next year for Swine Forecast 2011. The program is a joint effort by Elanco, JBS United, Pfizer, Zinpro and SwineCast.com. Talk with your rep about getting your seat at this invitation-only program for the live webinar next December. And in the meantime, click this link for direct access to the Swine Forecast 2010 presentations.

Since this is our last email before the holidays, I want to wish you and your family a very merry and blessed Christmas.

SwineCast^® Conversations

Updates and information on the industry.

SwineCast 0490 Finding The Right PRRS Plan For Your Operation: Swine Vet Center's Dr Paul Yeske joins us to discuss his presentation on find the right PRRS program for your operation and which tools should be on your checklist.
SwineCast 0489 Standardized PRRS Definitions Contribute To Efficiency Across Research Platforms: Iowa State's Dr Derald Holtkamp discusses recent work on classifying PRRS herd health status and standardized definitions to improve coordination across industry production and research.
SwineCast 0488 What's Zoonosis and Why Is It In The News?: Canadian correspondent Bruce Cochrane shares this primer on the issue of zoonosis and a look at H1N1 pathogenicity as he talks with Dr Peter Provis of Swine Health Professionals.

SwineCast^® Headliners

Get the latest thoughts and commentary on the industry.

Making the time to get it ALL done: by Meggie Foster. "As grain farmers in the Midwest begin to wrap-up an unusually long harvest, it’s finally time to cross one more thing off the list, but not without adding a few new 'to dos'.".
Should You Require Your Latino Employees To Speak Only English At Work?: by Orlando Gil "We are in America, %^&* it, they should speak English!!!" This is what a farm manager told me sometime ago as he complained about his newly hired Latino employees speaking Spanish at work and him and other employees not being able to understand what they were saying…

SwineCast^® Conference Connection

Updates and analysis from the Swine Forecast 2010 seminar held November 18, 2009 at 30 separate sites in the USA and Canada.
- Video: Swine Industry Update Steve Meyer, Ph.D., Paragon Economics, Inc.
- Video: Swine Packer/Retail Perspective John Stadler, Pine Ridge Farms.
- More presentations at SwineCast.com.
Just released presentations from the 2009 International PRRS Symposium, December 4-5, 2009, Chicago, IL, USA.
- Video: Fitting Interventions to the Area’s and Region’s Characteristics Dr. Paul Yeske, Swine Vet Services.
- Video: Foundations and Progress in the Area-Regional Control of PRRS Dr. Bob Morrison, University of Minnesota.
Here is a short list of events to keep an eye on.
- AFBF 91st Annual Meeting Jan. 10-13, 2010 Seattle, WA. Interested In Attending the AFBF 91st Annual Meeting? Members must register through their state Farm Bureau office to attend the AFBF annual meeting. Many state Farm Bureaus offer group travel arrangements. If you’re not sure who to contact, find your state Farm Bureau.
- AG CONNECT Expo 2010 Jan. 13-15, 2010, Orlando, FL. Introducing a world-class event that brings together the very latest in equipment, technology and ideas from all areas of agriculture production—all around the globe. Registration and event details available.
- Minnesota Pork Congress Jan. 20-21, 2010, Minneapolis, MN.
- Iowa Pork Congress Jan. 27-28, 2010, Des Moines, IA. Who should attend? Producers, contractors, feeders, students, consultants... Anyone interested in the swine industry.