ventilation

SwineCast 0748

• Managing your ventilation system during cold weather requires more than turning a dial. Blocking unmanaged air inlets insures sufficient incoming air velocity to keep pigs warm and dry. Automated Production Systems ventilation engineer Mark Oberreuter discusses some common problems he sees in this conversation at the Iowa Pork Congress.

SwineCast 0658

• Dr. Bernado Predicala of Prairie Swine Center discusses work he's doing on finding ways to cut heating and ventilation costs through alternative energy sources.  He talks with Bruce Cochrane of Farmscape.ca.

SwineCast 0331 Show Notes:

• Sweet potatos more attuned to ethanol production that corn! (Where do they trade sweet potato futures?)
• Biosystems engineer Jay Harmon discusses ventilation technology
• BI's John Kolb updates on CircoFLEX effectiveness and the newly cleared ComboFLEX package
• Omega 3 Fatty Acid research from PhD candidate at the University of GA, Suzanne Meers