Recent shows
SwineCast 0579, How Can We Improve Food Animal Vet Recruitment?
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SwineCast 0579 Show Notes:
- Staff vet for Country View Family Farms, Dr. Jessica Clark, discusses her journey follow the food animal career path and offers thoughts on filling the pipeline for the future large animal practitioner.
SwineCast 0578, Antibiotic Use Discussion From The 21st International Pig Veterinary Society (IPVS) Congress in Vancouver
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SwineCast 0578 Show Notes:
- Conversation on the prudent use of antibiotics featuring Dr. Scott Hurd, Former Deputy Undersecretary Food Safety, USDA and Associate Professor in the Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine at Iowa State and Carthage Vet Service' Dr. Sarah Probst-Miller.
SwineCast 0577, How Can You Connect With Local Consumers? Belstra Sets A Good Example
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SwineCast 0577 Show Notes:
- Belstra Milling uses its proximity to Chicago as a staging area for showing production practices and protocols to the world. See it yourself at realpigfarm.com.
SwineCast 0576, Tips For Controlling PRRS In Your Herd
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SwineCast 0576 Show Notes:
- Swine Vet Service's Mike Eisenmenger joins us from Boehringer-Ingelheim's Carolina Health Seminar with thoughts on how management of PRRS has changed over the past decade and top issues for control.
SwineCast 0575, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration In Your House
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SwineCast 0575 Show Notes:
- The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) at the U.S. Department of Agriculture is working on a a major regulatory re-write as part of the 2008 Farm Bill. As economist Steve Meyers shares, those changes and additions could significantly alter the nature of the livestock production industry in the U.S. The comment period is open and can be entered here or send an email to comments.gipsa@usda.gov
- GIPSA website
- NPPC GIPSA comments
- AMI GIPSA info
- R-Calf GIPSA release
- National Farmers Union comments
