WPX2008

SwineCast 0310 Show Notes:

• Conversing with Glenn Grimes at World Pork Expo on markets and ratios
  
• Tradeshow talk about BASF's Nutridense corn system
• Iowa State's Suzanne Millman joins us for a followup discussion about her animal welfare presentation at National Institute for Animal Agriculture

SwineCast 0309 Show Notes:

• Conversations from World Pork Expo 2008. Hooking up with NPPC's VP and Counsel for International Trade, Nick Giordano

A brief note to mention that PORK Magazine has asked me to spend some time in their booth at the World Pork Expo for some Q & A with Employers and Employees.

Their full announcement is:

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Answers to Employee/Employer Questions

Whether you’re an employer or an employee, plan to stop by the Pork magazine booth during World Pork Expo with your employment-related questions and seek advice from Don Tyler, employee and business management consultant and Dear Boss columnist. Tyler will be available at Booth 763 in the Varied Industry Building on the Iowa State Fairgrounds on Thursday, June 5, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., and again on Friday, June 6, from 10:00 a.m. to Noon.

SwineCast 0306 Show Notes:

• Recapping the farm bill outcomes for pork producers and a preview of World Pork Expo with NPPC's David Warner
• China figures to be a bright spot in world pork import needs. Bruce Cochrane has more
• Economist says higher gas prices could help to level the biofuels playing field. However, he's not running for office...
• Food prices increase 40% around the world over the pa