The Swine it Podcast Show
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Dr. John Htoo: Amino Acid Nutrition in Pigs | Ep. 96
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"𝘈𝘥𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱...
Janette Barnard: The Future of Pork | Ep. 95
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘯𝘦...
Dr. Casey Bradley: New Swine Professionals | Ep. 94
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘴...
Dr. Gordon Spronk: Leadership, Pig Health and Business | Ep. 93
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘭...
Simon Grey: Russian Pig Farming | Ep. 92
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳...
Dr. Annie Lerner: Pigs, Robots, Innovation | Ep. 91
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺...
Tork Whisler: Swine Industry Social Media | Ep. 90
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺'𝘴 𝘨...
Dr. João Carlos Neto: Pig Industry & Antimicrobial Resistance | Ep. 89
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘪...
Dr. Hyatt Frobose: Prop 12 Impacts | Ep. 88
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘳𝘰...
Blake Wilson: Lessons Beyond MBA | Ep. 87
05 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘐...
Dr. Lee Johnston: Water and Zinc in Pig Performance | Ep. 86
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"𝘐𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺, 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵...
Dr. Larry Rueff: 40 Years in Swine Health | Ep. 85
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧...
Dr. Mariana Menegat: Compensatory Growth in Pigs | Ep. 84
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘸𝘦...
Dr. Thomas Crenshaw: Pig Growth Challenges | Ep. 83
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘪𝘨...
Dr. Thomas Crenshaw: Pig Growth Challenges | Ep. 83
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦...
Dr. John McGlone: Addressing Abnormal Pig Behavior | Ep. 82
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"𝘒𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦! 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦...
Bradley Eckberg: Finish & Wean Productivity | Ep. 81
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"𝘞𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘵𝘩...
Dr. Robert Thaler: Fecal Sample Insights | Ep. 80
15 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"When you're talking about how to impact the intransigent minority, you can't add more force with force. You have to recognize the intrans...
Roundtable: Hog Market Trends | Ep. 78
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶...
Bradley Eckberg: Nursery Pig Issues | Ep. 77
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵...
Dr. Rommel Sulabo: Creep Feeding Insights | Ep. 76
18 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘪...
Dr. Cesar Corzo: Disease Control in Pigs | Ep. 75
11 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“Unfortunately, most of the processes - if not all - are human-driven. When you have people breeding sows, why are there farms with the same genetic...
Dr. Cassie Jones: Pig Feed Safety | Ep. 74
04 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“People are always looking for the silver bullet. They're always looking for THE answer, THE one simple thing that they can do to fix all these ...
Dr. Brooke Smith: Pig Immune System | Ep. 73
28 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“If you want nutrition to be an important tool, you have to make sure that the other areas of your production are also up to snuff. So, are you main...
Dr. Garth Highland: Data Analysis in Pig Production | Ep. 72
21 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘴𝘰𝘯'𝘴 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘹 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘢...
Roundtable: Staff Safety Amid COVID-19 | Ep. 71
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It is time for our Swine it Podcast Roundtable!What you will learn:1. Nick’s lessons on visiting over 40 countries;2. Temperature screening of emplo...
Ron Ketchem: Sow Productivity Tips | Ep. 70
07 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“What are we doing wrong [on sow death loss]? Are we trying to get too much productivity out of the sows? Are we not developing them right? Is healt...
Dr. Rebecca Robbins: Modern Swine Veterinarian | Ep. 69
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"One of the big things I've done with my team is to empower them. If you've got people who are willing, able, and technically savvy, you s...
Ana Granados Chapatte: Pork Consumer Trends | Ep. 68
23 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“The main problem is that we move so fast that consumers don't know what we are doing in the swine industry [to improve animal production, welfa...
Dr. Steve Pollmann: Benchmarking in Pig Production | Ep. 67
16 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“I define sustainability as being able to continue to be in the business. And to be in the business you got to be making money. To do that you got t...
Dr. Nicholas Gabler: Nutrition for Pig Health | Ep. 66
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“𝘞𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘫𝘰𝘣 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘪...
Betsy Freese: 2020's Pork Powerhouses | Ep. 65
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“One thing that I heard from producers is that, if things turn around, they could reactivate some of these sow farms. They could restock. The market...
Kristi Rowles & Daryl Possberg: Emotional Health in Pig Production | Ep. 64
26 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“There are days where you just need to turn your mind off and you need to be doing something that is just not going to tax you too much and a little...
Dr. Steve Pollmann: Innovation and Immonocastrated Gilts | Ep. 63
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“One of the biggest challenges we have is to get people to think about what is the grams of digestible lysine intake per day by phase, and then in m...
Dr. Jon De Jong: Hot Topics in Swine Production | Ep. 62
13 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“[Starting in a production system] and just trying to mesh all that knowledge together was difficult upfront. You get kind of accustomed to being in...
Todd Thurman: Fundamentals of Swine Management | Ep. 61
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“What are those things we're going to look back on 20 years from now that we're doing today? I think a lot of those for our industry will re...
Dr. Sarah Probst Miller: Competencies on Pig Farms | Ep. 60
28 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“You don’t teach people how to dance by handing them an SOP. That’s not how it works. You have to be a part of that process to be really good at...
Dr. James Pettigrew: Lessons in Swine Nutrition | Ep. 59
21 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“It's a commodity business, and because of that you cannot differentiate your product. So, when you produce a pig, the market says it's the...
Dr. Chris Hostetler: Pivotal Swine Studies | Ep. 58
14 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“I appreciate the vision of the pork producers. There are some truly visionary folks. Having that sort of big picture vision for the industry and ta...
Dr. Jordan Gebhardt: Mortality Outcomes in Pigs | Ep. 57
07 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“[When designing experiments to pick up mortality differences…] keeping up-to-date with what's the best way to make sure that we're analyz...
Dr. Jeff Hansen: Nutritionist Formulation | Ep. 56
31 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“I very much encourage people to go out into production, and get that experience… it is a high-stress job. That is OK. You learn a lot. Get involv...
Dr. Brett Ramirez: Tunnel Ventilation Optimization | Ep. 55
24 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"When managing tunnel ventilation, we need to make sure we have wind. If there's no wind, we're effectively not providing any cooling, and...
Dr. Robert van Barneveld: Leadershop in the Swine Industry | Ep. 54
17 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Having [a fully-integrated model], these days, allows you to marry your supply to your demand and your disposal models, and it gives you some kind ...
Dr. Fabio Vanucci: Future of Swine Diagnostics | Ep. 53
10 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Clear communication between practitioners and diagnosticians is key to get the most out of a health case” – Dr. Fabio VanucciI got to grab the ...
Dr. Hans Stein: Swine Nutrition Mistakes | Ep. 52
03 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“If you get a job as a nutritionist in a feed company, your first job probably will be to update the feed ingredient database.” – Dr. Hans Stein...
Dr. Darwin Reicks: Changes in Boar Studs | Ep. 51
27 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“The majority of boars, if you start varying their collection schedule, it's a stress to the boar and you'll have certain boars that will st...
Roundtable: Pork Industry Update | Ep. 50
21 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It is time for our Swine it Podcast Roundtable…If you missed the first episode, this is a series of episodes envisioned by the Swine it Podcast and ...
Dr. Joel DeRouchey: Enzymes in Swine Nutrition | Ep. 49
13 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“The reality is… if we get too much calcium in these finishing pig diets, especially, if we get over a 2:1 total Ca to total Phosphorus - even 1.5...
Dr. Sadie Douglas: Early Pig Growth | Ep. 48
06 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“There are a number of different strategies available to benefit these slow growing pigs that we identify early on. It should be a combined strategy...
Dr. Brad Freking: Pig Business and COVID-19 | Ep. 47
29 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“[To survive major economic challenges], in my mind, producers should have about $100 per pig marketed annually of working capital capacity. If thin...
Dr. Trey Kellner: Research Without Barns | Ep. 46
22 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Since [this research] is done in your barns under commercial conditions, your management (good or bad), your intakes (good or bad), your growth (go...
Dr. Scott Dee: Feed Risk Science | Ep. 45
15 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“The science that shows viruses can live in the feed has being replicated so many times, over some many different viruses. I think that’s 100% sci...
Dr. Flaviana Gottardo & Dr. Annalisa Scollo: Tail Biting in Pigs | Ep. 44
09 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Ammonia levels, stocking density, number of pigs per caregiver, type of floor, and timeliness of feed supply are the 5 biggest factors affecting ta...
Dr. John Patience: Managing Pig Growth | Ep. 43
06 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Managing pig growth during special conditions, with Dr. John Patience.Dr. Patience is a global leader in swine nutrition research and internationally ...
Dr. Kara Stewart: Gilt Development Basics | Ep. 42
01 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“I think for a while the gilt development was a forgotten piece of the sow system and I think it is our greatest potential for improvements in sow r...
Dr. Christopher Chase: Herd Immunity Explained | Ep. 41
25 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“The size of the virus isn't as important [to make a vaccine], it’s how complex it is. Coronavirus and Circovirus are not very complex. Africa...
Dr. Chad Hastad: Microbiome and COVID-19 | Ep. 40
18 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“You know what those maximum performances are for average daily gain, and we have very good models for that. If I go to 90% or 87% percent or whatev...
Chris Bomgaars: Telemedicine in Pig Production | Ep. 39
11 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“These algorithms are oftentimes much better than humans at finding patterns from massive amounts of data. One algorithm predicts mortality events a...
Phil Hord: Pig Production Amid COVID-19 | Ep. 38
07 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Pig production, nutrition, COVID-19, and research, with Phil Hord from Hord Livestock.
Dr. Jordan Gebhardt: Wean-to-Finish Mortality | Ep. 37
04 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“A lot of the contributing factors to mortality for both an infectious and non-infectious standpoint occur early on in that pigs’ life. Piglet bir...
Dr. Aaron Gaines: Driving Swine Innovation | Ep. 36
27 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“You can have a state-of-the-art research facility or even the best ideas in the world. But if you don't have a good research staff at the slat ...
Jim Long: Global Economy and Pig Producers | Ep. 35
20 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Part of what I understand is happening is the foodservice buy bellies at 40 lb boxes. That stops. Retail goes in 1-lb packages. The system isn'...
Dr. Heather Fowler: Pig Production and COVID-19 | Ep. 34
13 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Really just driving home how important it is to practice social distancing even at the farm... Maybe that means staggering the start of the shift f...
Roundtable: Economic Uncertainty in Pig Production | Ep. 33
05 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I wanted to introduce you to the Swine.it Podcast Roundtable. This is a new series of episodes envisioned by Provimi and Swine.it, where we will have ...
Dr. Scott Dee: Swine Veterinary Research | Ep. 32
27 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“[…] There was no collaboration, tremendous conflict of interest and led to the quotation from the late Dr. Mike Murtaugh that “veterinary scien...
Dr. Clayton Johnson & Dr. Tyler Holck: Modeling Swine Health | Ep. 31
18 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Most everybody got a competitive genetics and nutrition program. I know there are differences out there, but I don't see the differences in tho...
Dr. Jordan Gebhardt: Non-Infectious Mortality in Pigs | Ep. 30
10 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“If we want to make improvements in mortality as an industry, certainly science we need to continue to advance that ask the quality of research ques...
Dr. Justina Caldas: Nutritionist's Role in Genetics | Ep. 29
28 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“If ingredients are expensive, we may be wasting our money if we focus on maximizing diet density because it may not pay for the investment. Our rec...
Dr. Mark Wilson: Boar Management and Nutrition | Ep. 28
19 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“I always try to suggest to people, you don't want boars eating too little feed because you'll hurt semen production. Also, you don't wa...
Dr. Laura Greiner: Sow Feeding Research | Ep. 27
09 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“(…) not the kind of animal we wanted to put into a farrowing house because she would be more likely to crush her litter and not effectively comfo...
Dr. Douglas Gladue & Dr. Manuel Borca: ASF Vaccine | Ep. 26
30 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“No one really cared about the whole to found ASF research when it was on Africa. And now that’s in many countries that are major pig producers, i...
Dr. Jessica Risser: PRRS Mysteries | Ep. 25
22 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“How much prevention you want to put in place? It is just how much risk is one willing to take. And a lot of factors determine that... if we think a...
Sebastian Casiro: UK Pig Production Trends | Ep. 24
13 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Most of the regulations that the New Welfare Code is asking us to do, 95% of the producers are already doing that. The only one that will need some...
Dr. Ashley DeDecker: Applied Research in Swine | Ep. 23
03 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“If I had a crystal ball, I think we are going to see a lot of animal scientists and tech companies trying to solve problems together. I cannot make...
Dr. Allan Schinckel: Sow Cooling Strategies | Ep. 22
19 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode will cover “Sow cooling strategies”.“The true upper critical temperature of our modern sow nursing 14 pigs it is right at 18oC...
Aidan Connolly: Innovation in Livestock Production | Ep. 21
11 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“Your learning has not stopped when you left college, does not stop when you finish your training program, does not stop when you finish whatever it...
Dr. John Patience: Dietary Energy Decisions | Ep. 20
02 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode will cover “One of the most important decisions in swine production: dietary energy level”.“If you get dietary energy right yo...
Dr. Marissa Hake: Social Media and Food Production | Ep. 19
24 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode will cover “Food production misconceptions and social media experiences”.“[…] He gently laid her head down… he got out of ...
Dr. Mark Knauer: Innovative Tools in Pig Production | Ep. 18
13 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode will cover “A simple tool that is changing swine production around the globe”.“If you have fat, over-conditioned, sows you'...
Jonathon Hoek: Human Capital in Pig Farms | Ep. 17
04 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode will cover “Human capital in pig farms: issues and solutions”. “We need to learn how to help ordinary people do extraordinary ...
Dr. Roger Campbell: Australian Pork Industry Evolution | Ep. 16
23 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode will cover the Evolution of the Australian pork industry and research of global interest. “The single diet concept suggests that ...
Dr. Jeff Hansen: Pork Fat Quality Lessons | Ep. 15
18 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode will cover Pork Fat Quality and Diet Formulation: Lessons learned and the impact over the last 40 years.“The more fat you feed a p...
Dr. Andreia Arruda: Emerging Disease Monitoring | Ep. 14
08 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode will cover Tackling emerging diseases with producer-driven monitoring systems. “If we have an ASF outbreak tomorrow… Just having...
Dr. Kyle Coble: Feed Execution Importance | Ep. 13
27 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode will cover the Importance of feed execution and how a production nutritionist values it.“Our main goal, as swine nutritionists, is...
Dr. Larry Coleman: Thoughts on Pigs and People | Ep. 12
18 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode will cover Thoughts on Pigs and People. “Everyone wants to hire more people but it is actually the backdoor that is the problem be...
Dan Bussieres: Swine Nutrition in Canada | Ep. 11
08 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode will cover Applied Pig Nutrition: Update from Canada. “We cannot replace antibiotics and zinc by just looking at feed additives. ...
Dr. Gonzalo Castro: Lifetime in Swine Production | Ep. 10
30 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode will cover A life-long of swine production in 30 minutes. “We need to improve our productivity by using data… data is the numbe...
Dr. Hyatt Frobose: Modern Sow Farm Design | Ep. 09
21 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode will cover Designing the modern sow farm from a nutritionist's perspective. “In a stall barn, typically, we don't know wh...
Dr. Emily Arkfeld: Understanding Meat Quality | Ep. 08
12 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode will cover meat quality: what should you know. “I think we're always working towards driving our product quality higher and c...
Dr. Steve Pollmann: Successful Pig Production | Ep. 07
29 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode will cover key aspects for successful pig production. “[To be successful, we need to know] what are we going to do, how are we ...
Dr. Andres Gomez: Microbiome Realities | Ep. 06
15 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode will cover the Microbiome: teasing out the buzz from reality.“The microbiome is the one part of the genome of the pigs that we can...
Dr. Steve Henry: Veterinarian Industry Lessons | Ep. 05
25 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode will cover a Veterinarian's look at lessons from the past as we build the future swine industry.“After having a healthy sow he...
Dr. Mike Tokach: Swine Nutrition Past, Present, Future | Ep. 04
08 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode will cover the past, present, and future of swine production and nutrition.“The biggest thing that I see around the world that sep...
Dr. David Rosero: Internet of Pigs | Ep. 03
24 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode will cover the Internet of Pigs: how smart farms are changing conventional production practices. There is a lot happening on this ar...
Wayne Cast: Backbone of Swine Nutrition | Ep. 02
07 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode will cover the backbone of Swine Nutrition: Nutrient loadings. “If someone calls you and asks about one of the diets you formulat...
Dr. Egan Brockhoff: African Swine Fever Insights | Ep. 01
17 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode will cover the latest information on African Swine Fever which has spread to every province in mainland China and is now affecting a...