We always talk about “improving pig performance”, right? 

That is a common topic on the day-to-day of a swine industry professional or graduate student.

We often see swine nutritionists (or swine professionals in general) coming up with conclusions or recommendations without considering two key aspects of pig production: Economics and Implementation.

Enter “The triad of decision making in swine production”...

1) Biology

That is the easy one. Well… not quite.

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"𝘔𝘺 𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 [𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵] 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦, 𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵." - 𝗗𝗿. 𝗔𝗺𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗵𝗼𝗳𝗳

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻:

1. Thoughts on 𝘔𝘺𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘮𝘢 𝘩𝘺𝘰𝘱𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘦
2. Swine transport biosecurity
3. Thoughts on innovation
4. Circovirus stability
5. Lessons learned after vet school
6. Using your “drive time...

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"𝘈𝘥𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘩𝘦𝘢, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘨𝘴." - 𝗗𝗿. 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗛𝘁𝗼𝗼

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻:

1. The major challenges in the pig industry
2. Key areas of research
3. Dynamic amino acid ratios
4. Low protein diets
5. By-products and amino acid ratios
6. Holistic gut health
7. Common misunderstandings on amino acids and nutrition

𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁: Dr. Htoo obtained a BAgrSc (...

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"𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺. 𝘈𝘯𝘥, 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘳. 𝘚𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘢𝘱." - 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗱

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻:

1. Animal protein as the next tech frontier
2. Beef Alliance
3. What drives the pork supply chain
4. Forces shaping the future of meat
5. Social media
6. Grocery tech
7. Venture investors in a...

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"𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘴." - 𝗗𝗿. 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘆 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘆

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻:

1. Education and mentoring
2. Common topics when talking to students
3. Skill sets
4. Sow research
5. Issues to be tackled
6. Sow longevity
7. Niche markets
8. Connecting people through communication

𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁: Dr. Casey Bradley grew up on a mixed swine and crop farm in Southwest Michigan, w...

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"𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴, 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵. 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴, 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘥." - 𝗗𝗿. 𝗚𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗸

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻:

1. Growing your own company;

2. Biggest lessons from Dr. Bob Morrison;

3. What would Bob write on a billboard?

4. Health monitoring systems around the world;

5. Lessons on pig production and health;

6. Lessons on the pig business;...

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"𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘴, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘵. 𝘓𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘴𝘵-𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘵." - 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝘆

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻:    
1. The Russian integration model
2. Outdoor housing
3. Key metrics to follow
4. Improving survivability
5. Variation in birth weight
6. Farm staff reality
7. Cost vs. profitability
8. How do we change our product?
9. Pork consump...