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Is there a magic ingredient for the pig immune system? - Dr. Brooke Smith health Dec 28, 2020

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โ€œIf 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 maintaining a clean and comfortable environment? Are you sourcing healthy pigs to start? What are their pre-weaning environment, and what are they coming in with? Am I reducing the pathogen load there, so they're not bringing it with them into the barn? Are they stres

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The future of data analysis in pig production - Dr. Garth Highland research Dec 21, 2020

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โ€œ๐˜š๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ'๐˜ด ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜น ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ข, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ต'๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ. ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต'๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ'๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด' ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ข, ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ข ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ.โ€ โ€“ ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ

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Roundtable: Staff safety in COVID-19 times - Nick Treblik and Steve Edmunds production and management Dec 14, 2020

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It is time for our Swine it Podcast Roundtable!

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What you will learn:

1. Nickโ€™s lessons on visiting over 40 countries;

2. Temperature screening of employees, from a feed mill standpoint;

3. Sanitation;

4. Social distancing in the feed mill;

5. Staff safety relative to COVID-19 at the feed mill;

6. Active screening, from a packing plant standpoint;

7. Thoughts on social distancing;

8. Insights on hygiene and disi...

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Sow productivity hacks - Ron Ketchem benchmarking Dec 07, 2020

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โ€œWhat 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 health a part of it? There areย a lot of things that we don't knowโ€ฆ I'm one of the ones who promoted that we need more standardization of death loss reasons. I looked at some data a while back and hit 67 reasons for calls and deaths and 30% of others unknown. It really

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The swine veterinarian of the 21st century - Dr. Rebecca Robbins production and management Nov 30, 2020

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"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 should allow them to help you with reports and communication, and I let them own that decision. If they make the wrong decision, not beat them down, but really try to utilize the people around you that are capable, and that will help you." โ€“ Dr. Rebecca Robbins

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The rapidly evolving pork consumer and regulation landscape in Europe - Ana Granados Chapatte around the world Nov 23, 2020

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โ€œThe 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, welfare]. Improvement is everywhere, every day in our lives.โ€ย โ€“ย Ana Granados Chapatte

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What you will learn:

1. Green deal;

2. Brexit;

3. Product labeling around organic and vegan products;

4. New welfare legislation;

5. Banning of castration;

6. Farrowing stalls;

7. Gene editi...

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How to effectively apply benchmark in pig production - Dr. Steve Pollmann production and management Nov 16, 2020

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โ€œI 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 to be successful at production efficiency.โ€ โ€“ Dr. Steve Pollmann

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What you will learn:

The importance of benchmarking;

Business and production drivers;

Top drivers on sows;

Top drivers on wean-to-finish;

Caloric efficiency;

The use of stretch goals;

Variations across t...

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