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A life-long of swine production in 30 minutes - Dr. Gonzalo Castro production and management Aug 29, 2019

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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 number one issue. If you don’t have the data, it’s going to be very difficult for someone to come in and try to get it right.” – Dr. Gonzalo Castro.

Our guest is Dr. Gonzalo Castro, one of the bright minds of the Global Swine Industry. Dr. Castro is Agronomist, with a PhD from the Univers...

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Designing the modern sow farm from a nutritionist's perspective - Dr. Hyatt Frobose production and management Aug 21, 2019

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Today’s episode will cover Designing the modern sow farm from a nutritionist's perspective.
 

“In a stall barn, typically, we don't know where those gilts versus older sows are going to be located, so we feed a common diet which commonly over formulates those nutrients for the older sows who are done growing, and just needing maintenance and the development of the growing fetus.” – Dr. Hyatt Frobose.
 

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Meat quality: what should you know - Dr. Emily Arkfeld miscellaneous Aug 12, 2019

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Today’s episode will cover meat quality: what should you know.
 

“I think we're always working towards driving our product quality higher and continuing to meet ever-changing customer demands… and I think that's always going to require us to work at elevating product quality.” – Dr. Emily Arkfeld.
 

Our guest is Dr. Emily Arkfeld, one of the bright minds of the Global Swine Industry. Dr. Arkfeld is Director of Meat Scienc...

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Key aspects for successful pig production - Dr. Steve Pollmann production and management Jul 29, 2019

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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 going to get there, and that needs to be an ongoing activity… and often times, in the pig industry we are really busy taking care of pigs but we really sometimes are not very good at business planning and development.” – Dr. Steve Pollmann.
 

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Microbiome: teasing out the buzz from reality - Dr. Andres Gomez nutrition Jul 15, 2019

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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 modify. In the future, microbiome analysis will be as common as PCR are today.” – Dr. Andres Gomez.

Our guest is Dr. Andres Gomez, one of the bright minds of the Global Swine Industry. Dr. Gomez is Assistant Professor at University of Minnesota and his research interests focu...

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A Veterinarian's look at lessons from the past as we build the future swine industry - Dr. Steve Henry health Jun 24, 2019

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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 herd, what make the healthiest herds today it is discipline, biosecurity and pigmanship.”

Our guest is Dr. Steve Henry, one of the bright minds of the Global Swine Industry. Dr. Henry is retired as president and partner with the Abilene Animal Hospital PA in Abilene, KS, and adjunc...

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The past, present, and future of swine production and nutrition - Dr. Mike Tokach nutrition Jun 08, 2019

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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 separates the best producers in terms of achieving high productivity - and those that are not - is really around applying what we know from the science background and basics.”

Our guest is Dr. Mike Tokach, one of the bright minds of the Global Swine Industry. Dr. Tokach is facul...

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