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“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 involved with your packer. Be the leader. Own that entire feed operation from a personal standpoint. The team does not have to report to you. You are a servant to all those people.” – Dr. Jeff Hansen
What you will learn
Where do you start? Nutrient matrix; Energy; Fat feeding; Man...
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“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
What you will learn:
- The biggest mistake in swine nutrition;
- Why is this a huge mistake;
- Thoughts about in-line NIR;
- Other common mistakes;
- First few diets after weaning: requirements vs. reality;
- One thing to change today on how graduate students are trained...
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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 Provimi, where we will have roundtable discussions with experts of the global swine industry tackling subjects that can influence the producer’s bottom line.
On this episode, I chatted with Dr. Dean Boyd, Dr. Brent Frederick and Mark Hulsebus, about “What’s going on in
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“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 1.5:1 we could argue - we know we’re decreasing growth.” – Dr. Joel DeRouchey
What you will learn:
- Thoughts on phytase;
- Calcium release from phytase;
- Superdosing phytase: nursery vs. grow-finishing;
- Do we give amino acids and energy release values?
- Poultry vs. pigs w...
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“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 whatever that number is, how slow can I bring those pigs, and what’s the impact on feed efficiency?” – Dr. Chad Hastad
Our guest is Dr. Chad Hastad, with Bachelor’s degree in Animal Sciences (South Dakota State University) and a Masters and Ph.D. in Swine Nutrition (Kansas State Uni...
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“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 recommendations, normally, are not to reach maximum biological potential but it’s based on economics.” – Dr. Justina Caldas.
Today’s episode will cover “Nutritionist’s role in a genetic company”.
Our guest is Dr. Justina Caldas. Dr. Caldas got her bachelor’s degree in Animal Sci...
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Today’s episode will cover “One of the most important decisions in swine production: dietary energy level”.
“If you get dietary energy right you can keep your costs as low as possible… but if you get your energy wrong, you can affect performance and net income in a negative way.” – Dr. John Patience.
Our guest is Dr. John Patience, another bright mind of the Global Swine Industry. Dr. Patience is a global leader in swine nut...