Hey there - Transitioning the gilt into a successful sow is not always a simple task. They require particular attention and we cant treat them just like any other finishing pig. Similarly, graduate students often need quality education and preparation for their next step in their career. In this episode I talk with Dr. Crystal Levesque about raising the developing gilt as well as how to best prep graduate students to enter the industry.

What you will learn:

1. How do we change the sow

Managing a sow herd is arguably the most complex aspect of swine production to manage. Each sow needs individualized attention to maximize performance and rebreeding success. In today’s talk, Dr. Laura Greiner and Stephen Hall discuss different management strategies and practices that can help get the most out of our sows and our employees.

What you will learn:

1. Retention rates within sow herds

2. Gilt longevity

3. Tolerance in rebreeding failures

4. Key points

Meet the guest: Ste...

Sow longevity has been an issue the industry has tried to improve over the last several decades with not a lot of success. With the high turnover rate of sows, we need a steady influx of replacement gilts to maintain production goals. Today, Dr. Benny Mote talks with Dr. Greiner about different methods of identifying the best replacement gilts, and new technologies that can help us get the most out of the replacement gilts we have available.

What you will learn:

1. Changes or stan...

"𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘱 12? 𝘈𝘮 𝘐 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 90% 𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 87%, 𝘰𝘳 90% 𝘵𝘰 80%, 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘮 𝘐 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨-𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮? 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭." - 𝗗𝗿. 𝗛𝘆𝗮𝘁𝘁 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗼𝘀𝗲 

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻:    

1. Proposition 12;
2. How do we start to prepare our barns?
3. Gestation stalls;
4. Free access and breeding gilts/sows;
5. Certification process.  

𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁: Dr. Hyatt Frobose is Swine Nutritionist and USA Busine...