Focus on Feed Efficiency in Pork Production Webinar Series

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With diets costing $50 to $60 per tonne more than budget all farms are looking for feed cost relief. Grain purchasing strategies are an essential part of controlling the total cost of production. With higher feed costs there has been a greater emphasis put on feed efficiency.

Prairie Swine Centre will be hosting a series of eight one-hour interactive webinars. Starting March 5 and ending in June 2012.

Focus on Feed Efficiency webinars are accessible with any internet connection and will include presentations from Research Scientists and pork producers who are making a difference in improving on-farm feed efficiency.

A variey of topics will be introduced to help producers use feed efficiency including the effect of feed processing, herd management effects on feed efficiency, amino acid nutrition, understanding dietary energy concentrations and new feed processing technologies.

Advantages of Attending the Webinars

In order to be competitive in the pork industry producers must know their cost of production. Feed costs represent approximately 60 to 70% of the total cost of production, and therefore represent the greatest opportunity to reduce costs.

During the course of this webinar series Research Scientists and pork producers will present information on improving feed efficiency in swine. By attending the live webinar events pork producers and industry personnel may not only ask the speaker specific questions but receive the answer right away, directly from the expert.

Schedule of Times and Speakers

1.  March 5, 2012 – 1:30 pm CST, Dr. Candido Pomar, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada “The Future of Precision Livestock Farming”

2.  March 27, 2012 – 1:30 pm CST, Dr. Bob Goodband, Kansas State University “Feeding and Barn Management Factors that Influence Whole Herd Feed Efficiency”

3.  April 10, 2012 – 1:30 pm CST, Dr. Aaron Gaines, The Machoffs “Herd Management Factors that Influence Whole Herd Feed Efficiency”

4.  April 24, 2012 – 1:30 pm CST, Dr. Tom Scott, University of Saskatchewan “New Processing Technology that May Influence Feed Efficiency”

5.  May 8, 2012 – 10:30 am CST, Dr. Steve Dritz, Kansas State University “Health Effect on Feed Efficiency”

6.  May 22, 2012 – 10:30 am CST, Dr. Rod Johnson, University of Illinois “Fueling the Immune Response: What is the Cost?”

7.  June 5, 2012 – 10:30 am CST, Dr. Denise Beaulieu, Prairie Swine Centre “Emerging Technologies with Potential to Influence Feed Efficiency”

8.  June 19, 2012 – 10:30 am CST, Dr. John Patience, Iowa State University “Dietary Energy Concentration and Feed Efficiency Targets: What are the Right Questions, and Do We Have the Answers?”

To participate and listen live to the webinar broadcasts sign-up at www.ourflc.com/member-resources/sign-up and become a member of the Farm Leadership Council

or

View the webinar after the live event at www.prairieswine.com

Swine Liquid Feeding Association Seminar February 21, 2012

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Swine Liquid Feeding Association Seminar

Hosted by Swine Liquid Feeding Solutions for Success

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at the Arden Park Hotel in Stratford Ontario.

The featured speaker is Marcel Lipsch a Sales Manager for Bonda BV in The Netherlands, Belgium and Western Germany. Marcel Graduated from Dronten Agricultural College in 1992 with a degree in Ag. Commerce. Marcel commenced his work at Bonda as a product manager responsible for sales of coproducts in the Southeastern Region of the Netherlands. In 2005 he became Sales Manager and is responsible for the coordination of purchase and sales of coproducts and ensuring proper volume controls to meet the needs of the suppliers and customers. Marcel is responsible for a staff of 15 people and includes Ruminant and Swine sales representatives as well as an on staff Nutritionist. His group does €40,000,000 in sales yearly. Marcel lives in Grathem, Netherlands with his wife Nicolle and their two children.

Advance registration only by Wednesday, February 15th, 2012. $75 per person. Registration includes proceedings, a hot noon buffet and refreshments.

For complete registration information and a list of speakers please download the program here!

Co-Sponsored by OMAFRA, The University of Guelph and Ontario Pork.

2012 Banff Pork Seminar Special Report Available

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This year the Banff Pork Seminar was attended by 660 participants and featured speakers and discussions that covered many leading topics and issues for today’s pork industry. 

A broad variety of stories, reports and photos from the 2012 BPS are available in an Inside BPS Special Report. Visit the Report page online: http://www.meristem.com/meeting/bps_2012-00.htm. It includes these stories and more:

• Seven key ‘risk drivers’ pork players should watch
• Pork industry economic outlook cautiously optimistic
• Canadian swine industry updating codes of practice
• Technology, ‘fighting the fringe’ key to pork industry progress
• Livestock strategies rise as intervention for Gates Foundation
• Innovators celebrated at Banff Pork Seminar with Aherne awards
• Danish company gives inside look at European animal welfare management
• ‘Activist thinking’ key as pork industry tackles global challenges

The Inside BPS Special Report was supported by the Banff Pork Seminar to provide a timely, straight-from-the-Seminar-floor capturing of the event information for participants, and also to provide stories and photos for use by media. Note, these materials are available for use and reprint by industry organizations and media, with credit to Banff Pork Seminar.

The Banff Pork Seminar Advisory Committee would like to thank everyone for making the 2012 Banff Pork Seminar a successful event.

2012 BANFF PORK SEMINAR Advisory Committee

Phone: (780) 492-3651     FAX: (780) 492-5771

Email:  info@banffpork.ca
www.banffpork.ca

BANFF PORK SEMINAR 2013

January 15-18, 2013 at the Banff Centre for Conferences, Banff, AB, Canada

Winter 2012 Western Hog Journal Now Available

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The Western Hog Journal is the leading source of technical and business information for pig producers and the pork industry in Western Canada. Published five times per year, it has four regular issues and a “Banff Special Issue” which contains summaries of presentations given at the Banff. Pork Seminar, one of North America’s premier conferences.

WHJ focuses on providing practical information and advice aimed at improving the efficiency of pig producers, drawing on the expertise of researchers, advisers and veterinarians, with contributors from North America, Europe and Australia.

To view the latest Western Hog Journal click on the link below!

http://www.prairieswine.com/western-hog-journal/

Centred on Swine Volume 6

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Volume 6, Number 4 (Winter 1999) Special PSC Elstow Research Farm Edition Baseline Environmental Data Collection for Research and Production Facility Determining Amino Acid Requirements for the Sow in Lactation Gestating Sows: All Group Housing is Not the Same, But Neither are All Stalls

Volume 6, Number 3 (Fall 1999) Optimizing the Barley Crop One Less Chore for the Producer Getting Along With The Neighbours Investing In Your Future

Volume 6, Number 2 (Spring 1999) Reduced Nocturnal Temperature Increases Summer Gain Site Segregated Early Weaning Revisited Savaging: When a Sow Kills Her Piglets Practical Advice and Survival Tips Mark Fifth Satellite Conference Training Programs Offer a Management Perspective

Volume 6, Number 1 (Winter 1999) Program Funding Supports Delivery of Research Results Dealing With Market Crisis: The Right Time to Fine Tune Your Operation The Impact of Open Pens and Feeders on Pigs Satellite Conference Gives Down-to-Earth Advise with High Tech

Centred on Swine Volume 7

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Volume 7, Number 4 (Winter 2000) Reduction in Odour and Gas Emissions from Swine Buildings Gestating Sows: All Group Housing is Not the Same, But Neither are All Stalls Why Participate in the Management Training Program Hydrogen Sulphide Awareness

Volume 7, Number 3 (Fall 2000) Environment Website: Valuable Information Resource Nutrition Research Program Management Training Fall Launch of Courses PSC Elstow Research Farm Staff

Volume 7, Number 2 (Summer 2000) Estimating Lean Growth Rate in Grower Pigs Using Packer Data Students Enjoy Hands On Experience Herd Health

Volume 7, Number 1 (Spring 2000) Open House at PSC Elstow Research Barn John Harding Wins Science in Practice Award 1999 Humidity Control Strategies For Winter Conditions Eating Behaviour and Feeder Design Sustainability and Water Use Two-Airspace Building Design For Reducing Odour and Gas Emissions From Pig Farms

Centred on Swine Volume 8

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Volume 8, Number 3 (Fall 2001) Get It @ Prairieswine.com Driving Profitability Savaging of Piglets: A Puzzle of Maternal Behaviour Fibre and Enzymes

Volume 8, Number 2 (Summer 2001) Facts on Perceptions A Systems Engineering Approach to Address Challenges and Opportunities in Manure Management Reducing The Danger – Hydrogen Sulphide Awareness Workshops Management Training for the Swine Industry

Volume 8, Number 1 (Spring 2001) Sask Pork Chair in Environmental Engineering for the Pork Industry Two-Airspace Building Design For Reducing Odour and Gas Emissions From Pig Farms Motivating Employees

Centred on Swine Volume 9

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Volume 9, Number 4 (Winter 2002) Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Swine Production Facilities Incubation time but not cooling rate affects storage of extended boar semen at 5°C Hydrogen sulphide concentration while pulling pit plugs and power-washing rooms Stressful handling of pigs

Volume 9, Number 3 (Fall 2002) Growth Rate and Age at First Estrus: Impact on the Gilt Pool Variation in Ingredient Quality Survival Strategies: Dealing with a Cash Crunch Hog Market Update – September 5th, 2002

Volume 9, Number 2 (Summer 2002) Optimizing the Production System Impact of Nursery Feeder Adjustment and Crowding on Piglet Performance and Eating Behaviour Is my controller well adjusted for summer ventilation? Space requirements for male and female grow-finish pigs

Volume 9, Number 1 (Spring 2002) What’s New at PSC Elstow? Thermoregulation of the nursery by early-weaned piglets through operant conditioning Dealing with Variability in the Growout Barn Over 700 Trained in Hydrogen Sulphide Awareness

Centred on Swine Volume 10

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Volume 10, Number 4 (Winter 2003) The Importance of Feed and Feeding the Lactating Sow Large Groups for Grower-Finisher Pigs Low Crude Protein Diets Reduce Nitrogen Output in the Manure, But Are They Practical? Feed Intake: Revisiting an Old Challenge

Volume 10, Number 3 (Fall 2003) Phytase Improves P Bioavailability in Swine Diets Wheat and Barley Quality Determining the Cost of Variation Greenhouse Gasses and Odour Control Grand Opening of the Pork Interpretive Gallery

Volume 10, Number 2 (Summer 2003) 2003 Focus on the Future Conference Feasibility Study for Concrete Swine Buildings and Manure Storage Facilities in Western Canada Hydrogen Sulphide Gas can have Deadly Consequences Airborne Dust, Endotoxin and DNA Downwind from Swine Barns: An Update The Story of Pigs

Volume 10, Number 1 (Spring 2003) Remodeling Grow-Finish Barns for Large Groups Dietary Manipulation to Reduce Nutrient Excretion Optimum Versus Maximum Lysine Levels for Weanling Pigs Managing Manure Phosphorous Using a Systems Engineering Approach

Centred on Swine Volume 11

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Volume 11, Number 4 (Winter 2005) Redefining the Optimal Marketing Core Winter/Spring Barn Practices Evaluation of a Manure Pit Scraper System for Controlling Hydrogen Sulfide Gas in Swine Barns Tips for Saving Water

Volume 11, Number 3 (Fall 2004) Large Groups Housing: A Review Feed Processing and Nutritional Quality Among Wheat Classes Fed to Weaned Pigs Practical Application of Enzyme Supplementation in Swine Responce of Growing and Finishing Pigs to Dietary Energy Concentration

Volume 11, Number 2 (Summer 2004) Practical Aspects of On-Farm A.I. Management Alternatives with Electronic Sow Feeders Afforestation Applications for the Hog Industry Innovations in Barn Manure Handling

Volume 11, Number 1 (Spring 2004) Remodelling Grow-Finisher Barns for Large Groups Dietary Manipulation to Reduce Nutrient Excretion Optimum Versus Maximum Lysine Levels for Weanling Pigs Managing Manure Phosphorous Using a Systems Engineering Approach Top 10 Cost Cutters and Revenue Generators Greenhouse Gas and Odour Emissions from Pig Production Buildings, Manure Storage and Manure Treatment Facilities What is the proper stall size for gestating sows?