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Ideas in the swine industry worth sharing. Join extension specialists and swine industry experts as they engage in conversations aimed to help producers succeed in raising healthy pigs. PigX is a national podcast hosted by the Iowa Pork Industry Center at Iowa State University. Find out more about the research at https://piglivability.org/Check out the latest recordings from the 2021 Swine Survivability Conference!
It takes up to two years for employees from outside of the country to receive their green card, but the upcoming election may have an impact on the timeline and opportunities for foreign labor. Agriculture, including many swine organizations and companies, rely on help beyond the United States borders. Rachel Beardsley, partner and immigration attorney at Fragomen provides the potential effects on visas from November's presidential election, what she’s recommending to clients currently and the variety of visas available.
Completing our two-part mini-series, we are welcoming back Dr. Jordan Gebhardt of Kansas State University and Ph.D. student Larissa Becker to explore the topic of phosphorus and calcium requirements for gestating and lactating sows. In this episode, we will dive into Larissa's literature review, along with the key takeaways she discovered in the process!
In this two-part mini-series, we will investigate both swine bone mineralization and calcium and phosphorus requirements for gestating and lactating sows. Focusing on the prior for this episode, we will be highlighting research conducted by Dr. Jordan Gephardt of Kansas State University. Ph.D. student Larissa Becker will then begin to give us insight into the research she is conducting.
Welcome to season five, episode one, of the PigX Podcast! We have an exciting season ahead, so to kick it off, we brought Janae Metzger and Stacie Matchan as this month's guests. Janae discusses her presentation from the 2023 Iowa Swine Day Event on establishing a winning culture on the farm. Stacie touches on both the history of this event and what attendees should look forward to for the 2024 Iowa Swine Day. Be sure to listen to learn about all things described here and so much more!
For the May edition of the PigX Podcast, joining us is Kate Dion, a PostDoc Research Associate at Iowa State University, and Dr. Derald Holkamp, a professor in Veterinary Preventative Medicine with a focus on biosecurity. Throughout this episode, we will take a deep dive into the Standardized Outbreak Investigation Program they are developing, including how it will be used, why it is necessary, the timeline for adopting this new program, and so much more.
Joining the PigX Podcast this month is Jack Bobo, the director of Global Food and Water Policy at one of the world’s largest conservation organizations, the Nature Conservancy. Jack will be discussing his Iowa Swine Day presentation that covered the future of animal agriculture. In the second half of this episode, Dan Bussieres, who is the co-founder of and swine nutritionist for Group Ceres Inc., joins to chat about the topic of the Canadian pork production system, which he highlighted at Iowa Swine Day.
Giovani Trevisan, Guilherme A Cezar, and Daniel Linhares, three swine industry specialists, join the PigX Podcast this month to discuss the Swine Disease Reporting System (SDRS). Throughout this episode, we touch on topics including the research this team is conducting on SDRS, tools that are available for veterinarians and producers on this matter, and so much more.
Joining the PigX Podcast for February are Dr. Chris Rademacher, a Clinical Associate Professor and Swine Extension Veterinarian at Iowa State University, to help lead the discussion with Dr. Tom Petznick, a vet owner and veterinarian at ARK-CARE. The focus throughout this month is on the Porcine Sapovirus but, more specifically, the history of PSaV, where we are currently at in our PSaV research, and where we see this virus heading in the future.
This month, longtime friend of the podcast, Matt Romoser, a swine field specialist for Iowa State University, along with a new voice for our listeners, Derek Henningsen, who is the gilt flow manager for JBS Live Pork, join us for an in-depth chat on many topics. For this episode, we explore the importance of gilt selection and sow longevity, but more specifically, how factors such as foot health, nutrition, the environment, and diseases impact longevity over time.
Becca Walthart and Gabi Doughan, two Iowa State University graduate students, join the PigX Podcast for the month to discuss water biology and water quality. Throughout the episode, we touch on a wide array of water-related subjects, including why we should care about its biology, how to tell if there are issues with the quality of your water, and what to do if you encounter those issues.
Joining the PigX Podcast this month are Dr. Chris Rademacher, a Swine Extension Veterinarian and the AssociateDirector for the Iowa Pork Industry Center, and Dr. Daniel Linhares, an Associate Professor and theDirector of Graduate Education for Iowa State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. Take a listen to hear Chris and Daniel discussing past outbreak management programs for the PRRS virus.
Peering into two conversations from the 2023 Iowa Swine Day, we are featuring a chat with Dr. Jordan Graham, a veterinarian for the Swine Vet Center, discussing swine biosecurity. Later into the episode, we begin a discussion with Dr. Dusty Oedekoven, Chief Veterinarian for the National Pork Board, who is looking into Foreign Animal Diseases, or more specifically, the successes and failures of African Swine Fever.
Matt Romoser, Swine Extension Specialist, and Dr. Spenser Becker, Nutritionist at AB Vista, discuss all things related to gilt nutrition. Take a listen to the September episode of the PigX Podcast to learn about setting realistic gilt development nutrition goals, nutritional strategies, and more!
Shane McAuliffe of McAuliffe Pig Farms & Munster Technological University in Ireland, along with Tom Battagliese, Senior Manager of Global Sustainability Metrics for BASF in New Jersey, join us this month to discuss the topic of sustainability in the industry.
To jump into July, we are looking into two important topics for the swine industry: gilt eligibility and sow longevity. Jennifer Patterson, Research Associate with the University of Alberta, and Matt Romoser, Swine Extension Specialist with Iowa State University, offer us deeper insights on this topic.
Kicking off Season 4 with a great topic looking at a parallel grant, the PROSPER Grant. Spearheaded by Dr. Daniel Linhares and Edison Magalhaes, the PROSPER Grant is focused on how to integrate data more efficiently into swine production systems.
Joining the PigX Podcast this month to discuss in utero heat stress are Dr. Jason Ross, Animal Science Department Chair and the Lloyd Anderson Endowed Professor at Iowa State University, along with Dr. Lance Baumgard, Jacobson Endowed Professor and a Distinguished Professor at Iowa State University.
This month is part three of four in our series on heat stress. Dr. Brett Ramirez and Matt Romoser join this month to carry on the discussion by focusing on ventilation. They touch on proper ventilation systems, how to prep the barns for summer, and how to minimize the effects heat stress can have on the swine.
For part two of four in the heat stress series, we have Josh Selsby to take us through an in-depth discussion of how the sex of the pig directly affects heat stress results. He also touches on why they chose heat stress to study with the grant they received and the different stages they will go through in this process.
This month we are sharing part one of a four-part series on heat stress in its different stages. Dr. Josh Selsby begins by sharing information covering the grant this research project received. Dr. Kara Stewart then takes us into more detail, discussing what heat stress is and the effects of its losses.
We're kicking off 2023 with Dr. Christine Mainquist-Whigham, the Director of Health at Pillen Family Farms! Delaney and Chris move through a discussion with Dr. Mainquist-Whigham over the research she has presented on. She covers the development of the Elimination Diet Technique, sanitation methods, and vaccination protocols, in order to achieve the desired survivability rate. Chris takes us back to the basics with Christine to cover some data analytics that helped the farm to maintain consistency in pig living conditions to alleviate stress and over-chilling.
Kent Mogler, Mogler Family Farm’s CFO and IT leader, joins us to discuss the importance of engaging frontline workers on swine operations. He shares some great tools for accomplishing this task.
Dr. Paul Yeske, Swine Veterinarian with the Swine Vet Center, and Dr. Giovani Trevisan, Research Assistant Professor at Iowa State University, talk through the topic of biocontainment, specifically in grow-finish hogs. They each share research-backed tips for protecting your own herd this season, the difference between biosecurity and biocontainment, and of course, share a few take-home messages!
Dr. Derald Holtkamp and Dr. Marcelo Almeida join us on this month's episode of PigX to talk through their research on the bacteria Actinobacillus Pleuropneumoniae (APP). They give insight to what could have caused the 2021 outbreak in Iowa, and things that swine producers should be doing to protect their herds.
Joined by Dr. Chris Rademacher from Iowa State University, Dr. Justin Brown, Assistant teaching professor from Iowa State University, and Dr. Pete Thomas, Director of Health Services at Iowa Select Farms, Delaney guides the conversation around individual sow care. The men share how they have seen this concept work and tips on how to implement it on your own operation.
Dr. Ryan Brook, who spoke at the Iowa Swine Day, joins us to discuss a topic that isn't brought up much in the swine industry, wild hog populations. He shares the importance of this issue and what can be done to mitigate the risks it causes.
Dr. Jack Dekker talks through the idea of genetic resiliency in swine and ways to employ it on an operation. He shares research behind this idea and tips on how to discovery resiliency in your own hogs.
On this special episode of the PigX podcast, we are joined by geopolitical expert, Peter Zeihan, to discuss some impending impacts we will soon face due to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. He was one of the many incredible guests to have spoken at the Iowa Swine Day conference in Ames, and we will bring you a few more special edition episodes soon. In the meantime, you can hear from some of those guests and watch their talks at https://www.ipic.iastate.edu/iowaswineday.html. We return in a few short weeks with our next regularly scheduled episode to talk resiliency.
Return guests of the podcast, Dr. Derald Holtkamp and Dr. Chris Rademacher, define and discuss the concept of staged loading. Dr.Holtkamp shares findings from a study on this concept and gives tips on how to implement the practice in your own swine operation.
Chris and Lance share some insight from their recent discussion at the Sow Summit on the importance of sow management.
Sustainability has been a buzzword floating around the industry for years now, but what does it mean within pork production? Dr. Justin Ransom, Senior Director of Sustainable Food Strategy for Tyson Foods, and Dr. Brett Kaysen, Vice President of Sustainability for National Pork Board, join us to talk about the definition of sustainability, establishing and attaining sustainable goals, and a whole lot more. Tune in next month when we kick off Season 3 with fresh topics impacting pork production and survivability.
Dr. Jim Pillen and Dr. Deb Murray join us for this month's episode of PigX! We talk about a smorgasbord of topics, including industry changes, the post-wean transition, and more.
On this installment of PigX, we have not one but two guests! Tune in as Dr. Sarah Probst-Miller and Valerie Duttlinger talk to us about the importance of people on the farm.
Welcome to the February episode of the PigX podcast! This month, we talk to Dr. Ron Ketchem about the important relationship between piglet survivability and sow care.
Welcome to 2022! We are kicking off the New Year right with more coverage of the International Conference on Pig Survivability from October 2021. Join us for post-conference recaps with Dr. Noel Williams.
Welcome to the final PigX episode of 2021! We are airing this episode early as a special treat. Host Delaney Howell sat down with Dr. Joel DeRouchey and Dr. Jason Ross to talk about the swine survivability conference that took place back in October. Tune in to hear more about the conference and how it came to be!
Welcome to the second part of our discussion with Dr. Chris Rademacher, Clinical Professor at ISU college of Vet Medicine and Associate Director of the Iowa Pork Industry Center, and Dr. Steve Pollman of DSP Consulting. We kick things off with a recap of last month's episode. Then, we talk more about stocking density, the importance of weaning age, and get some take home messages from our guests.
Dr. Chris Rademacher, Clinical Professor at ISU college of Vet Medicine and Associate Director, Iowa Pork Industry Center, and Dr. Steve Pollman of DSP Consulting join the PigX podcast for a two part conversation! In part one, we introduce our guests and their work, identify industry changes, and post-weaning mortality. Tune in next month for part two!
This month's PigX episode is all about Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome, otherwise known as PRRS. Our guests Dr. Daniel Linhares and Dr. Paul Yeske guide us through a conversation about the disease, its variants, operation monitoring and mitigation, and more.
Dr. Matt Ritter, Cargill Director of Technical Services, and Dr. Anna Johnson, Professor of Animal Behavior and Welfare at Iowa State University, join the PigX podcast to talk about transport losses. From animal care to employee management, there are multiple parts and pieces to animal losses during the transportation process.
On the second episode of our second season, Brett Ramirez, Assistant Professor in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering at Iowa State University, and Fernando Gomez, Technical Services Direct at PIC, join the show to discuss ventilation in swine operations.
Dr. Caleb Shull, Director of Research and Development at The Maschhoffs, is our first guest of the second season! Dr. Shull discusses his research, the relationship between mortality and opportunity costs, and more. He even presents us with a challenge to the industry.
On the final episode of season one, we are talking to Kendall Weger. Kendall, technical support at PIC, talks to us about farrowing room preparation, day one pig care, post-farrowing care, and more.
On this episode of the PigX podcast we are talking about sow longevity. To give you a heads up, there's a lot more to longevity than you might think! Tune in as we talk about all these key components with Dr. Mark Wilson of Zinpro Corporation and Wayne Cast of PIC.
Join us as Dr. Derald Holtkamp and Dr. Lee Schulz of Iowa State University take us full circle around the swine industry! Dr. Holtkamp and Dr. Schulz discuss the economics behind the swine industry, how the two impact one another, and more.
Part 2 of the conversation between Dr. Chris Sievers and Dr. Ryan Strobel is here! Chris and Ryan share steps 6 though 10 on how you can reduce wean-to-finish mortality.
A 10 step plan might seem excessive but Dr. Chris Sievers and Dr. Ryan Strobel of the Swine Vet Center in St. Peter, Minnesota say otherwise. Chris and Ryan share steps 1 though 5 on how you can reduce wean-to-finish mortality. Tune in next month for steps 6 through 10.
People can make or break a business, especially when your business relies on excellent labor! Ken Stalder, professor at Iowa State University, and Valerie Duttlinger, Chief Analytics Officer for Summit SmartFarms, share why people are essential to the swine industry, and how to find the right people for your team.
Weaning ages of piglets can play a vital role during production. Dr. Mike Tokach, of Kansas State University, and Dr. Adam Moeser, of Michigan State, have both researched the impact weaning ages truly have during a pig's life and share their thoughts on this topic.
Dr. Laura Greiner has spent years researching various phases of production, but we focus today's episode on body condition scores. BCS are used during gestation when a sow or gilt are heading into farrowing, and are vital for ensuring the best results during that time. Tune in to find out more on this episode of the PigX podcast!
What does the PRRS Virus and Biosecurity have in common? Well, quite a lot actually. Cesar Moura, a PhD student at Iowa State University, and Dr. Jeff Blythe, a veterinarian for Pipestone Systems, share how the two subjects are connected on this episode of the PigX Podcast.
Aiming to reduce pig mortality in the nursery can certainly be a challenge, so this episode features a discussion between two industry experts: Dr. Marlin Hoogland a veterinarian for Smithfield; and Dr. Tim Loula a veterinarian for Swine Vet Center. One of the biggest takeaways from both vets: read the pig! This episode features a ton of great topics including: Keys to starting piglets in the nursery Successes to Weaning, Transportation, Barn Management, and other stages of a piglets lifeReceiving pigs to new barnsRecommendations for helping pigs find feed & waterSetting up a barn for maximum success Key Takeaways from Dr. Loula & Dr. Hoogland's experience
Welcome to Episode 2 of the PigX Podcast! Episode 2 focuses on Colostrum management and intake with Dr. Kara Stewart of Purdue University. Colostrum, also known as the first milk , has the ability to drastically alter a pigs ability to survive, and thrive. Through her role with this grant, Dr. Stewart's research is working to identify colostrum markers in piglets, and find new ways to help piglets survive and thrive. Mark your calendars for the first Monday of each month to catch up on the latest podcast, all focused around improving swine mortality. Check out more on the project at https://piglivability.org/ PigX: Ideas in the swine industry worth sharing.
Welcome to Episode 1 of the PigX Podcast! In today's episode we hear from multiple guests of the project to find the what, and why behind the project as well as learn more about the goal's of the PigX podcast. Mark your calendars for the first Monday of each month to catch up on the latest podcast, all focused around improving swine mortality. Check out more on the project at https://piglivability.org/ PigX: Ideas in the swine industry worth sharing.
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