Dr. Jack Dekkers 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.
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!
