Title: Reducing Piglet Mortality in Open Pen Group
Farrowing Systems
Date & Time: March 12, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Presenter: Dr. Yuzhi Li, University of Minnesota West Central
Research and Outreach Center
To be sustainable the open pen group farrowing housing system needs to be
efficient and profitable. In open pen group farrowing systems, piglet mortality
is as high as 20 percent to 30 percent, which diminishes the margin of profit
and causes welfare concerns from crushed piglets.
Dr.
Yuzhi Li's research looks at the effects of sow parity, litter
size and birth weight of piglets on piglet survival. She will discuss how to apply the research findings to reduce piglet
mortality in alternative farrowing systems.
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Title: Future Swine Profitability: Importance of Implementing
aSound Risk Management Program
Date & Time: March 30, 1-2 p.m.
Presenter: Bret Oelke, Extension Educator in
Farm Business Management, University of Minnesota
Extension
Presenter Bret Oelke, University of Minnesota Extension Educator specializing in farm business management, will discuss how developing and implementing a sound risk management program that accounts for input costs and revenue will greatly improve cash flow and future sustainability. Oelke will also review the previous two years of volatility and change in the hog profitability cycle.
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Determining and Maximizing the Economic Value of Manure
Creating an Animal Welfare Program
Pricing & Buying Feed in 2009
Emergency Ventilation and Properly Ventilating Barns When Emptying Manure Storage Pits
Pork Producer Resources for Difficult Financial Times
Farm Transfer and Estate Planning
Winterizing Your Barn
Bringing and Keeping Gilts in the Breeding Herd
Rising to the Challenge of Rising Corn Prices: Proactive Options for Pork Producers
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