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Porkcast online webinars

View archived PorkCast webinars at www.extension.umn.edu/swine/porkcast

Archived PorkCast Titles:

  • Air Filtration Systems for Swine Disease Prevention
  • Risk Management for Pork Producers
  • Reducing Piglet Mortality in Open Pen Group Farrowing Systems
  • H1N1 Preparedness for Pork Producers
  • 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

PorkCast Webinars

This is a free pork producer educational program.

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To receive information on future PorkCast Online Seminars, become a PorkCast subscriber.

Subscribe and/or login: www.extension.umn.edu/swine/porkcast

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To receive information on future PorkCast seminars or to become a PorkCast subscriber, go to www.extension.umn.edu/swine/porkcast. For more information, contact Dr. Mark Whitney, University of Minnesota Swine Extension Educator at whitn007@umn.edu or (507) 389-5541.

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What is a PorkCast?

Hot topics and current swine industry issues are the subject matter for PorkCast Online Seminars. The Minnesota Pork Board and the University of Minnesota Extension partner to bring pork producers these Internet-based programs. The PorkCast Online Seminars can be viewed from an individual’s home or office computer and include both audio and visual components, plus interactive features for asking questions during the live seminars. There is no cost to participate in PorkCast Online Seminars.

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Connecting to PorkCast webinars:

PorkCast webinars are provided free of charge from University of Minnesota Extension and the Minnesota Pork Board.  These quarterly PorkCasts provide management-level, research-driven information to pork production managers, owners and allied industry.  To participate in this program, go to the PorkCast main website at www.extension.umn.edu/swine/porkcast and click on the button for this program. 

Link to the program prior to its start to assure there are no connection problems.  You will be directed to answer a few demographic questions and then will be able to connect to the program. Participants will be able to ask questions of the presenters) during and at the end of the live program. 

This program will be recorded and an archived copy will be available to view a few days after the live program.

 

Viewing Requirements:

  • Internet connection (Broadband or higher connection speed)

  • A supported operating system (such as Mac or PC) and web browser

  • Macromedia Flash player 6.0.65 or later as a browser plug-in (you will be prompted to download automatically if needed)

  • Sound capability (speakers)

You can test your program connection and verify availability of Flash on your computer by visiting https://admin.acrobat.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm and following the testing connection prompts.

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