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Banff Pork Seminar
January 18 - 21, 2011
"Facing Our Future"
Banff, Alberta, Canada
Afternoon Breakout Sessions
Sessions are repeated on Wednesday & Thursday
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- Building our Future in Exports
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- Preferred Meat Quality Attributes in Export Markets
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Michael Young, CPI, BC
- Delivering Quality Pork to Export Markets
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Jeff Clarke, Olymel, QC
- Achieving Export Quality Pork
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Heather Bruce, Univ Alberta, AB
- EU Export Certification
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Kevin Grier, George Morris Centre, ON
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- Using Records to Plan the Future
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- Analysis of the Trends Shaping the Pork Industry
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Tom Stein, MetaFarms Inc, MN
- Benchmarking - Production Practises used by the Most Profitable Companies
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Greg Bilbrey, Agri Stats Inc, IN
- How to Analyze & Adjust Practices in a Vertically Integrated Production System
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Dan Kraft, Maple Leaf Agri Farms, MB
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- The Future of Swine Health Practice
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- PRRS Control & Eradication in USA
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Bob Morrison, Univ Minnesota, MN
- PRRS Control & Eradication in Canada
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Doug MacDougald, MacDougald & Jones, ON
- Canadian Swine Health Board: Initiatives in Biosecurity and Herd Health
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Robert Harding, Cdn Swine Health Board, ON
- Mycotoxins and Toxicological Impact in Swine
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Jim House, Univ Manitoba, MB
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- The Challenging Future of Feed Costs
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- New Energy and Amino Acid Requirements for Gestating Sows
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Soenke Moehn, Univ Alberta, AB
- Benefits & Limitations of Feeding Corn DDGS to Grower-Finisher Pigs
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Gerald Shurson, Univ Minnesota, MN
- Cost Effective Feeding Programs for Grow-Finish Pigs
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Doug Cook, Provimi North America, OH
- New Developments in Feeding Programs for Weaned Pigs
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Joel Spencer, JBS United Inc, IN
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- Marketing to the Future Consumer
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- Marketing Canadian Pork to Canadian Consumers
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Ellen Goddard, Univ Alberta, AB
- Innovations and Trends in Consumer Marketing in Europe
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Karen Hamann, IFAU, Denmark
- Recovering Consumer Confidence after a Food Crisis
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Jill Hobbs, Univ Saskatchewan, SK
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- Hot Topic TBA
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Speakers & Topic to be chosen in early September from important issues facing pork industry at that time
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Research Posters will be displayed from 8 am to 5 pm Wednesday and Thursday in the Max Bell Building.
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Morning Breakout Sessions
Offered on Thursday only
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- Transportation with Care and Profit
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- On-Farm Loading & Handling Affects Meat Quality & Losses
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Jorge Andrés Correa, Cdn Meat Council, ON
- Livestock Transportation Training Programs
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Nancy Lidster, DNL Farms Ltd, SK
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- Choosing and Ensuring Best Practices
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- Getting the Fundamentals Right
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Sarah Probst Miller, Carthage Vet. Service, Ltd, IL
- Achieving Standardization of "Best Practise" at the Farm Worker Level
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Ryan Bracken, The Puratone Corporation, MB
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- Competing in the Future
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- Cost & Profit Comparison - Canada vs. USA
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Bill Christianson, PIC-USA, TN
- Policies in the Future
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Ron Plain, Univ Missouri, MO
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- The Future of Communications
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- Using Social Media Campaigns to Impact Public Opinion
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Lilian Schaer, AgriFood Projects, ON
- The Future of On-Line Training
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Bob Brcka, PigCHAMP Inc, IA
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- Graduate Student Competition
The best high value research will be selected for 20 minute theatre presentations and discussion. See what the future will bring in the fields of nutrition, breeding, management and the environment.
All research posters will be displayed from 8 am to 5 pm Wednesday and Thursday.
The following forms are available as PDF files:
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