Production Sessions

Production sessions are presented both Wednesday and Thursday. Delegates will be able to choose two morning sessions (one Wednesday, one Thursday) and two afternoon sessions (one Wednesday, one Thursday).   
*program is subject to change

Morning Production Sessions

1. Marketing

Consumer Demand & Pork Marketing: Supporting Long-Term Industry Growth
Claire Jiang, Canada Pork

Protein, Pork & Perception: What Today’s Nutrition Trends Mean to Pork
Shannon Crocker, Canadian Pork Council

2. Farrowing Management

Maternity Ring: Meeting All Stakeholder Expectations
Kate Plush, SunPork

Open Farrowing Pens: Lessons Learned from Ontario
Egbert Deetman, Deetman Farms Ltd.

3. Breeding Management

Fertility Drivers in the Breeding Herd
Rob Knox, University of Illinois

How Semen Handling & AI Technique Impact Fertility
Kara Stewart, Smithfield

Afternoon Production Sessions

4. Disease & Health

Emerging PRRSV Variants
Kim Vanderwaal, University of Minnesota

PEDv Occurrence and Transmission
Cesar Corzo, University of Minnesota

Biosecurity and the Impact of PRRS and PED on Productivity
Derald Holtkamp, Iowa State University

5. Sow & Piglet Management

Feeding Nursery Pigs & Zinc 
Francesc Molist, Schothorst Feed Research

Sow Nutrition & Longevity
Pieter Langendijk, Trouw Nutrition

Feeding the Grow-Finish Pig: Formulating to Maximize Income Over Feed Cost
Xun Zhou, Gowan’s

6. Buildings

Barn Design
Speaker TBA

Barn Ventilation
Raymond Funk, Summit Technologies

Barn Filtration
Perry Hartmann, Parker 

7. Innovators

Winning Innovation for the F.X. Aherne Prize in Innovative Pork Production

Finalist Presentations for the R.O. Ball Young Scientist Grad Student Competiton