A world of information will be available to pork producers at the Iowa Swine Day Thursday, June 27. The event at the Scheman Building at Iowa State University in Ames will run from 9 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. This is the second year Iowa State, Iowa Pork Producers Association and Iowa Pork Industry Center have organized the one-day event for the swine industry.
The morning plenary session will feature internationally recognized speakers on the animal rights agenda, global success in pork production, impact of disease on nutrition, and employee engagement and productivity, according John Patience, event co-chair and animal science professor at Iowa State. “This year’s conference program targets specific producer needs and brings in highly qualified specialists to address technical aspects of the topics,” said Dr. Patience. “This conference is designed to help producers make informed production system decisions.” The program was developed with the help of leaders in the pork industry, who identified topics of greatest interest, and in some cases, the best speakers to cover those topics.
Participants will select five of 18 afternoon sessions – including management strategies, production input data collection, employee retention, effects of heat stress, swine influenza and housing management. Full program details can be found at the event website http://www.aep.iastate.edu/iowaswineday. Participants will receive a binder with all presentations.
Online registration is available at http://www.aep.iastate.edu/iowaswineday. Registration fee is $60 for registrations made before midnight June 14; late registration is $80. Student registration fee is $25. Registration includes lunch, refreshments breaks and a copy of the conference notebook.