Pig Ski is January 31-February 2, 2024, at Copper Mountain, CO!
The Pig Ski Conference brings together people from every facet of swine production to discuss the current topics affecting the industry and get to know each other while having...
Farmscape for January 16, 2024
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A program offered by the University of Saskatchewan is helping address the shortage of swine veterinarians in western Canada by providing a mechanism through which foreign trained veterinarians can be...
Paul Kalmbach, Jr., President with Kalmbach Feeds, spoke to attendees at the Annual Four Star Pork Industry Conference held in Muncie, Indiana in September about consumer trends and their impact on the pork industry and what producers can do...
PRRS, labor, sow housing and foreign animal disease top the list for this veterinarian who is also a pork producer
Dr. Peter Schneider, veterinarian at Innovative Agriculture Solutions a partner of Four Star Veterinary Service, spoke to attendees at...
North Carolina was known to be a dream location to raise pigs. But now, according to veteran swine practitioner, Randy Jones, DVM (NCST ’85), doing business in a highly regulated state combined with the inflated cost of feedstuffs, fuel,...
Tim Burnside, swine farm manager at I & S Furrer Farms in Wolcott, Indiana, spoke at the Four Star Veterinary Service Pork Industry Conference in Muncie, Indiana, to share his experience as a swine farm manager.
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Iowa State University has joined a new initiative aimed at addressing the nationwide shortage of veterinarians in rural, food-systems industries. This program, part of the Veterinary Workforce Solutions Program, seeks to develop veterinary students’ careers while providing support in...
Farmscape for February 2, 2024
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A professor with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine says a program developed to enable foreign trained veterinarians to become certified in Canada is a win for the foreign trained...
Dr. Angela Baysinger was installed as president of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians on February 27, 2024, during the association's 55th Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee. She succeeds Dr. William Hollis, who is now immediate past president. Dr....
How to keep baby pigs alive while making them bulletproof
Dr. Larry Coleman, veterinarian, spoke to attendees at the Annual Four Star Pork Industry Conference held in Muncie, Indiana in September 2024. His message focused on the four key steps...