Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives

Manitoba Swine Seminar
 

2000 Volume 14. Thriving in the New Millennium

Day 1 Sow/Boar Day

• Fat Sources and Vitamin Supplementation - A Need to Re-Examine Sow Diets?
• New Opportunities for Genetic Change in Pigs
• Post Weaning Mortality in Manitoba Swine
• Production Variation - "Blame the Worker or the System"
• Self-Directed Work Teams: Thinking HR Quality Pays Off
• The Benefits and Constraints to Widespread Use of Reproductive Technology in the Future

Day 2 Grow/Finish Day

• Canada's Pork Export Markets: "Future Trends, Demands and Opportunities"
• Financial Impact of Changes in Production Feed Budgeting
• Heads Up Hog Farming - Positioning to Profit and Manage Risk in the New Agricultural Economy
• Isolated Weaning Technology: Incorporation into the Canadian Code of Practice…Pigs
• Nursery Pig Nutrition and Management
  • Part 1. Diet Formulation
  • Part 2. Feeding Management Procedures
• Vitamin Supplementation and Stress in the 40-110 kg Pig