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Day 1 Breeding Success - Wednesday, March 28, 2012
8:45 Registration
9:20 Welcome / Opening Remarks
Session 1
9:30 A Change in Perspective - Jack
Tacoma, Tacoma Engineers
Change is…How to motivate and embrace change.
10:15 Global Balance of Pork Trade - Michael
Young, Canada Pork International
Who are the customers for our pork now and into the future. What are
they looking for?
11:00 Concurrent Workshops:
Advanced Sow Troubleshooting - Paul
Ferreira, Grand Valley Fortifiers &
Ryan Martin, RFW Farms &
Kevin Vilaça, South
West Ontario Veterinarians
Sow Lameness - Nicolas
deVillers, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada & Mark
Wilson, Zinpro
What You Should Know About Your Financial Health - Phil
Anwender, Producer & Steve
Benedict, FCC
12:30 Lunch
Session 2
1:15 Advancing Reproductive Technology - Mike
Dyck, University of Alberta & Kilby
Willenburg, ReproQuest
Tools, techniques & strategies to improve reproductive performance
and genetic progress.
2:00 Benchmarking Practices Used by the Most Profitable Companies
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Stacey Edwards, AgriStats
What are the most meaningful measurements on farm? How do we compare
and what can we do about it?
2:45 Refreshment Break
3:15 Concurrent Workshops:
Post Cervical Artificial Insemination - Egidijus
Mickevicius, Hypor & Lucio
Leite, Producer & Mark
Wilson, Zinpro
Implementing Simple and Useful Production Benchmarking - Stacey
Edwards, AgriStats & Rob
McDougall, Paragon Farms
Maximizing the Impact of High Value and High Fertility Boars
- Mike Dyck, University of
Alberta & Kilby Willenburg,
ReproQuest
5:00 Reception - cash bar and finger food
Day 2 Maximizing Return - Thursday, March 29, 2012
8:45 Registration
Session 3
9:30 Marketing Options in a New Environment - Patrick
O'Neil, Ontario Pork
A year after open marketing and what has changed? Evaluating the positives,
negatives and what is on the horizon.
10:15 Evidence Based Decisions - Cate
Dewey, University of Guelph
Using recent studies and real farm data to make better decisions on
farm.
11:00 Concurrent Workshops:
Making an On-farm Trial Work - Marvin
Wastell, GroMaster & Malachy
Young, Gowan's Feed Consulting
New Handling and Transportation Strategies -
Matt Ritter, Elanco Animal Health & Luigi
Faucitano, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Hitting the Grid - Frank
Wood, Conestoga Meat Packers & Jaydee
Smith, OMAFRA & Producer (TBA)
12:30 Lunch
Session 4
1:15 Concurrent Workshops:
Taking the "Alternative" out of Alternative Ingredients
- Clarence Keen, Producer
& Drew Woods, Shurgain/Nutreco
& Malachy Young, Gowan's
Feed Consulting
The Future of the Finishing Barn - Murray
Elliott, FGC & Marvin
Wastell, GroMaster
Troubleshooting in the Nursery/Grower-Finish - Greg
Wideman, South West Ontario Veterinarians & John
Otten, Producer & Dallas
Reimer, Minor Bros.
2:45 Refreshment Break
Session 5
3:15 When Farm Safety and Labour Regulations Collide - Chris
Callaghan, Ontario Ministry of Labour & Jay
Remsik, WSPS
What happens when there is an accident on farm? Learn how labour regulations
impact your role as an employer and how to minimize your risk.
4:00 Pork Production in a YouTube™ Environment - Trent
Loos, LoosTales
How to take a pro-active approach to pork production in an increasingly
connected world.
4:45 Closing remarks
5:00 Reception - cash bar and finger food
* Topics and speakers are current at time of print and may be subject
to change.
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