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Swine Training Programs

Conventional and alternative breeding and gestation management are the subject of two swine training programs in late July and early August in Minnesota.

Breeding and gestation management will be July 27 and 28 at the University of Minnesota Southern Research and Outreach Center at Waseca, MN. Alternative breeding and gestation management will be July 31 and Aug. 1 at the University of Minnesota West Central Research and Outreach Center at Morris, MN.

Registration deadline is July 17. Cost is $110 for the two-day intensive programs. For more details, contact University of Minnesota Swine Extension educator Mark Whitney at (507) 389-5541 or Minnesota Pork Board education director Trudy Wastweet at (800) 537-7675.

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