Pork Industry Calendar
Industry Calendar by Date:
March 4, 2009: 1st Annual Passion for Pigs Seminar & Trade Show, Stoney Creek Inn, Columbia, MO;
contact Julie Lolli at (660) 651-0570.
March 17, 2009: Ohio Swine Health Symposium, Der Dutchman Restaurant, Plain City, OH; contact: Ohio State University Extension/Putnam County by phone (419) 523-6294 or fax (419) 523-3192.
March 17-19, 2009: American Meat Industry Foundation Livestock Transportation Conference and Animal Care
and Handling Conference, Westin Crown Center, Kansas City, MO; contact: Rosie Levine at relevine@meatami.com.
March 25, 2009: PorkCast seminar on “Creating an Animal Welfare Program,” from 1-2 p.m.; contact: Mark Whitney at whitn007@umn.edu or (507) 389-5541.
April 1-2, 2009: National Pork Producers Council Spring 2009 Legislative Action Conference, L’Enfant Plaza Hotel, Washington, D.C.; contact: Alicia Irlbeck @ irlbeck@nppc.org.
May 4, 2009: Pork Profit Seminar, hosted by the Missouri Pork Association,
Nevada, MO; contact: www.mopork.com or call (573) 445-8375.
May 5, 2009: Pork Profit Seminar, hosted by the Missouri Pork Association, Marshall, Mo; contact: www.mopork.com or call (573) 445-8375.
May 6, 2009: Pork Profit Seminar, hosted by the Misouri Pork Association, Mexico, MO; contact: www.mopork.com or call (573) 445-8375.
May 6-8, 2009: Pork Management Conference (Pork Checkoff), Sanibel Harbour Resort & Spa, Fort Myers, FL; contact:
Sharlotte Peterson at Speterson@pork.org, (515) 223-2614.
May 17-20, 2009, Alltech’s 25th Health & Nutrition Symposium, Lexington Convention Center, Lexington, KY. Early-bird registration is $400 (deadline April 10); $525 after April 10; Registration code may be obtained at www.symposium@alltech.com; to review the symposium program and register, go to http://hms.alltech.com/symposium/en/home.cfm.
June 2, 2009: Swine Handling & Transport Forum, Des Moines Marriott Downtown, Des Moines, IA.
June 3-5, 2009: World Pork Expo, Iowa State Fairgrounds, Des Moines, IA; contact: www.worldpork.org.
June 8-10, 2009: University of Missouri (MU) Pork Institute, MU Campus, Columbia, MO; contact the Missouri Pork Association at www.mopork.com or (573) 445-8375.
June 7-14, 2009: Advanced Swine Production Technology Course, University of Illinois Campus, Urbana, IL; contact: Gilbert
Hollis, professor emeritus, Department of Animal Sciences at (217) 265-919, e-mail hollisg@uiuc.edu or go to
http://www.livestocktrail.uiuc.edu/porknet/eventDisplay.cfm?ContentlD=10028.
June 22-23, 2009: American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV) Summer Conference, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; contact: AASV by phone (515) 465-5255; fax (515) 465-3832; e-mail aasv@aasv.org or go to http://www.aasv.org.
July 12-16, 2009: Canadian Society of Animal Science and american Society of Animal Science Joint Annual Meeting, Montreal Convention Center, Montreal, Canada; contact; www.asas.org.
July 18-21, 2010: 21st International Pig Veterinary Society Congress, Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; contact: www.ipvs2010.com.
July 22, 2009: Upper Midwest Manure Handling Expo, Central Iowa Center, Boone, IA; contact: agwaste@iastate.edu.
or visit their website.
Aug. 13, 2009: The 50th Annual George A. Young Swine Conference, “Achieving the Best Production Through Knowledge,” Marina
Inn, South Sioux City, NE; contact: Sharon Clowser, University of Nebraska at sclowser2@unl.edu.
Aug. 25-27, 2009: ID Info Expo 2009, “The ID Mandate: Meeting Consumer and Government Demands,” Westin Crown Plaza,
Kansas City, MO; contact: www.animalagriculture.org.
Sept. 1, 2009: Carthage Veterinary Service (CVS) Ltd. 19th Annual Swine Conference, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL; contact: CVS at (217) 357-2811 or go to www.hogvet.com.
September 15- 16, 2009: Mark your calendar for the 70th MN Nutrition Conference
The 2009 Minnesota Nutrition Conference is scheduled for September 15 and 16, 2009, in Owatonna, MN, at the Holiday Inn (next to Cabela's). We are returning to this venue after a tremendously successful conference there in 2008.
This year's pre-conference symposium entitled "Fostering Optimum GI Development, Integrity and Function in Livestock and Poultry" is sponsored by BFI Innovations Inc. BFI will bring us a slate of national and international speakers. The University of Minnesota Research Update will include the latest research results from our faculty and students. Some topics scheduled for the Ruminant session include: New technology for on-farm data collection; Beef cow size and diet formulations; Milk fat depression, and many others. For the Nonruminant session, speakers will address: Diet interventions for healthier pork; Digestible amino acid formulations for poultry; National Swine Nutrition Guide; Feed formulations to control risk, and others.
Check the Minnesota Nutrition Conference website at for program and registration details as more information becomes available, and plan to attend this engaging conference.
There are numerous sponsorship opportunities available for this event. Those who have an interest in sponsoring should contact Lee Johnston (320-589-1711; johnstlj@morris.umn.edu) or John Goihl (800-322-0437; jgoihl@aol.com).
2008
July 31-Aug. 1, 2008: Swine Breeding and Gestation Training Course, Southern Research and Outreach Center, Waseca, MN; contact: Mark Whitney, (507) 389-5541, whitn007@umn.edu or click on www.extension.umn.edu/swine.
Aug. 6, 2008: SowBridge “Managing Gilts for Productivity and Longevity” remote program via phone and computer, noon and 7 p.m. CST; contact: Mark Whitney, (507) 389-5541, whitn007@umn.edu or click on www.extension.umn.edu/swine.
Aug. 7, 2008: PorkBridge “Properly Walking Pens and Observing Pigs” remote program via phone and computer, noon and 7 p.m. CST; contact Mark Whitney, (507) 389-5541, whitn007@umn.edu or click on www.extension.umn.edu/swine.
Aug. 8, 2008: Swine Farrowing Training Course (presented in Spanish), St. James, MN; contact: Mark Whitney, (507) 389-5541, whitn007@umn.edu or click on www.extension.umn.edu/swine.
Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2008: PorkExpo Brazil 2008 & IV International Forum on Swine Production, the biggest event on swine production of the world is already being organized and promises to break records of participants and exhibitors. The event, which has consolidated itself in the market as a perfect place to do business and learn knowledge in this edition will have more area of fair offering over 5.000 square meters of exhibition area, where over 100 businesses will exhibit products and services for the swine production. The organizing commission expect over 12 thousand people visit the fair.
The scientific program, strong point of the former editions, will offer a unique opportunity to share experience and for this purpose it will have a group composed by the main technicians of the world swine production. They will be 42 lecturers internationally renowned, distributed in 3 Technical Seminars of Specialization, Magisterial Lectures and Graduation practice courses, presentation of scientific papers and like in the former editions, over 2.500 participants from over 40 countries are expected to compose a unique audience in terms of Brazil's forum.
In addition to seminars and lectures AnimalWorld is preparing an extended gastronomic and entertainment program with events that value swine production and encourage the consumption of pork, such as: Pork Festival, Incentive Program for the Consumption of Pork, Musical Show and PorkArt.
The PorkExpo Brazil 2008 & IV International Forum on Swine Production comes to its third edition as the biggest event of the Swine Production in the world as it has the largest public specific to the sector and bears the historic record of participants in a congress. Allied to the opportunity of a direct contact with swine producers, students and technicians, PorkExpo offers for the businesses in the fields of nutrition, sanitation, genetics and equipment space for the release of new products, and a complete mailing of the participants for the exhibitor with the best bottom-line by m² of fair.
