Industry Calendar by Date:

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.