Thursday, June 4

8:30 to 9:30 a.m. - Seminar sponsored by Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)

Why risk management is vital for a successful hog operation; developing a marketing plan; hedging with futures and options; educational trading tools for the hog producer,

Thomas Clark, associate director, Commodity Products — Risk Management for Pork Producers.

10 a.m. to noon - Seminar presented by AgroSoft, North America

Noon to 2:30 p.m. - Outlook Session with lunch sponsored by the National Pork Board

• Hog Market, Export and Competing Meats Outlook, Glenn Grimes, University of Missouri

• Crop and Feedgrain Production and Use Scenario, Robert Wisner, Iowa State University

• Weather and Crop-Growing Conditions, Elwynn Taylor, Iowa State University

3 to 5 p.m. - Sow Seminar sponsored by APC, Inc.

• How functional proteins work, Joy Campbell, nutritionist, APC, Inc.

• Lactation feeding programs, Dean Boyd, director of technology, The Hanor Company

• Case Study: Use of functional proteins in a PRRS-unstable herd, Joe Crenshaw, director of Technical Services, APC, Inc.

• Economic impact of improved reproductive efficiencies, Derald Holtkamp, DVM, professor, Iowa State University.

Educational Seminars

Wednesday and Thursday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Cattle Barn Sales Arena

Underwriting Sponsors: Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health, AgroSoft North America, APC, Inc. and Novus International

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

10 a.m. to noon - Seminars sponsored by Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health

1 to 2 p.m. - Seminar sponsored by Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)

Why risk management is vital for a successful hog operation; developing a marketing plan; hedging with futures and options; educational trading tools for the hog producer with Thomas Clark, associate director, Commodity Products — Risk Management for Pork Producers

Thursday, June 4

10 a.m. to noon - Seminar presented by Novus International (details unavailable at press time).

1 to 3 p.m. - Seminar sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim

• Experiences with the subclinical control of PCV2, John Waddell, DVM, Sutton, NE Veterinary Clinic

• Impact of modified-live vaccine intervention on a population of pigs infected with a heterologous isolate, JP Cano, DVM, Central University of Venezuela, South America

• Salmonella vaccine safety and control of salmonella typhimurium infections, John Kolb, DVM, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc.

3:30 to 4:30 p.m. - Seminar sponsored by Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)

Why risk management is vital for a successful hog operation; developing a marketing plan; hedging with futures and options; educational trading tools for the hog producer, with Thomas Clark, associate director, Commodity Products - Risk Management for Pork Producers

Pork Academy

Wednesday, June 3 and Thursday June 4, 9:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.

Friday June 5, 9:30 to 11 a.m.
Varied Industries Building, Room C

Sponsored by National Pork Board/Pork Checkoff

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