January 2024 – Swine in Minnesota

Best of Leman: Todd Marotz -Practical Implementation of Information to a Production System

This is our most popular series on the blog. Once a month, we are sharing with you a presentation given at the Allen D. Leman swine conference, on topics that the swine group found interesting, innovative or that lead to great discussions.

Want more? Find previous presentations in our Best of Leman archives.

This presentation was originally given by Todd Marotz of Wakefield Pork, Inc. during the 2023 Allen D. Leman Swine Conference, recorded September 18, 2023.

Epidemiological Evaluation of African Swine Fever Spread in the Dominican Republic

This is our Friday rubric: every week a new Science Page from the Bob Morrison’s Swine Health Monitoring Project. The previous editions of the science page are available on our website.

Rachel Schambow, Syed Hussain, Maria C. Antognoli, Silvia Kreindel, Raysa Reyes and Andres Perez evaluate contributing factors to the spread of ASF in the Dominican Republic in a collaborative study between the Center for Animal Health and Food Safety at the University of Minnesota, the USDA and the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo.

Markets Will Drive More Hard Decisions in 2024: A podcast

Thank you for your interest in this archived blog post. The link below may not work anymore, but you can access older episodes of “At the Meeting” at the podcast’s website!

U.S. swine producers will face continued economic challenges for the first portion of 2024, with a reduction in feed costs arriving by summer. But producers will still need to improve herd health and make their production systems more efficient if they are to survive.

Evaluating the role of vehicle movements to spread African swine fever

This is our Friday rubric: every week a new Science Page from the Bob Morrison’s Swine Health Monitoring Project. The previous editions of the science page are available on our website.

This week’s Science Page takes a look at data analyzed by Jason A. Galvis and Gustavo Machado at North Carolina State University to determine the role of vehicles in the spread of ASFV.

First assessment of weeks-to-negative processing fluids in breeding herds after a Senecavirus A outbreak

Today, we are sharing a new article from the Corzo lab, published in Porcine Health Management earlier this month. This study looks at the number of weeks it takes for processing fluids to become negative after a Senecavirus A outbreak. The full article is available on the journal’s website in open access.