Best of Leman 2024: Marjorie Schleper – Alternatives to rendering for nursery/grow-finish mortality management: A cost and feasibility analysis

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 given by Marjorie Schleper of Christensen Farms during the 2024 Allen D. Leman Swine Conference, recorded September 22, 2024.

Continue reading “Best of Leman 2024: Marjorie Schleper – Alternatives to rendering for nursery/grow-finish mortality management: A cost and feasibility analysis”

Environmental Impact of the Hungarian Swine Sector during the PRRS Eradication Program with Full Herd Replacement (2014–2022) Focusing on the proactive veterinary medicine and vets’ decisions’ environmental consequences

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.

László Búza, István Szabó, Jr., László Gombos, László Varga, Veronika Szűr-Gombos István Szabó share their key findings from Hungaria’s PRRS eradication program impact on the environment.

Continue reading “Environmental Impact of the Hungarian Swine Sector during the PRRS Eradication Program with Full Herd Replacement (2014–2022) Focusing on the proactive veterinary medicine and vets’ decisions’ environmental consequences”

Best of Leman 2021: Erin Cortus – Sustainability approaches and perspectives

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 month we learn about sustainability approaches from Dr.Erin Cortus of the University of Minnesota

Continue reading “Best of Leman 2021: Erin Cortus – Sustainability approaches and perspectives”

Environmental footprint of pork production discussed

This article was written by Dr. Pedro Urriola, faculty member at the University of Minnesota, published on the National Hog Farmer website on October 14th, 2021.

Days started to be shorter and cooler as the fall season was upon us and with that came the Allen D. Leman Swine Conference and the Minnesota Nutrition Conference. This year, both conferences expanded discussions on the topic of environmental and business sustainability in the pork industry, among other relevant topics. Critical conversations are happening at public institutions, among investors, packers, retailers, and as consumers are demanding a reduction in the environmental impact of animal protein production. This reduction in the environmental footprint of pork production is a goal well understood and actively pursued by pork producers.

Continue reading “Environmental footprint of pork production discussed”