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London Swine Conference 2012

Proceeding of the conference held in Canada in March 2012.

19 March 2013

3 minute read

By: Jackie Linden

The theme of the 2012 conference, which was held on 28 and 29 March 2012 in London, Ontario, was 'Time for Change'.

Click on the link at the end to view the full papers.

Breeding Success

A change in perspective
Canadian pork trade balance, outlook and opportunity gaps
Tools, techniques and strategies to improve reproductive performance and genetic progress
Benchmarking practices of the most profitable companies

Day 1 Workshops

Advanced sow trouble-shooting
Measuring lameness in sows
Impact of lameness in productive potential of the sow
What you should know about your financial health
Post-cervical artificial insemination in sows - what, why, how?
Difference in mating between a boar, traditional artificial insemination and post-cervical insemination
Implementing simple and useful production benchmarking
Why benchmarking is important
Maximising the impact of high-value and high-fertility boars

Maximising Returns

Marketing options in a new environment Evidence-based decisions: combining science-based studies with experience Collaboration between the Ministry of Labour, WSPS and you Pork production in a Youtube environment

Day 2 Workshops

Making an on-farm research trial work
Making an on-farm trial work
Pig handling and transportation strategies utilised under US commercial conditions
New handling and transportation strategies under Canadian conditions
Effective grading
Exploring the Ontario pork grading data online database
Taking the 'alternative' out of alternative feed ingredients
Feeding alternative feed ingredients
Liquid co-products: a practical overview
The future of finishing barns
Large group auto-sort systems for managing growing-finishing pigs 2012
Ten rules to optimise nursery-grow-finish productivity