Swine it # 99: Inside the mind of a production swine nutritionist - Dr. Dustin Kendall

calendar icon 30 June 2021
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"๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ." - ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐——๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป:

1. Insights from what was learned in the Netherlands
2. Why we need to know a little about a lot of things
3. What to say when speaking to faculty members
4. Talking to vendors as a production swine nutritionist
5. The function of additives
6. Priorities of the production swine nutritionist
7. The cost of adding fat to the diet
8. Fat to corn price ratio
9. Unintended consequences in a production system

๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜: Dr. Kendall grew up on a diversified family farm in Southern Indiana, then went to Purdue University for a bachelor's, at which point he returned home to farm. After a few years farming, he went back to Purdue for his Master's with Dr. Brian Richert, coupled with a 6-month period in the Netherlands at Wageningen University, then out to Missouri with Dr. Gary Allee for his PhD. Professionally, he has worked in a Nutritionist role for two production companies, Smithfield Foods and Prestage Farms. As a swine nutritionist, he works on live production, feed Q&A, research, formulation, purchasing, and feed mill responsibility included. When not at work, he, his wife, Charmae and their two sons enjoy raising and showing livestock.

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