Sow-Housing Webinars
April 10, 2013 —
To get the latest information and insight about today’s sow-housing options, register for the 2013 Pork Checkoff Sow Housing Webinar series at http://www.pork.org/sowhousing pork.org/sowhousing. Set to begin March 26 at 1 p.m. (CT), the free, 45-minute webinars will feature top experts discussing:
Group Housing Systems: Choices and Designs | Don Levis | March 26 |
Forming Sow Groups | Rob Knox | March 28 |
Floor-Space Allocation and Group Size | Harold Gonyou | April 2 |
Genetic Considerations | Ken Stalder | April 4 |
Feeding Practices | Joel DeRouchey | April 9 |
Prodction Flow and Management | Ron Bates | April 11 |
New and Conversion Construction | Jay Harmon | April 16 |
Economics of Sow-Housing Conversion | Steve McWilliams | April 18 |
- After each presentation, participants will have the opportunity to ask the experts questions.
- Archived sessions and related fact sheets will be posted on http://www.pork.org/sowhousing for subsequent viewing.
- For more information on the webinars, contact Sherrie Niekamp, SNiekamp@pork.org, (515) 223-3533.
- For more information about sow housing, visit http://www.pork.org/sowhousing
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