Manitoba Swine Seminar Agenda - Feb 5th - 6th,2025

8:00 – 9:00 am Registration

9:00 – 9:10  am Opening remarks

FEATURED SPEAKERS - DAY 1

This information is subject to change at any time.

9:30 – 10:00 am Economics of Weaning Age 

                                 - LUC DUFRESNE - Demeter Services                   

                                 Vétérinaires inc.

10:00 – 10:30 am No Zn, No Cu, No Antibiotics Feeding for Health  

                                 WILLEM STEYN 

                                 - Swine Nutrition Management Pty Ltd

10:30 - 10:45 am BREAK

10:45 – 11:15 am Managing Your Risk – Protecting Your    

                                Marketing Plan with Forward 

                                Contracting

               PAUL MARCHAND - H@MS Marketing

11:15 - 12:00         Low Stress Animal Handling

                KEVIN BROOKS - Olymel

Noon – 1:00 pm   LUNCH 

1:00 – 1:30 pm Day 1 Pig Care – Getting Pigs off  to a Good Start

               DR. LAURA GREINER - Iowa State University

1:30 – 2:00 pm Foundations of the Herd - Gilt  Management

                MARK WILSON - Feedworks USA

2:00 – 2:30 pm What do High Performing Sow Barns have in 

                                 Common

                JEAN-PHILIPPE MARTINEAU 

                                 -  Nutrition Athena (Division  of  Groupe Ceres) 

2:30 – 2:45 pm BREAK

2:45 – 3:15 pm Timing of Deep Uterine  Artificial Insemination

               BRADY MCNEIL - DNA Genetics

3:15 – 4:00 pm Decision Making for Loose Sow Housing

               DARYL POSSBERG - Polar Pork Farms

8:00 – 9:00 am Registration

9:00 – 9:10  am Opening remarks

FEATURED SPEAKERS - DAY 2

This information is subject to change at any time.

9:15 – 9:45 am Unfit for Transport

               MAX POPP - CFIA

9:45  – 10:15 am What Does my Production Date Mean?

                STEVE DZIVER  - True Ag Developments 

10:15 – 10:45 am Water: Important Consideration for Pig  

                                 Production 

               DR. LEE JOHNSTON - University of  Minnesota 

10:45 - 11:00 am BREAK

11:00 - 11:30 am Understanding Your Numbers:  Strategies for 

                                Financial Success

                       CALEB SUDERMAN - Farm Credit Canada

11:30 – 12:00 pm Creating Wellness for all, One Conversation at a               

                                 Time

                GERRY FRIESEN - Manitoba Farmer  Wellness 

                                 Program

Noon – 1:00 pm LUNCH

1:00 – 1:15 pm Winner of Poster Competition

1:15 – 1:45 pm Canadian Pork Quality – Genetics,  Feed and the  

                                 Global Appetite 

               DR. MANUEL JUAREZ - Agriculture and Agri-          

                                Food Canada Livestock  

1:45  - 2:30 PM Understanding and Mitigating Heat Stress in 

                                Swine from Birth to Market

                                DR. JAY JOHNSON - University of  Missouri

2:30 pm Coffee and Dismissal