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Iowa Pork Industry Centerpig Past Events 2000

 

2000: | December | November | October | September | August | July | June | May | April | March | February | January |

 

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December

  • Swine Risk Management Seminars sponsored by IFBF and IPPA. Contact Ed Kordick at IFBF for more information
    December 20   1 p.m. Northwest Iowa Community College, Room 119A, Sheldon
    December 20   7 p.m. Plymouth County Farm Bureau office, LeMars
    December 21   1 p.m. Buena Vista County Farm Bureau office, Storm Lake

  • Pork Quality Assurance (re)certification meeting, December 29, 1-3 p.m. Floyd County. Contact Brenda Schmitt for more information.
  • Swine Risk Management Seminars sponsored by IFBF and IPPA. Contact Ed Kordick at IFBF for more information
    December 13      1:30 p.m. Chickasaw County Farm Bureau office, New Hampton
    December 13  7 p.m. Kossuth County Farm Bureau office, Algona
    December 14 10 a.m. Grundy County Farm Bureau office, Grundy Center
  • National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) Production and Financial Standards Course. The first class session is two days long and will be led by Will Marsh.
    December 7 and 8.  Southeast Iowa. Contact Tom Miller for more information
  • Swine Building Ventilation Workshop, December 12, 9:30 a.m.--3:45 p.m. (Registration at 9 a.m.) Kirkwood Community College Swine Center, Cedar Rapids. Limited to 15 participants. Fee (to be announced) includes lunch and materials. Contact Larry McMullen for preregistration and more information.
  • National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) Production and Financial Standards Course. The first class session is two days long and will be led by Will Marsh.
    December 5 and 6.  Manchester in Delaware County. Contact Mark Storlie for more information

November

  • Swine Disease Conference for veterinary practitioners. Nov. 9-10, Scheman Building, ISU campus. IPIC one of the program sponsors. The registration brochure (in pdf format) is at this URL http://www.lifelearner.iastate.edu/conference/SWINE.pdf
  • Advanced Artificial Insemination Conference, Nov. 15 (Western Iowa Technical College, Cherokee) and Nov. 16 (ISU Allee Research Farm, Newell). Sponsored by IPIC, ISU Extension and Iowa Pork Producers Association. For more information, e-mail  Dave Stender at Cherokee County ISU Extension, dstender@iastate.edu, or phone (712) 225-6196
    Download and print the conference brochure.     This is a pdf file.
    Read the news release
  • Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Annual Meeting and Trade Show, Nov. 29, 6:45 a.m.--4:30 p.m., Polk County Convention Complex, Des Moines, IPIC and Iowa Pork Producers Association will have a booth at the trade show.

 

October 2000

  • Iowa State University Extension field specialist swine in-service October  3-4
  • First International Swine Housing Conference, October 9-11, Des Moines, IA. Sponsored by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, and held in conjunction with two other conferences Eighth International Symposium on Animal, Agricultural and Food Processing Waste (ISAAFPW) and the Second International Conference on  Air Pollution from Agricultural Operations. For more information, contact Brenda West at west@asae.org.

September 2000

  • NPPC Adult Agriculture Educators/Swine Extension Educators Conference. September 27-29. Des Moines.
  • IPIC Market Analysis and Outlook quarterly ICN program, September 26  8-9:30 p.m. Read a news release at this URL.  
    Speakers and topics are:
    --Steve Moline and Steve Reno, contract info and examples from the Iowa Attorney General's Web site
    --Don Lay and Mike Larson, latest info on hoop structures research at ISU
    --John Lawrence, analysis of 9/22 Hogs and Pigs Report and a look at future market trends
    Handout material:
    • get free Adobe Acrobat Reader Steve Moline and Steve Reno, 1 p. (pdf-file)
    • Evaluation form, 1 p. (pdf-file)
    • John Lawrence, 6 pp. (pdf-file)

    Check out the text version of the Sept. 22, 2000 USDA Hogs and Pigs Report
    For an updated list of approved sites, check the ISU Extension Web calendar     at this URL. Scroll down to see the entire list.
    ISU Extension personnel: to request an ICN location, go to <http://www.ipic.iastate.edu/icn/request.html>

  • Lauren Christian Swine Research & Demonstration Farm Field Day, September 19, 4 - 6:30 p.m.
    3 miles south of Atlantic on Highway 6. A light meal will be provided.
    Speakers and topics:

    • Role of the Iowa Pork Industry Center in supporting the Iowa swine industry - IPIC director John Mabry
    • Composting swine mortalities - Jay Harmon, ISU Ag and Biosystems Engineering
    • Piglet performance in nursery hoops vs. confinement buildings - Mike Larson, ISU Dept. of Animal Science
    • What the future holds for producers - Josh Sobaski, Environmental Specialist, Livestock Permitting, Iowa Department of Natural Resources
  • National Barrow Show. September 11-13. Austin, Minn.
  • "Finding and Managing Employees, Sources and Resources for the Potential Employer" IPIC fall seminar in three locations.
    September 13--Sheldon; September 14--Nashua; and September 15--Iowa City.
    Cost is $10 for those preregistered by Sept. 8 or $15 after that date.
    To preregister online go to <http://www.ipic.iastate.edu/Seminar/register.html>
  • Third Annual Minisymposium on Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA), September 18, 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Ensminger Room, 1204 Kildee, ISU.  IPIC helps sponsor this program which will present recent findings from researchers at ISU and throughout the U.S. Read a news release on the program.

August 2000

  • Manure field days--check out the list of locations, dates and times at http://extension.agron.iastate.edu/immag/EventsFR.html 07/18/2000
  • Iowa State Fair,  August 10-20. Check this year's livestock schedule at www.iowastatefair.org/livestocksched.html 06/20/2000
  • 2000 Tri-State Swine Meeting, August  8-10, Armstrong Research and Demonstration Farm near Atlantic, IA.  Iowa State University hosts the annual event this summer, and the agenda and registration forms are now available. Read more about this meeting, or contact organizer Kristjan Bregendahl by e-mail at kristjan@iastate.edu  or by phone at (515) 294-2569. 05/09/2000
  • Manure Application Field Day, August 8,  Registration at 1 p.m. and demonstrations beginning at 1:30 p.m. ISU Agronomy and Ag Engineering Research Farm located six miles west of Ames on the south side of Highway 30. See various manure application systems in operation, a pit additive demonstration and equipment plot studies featuring swine and poultry manure applications. Other topics include residue management and manure application laws.
    Please park at the main farm building. Shuttles will take visitors to the demo site. For more information, contact either Angie Rieck-Hinz at (515) 294-9590 or amrieck@iastate.edu or Jeff Lorimor at (515) 294-9806 or jclorimo@iastate.edu.     07/17/2000
  • Environmental program for pork producers, August 3, 7-9:30 p.m, Hansell Community Center. No charge to attend. Hear an overview of the voluntary On Farm Odor Assessment (OFOA) and Environmental Assurance Program (EAP), listen to latest results of research on odor management and learn about successfully and legally composting hogs carcasses. Speakers are Wendy Powers of IPIC/ISU, Russ Euken, ISU Extension livestock field specialist and Iowa Pork Producer Association staff working with the OFOA and EAP. Contact Euken at (641) 923-2856.

July 2000

  • ISU Animal Science Department golf scramble, auction and dinner to benefit the Lauren Christian Endowment, July 22, 1 p.m., Veenker Memorial Golf Course, Ames. RSVP due July 20. The registration form is in pdf format. 06/20/2000

June 2000

  • 2000 USDA Hogs and Pigs Reports
  • Quarterly ICN series focusing on USDA Hogs & Pigs Report and current topics. June 29  8-9:30 p.m.
     Topics are Pseudorabies Rules and Regulations Update and USDA Hogs and Pigs Report Update. Attendance is free and no preregistration is necessary.
  • Public Hearing on proposed Pseudorabies Rules, June 22, 10 a.m., Wallace State Office Building Auditorium, Des Moines, IA. For more information contact Ron Rowland at (515) 281-3325. 05/09/2000
  • PRV informational meetings set across the state. Check here for details. 05/312000
  • World Pork Expo sponsored by the National Pork Producers Council, June 8-10, Indiana State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis 05/15/2000

May 2000

  • You're invited to the North Central Farm Management Extension Conference that will be held at Michigan State in May. In addition to Extension and university educators, this conference is also designed for anyone interested in gaining a broad understanding of the contemporary issues facing animal production and the complex and difficult choices facing producers and society. Information on registering for this conference can be found at: http://www.mwpshq.org/. Look under the news and announcements section. 04/04/2000
  • Ultrasound Certification Conference set at ISU. May 22-23. Registration is under way for ISU's ultrasound certification conference, established by the National Swine Improvement Federation. This program is the only one of its kind in the country, and last year drew participants from nine different states.
    Download the registration brochure (pdf).
    Read more about this conference.     04/05/2000

April 2000

  • NE Iowa pork producers: USDA wants you. April 17-18. Ag Department teams want to assess the impact on Dubuque-area hog farmers of plans by Smithfield Foods Inc. to buy a packing plant from Farmland Foods Inc. Information gathered by the teams will be used by USDA to determine if the sale violates the Packers and Stockyards Act.
    Producers and other interested parties were encouraged to attend the sessions, which will run from 2 p.m.-8 p.m. Iowa meetings will be held at:
    --Epworth, Iowa, on April 17 at the Farm Service Agency office, 204 South Center Avenue
    --West Union, Iowa, on April 17, at the FSA office, 120 North Industrial Parkway
    Other meetings are set for the following day at Mount Carroll, IL and Lancaster, WI.     04/10/2000
  • The Midwest Boar Stud Conference will be held at West Lafayette, Indiana April 13-14.

March 2000

  • Quarterly ICN series focusing on USDA Hogs & Pigs Report and current topics. March 30, 2000
  • Muscle Quality Attributes and Market Development -- spring seminar to be held in two locations this spring. Program runs from 9:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. both days. March 21, 22, 2000
    • March 21-Howard Johnson Airport Express Inn, Cedar Rapids
    • March 22-Scheman Building, Ames
      This program will help today's pork producers learn how to identify desirable muscle characteristics, measure quality and recognize the importance and impact of genetics in selecting for meat quality.

February 2000

  • Manure applicator certification/recertification programs are being scheduled for early this year in each county. Check for dates and locations near you.
January 2000
  • Torben Andersen of the Danish cooperative Steff Houlberg. He spoke at an Iowa Communications Network program on Jan. 21, 2000Jan. 21, 2000
    This is Torben Andersen of the Danish cooperative Steff Houlberg. He spoke at an Iowa Communications Network program on Jan. 21, 2000. The program, also open to ISU students, staff and faculty, was sponsored by the Iowa Pork Industry Center.

 

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