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 Knowledge for the CommonWealth

33rd Annual Virginia Pork Industry Conference
"Adapting and Processing"

Livestock Update, December 1999

Allen Harper, Extension Animal Scientist, Swine, Tidewater AREC

2000 VIRGINIA PORK INDUSTRY CONFERENCE
Thursday, January 20
8:00 AMConference Registration
Morning Session-Mike Neill, Moderator
9:30 AMDevelopments to Enhance Boar Performance and Fertility
Mark Estienne, Swine Physiologist, Virginia Tech Tidewater AREC, Suffolk, Va.
10:20 AMImportance of Good Contract Grower-Integrator Relations
Allen Harper, Extension Swine Specialist, Virginia Tech Tidewater AREC, Suffolk, Va.
10:50 AMBreak -- Co-Sponsor visitation
11:10 AMNon-Traditional Methods of Finishing Pigs in Confinement
Mike Brumm, Swine Specialist, University of Nebraska -- Northeast Agr. Center, Concord, Nebr.
12:00 NoonBreak for lunch
12:15 - 1:15 PMConference Luncheon & Co-Sponsor Recognition
Afternoon Session-Cindy Wood, Moderator
1:30 PMSwine Welfare Issue Panel Discussion
Charlotte Robinson, VDACS Reg. Veterinary Supervisor, Lynchburg, Virginia and Rex Alphin, Pork Producer, Zuni, Va.
2:40 PMBreak -- Co-Sponsor visitation
2:55 PMPork Quality Issues -- The Packer/Processor's View
David Meisinger, NPPC, Des Moines, Iowa
4:00 PMVPIA Annual Business Meeting
Don Horsley President, VPIA, presiding
5:00 PMConference Social
5:45 - 7:45 PMAWARD BANQUET
Don Horsley, President, VPIA, presiding
Keynote address: The New Face of U.S. Swine Production
Dr. Mike Brumm, Swine Specialist, University of Nebraska -- Northeast Agr. Center, Concord, Nebr.
Friday, January 21
7:30 AMVirginia Pork Industry Board Breakfast
8:30 AMVirginia Pork Industry Board Meeting

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