It’s always good to hear from the producers who attend a farm production meeting like the Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Swine Health Seminar. I’ve posted interviews with all the presenters so let’s hear from a couple of the attendees.
First up is Mark Daughtry, Prestage Farms. He actually has a contract farm with Prestage bu also works for them. He says he’s only missed a couple of the BIVI seminars. He says it’s a really good opportunity to get together with other producers and hear some excellent speakers and share information. That allows them to sit back and think about how to improve the health of their animals. Some of the PRRS research he heard helped him better understand how to manage it. He says BIVI has always been good to him and very helpful when he needed anything. Mark Daughtry Interview
Next we have Jon Hoek, director of animal husbandry, Belstra Milling Co.. This was his first seminar which has found to be very informative. He describes BIVI as a very important resource for his company. At this seminar he is taking away a reminder of some of the strategies for the control and elimination of PRRS. He says their facility is part of the area regional control project in Indiana and they are now PRRS negative. Jon Hoek Interview