The numbers man on our program at the Boehringer Ingelheim Swine Health Seminar was Dennis DiPietre. He specializes in consulting with the swine industry and is a “headliner” for SwineCast. Dennis was here to look at trends that are developing like the shifting global marketplace. He sees changes happening in the advantages producers have had in both the low cost …
Saturday Morning With BI
Participants in the Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Swine Health Seminar had options today to play golf, go fishing or a couple of others. I chose fishing. Early this morning our first stop was netting some live bait before heading out off the beaches of Carolina Beach. We fished for several kinds of fish but what we caught in our boat was …
Extracurricular Activities at Swine Health Seminar
The Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Swine Health Seminar is about over for the day. We’re getting ready to break after all the presentations. I’ll have more of them in the coming days. As I mentioned earlier, this is a real family affair. One of the activities available was manicures and pedicures. I walked by the rooms where these were set up …
Producer Feedback Important
I know that the folks at Boehringer Ingelheim feel like they get as much from the opportunity to interact with their customers here at the Swine Health Seminar as they hope their customers get from them. Several on the BI staff have made that comment. So, I’ve made sure to interview a few of them, like Bill Van Staaldvinen (left) …
Mike Gustafson Retirement
I couldn’t be there for my good friend, Mike Gustafson’s retirement party but that doesn’t mean there aren’t pictures! Mike is retiring from John Deere and I’m betting it was a great party. I’m not sure what the whole ribbon on the name badge thing is all about. Could someone enlighten us? Just post a comment. If you would like …
Gold Medal U. S. Pig Producers
After talking with Dr. Steve McOrist I’m betting that the United States could win a gold if there was a swine competition in the Olympics. That’s because he says that the U.S. has a number of advantages over other countries when it comes to pig production. For example, he says we’ve got a good backup system for vaccines and technological …
Working on PRRS
Dr. Mike Roof is Executive Director of Bio-Research for Boehringer Ingelheim. His job today was to provide an overview of where the company is on the PRRS issue (Porcine Reproductive & Respiratory Syndrome). He says it’s still the big problem disease and he wants producers to know that BI hasn’t given up on it. He also wants producers to know, …
Swine Health Seminar is Family Affair
The Boehringer Ingelheim Swine Health Seminar is more than just a conference for producers. It includes their families. So while they are learning more about their industry, other activities are taking place like t-shirt tie-dying. Here’s an example of what some of the young people are doing out by the pool. In addition to tie-dye, there’s also face painting and …
Get The Most Out of Your Feed
Our emcee for today’s Boehringer Ingelheim Swine Seminar is Dr. Stephan Lange, Director of the Swine Division. He oversees sales and marketing. I asked him what he thinks of this conference. “I think it’s crucial these days to share knowledge and insure that what we know and what the producer knows is kind of aligned.” He says that besides the …
Master Swinecaster
The Swinecaster is on location with me here at the BI Swine Health Seminar. Ned Arthur is not only a master of audio production and farm podcasting but he’s also fully equipped to record video. See, it’s not just the “young” people who are using these new media tools. One of the producers here noticed that we do some similar …