2024 Proceedings
2024 Program
8:15-9:00 AM
Registration
9:00-9:05 AM
Welcome
Dennis Liptrap, Ralco Nutrition
9:05-9:50 AM
Pork Sustainability: Where are we, what are the realities, and what role might nutrition play?
Sara Crawford, Eocene Environmental Group, West Des Moines, IA
9:50-10:35 AM
Life and loss: Understanding mortality's role in feed conversion efficiency
Bradley Eckberg, MetaFarms, Inc. Eagan, MN
10:35-11:00 AM
Break
11:00-11:30 AM
Performance responses to supplemental nucleotides in nursery pigs fed low protein diets
Kolapo Ajuwon, Purdue University
11:30 AM-12:00 PM
Timing of introduction of animal by-products in nursery diets affects pig performance
Merlin Lindemann, University of Kentucky
12:00-1:10 PM
Lunch
1:10-1:45 PM
Trace Minerals: Requirements vs need – The case for iodine in the nursery
Robert Dove, University of Georgia
1:45-2:20 pm
Sow Anemia: Is it really that big of a deal?
Crystal Levesque, South Dakota State University
2:20-2:40 pm
Break
2:40-3:25 PM
Soybean meal net energy value for growing pigs is greater in commercial environments: How can this be?
Dean Boyd, Animal Nutrition Research LLC and Aaron Gaines, Ani-Tek Group, Shelbina MO
3:25-4:00 PM
Soybean meal or crystalline amino acids in diets for growing pigs: Impact on diet net energy, pig growth performance, and nitrogen retention
Hans Stein, University of Illinois
Closing Remarks