Minnesota's Swine & U
University of Minnesota Extension Swine team gives research updates through podcasts.
- Update frequency
- every 51 days
- Average duration
- 20 minutes
- Episodes
- 46
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Episode 26: Effect of supplemental water source on growth and performance of grow-finish pigs.
Learn more about research featured in the podcast
- Published in Journal of Animal Science, Volume 99, Issue Supplement 1, May 2021, Pages 64-65.
00:09:48 |
Wed 08 Sep 2021
Episode 25: ASF Confirmed in the Dominican Republic
In the podcast Swine Extension Educators Sarah Schieck Boelke and Diane DeWitte speak with Dr. Cesar Corzo, UMN veterinarian and associate professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine about the co…
00:26:37 |
Fri 06 Aug 2021
Episode 24: USDA's 2021 NAHMS Swine Study Explained
In the podcast Swine Extension Educators Sarah Schieck Boelke and Diane DeWitte speak with Charles Haley who is a veterinary epidemiologist with USDA APHIS Veterinary Services Center for Epidemiology…
00:27:31 |
Mon 28 Jun 2021
Episode 23: Maternal Programming of the Piglet Microbiome from Birth to Weaning
In the podcast Swine Extension Educator Sarah Schieck Boelke speaks with current University of Minnesota graduate student Kayla Law about her research. Kayla’s research looked at the maternal program…
00:13:04 |
Fri 30 Apr 2021
Episode 22:Water Quality to Nursery Pigs, Looking at Growth Performance and Health
Learn more about the research featured in the podcast
- Article published in National Hog Farmer June 11, 2020
- Research summary posted on grant funder, MN Pork Board's website
- Abstract published in Journa…
00:21:15 |
Mon 01 Mar 2021
Episode 21: Transporting Pigs in Cold Weather
Transport Quality Assurance reference mentioned in the podcast can be found on the National Pork Board's website.
Episode 21 was recorded on December 29, 2020.
00:19:24 |
Mon 04 Jan 2021
Episode 20: Livestock Contingency Plans for Swine
The UMN Extension Livestock Contingency plans are available free of charge to anyone and can be found online at z.umn.edu/LivestockPlans. Be sure to look for the swine specific one.
00:15:43 |
Wed 04 Nov 2020
Episode 19: Farm Safety While Working on Pig Farms
Resources mentioned in the podcast:
- Upper Midwest Ag Safety and Health Center (UMASH) needlestick prevention resources - umash.umn.edu/needlestick-prevention
- UMASH Farm Safety resources
- Center for Disea…
00:17:39 |
Thu 24 Sep 2020
Episode 18: Rural Stress Resources in Minnesota
In this podcast Swine Extension Educators, Sarah Schieck Boelke and Diane DeWitte discuss rural stress resources for farmers and others involved in agriculture. Listen to the podcast:z.umn.edu/Podcas…
00:18:46 |
Wed 02 Sep 2020
Episode 17: Struggle Behaviors and vocalization of male piglets during castration.
Sarah Schieck Boelke, swine Extension educator is joined with Maria Lou, University of Minnesota Department of Animal Science Graduate Student in a discussion about her research on the struggle behav…
00:16:03 |
Thu 09 Jul 2020
Episode 16: Nutritional Strategies to Slow Growth of Pigs During Special Circumstances
Sarah Schieck Boelke, swine Extension educator is joined with Lee Johnston, University of Minnesota swine nutrition faculty and Pedro Urriola, University of Minnesota swine nutrition faculty in a dis…
00:25:40 |
Mon 04 May 2020
Episode 13: Effects of supplementing transition sow diets with zinc on pre-weaning mortality and lifetime productivity of pigs under commercial rearing conditions.
Sarah Schieck, UMN Swine Extension Educator talks to recent University of Minnesota Animal Science Graduate Student Julia Holen about the research she did as part of her Master’s Degree. Specifically…
00:12:04 |
Fri 27 Mar 2020
Episode 14: Comparative digestibility of polysaccharide-complexed zinc and inorganic zinc in diets for gestating and lactating sows
Sarah Schieck, swine Extension educator talks to recent University of Minnesota Animal Science graduate student Julia Holen about research she did as part of her master’s degree. Specifically, this r…
00:12:04 |
Fri 27 Mar 2020
Episode 15: Effects of reduced nocturnal temperature on pig performance and energy consumption in swine nursery rooms.
Sarah Schieck Boelke, swine Extension educator talks to Lee Johnston, professor of swine nutrition and management and director of operations at the University of Minnesota West Central Research and O…
00:18:34 |
Mon 02 Mar 2020
Episode 1: Effects of dietary fiber on swine intestinal epithelial and immune response
Sarah Schieck, UMN Swine Extension Educator talks to graduate student Marta Ferrandis Vila about her research on the effects of dietary fiber on swine intestinal epithelial and immune response. Tom …
00:12:24 |
Tue 18 Feb 2020
Episode 2: Research to improve nutritional value of high fiber ingredients by using fiber degrading enzymes
Sarah Schieck, UMN Swine Extension Educator talks to Zhikai Zeng, a Post-doctoral Associate, about his research on using fiber-degrading enzymes to improve the nutritional value of high fiber ingredi…
00:15:45 |
Tue 18 Feb 2020
Episode 12: Using HMB to reduce birth weight variability
Sarah Schieck, UMN Swine Extension Educator talks to recently graduated University of Minnesota Animal Science Graduate Student Anna Clarke about the research she did for her Master’s Degree in using…
00:09:42 |
Mon 04 Nov 2019
Episode 11: Secure Pork Supply Plan in Minnesota
Sarah Schieck, UMN Swine Extension Educator talks to Dave Wright, Secure Pork Supply coordinator with Minnesota Board of Animal Health and Diane DeWitte, UMN Swine Extension Educator about how they a…
00:25:59 |
Tue 02 Jul 2019
Episode 10: All About African Swine Fever
Sarah Schieck, UMN Swine Extension Educator talks to University of Minnesota Veterinary Medicine Ph.D. Student, Gustavo Lopez about his first-hand experience with African Swine Fever while working in…
00:21:21 |
Thu 02 May 2019
Episode 9: Energy Usage in Swine Barns
Sarah Schieck, UMN Swine Extension Educator talks to University of Minnesota Animal Science Graduate Student, Kirsten Sharpe about research she conducted to measure electrical and thermal energy cons…
00:19:45 |
Mon 07 Jan 2019
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