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The office the National Swine Registry will be closed on Monday, January 6th and Tuesday, January 7th due to severe weather conditions.
With porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) expected to become even more prevalent this winter, producers need to be extra cautious when traveling to shows and sales.The National Pork Board has created these two handouts for swine exhibitors and swine show organizers to follow. Do your part to help contain PED, and follow their biosecurity practices. Swine Exhibitor HandoutSwine Event Organizer Handout
Four students who intend to purse a career in the pork industry will be awarded $2,500 scholarships through the Lois Britt Memorial Scholarship Program sponsored by CME and administered by the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC).
Introduced in 1990 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Live Hog Futures, the program recognizes talented and thoughtful students who will become the next generation of industry leaders. To be apply you must:1. Be an undergraduate student in a two-year swine program or four-year college of agriculture;2. Write a brief letter indicating what role you see yourself playing in the pork industry after graduation;3. Submit an essay of 750 words or less describing an issue you see confronting the pork industry today or in the future and offer your solutions;4. Obtain two letters of reference from current or former professors or industry professionals; Prepare a coversheet with your:A – nameB – complete mailing address, telephone number, [ … ]
The following information has been provided to the National Swine Registry from the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture. This information is designed to assist exhibitors with questions regarding ear tag requirements for the 2013 NSR Fall Classic. Remember, all swine entering the Stephens County Fairgrounds (including parking lot animals) must be tagged with an official, federally recognized ear tag.Ear tags for swine entering the Stephens County Fairgrounds should have a nationally unique number and a US Shield emblem. These are unlawful to remove after application.Option 1) Metal “brite” tag. These are also referred to as “NUES tags” or “Pass Tags”. They come in two different sizes (pictured is the larger version). Most all large animal veterinarians will have these. State Departments of Agriculture should also be capable of sending these directly to their producers. ODAFF can only send these to OK producers.Option 2) “RFID”, “EID”, “AIN”, or“840 tags”. Available by sale [ … ]
Al Christian update 10/17/13Everyone:Al has been released from hospital and is recuperating now at home… his home address is 1002 Arizona Avenue, Ames, Iowa 50014 – 3611, if you want send a card or note…His cell number is 515.460.4352 or his home phone is 515.292.2257…
America’s Best Genetics (ABG), a division of the National Swine Registry (NSR), was featured in International Pig Topics magazine’s “Breeder Review.”
The write-up highlighted both ABG and NSR’s commitment to being the source for pure genetic progress. Through the ABG program, purebred breeders combine their experience from years of raising breeding stock with modern technical advances to continue to make genetic progress in the Duroc, Hampshire, Landrace and Yorkshire breeds that can improve commercial producers’ bottom lines. In order to best serve the commercial swine industry, ABG members continue to emphasize the production of seedstock with documented quality and predictability with programs like the Swine Testing and Genetic Evaluation System (STAGES™).
Developed by the NSR to facilitate genetic improvement, STAGES™ calculates the most economically significant traits and predicts the genetic value of each pig. Through accurate data collection and reporting, a database of nearly two million performance [ … ]
Everyone:Here is an update on Al Christian… Al suffered a hemorrhagic stroke in the cerebellum following the National Barrow Show… Last week he was moved to Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames, Iowa, from Mercy Hospital, for rehab. I visited Al Saturday morning and he is making progress. I know he would appreciate hearing from you all. Here is the address to send cards and letters, Mary Greeley Medical Center, Al Christian, Room 315 Rehab, 1111 Duff Avenue, Ames, Iowa 50010Please keep Al and his family in your thoughts and prayers!
NSR Vice President of Global Technical Service Dr. Doug Newcom spent a week in Vietnam promoting purebred swine genetics during an agricultural trade mission held in conjunction with the US Grains Council’s 5thVietnam Swine Symposiums.
The symposiums, held in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, were two-day seminars designed to provide technical information about genetics, health, management and feed mill operations to Vietnam swine producers and allied-industry partners, feed and nutrition companies.
More than 200 attendees participated in the events that highlighted American production practices. Newcom presented on breed selection and on-farm evaluation and herd monitoring and recording. In addition to Newcom, other presenters included Dr. Bob Thaler, of South Dakota State University; Dr. Barry Kerkaert, of the Pipestone Veterinary Clinic; and Dr. Rommel Salobu, of the University of Philippines at Los Banos.
The group also visited swine farms in Vietnam. Kerkaert and Newcom toured the Vinh Tan [ … ]
Brian’s story
It is the dream of every hog kid to win the NBS judging contest. This is a dream that was shared by me and my best friend and teammate through college, Jeremy Jones of Bluffton, Ind. As kids growing up in the same county, we both had a drive to pursue judging at the college level and made the decision to attend Black Hawk East Community College. There were many nights that Jeremy and I would stay up in our college apartment talking about our anticipation, excitement and absolute fear of the NBS contest. We even tore out contest results and ads from the Seedstock EDGE to cover the walls of our apartment.
I remember the pilgrimage trip our sophomore year like it was yesterday. I placed the last class of Berkshire gilts backwards at the Iowa State University workout and thought the world had ended. I’m [ … ]
Due to the introduction of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus in isolated swine herds in the United States, it has been recommended by our show veterinarian to require the amended statement below on health certificates of animals being exhibited at the National Barrow Show.
“All health certificates must carry the following statements: Farm or origin of the swine has not had pseudorabies or swine dysentery in the last 12 months, has not had any signs or diagnosis of TGE or PEDv in the last 60 days, feeds no garbage, uses no PRV vaccine, and is not under quarantine for any disease condition; also that vesicular stomatitus has not been diagnosed within 10 miles of the farm of origin within the last 30 days.”
The statement above is required to be included on health certificates in order to exhibit and sell animals at the National Barrow Show. We look forward to another great event [ … ]