With the summer getting closer pig farmers will need to start worrying about the effects of heat stress on their pigs. It can have a large impact on the productivity of the animals, especially for sows in lactation as maintaining high feed intake is critical. In this episode, Dr. Greiner and Dr. Erin Holmes discuss different feeding and management strategies that can help alleviate some of that heat stress during the summer months.

"𝘈𝘯𝘺 𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴, 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳." - 𝗗𝗿. 𝗘𝗿𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗺𝗲𝘀

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻:

1. What to do with our sows during the summertime

2. Lactation diet nutrient management

3. Alternatives to fat

4. Recommended enzymes

5. Increasing lysine

6. Increasing feed intake in lactating sows

7. Getting gilts to eat more feed

8. Key points

𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀: Dr. Erin Holmes received her B.S. and M.S. in Animal Sciences from North Dakota State University before attending the University of Minnesota to receive her Ph.D. in Swine Nutrition. After receiving her Ph.D., she joined Cargill in 2015. As a Swine Nutritionist, Erin works with pork producers to understand their production systems and capabilities and identify areas that will help producers advance and excel in producing safe, nutritious, and affordable lean pork for human consumption around the world. As part of the Technical Team, she supports the development of new technologies and offerings based on the needs of pork producers. With such a dynamic industry and the continued advances in understanding ingredients, pig requirements, and pork production, Erin sees many opportunities in food production. She enjoys all facets of pork production and applies a whole-system approach to refining management practices to help producers implement new technologies that are practical and cost-effective.

𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘀, 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺.

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