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Market expert Jim Huang joins me to discuss:

-His latest idea on shorting the Hog Margin

-His overall synopsis on his ten total articles on Trading View 

-He talks about the cost of Fed rate hikes to farms and meat-packers,  the cost on inflation, particularly energy costs to Agribusiness

Join me as I check in with Brianne Skien, General Manager of the  Carthage Veterinary Service.  This will be the 32nd year of this  conference and we have a great discussion about her leadership with the  event, changes and a reflection back to when it all began. We address  each topic at the conference  and what to expect, as we also examine one  thing that makes this conference different then the rest.

About our guest:   Brianne Skien has been with Carthage Veterinary Service since August  2017. She came from outside the swine/agriculture industry with twelve  years of experience in Sales & Marketing related fields. For the  first 4 ½ years with Carthage Brianne worked in a variety of leadership  roles focused around CVS clients with the goal of ensuring client  success, and continues with that mission in her current role. In October  2021 Brianne was promoted to General Manager where she oversees  departments who provide products or services within the Carthage System  and to producers nationwide. Those departments include Records, Data  Analytics, Supply, Laboratory, Marketing and Education, and continues to  combine her outside experience with the knowledge she has gained from  the swine industry to best meet current and prospective client needs.

ASF, Inflation, and Policies Challenge Growth While Trade Prospects Rise.   Join me as I check in with,Christine Mccracken Senior Animal Protein  Analyst as we discuss the latest Rabobank report in complete detail.

Join me as I talk about the Jersey Red Duroc with Spencer Long from  Genesus Genetics. We discuss everything from the history, heritage, the  brand and taste power to consumers and the years of research behind  this. The Jersey Red is used by Gordon Ramsey and at the Buckingham  palace and should be tasted by all consumers!

Join me as I check in with Scott Johnson, President with Kane Scott  became President of Kane Manufacturing in 2018, after serving as Sales  Manager since joining the company in 2014. He has a background in Ag  Marketing and Sales. Scott and his family own and operate a hobby farm  in Central Iowa.

Episode Details:

1. We discuss the National Pork Industry Conference, speakers, and Genesus presentation

2. We discuss the Market update

3. We discuss Jim's meeting with CEO Bryan Humphrey at the  National Pork Industry Conference

Canada’s agriculture industry is in a good position to weather  inflationary pressures and higher interest rates, according to Farm  Credit Canada’s (FCC) chief economist Craig Klemmer in reference to this article on Swineweb.com: https://www.swineweb.com/producers-can-adapt-to-the-new-economic-reality-in-canadian-agriculture/

About our Guest:

Craig Klemmer is a Principal Agricultural Economist with experience in agricultural markets and risk. He specializes in monitoring and analyzing the macroeconomic environment, modelling industry health and providing industry risk analysis. In addition to his speaking engagements on agriculture and economics, Craig is a regular contributor to the FCC Economics blog.

Chris Grant is the CEO of Innovative Heating Technologies. Innovative  Heating Technologies is committed to providing energy efficient heating  and lighting solutions for a wide range of agricultural / commercial  applications. 

 Innovative Heating cares about animal health, welfare and offering  reliable equipment manufactured to save our customers time on  maintenance and money on their electric bills. 

 With over 20 years of experience in manufacturing equipment for the  agricultural industry, IHT is committed to researching new innovative  technologies and providing reliable customer support.

Join me as I check in with Marisa Bettin, Key Account Manager with Kemin  Animal Nutrition and Health – North America.   

Kemin is delivering products and services that help customers raise  healthy livestock and poultry and achieve optimal nutrition, feed  quality, gut health and pathogen control – all while maximizing  profitability. Kemin ingredients feed animals more efficiently, which  means we use less resources that go further – supporting sustainability  in production. To help improve customers’ bottom line and meet consumer  expectations, Kemin is strengthening safety throughout various stages of  the food chain, optimizing animal nutrition via enhanced ingredient  utilization and developing new solutions that improve overall animal  health and wellbeing.  In this clip, Ms. Bettin discusses Kemin’s ongoing focus on innovation  in the gut health space, the need for a proactive mindset to face new  and ever-present health and disease challenges and the great engagement  at this year’s World Pork Expo in Des Moines. 

For more information about  Kemin swine solutions, visit kemin.com/swine or kemin.com/guthealth.

Mike Brown, Swine business manager joins us. Enjoy this series as we  recap with exhibitors about the 2022 World Pork Expo. We learn about  what makes each company unique, there analysis from the show as well as  what they were promoting and what is in the pipeline for creative  development. We also finish on a hot topic of PRRS breaks and returning  Production to baseline.