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In this episode, we shift gears a little bit from our by-products series and visit with Chris Bomgaars, founder of Every Pig. Chris grew up immersed in the swine industry through his father’s local veterinary clinic. Chris then studied international business in Spain but returned to his hometown to work with his father’s expanding business. Chris saw a missing piece in the swine industry, ultimately becoming his platform's basis. He noticed that most of the health problems in the swine industry were being reacted to quite slowly rather than being proactive. He began looking at how information was being collected and noticed that many of the methods used did not allow the industry to act fast enough to mitigate these challenges. Originally, Every Pig started as a digital collection application that allowed for data to be collected in real-time that had previously been collected on paper. Over time, the platform was expanded to utilize artificial intelligence to suggest certain diseases based on pictures. If you would like to learn more about Chris and Every Pig after listening to this episode, you can follow in the link below. www.everypig.com

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This solo episode with Dr. Bradley wraps up our three-part series on byproducts. The first two episodes in the series focused on digging into DDGS and milk byproducts. In contrast, in this episode, Dr. Bradley shifted the focus of the conversation to a broader selection of ingredients and applications. She talks about her experience over her many years of being in the feed industry, including some of the more interesting ingredients she has used in the past and the challenges associated with those ingredients. She also provides perspective on using byproducts from the feed milling point of view. Finally, the episode is wrapped up with a discussion about the sustainability aspect that using byproducts in feed provides to the livestock industry.

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On this week's episode The Real P3 visits with David Rosero (tag here) and Nick Shelton (tag here) on the use of DDGS in swine nutrition. Dr. Rosero is a nutritionist for The Hanor Company and Dr. Shelton is a consulting nutritionist for NutriQuest. David gives us the viewpoint from an integrator perspective while Nicks point of view comes from independent producers across the US. David and Nick give us great insight on the challenges associated with using DDGS from a cost perspective, inclusion fluctuation, and toxin concentration in addition to the benefit opportunities associated with sustainability.

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This week’s episode is the first of a three-part series on by-products and their applications in swine feed. The topic of this episode is milk by-products where we visit with Phillip Van den Brink from the Netherlands and Casey van der Bergh from South Africa, both of whom are wonderful swine nutritionist. We discuss the uses of several milk by-products we in the swine industry obtain from the dairy industry and the successes and challenges involved.

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In this episode, we touch base with Vincent ter Beek at Pig Progress. We discuss various topics from around the world that occurred in Q3, 2022. One of the main topics is around some of the recent technological advancements in the swine industry and some of the challenges they face. Also, we discuss the status of the labor market in the US and Europe in terms of the swine industry as well as the effects of the events unfolding in Ukraine. We had several great guests on The Real P3 this year. On this episode we recap some of the main topics of these episodes and how they still apply as we move into the fourth quarter of 2022. Another main discussion of this episode revolves around taking care of the most important part of our industry and ultimately all industries, the people. Without the passionate people who work in our industry, it would not be possible to continue to produce high quality pork. How do we in the agriculture industry make time for the important things in our life? How do operation managers and owners ensure they don’t find their employees and themselves in a state of “burnout” and at a loss of motivation? We also explore the beginning of what seems to be a resurgence in American homesteading with the increase in remote work as a result of COVID. We end the episode with a call to action to the entire industry to be the change we want to see and give our best effort to educate the public on what we do, how we do it, and why we do it the way we do.

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In this episode, the Real P3 visits with Ben Greenfield from Ohio. In addition to his 15 years of experience managing hog confinements, Ben has also worked in the meat and dairy industries.Ben gives us some insight into the US swine industry from the perspective of a contract caregiver. Most of his experience is in the ween-to-finish phase of pork production. Ben also touches on some advice he has for managers and producers to confront the labor shortages and low retention rates the industry currently faces.

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This week we visit with Susannah and Molly Gimson from the UK. Together, they run a family-owned, pasture-based 1100 sow operation that participates in The Red Tractor program. These ladies are at the pinnacle of animal welfare in the UK as they hold themselves, their employees, and their entire process to the highest standards. They are also both involved in the Ladies and Pigs program which is an organization that is very involved in educating the pork industry in the UK. We discuss some of their challenges, success, and outlook on the future of pasture-based pork in the UK. Diversification of the family business is in the near future as Molly wants to build a farm store and café to accompany their farm. We also get a good comparison between the US and UK quality control measures.

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In this episode, we visit with Stewart Skinner from Ontario Canada. Stewart raises specialty pork and focuses on the antibiotic-free market. He went from growing up on a pig farm to pursuing a degree in agriculture business as well as a master’s in agriculture economics at The University of Guelph. After college, Stewart started his career in politics working as political staff for the minister of agriculture in Ontario. After a few years, Stewart decided to return to farming where he founded Imani Farms in 2016. His farm focuses on raising certified humane pigs. This certification involves third-party inspections of their facilities and pigs. Today, Imani Farms produces 25000 pigs each year for certified humane and certified organic markets. Stewart’s farm is a mix between farrow-to-finish and ween-to-finish production. Stewart discusses several important challenges in this episode that range from water treatment to determining when to medically treat pigs while still maintaining the organic and humane principles he is so passionate about.

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This is the final part of our series featuring the swine research presented at the ASAS national meeting held in Oklahoma back in June. Our guest for this episode is Dalton Obermier, who grew up on an acreage in York, Nebraska in which he was fortunate enough to show horses, cattle, and pigs at the local, state, and national levels. 4H and FFA consumed most of his younger years which soon after transitioned into animal science once he got to college. He received a bachelor's degree in animal science in 2018 from UNL, M.S. in 2020 from North Carolina State University, and now he is working on his Ph.D. in animal breed and genetics back at UNL. His research focuses on sow longevity traits and the development of phenotypes using Nutrack, an advanced computer vision system.

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We continue our journey with the series of swine research from ASAS meetings held in Oklahoma in June. Today is Dan Bussières' turn. He is an agronomist and the co-founder of Groupe Cèrés from Québec. This company offers services in all fields of activity related to pig farming: genetics, nutrition, food production, research, management, and network production.In this episode, we will discuss zinc in piglets' diet, as well as other nutrition topics, such as creep feeding and other relevant topics in the swine industry, like droughts, and challenges to do better commercial level research, all from a Canadian perspective.

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