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For swine producers to optimize profits during the summer months, nutritionists need to be updating diets several months earlier as far as employing different nutritional and marketing strategies. In this episode, Dr. Matt Ritter, Matt Wolfe, and Dr. Qingyun Li discuss recent shifts in feed costs and market value for pigs this summer and how that may impact the strategies that producers employ on the farm.

"𝘖𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦, 𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯. 𝘞𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦." - 𝗗𝗿. 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁 𝗥𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻:

As an industry, what trends are we seeing this coming summer?

Incorporating fat into summer diets

Stocking densities around marketing

Summer marketing strategies

Recommended additives for the summer months

𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀: Dr. Matt Ritter is the Director of Swine Nutrition and Technical Services at Cargill where he works closely with the other nutritionists, marketing personnel, sales force, support, and staff to deliver best-in-class nutritional solutions and services to customers. He received his BS and MS at Michigan State University before attending the University of Illinois to receive his Ph.D. in 2007. After receiving his degree, he began work at Elanco where he served in numerous advisor and director roles before starting work at Cargill. He was also the recipient of the Top 40 under 40 in Agriculture Award in 2013 by Vance Publishing.

Matt Wolfe is a Pork Consultant for Cargill. He received his MS in Swine Nutrition in 2006 and after graduation began working with Cargill where his main responsibility is to utilize the vast resources and expertise of Provimi to add value to his customers’ business. Matt is passionate about working for, and with his customers to help them build the best pork system possible.

Dr. Qingyun Li is a Swine Nutiriotionist for Cargill where she focuses on nutrition consulting, economic modeling, and nutritional technology support to optimize profitability for customers. She also collaborates with the strategic marketing and technology team on research and innovation projects. Dr. Li received her BS in Animal Sciences and MS in Swine Nutrition in China before moving to the US to pursue a Ph.D. in Swine Nutrition from Iowa State University in 2018.

𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘀, 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺.

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