Swine Breeding Stock Care - Housing

August 6, 2020


Swine Breeding Stock Care - Housing

On Thursday August 6th from 12:15 p.m. to 1:00 p.m., UVM Center for Sustainable Agriculture with host a webinar in partnership with Penn State Extension and UNH Extension: Swine Breeding Stock Care - Housing with Dr. Elizabeth Hines of Penn State.

For pigs, housing is a must for successful production. In this webinar, we will discuss housing options for sows and boars, and how to design those systems to improve flow and handling of large breeding stock in your system.

This free webinar is one in a five-part series in collaboration with UNH Cooperative Extension, Penn State Cooperative Extension, and UVM Extension. The material presented in these sessions is intended for swine producers interested in starting their own breeding program or improving their existing program. If you are interested in attending more sessions in this series, you need to register for each one individually.

You can register for this webinar here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/swine-breeding-stock-care-housing-tickets-110276443812?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch&j=544024&sfmc_sub=22182594&l=159_HTML&u=11093668&mid=7234940&jb=1&utm_medium=email&utm_source=MarketingCloud&utm_campaign=LVSTK_2020_JULY_PP_EM_SWINEREPROSERIES&utm_content=LVSTK_2020_JULY_PP_EM_SWINEREPROSERIES&subscriberkey=003d000002jDy4GAAS

Other webinars in this series include:
Sow Selection - What makes a good sow? July 16th, 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm
Boar Selection - What makes a good boar? July 23rd, 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm
Servicing sows, Live Cover vs Artificial Insemination; July 30th, 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm
Swine Breeding Stock Care: Nutrition; August 13th, 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm

The Swine Reproduction Series: presentations are intended for swine producers interested in improving their breeding program or starting new.

All events will be have live captioning available and will be recorded. If you require a disability-related accommodation in order to take part, please contact Colene Reed, colene.reed@uvm.edu, by July 16 so we may assist you.