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SwineCast 1113, At The Meeting – State Veterinarians And The COVID-19 Response

swinecast on May 29, 2020

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‘At The Meeting’ Honoring Dr. Bob Morrison learns from Dr. Beth Thompson, Executive Director of the Minnesota Board of Animal Health, about how state veterinarians are helping producers through the Coronavirus / COVID-19 pandemic challenges.
Dr. Montserrat Torremorell (College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota), Dr. Gordon Spronk (Pipestone Veterinary Services), and Dr. Tom Wetzell (Swine Veterinary Consultant), learn how state veterinarians’ roles have had to quickly adapt to helping people at all levels of government and business understand and work through pandemic challenges.
Dr. Thompson is the latest guest on the 14th episode in a series of Leaders Leading recordings produced by the ‘At The Meeting’ team. Future editions will highlight insights and perspectives from leaders within the swine industry.
‘At the Meeting’, Honoring Dr. Bob Morrison is a podcast sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc. and is focused on the the most recent topics in swine health and production.

SwineCast 1112, At The Meeting – COVID-19’s Impact on China’s Swine Industry

swinecast on May 26, 2020

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‘At The Meeting’ Honoring Dr. Bob Morrison hears from Dr. Duan Lianmao and Art Xue of Riverstone Farms about COVID-19’s impact on China’s swine industry.
Dr. Montserrat Torremorell (College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota), Dr. Gordon Spronk (Pipestone Veterinary Services), and Dr. Tom Wetzell (Swine Veterinary Consultant), learn about the cultural and production aspects of living with COVID-19 in China.
Dr. Duan Lianmao and Art Xue are the latest guests on the thirteenth in a series of Leaders Leading recordings produced by the ‘At The Meeting’ team. Future editions will highlight insights and perspectives from leaders within the swine industry.
‘At the Meeting’, Honoring Dr. Bob Morrison is a podcast sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc. and is focused on the the most recent topics in swine health and production.

SwineCast 1111, At The Meeting – The US Government’s Response To COVID-19’s Agricultural Impacts

swinecast on May 19, 2020

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‘At The Meeting’ Honoring Dr. Bob Morrison hears from Rep. Collin Peterson, Minnesota’s 7th Congressional district and Chair of the House Agriculture Committee, about the current U.S. Government’s efforts to help pork producers during the Coronavirus / COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Montserrat Torremorell (College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota), Dr. Gordon Spronk (Pipestone Veterinary Services), and Dr. Tom Wetzell (Swine Veterinary Consultant), learn about Peterson’s priorities for near-term assistance, and ways to ensure a speedier, more effective governmental response to the next agricultural crisis event.
Rep. Peterson is the latest guest on the twelfth in a series of Leaders Leading recordings produced by the ‘At The Meeting’ team. Future editions will highlight insights and perspectives from leaders within the swine industry.
‘At the Meeting’, Honoring Dr. Bob Morrison is a podcast sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc. and is focused on the the most recent topics in swine health and production.

SwineCast 1109, At The Meeting – COVID-19’s Impact on Italy’s Swine Industry

swinecast on May 18, 2020

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‘At The Meeting’ Honoring Dr. Bob Morrison hears from Dr. Gianpietro Sandri, a swine veterinarian with La Pellegrina, a division of Veronesi, about how the Coronavirus / COVID-19 pandemic is impacting Italy’s pork producers.
Dr. Montserrat Torremorell (College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota), Dr. Gordon Spronk (Pipestone Veterinary Services), and Dr. Tom Wetzell (Swine Veterinary Consultant), get an EU pork perspective on about how Northern Italy was affected early by COVID-19. Dr. Sandri says COVID-19’s impact on Italy’s producers has been less severe, but problems are building.
Dr. Sandri is the latest guest on the eleventh in a series of Leaders Leading recordings produced by the ‘At The Meeting’ team. Future editions will highlight insights and perspectives from leaders within the swine industry.
‘At the Meeting’, Honoring Dr. Bob Morrison is a podcast sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc. and is focused on the the most recent topics in swine health and production.

SwineCast 1107, At The Meeting – The Reality of How Work And Community Intersect

swinecast on May 13, 2020

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‘At The Meeting’ Honoring Dr. Bob Morrison learns from Julie Anna Potts, President and CEO of the North American Meat Institute, on how she is focused on finding a way to replace our fear of a COVID-19 infection with an understanding of the pandemic’s true health risks.
Dr. Montserrat Torremorell (College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota), Dr. Gordon Spronk (Pipestone Veterinary Services), and Dr. Tom Wetzell (Swine Veterinary Consultant), have a conversation with Potts on how we got here and other important issues confronting meat processors.
Potts is the latest guest on the tenth in a series of Leaders Leading recordings produced by the ‘At The Meeting’ team. Future editions will highlight insights and perspectives from leaders within the swine industry.
‘At the Meeting’, Honoring Dr. Bob Morrison is a podcast sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc. and is focused on the most recent topics in swine health and production.

SwineCast 1106, At The Meeting – COVID-19 Impact: Masking Hunger

swinecast on May 8, 2020

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‘At The Meeting’ Honoring Dr. Bob Morrison learns from Matt Gassen, Feeding South Dakota, about the paradox of pigs being disposed of while other Americans are struggling with a lack of food during this Coronavirus / COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Montserrat Torremorell (College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota), Dr. Gordon Spronk (Pipestone Veterinary Services), and Dr. Tom Wetzell (Swine Veterinary Consultant), have a conversation with Matt Gassen, CEO of Feeding South Dakota, an affiliate of the Feeding America program, about Feeding South Dakota getting food to those who need it during this time when pork producers are forced to dispose of pigs.
Gassen is the latest guest on the ninth in a series of Leaders Leading recordings produced by the ‘At The Meeting’ team. Future editions will highlight insights and perspectives from leaders within the swine industry.
‘At the Meeting’, Honoring Dr. Bob Morrison is a podcast sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc. and is focused on the the most recent topics in swine health and production.

SwineCast 1105, At The Meeting – COVID-19 Impact on Hog Prices

swinecast on May 6, 2020

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‘At The Meeting’ Honoring Dr. Bob Morrison learns from Dow McVean, a principal of McVean Trading & Investments, on how the complexities and vulnerabilities of North American hog prices have been laid bare by the Coronavirus / COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Montserrat Torremorell (College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota), Dr. Gordon Spronk (Pipestone Veterinary Services), and Dr. Tom Wetzell (Swine Veterinary Consultant), discuss with McVean about the economic impacts the Coronavirus / COVID-19 pandemic has had on hog prices.
“To have the majority of the hogs priced off the negotiated cash price of two percent off the hogs is unsustainable.“, McVean says.
McVean is the latest guest on the eighth in a series of Leaders Leading recordings produced by the ‘At The Meeting’ team. Future editions will highlight insights and perspectives from leaders within the swine industry.
‘At the Meeting’, Honoring Dr. Bob Morrison is a podcast sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc. and is focused on the the most recent topics in swine health and production.

SwineCast 1104, At The Meeting – Practical Advice To Combat COVID-19 Stress

swinecast on April 30, 2020

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‘At The Meeting’ Honoring Dr. Bob Morrison learns from psychologist Ted Matthews with the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, about practical advice for those under stress from the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Montserrat Torremorell (College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota), Dr. Gordon Spronk (Pipestone Veterinary Services), and Dr. Tom Wetzell (Swine Veterinary Consultant), discuss with Matthews the topic of farmers’ mental health during this crisis.
“Focusing on what you can do, and doing it, is better than focusing on what you cannot do“, Matthews says. He also says, “By making things a little better, your life will be better.“
Matthews is the latest guest on the seventh in a series of Leaders Leading recordings produced by the ‘At The Meeting’ team. Future editions will highlight insights and perspectives from leaders within the swine industry.
‘At the Meeting’, Honoring Dr. Bob Morrison is a podcast sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc. and is focused on the the most recent topics in swine health and production.

SwineCast 1103, At The Meeting – A Veterinarian Coping With COVID-19

swinecast on April 27, 2020

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‘At The Meeting’ Honoring Dr. Bob Morrison shares a veterinarian’s view on coping with COVID-19.
Dr. Montserrat Torremorell (College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota), Dr. Gordon Spronk (Pipestone Veterinary Services), and Dr. Tom Wetzell (Swine Veterinary Consultant), are joined by Dr. Darin Madson, veterinarian with JBS Live Pork, to discuss how his team is putting all their options on the table as they confront the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the pork industry.
Madson is the latest guest on the sixth in a series of Leaders Leading recordings produced by the ‘At The Meeting’ team. Future editions will highlight insights and perspectives from leaders within the swine industry.
‘At the Meeting’, Honoring Dr. Bob Morrison is a podcast sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc. and is focused on the the most recent topics in swine health and production.

SwineCast 1102, At The Meeting – Facing The Swine Production Realities Of COVID-19

swinecast on April 24, 2020

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‘At The Meeting’, Honoring Dr. Bob Morrison discusses making difficult decisions during the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Montserrat Torremorell (College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota), Dr. Gordon Spronk (Pipestone Veterinary Services), and Dr. Tom Wetzell (Swine Veterinary Consultant), are joined by guest John Schwartz, CEO and President of Schwartz Farms.
In the midst of making difficult decisions, Schwartz made time to talk with the ‘At The Meeting’ hosts. Schwartz describes the multiple actions his team is taking to ramp down production and confront the reality of euthanasia.
“A good business has to make difficult decisions,” Schwartz says.
This is the fifth in a series of recordings produced by the ‘At The Meeting’ team. Future editions will highlight insights and perspectives from leaders within the swine industry. “At the Meeting, Honoring Dr. Bob Morrison” is a podcast sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc..