SwineCast.com has exclusive Leman Swine Conference sessions

Raylee St. Onge — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:25:43 +0000

INDIANAPOLIS — Critical issues in the swine industry will exclusively be covered during the Allen D. Leman Swine Conference in St. Paul, Minn., on Sept. 20-23 – and will only be available worldwide via SwineCast.com podcasts soon afterward.

Truffle Media Networks, leading producer of agricultural podcasts including SwineCast.com, will be onsite at the Leman conference, hosted by the University of Minnesota at the RiverCentre in St. Paul, and cover keynote sessions including:

The Ongoing Challenge of Flu – Veterinarian Marie Gramer of the University of Minnesota will discuss research on the transmission of swine influenza viruses among pigs, poultry and people.
Pork’s Carbon Footprint: Hot Air, Hot Opportunity or Both? – Garth Boyd, senior vice president of agriculture for Camco Global, will talk about carbon credit aggregation.
The Art & Science of PRRS – Mike Murtaugh, professor of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Minnesota, and Paul Yeske, veterinarian with Swine Vet Center, will present on porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome.
It’s a New Day – Mark Greenwood, vice president of commercial lending for AgStar Financial Services, and Brett Stuart, co-founder of Global AgriTrends, will discuss lending relationships and international opportunities in the swine industry.

SwineCast.com podcasts are produced twice weekly and provide interest-driven, interactive and convenient information on everything in the pork industry. Podcasts can be heard online or downloaded and transported on a portable audio player. To listen to current shows, visit SwineCast.com. For a full meeting schedule and to register for the Allen D. Leman Swine Conference, visit http://www.cvm.umn.edu/outreach/events/adl/home.html.

Truffle Media Networks provides high-quality, turnkey production and distribution of business-focused podcasts. Truffle Media Networks produces BeefCast®, CropVillage™, DairyCast®, PoultryCast® and SwineCast® for the agricultural industry. For more information about Truffle Media Networks visit TruffleMedia.com.