Alternative Swine Housing Systems:

an International Scientific Symposium

September 15, 2004

Ensminger Room, Kildee Hall

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

8:00     Coffee and Registration

Overview

8:30    Tom L. Richard.  Iowa State University.  Alternative swine housing – opportunities for innovation.  abstract       

System Design and Performance

8:50     C.M. (Karin) Groenestein.  Wageningen University and Research Centre.  Designing a bedded system for fattening pigs: a methodological approach. abstract presentation

9:10     Hugh.G. Payne, R.N. Nicholls and M. Davis.  Dept. of Agriculture, Western Australia.  Group farrowing in a deep-litter eco-shelter. abstract presentation

9:30     Peter Lammers and M.Honeyman. Iowa State University. Effects of bedded gestation housing on litter size and culling rates: preliminary results. abstract presentation

9:50     Hugh G. Payne and J.R. Pluske.  Dept. of Agriculture, Western Australia, and Murdoch University.  Wean-finish performance and carcass composition of indoor and outdoor weaner pigs reared in conventional or deep-litter housing. abstract presentation

10:10   Discussion

10:20  Break (Posters on display)

Pig Welfare and Pork Quality

10:40   Jessica G. Gentry and A.K. Johnson.  Middle Tennessee State University and National Pork Board.  Behavior of finisher pigs housed in hoop and conventional buildings: How does this affect pork quality and eating experience? abstract presentation

11:00   B. S. Patton, Steven M. Lonergan, M. S. Honeyman.  Iowa State University Quality of fresh pork from pigs finished in confinement and hoop systems. abstract presentation

11:20  Discussion

Environmental Impacts and Implications

11:30   Tom L. Richard, M.V. Garrison and G. McAndrews.  Iowa State University.  Mass balance analysis of nutrient flow in swine hoop structures and associated composting systems. abstract presentation

11:50   L.D. Jacobson, B.P. Hetchler, David R. Schmidt, and V.J. Johnson.   University of Minnesota.  Ammonia, Hydrogen Sulfide, Odor, and PM₁₀ Emissions from Deep-Bedded Hoop and Curtain-Sided Pig Finishing Barns in Minnesota. abstract presentation

12:10    Discussion

12:20  Lunch (catered)

 

Praxis – Putting the Research into Practice

1:20     James B. Kliebenstein, D. Reich, B. Larson, M. Honeyman and A. Penner    Iowa State University.  The cost of producing pork in a hoop bedded production system. abstract presentation

1:40     John Maltman. Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiative.   Hoop barns in Canada. presentation

2:00     Artur Loza. CJSC Agro-Soyuz, Ukraine.  Hoop barns in the Ukraine. presentation

2:40     Jay Harmon, S. Shouse, M. Honeyman.  Iowa State University.  Beef cattle and hoops – ISU demonstration plans. presentation

3:00     Discussion

3:10     Poster Session           abstract1 abstract2 abstract3 abstract4 abstract5

4:30     Virtual Engineering Immersive Environment Tour (optional - sign up if interested)