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Manitoba Pork 2016 Fall Meetings Audio Special for October 20, 2016

-Janice Goldsborough, the Human Resources and Training Coordinator with Manitoba Pork, discusses two newly released resources, a Hiring Manual and an Employee handbook.
Feature Runs: 9:02


-Mike Teillet. the Manager of Sustainable development Programs with Manitoba Pork, updates progress on efforts to develop new swine barns in Manitoba in response to a shortfall of hogs for processing.
Feature Runs: 8:07


-Mark Fynn, the Manager of Quality Assurance and Animal Care Programs with Manitoba Pork, discusses Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea and Seneca Virus A, the two most pressing swine disease issues facing the province's pork industry right now.
Feature Runs 5:36.


-Dennis Hodgkinson, the President of DGH Engineering, discusses the costs associated with new swine barn construction and factors that have contributed to an increase in those costs.
Feature Runs 7:18.


 

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