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Foraging into the Future is back!

Cattle producers from around the southwest are in Swift Current this week for the Foraging into the Future event.

The event is held every two years and is back this year with an in-person event.

This year's theme is "Adding Value in Unconventional Times".

Yesterday the discussion centered around basic livestock nutrition and ration balancing, non-conventional feeds and critical thinking of new practices, bale weights and quality
as well as marketing options.
 

Today's focus is on forage rejuvenation, sainfoin seeding rates and its persistence in grass stands, forage breeding and integrating livestock into annual crops.

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Trailer Biosecurity at Harvest Plants - Dr. Lucas Ferreira

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In this episode of The Swine Health Blackbelt Podcast, Dr. Lucas Ferreira, a Research Assistant at the University of Minnesota, discusses trailer contamination risks at packing plants. He shares research on pathogen prevalence, seasonal trends, driver biosecurity practices, and factors contributing to contamination during transport. He highlights opportunities to strengthen biosecurity and reduce disease transmission across swine operations. Listen now on all major platforms!

"Trailer washing gaps allow harvest plant contamination to increase pathogen risk before equipment returns to farms or wash facilities."

Meet the guest: Dr. Lucas Ferreira https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucas-fer... is a veterinarian from Brazil currently pursuing a master's degree at the University of Minnesota. His work focuses on swine pathogen epidemiology, detection, control, and prevalence, with an emphasis on science-driven solutions that improve herd health and biosecurity. Learn more from Dr. Lucas Ferreira on The Swine Health Blackbelt Podcast, available on all major platforms.