Swine Records:
“Am I Really Making Any Money?”
Farmer and Extension experience on the necessity of records, with feed as an
example. Three approaches to recordkeeping, from simple to comprehensive.
Seven talks with slides.
These presentations were recorded Aug. 9, 2004 on the farm of Wayne and Ruth
Fredericks, Osage, Iowa. Contributors included
Wayne Fredericks;
Dave Stender, ISU Extension Swine
Specialist; Mark Storlie, ISU
Extension Swine Specialist; and Ryan Ubben, with St. Ansgar Mills, Inc.
The audio isn’t the best; the sparrows, the clanking feeders, and our lack of
recording expertise didn’t help, not to mention compression of the sound for
Internet streaming. Choose the highest bit rate that will work for your
Internet connection, then sit back and give yourself a moment to get used to the
audio. If you have an interest in swine systems, you will find these talks
well worth your effort to listen. (Comments?
Suggestions?)
“What do we worry about? We worry about the market, the
market, the market. But it’s the production costs that really make the
difference on whether we’re profitable or not.” – Dave Stender, ISU Extension
Squeeze a Little More Profit from an Already-Squeezed Swine Operation – Dave
Stender
Preview quotes from the
Stender presentation.
Benchmarking: A Reality Check to Save Feed Costs – Wayne Fredericks
Feed and Water Economics – Mark Storlie
Preview quotes from the
Storlie feed & water presentation.
Feeds and Feeders Panel – Wayne Fredericks, Mark Storlie, and Ryan Ubben
Preview quotes from the feeds and
feeders panel
Putting Production and Cost Numbers Together with Simple Records – Dave Stender
Preview quotes from
the Stender simple records presentation.
Group Tracker: Swine Records the Way You Work – Mark Storlie
Preview quotes from the
Storlie Group Tracker presentation.
Standards-Based Records Tell the Whole Story – Wayne Fredericks
Preview
quotes from the Fredericks standards-based records talk.
