Bradley Eckberg: Nursery Pig Issues | Ep. 77

"𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘨𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘯, 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘶𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰. 𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵". - 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗘𝗰𝗸𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻: 1. Insights on nursery benchmarking reports; 2. Mortality; 3. Body condition; 4. Actions based on data; 5. Sorting pigs. 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁: Brad studied Accounting and Business at Riverland Community College in Austin, MN and Minnesota State University (Mankato). He has over 14 years of experience working with swine throughout southern MN and Iowa. His past jobs range from managing sow units to consulting with farmers on quality production. His most recent experience was overseeing 65,000 pig spaces and managing a research and development site with Holden Farms, LLC. Previous to that, he managed sow units for the Pipestone System, along with numerous additional responsibilities. Brad joined MetaFarms as a Business Analyst in July of 2014. 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘀, 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺. Give us a Rating & Review - http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1460280128