Creating Good Lactating Sows | Dr. Kiah Berg

About the Guest Dr. Kiah Berg grew up on a small show pig farm in Oregon where she found her passion for raising and feeding pigs. She earned her BS in animal science in K-State, and continued on to pursue a MS and PhD in Applied Swine Nutrition with the K-State team. During her graduate career, she had the opportunity to conduct many large scale sow nutrition trials on commercial sow farms including Hord Livestock, New Fashion Pork, Christensen Farms and Pillen Family Farms. In May of 2020 she joined Pipestone Nutrition. Today she does the sow diet formulation for the Pipestone Managed sow farms, Sow technical service, and leads the Nutrition wean to finish research. She resides with her Husband, Andrew, in Pipestone, MN. Dr. Kiah Berg What can you expect to learn from this episode of Popular Pig? Dr. Kiah Berg’s background and role todayWhat it means to create successful sows in farrowingThe challenges around the training & management of body conditionThe timing and size of meals pre-farrow and how it impacts farrowing durationTips for helping Gilts succeed in the farrowing houseThe challenge of finding consistency in the ROI of precision technologiesDr. Kiah Berg’s “golden nugget”