Dr. Mark Knauer: Innovative Tools in Pig Production | Ep. 18

Today’s episode will cover “A simple tool that is changing swine production around the globe”.“If you have fat, over-conditioned, sows you're burning a lot of money in feed costs and you're also going to have poor reproductive throughput.” – Dr. Mark Knauer. Our guest is Dr. Mark Knauer, another bright mind of the Global Swine Industry. Dr. Knauer is Swine Extension Specialist at North Carolina State University, faculty at NCSU and the inventor of the caliper.What you will learn:Estimating gilt weight at breeding;Increasing feeding level in late gestation;Importance of BCS;The Ins and Outs of the Sow caliper;What separates successful swine professionals from those that are not.Mark’s favorite swine-related book: Swine Nutrition GuideEdited by Lauro Faccin