Dr. Roger Campbell: Australian Pork Industry Evolution | Ep. 16

Today’s episode will cover the Evolution of the Australian pork industry and research of global interest. “The single diet concept suggests that rather than having 5 phases from 20- to 110-kg, you can actually save costs without affecting performance just using 1 diet that might be formulated for a pig at 70- to 77-kg but fed all the way through.” – Dr. Roger Campbell. Our guest is Dr. Roger Campbell, another bright mind of the Global Swine Industry. Dr. Campbell got his Ph.D. in 1973 in Nutrition and Physiology from the University of Melbourne. After that, he worked for a large integrator in Australia. From 2005 to 2018, he led the Pork CRC as their CEO with hundreds of experiments conducted and dozens of students trained. Recently, Roger opened his own consulting business named RG Campbell Advisory.What you will learn:The development of his career;The evolution of the Australian pork industry (students, genetic importing, ASF);The Australian pork industry in the next 10 years;Recent research outcomes of global interest;What separates successful swine professionals from those that are not.Roger’s favorite swine-related book: Mammalian protein metabolism and NRC (2012) Roger’s favorite book unrelated to swine: Double helix and Brighter than a thousand sunsEdited by Lauro Faccin