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Inside the Helix — 78 episodes

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Don't Sweat Summer Losses: Smarter Cooling for Better Performance

2

Measuring What Matters: New Temperature Technologies

3

The Real Cost of Re-Mixing Nursery Pigs

4

Understanding the Maternal Line’s Role in Grow-Finish

5

Inside the Pen: Best Practices for Managing Group-Housed Sows

6

Precision Protein: Rethinking Amino Acid Sources for Modern Swine

7

Don’t Let the Feed Go Dry: Preventing and Managing Feed Outages in Pig Production

8

Environment’s Impact on a Genetics Program: Part 2

9

Environment’s Impact on a Genetics Program: Part 1

10

A Peek Behind the Curtain: Improving Sow Longevity

11

The Journey of Full Program Testing

12

Is It Time to Upgrade Your Herd's Health?

13

Breeding on Your Terms: Mastering the Estrous Cycle & Reproductive Tools

14

To Induce or Not to Induce: Striking the Right Balance in Farrowing Management

15

Are All Sires Created Equal? The Truth About Pooled Semen

16

Digital Phenotyping: Advancing the Next Generation of Genetic Progress

17

The Legacy of the Boar: Building Longevity in the Stud

18

Gene Editing: Revisiting a Timely Topic

19

Perception vs. Progress: The Real Story of Today’s L241

20

Barn Cam Series, Part 2: Using Cameras to Strengthen Biosecurity

21

Barn Cam Series, Part 1: A Look Through the Lens with Andy Jakubowski

22

The Value of Teat Count and Loading Strategy

23

Split Suckling: Myth or Must?

24

From Concept to Reality: The Journey of New Trait Development

25

The mystery cough: Could it be Astrovirus 4?

26

To Buy or Not to Buy: Deciding the Best Path for Sourcing Gilts

27

So You Want to Be a Geneticist? Insights with Dr. Randy Borg

28

Decades of Advancements: The Evolution of American Genetics

29

Breeding Smarter: Unlocking Efficiency and Performance with PCAI

30

Flipping the switch on F18: Genetic Solutions to F18 E.coli

31

Room to Grow: Optimizing Space Allowance for Nursery Pigs

32

The most important part of a productive sows life: Managing the farrowing transition

33

The World’s Largest Semen Distribution Network

34

The Impacts of Lower Energy Rations on Finishing Pig Performance

35

New vs. Old Crop

36

Managing Barn Environment & Ventilation through the Fall Transition Period

37

Effect of Vaccination Timing On Growing Pig Growth and Performance

38

New Multiplication Health Status

39

Case Study: PRRS Persistent Infection Evaluation In 2 Sow Herds

40

Importance of Balanced Breeding in Swine Genetics

41

Benchmarking For Continuous Improvement

42

How People Training Impacts Genetic Progress

43

Feeding Strategies For Sexually Mature Gilts & Boars

44

Hard Starting Pigs

45

Precision Livestock Farming

46

Pre-Production Boar Management

47

Truck Wash Biosecurity

48

Semen Efficiencies

49

Brazilian Pork Industry

50

Gilt Development Strategies

51

Why Weigh Gilts?

52

Improving Robustness through Genetics

53

Technical Support: Walk-Thrus & Troubleshooting

54

Sow Farrowing Care

55

First 48-Hour Pig Care

56

Feeding for Body Condition Management

57

Estrus Detection

58

Gilt Development

59

Winter Ventilation

60

What to do with 125,000 Extra Feed Sacks?

61

Creep Feeding Research

62

Body Condition Scoring

63

Reducing Defects Through Genetic Selection

64

Technology in Swine Research

65

Agalactia in the Sow Herd

66

Full Program Swine Genetics in Action

67

Seasonal Infertility

68

Combating High Feed Costs

69

What is the Right Wean Age for My Farm?

70

DNA Genetics at the 2023 World Pork Expo

71

Boar Exposure

72

Summer Ventilation

73

Gene Editing: Promise and Implications for the Swine Industry

74

Genetic Selection Against E. coli

75

Feed Biosecurity

76

Starting the Nursery Pig

77

Nurse Sow Strategy: Are we moving too many pigs?

78

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