Billy Day Symposium - Sponsored by Billy N. Day Appreciation Club

Chair(s)

• TS

  Timothy Safranski, n/a

  Professor and State Swine Breeding Specialist
  University of Missouri
  Auxvasse, Missouri

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:15 AM CST

  Evaluation of Measures to Predict Gilt Longevity
  

  Presenting Author: Benny E. Mote, PhD – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• 8:15 AM – 8:45 AM CST

  Tools Used and Needed in the Gilt Pool
  

  Presenting Author: Robert V. Knox, PhD – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 8:45 AM – 9:15 AM CST

  Technology to Efficiently and Effectively Evaluate Body Condition
  

  Presenting Author: Mark Knauer, n/a – North Carolina State University
• 9:15 AM – 9:45 AM CST

  Trials and Tribulations of Countering Insufficient Sperm Quantity with Sperm Quality, Fertility, Synchrony and Deeper Site of Insemination
  

  Presenting Author: Brad A. Belstra, PhD – MB Swine Reproduction
• 9:45 AM – 10:15 AM CST

  Technologies for Farrowing Efficiency and Piglet Survival
  

  Presenting Author: Kara R. Stewart, PhD – Purdue University
• 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM CST

  Billy Day Symposium Break
• 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM CST

  Semen Evaluation Technologies: Not As Far-fetched As You Think?
  

  Presenting Author: Karl Kerns – Iowa State University

  Author: Alexandra Keller – Iowa State University
• 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM CST

  In the Boar Stud and In the Breeding Barn, Technology Matters
  

  Presenting Author: Amanda Minton – Acuity Swine Genetics
• 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM CST

  Sow Feeding Technologies: Challenges and Opportunities
  

  Presenting Author: Hyatt Frobose, PhD – Gestal - JYGA Technologies
• 12:00 PM – 12:15 PM CST

  Billy Day Symposium Q&A