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Swine - Conferences, Meetings, and Courses

Author: OMAFRA Staff
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Last Reviewed: 12 January 2009

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  1. Coming Events
  2. Online Calendars
  3. Proceedings and Research Reports

Coming Events

Online Calenders

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Presentations

Centralia Swine Research Update

The Centralia Swine Research Update started in 1982. The goal of this one-day event is to provide short, concise updates on current research projects in the area of swine production, with one feature speaker on a particular topic of interest to the industry. It is an annual event held the last Wednesday in January at the Kirkton-Woodham Community Centre in Kirkton.

Centralia Swine Research Update Proceedings

London Swine Conference

The London Swine Conference features internationally renowned speakers who are recognized authorities in their field. Through presentations, panel discussions and breakout sessions, these speakers explore current and emerging issues and technologies that are relevant to commercial pork production. The objectives of this two-day conference are to provide a platform to speed up the implementation of new technologies in commercial pork production in Ontario and to facilitate the exchange of ideas within the swine industry. The founding partners of the conference are Ontario Pork, the University of Guelph, and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.

Copies of the London Swine Conference 2008 Proceedings - Facing the New Reality and past proceedings are avaialble on the website. Click to view proceedings

London Swine Conference

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Southwestern Ontario Pork Conference

The Southwestern Ontario Pork Conference celebrated its 44th Anniversary in 2006. The mission of the Southwestern Ontario Pork Conference is to provide informative presentations to the benefit of producers and sponsor networking with producers. This one-day annual event, held at Ridgetown College, University of Guelph, is geared to producers from Kent, Elgin, Middlesex, Lambton and Essex counties.

To get a copy of the 2006 Proceedings of the Southwestern Ontario Pork Conference, contact the Ag. Business Centre by e-mail (abc@ridgetownc.uoguelph.ca) or telephone (519-674-1596).

Ontario Swine Research Review

The annual Ontario Swine Research Review is a compilation of one-page summaries of pork research projects carried out during the year at the University of Guelph and Ridgetown College and at Agriculture Canada stations across Canada. The objective of this publication is to give the reader an overview of research being conducted in Ontario and at the federal research stations across Canada. Many of the projects outlined in this publication are funded in part by Ontario pork producers through Ontario Pork.

To get a copy of the 2006 Ontario Swine Research Review, contact Rhonda Alger, OMAFRA Research Programs Administrator by e-mail (rhonda@research.uoguelph.ca) or telephone (519-826-3809).

University of Guelph Pork Research Program

Pigs, Pork and Progress - Ontario Pork Research in Action

The annual Ontario Swine Research Review was replaced in 2004 with Pigs, Pork and Progress - Ontario Pork Research in Action. This publication is a compilation of short summaries of pork research projects carried out during the year at the University of Guelph and Ridgetown College and at Agriculture Canada stations across Canada. The objective of this publication is to promote dialogue, understanding and communication about research accomplishments and activity funded by Ontario Pork.

To get a hard copy of Pigs, Pork and Progress - Ontario Pork Research in Action, contact Jean Howden, Ontario Pork Research Co-ordinator by e-mail (research@ontariopork.on.ca) or telephone (519-767-4600).

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