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The 2010 National Swine Nutrition Guide is a practical publication containing nutrient recommendations and feeding guidelines. The guide consists of nutrition factsheets and diet formulation and evaluation software. The guide was written as a collaboration between university swine nutritionists and swine industry specialists.
ORDER THE NATIONAL SWINE NUTRITION GUIDE
The National Swine Nutrition Guide is now available for order. The cost is $125 and includes the NSNG Book of 35 Swine Nutrition Factsheets, a booklet containing the Nutrient Recommendation Tables, and the Diet Formulation and Evaluation CD. To order the NSNG Package, please click here.
Additional NSNG Training Conferences Added
The USPCE has scheduled two additional NSNG training conferences:
Thursday, June 10th (during World Pork Expo)
Des Moines, IA – Iowa State Fairgrounds
Varied Industries Building Upper West Conference room
3:00PM – 8:00PM
Wednesday, July 14th
Denver, CO
Hyatt Regency Convention Center - Mineral Hall FG
3:00PM – 8:00PM
Registration is $125 and includes the training conference, NSNG book of 35 Factsheets, booklet containing nutrient recommendation tables, and the NSNG Diet Formulation and Evaluation software. To register for the conferences, click here.
National Swine Nutrition Guide Follow-Up Webinar
Diet Formulation and Evaluation Software
The NSNG Diet Formulation and Evaluation CD will perform two distinct functions. You can use it to formulate swine diets on a least‐cost basis or evaluate the nutritional adequacy of existing diets. These functions can be applied to diets for sows, breeding boars, nursery pigs, growing‐finishing pigs and replacement gilts and boars.
Click here for more information on the software.
Download the National Swine Nutrition Guide Diet Formulation & Evaluation Software Manual
Please check here for ordering information as it becomes available.
Follow-Up Webinar
A follow-up webinar is scheduled for March 31 to give the conference attendees an opportunity to ask questions and share comments on their experiences with the guide. If you attended a regional training conference and would like more information on the follow-up webinar, please e-mail kbeeler@iastate.edu.
Educational Training Sessions
Educational training sessions were administered by the authors of the guide in February and March of 2010. The Educational Training Sessions focused on the use and applications of the guide. They included an overview of the guide and demonstration of the computer software.
Attendees at the conferences were given an overview of the guide's development and explanations of the contents and recommendations in the guide. They were also given the chance to install and utilize the Diet Formulation and Evaluation software with guidance from steering committee members. Overall, the conferences have been very successful in reaching a large audience and helping producers, nutritionists, educators, students, and many others become familiar with the National Swine Nutrition Guide.
Education Training Sessions Attendance:
Moses Lake, WA - 8 attendees
February 5, 2010
Raleigh, NC - 26 attendees
February 11, 2010
Kansas City, MO - 22 attendees
February 17, 2010
Indianapolis, IN - 26 attendees
February 24, 2010
Sioux City, IA - 15 attendees
March 5, 2010
Owatonna, MN - 54 attendees
March 11, 2010
Des Moines, IA - 87 attendees
March 17, 2010
Purpose
The purpose of the guide is to enhance the understanding of practical swine nutrition, feeding principles and related management guidelines.
Availability
The guide will be available electronically on the Pork Information Gateway (www.porkgateway.org).
The guide will also be available in print from the U.S. Pork Center of Excellence, State Extension Services, and in the Pork Industry Handbook.
Steering Committee
Dr. Scott Carter - Oklahoma State University - carters@okstate.edu
Dr. Joel DeRouchey - Kansas State University - jderouch@k-state.edu
Dr. David Meisinger - U.S. Pork Center of Excellence - drdave@iastate.edu
Dr. Duane Reese (chair) - University of Nebraska - dreese@unlnotes.unl.edu
Dr. Brian Richert - Purdue University - brichert@purdue.edu
Dr. Marcia Shannon - University of Missouri - carlsonm@missouri.edu
Dr. Hans Stein - University of Illinois
Dr. John Patience - Iowa State University - jfp@iastate.edu
Dr. Robert Thaler - South Dakota State University - robert.thaler@sdstate.edu
Dr. Eric van Heugten - North Carolina State University - eric_vanheugten@ncsu.edu
Dr. Mark Whitney - University of Minnesota - whitn007@umn.edu
Ms. Charlotte Kirk Baer (ex-officio) - USDA/CSREES
National Swine Nutrition Guide Factsheets