Livestock Gentec’s Jennifer Patterson will be presenting at Banff Pork Seminar (January 7-9th, 2025) in the breakout production session on “Sow Management.” She will be discussing “Gilt Development – Laying the Foundation for Future Performance,” alongside Courtney Werth, who will present on “Weight Watchers – Insights from Ontario Sow Herds,” and Chris Opschoor, who will talk about “Between Gestation & Lactation: A Transition is Made.” It promises to be a great session.
PhD graduate student Sonja Allen will present a poster at BPS on “Preliminary insights into improving sow lifetime productivity and pig quality through phenotypic and genomic analysis”. This work is part of our NSERC research collaboration with Hypor – Hendrix Genetics. Please come by and check out her poster.
BPS is always an excellent event for bringing the industry together. Our team will also be represented by Michael Dyck, Kayla Patey and Morgan Rioch, we look forward to seeing you there!
Jennifer will also be presenting at the Ontario Swine Conference in London, Ontario (March 25-26th, 2025). She will be part of a session on “Gilt Development for Longevity,” with TJ Klopp and Kendra Foran. This joint session will focus on “putting science into practice.”
On the beef side, several RDAR funded partners to Gentec will be presenting their research at the 2025 RDAR research showcase Jan 16 in Edmonton. Watch out for the presentations from Dr. Kajal Latimer, Dr. Brenda Ralston