Livestock Gentec knowledge upcoming knowledge transfer activities Spring/Summer 2025
Dr. John Basarab Livestock Gentec CEO, will be giving several presentations over the next few months:
Researcher spotlight
Dr. John Basarab has been featured on the webinar series Researcher spotlight Thursday, March 13, 2025. Dr. Basarab discussed innovative genomic tools developed by Livestock Gentec and the University of Alberta to help commercial beef producers boost their profitability, reduce the carbon footprint of beef production and help cattle adapt to changing environments. It will be posted on this link shortly:
https://www.ualberta.ca/en/alumni/media-library/researcherspotlight.pdf
He will also be giving presentation at the following events:
- Gateway Research Organization (GRO) AGM March 28 at 11:00 am in Hazel Bluff Hall, 15 min west of Westlock
- Genetics and Breeding seminar for the for Peace Country Beef & Forage Association on June 4 in Valleyview, Alberta
- DNA Webinar Carcass Competition Windup for July 22 in Lacombe
Jennifer Paterson will also be sharing research results and knowledge from her projects at events and online:
Jennifer will be presenting at the Ontario Swine Conference on March 26th (https://ontarioswineconference.ca/day2/). This joint presentation, in collaboration with TJ Klopp and Kendra Foran from Cedarvilla Farms (https://www.cedarvilla.net/about), is titled ‘Gilts: The Foundation of Your Herd – Science into Practice.’ The presentation will take a team-based approach, with Jenny focusing on the “Science”, while TJ and Kendra will cover the “Practice”. The discussion will emphasize both the opportunities and challenges of translating science into the barn.
Jenny also had the opportunity to speak with Matthew Rooda on the Popular Pig Podcast about Gilt Development. The episode will be released soon. You can check it out at Popular Pig Podcast https://popularpig.com/podcasts/
One of Livestock Gentec’s key focuses is supporting producers in putting “Science into Practice”. Jenny is passionate about taking sow farm data and turning it into valuable reports on gilt development – enabling the barn team to track progress and to make data-driven decisions. She has had the pleasure of conducting several online and on-farm visits with barn teams to discuss her two favorite subjects – data and gilt management.