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The Iowa Pork Producers Association, in cooperation with the Iowa Pork Industry Center at Iowa State University and ISU Extension and Outreach, has developed a new series of conferences for hog farmers in response to current swine health issues impacting the industry.
The IPPA Swine Health and Animal Well-being Committee will hold four “free” management conferences around the state later this month and in early September. The sites and dates are:
Aug. 26, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. – Northwest Iowa Community College, Sheldon
Aug. 28, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. – Carroll Co. Extension Office, Carroll
Aug. 30, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Chickasaw Co. Extension Office, New Hampton
Sept. 3, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. – Washington Co. Extension Office, Washington
Dr. Rodney “Butch” Baker of the Iowa Pork Industry Center at Iowa State University will share what is currently known about the Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDV) that has proven deadly to piglets across the country this year. Baker will explain how producers can manage employees and visitors relative to PEDV, how hog farmers can protect their herd when most packing plants and trailers are testing positive for the virus, and what can be learned from Transmissible Gastroenteritis (TGE) and the practices that should be effective against PEDV.
“Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) has caused great economic harm to the industry for years and now we’re facing the devastating impact of PEDV,” said Dr. Craig Rowles, committee chairman and a pork producer from Carroll. “We’re offering these conferences to provide the latest information on these issues and try to help producers deal with or avoid these swine health concerns.”
ISU’s Dr. James McKean will discuss how producers can avoid residues and a U.S. Food and Drug Administration inspection. His presentation will include changes in residue testing at packing plants, the impact of detected residues and practical steps to avoid chemical residues.
Rounding out the list of presenters is Dr. Lee Schulz, ISU livestock economist. He will explain how pork farmers can survive with a short corn supply, prospects for continued hog demand and 2014 opportunities.
“FDA has introduced new residue limits and testing procedures and we want to make sure hog farmers are aware of these changes,” Rowles said. “Also, the current and future economic impacts of the swine health issues are critical to producers’ success, so we feel it’s important to include this discussion as well.”
Producers will not be required to register to attend any of the conferences. Interested farmers simply need to attend the conference of their choice.
Any questions should be directed to IPPA Public Policy Director Cody McKinley at (800) 372-7675 or cmckinley@iowapork.org.
Jim Field speaks with Beth Irlbeck, Cass County ISU Extension Youth Coordinator, about Rural Safety Day.
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HAROLD SCHWARTE, 80, of Earling, died Sun., Aug. 18th, at the Little Flower Haven Nursing Home. A Mass of Christian Burial service for HAROLD SCHWARTE will be held 10-a.m. Wed., Aug. 21st, at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.
Friends may call from 5-to 9-pm Tue., Aug. 20th at the funeral home, where a Wake service is at 7-pm Tuesday.
Burial will be in the St. Peter and Paul Cemetery at Defiance.
HAROLD SCHWARTE is survived by:
His brothers – Albert (Gay) Schwarte, of Defiance; Richard (Myrna) Schwarte, of Manilla, & Joseph (Vernita) Schwarte, of Defiance.
His sisters – Sister Madona Schwarte, of Omaha; Sister Darlene Schwarte, of Davenport; Thelma (Gordon) Nelson, of Harlan, & Karen (Clarence) Brinker, of Westphalia.
And his sisters-in-law.
EARLY THIS MORNING…PARTLY CLOUDY. SOUTH WIND NEAR 5 MPH.
TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.
TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE MID 60S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
TUESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE MID 60S. HIGH IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE UPPER 60S. HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Pro Bowl running back Jamaal Charles returned to Chiefs practice with no hesitation Sunday despite a lingering right foot strain that caused soreness to travel halfway up his leg. Charles spoke to reporters before hitting the practice field for the first time since last Monday, when he stepped on a teammate during the workout. He missed last Friday night’s preseason game against San Francisco and his status for next weekend’s game at Pittsburgh is undecided. Rookie running back Knile Davis worked out with the first team while Charles was out.
Charles said it was the first time he’d had this type of foot strain, calling the injury “weird” and that “it was definitely scary” because it affected the way he runs. When asked whether there was any hesitation about practicing Sunday, Charles said, “Oh no.” The Chiefs are not scheduled to practice Monday.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Sam Dorman won the his third title of the week Sunday in the U.S. national diving championships, teaming with Zac Nees in the men’s synchronized 3-meter event. Deidre Freeman won the women’s 3-meter title, Steele Johnson topped the field in the men’s 10-meter, and Samantha Bromberg and Cheyenne Cousineau won the women’s synchronized 10-meter.
Dorman, also the individual 1-meter and 3-meter winner this week, and Nees finished with the 390.33 points in the final. They were second with two rounds to go and took the lead with 80.58 points on their fifth dive, an inward 3½ tuck. They finished with 77.52 points on a front 2½ with two twists.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — An apartment fire in Cedar Rapids has forced 10 people out of their homes. Fire department spokesman Greg Buelow says the blaze was reported yesterday afternoon in a six-unit, three level apartment complex. All the occupants had escaped the building when firefighters arrived. The American Red Cross was helping the displaced residents.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a 32-year-old man died inside a northwest Iowa jail this weekend. The man was found dead Saturday in his cell at the Woodbury County jail in Sioux City. Authorities did not immediately release the man’s name, and attempts to revive him were unsuccessful.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Des Moines is naming its third dog park after one of the city’s best known police dogs. The city’s parks and recreation department will dedicate the Reno Memorial Dog Park in northeast Des Moines on August 28th. Reno died last winter at age 11.
BROOKLYN, Iowa (AP) — The owner of Skydive Iowa says a 56-year-old man who fell to his death Friday had planned only to observe the flight, not jump. Company owner Bruce Kennedy tells the Des Moines Register that the eastern Iowa man’s parachute deployed prematurely during takeoff and he was pulled from the plane. The Iowa State Patrol says that Wayne Kidrowski of Brooklyn, Iowa died in the accident.
An Iowa student won first place in her age division at this summer’s National Braille Challenge. Fourteen-year-old Lauren Thomson of Adel (who attends school in Earlham), was one of over a thousand students who participated in the competition. Carrie Thomson, Lauren’s mother, says the students were given four tests, with 50 minutes allotted to complete each test. “The whole program was created to promote braille literacy and promote braille for visually-impaired and blind kids throughout the country,” she says. “And so each test is just to promote that and to really encourage the Braille reading.”
One of the three tests graded the speed and accuracy of the competitors. “It’s kind of like dictation. You have to Braille-out what you hear,” Carrie Thomson says. “Then charts and graphs — you read the questions and you find on the chart the answers.” The other tests gauge reading comprehension and spelling accuracy. Lauren started learning braille when she was three and a half years old. She won first place in the “junior varsity” division for seventh, eighth and ninth graders.
“When they tell you your daughter’s blind when she’s four months old, you have all these fears,” Carrie Thomson says. “And then you watch her grow and see everything she’s capable of — she’s just a great kid.” Carrie Thomson says Lauren is an “active” teenager and her blindness has been just a “minor inconveniece” according to her mother. “She’s in choir. She’s in band. She’s played volleyball in seventh and eighth grade with her team. She’s able to serve the ball and did amazingly well,” Carrie Thomson says. “She was in the school play this last year. She loves to water ski, snow ski. She loves to ride her bike.”
Lauren is starting ninth grade at Earlham Community Schools and Lauren’s mother says she and her husband set “high expectations” for Lauren. “We ususally push Lauren a little bit harder than we might even push her sister, who is sighted, just because we always say that she is setting an example and setting the bar, showing people that you’re capable of doing everything they are,” Carrie Thomson says. “It just might a little extra work, a little extra adaptation to make it happen.”
All of the students in Lauren’s class in Earlham have computers. Hers is an iPad equipped with special software that allows her to “speak” to her teachers and classmates using the iPad. Lauren used what’s called a “Perkins Brailler” during the competition this summer in Los Angelos. It’s a lot like a manual typewriter, with a key for each of the six dots of the braille code, plus a space key, a backspace key and key to advance to the next line.
(Radio Iowa)
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