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    2022

    Year: 2022

    SwineTime Podcast Episode 38: PIPESTONE Transport
    July 5, 2022

    SwineTime Podcast Episode 38: PIPESTONE Transport

    SwineTime Podcast host, Dr. Spencer Wayne, sits down with PIPESTONE’s President of Transport, Hal Schmidt. Hal is a long-time employee with PIPESTONE and transitioned to transportation 8 years ago. Pipestone Transport falls under the Management business unit and serves to help our Pipestone Management shareholders receive their wean pigs, transport our managed barn’s sows and…

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    July 5, 2022

    Two Reports to Boost Your Confidence in Decision-Making

    How can you use data to drive your decision-making process? Big Stone Marketing, in collaboration with other PIPESTONE business units, would like to share two reports to help you get there: Precision Marketing & Marketing Report.   Precision Marketing The precision marketing reports allow producers to more specifically control the impact of day to day…

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    SwineTime Podcast- Bonus: APP SeroType
    June 22, 2022

    SwineTime Podcast- Bonus: APP SeroType

    Dr. Bryan Myers has gained quite the experience and wisdom from being a veterinarian for the last 34 years. In these years, he has seen the serious effects of various diseases that have infected the swine industry. He is now seeing APP, an old disease that has resurfaced after almost 20 years in some of…

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    Chief Veterinary Comments- Data Driven Decisions
    June 17, 2022

    Chief Veterinary Comments- Data Driven Decisions

    We live in the so-called “Information Age”. Data is being collected all around us. Today, the power of computing and digital technology have made collecting, analyzing and transferring data easier than ever. As a result, we have more information than ever at our fingertips. Good information for making business decisions can be invaluable; however, it…

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    SwineTime Podcast Episode 37: Safety
    June 6, 2022

    SwineTime Podcast Episode 37: Safety

    Safety is the number one priority at PIPESTONE. On this episode of SwineTime Podcast, host, Dr. Spencer Wayne, chats with Josh Pawson, PIPESTONE’s safety director. Josh takes us through his personal journey to being a safety director and explains what a day in his role looks like. Prepare your farm for an OSHA inspection, take…

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    Performance Impact of an Older Weaned Pig
    May 26, 2022

    Performance Impact of an Older Weaned Pig

    The process of using data to make strategic production decisions is not new for PIPESTONE. It’s a process that usually starts with a concept, sometimes born of intuition, but more often born of necessity. It also requires a collaborative effort by PIPESTONE business units to bring the concept full circle. In 2016, Pipestone Applied Research…

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    County Line Livestock and Feedmill
    May 24, 2022

    County Line Livestock and Feedmill

    Nestled on the outskirts of Independence, Iowa, are nationally recognized livestock and feed mill operations known as County Line Livestock and County Line Feed Mill. Established in 2002, County Line Livestock started as a feeder pig operation and has strategically developed into how it stands today. County Line Feed Mill is a more recent addition,…

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    Communicating Your Story to Consumers
    May 24, 2022

    Communicating Your Story to Consumers

    Today, consumers are asking more questions than ever about where their food comes from and how animals are cared for. As a farmer and agriculturalist, it is our responsibility to share our story. To earn trust, communicating shared values is 3-5x more important than just sharing information. Consumers want to find shared values, such as…

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    SwineTime Podcast Episode 36: Gilt Multiplication
    May 11, 2022

    SwineTime Podcast Episode 36: Gilt Multiplication

    Raising a healthy group of pigs starts long before they reach the finishing barn. In this episode of SwineTime Podcast, host, Dr. Spencer Wayne, is joined by Dr. Evan Koep, PIPESTONE’s resource in gilt multiplication. Throughout the episode, listeners gain an understanding of what gilt multiplication is, and how it benefits piglets for the long…

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    Balancing Act: Biological Performance & Feed Cost
    April 27, 2022

    Balancing Act: Biological Performance & Feed Cost

    There are several ways to evaluate feed cost and feed performance in wean-to-market pigs. Each method can provide a very different answer for the producer on what is the “BEST” way to feed a pig. In a perfect world we find the ideal marriage between biological performance and feed cost. However, the equation isn’t so…

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    A New Health Paradigm: How to Reduce the Health Tax
    April 26, 2022

    A New Health Paradigm: How to Reduce the Health Tax

    As swine producers, you all pay a health tax at the end of the year, whether you know it or not. This tax is paid on every pig and reflects the cost of less-than-perfect health in an operation. The health tax is often far larger than producers recognize and is consistently evident year after year…

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    SwineTime Podcast Episode 35: Risk Management
    April 12, 2022

    SwineTime Podcast Episode 35: Risk Management

    Managing risks is the safest way for pig farmers to protect their operations and ensure they can withstand tough times in the market.  Hear from Brian Stevens, President of Big Stone Marketing, in this episode of SwineTime Podcast. This episode is all about risks in the pig market, how to prepare for them and what…

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    Mexico: PIPESTONE's Experience in Mexico
    April 7, 2022

    Mexico: PIPESTONE's Experience in Mexico

    PIPESTONE’s relationship with the Mexican swine industry is not new. Multiple interactions between our technical team and local players have occurred over the past few decades. However, it was not until 2015, when PIPESTONE had the opportunity to participate in a start-up project of 10,000 sows, that this relationship got more formally established. This successful…

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    China: Top 10 Learnings from Boots on the Ground Experience
    April 7, 2022

    China: Top 10 Learnings from Boots on the Ground Experience

    The #1 key to preventing African Swine Fever virus (ASF) breaks is improving biosecurity. Be flexible. Use the sites and infrastructure around you to optimize health and production in ways you may not have attempted thus far. Use feed mitigants. Depopulating continuous flow sites with viral health challenges is key to recovering performance. Grow/Finish biosecurity…

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    Q&A with Mexico's Production Director, Ezequiel Guardado Valdez
    April 4, 2022

    Q&A with Mexico's Production Director, Ezequiel Guardado Valdez

    Personal Background: I come from a very humble family that had to immigrate from Zacatecas to Jalisco in search of opportunities. I am the fourth of seven siblings. I have always been involved in agriculture. From my childhood I was forced to leave school and start working at age of 13 to help my parents…

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    Q&A with China's Production Director, Duan Lian Mao
    April 4, 2022

    Q&A with China's Production Director, Duan Lian Mao

    20 years ago, PIPESTONE started consulting in China. Consultation then turned into management, and later, ownership. Today, PIPESTONE is a minority owner in Riverstone, the operations group in Shandong Province. PIPESTONE oversees day-to-day operation for Riverstone, and Dr. Luke Minion serves as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board. In China, Riverstone is managing…

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    Chief Veterinary Officer Comments- Spring 2022
    April 4, 2022

    Chief Veterinary Officer Comments- Spring 2022

    Pork is the most consumed meat in the world. As a result, pig farming is a global pursuit. While the USA exports a significant portion of the pork we raise (nearly 30%), most pork is consumed within the country where the pigs were raised. As PIPESTONE has grown and evolved over the last 25 years,…

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    Driving Force: Four Tips for Turning Swine Industry Passion Into a Career
    April 1, 2022

    Driving Force: Four Tips for Turning Swine Industry Passion Into a Career

    Growing up, I was involved in the swine industry by showing pigs, helping vaccinate weaned pigs for local farms, and working for PIPESTONE in the wean-to-finish records department. As the time came close for me to think about college and my future career, I knew I wanted to work in the swine industry and help…

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    8 Winter Ventilation Concepts
    March 7, 2022

    8 Winter Ventilation Concepts

    There are many items to remember as winter ventilation is upon us of how we want barns to operate. Here are a few to think of as you are braving the cold.     1. Set Points This is what you are telling the barn to maintain temperature at. Typically, barns will be 1-2 degrees…

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    SwineTime Podcast Episode 34: Basics in Nutrition
    March 2, 2022

    SwineTime Podcast Episode 34: Basics in Nutrition

    SwineTime Podcast Host, Dr. Spencer Wayne, sits down with Hayden Kerkaert, a nutritionist with Pipestone Nutrition, to start back at the basics of pig nutrition. Throughout the episode, Hayden drills down on the importance of a nursery diet and how critical a piglet’s first three weeks of life are. Grow-finish farmers will gain tips on…

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    Risk Management
    February 23, 2022

    Risk Management

    Having a risk management plan is critical for all hog producers, especially today with the extreme volatility of our hog and pork markets and with the increased risk of African Swine Fever making it into the United States. Hog producers really should protect their revenue and profit opportunities when they arise. Through Big Stone Marketing,…

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    Global Supply Chain Traffic Jam: Feed
    February 23, 2022

    Global Supply Chain Traffic Jam: Feed

    There has been  a lot of chatter regarding the global supply chain as of late. Whether it’s referencing store shelves being empty, truck driver shortages or national ports being clogged, there has been an increased awareness of disruptions. If we are truly going to solve the issues, we need to understand how we got in…

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    Supply Chain Crisis: Products
    February 23, 2022

    Supply Chain Crisis: Products

     The 2021 supply chain issues are well known. Various news publications speak to the challenge of logistics via air, ocean, road and rail, as well as the lack of labor and materials. From an animal health perspective, the availability of raw ingredients that make up many of the products we use, or Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients…

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    Our Experience with Fighting African Swine Fever Transmission Through Feed
    February 8, 2022

    Our Experience with Fighting African Swine Fever Transmission Through Feed

    African Swine Fever (ASF) is an inevitable topic as we talk about the global swine industry, especially after August 2018 when ASF was reported for the first time in China, the world’s largest pig producer and consumer. As a highly fatal disease with no effective treatment or commercial vaccine, ASF resulted in a nearly 40%…

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    PIPESTONE Risk Assessment on African Swine Fever Reaching the United States
    February 8, 2022

    PIPESTONE Risk Assessment on African Swine Fever Reaching the United States

    African swine fever (ASF) was diagnosed on Hispaniola in the Caribbean this summer, the Dominican Republic in July 2021, and in Haiti in September 2021. This is the first time since the 1980s that the virus has been found in the Western Hemisphere. It has never been diagnosed in the United States. There is a…

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    SwineTime Podcast Ep. 32: Getting Started in Pig Farming
    February 8, 2022

    SwineTime Podcast Ep. 32: Getting Started in Pig Farming

    Passion, commitment and networking; words used to describe the lifestyle of a pig farmer throughout this episode of SwineTime. Are you or someone you know interested in pig farming? In the 32nd episode, Dr. Spencer Wayne visits with Dr. Barry Kerkaert, President of Pipestone Management, and Justin Roelofs, Chief Financial Officer for Pipestone Management. Together,…

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    Driving Force: Three 'Non-Negotiables' for Vaccinating Young Pigs
    February 4, 2022

    Driving Force: Three 'Non-Negotiables' for Vaccinating Young Pigs

    When it comes to raising and investing in show pigs, our goal is to keep them healthy and productive in preparation for the show ring. The first few weeks of a piglet’s life are critical for setting them up with a strong foundation to help them develop immunity and protect them throughout their show career.…

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    SwineTime Podcast Episode 31- PIPESTONE Construction
    January 25, 2022

    SwineTime Podcast Episode 31- PIPESTONE Construction

    On the 31st episode of SwineTime, Dr. Spencer Wayne sits down with the Head of Construction for Pipestone Management, Tad Woelber. Tad and his team strive to build pig barns that not only maximize production, but efficiency as well. Keeping barns cost effective while building them to last has always been the objective of building…

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    U.S. Pork Exports Continue to Surge, Overcoming COVID and Other Challenges
    January 25, 2022

    U.S. Pork Exports Continue to Surge, Overcoming COVID and Other Challenges

    Despite COVID-19 and what seemed like a dozen other challenges, the United States pork industry in 2020 exported a record amount of pork, and it’s poised to set a new record this year. In fact, through August 2021, America’s pork producers already had shipped to foreign destinations $5.8 billion worth of product compared with about…

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    Gifts for Good
    January 25, 2022

    Gifts for Good

    One of the core values we live by at PIPESTONE is Caring. Caring means caring for our team members, animals and communities. Our charitable efforts aim to make a difference in the lives of our local and global community members.     Domestically, we donate to: Children’s Home Society Atlas The Banquet in Sioux Falls…

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    I Wouldn't Bet the Farm on it.
    January 4, 2022

    I Wouldn't Bet the Farm on it.

    I’m an optimistic person by nature, but I’ve had to become more of a realist. This is truer than ever when preparing our business, and our clients, for the potential of a foreign animal disease entrance into the U.S. In recent months, I’ve pivoted from talking about IF an African Swine Fever (ASF) introduction will…

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