IPPA 2025 Regional Conferences

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Who should attend?

  • Owners/operators
  • Contract growers
  • Production employees
  • Veterinarians
  • Swine industry stakeholders

Locations

Can't attend? The Thursday conference sessions will be recorded and made available online as soon as possible.

Monday, Feb. 24
Orange City
Sioux County Extension Office
400 Central Ave. N.W. Suite 700
Tuesday, Feb. 25
Nashua
Borlaug Learning Center
3327 290th St.
Wednesday, Feb. 26
Algona
Iowa Lakes Community College
Tietz Entrepreneurial Center
2111 Hwy. 169 N
Thursday, Feb. 27
Washington
Washington County Extension Office
2223 250th St.

 

The Day's Schedule

Each regional conference will run from 12:30 – 4:30 p.m. Lunch will be served at 12:30 in each location.

Topics & Speakers

Brian Blumhagen

Altenburg Construction
Director of Operations

Brian Blumhagen will help the audience better understand what to inspect in their hog barns, when you need to consider doing major repairs, and what the repair, remodel, or replacement costs will be.

 

Dr. Chris Rademacher

Iowa State University
Swine Extension Veterinarian and Clinical Professor

Effective mortality management is a critical practice in every operation. Dr. Chris Rademacher will present composting practices to implement in your day-to-day operation and in the event of a foreign animal disease. If movements are restricted due to ASF, rendering will be impacted. Do you have a plan to manage your mortalities?


Gracie Greiner Marlow

Iowa Pork Producers Association
Sustainability Manager

Gracie Greiner Marlow will cover the National Pork Board’s Pork Cares Farm Impact Reports that provide data for the producer by tracking, measuring, and monitoring conservation efforts in their operation.

Iowa State Extension and Outreach

Regional Extension Engineers will focus on practical ways to improve barn ventilation, manage ventilation-related costs, and run your facilities more efficiently.

More Tools for Your Toolbox

Hear from an area Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Swine Specialist on varying topics to support your operation.

Iowa State University Extension has five area swine specialists across the state ready to help you solve production problems and provide practical solutions. They aim to promote and enable efficient pork production by disseminating decision-impacting information to producers.