Swine System Options Conference plannedThe Leopold Center has begun planning for a Feb. 17, 1999 statewide conference on alternative production systems for Iowa swine producers. The conference, slated for the Scheman Building in Ames, will take the place of the Center's annual conference. The conference will build upon the successful 1996 Swine Systems Options for Iowa meeting and will feature results from the Leopold Center's hoop house research initiative conducted at ISU's Rhodes Research Farm, and producer perspectives on design, management, renovation, production and marketing with alternative swine production systems.Cosponsors for the conference include the Iowa Pork Industry Center, ISU Extension, the Iowa Pork Producers Association, Practical Farmers of Iowa, the Iowa Farm Bureau and the Beginning Farmer Center. Look for more information in the winter issue of the Leopold Letter.
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