Manitoba Pork AGM Audio Special

Apr 16, 2015

Manitoba Pork AGM Audio Special for April 16, 2015

-Jeff Clark, the manager of PigTrace Canada, provides an update on swine traceability and compliance with new mandatory reporting of swine movements.
Feature Runs: 6:56

-Michael McCain, the president and CEO of Maple Leaf, outlines challenges facing the pork industry and the need to balance production and processing.
Feature Runs 5:08

-Weldon Newton, a former Neepawa area pork producer discusses his reasons for existing the industry and the provincial government's new special pilot project permit evaluation protocol.
Feature Runs: 6:32

-Karl Kynoch, the outgoing chair of Manitoba Pork, discusses highlights of his 11 years in that role.
Feature Runs: 5:10

-Dr. Joe Schwarcz, a professor of chemistry and director of the Office for Science and Society with McGill University, discusses the role of science in agriculture and pseudo science being circulated by activists.
Feature Runs: 7:57

Christine Kynoch, the wife of outgoing Manitoba Pork chair Karl Kynoch discusses the quilt she made which raised $20,000 for Ronald McDonald House.
Feature Runs: 2:46

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Video: Sweetener Effects on Gut Health - Dr. Kwangwook Kim

In this episode of The Swine Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Dr. Kwangwook Kim, Assistant Professor at Michigan State University, discusses the use of non-nutritive sweeteners in nursery pig diets. He explains how sucralose and neotame influence feed intake, gut health, metabolism, and the frequency of diarrhea compared to antibiotics. The conversation highlights mechanisms beyond palatability, including hormone signaling and nutrient transport. Listen now on all major platforms!

“Receptors responsible for sweet taste are present not only in the mouth but also along the intestinal tract.”

Meet the guest: Dr. Kwangwook Kim / kwangwook-kim is an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University, specializing in swine nutrition and feed additives under disease challenge models. He earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in Animal Sciences from the University of California, Davis, where he focused on intestinal health and metabolic responses in pigs. His research evaluates alternatives to antibiotics, targeting gut health and performance in nursery pigs.