Purdue News
Purdue News
June 6, 1997
The swine course is among six Purdue Agriculture Certificate Courses (PACC) being offered at the West Lafayette campus July 7-18.
"Attendees will experience classroom and hands-on education," said Brian Richert, Purdue animal scientist and co-teacher of the course with animal scientist Wayne Singleton and agricultural engineer Don Jones. "We will cover management of the sow herd and calculating breeding/farrowing schedules, management of the farrowing house and newborn piglets, nursery and grow-finish daily check lists, and trouble-shooting."
The course also will address diet formulation and processing for the pig's life cycle.
A half-day course segment will be devoted to artificial insemination technology, with classroom discussions and hands-on learning. Course leaders hope to give all students an opportunity to collect semen from a boar and artificially inseminate a sow.
Hog housing facilities are the focus of another half-day segment. The session will cover designs for buildings for all phases of production, plus how to calculate insulation and air-flow needs and fan and inlet sizes for different building designs. Managing and storing manure also will be addressed.
Other courses offered in the PACC series this summer are "Commodity Marketing Management," "Soybean Management," "Introduction to Precision Farming," "Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management," and "Introduction to Soil Science."
PACC allows participants to either complete 12 courses for a certificate of graduation or just enroll in the courses that meet their specific needs. The courses are offered on Purdue's West Lafayette campus and meet for one to two weeks each. Grades will be awarded in each course, and a Purdue academic record will be developed for all PACC students.
To be admitted to PACC, students must be high school graduates or at least 18 years old. Applications are due by June 28. There is a one-time, nonrefundable admission fee of $30 for new students and a $150 fee for each course.
CONTACT: Alan Goecker, assistant dean of agriculture, (888) 398-4636 or (765) 494-8473; fax, (765) 494-8477; e-mail, adg@agad.purdue.edu
Compiled by Chris Sigurdson, (765) 494-8415; E-mail, sig@ecn.purdue.edu
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