Dr. Robbins is the senior production veterinarian for Seaboard Foods. She sees the ultimate goal of what she does as serving the betterment of a healthy swine industry. She believes the problem-solving focus of swine practitioners sets the swine industry apart from other livestock segments.
You cannot do this by yourself . . . It seems silly for me to receive this award when it really takes a lot of people with the ultimate goal of having the healthiest industry in the world.”
Source: National Hog Farmer, September 17, 2018. Link. The Science in Practice award is given each year at the Allen D. Leman Swine Conference <link> in St. Paul, Minn. It is the industry’s premier award for swine practitioners who have shown an exceptional ability to use science in day-to-day practice.
INSIGHTS: Industry sources indicate several annual attendees are missing this year as they chose to remain close to producers to offer help to producers in the path of hurricane Florence.
Also see: “NCPC, Only one lagoon breach,” National Hog Farmer, September 18, 2018. Link.
When a lagoon is inundated, the walls remain intact, but floodwater rises over the sides and fills the lagoon. By design, solids are stored and remain at the bottom of the lagoon, and the liquids at the top are heavily diluted, minimizing the environmental impact.