Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

The 2012 annual meeting of the NCERA57 was held at the Iowa State University in Ames, IA in the Ensminger Room, Kildee Hall in the Department of Animal Science. The meeting was called to order by Jason Ross, Vice Chair and local host, at 8:00 AM on Tuesday, May 22th. At 8:15 Department Chair Dr. Maynard Hogberg welcomed the group to Iowa State and gave an informative presentation describing the staffing and research facilities at Iowa State, and the status of Iowa livestock and poultry industries. Dr. Dan Morrical went into greater detail on the swine facilities. At 9:15 AM. Adele Turzillo, National Program Leader for Animal Production Systems within the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), attended the meeting and provided a NIFA update which included the announcement of the appointment of Dr. Sonny Ramaswamy as the new Director of NIFA on May 7, 2012 replacing Dr. Roger Beachy who had resigned last year. Of note the Food Security FY20012 proposals are currently under review and the Foundational Programs for FY2012 and FY2013 have been combined with the release RFAs scheduled for 8/15/2012. Adele also pointed out some competitive grant programs that could provide unique funding opportunities for animal scientists thinking outside the box and joint NIH-NIFA Programs featuring dual purpose research grants in biomedicine and agriculture using domestic livestock species as experimental models. At about 10:00AM Dave Meisinger that the Swine Repro Guide had been proposed for funding in the 2008 Farm bill, but was not funded. It will not be included in the 2012 Farm Bill. 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM Station Reports: University of Nebraska-Lincoln - Brett White, USMARC - Jeremy Miles, and Illinois - Dave Miller. After a catered lunch provided by the Iowa State University College of Agriculture on Tuesday 5/22/12, the Producer Symposium on AI Technology was held in Ensminger Room in Kildee Hall featuring four speakers from 1-5 PM. The speakers and the titles of their talks were Ron Ketchem, Swine Management Services, LLC, Fremont, NE, Use and economics of some AI technologies across a subset of commercial farms; Hanneke Feitsma, Institute for Pig Genetics, The Netherlands, Sperm numbers: how low can you go?; Brad Didion, Minitube USA, Successful implementation of frozen semen in a commercial setting; and Howard Hill, Iowa Select: AI technologies and personnel: applying technologies with real people. A total of approximately 45-50 swine producers, students, and scientists attended the symposium. Approximately 10-20% of the US sow inventory was represented by individuals in the audience. The evaluation of the symposium demonstrated that the symposium was of significant value to those in the audience and the audience overwhelmingly suggested they would like to attend future NCERA57 producer symposiums. Evening: The committee and guests took a break and then reconvened at the Open Flame Restaurant for dinner. Second day session Wednesday, May 23, 2012 8:00 to 9:00 AM Business meeting: John Baker addressed the committee and praised the organization and accomplishments of the NCERA057 committee and indicated that this specific committee was among the best that he serves as an Administrative Advisor. He stated that the NCERA057 committee very accurately conducts the purposes intended for this program. Members were reminded to start thinking about forming a writing committee in that the renewal process for NCERA57 will begin with our meeting in 2013. According to tradition vice-chair Jason Ross moved up to committee chair, the secretary Dave Guthrie moved to vice-chair and a returning member, Rod Geisert, was drafted as secretary. It was confirmed the 2013 meeting would be held in Beltsville MD during the week before Memorial Day. Members were reminded to be thinking about topics for the 2014 Swine Producers Symposium. At 9:00 AM Matt Wilson initiated the discussion of the preliminary work on fresh and frozen conducted by Jeremy Miles and Lea Rempel for the purpose of utilization of frozen semen as a contingency with new AI technology, development of frozen semen delivery, ovulation control, and seasonal effects on reproduction. The second experiment conducted at USMARC show one of two boars was superior to the other with respect to fertility of cryopreserved spermatozoa. A summary of the discussion and plans for additional preliminary experiments for the proposal will be forthcoming. 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM Station reports continued: Illinois - Dave Miller (continued), Maryland - Dave Guthrie (BARC), Missouri - Rod Geisert, Kansas - Duane Davis, Indiana - Mark Diekman (Purdue), and Iowa State- Jason Ross. Dave Guthrie agreed to send messages of appreciation to Peg Pluthe and Drs. Maynard Hogberg and Dan Morrical for their contributions as hosts for our meeting The meeting was adjourned at 12:05 PM. Respectfully submitted, Dave Guthrie, Secretary, NCERA57

1. From the Producer Artificial Insemination Symposium committee members learned the industry has considerable interest in improving the efficiency of artificial insemination with non-frozen boar semen by close monitoring of the onset of estrus to 1) permit insemination at the optimum time in relation to ovulation, and 2) reduction of the sperm dose per insemination and the number of inseminations during the estrus period as much as possible to maintain high farrowing rates. Training and monitoring performance of inseminators is critical the success of the swine breeding program. Fertility with frozen semen could approach that of liquid semen when the number of sperm per insemination and the number of inseminations during the estrus period were increased. 2. Numerous publications were published by committee members and their associates during the past year that provide scientific knowledge and impact on reproductive efficiency in swine. 3. We discussed the preliminary experiments at USMARC in order to design, write, and submit a NIFA Foundational Grant proposal this autumn to support a study of the relative contributions of the male and female to seasonal infertility in swine using frozen semen.

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