What is Pork Pod?
Pork Pod
is a new tool the Pork Checkoff’s is utilizing to provide useful information to
producers. Pork Pod is a podcast. Podcasting is a method of publishing files to
the Internet, allowing users to subscribe to a feed and receive new files
automatically by subscription at no cost. You can listen to podcasts on your
computer, download the podcasts on computer and then create a CD or subscribe to
a feed for your iPod.
How to listen to Pork
Pod…
Subscribe in a reader or via email
To listen with iTunes:
- Launch iTunes
- In the Advanced menu, select Subscribe to Podcast
- Enter your feed URL in the text box and click OK.
iTunes displays the PorkPod playlist, which shows all of the episodes. Next to the new podcast subscription, you should see an orange circle, which indicates that iTunes is downloading our most recent episode. When the orange circle disappears, you should be able to see the title, a list of all the episodes, and a check next to the most recent episode, indicating that it has been successfully downloaded. Double-click on the episode to play it in iTunes.
Receive via Email
1. Follow directions below
On a CD
- Right click on the audio file of your
choice
- Click Save Target As
- Click Save and save to your
desktop on your computer
- Create a CD to listen to
anytime!
Our Most Recent Podcasts:
Date: July 27, 2011
Length: 4:43
Speaker: Suzanne Millman, Iowa State University
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Training for Safe Euthanasia
Date: July 20, 2011
Length: 5:48
Speaker: Sherrie Niekamp, Director of Animal Welfare, National Pork Board
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Keeping Pigs Safe During the Hot Summer Months
Date: July 20, 2011
Length: 4:19
Speaker: Bob Thaler, swine specialist for South Dakota State University
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Crop Yields and Feed Prices
Date: July 13, 2011
Length: 6:36
Speaker: Stacy Revels, Pork Checkoff Manager of Certification Programs
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PQA Plus Third-Party Verification Process
Date: July 6, 2011
Length: 6:02
Speaker: Kent Mowrer, field specialist for the Coalition to Support Iowa's Farmers
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Ideas for Keeping Farms Safe
Date: June 27, 2011
Length: 11:54
Speakers:
Steve Meyer, President of Paragon Economics
Chris Hurt, Professor Ag Economics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.
Daniel Vaught, market analyst, Vaught Futures Insights, Altus, Ark.
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Download Hogs and Pigs Report June 2011
Date: June 22, 2011
Length: 3:18
Speaker: Joel DeRouchey, professor and extension specialist, Kansas State University
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Feed Cost and Efficiency
Date: June 15, 2011
Length: 3:46
Speaker: Randy Spronk, pork producer from Edgerton, Minn.
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Using the Carbon Footprint Calculator
Date: June 8, 2011
Lenght: 7:45
Speaker: Allan Stokes, Director of Environmental Programs, National Pork Board
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Introducing the Carbon Footprint Calculator
Date: May 31, 2011
Length: 4:40
Speaker: Lisa Becton, Director Swine Health, National Pork Board
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