In this episode of The Swine it Podcast Show, Dr. Brett Ramirez from Iowa State University shares insights on optimizing swine barn ventilation systems. He explains factors like proper design, controller settings, and seasonal maintenance that influence pig health, worker safety, and operational efficiency. Get the tools you need to prevent costly mistakes and boost barn performance. Tune in now on all major platforms!

"We have to keep the pigs in their thermal neutral zone so that we keep performance up."

Meet the guest: Dr. Brett Ramirez serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering at Iowa State University. With a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering from Iowa State, his research and extension efforts focus on swine and poultry housing, ventilation design, thermal comfort, air quality, and precision livestock farming.

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What you will learn:

• (00:00) Highlight
• (01:01) Introduction
• (03:24) Ventilation system basics
• (07:07) Key design challenges
• (07:51) Controller settings overview
• (09:44) Maintenance best practices
• (17:17) Future ventilation trends
• (22:15) Final three questions

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