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You can just give us a brief summary of your great and long career. Okay. Well, let me tell you Marshall. Is it being a tremendous opportunity to go back in in what western church of have said, you know, if you don't know history, you don't know the future. Okay, right for the history is very simple. The first time I met pigs in my life of 1954. I were 14 and a farm with a hundred thousand or not. Get I got very excited about it. I'm from there. I'm still sitting here. With the pigs. Okay, right and chili was nothing on pigs. And then I had the opportunity to do my animal science agronomist in Chile. Then I went to the US for a master's degree in animal science and University of Minnesota. And and I finished my doctor's degree in 1965 75 and I would like to tell you you know that when I arrived. to the US It was completely different from what you see today. I imagine hey, okay Bailey. No biosecurity not whatsoever. No shower in we could go to the farms, you know be out of the farm after the car with a shoes getting in in the barn General and get it genetic for purebreds. You know, the three typical three break cross. And nutrition was simple and it was very very very backwards in the tent of God backwards in the in the city was historically what we had. Okay, right. So it was it was something that it were thinking how much we have done from those time. Looking forward to being a Nutrition is in Minnesota. I had a second - field which is reproduction and debate school. So I was excited with reproduction you see and I was lucky and I've been very lucky to meet people on my own my work and It's I remember, you know, I had a professor in the vegetable called Bob grabow from Sweden. He started in the University with a i. Very very long time ago. We use the rubber spider, you know one week seven eight some of its out and school in animal science and I were very excited about what we can do, you know with artificial insemination. And then going with from there. You see we start seeing, you know, genetic companies coming in. To develop New Frontiers in genetic Improvement that we need to have more HP Richard who was phc genetics of Edinburgh went to the University of Minnesota and gave a talk about genetics. You're saying no to three white cross. I wanted to remind everyone were very very excited about it. So I was lucky that as I went through my life. It's starting to change. So what I said to myself you have to be aware that the things that are changing you have to be on it not behind you have to be so next. I came back to trailer. There was no Jenna. Headaches none very mm. Yeah. I think what being an impressionist without genetics or better Improvement in genetics. The pleading was something that works. Important on the con side but we have to feed animals that have some genetic Improvement. So I went to many companies in the us to bring genetics to Chile and then I decided to go to the UK and we came out with a daughter nucleus or Pi see the part that stalkers work Spring Green, Wisconsin. Now I had it on the table nutrition genetics, but not help helps with the problem. But we were yes, we were food and most positive and hope cholera positive. Oh well, so being in virus or viruses that really wants to challenge a challenge we have to get rid of it. So on the on the app on their foot and mouth disease. we were very lucky to have a doctor touch it with kirino from Spain to come to Chile and he got the principles of getting put about by yourself chili and now he's working with you know, he was the man that took out after confront fever from Spain many years back and now he's still working in Spain with us or call her and you know, What's another thing? He did the same. You know, how color works? Okay, and we get rid of it. And now we have been for years three of those two wires. So I learned from the side of the eradication that you can do it with the right principles of technology and discipline ending disease problem. We had first the first time and Steve Henry came in prey. Man and help us and we eradicate first afterwards we go to another first Pirates and we have only today one Farm we viruses of that Soul. So I'm very proud that we could work with the government, you know to get the animal to three. Okay. So now we have notation. Genetics people and environment. Those are the things that we are looking forward. Okay. Let me tell you another thing that is important. I think with we had open-minded in the sense that what we started and everything was going okay. We invited many people from the u.s. To visit us and really all the companies in the u.s. Came to see us many. Many experts rotation and veterinarians of Technology people and helped us a lot. So what do we did we said there's so many things. We don't know. Let's bring people who knows and help us, right. So it was a tremendous opportunity, you know to have so many people coming in and learning from them and we are now a country with high production. Very nice. No, that's that's always I always got amazed going back and and listening to this story. You know, it's always helpful. Like you said to know that he you know this history and to understand the future one question there Gonzalo if you can dive a little deeper on the history and evolution of swine reproduction and the exchange Knowledge between South America and North America over the last few decades. Well, yes as I told you, you know what grabow started with, you know, very simple system and then my team Ryu from Google's in Spain came to see us and he starts showing her the way we could do Ai and the way we did it, you know where the spider we had a thousand thousand with 50 more hours you work. The ratio of 20 to 120 wonder if it was a tremendous amount. Of course, there were other words from the US Pi T. And we are there that it would better, you know, yeah, I and then the board will wear less and we have his dungeon intense game. Well, so for many years we go on with the system, you know, he worked on the cervical e Nature and not the ones we do today. So what do we learn? We learn that if we have the right the right system and we collaborate with education how to do it is fantastic. The thing is conditions come to the genetic side genetics have changed tremendously. The subsystem the psalter totally different from four years ago, right? Oh also the Perpetual insemination and reproduction has changed tremendously. Now, we we instead of using 3 billions sperms. We use one and a half or less with introducer insemination. Now why we were strolling on assured to come up with new things because we have relation. Relations with people who were doing it. Well, very good. And then we went there we learn people from Spain came in with intrauterine insemination and There's no different from the the other one and maybe today we have a single insemination time single and to manage. We don't do it here now, but you will so in reproduction everything goes to the issue of guilt development genetics indexing the right genetics so we can extract the value of the genetics biosecurity of a seaman coming in and also, Porch is nutrition. Rotation of the the new jeans coming in is different you remember Marshall 30 20 years ago the backtrack the way we're totally different today. We have a tremendous differences in how we're feeding the Sun and cancer state has helped tremendously. You were there and many others. Really flowers from North Carolina and others, you know from the US has been a tremendous guy. Go on following the genetic Improvement on the guilt side, you know short function of GDP patterns of come from Canada. UNESCO burden and many others T. So, what are we doing? We extracting the best information put it to work with the best genetics and come out today with a tremendous opportunity to arrive to production figures. That are very very good. What else you need an introduction? I think the best thing is look at the index do the checking or boards and the guild do the tremendous work of George Fox Trot little more region, which is tremendous so you can upgrade your guilt coming from your nuclear site. So it's a bunch of think it's not reproduction per se it just many things that have to be account and many people They can help very good. Well that makes sense. And one thing that I would like to ask you. Dr. Gonzalez is that we talk a lot about pigs on this podcast, but a key element of course is people and see if you had to hire someone to work in a farm today. What characteristics would you be looking for? Okay. I think that the number one issue today worldwide, you know people first of all, you know, let me tell you that today. We have side one with 58 thousand thousand twelve thousand thousand thousand thousand Family Farms, you know, we have come to a tremendous growth in the numbers of South place. So you imagine What kind of people would like to be working in a system which is so condensed you have to start with that people who are never been in existence. So completely uniform and block that has to be knighted value. He has to be a man that really wants to be there, you know with with tremendous gift. So first of all, I would say everyone is welcome everyone. You have to be good enough to choose who were the man there's no distinction of anything anything and once you talk to them and ask them where they come from why they came if they're excited about being part of the team. And tell them they are the basic of productivity. There's no way you're going to be producing without the right people. So today we're going to a farm this different ages nationality every day. So the staff members. Inside the fight has to be enough. Compromise that the everyone is equal everyone has that opportunity and everyone has a clear career, you know to grow with the system and the system is the company and what are we doing with that is we are investing, you know in whom and human value. I think that that's that's the number one issue human values. Okay. It's what I think. Number one issue and if someone gets problems, you know, we have to go there and help if someone doesn't look happy what's going on and teach them teach them slowly and patient the basics don't give him a man on this big. You know, right? Remember the man was very very big day when we need we need a compromise of what we do. Days, okay, so who can come in and work the doors open who has to select is the man that understand human being okay. Very nice makes sense makes sense looking at the the characteristics there and you know, not only the skills the skills. You can teach right you're looking more at the inherited behavior of people absolutely, you know, that's a that's a good friend in in the US Larry: With a DVM maybe, you know him being very very on that side. You know, what do we need what we have to do with people and so on Larry I know him very well. I'm terribly motivated. But if you know what you're thinking so correct Me In Stocking density of gifts before breeding how we're going to show that why You gonna show it this way is because guilds, you know today our number one issue in the park. So we have to have a way to say things not a piece of paper. We have to show them and help them to understand why we do those very good. Well the last question I have to your doctor Gonzalo before we move to our three questions that we ask every guest every episode is you have seen Pig Production all over the world. What is one thing that the best Farms do that? The other Farms could emulate or copy look I take to have a very good system. You know, you have to have a very good staff member. Understand a bit of of the people who tradition guilt and everything. I think what we need today and it is what I'm going to say. We need to improve our productivity by using data data is number one issue. If you don't have data it's going to be very difficult to set up a system to let's say we have a problem reproduction, you know, if you don't have the data in front, it's going to be very difficult for someone to come in. You know and try to Gary Roy data is very important. And I think we have systems, you know, like I could start and others, you know, that breaks a lot of data and comparison of data. If you look at the u.s. Another's 25% of the herds the average of and hurts of they need to go forward and be part of a dead person hurts more with we have to do. How we do it by data analysis without data analysis very difficult really to set up a priority system to get things done. I love it. That's great. The truth is precision swine production is not the future. It's the present every pig is the intelligent Pig Health platform. It is a simple yet powerful Pig health and production management tool request a free 20 minute. Minutes demonstration at www.abracadabrasuperstore.com. It is time to our famous. All right, so jump into our trick questions doctor Gonzalo that we ask every guest. The first one is what is your favorite swine book mordicai production system mortified big production. Very nice addition was to cut out here to solve. Okay, perfect. Very interesting. That was definitely a revolution right when people went from continuous flow to multi-site horse. And I think those things you know has an m&a and the name is Tom Alexander Anchorage and I think had it but working with PHP in don't years so and now he's retired, but I think we Have to to think you know that this kind of people and there's hundreds of people in all over the world who have made tremendous contribution to The Big Industry agreed. Very good. What would be your favorite book unrelated to pigs? Okay, Tom Friedman. Thank you for being late. It's called with publishing 19 2016 8 years to fully surprised. He was two months ago back program here in Chile giving a talk and he says thank you for being late for the name of the phone and he said in the meeting don't believe in. Climate change don't be a about technology but technology, okay, and don't be late, you know in everything that we need to be focusing. It's a tremendous book to show us that climate change is going to change the world and beeps, you know, and so it drinks 27 liters a day move we have And handling that uh, if it's really chocol short of water and we have to understand that we are part of a system about a logical system that we have to share between us and do things right, but that's why I think Thomas Friedman is calling her don't be late. Don't be late. Okay, very nice like it. The third question Gonzalo is what separates successful swine professionals from those that are not. Oh god. Well, I told you, you know, I got a PhD in nutrition, which is nothing in the sense that if you don't know much about what's going on in the world, you see so good. I'm calling and you have made a tremendous work in cats of and afterwards, you know publishing on. Corn on the attrition, you know, we have to understand more. You know that we have to do things right. I started in North Carolina with crates 7 by 5. And now the great Satay by six, you know, the pro has to be right too many fingers, you know on the crates, you know, and they say, oh come on stream is very important, but you know the poor little big release. Than 2 pounds, you know cannot drink because it's full of problems, you know to drink. So what we have to do. We have to be more more understanding. Not one thing if you're a geneticist, okay, but go on and help me well understanding that there's more than pure genetic Jordan any has to be ways they can carry your PhD in nutrition and you are you know, we have a trouble this year because weather was growing in the in the Midwest and exciting that the bushel of corn is going to be five dollars roof and more. So what I'm saying it, what is the difference between people? What is a man that has one? Excellent knowledge but also had the next and a knowledge that that knowledge to be shared participate and teach. Okay, very nice. I love it. Very good. Dr. Gonzalo. Those are insightful words there throughout the podcast as always. I'm always learning. I'm always selfish. I want to learn myself, and I always love to record that and share that with our audience. So thanks so much for your time doctor Gonzalo. Thank you very much.
Today’s episode will cover A life-long of swine production in 30 minutes. “We need to improve our productivity by using data… data is the number one issue. If you don’t have the data, it’s going to be very difficult for someone to come in and try to get it right.” – Dr. Gonzalo Castro. Our guest is Dr. Gonzalo Castro, one of the bright minds of the Global Swine Industry. Dr. Castro is Agronomist, with a PhD from the University of Minnesota. With more than 50 years of work experience, in production, tech services and consulting, highlighting his work with Agrosuper, Pronaca, Keken, and PIC, among other companies. He was one of the responsible for the growth of PIC genetics in Latin America, in the 80s and 90s. What you will learn:   A brief summary about himself and his long career;  The history and evolution of swine reproduction;   The exchange in knowledge between South America and North America;   The characteristics to look for work on new hires;   Things that the best farms do, that other farms could emulate;   What separate successful swine professionals from those that are not. Gonzalo’s favorite swine-related book: Multi-Site Pig Production Gonzalo’s favorite book unrelated to swine: Thank you for being late  Edited by Lauro Faccin 