Dale Rozeboom, PhD
Animal agriculture, the environment, and enhancing profitability of pork production have been Dales focus areas in his tenure @ MSU. The necessity to establish & maintain a sustainable balance of our animal agriculture, natural resources, and social fabric has been and is a pressing challenge and opportunity for the future. His extension & teaching scholarship have led to discovery & development of new knowledge, practices, and technologies to help bolster environmental stewardship & sustainable pork production. His undergraduate instruction is "cutting edge" because of his extension work with farmers & the integrated programming approach with applied research. The adaptation of new & old swine care practices on modern farms is the goal in teaching in ANS 272 Introductory Swine Management & in his teaching @ the MSU Student Organic Farm. He seeks to provide students with an understanding of the changing global pork industry, the coordination of production skills & business decisions, & critical evaluation of pork enterprise efficiency & profitability.
Extension
In my extension efforts, I provide statewide and national leadership in applied nutrition and production management issues relevant to sustainable intensive and extensive pork production; including enhancing the effectiveness of systems used for feeding and watering, mortality management, secure pork supply planning, environmental management, understanding how management factors affect the profitability of pork production, and the evaluation of alternatives to feed-grade antimicrobials.
Teaching
I teach courses in swine production and animal agriculture’s rapport with the environment.
Research
Publications
Visit ResearchGate for a list of publications.
Related Work
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Minimizing the risk of heat stress in pigs during transportation
Published on May 5, 2023
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Keeping swine in the thermoneutral zone
Published on April 21, 2023
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Mortality composting done right
Published on January 27, 2023
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Michigan farms may not cook and feed garbage to swine
Published on June 21, 2022
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Food safety of ractopamine-fed beef and swine
Published on April 19, 2022
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Protect your farm from a serious disease outbreak
Published on August 3, 2020
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Supply chain disruptions
Published on May 3, 2020
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In times of supply chain disruption, how do I appropriately dispose of my livestock mortalities?
Published on May 3, 2020