Clean Trucks & Clean Drivers Educational Meeting
Date: August 14, 2015
Time: 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: Travel America Truck Stop in Tekonsha, MI
Contact: Beth Ferry, franzeli@msu.edu
The goal of this event is to provide biosecurity information and tools to swine haulers in the state of Michigan, include load in/out crews and farm employees/owners. Lunch will be included and there will be no charge for this event.
Agenda items:
- Current review of disinfection types – Dr. Madonna Gemus
- How do they work
- Contact time needed, temperatures
- Drying time – throughout the 4 seasons
- Equipment needed on the truck or at truck wash
- How do they work
Clean Trucks/Clean Drivers – Dr. Cathy Templeton
- What are pork producers looking for in transportation biosecurity/Best practices
- What is a clean truck - Truck washing, disinfection and drying protocols
- Potential for visual discussion using a truck and trailer
Wheels in Motion - How to keep your trucks on the road and business growing - Beth Ferry and Tom Guthrie
- What do your customers want and what can you provide?
- Review a simple survey with MPPA board regarding transport desires – clean, disinfect, handling guidelines, proof of wash/disinfectant, driving training for handling, relationship with APHIS/Professionalism/biosecurity training of driver, TQA/PQA training, rollover training (situation response), certain trailer type, expectations vs enhancements
- What do producers want? What are they producer willing to pay more for?
- Would you be willing to pay (10/20 cents a hog) more for certain things?
- 5 things to look for when selecting transportation services (producer)
- 5 things to promote your transportation services (driver)
- What do producers want? What are they producer willing to pay more for?