Nutrient management is an issue of critical importance to the swine industry. Nutritional strategies that can reduce nutrient excretion by swine have been described in detail in a previous publication (van Heugten and van Kempen, 2000. Understanding and Applying Nutrition Concepts to Reduce Nutrient Excretion in Swine. AG-608, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service). To aid in teaching from this publication, a detailed slide set with script 1 is available. This slide set is ideal for presentation to interest groups, such as swine producers, policy makers, the allied industry, and the general public. An outline and a brief description of the slide set are presented in Table 1. The slide set and script (on CD) are available from Extension Swine Husbandry at North Carolina State University or can be downloaded from the worldwide web at: http://mark.asci.ncsu.edu/Nutrition/Environ/nutrenviron.htm

Using this material, the audience will learn:
1) Why nutrient management in swine production poses a challenge.
2) General nutritional strategies that can be implemented to reduce nutrient excretion.
3) The origin of nitrogen (N) in manure and how excretion of N can be minimized.
4) The origin of phosphorus (P) in manure and how excretion of P can be minimized.
5) The importance of other minerals, such as copper and zinc, and how their excretion can be re- duced.
6) That a reduction of 20 to 50% in nutrient excretion is possible through nutrition, but would likely add additional cost to the diet.
7) That many of the nutritional strategies discussed have already been implemented to a large degree by swine production companies in North Carolina.

Since November 9, 2001