Ethanol, animal and food safety discussed at NIAA annual conference
Apr 26, 2007 10:28 AM
Listen to audio interviews with some of the industry’s leading experts on the topics of ethanol, animal ID and E.coli.
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The National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA) held their annual meeting in Sacramento, CA, in early April. The keynote symposium at the event focused on animal agriculture and biofuels production. Speakers included Bill Jones, CEO of Pacific Ethanol, the largest ethanol producer on the West Coast; Steve Meyer with Paragon Economics in Des Moines, IA, who provides frank comments about the political side of ethanol; and Gavin Meerdink, a professor at the University of Illinois, who shares some of the considerations in feeding ethanol coproducts.
A second symposium was titled “Impacts of Animal Production Safety Practices on the Food Supply. John Clifford with USDA-APHIS and Robert Brackett with FDA both offer remarks on the state of the U.S.’s animal ID efforts and on-going efforts to help combat E.coli outbreaks, respectively.
Audio files from the speakers at the event are included below. If you don’t have time to listen to them all, those of particular note are the remarks made by Steve Meyer on the ethanol topic; and Dr. Clifford regarding animal ID. All audio interviews are 96 kpbs mp3 files and can be downloaded from the link.
National Institute for Animal Agriculture Annual Meeting Monday General Session
SACRAMENTO, CA—The general session of the National Institute for Animal Agriculture annual meeting in Sacramento Monday focused on animal agriculture and biofuels production.
Included in this release are links to audio interviews, photos and presentations in document or power point files from the main presenters at the annual meeting on Monday. All audio interviews are 96 kpbs mp3 files and can be downloaded from the link. If you would prefer to have the file emailed directly to you, please contact us.
Dave Miller with the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation introduced the General Session with some statistics and general information about biofuels and animal agriculture, the main point of which can be garnered from his Power Point presentation: NIAA-07-Gen-Session.ppt.
1. Keynote speaker Bill Jones, CEO of Pacific Ethanol(http://www.pacificethanol.com/)
Corn, Cattle, and Carbon Credits – A California Perspective
(Mr. Jones did not provide a document or PPT copy of his presentation))
Audio interview 10:17 NIAA-07-Bill-Jones
2. Dr. Steve Meyer, Paragon Economics, Des Moines
Fueling Ethanol: Implications for Livestock Producers
Audio interview 9:53 NIAA-07-Steve-Meyer
Power Point Presentation NIAA-07-Steve-Meyer.ppt
3. Dr. Gavin Meerdink, University of Illinois, College of Veterinary Medicine
Feeding Biofuels Co-products to Livestock: Challenges to Animal Health
Audio interview 6:39 NIAA-07-Gavin-Meerdink
Power Point Presentation NIAA-07-Gavin-Meerdink.ppt
4. David Kaluzny II, Kaluzny Brothers, Joliet, IL, Chairman National Renderers Assoc. (pronounced Kah-LOOZ-nee)
Biofuels and Rendering Partnerships – Addressing Potential Solution
Audio interview 8:34 NIAA-07-David-Kaluzny
Power Point Presentation NIAA-07-David-Kaluzny.ppt
View speakers from Thursday’s symposium on animal agriculture and food safety issues on next page>
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