Four industry leaders representing a diverse cross-section of animal agriculture were newly elected to the Board of Directors of the National Institute for Animal Agriculture at the association’s annual meeting last week in Sacramento, California. 

Dr. G. Marvin Beeman, was awarded the 2007 Meritorious Service Award of the National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA) at the association’s annual meeting being held here this week.

The National Institute for Animal Agriculture annual meeting in Sacramento this week featured a symposium titled “Impacts of Animal Production Safety Practices on the Food Supply.”

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Dr. Nevil Speer, who served as the Interim Chief Executive Officer of the National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA), was awarded the association’s Chairman’s Award at the annul meeting here today. 

Dr. Karen Jordan, a practicing veterinarian as well as dairy, beef and horse farmer/producer, was named winner of the National Institute for Animal Agriculture’s (NIAA) Presidents Award for her leadership of the Cattle Health Committee at the association’s annual meeting here this week. 

The general session of the National Institute for Animal Agriculture annual meeting in Sacramento Monday focused on animal agriculture and biofuels production.

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The Annual Meeting of the National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA), in Sacramento April 2-5, provides a unique opportunity to learn about the latest science, technology and industry issues for animal agriculture professionals from California and surrounding states, as well as, an opportunity to tour the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California-Davis.

The special tour of the University of California-Davis Veterinary School comes after the close of the Impacts of Animal Production Safety Practices on the Food Supply Symposium.  The tour will begin at 1:30 p.m.  The School is a 25-minute drive from downtown Sacramento, and transportation will be provided.

With nearly all of the speakers set, Michele Vise-Brown, NIAA Chief Executive Officer states, “Those attending the annual meeting of the National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA) will have the opportunity to hear an incredible array of speakers on various issues ranging from the affect of biofuels on animal agriculture to the latest updates on various major diseases to how animal health practices impact food safety.”  The annual meeting will be held in Sacramento at the Hyatt Regency April 2-5.

Committee Work Drives NIAA [March 8, 2007]

As a committee-based and driven organization, the Annual Meeting of the National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA) becomes the key event of the year “because that’s where all our committees convene where animal agriculture comes together. Industry professionals are able to focus on the important and emerging issues/diseases, and what our course of action will be,” says NIAA’s Vice Chairman Jon Caspers.  

“Each of the 12 committees will hold its own session with informative speakers, and then hold a business session where position statements and resolutions are discussed and voted on.  While the Board of Directors reviews and approves these resolutions and positions, it is really the work of our committee system that sets NIAA policies and activities,” he explains. 

Two outstanding experts, one on biofuels and the other on food-borne illnesses, will open and close the Annual Meeting of the National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA) in Sacramento at the Hyatt Regency, April 2-5.  “We are incredibly fortunate to have the Co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Pacific Ethanol, Inc., Bill Jones as the keynote speaker of our Opening General Session,” states Jim Fraley, chairman of the program planning committee.

The Role of Individual Equine Identification in Animal Health is the theme for the National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA) Equine ID Subcommittee meeting, which will be held during the annual conference in Sacramento, CA, April 2-5, 2007.  “The NAIS shift to voluntary does not lessen the need for individual identification nor lessen the role it can have in practical applications for equine health and welfare,” said Amelita Facchiano, Equine ID Subcommittee Chair.

BioFuels’ Impact on Animal Agriculture To Be Theme of NIAA 2007 Annual Meeting [January 24, 2007]

“BioFuels Energy: Animal Agriculture at the Crossroads” will be the theme of the National Institute for Animal Agriculture’s (NIAA) Annual Meeting, April 2-5, in Sacramento, California, at the Hyatt Regency.  “With all of the emphasis on BioFuels, what impact will that have on animal agriculture?” questions Jim Fraley, chair of the Annual Meeting Planning Committee.  “Will it mean higher feed costs? If so, how will we pass those costs along?  These will be the questions we’ll be examining at the annual meeting” Fraley says.