News Release

                   

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 3, 2007
 

Contact: Gale Johnson
 540-635-4564
gjohnson@animalagriculture.org

 

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 (www.pacificethanol.net)
      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
      Photo NIAA-07-Bill-Jones.jpg

2.   Dr. Steve Meyer, Paragon Economics, Des Moines
      Fueling Ethanol: Implications for Livestock Producers
     
Audio interview 9:53  NIAA-07-Steve-Meyer
      Photo NIAA-07-Steve-Meyer.jpg
      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
      Photo NIAA-07-Gavin-Meerdink.jpg
      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
      Photo NIAA-07-David-Kaluzny.jpg
      Power Point Presentation  NIAA-07-David-Kaluzny.ppt 

We will be sending out a second release Friday morning with speakers from Thursday’s symposium on animal agriculture and food safety issues.

More information about the annual meeting can be found at www.animalagriculture.org

If you have any questions, comments or additional needs, please contact:

Gale Johnson
NIAA
gjohnson@animalagriculture.org
540-660-1849

Cindy Zimmerman
ZimmComm New Media
cindy@zimmcomm.biz
573-896-5842