Pascal Raoul, a Doctor in Veterinary Medicine with over 20 years experience of the animal health sector, is taking up his post today as General Manager for Lallemand Animal Nutrition. Before joining Lallemand, Pascal Raoul spent twenty years with Elanco Animal Health, a division of Eli Lilly and Company, holding various responsibilities both in Europe and in the USA.
Raoul graduated from the Veterinary School in Paris in 1984, and completed these studies with an MBA both in France and in Spain. He started his career as a trade advisor to the Agriculture Attaché of the French Embassy in Spain. After this, he joined Elanco in France, starting as a sales representative, and from there occupying different positions in Europe, including Country Director. He then moved to the company HQ in Indianapolis, Ind., where he spent three years as Global New Product Planning Manager, developing a strategic pipeline for large and companion animal veterinary products, before returning to Europe as EU Director R&D and Regulatory Affairs. In his last assignment with Lilly, Pascal Raoul was in charge of Transformation projects for the Human Pharma activities of Lilly France.
Past NAMA President, Stephanie Gable, has a new job. She’s now working for Novus International as Ruminant Marketing Manager. That means she’ll be responsible for developing global marketing plans for Novus’s dairy and beef programs and products. Stephanie is pictured participating in a NAMA Executive Committee Meeting last year.
Ms. Gable joins Novus from Fort Dodge Animal Health in Kansas City where she was the Companion Animal Pharmaceutical Product Manager. While with Fort Dodge, Ms. Gable re-launched a canine heartworm product. Additionally, she worked as the Strategic Initiative Product Manager and initiated livestock, equine and companion animal programs and rebates.
“Stephanie brings a wide background of agriculture related marketing to Novus. She is a welcome addition to our team,” stated Scott Fleetwood, Executive Director, Markets and Products.
Ms. Gable also worked for Bayer CropScience, the Missouri Soybean Association and Colle & McVoy Marketing Communications. Additionally, she has been active in the University of Missouri Alumni Association and the National AgriMarketing Association (NAMA) where she served as National President.
Congratulations Stephanie. We look forward to working with you!
The recent surge in profitability within the agriculture sector is giving farmers and ag companies a bit of room to breath. But, Monsanto says, just a bit. Michael Doane, Monsanto’s Sustainability Team Lead says that with profitability comes responsibility: a responsibility for the agricultural climate of the future. There are big questions, Michael says, that begged to be asked, and, hopefully, answered. How do we meet the growing demand? How do farmers fit into the growing needs of the recent future? What will the world look like for our children? Will it be a world, Michael asked, that has a lot of pressure on its resource base?
“We’re going to have to produce more food on the same acres between now and 2050 then we’ve produced in the last 10,000 years combined,” Michael said. “That’s pretty substantial. That’s going to get us to twice the level of annual food production in 2050 versus today.”
Michael says responding to such demands is a responsibility that must be shared throughout the ag sector. But, he says, Monsanto is eagerly doing it’s part to help.
“This conversation about sustainability kind of hit us right between the eyes,” Michael said. “We went out and started talking to a lot of people about agriculture; and what doing more with less would look like; what would be important there.”
Ultimately, Michael says, Monsanto’s goal is to make farmers more productive and, consequently, more financially successful.
“Our goal is to make every farmer we serve better off the next year than they were the previous year,” Michael said.
And, Michael says, that goal is meant to benefit farmers all over the world.
“In developing countries we think we also need to do that,” Michael said. “So, we’ve committed to helping 5 million resource-poor farmers, who are simply trying to feed their families, do that.”
But, as much as Monsanto recognizes its role in securing the future of farming and the future of feeding the world, the Michael says finding long-term, sustainable solutions will be a team effort.
“It’s going to be the ‘we’ collectively that does this,” Michael said.
You can download and listen to Michael Doane’s entire speech at the 2008 Farm Progress Show in Boone, IA here:
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Here’s an interesting announcement. Elanco has signed an agreement to buy the worldwide rights to Posilac from Monsanto. The deal includes the product’s supporting operations. I hope they have good luck with it. There sure are a lot of activists against it. I don’t think they’ve got any scientific basis for their fears but sometimes perception is reality. I sure don’t mind the product and think it’s perfectly safe.
“Global dairy demand is increasing, outstripping supply, and consumers are seeing rapidly rising prices,” said Jeff Simmons, president, Elanco. “With the purchase of Posilac, Elanco can enhance its overall product portfolio and work together with the industry to provide dairy farmers more options and give consumers affordable choices. Critically, we remain focused on the health and care of the cow in working with farmers to increase global milk supply.
“With our rich history and experience in the dairy industry, Elanco is the ideal steward of this vital technology,” Simmons said. “Elanco remains committed to using science to address the growing need for safe, affordable food, and to choices for consumers, retailers and producers.”
Elanco has exclusively sold sometribove outside of the United States for a decade. Posilac has been safely used for more than 14 years. (more…)
One of the key people involved with the Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health Seminar was Gary Robertson. He’s the brand manager for Ingelvac MycoFLEX. You can actually see him sitting in the back left part of this picture during the presentations.
Gary says they’ve been very fortunate to obtain CircoFLEX in ‘06, MycoFLEX in ‘07 and just recently, Ingelvac CircoFLEX-MycoFLEX in ‘08.
Since this “combo package” is brand new I asked him what makes it possible. It’s all in the adjuvant which is also part of the FLEX platform. It’s called IMPRAN FLEX. Gary says this is an aqueous-based polymer adjuvant which is very safe and easy to use. He says it’s been very successful and refreshing to the industry to have a safe product for two problem diseases. He also says they’re working on new FLEX products, so I’m sure we’ll hear more about that in the future.
You can listen to my interview with Gary here:
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A very important component of a swine herd management plan is nutrition. Boehringer Ingelheim’s Swine Health Seminar featured nutritional consultant, David Funderburke. He and his wife have their own business, working with large producers domestically and internationally.
In his presentation, David said that producers need to apply the technology that’s available and “push the limits” so they can capture as much value from feed as possible. Since his clients have different commodity positions and are different in the types of risks they’ll take, he says he tries to fine tune their feeding programs to fit both their personality and what’s going on inside their operation as far as costs and budgets.
Looking forward he says the cost of energy to produce a pig is going up so he says we need to find more ways to release energy from feed. He encourages producers to look at alternative energy sources.
You can listen to my interview with David here:
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Dr. John Kolb is a professional services veterinarian for Boehringer Ingelheim. He was on the program to talk about Ingelvac MycoFLEX.
John says it’s a unique product designed to be a single dose member of the FLEX family. Because it’s part of the FLEX platform, he says it’s easy to combine with another product like CircoFLEX. This is due to the special adjuvant used by the platform.
He says that this product provides producers with a good single dose option to treat mycoplasma hyopneumoniae while allowing other treatment options to be included if needed.
You can listen to my interview with John here:
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Ingelvac MycoFLEX offers the flexibility to be administered to pigs as early as 3 weeks of age (weaning), providing protective immunity throughout the grow-finish period. Depending on your vaccination schedule, Ingelvac MycoFLEX also may be administered later in the nursery. Appropriate timing of vaccination is dictated by the exposure patterns of mycoplasma in your herd. Vaccination with Ingelvac MycoFLEX should be placed at least 2 weeks prior to onset of exposure to Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae or at least 5 weeks prior to the onset of seroconversion. It is recommended that you work with your veterinarian to determine the optimum timing of vaccination for your herd.
In addition to pork producers, a number of veterinarians attended the Boehringer Ingelheim Swine Health Seminar. I spoke with Dr. Randy Jones who has been in practice in eastern North Carolina for 23 years. I first asked him if he thought his local BI Rep, Dan Johnson, was doing a good job and he said “He does a great job.” Dan has played a big role in putting this event on, along with a lot of other people and I would echo that.
Randy says “I think it’s always good to get all the segments together.” He says this event has been growing and it sure sounds like it has. He says that the impact of the global marketplace has become an issue that all producers face here in the U.S. Input costs are the number one issue but disease is also big on the minds of producers with PRRS still the top of that list.
When it comes to advice for producers he says, “You have to have a plan and stick to it.” He says “you’re going to fail,” but it’s his job to minimize those failures. When it comes to looking ahead he says people have to eat and there’s more and more of them so he thinks the industry will work its way through the current tough times.
You can listen to my interview with Randy here:
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I know that the folks at Boehringer Ingelheim feel like they get as much from the opportunity to interact with their customers here at the Swine Health Seminar as they hope their customers get from them. Several on the BI staff have made that comment.
So, I’ve made sure to interview a few of them, like Bill Van Staaldvinen (left) speaking here with Dr. Dennis DiPietre (more on him later). Bill is a production manager for a large operation and he’s based in Washington, NC. He really likes this seminar. It’s his fourth one and he says he always takes something away with him.
When I asked him about being able to interact with other producers he says that’s one of the best parts of the event. He says, “When you hear that someone else tries this and it works, you’re willing to try it.”
You can listen to my interview with Bill here:
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After talking with Dr. Steve McOrist I’m betting that the United States could win a gold if there was a swine competition in the Olympics. That’s because he says that the U.S. has a number of advantages over other countries when it comes to pig production. For example, he says we’ve got a good backup system for vaccines and technological and nutritional support as well as breeding programs.
A key point he made in his talk here was that producers are relying on the tools available and that they should be looking forward with a good risk management program in case the number of those tools gets smaller. If products get removed from the market then fewer choices to fight a disease will mean increased chances for disease resistance. So he says, “Be prepared to think about risk management.”
You can listen to my interview with Dr. McOrist here:
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Dr. Mike Roof is Executive Director of Bio-Research for Boehringer Ingelheim. His job today was to provide an overview of where the company is on the PRRS issue (Porcine Reproductive & Respiratory Syndrome). He says it’s still the big problem disease and he wants producers to know that BI hasn’t given up on it. He also wants producers to know, “There’s no magic bullets for PRRS. There’s going to be incremental progress over the next few years.”
Mike says that “I learn more from these meetings than I give out” when I asked him what he’s hearing from participants. He says there’s two main things. Producers want to know about the timing of vaccine use and about maternal immunity.
Mike also says that BI is working on ten new vaccines outside of PRRS and has a growing R&D group in cattle.
You can listen to my interview with Dr. Roof here:
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Our emcee for today’s Boehringer Ingelheim Swine Seminar is Dr. Stephan Lange, Director of the Swine Division. He oversees sales and marketing.
I asked him what he thinks of this conference. “I think it’s crucial these days to share knowledge and insure that what we know and what the producer knows is kind of aligned.” He says that besides the speakers on the program there’s plenty of time for Q&A and direct interaction with producers so that BI gets feedback they need.
The main thing he’d like producers to take away from this seminar is how important it is to keep animal health under control in light of high input costs. “Those who survive will be the ones having their animal health under control.” He says that using vaccines will get you a lot further with what you get out of your feed. In other, words, prevention is the best medicine for getting the most out of your feed.
You can listen to Dr. Lange’s opening remarks here:
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The Boehringer Ingelheim Swine Health Seminar has started. The man who handles this territory for BI is Dan Johnson. He welcomed everyone to the seminar and introduced Dr. Stephen Lange, BI Swine Marketing Manager, who is emceeing our program.
Dan says that participants come from a number of states, mostly east of the Mississippi River. We have the full range of people working in the industry including both corporate and independent producers, veterinarians, nutritionists, as well as BI representatives. Dan says they’ll be learning new things about the industry and that the biggest benefit to producers is the sharing of information and building bonds with other producers. This is the 7th year of the Seminar and he says it just keeps getting bigger.
You can listen to my interview with Dan here:
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After some fun agricultural marketing networking in Kansas City at NAMA Boot Camp I’m on my way to North Carolina for the Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., Swine Health Seminar.
The program kicks off in the morning so you can expect to see some posts about what they’re doing in this area. In case you’re not familiar with the company:
The mission of Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. is to benefit the health and well-being of mankind by contributing to an adequate supply of safe, nutritious food and by promoting the emotional and physical benefits arising from the human-animal bond.
Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., headquartered in St. Joseph, Missouri, is a subsidiary of Boehringer Ingelheim Corporation, based in Ridgefield, Connecticut, and is a member of the Boehringer Ingelheim group of companies.
Cows wearing headsets. Uh. Right. I want to know if they can subscribe to farm podcasts.
The same Global Positioning System (GPS) technology used to track vehicles is now being used to track cows.
But Agricultural Research Service (ARS) animal scientist Dean M. Anderson has taken tracking several steps further with a Walkman-like headset that enables him to “whisper” wireless commands to cows to control their movements across a landscape—and even remotely gather them into a corral.
He and his colleagues realize this is a highly futuristic technology, but they can envision a time when these technologies will be affordable and useful for a range of applications, from intensive animal operations to monitoring and controlling the movements of some wildlife species and even household pets.
The commands vary from familiar “gathering songs” sung by cowboys during manual round-ups, to irritating sounds such as sirens and even mild electric stimulation if necessary to get cows to move or avoid penetrating forbidden boundaries.
Just before the Ag Media Summit started, Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health invited a group of journalists to attend a session on their new Onset 5 IN product. At the event I spoke with Dr. Scott Nordstrom, Intervet, about the first intranasally administered, five-way modified-live virus (MLV) vaccine for healthy cattle 3 to 8 days and older. He says that this product challenges traditional thinking that young calves can’t respond to treatment because they have an immature immune system.
Onset 5 IN is designed to stimulate at the site of infection an immune response to Bovine Virus Diarrhea (BVD) Type 1 and Type 2, Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis (IBR), Parainfluenza3 (PI3) and Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus (BRSV) – the costliest diseases impacting beef and dairy herds.
“Onset 5 IN is changing the way the beef and dairy industries think about the immune development of calves and, subsequently, the ability to help beef and dairy calves get off to a strong immunological life,” says Dr. Scott Nordstrom, Manager of Veterinary Technical Services for Intervet.
He says, “The bovine fetus has a much more mature immune system than originally believed.1 In fact, the immune system of the fetus is functional at approximately 170 days of gestation. We’ve also learned that development of the immune system is independent of antibody production, meaning the immune system can respond to an appropriately-delivered vaccine without antibody interference. This knowledge underpins the developmental science of Onset 5 IN and is why the intranasal route of administration of Onset 5 IN is so important.”
You can listen to my interview with Scott here:
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Road blogging for pets and parasites is what the Companion Animal Parasite Council is doing this week. The folks at BCS Communications are figuring out this thing called new media.
The CAPC parasitologists and veterinarians are traveling the country this summer between July 24 and August 6 to bring you the latest information on protecting your pets and family from parasites, vector-borne diseases and zoonotic risks.
Changing the African vision from one of short-term pay-offs to that of long-term success was one of the key issues for panelists at the “Education and Knowledge Building in Animal Agriculture” breakout session. The session was one of fifteen being offered at the 2008 U.S. Africa Agribusiness Forum. The workshop, sponsored by Novus International, featured a panel of experts that addressed the needs and means for improving education and first-hand know-how for creating “robust agribusiness value-chains” throughout Africa.
And, robust agribusiness in Africa is a very real possibility offering real opportunities if you ask Dr. Jerry Nelson. Jerry is a professor of plant sciences at the University of Missouri-Columbia and served as the panel moderator.
“Africa probably has the most agricultural potential than anywhere we’re looking at right now,” Jerry said.
Thad Simons, the president and CEO of Novus International highlighted the ultimate goal: “providing safe and secure food all over the world.” He added that performance and sustainability were critical for realizing that goal.
The panelists looked at how to drive that performance and sustainability in Africa. Sergio Beliver, sales manager for Europe, Africa and Middle East at Novus International, stressed the importance of education. He said Africans need to be educated not only in the processes, management and technology needed for modernizing Africa’s agricultural industry but also in long-term vision. He says farmers need to be taught to recognize the value in a more secure future instead of looking for quick pay-offs in the present. That’s something Dave Harlan, director of Global Animal Health & Food Safety at Cargill Inc. also stressed.
“It’s not about capturing a high price, but locking in a price that people can live on,” Dave said.
Dr. Shaukat Ali Abdulrazak, secretary National Council for Science and Technology in Kenya, also echoed Sergio’s call for more education. Shaukat said his country needs personnel that is both educated and trained in modern farming techniques, management and the development of necessary infrastructure. He conceded that one major challenge is “short-sighted politicians” who only consider programs that fall within the parameters of the term they serve in parliament. He says politicians in Kenya tend to have an agenda that expire when their term expires.
But, Shaukat says Kenya does have government initiatives and national development plans that should attract investors. He stressed that leaders in the public and private sectors of both the U.S. and Africa need to work together to build off of the positives that already exist. Shaukat says leaders and experts need to “make lemonade out of the lemons we have.”
Tasir Olawale Raji, the permanent secretary with Lagos State Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, agreed. He said its crucial for African countries to move with other developing countries throughout the world, so Africa won’t be left behind. And, to do that, Tasir said leaders and experts need to focus on those that are already on the job in Africa, building upon “already acquired experience.”
Jerry highlighted the critical agricultural “lemons” so-to-speak that countries throughout Africa need to work on including land, water, electricity, energy and marketing. Jerry said African countries must develop the needed infrastructures and the continent’s agricultural industries must exists within those infrastructures. The continent should work as a larger unit to develop a strategy planning mission with each country, Jerry said, offering its own unique approach and contribution.
The entire panel discussion is available here on AgWired.com. You can listen to the discussion in two parts here:
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The slogan for Novus International is “Performance Through Innovation” and that is why they employ more than 50 Ph.D. Animal Nutritionists and Doctors of Veterinary Medicine who work continuously to create new products and programs for animal health and nutrition.
One of those is Dr. Brad Lawrence, a swine nutritionist who is manager of technical services for the Novus pork business unit. He is pictured here with Jeremy Lutgen, Novus marketing and PR. Guess which one has the PhD? Hint: it’s not the bald guy in the shades.
Brad says one of the main questions producers at World Pork Expo have been posing is how do they optimize energy for their animals, given all the feed ingredients there are available today?
“Just as we see at the pump every day when we fuel up, energy is the single most expensive ingredient that a producer is going to put into his animals’ diet, and they are trying to look for ways to minimize the cost of that energy or optimize their return,” Brad says.
He talks about the research Novus has done on their high energy diets and some of the products and programs they offer for producers.
Listen to Brad’s interview here:
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The week Cindy will be attending the World Pork Expo in Des Moines with our coverage sponsored by Novus International. I was in their office last week to meet with Jeremy Lutgen and Scott Fleetwood. I did an interview with Scott, who is their Executive Director of Marketing and Products. In it you’ll learn a lot more about the company.
Scott and Jeremy are pictured outside their office in St. Louis. Scott says they’ve got facilities in 25 locations globally and serve customers in 80 countries. They take pride in “performance through innovation.” Cindy will be working out of their booth at Pork Expo where Scott says they’ll be helping educate producers about how to improve production through the enhancement of animal nutrition.
When it comes to sponsoring our coverage he says that these types of partnerships are important to establish relationships and help transfer knowledge out to the market place. Cindy will be doing her best to do just that.
This week’s program concludes with music from the Podsafe Music Network. Since both Cindy and I will be on the road I picked a song titled, “Travelogue” by George Wood. I hope you enjoy it and thank you for listening.
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Dairy Expo Talk
This week's program features a couple of interviews from World Dairy Expo.
First up is Stephanie Gable, who talks about her new job with Novus International, then it's Lindsay Hill, who talks about the new website and brand decisions at ABN Radio.
Pascal Raoul, a Doctor in Veterinary Medicine with over 20 years experience of the animal health sector, is taking up his post today as General Manager for Lallemand Animal Nutrition. Before joining Lallemand, Pascal Raoul spent twenty years with Elanco Animal Health, a division of Eli Lilly and Company, holding various responsibilities both in Europe and in the USA. 
Past NAMA President, Stephanie Gable, has a new job. She’s now working for 
The recent surge in profitability within the agriculture sector is giving farmers and ag companies a bit of room to breath. But, 
and 
Here’s an interesting announcement. 
One of the key people involved with the Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health Seminar was Gary Robertson. He’s the brand manager for Ingelvac MycoFLEX. You can actually see him sitting in the back left part of this picture during the presentations.
A very important component of a swine herd management plan is nutrition. Boehringer Ingelheim’s Swine Health Seminar featured nutritional consultant, David Funderburke. He and his wife have their own business, working with large producers domestically and internationally.
Dr. John Kolb is a professional services veterinarian for Boehringer Ingelheim. He was on the program to talk about 
In addition to pork producers, a number of veterinarians attended the Boehringer Ingelheim Swine Health Seminar. I spoke with Dr. Randy Jones who has been in practice in eastern North Carolina for 23 years. I first asked him if he thought his local BI Rep, Dan Johnson, was doing a good job and he said “He does a great job.” Dan has played a big role in putting this event on, along with a lot of other people and I would echo that.
I know that the folks at Boehringer Ingelheim feel like they get as much from the opportunity to interact with their customers here at the Swine Health Seminar as they hope their customers get from them. Several on the BI staff have made that comment.
After talking with Dr. Steve McOrist I’m betting that the United States could win a gold if there was a swine competition in the Olympics. That’s because he says that the U.S. has a number of advantages over other countries when it comes to pig production. For example, he says we’ve got a good backup system for vaccines and technological and nutritional support as well as breeding programs.
Dr. Mike Roof is Executive Director of Bio-Research for Boehringer Ingelheim. His job today was to provide an overview of where the company is on the PRRS issue (Porcine Reproductive & Respiratory Syndrome). He says it’s still the big problem disease and he wants producers to know that BI hasn’t given up on it. He also wants producers to know, “There’s no magic bullets for PRRS. There’s going to be incremental progress over the next few years.” 
Our emcee for today’s Boehringer Ingelheim Swine Seminar is Dr. Stephan Lange, Director of the Swine Division. He oversees sales and marketing.
The Boehringer Ingelheim Swine Health Seminar has started. The man who handles this territory for BI is Dan Johnson. He welcomed everyone to the seminar and introduced Dr. Stephen Lange, BI Swine Marketing Manager, who is emceeing our program.
After some fun agricultural marketing networking in Kansas City at NAMA Boot Camp I’m on my way to North Carolina for the 
Just before the Ag Media Summit started, Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health invited a group of journalists to attend a session on their new 
The slogan for Novus International is “Performance Through Innovation” and that is why they employ more than 50 Ph.D. Animal Nutritionists and Doctors of Veterinary Medicine who work continuously to create new products and programs for animal health and nutrition.
The week Cindy will be attending the World Pork Expo in Des Moines with our coverage sponsored by 
Scott and Jeremy are pictured outside their office in St. Louis. Scott says they’ve got facilities in 25 locations globally and serve customers in 80 countries. They take pride in “performance through innovation.” Cindy will be working out of their booth at Pork Expo where Scott says they’ll be helping educate producers about how to improve production through the enhancement of animal nutrition.
This week's program features a couple of interviews from World Dairy Expo.
