As the name implies, the International Poultry Expo is a global event that attracts poultry industry professionals from around the world. I had the pleasure of meeting Jorge Bedoya, president of the Columbian Poultry Industry Association, at the U.S. Soybean Export Council booth and got to talk with him about how soybean producers in this country have helped grow the …
Beef Ambassadors Ready To Rock
Once again I’ve had the opportunity to meet our latest Beef Ambassador team. This is a picture of them with Carol Abrahamzon, Project Manager for ANCW at the opening general session. Due to budget constraints they had to go home early today but at least they got to spend some time here at the national convention with members of the …
Lou Brock Steals Hearts at Poultry Expo
A man best known for stealing bases during his stellar career was stealing hearts today at the Novus booth during the International Poultry Expo. Baseball Hall of Famer Lou Brock, an all-star for the St. Louis Cardinals in his day, really hit a home run for Novus at the expo. He spent two hours signing autographs and taking pictures with …
Poultry Industry Outlook
2008 was a year the poultry industry would rather forget, but the outlook for 2009 is brighter, according to Tom Hensley, president of Fieldale Farms in Baldwin, Georgia. He presented “The Industry Outlook: An Executive Management Perspective” at the International Poultry Expo this morning. Hensley is optimistic about this year. “You can’t be in the chicken business unless you’re an …
Coaching the Novus Team
The key to a winning baseball team is a good coach and if Novus International was a baseball team, executive vice president of marketing and sales Giovanni Gasperoni would be that coach. “Novus was born in 1991, so we celebrate our 18th anniversary this year,” Gio told me in an interview today. “When I came to the states in 1995, …
Cattle Industry Honors Terry Stokes
The cattle industry honored Terry Stokes today for his service to NCBA. It was a very emotional presentation which included his being joined on stage at the opening session by the staff, including from many state affiliates. A highlight for Terry I’m sure was being presented with an American flag that flew in his honor at an Army post in …
This Ain’t Just Chicken Feed
I have been to quite a few trade shows in my time and the International Poultry Expo could very well be the biggest I have ever seen, with nearly 900 booths. In fact, it ranks 58th out of ALL the trade shows in the United States – not just ag shows, all shows. That’s pretty impressive. The man who makes …
Novus DHA Gold is Rookie of the Year
Keeping with the whole baseball theme we have going here, I’m calling Novus International’s DHA Gold “Rookie of the Year” because they have only recently begun to market this product which was developed by Martek Biosciences. DHA is docosahexaenoic acid – which is way too hard for normal, non-scientific types to say, so DHA works for me! It’s an omega-3 …
Producers Support Checkoff and Concerned About Economy
The activity is picking up here at the Cattle Industry Convention. More media are showing up in the news room and I’ve been doing a little Beef Board Blogging. I think that from a Beef Board perspective the financial outlook is really the main conversation in the hallway and meetings I’ve sat in on so far. This morning I interviewed …
MINTREX is Poultry MVP
The 2009 International Poultry Expo is officially underway here in Atlanta at the World Congress Center where about 900 companies representing all aspects of the poultry industry have their products and services on display at the huge trade show. According to IPE, the show is the world’s largest display of technology, equipment, supplies, and services used in the production and …