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 …
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 …
All Star Theme for Novus
“All Star” is the theme for Novus International at the International Poultry Expo in Atlanta this week. There’s a couple of good reasons for that. First and most important is the Novus all-star lineup of poultry products including Advent, DHA Gold, Mintrex and Alimet. The other reason is that the 2009 Baseball All Star game will be held in St. …
Nutritional Antioxidants for Lunch from Novus
Lunch was on Novus International today at the International Poultry/Feed Expos in Atlanta for the Southern Poultry Scientific Society (SPSS) meeting here. The SPSS meeting is part of the International Poultry Scientific Forum being held in conjunction with all the other poultry and feed events. It’s really kind of amazing how many events are going on here around the expos …
Welcome to the IPE/IFE
Welcome to AgWired’s coverage of the International Poultry Expo/International Feed Expo, sponsored by Novus International. It’s just an international event here in Hot-Lanta! A number of pre-expo events are taking place here today – like summits, seminars and technical sessions – but the real show gets underway tomorrow here at the Georgia World Congress center. The expo is a joint …
Heading to the Poultry Expo
I am heading out early for the International Poultry Expo in Atlanta this week – trying to get a jump on the snow storm heading our way today. While the expo proper actually starts on Wednesday, the International Poultry Scientific Forum, Pet Food Regulatory & technical Conference, and Animal Agriculture Environmental Sustainability Summit will be held tomorrow so that’s when …
Novus Preparing for All Star Poultry Expo
You may have noticed the baseball-themed banner ad here on AgWired for Novus International and the International Poultry Expo, coming up next week in Atlanta. We are very pleased to have Novus sponsor our coverage of the IPE this year and Chuck recently got to chat with Novus director of product management Wendell Knehans about their plans for the event. …
Headline Voted Best No-Till Product of 2008
The readers of No-Till Farmer magazine voted on the products that performed best in their no-till operations in 2008 – and the “No-Till Product of the Year” winner is – Headline fungicide from BASF. No-till products in 11 specific categories were also selected as the best of their field for 2008. Each of the products and their manufacturers were honored …
BASF and Monsanto Working Together on Weed Control
BASF and Monsanto Company have joined forces to accelerate the development of next-generation of dicamba-based weed control chemistry products. The partnership will be working to develop crops that are resistant to both Roundup® agricultural herbicides and dicamba to deliver significant on-farm benefits to growers. According to Monsanto Global Chemistry lead Sean Gardner, “Combining a second type of herbicide resistance with …
Change Coming to USDA
Just a few hours after Barack Obama took the oath of President of the United States, the U.S. Senate confirmed seven of his cabinet appointees, including Tom Vilsack as Secretary of Agriculture. But, don’t look for an update on the USDA website just yet. Unlike the new whitehouse.gov website, which went live at 12:01 eastern yesterday, the USDA website has …