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Discussion Group Dinners End The Day

Chuck Zimmerman

This evening the Alltech Symposium ended with a series of simultaneous discussion group dinners. I went to the one on biofuels which was moderated by Dr. Mark Lyons. Here’s my table. Prior to the general discussion we ate and talked at our individual tables. At mine we had folks from the Dominican Republic, Philippines, Korea and the United States. It …

Alltech, Audio

Feeding a Growing Population

Chuck Zimmerman

The third person on the debate team for the Alltech Greenest Generation debate was Osler Desouzart, President of OD Consulting, Brazil. He is no soft spoken, hold back his feelings kind of guy and I like that. He got asked about his thoughts on how to feed the growing population of the world. My recorder ran out of batteries when …

Alltech, Audio

David Byrne Speaks to Food Safety

Chuck Zimmerman

After Mike Johanns got the first question in the Alltech Greenest Generation debate it was David Byrne’s turn. He is the former EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection. He was asked if we can capture consumer confidence on food safety and how can industry and regulators work together to achieve it. Of course he has a very significant amount …

Alltech, Audio

Mike Johanns on Stage Again

Chuck Zimmerman

Our former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture is now running for the office of U.S. Senate and he’s still great talking about agriculture on stage. Here he is at the Alltech Symposium. The debate was for the most part very cordial. I think Johanns did a very good job of addressing the questions and talking to the issues in a very …

Alltech, Audio

The Greenest Generation Debate

Chuck Zimmerman

Right now the Alltech Symposium afternoon general session is featuring a debate with these guys pictured with Dr. Pearse Lyons (top). They are Mike Johanns, former U.S. Sec. of Ag, David Byrne, former EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection and Osler Desouzart, OD Consulting. Afterward we’ll be visiting with them in a press conference and I’ll have more for …

Alltech

Alltech Young Animal Scientist Award

Chuck Zimmerman

The winner of the Alltech Young Animal Scientist Award is Craig Louder, Utah State University. He’s pictured between Dr. Mark Lyons and Inge Russell. In addition to his first place overall award there were 4 regional winners, of which Craig is one. The others include: Asia-Pacific Bayu Mangkurat, Indonesia, Diponegoro University Europe-Africa Zhelyazko Sabev, Bulgaria, Trakia University Latin America Mateus …

Alltech, University

Focusing on Farm New Media

Chuck Zimmerman

I just finished doing Blogging 101 for the international ag media attending the Alltech Symposium. Thanks to Liz Broomall, Alltech intern, for taking the photo. Ignore those empty chairs. The crowd was all around there and behind Liz. I kind of rambled around on the subjects of blogging, podcasting, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr. I was also very surprised to be …

Alltech, Media, Podcasts

The Other Dr. Lyons Talks Energy

Chuck Zimmerman

Dr. Mark Lyons is the son of Alltech founder and President, Dr. Pearse Lyons. At the press conference yesterday he kept getting referred to as the “other Dr. Lyons.” I think he’s used to it. In fact, Mark says his sister has a PhD too. Mark has been working on international projects for the company and will be heading up …

Alltech, Audio, Ethanol