ADVENT From Novus Keeping Broilers Healthy

Chuck Zimmerman

I’m still learning about the new things going on at Novus International, especially when it comes to poultry. At the recent International Poultry Expo I spoke with Bruce King, Biologicals Director, about a product called ADVENT. Bruce says ADVENT is a vaccine for coccidiosis control in broilers. He says that other products are seeing some resistance to the disease and …

Animal Health, Audio, Novus International, Poultry, Poultry Expo

Novus Announces TREVERA

Chuck Zimmerman

We always ask, “What’s new?” when conducting interviews and during the recent International Poultry Expo, our sponsor, Novus International had some news. I spoke with Jared about DHA, an omega-3 fatty acid. He calls it the king of the omega-3 fatty acids. Besides being very healthy for humans it also is for poultry. It helps promote growth and the nutritional …

Animal Health, Audio, Novus International, Poultry, Poultry Expo

Activate Poultry Health With Novus International

Chuck Zimmerman

I think I mentioned recently that I still had some interviews to share from the International Poultry Expo with our long time and much appreciated sponsor, Novus International. It has been a very busy time going from Poultry Expo to a blizzard at home, the Cattle Industry Convention and then the National Biodiesel Conference! Now it’s catch up time and …

Animal Health, Audio, Novus International, Poultry, Poultry Expo

Taking International Poultry Tour With Novus

Chuck Zimmerman

International is in the name of the show and our sponsor for coverage of the largest poultry show in the world. Novus International shows that by having a number of their representatives on hand for different areas of the world. I spoke with several of them during the International Poultry Expo starting with Shawn Atkins, Sales Director, Poultry & Dairy, …

Animal Health, Audio, International, Novus International, Poultry Expo

Novus International Started In Poultry

Chuck Zimmerman

Working with Novus International yesterday I conducted several interviews that I’ll be featuring here on AgWired. To start out, I talked with Scott Carter (left). Scott is the global poultry market manager so he was a good one to provide an overview of how important the poultry market is for the company. He says it’s the market they started in …

Animal Health, Audio, Novus International, Poultry Expo

Novus International Invites You To IPE/IFE

Chuck Zimmerman

I’m back on the floor for the start of the trade show portion of the International Poultry Expo and International Feed Expo. My coverage sponsor, Novus International, created a welcome invite to their booth. I’ll be there shortly. 2011 International Poultry Expo/International Feed Expo Photo Album AgWired IPE/IFE coverage sponsored by:

Agribusiness, Animal Health, Feed, Novus International, Video

From The Lab To The Dinner Table

Chuck Zimmerman

Giving a keynote address to a Novus International luncheon for poultry industry scientists was Charlie Arnot, Center for Food Integrity. His remarks were titled “From The Lab To The Dinner Table.” He presented consumer trust research they conducted in 2010 that found out some very interesting things including the fact that it was the first time consumers have said their …

Animal Health, Audio, Food, Novus International, Poultry Expo

Keynote Speakers for Animal Ag Conference Announced

John Davis

Leaders in research and industry will headline the upcoming 2011 Annual Conference of the National Institute for Animal Agriculture, April 11-14th, 2011, in San Antonio, Texas, as they talk about how to feed a world that’s expected to need nearly twice as much food in 2050 than what is needed today. To discuss this issue (and more), NIAA will feature …

Animal Health, Events

Average Cattleman Explains Farm Life To HSUS President

Chuck Zimmerman

I love Xtranormal movies. Just saw a tweet link to this one where an average cattleman tries to explain things to the president of the HSUS. It would be funny if it wasn’t so sadly true.

Animal Activists, Animal Health, Farming, Video

Beef Producer Emphasizes Importance of Social Media To Ag

Chuck Zimmerman

This year’s Alltech Global 500 includes a full program for beef producers. As we’ve said many times before, if you’re in the dairy business, you’re in the beef business. So, I spoke with one of the beef farmers here, Charles Miller. He’s a Kentucky cattleman so he didn’t have as far to go as many who are here from 29 …

Alltech, Animal Health, Audio, Beef, Social Networking