Thanks to Arnold Huelsmann, The Arnold Company, Al Crawshaw, Puritan Magnetics got his picture taken with me and I just have to post it. Arnold, you should be in public relations.
I went to set my camera down in the booth here but Al stopped me before I set it on top of a huge magnet. That would have been a serious problem with a memory card filled with pictures!
I hope you had a good show guys.
Here’s Don Dalton, President of the U. S. Poultry & Egg Association, along with Lakeisha Futch, who’s been very helpful here in the media room.
I interviewed Don a little while ago but don’t have my sync cable for my iPod with me so I’ll add the interview here later. Don gives his perspective on the co-location of the Poultry and Feed Expos and it sounds like he’s pleased with how things have gone.
Listen to my interview with Don:
poultry-expo-dalton.mp3By the way, today is Lakeisha’s birthday – Happy Birthday!
There’s lots of equipment on display here at the International Poultry & Feed Expos.
Take this palletizing machine by Columbia Okura.
For over 10 years Columbia/Okura has been the premier provider of four-axis, multi-articulated robots, proven end-of-arm tooling, controls, conveyors, guarding… everything your company needs to increase productivity and decrease unnecessary costs.
The show is about over and I haven’t even visited the other exhibit hall which has much more equipment. Too much for one lone blogger to handle.
The word ethanol has been used many times here at the International Poultry & Feed Expos. Often in positive terms but not always. The word was prominently displayed on the backdrop to the AGR International (password protected website?) booth so I stopped in since we do so much work for the ethanol industry.
AGR International has traditionally been involved in the construction of feed mills but is now expanding its services to work with ethanol plant designers since the front and back end of an ethanol plant has a lot of similarities. I spoke with company president, James Dodd who talks about this new area of business development.
Listen to my interview with James:
poultry-expo-dodd.mp3
I’ve heard about iPod vending machines but have never seen one until this morning walking into the Georgia World Congress Center for the last day of the International Poultry and Feed Expos.
This machine is right out in a main hallway and contains everything you could want as accessories and all the currently available models. Just plug in your credit card and enter your order and boom, you’ve got your iPod, earbuds, speakers, microphone.
I wonder if any of the poultry producers here bought one so they could listen to the PoultryCast.
I’m getting ready to wander the show and take more pictures and do more interviews. I just interviewed Don Dalton, President of the U. S. Poultry & Egg Association and will have that interview for you later today.
In the Flame Engineering booth they had some pretty cool giveaway lip balm. It’s got a funky name but it works really well.
It’s Chicken Poop and you’ll have to read the website to find out why it’s called that since the label says “THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS NO POOP!!”
You can not only find the product on their website but they’ve got shirts and other items you might like to look into. I like the dispenser which is in the shape of a chicken. You’ll have to see it to figure out which part of the chicken it comes out of.
When you want to sanitize your poultry house there’s nothing quite like using a blow torch to get the job done. That’s basically what Flame Engineering’s Red Dragon Poultry House Sanitizer does using propane. It’s pulled through the house by tractor and was developed with the assistance of the Propane Research & Education Council. In fact, the company is partnering with PERC and the University of Missouri for research using the product.
I stopped and visited with Flame Engineering, Inc. Director of the Agriculture Division, Steve Koch. Steve talks about how the Sanitizer works and you can watch our interview here.
You can also just listen to my interview with Steve:
poultry-expo-koch.mp3
Propane-fueled poultry house sanitizers use 2,000-degree heat to kill harmful pathogens and reduce ammonia levels that accumulate in poultry houses. Unlike chemical disinfectants, bacteria, viruses, and fungi cannot build resistance to heat, and there is no residue or water contamination risk with propane flaming.
It has been a long day in Atlanta. Things started out with a 2 hour backup on the highway getting in to the Georgia World Congress Center for the Expos. But I finally made it. Then I had a wonderful lunch with a local public relations firm that wants to learn more about new media and perhaps collaborate on some projects for their clients.
The first stop when I got in to the Expo was at the New Holland booth where I met Randy Heller, Field Marketing Specialist. Randy says this is the first time they’ve exhibited at the Poultry Expo. They have a “Poultry House Special” on display and to learn more about it watch my interview with Randy.
The President of the American Feed Industry Association is Joel Newman. AFIA is holding their International Feed Expo here in Atlanta co-located with the International Poultry Expo for the first time
I talked with Joel about why the two organizations have come together and how it’s working. It sounds very positive.
Listen to my interview with Joel:
poultry-expo-newman.mp3As usual you can find all my pictures in Flickr from the International Poultry and Feed Expos. I’ll be adding to the sets as I get pictures these next couple days.
You can find the photos in the Zimmages section of the website right now or use this link: International Poultry/Feed Expo Photos
