2023 Program Schedule

Wednesday September 20, 2023 
Pre-conference Symposium

TimeSpeaker
8:00 - 8:45Registration
8:45 - 8:55Amy Witte (Sales Director, DANH/IFF) – Welcome and opening remarks
8:55 - 9:55John Halley (emeritus at Pilgrim’s) – Nutrition 2030: climbing out of your comfort zone to explore new technologies 
9:40 - 9:55Franco Mussini (Technical Service Director, DANH/IFF) - When ingredients throw you a curve, get more from productivity via feed additives…. 
9:55 - 10:10Connie Mou (Technical Service Manager - Health, DANH/IFF) - Barn Environment and Nutrition – interactions on animal performance
10:10 - 10:30Break
10:30 - 11:00Amy Petry (University of Missouri) – Capitalizing on the value of the Net Energy System today and into the future  
11:00 - 11:20Trey Kellner (AMVC) – Commercial experiences using protease and DFMs in market hogs 
11:20 - 11:55Paul Kononoff (University of Nebraska) – Increasing feed intake to spur positive impacts on whole-animal energy metabolism and milk production in lactating cows
11:55 - 12:00Wrap and any final questions for the speakers
12:00 - 1:15Lunch

Conference General Session (Banquet Hall)

1:15Introduction and welcome remarks
1:15 - 2:00Lara Moody (iFEEDER AFIA) - Sustainability journey and tools from AFIA
SLIDES
2:00 - 2:45Pedro Carvahlo (AgNext at University of Colorado) - Nutritional and management strategies to improve sustainability of the beef industry
SLIDES
2:45 - 3:00Joshua Jendza (Qualitech) - Iron interaction with intestinal microbiota
SLIDES
3:00 - 3:30Break
3:30 - 4:15Juan Tricarico (Dairy Management Inc.) - The right questions to evaluate methane mitigation feed additives: safety, efficacy, and trade-offs
SLIDES
4:15 - 5:00Delanie Kellon (GFLI) - Metrics of feed ingredients database
SLIDES
5:15 - 5:30David Dayhoff (DSM Firmenich) - Tools and experiences in sustainability
SLIDES
5:30Reception and Graduate Student Poster Competition

Thursday September 21, 2023  
Poultry Session (Room 241 2nd floor)

TimeSpeaker
8:30 - 8:45

Kori Leske, Moderator

Opening Remarks

8:45 - 9:30John Boney (Penn State University) -  The impact of pellet quality during different phases of turkey production
SLIDES
9:45 - 10:25Angela (Elisangela) Guaiume (Cargill Animal Nutrition)Formulating diets with a nutrient driven system for predictable performance and better economic return
SLIDES
10:25 - 10:45Break
10:45 - 11:25Greg Engelke (Cornerstone Resources LLC) - Soybean update
SLIDES
11:25 - 11:45Michaela Olson (Wilson Vet Co) -  A field veterinarian's perspective: current and upcoming disease challenges in conventional, cage free and pasture laying flocks
SLIDES
11:45 - 1:30Lunch
1:30 - 2:15Sally Noll (University of Minnesota)Challenges and importance of applied and basic research infrastructure for poultry nutrition research - Perspective after retirement!
SLIDES
2:15 - 3:00Anup Johny (University of Minnesota)Research Update: Sustainable strategies for salmonella control in poultry
3:00 - 3:10

Milan Hruby, Moderator

Closing Remarks

 3:10Adjourn

Thursday September 21, 2023
Swine Session (1/2 Banquet Hall)

TimeSpeaker
8:30 - 8:40

Edward Zhaohui Yang (Nutribins), Moderator

Opening Remarks

8:40 - 9:20Amy Petry (University of Missouri) -  Effectively using carbohydrases in swine diets
SLIDES
9:25 - 10:05Pedro Urriola (University of Minnesota)Indigestible protein-fiber interactions in nursery diets 
SLIDES
10:05 - 10:35Break
10:35 - 11:15Crystal Levesque (South Dakota State University) - Yeast and yeast products in swine diets
SLIDES
11:20 - 12:00Todd Callaway (University of Georgia) -  Swine Microbiome – What does it all mean? 
SLIDES
12:00 - 1:10Lunch
1:10 - 1:35Lee Johnston (University of Minnesota) - Fetal programming effects on pigs 
SLIDES
1:40 - 2:05Yuan-Tai Hung (Devenish Nutrition) - Zinc supplementation with a One Health/Environmental perspective 
SLIDES
2:10 - 2:35Kelsey Hammers (Ideal Animal Nutrition) - High zinc for breeding sows - Benefits and Challenges
SLIDES
2:40 - 3:05Corey Carpenter (Zinpro Corporation) - Zinc feeding strategies to influence respiratory disease outcomes
SLIDES
3:05 - 3:10Edward Zhaohui Yang, Moderator 
Closing Remarks
3:10Adjorn

Thursday September 21, 2023  
Dairy Session (1/2 Banquet Hall)

TimeSpeaker
8:30 - 8:45

Isaac Salfer, Moderator

Opening Remarks

8:45 - 9:05Isaac Salfer (University of Minnesota) -  Can we use precision technologies and our understanding of circadian rhythms to improve nutrition of dairy cows?
SLIDES
9:05 - 9:25Brad Heins (University of Minnesota) -  Strategies to reduce the environmental impact of grazing dairy cattle
SLIDES
9:25 - 9:45Isaac Haagen (University of Minnesota) -  Opportunities to improve feed efficiency of dairy heifers
SLIDES
9:45 - 10:25Gail Carpenter (Iowa State University)Life hacks for a successful transition: impacts on cows and calves
SLIDES
10:25 - 10:45Break
10:45 - 11:25Leticia Marra Campos (Virginia Tech University) -  Optimization of precision-fed dairy cattle diets for automatic milking systems
SLIDES
11:25 - 11:45Jeff Firkins (The Ohio State University) - Viewing a role for iso-acids in dairy nutrition through a new lens
SLIDES
11:45 - 1:30Lunch
1:30 - 2:15Paul Kononoff (University of Nebraska) - Forages: What do we know and what are we learning about feeding alfalfa to dairy cows?
SLIDES
2:15 - 3:00Luis Feraretto (University of Wisconsin)New insights about corn silage starch digestibility and fatty acids
SLIDES
3:00 - 3:10

Isaac Salfer, Moderator

Closing Remarks

 3:10Adjourn

Thursday September 21, 2023 
Beef Session (Reception Hall)

TimeSpeaker
8:30 - 8:45

Grant Crawford, Moderator

Opening Remarks

8:45 - 9:30Jon Schoonmaker (Purdue University) -  Characterizing the link among feed additives, microbial metabolites, and gut health of grain-finished feedlot cattle
SLIDES
9:45 - 10:25Kendall Swanson (North Dakota State University) -  Relationships between weather variables and feed intake in Northern climates
SLIDES
10:25 - 10:45Break
10:45 - 11:25University of Minnesota Beef Research Update
SLIDES
11:25 - 11:45Rand Broadway (USDA) - Secondary effects of enteric dysfunction
SLIDES
11:45 - 1:30Lunch
1:30 - 2:15Pedro Carvalho (AgNext at University of Colorado)Beef on dairy: What do we know and where do we go?
SLIDES
2:15 - 3:00Monty Kerley (Professor Emeritus, University of Missouri and Founder, Boveta Nutrition)Amino acid nutrition considerations for growing and finishing cattle
SLIDES
3:00 - 3:10

Grant Crawford, Moderator

Closing Remarks

3:10Adjourn