Feed Strategy Podcasts

Sorghum United CEO Nate Blum discusses how this versatile crop can be used and why it is important for global food security.

Hiep Vu, associate professor of animal science at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, is part of a team studying porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus. Vu discusses the project.

Amaru Sanchez, an associate at law firm Wiley Rein LLP, discusses California's Proposition 12, which went into full effect in January.

ForFarmers CEO Pieter Wolleswinkel discusses what the future may look like for the company, and the feed industry as a whole.

Maria Zieba, vice president of international affairs at the National Pork Producers Council, talks about some of her work representing the U.S. pork industry overseas, and how the industry is focusing on sustainability, among other things.

Garrett McDonald of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Office of Agricultural Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing discusses China's plans to lower soybean content in animal feed produced there.

Ida Grong Aursand, senior business developer at SINTEF Ocean, a Norway-based institute that conducts research and innovation related to the ocean environment and aquaculture technologies, talks about new developments in fish meal alternatives and why those innovations are important.

Megan Niederwerder, associate director at the Swine Health Information Center, talks about developments in the production and distribution of two African swine fever vaccines in Vietnam.

Rob Payne, director of poultry nutrition and technical services at Cargill Animal Nutrition in North America, discusses how digital tools such as near-infrared imaging and cloud-based data management can improve layer performance.

Kane Miller, CEO of Axitan, discusses novel antibacterial enzymes known as endolysins, which his company has developed to target Clostridium perfringens and other pathogens.

Professor and food safety expert Rudolf Krska discusses how to balance the risks of toxins in our food with the benefits of a healthy diet.

Bill Potter, poultry food safety technical adviser at Elanco Animal Health, discusses the potential benefits of using active live yeast cultures in broilers, breeders and layers to reduce the incidence of Salmonella.

Gary Huddleston, director of feed manufacturing and regulatory affairs for the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA), discusses recently released data from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) about worker safety in the animal feed manufacturing industry.

Dustin Pendell, a professor in the department of agricultural economics at Kansas State University, was recently named head of the Americas region of the Collaborating Center for the Economics of Animal Health. This is a five-year project supported by the World Organisation for Animal Health, which aims to develop decision-making tools and improve communication on the economic impacts of animal disease, ultimately improving the health of those animals.

Ismael Roig, president of ADM Animal Nutrition, talks about how feed additives can boost animal performance and sustainability.

Find out why Chr. Hansen’s Steve Lerner thinks ‘every person and every animal in our care should be on an effective probiotic every day from Day 1.’

Cassie Jones, professor and the teaching coordinator at the Department of Animal Sciences and Industry at Kansas State University, talks about the risks the feed industry could face if African swine fever (ASF) were ever to make its way into the U.S., and what feed facilities should be thinking about now to be better prepared for an outbreak.

Gerardo Santoma of Trouw Nutrition Spain discusses how feed formulators can source alternative ingredients during a prolonged period of price volatility.

Alltech president and CEO, Mark Lyons, discusses regional trends in animal feed production, return to travel, the importance of partnerships in the industry and more.

Agrifirm CEO Dick Hordijk discusses the importance of a responsible food chain, efforts to reduce deforestation and emissions, and how the industry is coping with fallout from the war in Ukraine.

Adriano Marcon, president of Cargill Animal Nutrition, talks about nutritional tools and digital solutions that can improve efficiency in animal production.

Erin Bryan, swine nutritionist at Land O'Lakes Purina, discusses pig immunity and how nutrition and animal husbandry can help boost a pig's immune system during challenging periods in its life.

Cody Swan, commercial director for Kemin's U.S. beef, dairy and equine business, and Marc Hoopingarner, commercial director for Kemin's U.S. swine and poultry business, discuss trends, challenges and opportunities in the animal nutrition industry.

Chris Chavis, vice president of Animal Nutrition and Health Performance Solutions at DSM, discusses the animal microbiome and new insights into this topic. 

Gary Huddleston, director of feed manufacturing and regulatory affairs at the American Feed Industry Association, discusses the regulatory issues he's watching for 2023 and how they might affect the feed industry.

Scott Dee of Pipestone Applied Research discusses a real-life case where a previously naïve swine herd was infected with Senecavirus A through imported feed ingredients.

Jackie Roembke, editor in chief of WATT Feed brands and Feed Strategy, talks about the animal feed manufacturers that made the cut and how the annual listing is generated.

Microbiologist Gina Sloan of AGRITX, talks about her company's probiotic egg coating product, which she will present at Poultry Tech Summit, October 30-November 1 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Kim Livingston, nutritional immunologist at Optum Immunity, discusses the science behind Cosabody, a new poultry nutrition product she will present at the 2022 Poultry Tech Summit, held October 30-November 1 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Fully automated, state-of-the-art feed mill at the University of Illinois gives students hands-on experience.

The Center for Environmental Sustainability through Insect Farming aims to advance insect agriculture with high-quality research.

Hannah Tucker, ruminant technical service manager with Novus, explains what's going on with palmitic acid.

Manuel Borca and Douglas Gladue, research scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service, talk about new developments in African swine fever vaccines.

Jackie Roembke, editor in chief of WATT Feed Brands and Feed Strategy magazine, discusses the results of the 2022 Poultry Nutrition & Feed Survey, conducted each year by WATT Global Media.

Mike Gauss, president of Kent Nutrition Group, discusses challenges and successes in finding and retaining talented workers in today's economy.

John Rich, executive chairman of MHP, discusses how the company is distributing food aid and maintaining its business in Ukraine amid the Russian invasion.

Trouw Nutrition’s mycotoxin program manager, Swamy Haladi, discusses the global risk for mycotoxins from the company’s 2021 analysis.

Jerry Shurson, animal science professor in the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences at the University of Minnesota discusses the concept of upcycling and how food waste could be used in animal feed.

Chris DuBois, senior vice president, Americas protein practice leader at IRI, discussed how the COVID-19 pandemic may have changed the way consumers buy animal protein products.

Scott Irwin, the Laurence J. Norton Chair of Agricultural Marketing at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, talks about his outlook for the commodity markets this year.

For years, there have been many testing tools to detect mycotoxins at various levels in crops, feed and raw materials. A new tool from Innovad uses a blood biomarker analysis to determine the mycotoxin risk and exposure to animals and how those mycotoxins affect an animal’s performance and health.

Marty Vanier, director of the National Agricultural Biosecurity Center at Kansas State University, explains what would happen in the event of an animal disease emergency.

Iowa State University ruminant nutritionist Lance Baumgard discusses why we need to think differently about the transition period in a dairy cow's life.

As the American Feed Industry Association celebrates the 50th anniversary of its Liquid Feed Symposium, industry veteran Cathy Bandyk, ruminant technical manager for AB Vista, looks back at the early days of the industry and ahead to the future.

Jarrod Kersey of Simmons Pet Food discusses ways to ensure animal health and well-being in the animal feed and pet food industries.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada research scientists Candido Pomar and Aline Remus discuss precision feeding and nutrition for the swine industry.

Marcos Rostagno is business operations leader at Pytobiotics North America, which manufactures and distributes feed additives and organic trace minerals for poultry, swine, ruminants and crops. He talks about how feed additives can be used to mitigate heat stress in poultry.

Feed Strategy Editor Jackie Roembke talks about Feed Strategy’s 2021 Top Feed Companies ranking report. Each year, WATT Global Media’s research team compiles exclusive feed industry insights, including the production volumes and other data points, to populate the database and generate the listing of the largest global feed producers. To capture the most accurate information, the annual analysis focuses on the previous calendar year’s compound feed volumes. In 2020, 140 animal feed manufacturers worldwide reached or exceeded 1 million metric tons of compound feed production.

Jim Sumner is the president of the USA Poultry and Egg Export Council and president of the International Poultry Council. Jim will be a speaker at the 2021 Chicken Marketing Summit in July, where he will discuss export prospects for U.S. poultry as the industry and the country emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic and the global poultry industry adjusts to higher feed costs.

Pieter Steyn, global program manager for raw material quality at Trouw Nutrition, talks about how to keep feed ingredients safe from contaminants such as Salmonella during shipping, and he discusses the Rotterdam model, which was developed at Europe's largest port to manage contamination risk in animal feed.