NEWS 78 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE February 2023 Alltech, one of the leaders of the animal nutrition industry, announced that 3 new names have joined its team. Andy Rash and Mark Hulsebus joined Alltech’s pig business team, while Dr. Roy Brister joined the company as Strategic Poultry Advisor. Andy Rash will be leading Alltech’s pig team, strengthening alignment across the business from research and development to account management. Mark Hulsebus will be working with the commercial pig team on strategic direction to advise commercial development and strengthen customer support. And Dr. Roy Brister will focus on supporting sales and technical teams, bridging the gap between suppliers and poultry integrators, and driving new research. Prior to joining Alltech, Rash served as Cargill’s commercial director of beef in North America and their pork sales leader. He also served as vice president of sales and marketing at River Valley Cooperative. He earned his master’s degree in ag education at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and his Bachelor of Science in animal sciences at Western Illinois University. Hulsebus spent more than 20 years in senior roles at Cargill, most recently as the commercial director of pork in North America. He also served for five years as the live production manager at Tri Oak Food’s 70,000 sow system. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in animal science and agronomy at Iowa State University. With nearly four decades of experience in the poultry industry, Dr. Roy Brister will focus on supporting sales and technical teams, bridging the gap between suppliers and poultry integrators, and driving new research. He is also passionate about creating actionable steps that help the poultry industry meet its sustainability goals. Read more>> Alltech announces its three new team members Australian climate technology company Rumin8 announced that it has commenced two safety and efficacy trials of its methane reducing feed supplements in New Zealand. The trials – one on beef cattle and one on dairy cattle – seek to test Rumin8’s product integration in the New Zealand pasture-based systems. Rumin8 identifies naturally occurring compounds that have anti-methanogenic properties, but instead of harvesting and extracting them from plants, is able to reproduce them in a highly efficient, low cost, scalable, and high-quality process to feed to livestock in order to reduce their emissions. The trials will use different measuring methodologies – both recognised and validated in the field. The beef trial is utilising a methane measuring facility, which provides continuous measurements over 48 hours, while the dairy trial utilises Greenfeed systems which measure methane emissions throughout the duration of the trial taking short burst measurements throughout the day. The first trial is a dose-response trial run by DairyNZ in Hamilton. Lactating dairy cows on a pasture based diet will be offered the methane reducing feed supplement three times per day over 45 to investigate the methane reduction potential in a pasture-based system. Read more>> Rumin8 enters New Zealand with two cattle trials Mark Hulsebus Andy Rash Dr. Roy Brister
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