Feed & Additive Magazine Issue 2 March 2021

NEWS FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE March 2021 9 NTF elects Farbest Farms’ Phil Seger as 2021 Chairman The National Turkey Federation (NTF) announced the 2021 officer team and Executive Committee members elected by the Board of Directors. P hil Seger of Farbest Farms, Inc. was elected 2021 NTF chairman. Ronnie Parker of Circle S Ranch will serve as vice chairman and John Niemann of Cargill as secretary-treasurer. Ron Kardel, an Iowa turkey grower and Vice Chair- man of the Board of West Liberty Foods, LLC, will move into the role of immediate past chairman. In addition to the officer team, the following individuals will serve as NTF Executive Committee members in 2021: Jay Jandrain of Butterball, LLC, Doug Johnson of Perdue Farms Inc., Steve Lykken of Jennie-O Turkey Store, Thier- ry Murad of AJC International, Bob Reinhard of Tyson Foods, Alan Rickard of Hybrid Turkeys, Jeff Sveen of Dakota Provisions, Rick VanderSpek of Turkey Valley Farms and John Zimmerman of P&J Products Co. “The Nor-Feed products fit very well with Nat- ural Biologics’ core principles of delivering natural animal health innovations that improve both ani- mal performance and producer profitability,” says Dr. Charlie Elrod, President and CEO of Natural Biologics. “With our expanding network of loca- tions, we can provide better access and local service to customers of Nor-Feed across the country.” “As we searched for a US-based company to sup- port our business, Natural Biologics became the obvious choice, sharing many of the same philoso- phies,” mentions Olivier Clech, joint CEO of Nor- Feed. “This partnership will offer the possibility for our current and future customers to access our products directly from the USA without the import procedures from Europe.” The Nor-Feed products that have already been in- troduced to the US market include: • Nor-Grape®– the unique standardized Dry grape extracts with highly documented antioxidant prop- erties. • Nor-Spice AB® – a 100% natural premix of ad- ditives based on citrus extracts and standardized in citroflavonoids and pectic oligosaccharides : the natural growth promoter! • Norponin XO® – delivering the benefits of sa- ponins including performance, sustainability and contribution to the management of coccidial risk. • Norponin Opti® – The yucca replacer: the high- est quality at a better price! • Durelax® – animal calming plant extract with highly visible effects. Natural Biologics will begin importing products and supporting current customers immediately. Phil Seger