NEWS 74 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE January 2024 IDEAL Animal Nutrition added Dr. Kelsey Hammers to its team and pointed out that helping pig farmers solve everyday challenges with practical, research-backed solutions is an important focus as it grows its team serving operations across the Midwest. Dr. Hammers joins the company as swine nutritionist and research coordinator, adding nutrition expertise alongside Dr. Jeff Knott and Simon Kern while helping lead fast-expanding activity at the IDEAL Research Barn. “We’re excited to have Kelsey join our team,” said Dr. Jeff Knott, swine nutritionist and founder/owner of IDEAL. “She brings fresh knowledge and experience that will benefit our customers and strengthen our research activities. Her work will support our main focus on delivering solutions at the slat level. It will also grow our supporting focus on generating research-backed data to guide decisions – helping our customers get better results and higher returns.” Hammers grew up on her family’s mixed farm in Missouri (crops and cattle) and has gained a variety of agricultural experiences throughout her life. On the swine side, as a teenager, she participated in swine projects through the National FFA Organisation and was involved in the world of show pigs. As her university experience steered to a focus on swine, she also gained experience working with commercial hog facilities in production and sales roles as part of internships and summer jobs. She earned her Ph.D in Swine Nutrition at the University of Minnesota, building on a master’s degree from Kansas State University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Missouri. Read more>> Jointly organized by EABA and DLG Benelux, AlgaEurope 2023, the annual conference highlighting breakthroughs and trends in the algae biomass sector, saw an extraordinary gathering of 407 delegates from 40 countries and 221 organizations. Hosted in Prague, Czech Republic, from December 12-15, the event unfolded over four days, featuring a curated programme delivered by 112 expert speakers. The content spanned scientific, technological, and business dimensions within the global algae biomass sector. Exploring an array of subjects, AlgaEurope is one of the most comprehensive conferences in its field. More than 20 plenary sessions covered Physiology, Biorefinery, Food, Feed, Biostimulant, Bioremediation, and Biomaterial among others. The conference featured distinguished keynote speakers, including Sónia Ventura (Portugal), Susana Coelho (Germany), Angela Wulf (Sweden), and Robert Henrikson (USA), offering profound insights and expertise. One of the highlights of the conference was the poster presentation area, which provided researchers with a platform to present their work. Some 136 scientific authors presented their work. The introduction of the Poster Presentation Award this year recognised outstanding contributions. “Another year of great success with key topics that unravelled the promising future of the algae sector. The EABA community is growing very fast, and this is also reflected in the success of AlgaEurope. We have a unique conference, and it has become the reference event in the algae sector,” said Carlos Unamunzaga, President of EABA. The next AlgaEurope conference will be held in Athens on December 10-12, 2024. Read more>> IDEAL Animal Nutrition grows team with focus on research AlgaEurope 2023 highlights future of algae industry
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