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CONNECTIONS 2012 Wrap Up

Reports & Booklets

• Summary of Outcomes
• Soybean Industry Scan Executive Summary, Overview and Conclusions - or download the Full Report
• Event Day Booklet – Event agenda and Industry Scan Executive Summary

Presentations

Presentations are PDF files of the slides from each of our speakers and are arranged by strategic objective.

Soy Meal

Animal Utilization Breakout

• Randy Mitchell, Ph.D., Vice President of Technical Services, Perdue Farms, Inc.
• Jeff Silverstein, President, National Aquaculture Association
• Gregory P. Hanes, Assistant Vice President, International Marketing & Programs, US Meat Export Federation

Human Utilization Breakout

Supply

Competitiveness

Soy Oil

Human Utilization

• David Tillman, Vice President, Food Ingredients and Food Service, Stratas Foods
• Chris Schroeder, Director, Centrec Consulting Group, LC
• Robert Reeves, Director of Public Affairs, QUALISOY

Industrial Utilization

• Stephan Rodewald, Research Chemist, Sr. at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.
• Joe Jobe, CEO, National Biodiesel Board
• Bob Metz, Soybean Farmer-Leader

Supply

• Rich Wilson, President, Oilseeds & Biosciences Consulting
• John Muenzenberger, Senior Business Manager, Soybean Output Traints, DuPont Pioneer
• Tom Hammer, President, National Oilseed Processors Association

Competitiveness

• Richard Galloway, President, Galloway & Associated LLC
• John Campbell, Senior Vice President, Government Relations & Renewable Fuels, Ag Processing, Inc.

Freedom to Operate

FTO Session Presentation – Rick Tolman, National Corn Growers Association

Animal Agriculture

• Terry Fleck, Executive Director, The Center for Food Integrity
• John Johnson, Vice President of Strategic Administration, National Pork Board

Sustainability

• Bryan Young, Professor, Department of Plant, Soil Science and Agricultural Systems, Southern Illinois University – Carbondale

Biotechnology

• Rick Tolman, CEO, National Corn Growers Association
• Richard Fordyce, Soybean Farmer-Leader

Transportation

• Mike Steenhoek, Executive Director, Soy Transportation Coalition
• Brian Greenslit, Soybean Farmer-Leader

Customer Focus

Animal Utilization

• Ronald P. Lemenager, Professor of Animal Science, Purdue University
• Jeff Silverstein, National Program Leader – Agriculture, USDA-ARS

Human Utilization

• Robert L. Collette, President, Institute of Shortening and Edible Oils
• Russ Sanders, Marketing Director – DuPont Enhanced Oils Venture
• Randy Van Kooten, Soybean Farmer-Leader

Industrial Utilization

• Jay Olson, Global Manager, Materials Engineering, John Deere
• Jim Martin, Vice President, OmniTech International Ltd.

Supply

• Gary C. Martin, President & CEO, North American Export Grain Association
• Seth L. Naeve, Soybean Agronomist, University of Minnesota
• Jimmy Sneed, Soybean Farmer-Leader

Keynote

What if the two million people working in today’s agriculture sector took two hours a month to educate consumers on the benefits of modern agriculture and combat the opinions voiced by anti-ag groups? Jay Lehr, Ph.D., science director of The Heartland Institute, spearheaded this idea and explained his philosophy recently at the United Soybean Board’s CONNECTIONS 2012 meeting.

Read more about Dr. Lehr’s keynote.

 

Photos

More photos can be found in the CONNECTIONS 2012 album on the United Soybean Board’s Facebook page.

 

Archives

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