Every year, Alltech welcomes the world to Kentucky (the home of its headquarters) to attend the Alltech One conference, where technical presentations share the very latest in research and developments. This May 2020, for the first time, this will be held as a virtual conference with people attending online. Because of the ongoing pandemic, Alltech put together a unique webinar called Special COVID-19 series: Cultivating Optimism and Opportunity: Leadership in Times of Crisis.

The highly successful Alltech ONE Virtual Experience continues with new content. It’s the June Edition – Health & Wellness. You can find the agenda here.

Mark Lyons still remembers his first job – carefully placing the round stickers on the first alcohol textbook that his father, Pearse Lyons, wrote in 1980. Mark was only 3 years old at the time, the same year that Alltech was founded by his father. Over the years, Mark’s role has evolved from helping his sister label textbooks and palletizing bags in production to conducting research in the lab and leading a global team of more than 5,000 people around the world as Alltech’s president and CEO.

In May, one of my last official acts as IFAJ president was to join Alltech President Dr. Mark Lyons in virtually presenting Joseph Opoku Gakpo of Ghana with the IFAJ-Alltech International Award for Leadership in Agricultural Journalism (see story here).

What can small dairy farms learn from fellow small businesses outside of agriculture? Over the years, I have gathered a lot of ideas for working with dairy farms from reading business publications and books outside of agriculture. One of those books is called Small Giants: Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big by Bo Burlingham. In this book, the author profiles businesses that have been successful by intentionally bucking the trend of expanding or franchising and remained successful by focusing on quality rather than quantity.

What is it, how does it impact poultry and how can producers combat it?

Foodborne illnesses are some of the leading causes of gastrointestinal upset in humans globally. These illnesses can be caused by various organisms but some of the most common culprits are bacteria such as different Salmonella and Campylobacter species. In the EU, diagnosed sickness due to Campylobacter, specifically Campylobacter jejuni, impacts two per cent of the population or approximately nine million people annually.

Consumer habits have always been an important trend for agriculture and the food industry to follow. While COVID-19 has changed a lot, it has not changed the importance of tracking and understanding consumer trends.

While COVID-19 is presenting plenty of short-term challenges for the cattle industry, Alltech’s Dr. Vaughn Holder remains focused on a bigger picture of providing food security for a rapidly growing global population.

Click here for full article.