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ProBeef 07: A Global View of the Ethanol Industry and Beef Cattle Production
September 5 - 7, 2007
ProBeef 07
SCHEMAN BUILDING, IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
SEPTEMBER 5-7, 2007
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Wednesday, September 5, 2007
12:30 - 2:30 pm
Registration
1st floor registration desk
1:15 - 1:30 pm
Opening Welcome
Benton Auditorium
1:30 - 3:00 pm
Global & Domestic Ethanol Industry
Benton Auditorium
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''Ethanol production, Beef Production and Outlook in Brazil''
Miguel da Rocha Cavalcanti, AgriPoint, Brazil
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"Costs and Efficiency of Brazilian Intensive Beef Production: Today and Tomorrow"
Danilo Grandini, Nutron, Brazil
3:00 - 3:30 pm
Refreshment Break
1st Floor Lobby
3:30
- 5:45 pm
Global & Domestic Ethanol Industry...cont.
Benton Auditorium
"The Future of Beef: A Consumer Perspective"
Dr. David Hughes, Imperial College of London, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom
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''U.S. Ethanol Industry Background and Outlook: Socio/Economic Impact of Booming Ethanol Industry''
Dr. Bruce Babcock, Professor of Economics & Director of the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development at Iowa State University
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"Pathways to Renewable Fuels from Cellulose"
Dr. Robert Brown, Office of Biorenewables Programs, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
5:45 - 7:00 pm
Cocktail Social Hour
1st Floor Lobby
7:00 pm
Banquet
Room 167-179
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Keynote Speaker - Mike Johanns, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
(invited)
Thursday, September 6, 2007
7:30 - 8:30 am
Registration & Refreshments
1st floor registration desk
8:15 - 8:30 pm
Morning Welcome & Announcements
Benton Auditorium
8:30 - 10:00 am
Morning Session
Benton Auditorium
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''Corn and Feed Grain Outlook: Enough to Go Around?''
Dr. Patrick Westhoff, Food & Agriculture Policy Research Institute, Columbia, MO
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''Economic Outlook for the U.S. Beef Industry''
Dr. John Lawrence, Director of Iowa Beef Center, Iowa State University
10:00 - 10:30 am
Refreshment Break
1st Floor Lobby
10:30 am - 12 pm
Morning Session... continued
Benton Auditorium
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''Ruminant Digestion and Metabolism with Emphasis on Co-Products''
Dr. John Newbold, Provimi, Brussels, Belgium
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"Characteristics of Corn Co-Products and Feeding Applications for Feedlot Cattle"
Dr. Galen Erickson, Beef Feedlot Extension Specialist, University of Nebraska
12:00
Lunch
Room 167-179
1:30 - 3:00 pm
Afternoon Session
Benton Auditorium
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'Environmental Considerations Feeding Co-products.''
Dr. Allen Trenkle, Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor in Agriculture, Iowa State University
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''Kinetics of Marbling in Cattle.''
Dr. Robbi Pritchard, Distinguished Professor in Ruminant Nutrition , South Dakota State University
3:00 - 3:30 pm
Refreshment Break
1st Floor Lobby
3:30 - 5:00 pm
Afternoon Session... continued
Benton Auditorium
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"Corn Ethanol Byproducts: Effects on Carcass Merit and Meat Quality"
Dr. Fred Owens, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Johnston, Iowa
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''Corn By-products in Cow Diets, Heifer Development and Backgrounding Diets, and Storage and Handling Issues for the Cow-Calf Producer''
Dr. Rick Rasby, Beef Specialist, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
5:00 - 5:30 pm
Closing Comments
Benton Auditorium
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Mark Poeschl, General Manager, North American Nutrition, Lewisburg, Ohio
6:00 - 7:00 pm
Cocktail Social Hour
Gateway
7:00 pm
Beef Cookout
Gateway
Friday, September 7, 2007
8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Tours
Scheman Building
& Gateway Hotel & Conf. Center
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I. Lincolnway Energy, LLC, Nevada, Iowa
II. Couser Cattle Company, Nevada, Iowa
III. Biomass Energy Conversion (BECON)
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