A record-breaking 218 attendees, including numerous international visitors, were present for the 2010 Arkansas Nutrition Conference held September 7-9 at Embassy Suites Hotel in Rogers, AR. A host of academic and well-known speakers provided presentations on current industry topics for poultry nutrition. Proceedings are now available and can be downloaded below. Proceeds from the conference are designated for scholarship support.
Alltech was this year's Technical Symposium Sponsor. Speaker sponsors included: Adisseo, Akey, ChemGen, Elanco Animal Health, Huvepharma, Lohmann Animal Health, and Zinpro Corp. Other conference sponsors included: AB Vista, ADM, Ajinomoto, Alpharma, Anitox, Aviagen, Balchem, Bill Barr and Company, Biomin, Buffalo-Warren Company, Chr. Hansen, Inc., Cobb-Vantress, Danisco Animal Nutrition, Devenish Nutrition, Diamond V, DPI, DSM Nutritional Products, Elanco Animal Health, Evonik-Degussa, FeedInfo, HJ Baker, Hubbard, Huvepharma, Intervet/Schering Plough Animal Health, IVESCO, Kemin Industries, Marshall Minerals, Micro-Tracers, Mosiac, Novus International, Phibro Animal Health, Poet Nutrition, Prince Agri-Products, QTI, Ridley Feed, Southern States, and Trouw Nutrition. Companies interested in sponsoring next year's Arkansas Nutrition Conference can contact Chet Wiernusz at Cobb-Vantress, the 2011 chariman.
The conference concluded with a golf tournament. Winners are listed below.
First Place Team
Tom McCullough, Gladwin A. Read Company
Kelly Ginn, Bayer Animal Health
Travis Boatwright, Phibro Animal Health
Phil Maynard, Tyson Foods
Second Place Team
Kurt Dobson, Simmons Foods
Gary Hogue, Aviagen
Don Lewis, Zinpro
Ernie Pierson, Danisco Animal Health
Third Place Team
John Less, ADM
Howard Lester, U of A
Walter Bottje, U of A
Jim Wilson, Anitox
Long Drive: Tara York, AB Vista
Long Drive: Kevin McDaniel, O.K. Farms
Closest to Pin: Kurt Dobson, Simmons
Closest to Pin: John Less, ADM