Sustainable Livestock Production

December 4, 2017

Washington, DC

Convening Event

The Sustainable Livestock Production Convening Event explored challenges, innovations and future directions in sustainable livestock production. FFAR hosted the event to provide a unique forum for leaders from academia, industry, farm groups and U.S. government – public, private and nonprofit organizations – to identify knowledge gaps, high-impact targets for program development and opportunities for cross-sector collaboration.

CONVENING EVENT RECAP REPORT

View or download a summary of event speaker presentations, discussion outcomes and potential next steps for the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research in advancing the science needed to support sustainable livestock production.

Agenda

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Speakers

Session 1: Feed and nutrition, health and welfare under changing production practices

Dr. Jayson Lusk, Purdue University: Economic and social considerations in livestock production.
Dr. Sara Place, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association: Beef production.
Dr. Juan Tricarico, Innovation Center for U.S.: Dairy production.
Dr. Luis Tedeschi, Texas A&M University College Station: Nutritional modeling.
Dr. Juan Loor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne: Systems approaches to animal performance.
Dr. Rachel Hawken, Cobb-Vantress: Broiler production.

Session 2: Environmental sustainability

Dr. Frank Mitloehner, UC Davis: Air quality research.
Mr. Allan Stokes, National Pork Board: Pork production.
Mr. Steve Rowe, CEO Newtrient: Nutrient recovery and management in livestock production.
Dr. Hongwei Xin, Iowa State University: Egg production.
Dr. Marty Matlock, University of Arkansas: Ecological engineering.

Contact Details

Tim Kurt, Scientific Program Director

FFAR

proteinchallenge@foundationfar.org

This event is made possible by generous support from the following sponsors:

National Corn Growers Association

Ohio Soybean Council