2008 Dairy Feed Manufacturing Short course

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May 1, 2008
South Asian Feed Processors Study Dairy Feed Manufacturing at NCI
Fargo, ND, USA – Leading feed manufacturers from India and Pakistan are attending the Dairy Feed Manufacturing Technology Short Course at Northern Crops Institute (NCI) this week. The team is sponsored by the U.S. Soybean Export Council and the American Soybean Association. The North Dakota Soybean Council (NDSC) hosted the team at a luncheon where NDSC board members learned more about the market potential in Pakistan and India. The 13-member team is escorted by R. Shahnawaz Janjua, U.S. Soybean Export Council, Pakistan, and Ajay Bhoyar, U.S. Soybean Export Council, India. “India is the largest milk-producing country in the world; Pakistan ranks fourth in the world,” says Mr. Janjua. “Day by day, nutritional deficiencies in milk production are becoming a concern. The purpose of bringing a team over here is to give them the opportunity to learn more about the nutritional aspects of dairy cattle feed and its manufacturing technologies. The team members are already in the business of manufacturing poultry feed, but they are now transforming their businesses from poultry to dairy.” “As a representative of the U.S. soy growers, my job is to do the market development for U.S. soy products,” continues Janjua. “We are here to educate the team about making dairy feed utilizing soy meal, particularly de-hulled soy meal. The team will go back and apply this technology to increase the milk production in Pakistan and India. Both countries have realized that in order to reduce poverty, dairy is the backbone of an agricultural sector that they need to develop. We see a lot of opportunity to introduce U.S. soybean products into the dairy industry.” Speakers in the course include: Dr. J.W. Schroeder, Dan Schimek, and Dr. Greg Lardy, NDSU Animal Science Department; Dr. Latif Lighari, and Dr. Vikram Mistry, SDSU Dairy Science Department; Dr. Alavaro Garcia, SDSU Dairy Unit and Processing Center; and Dr. Kim Koch, Manager of NCI's Feed Production Center. Portions of the course are being held at the NDSU Dairy Center and the NCI Feed Production Center. Tours of several dairy farms and processing centers will visit Qual Dairy, Lisbon, N.D.; Five Star Dairy, Milnor, N.D.; S.D. Soy Processors, Volga, S.D.; and Lone Tree Dairy, Volga, S.D. Topics covered in the course are: nutrient requirements of dairy cattle; feed types and feeding systems; feed manufacturing technology; role of soybean meal in dairy nutrition; combinatorial ingredient selection; managing feed costs; and pellet manufacture. # # #

For Immediate Release

May 1, 2008

South Asian Feed Processors Study Dairy Feed Manufacturing at NCI

Fargo, ND, USA – Leading feed manufacturers from India and Pakistan are attending the Dairy Feed Manufacturing Technology Short Course at Northern Crops Institute (NCI) this week.

The team is sponsored by the U.S. Soybean Export Council and the American Soybean Association. The North Dakota Soybean Council (NDSC) hosted the team at a luncheon where NDSC board members learned more about the market potential in Pakistan and India.

The 13-member team is escorted by R. Shahnawaz Janjua, U.S. Soybean Export Council, Pakistan, and Ajay Bhoyar, U.S. Soybean Export Council, India.

“India is the largest milk-producing country in the world; Pakistan ranks fourth in the world,” says Mr. Janjua. “Day by day, nutritional deficiencies in milk production are becoming a concern. The purpose of bringing a team over here is to give them the opportunity to learn more about the nutritional aspects of dairy cattle feed and its manufacturing technologies. The team members are already in the business of manufacturing poultry feed, but they are now transforming their businesses from poultry to dairy.”

“As a representative of the U.S. soy growers, my job is to do the market development for U.S. soy products,” continues Janjua. “We are here to educate the team about making dairy feed utilizing soy meal, particularly de-hulled soy meal. The team will go back and apply this technology to increase the milk production in Pakistan and India. Both countries have realized that in order to reduce poverty, dairy is the backbone of an agricultural sector that they need to develop. We see a lot of opportunity to introduce U.S. soybean products into the dairy industry.”

Speakers in the course include: Dr. J.W. Schroeder, Dan Schimek, and Dr. Greg Lardy, NDSU Animal Science Department; Dr. Latif Lighari, and Dr. Vikram Mistry, SDSU Dairy Science Department; Dr. Alavaro Garcia, SDSU Dairy Unit and Processing Center; and Dr. Kim Koch, Manager of NCI's Feed Production Center. Portions of the course are being held at the NDSU Dairy Center and the NCI Feed Production Center.

Tours of several dairy farms and processing centers will visit Qual Dairy, Lisbon, N.D.; Five Star Dairy, Milnor, N.D.; S.D. Soy Processors, Volga, S.D.; and Lone Tree Dairy, Volga, S.D.

Topics covered in the course are: nutrient requirements of dairy cattle; feed types and feeding systems; feed manufacturing technology; role of soybean meal in dairy nutrition; combinatorial ingredient selection; managing feed costs; and pellet manufacture.
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