Registrants will receive a more detailed agenda closer to the event.
9AM: Check-in/Light Breakfast/Networking
9:30AM: Introduction - Mitch Hunter, Co-Director of Forever Green, and Colin Cureton, Forever Green Director of Commercialization, Adoption, and Scaling, will share a brief overview of Forever Green and the Continuous Living Cover (CLC) crop portfolio and how it connects to emerging opportunities for new feed and pet food ingredients, both for nutrition goals and positive outcomes for water quality and crop diversification.
10AM-12PM: Winter Camelina Meal – Characterization, Novel Formulations, & Supply Chain Status - An interactive session featuring the results of feeding trials and early business development on winter camelina meal and concluding with a discussion about next steps.
- Speaker: Shannon Schlecht, Executive Director of the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute (AURI) and Aaron Knewtson, VP Commercial Financing at Compeer Financial, will present on work recently completed by the MBOLD Protein Catalyst to study 4 novel feed ingredients, emphasizing the results for winter camelina meal.
- Speaker: Lyle DePauw, Director, Crop Innovation at Cargill, will share an update on Cargill’s winter camelina supply chain development work.
- Speaker: Josh Meyer, from the Live Production Purchasing and Nutrition team at Jennie-O, will share reflections on successes experienced with winter camelina.
The session will conclude with a discussion with the audience on what next steps could be most of interest for future work.
12PM: Lunch and Networking
12:45PM: Field Tour: The Environmental and Agronomic Story - Tour the Forever Green crop research fields. Agronomists and university researchers will speak about hybrid rye, winter camelina, winter barley, and Kernza, with a special extended focus on winter barley and Kernza to introduce their applications for feed and pet food.
2PM: Hybrid Winter Rye – Benefits & Supply Chain Considerations – Learn the basics of these new crops (characteristics, potential for feed and pet food, environmental benefits, and early supply chain explorations).
- Speaker: Zach McDaniel, Animal Nutrition Manager, KWS Cereals, USA, will present an overview of hybrid winter rye’s potential for inclusion in pork supply chains.
- Speaker: Lee Johnston, Professor, University of Minnesota, will feature his group’s research on feeding hybrid winter rye to organic pigs. Dr. Johnston specializes in swine nutrition and management.
- Speaker: Shelly Mikel, Land & Animal Stewardship Manager, Applegate, will share a case study exploring the integration of hybrid winter rye into pork production.
3PM: Precompetitive Discussion & Actionable Opportunities - Come together with attendees for collaborative discussions.
- How can we make these crops cost effective for businesses and profitable for farmers?
- What do the supply chains for these four crops have in common and how are they different?
- What storage, aggregation, or infrastructure gaps need to be filled?
- What are customers asking for from all levels of the value chain (farmers, grain buyers, CPGs, consumers)?
- How can UMN partner with nutritionists and the entire value chain to support the expansion of these new ingredients?
Private discussion spaces are available for companies bringing multiple team members, if participating as part of the Sponsors Circle (see program webpage for more information).
4PM: Closing - Event Concludes
