The Protein PACT and the call for producer feedback
By Rachel Gabel for The Fence Post
Together, the Animal Agriculture Alliance, Beef Alliance, Dairy Management, Inc., Elance, Institute for Feed Education and Research, National Corn Growers Association, We Care Commitment, National Pork Producers Council, North American Meat Institute, United Soybean Board, U.S. Meat Export Federation, and U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef have formed the Protein PACT. The goal is to strengthen animal protein’s contributions to healthy people, healthy animals, healthy communities, and a healthy environment by working within the organizations and across the industry to create transparent baselines for improvement, to set ambitious targets for progress, and to communicate those efforts.
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May 24, 2021
The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) proudly announced four awards honoring those who have supported the animal food industry over the past year and throughout their careers. The AFIA congratulates all AFIA members for receiving the AFIA 2021 Member of the Year Award; Rurik B. “R.B.” Halaby, formerly with AgriCapital Corporation, for receiving the 2021 Distinguished Service Award; Bill McLean, of The Essmueller Company, for receiving the 2021 AFIA-Kansas State University Feed Manufacturing Lifetime Achievement Award; and Steve Kopperud, of SLK Strategies, for being named posthumously an AFIA Honorary Board Director.
“At every turn, this past year has tested our industry’s ability to perform our essential work of producing safe and nutritious animal food, but we have emerged more resilient than ever, thanks in part to the caliber of our people, several of whom we are recognizing today,” said AFIA Pre
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