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FOOD INDUSTRY
ROUNDTABLE
"From Farm Gate to Food Plate: A Dialogue among the Food
Industry"
Wednesday, July 30, 2003
K-State Alumni Center, Manhattan
12:30 p.m. Registration
(Foyer)
1:00 p.m. Call
to order
Welcome - Dr. Jon Wefald, President of K-State
Opening remarks – Adrian Polansky, Secretary of Agriculture
1:45 p.m. Plenary
Panel – Perspectives from Segments of the Food Industry
(Ballroom A & D)
*
Ron Wilson, Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development,
Moderator
* David Coltrain, Kansas Cooperative Development
Center, K-State Ag Economics Department, Recorder
- Grain/Seed Producer
- Steve Ahring, DeLange Seed, Girard
- Grain Processor
- Scott Jenkins, Horizon Milling, Topeka
- Baking - Paul Stevenson,
American Institute of Baking, Manhattan
- Livestock/Dairy
- Warren Winter, Rock Home Holsteins, Hillsboro
- Meat Processor -
Bernie Hansen, Concept Foods, Alma
- Grocery - Jim Sheehan,
Kansas Food Dealers Ass’n, Shawnee Mission
- Restaurant - Dennis
Carpenter, KS Restaurant and Hospitality Association, Wichita
3:15 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m. Breakout
sessions - Industry Examples and Future Directions
1. From Steer to Steak
* Jan Lyons, Kansas Livestock Association,
Moderator
* Ray Hammarlund, Agricultural Development,
Kansas Department of Commerce, Recorder
* Sharla Stewart, Kansas Beef Council,
Recorder
- Galen Fink, Fink
Beef Genetics, Manhattan
- Lee Borck, Ward
Feed Yard, Larned
- Curtis Kastner,
Director, K-State Food Science Institute
2. From Seed to Sandwich
* Mike Baxa, Kansas Seed Industry Association,
Moderator
* Brett Myers, Kansas Association of
Wheat Growers, Recorder
* Dr. Allan Fritz, K-State Department
of Agronomy
- Bob Bunck, Bunck
Seed Farms, Everest
- Dr. Rollie Sears,
Agri-Pro Wheat, Junction City
- Dr. Ron Madl, Bioprocessing
and Industrial Value-Added Program, KSU
3. From Moo to Milkshake
* Dennis Metz, Kansas Dairy Association,
Moderator
* Dr. John Shirley, K-State Department
of Animal Sciences, Recorder
- The Cal-C Example,
Brice Libel, Brand Manager, NutriJoy, Manhattan
- Mark Reinhardt,
Dairy Farmers of America, Kansas City, MO
- Jason Wiebe, Jason
Wiebe Dairy, Durham
- Dr. Karen Schmidt,
K-State Dairy/Food Science Professor
4:45 p.m. Wrap-Up
5-7 p.m. Reception
- Honoring George Ham, new Interim Dean of Agriculture and
Director of K-State Research and Extension, Sponsored by DeLange
Seed and AgVantage I.P. (Great Room and Terrace)
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