Howdy Partner!

This week I’m blogging from the Joint Annual Meeting (JAM) of the Animal Science Societies, which includes a whole hodge-podge of animal science groups such as the American Society of Animal Science, American Dairy Science Association, Poultry Science Association, Canadian Society of Animal Science, and Associacion Mexicana de Produccion Animal. This is our second year of being a corporate sponsor for the Poultry Science Association, and we are proud to support a group that has done so much to help the poultry industry over the years.

As I mentioned in last week’s blog, we would not be in business were it not for the long-term relationships we have developed over the years. From our research collaborations with the Poultry Science Department at NC State University to our multi-year partnerships with distributors Natural Nutrients in Thailand and Novus International in the US, we are honored to have worked with some of the most devoted and passionate people in the animal nutrition industry today.

We started selling the Valkerase product back in August 2006, starting with a key customer in Thailand, and now with the help of Asia-based Natural Nutrients, have expanded that to three large poultry plants there producing over 1,200 tons of feather meal per month. Steve Caskey, Managing Director of Natural Nutrients, has told us that “Valkerase helps my clients improve the digestibility of their feather meals and allows them to use lower cooking temperatures for processing feather meal. This directly benefits their bottom lines in terms of energy cost savings, but also is beneficial for reducing odors and lowering maintenance costs on the equipment.”

We started selling the Versazyme product even earlier, back in Sept. 2005, and after several fits and starts, were able to get customers to buy into the novel concept of using a pure protease feed additive, especially after having signed a key distribution agreement with Novus International in 2008. Scott Carter, Global Poultry Director for Novus, says about Versazyme (which they market under the Cibenza DP100 brand), “It's a critical feed enzyme in an important business! Helping to feed the world affordable food needs more tools like this!”

Please contact us today if there is something BRI can help you with and maybe someday we’ll be able to quote you in the BRI blog!