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USSEC Supports U.S. Bypass Soymeal Importer & Distributor In Poland – Dairy Nutrition & Management Seminar

While USSEC ‘s marketing program in Poland focuses mainly on working with poultry and swine feed manufacturing industries, the dairy sector has not been overlooked as offering considerable potential to use U.S. soybean Hi-Pro meal and bypass meal as well.
In FY16, USSEC combined financial and human resources with a Polish feed compounder and feedstuff distributor, ETOS, to organize a dairy nutrition and management seminar, which was attended by almost 70 dairy growers and managers from many provinces.
The main speakers at the seminar were Dr. Jan van Eys, USSEC contractor based in France, and Dr. Lynn Davis, Nutrition Professionals Inc. of Neenah, Wisconsin.

Dr. van Eys spoke about amino acids and energy requirements of high yielding dairy cows, concentrating on the transition period
Dr. van Eys spoke about amino acids and energy requirements of high yielding dairy cows, concentrating on the transition period

Dr. van Eys explained the feeding of dairy cows during the so-called transition period (four weeks before calving and for another few weeks after calving) that plays a critical role in the cows’ milk production, health, reproduction and length of their productive life. Dr. Davis, who has worked for 30 years as a nutritional advisor to commercial dairies in Wisconsin and Colorado and co-owns three dairy farms in Wisconsin, discussed the management of dairy farms. Dr. Davis’s second presentation focused on staying ahead of the curve by adapting to evolving farm environment.

Polish dairy managers paid full attention to presented cutting edge dairy nutrition and management know-how gathered at U.S. and European research institutions and industries
Polish dairy managers paid full attention to presented cutting edge dairy nutrition and management know-how gathered at U.S. and European research institutions and industries

Other presentations were offered by local experts, including Marcin Winkowski of DSM-Poland and Piotr Chełminiak of ETOS, who highlighted nutritional products and services that contribute to the improved feeding efficiency of various components and overall success in a dairy operation. Quality control and assurance system was another important topic covered at the seminar, partially in the conference room and partially at ETOS’s feedstuff quality control laboratory, where Małgorzata Jędrzejczak, head of the lab, explained what the company does for their clients. The principles and benefits of GMP+ quality assurance system that is in place at ETOS were also presented to the visitors.

Dr. Lynn Davis (left) shared information on many practical issues, including the consequences of some nutritional and managerial mistakes in overall farm production efficiency and profitability; consecutive translation was provided by Jerzy W. Kosieradzki, USSEC Technical Director, Northeast Europe (right)
Dr. Lynn Davis (left) shared information on many practical issues, including the consequences of some nutritional and managerial mistakes in overall farm production efficiency and profitability; consecutive translation was provided by Jerzy W. Kosieradzki, USSEC Technical Director, Northeast Europe (right)

After the seminar, USSEC followed up with participants about their impressions and evaluation of the completed seminar and received positive opinions from the vast majority of attendees. Małgorzata Lisiecka, co-owner and manager of a 1200 head dairy complex at Czechnów in the western part of Poland said, “It was a very useful event and learning from the two experienced foreign experts allowed us to pick up some smart ideas we can implement in our operation. Like the software Dr. Davis recommended to us to use to monitor the time cows spend on various things during the day – this simple tool and approach has potential to save money.”

The participants and trainers visited ETOS feed company’s feedstuffs quality laboratory, which helped explain some testing methodologies used to evaluate nutritional value and quality of their feedstuffs as well as compound feeds and additives manufactured by ETOS to the dairy growers and herd managers
The participants and trainers visited ETOS feed company’s feedstuffs quality laboratory, which helped explain some testing methodologies used to evaluate nutritional value and quality of their feedstuffs as well as compound feeds and additives manufactured by ETOS to the dairy growers and herd managers
Piotr Chełminiak, manager of ETOS dairy feed department, took the last short portion of the in-class session to present on the nutritional products manufactured and/or distributed by his company, including AGP’s AminoPlus® bypass soybean meal; he also explained the services that a reliable feed supplier offers to dairies
Piotr Chełminiak, manager of ETOS dairy feed department, took the last short portion of the in-class session to present on the nutritional products manufactured and/or distributed by his company, including AGP’s AminoPlus® bypass soybean meal; he also explained the services that a reliable feed supplier offers to dairies