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As Director of Business Development and Genetic Improvement, Justin Fix maintains responsibility for the internal implementation of genetic programs and the success of Acuity’s producer partners. Following his bachelor’s degree in ag business at Iowa State University, Justin earned both his master’s and Ph.D. degrees in swine breeding and genetics from North Carolina State University. Justin joined The Maschhoffs in 2018 following his time as Vice President of Global Technical Service with the National Swine Registry and as Director of Genetic Programs with Smithfield Premium Genetics. In his role with Acuity, Justin will leverage his previous experience to comprehensively develop and manage partner-facing efforts as well as maintain his contribution to oversight of genetic improvement methods.

• Justin Fix's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-fix-44212527/ 

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Casey Bradley PhD is an Experienced Animal Scientist and Nutritionist that has worked with swine, poultry, ruminants, and pets. Specialties include product development, technical writing, and presentations, research, technical sales, mentoring, and networking. Academic training includes nutrition, immunology, and animal wellbeing. She has presented at large conferences in USA, Canada, Greece, and Denmark. Work experience includes farm management, research management, technical service and sales, regulatory, project management, and employee management.


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Xixi was born and raised in Sichuan, China. As a second-generation of animal nutritionist, Xixi knows from young that animal nutrition is love from blood and her lifetime passion. With her strong drive to create values for others, Xixi thrives to make a positive impact on the global animal nutrition industry. Xixi received her Ph.D. in poultry nutrition from Purdue University and is experienced both in allied industry and in live production. With her unique resources across the ocean and strong technical expertise, Xixi co-founded Nutribins in 2019, committing to provide the global livestock industry with the best solutions and services, one step at a time.

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Casey Bradley Ph.D. is an Experienced Animal Scientist and Nutritionist that has worked with swine, poultry, ruminants, and pets. Specialties include product development, technical writing, and presentations, research, technical sales, mentoring, and networking. Academic training includes nutrition, immunology, and animal wellbeing. She has presented at large conferences in USA, Canada, Greece, and Denmark. Work experience includes farm management, research management, technical service and sales, regulatory, project management, and employee management.


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Rob Musser, Ph.D., Commercial Dir of Swine US+, Director of Technical Sales and Services at NutriQuest received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Kansas State University focusing on swine nutrition.  He has worked in the swine and feed industry for the past 20 years both domestically and internationally.  Rob started his career in swine managing a farm in Colorado for Newsham Genetics.  It was there that he decided to return to Kansas State University to pursue his M.S. and Ph.D. in swine nutrition.  Rob’s career has been largely spent coordinating nutrition teams and acting as technical support and lead to sales staff.  Prior to joining NutriQuest Rob was the global product manager for encapsulated products at Kemin Industries, Inc. and served in management roles with Soda Feed Ingredients and Hubbard Feeds. Currently, Rob leads the NutriQuest swine technical and sales teams and is responsible for providing technical leadership to the NutriQuest portfolio of specialty products and executive team. 

• Rob Musser's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-musser-2605071b/

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Casey Bradley Ph.D. is an Experienced Animal Scientist and Nutritionist that has worked with swine, poultry, ruminants, and pets. Specialties include product development, technical writing, and presentations, research, technical sales, mentoring, and networking. Academic training includes nutrition, immunology, and animal wellbeing. She has presented at large conferences in USA, Canada, Greece, and Denmark. Work experience includes farm management, research management, technical service and sales, regulatory, project management, and employee management.


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Amanda holds a Bachelor’s degree in Animal Science from Purdue University and a Master’s in Reproductive Physiology from the University of Missouri. Her graduate research focused on heat stress in parity 1 sows. Prior to working for Acuity, Amanda was on the Technical Services team for PIC and provided support to customer boar studs and sows farms in the U.S. and abroad. After working for PIC, Amanda joined The Maschhoffs to oversee the boar studs and provide guidance on reproductive research. Her responsibilities at Acuity include operational and technical oversight of Acuity boar studs, supporting contract and customer studs, on-farm reproductive and technical support and leading reproductive-focused research. 

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Casey Bradley PhD is an Experienced Animal Scientist and Nutritionist that has worked with swine, poultry, ruminants, and pets. Specialties include product development, technical writing, and presentations, research, technical sales, mentoring, and networking. Academic training includes nutrition, immunology, and animal wellbeing. She has presented at large conferences in USA, Canada, Greece, and Denmark. Work experience includes farm management, research management, technical service and sales, regulatory, project management, and employee management.


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Katie Mayo is the Applied Nutrition R&D Manager at Insta-Pro® International, a high-shear dry extrusion technology company in Grimes, Iowa. In her role, she provides client support regarding the nutrition of crops processed by high-shear dry extrusion technology and conducts research studies with university and industry collaborators to maximize the quality of extruded feed and food.

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Conor McCabe is a Ph.D. Student Cattle Sustainability Graduate Student at University of California, Davis.  His research focuses on what to feed cows to reduce emissions during production and make cattle part of a sustainable solution.

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Casey Bradley Ph.D. is an Experienced Animal Scientist and Nutritionist that has worked with swine, poultry, ruminants, and pets. Specialties include product development, technical writing, and presentations, research, technical sales, mentoring, and networking. Academic training includes nutrition, immunology, and animal wellbeing. She has presented at large conferences in USA, Canada, Greece, and Denmark. Work experience includes farm management, research management, technical service and sales, regulatory, project management, and employee management.


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Dr. Helen Cao is specialized in Serving the Agri-Food industry as a consultant or leading tech executive to contribute expertise and skills in tech team management and R&D management, by promoting the integration of new technology into the feed, animal, and food production and improving the efficiency of technology transferring, managing growth and success of tech talents, and bridging the tech network from different part of the world.

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Casey Bradley PhD is an Experienced Animal Scientist and Nutritionist that has worked with swine, poultry, ruminants, and pets. Specialties include product development, technical writing, and presentations, research, technical sales, mentoring, and networking. Academic training includes nutrition, immunology, and animal wellbeing. She has presented at large conferences in USA, Canada, Greece, and Denmark. Work experience includes farm management, research management, technical service and sales, regulatory, project management, and employee management.


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About our Founder:

Casey Bradley Ph.D. is an Experienced Animal Scientist and Nutritionist that has worked with swine, poultry, ruminants, and pets. Specialties include product development, technical writing, and presentations, research, technical sales, mentoring, and networking. Academic training includes nutrition, immunology, and animal wellbeing. She has presented at large conferences in USA, Canada, Greece, and Denmark. Work experience includes farm management, research management, technical service and sales, regulatory, project management, and employee management. 

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Dan Simmons is the owner and founder of Continental Search has been recruiting high-impact professionals since 1991. Since 2001, he has focused on recruiting sales and technical professionals, as well as corporate executives in animal agriculture across the USA and Canada. 

• Dan Simmons’ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dansimmons/
• Continental Search https://continentalsearch.com/

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Join Marc de Beer, President of Aviagen as he tells us about his exciting career in Animal Nutrition and Health, how he went from technical service to the  executive corner and all the different perspectives and experiences he went through while traveling around the world.

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Casey Bradley Ph.D. is an Experienced Animal Scientist and Nutritionist that has worked with swine, poultry, ruminants, and pets. Specialties include product development, technical writing, and presentations, research, technical sales, mentoring, and networking. Academic training includes nutrition, immunology, and animal wellbeing. She has presented at large conferences in USA, Canada, Greece, and Denmark. Work experience includes farm management, research management, technical service and sales, regulatory, project management, and employee management.
 

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Dr. Marc de Beer, President of Aviagen® North  America, is among four industry leaders recently appointed to the Board of Directors  of the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association (USPOULTRY). USPOULTRY is one of the  world’s largest and most active poultry organizations, and is responsible for bringing  thousands of industry professionals from around the globe together in Atlanta each  year for the International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE).


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As we know, animal agriculture is a global industry. But when we look at the global landscape, we have to understand that our markets are different depending on what continent, what country, or even within a country, what state or province has different regulations, different requirements, different populations of people. It doesn't matter what part of the animal science industry you're involved in. Today we will take a journey once again with professionals from all around the world regarding market differences and similarities, as well as different insights from our founder and once again our dear Edward Shang.

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Casey Bradley Ph.D. is an Experienced Animal Scientist and Nutritionist that has worked with swine, poultry, ruminants, and pets. Specialties include product development, technical writing, and presentations, research, technical sales, mentoring, and networking. Academic training includes nutrition, immunology, and animal wellbeing. She has presented at large conferences in USA, Canada, Greece, and Denmark. Work experience includes farm management, research management, technical service and sales, regulatory, project management, and employee management.
 

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Mr. Zhaohui “Edward” Yang grew up in Guangzhou, China. He received his B.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his M.S. from the University of Minnesota and is currently completing his Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota with Drs. Gerald Shurson and Pedro Urriola. Edward was highly involved in extracurricular activities, serving as the president of Graduate Club and student representative in the Graduate Study Committee at the University of Minnesota Department of Animal Science and numerous industry career development programs. In addition, he is actively bridging the connections between the US and China feed and pork industry.


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If you've been reading anything out there in the business world, diversity has been one of the key topics of discussion. Whether involves inclusiveness, company culture, how do we get more minorities into positions of power, it's a broad topic! But if you want to be successful in animal science, the diversity within that industry is huge on its own. Go check out this new episode where we discuss Cultural Diversity in the Ag Industry, plus some interesting insights from our friend Edward Shang.

About our Founder:

Casey Bradley Ph.D. is an Experienced Animal Scientist and Nutritionist that has worked with swine, poultry, ruminants, and pets. Specialties include product development, technical writing, and presentations, research, technical sales, mentoring, and networking. Academic training includes nutrition, immunology, and animal wellbeing. She has presented at large conferences in USA, Canada, Greece, and Denmark. Work experience includes farm management, research management, technical service and sales, regulatory, project management, and employee management.
 

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Mr. Zhaohui “Edward” Yang grew up in Guangzhou, China. He received his B.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his M.S. from the University of Minnesota and is currently completing his Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota with Drs. Gerald Shurson and Pedro Urriola. Edward was highly involved in extracurricular activities, serving as the president of Graduate Club and student representative in the Graduate Study Committee at the University of Minnesota Department of Animal Science and numerous industry career development programs. In addition, he is actively bridging the connections between the US and China feed and pork industry.


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