Watt Publishing Co. announces name change to WATT Global Media

Watt Publishing Co. recently announced the company will begin operating under a new name and will be known as WATT Global Media, effective immediately. The company also unveiled a new corporate identity and logo.
As an industry innovator, WATT Global Media has connected buyers and sellers in the poultry, pig, animal feed and pet food industries through its media channels for more than 95 years.
The new name and corporate identity solidify the company's position as a global leader in the fast-changing agribusiness media industry. Over the past two years, WATT Global Media has refocused its strategic efforts on audience engagement across multiple media channels, content measurement, market growth, and results-driven outcomes. The company's ownership and staff have not changed.
Commenting on the name change, President/CEO Greg Watt said, "WATT Global Media reflects the evolution of our company from a print-based publisher to the global full-service media company we are today. The new name and corporate identity signify innovation and the entrepreneurial spirit we embrace, while keeping the Watt name at the core of our brand. It's an important part of who we are - a client-focused, family owned company for nearly 100 years. Our success and longevity are a direct result of amazing team members who inspire a continuous stream of new ideas and solutions."

Register for WATT crop forecast and meat supply webinar

Tim Brusnahan, Richard A. Brock & Associates, and Dr. Paul Aho, Poultry Perspective, will provide an analysis of supply and demand issues for corn, soybeans, poultry, meat and eggs during a WATT crop forecast and meat supply and price outlook webinar.
The webinar will take place at 10 a.m. Central time on May 14. To register for the webinar, go to WattAgNet.com.
Participants will learn the most current information regarding the U.S. feed market for 2013, key observations about whether the U.S. crop production will get back into a trend line yield in 2013, strategies for feed users and wholesale meat and poultry supply and pricing for 2013.
Current weather trends and planting progress will be factored into their projections for corn and soybean meal prices for the rest of this crop year and into the next. Markets for meats will be evaluated based on forecasted grain prices and availabilities and on supply situations for poultry and red meats.
This webinar is sponsored by VALCO and Merck Animal Health. It is part of the 2013 WATT AgNet Webinar Series. 

WATTAgNet hosts webinar for 2013 grains, wheat, oilseed commodity outlook

WATTAgNet will present the webinar “2013 Feed Grains, Wheat and Oilseeds Commodity Outlook,” January 22 at 10 a.m. CST.
Register for the webinar here.
The webinar will cover information on the 2013 crop outlook based on the USDA’s January 11 crop reports. Speaker Tim Brusnahan, vice president of consulting, Brock & Associates, will analyze the USDA reports in light of last season’s drought, which wreaked havoc on much of the U.S.’s crops. The information in these reports is likely of the most singular importance to the animal feed industry in recent memory. Brusnahan will use his considerable expertise to sift through the data and highlight the information that those in the feed and related industries need to know.
What you’ll learn:

• Important information regarding the U.S. animal feed market for 2013
• Insight about supply and demand for U.S. and South America oilseed in 2013
• Information related to the outlook for U.S. ethanol
• Strategies for animal feed users
• Observations about whether the U.S. crop production will get back to a trend line yield in 2013
Ken Jennison, editor Feed Management and Feed International, will moderate the webinar.

Top Poultry Companies Database expanded

The World's Top Poultry Companies database contains information on the leading 800 poultry producers from around the world. 

The publication of Poultry International’s October 2012 World Top Poultry Companies issue coincides with the expansion and new features on WATTAgNet’s Top Poultry Companies database. The October issue of Poultry International contains summaries of information on 300 of the world’s leading poultry producers. To see full information on those 300, plus 500 additional poultry companies check out Top Poultry Companies online database.
Registration is now required to access the expanded database. In the past we have required registration on a limited number of articles, videos and other data on WATTAgNet. Registration is free, and requires only answering a few simple questions. If you have previously registered on WATTAgNet, simply login to access the database.
Registration gives you full access to the database, and allows you to search it for specific companies, or search by region or country for lists of top poultry producers in that area.
More details on how we collected data for the World’s Top Companies database can be found here.

Ensuring food safety in the poultry production chain

"Ensuring Food Safety in the Poultry Production Chain" is a one-day forum that will educate professionals on how to create an effective food safety culture and establish standardized policies and inspection systems for poultry production.
The event, organized by Poultry International China Edition and WATT Publishing, is being supported by the China Animal Agriculture Association, CP Group, Yum! Brands Inc. China Division and VNU Exhibitions. The forum will look at such topics as food safety in China, management systems for food safety and quality in the U.S. and EU, safe feed and feed additives.

• When: Registration — September 20, 14:00–21:00; Conference — September 21, 8:30-18:00
• Where: Kuntai Hotel, Beijing
• Website: www.ch-agri.com 

Animal Agriculture Alliance summit discusses bridging urban-rural divide

The Animal Agriculture Alliance's eleventh annual stakeholder's summit addressed bridging the urban-rural divide to help the average consumer understand today's agricultural practices, emphasizing the importance of sharing agriculture with the general public.
The two-day event, held on May 2 and May 3, had a theme of "Real farmers real food: Celebrating tradition and technology," and allowed people to come face-to-face with modern farm practices while providing them the opportunity to get their questions answered straight from the farmer. “To me, the most moving part of this project was helping our producers feel empowered,” said Chris Herr of PennAg Industries. Speakers also emphasized the need to "open up the barn doors" to the media, focusing on building relationships with reporters through open, honest communication.
Event sponsors included U.S. Poultry and Egg Association, Farm Credit, Vance Publishing Corporation, Murphy-Brown, LLC.,Elanco, Provimi North America, Inc., Pfizer Animal Health, Merck Animal Health, Hy-Line, American Feed Industry Association, National Pork Producers Council, United Soybean Board, Alltech, Inc., Diamond V Mills, Inc.,  Aviagen Group, Potash Corp., Genus Americas,  American Veal Association, Bayer Animal Health, Cactus Feeders, Inc., National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, National Pork Board , Brakke Consulting, Kemin Industries, United Egg Producers, Watt Agribusiness Media, AgriBeef Co., Tractor Supply, The Poultry Federation, Marcho Farms, and National Farm Broadcasting Association.

WATT launches Poultry International Resource Focus directory

WATT Publishing has launched Poultry International Resource Focus, a regularly updated directory of key organizations worldwide serving the poultry and egg industries.
Over the last couple of years, Poultry International has been focusing in each issue on a key player in the poultry industry, the egg industry or in a related sector. Now, all these entries have been brought together in one, easy-to-use reference resource at www.wattagnet.com/27343.html.
If you need to know who represents Chile’s poultry producers, or where to find out about egg processing in Europe, the Poultry International Resource Focus should be your first port of call. As well as looking at representatives of primary poultry meat and egg production, the Poultry International Resource Focus offers you details of packaging organizations, international standard setting organizations and those organizations conducting research into poultry meat and eggs.
Each entry offers details of whom that particular organization represents, explains what exactly it does and offers a link to the home page of each particular body — a poultry and egg directory of organizations.
This is an ongoing resource that WATT is continuing to expand and build each month. So be sure to keep visiting to see whether we have included the organization that you have been looking to identify.
If there's an organization you'd like included, please contact Poultry International Editor Mark Clements, at mclements@wattnet.net.

WATT giving away Apple iPad at IPE/IFE

Visit WATT at booth #2349 during IPE/IFE, Jan. 26-28, in Atlanta, to learn about new and exciting developments for 2011 and enter for a chance to win a 16 GB Apple iPad with Wi-Fi.
Simply stop by the booth during show hours, register as a new user on http://www.wattagnet.com/ at our computer kiosk and you are automatically entered to win.*
WATTAgNet.com is your online portal to WATT domestic and international agribusiness publications — providing you the latest news, commentary and new product information.
*Offer valid for new site registrants only. Must be 18 years or older. Winner will be contacted via e-mail after the event and must provide a valid shipping address.

MPF fellowship breakfast honors exhibitors

A crowd of about 200 at the 2010 Midwest Poultry Federation Convention fellowship breakfast gathered March 18 to hear an inspirational speaker and honor 30 companies for their longevity in exhibiting at the convention.
Greg Watt, president and CEO of WATT, received a plaque recognizing his company’s 35 consecutive years of exhibiting at the MPF convention.
During the breakfast, Matt Lohr, the new commissioner of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, spoke about the need for the poultry industry to communicate a positive public message.
More than 188 companies exhibited at the St. Paul, Minn., RiverCentre, and 30 were recognized for their longevity in exhibiting at the MPF. Other companies recognized for between 30 and five years of exhibiting included the following:
*30 years – IMV Technologies
*25 years – Chore-Time Equipment, EPS; and IVESCO LLC
*20 years – Aviagen Turkeys; CEI Pacer; Cumberland/Hired-Hand; ILC Resources; Katolight by MTU Onsite Energy; Kindstrom-Schmoll Inc.; Star Labs
*15 years – Anitox
*10 years – Baer Systems Inc.; Energy Panel Structures; Iowa Area Development Group; PW Aire Technologies; Ridley Feed Ingredients
*5 years – ARKO Laboratories Ltd.; Biomin, USA; Chantland - MHS; Diversified Imports; IPS-Carefree Enzymes Inc.; Nutriad Inc.; Plasson; Ralco Nutrition Inc.; Rotem; SEMA Equipment Inc.; Stenner Pump Company; TSS EggQuality.com; Ziegler CAT
The MPF is the largest regional poultry convention in the U.S. The 2011 MPF convention is scheduled for March 15-17 at the RiverCentre in St. Paul, Minn.

Newsletter covers policy updates

WATT, in cooperation with Informa Economics, has launched a weekly newsletter delivering the latest in policy and regulatory updates from Washington, DC. Prepared by the staff of Informa Economics and WATT, the newsletter will be e-mailed to subscribers every Monday morning.
You can access the stories from this week's issue by clicking on the headlines to the left. A story with a key next to the headline is locked, and requires subscribing to the newsletter to read. To receive a trial subscription, you must register as a user of WATTAgNet, then select Animal Agribusiness Policy Report in the Manage Subscriptions area. For more detail, see the story, "How to subscribe."