One of the specialists presenting at the convention was Syngenta seed advisor Rick Cabbage. Syngenta is a global leader in crop protection, seeds, seed treatment and traits and, as their representative said, they plan to change the feed industry forever.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture first approved the commercial growth of Enogen, a genetically engineered type of corn developed by Syngenta, in 2011, but as Cabbage explained, research on the company’s in-seed innovation began much earlier.
“In 1995, I believe, we found, along the ocean floor, an organism living by volcanic vents,” the seed advisor began. This particular microorganism, an extremophile found in the Pacific Ocean, was notable to ethanol researchers based on both the wide range of its pH levels, as well as its unique capacity to convert starches into sugars quickly and efficiently with the help of an enzyme called alpha amylase.
“We have alpha amylase in our mouth,” seed advisor Steve Knorr of Farmers Choice Seed later told The Press. “When you put a cracker in your mouth, it dissolves because of alpha amylase. Ruminant animals (organisms including cattle, sheep, goats, buffalo, deer, elk, giraffes and camels, that have digestive systems that contain four compartments,) do not produce alpha amylase and that’s why it’s such benefit in the feed sector. With alpha amylase in the endosperm of the corn (like it is in Enogen), as soon as they break that endosperm, heat and moisture start that chemical process of converting starch to sugars. It’s energy-ready feed.”
With supporting data from the universities of Nebraska and Kansas, Enogen was shown to increase feed efficiency for cattle by up to 5%, adding at least $30 per head for ranchers utilizing the genetically modified corn.
As the seed advisor mentioned, many other products promise to increase increase efficiency and make your cattle more lucrative, and many do work, but Enogen is unique in that it requires no change in ranch habits; according to Cabbage, this is just a different kind of seed, not an entirely different agricultural system.
“It took us nearly 16 years to get this incorporated in a kernel of corn, but it’s right there — in a kernel of corn,” Cabbage told the crowd of agriculturalists.“Mark this day— mark this year— because I think you’re going to look at this 10 years from now and say ‘wow, that was a huge deal.”
Other presenters included Brian Jenks, an NDSU weed scientist who discussed the dangers of noxious plants in North Dakota; Tommy Gustafi, an agriculture risk management advisor who advised the crowd on the world of trading and selling crops and livestock; notifying farmers and ranchers to the issues and pitfalls of crop insurance was specialist Nick Dreyer of Farm Credit Services; Marissa Nehslen, founder and CEO of Freedom Financial Group, expounded on the specifics of agricultural financial planning; and livestock specialist, John Dhuyvetter, told of his experiences in the field.
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