Moocall Text Alerts Connect Farmers to Their Animals

lizzy schultzAg Group, Agribusiness, AgWired Animal, Alltech, Animal Agriculture, Audio, Beef, Dairy, Technology

Emmet Savage was an Irish entrepreneur with business ventures in the areas of fashion importing and construction when he first got the idea for Moocall, a company that holds the power to revolutionize the challenges of calving season and bring a new form of smart farming technology to cattlemen all over the world. The creation and launch of Moocall sent … Read More

Simplicity and Mobility with AgriWebb

kelly marshallAgribusiness, AgWired Animal, Alltech, Apps, Beef

The Pearse Lyons Accelerator program is a tremendous opportunity for a start-up company, says Kevin Baum, co-founder of AgriWebb. He and other members of the program were at the ONE: Alltech Ideas Conference this week to pitch their ideas in the final phase of their support training. For Baum that meant the chance to share about his digital farm management … Read More

Alltech Celebrates Joy of Disruption

AgWired Animal, Alltech, Audio

Dr. Pearse Lyons has built a small empire from modest beginnings in Lexington, Kentucky in 1980 and he has done it all by being disruptive. “The question is what disruptive road are you on?” Dr. Lyons asked at the beginning of his presentation during the opening session of ONE: The Alltech Ideas Conference 2017 – Disrupt the Disruptors. Lyons talked … Read More

It’s Time to Disrupt the Disruptors

jamie johansenAgWired Animal, Alltech, Audio, Technology

Disruption is everywhere. Disruptive ideas are impacting the way we farm. This year ONE: The Alltech Ideas Conference is centered around creating a world-wide disruption of your own. We are just days away from the awe-inspiring event and spoke with Aidan Connolly, Alltech’s Chief Innovation Officer & Vice President, to learn what Disrupt the Disruptors really means. Aidan said the … Read More

Alltech Acquires Montana-based WestFeeds

Jamie JohansenAgribusiness, Alltech, Feed, Nutrition

Strengthening its commitment to bringing the latest field-proven technologies to Western U.S. livestock producers and companion animal owners, Alltech has purchased WestFeeds, a leading animal nutrition company in Montana. “WestFeeds has a strong reputation of providing producers with high quality animal nutrition products,” said Michael Castle, COO of Alltech. “We believe there is great benefit for our customers in our … Read More

Alltech To Tackle Horse Industry Issues at ONE17

Lizzy SchultzAlltech, Equine, Events

Alltech has been instrumental in efforts geared at the promotion and advancement of the equine industry, which is known to run decades behind its livestock industry counterparts in terms of innovation and advancement, and the company has announced an aim to further these efforts even more by including the horse industry at their upcoming annual meeting. This year at ONE: … Read More

Strike Out Scours in Alltech Webinar

Jamie JohansenAgribusiness, Alltech, Animal Health, Cattle

Dr. Kate Jacques, director of nutrition at Alltech, will discuss the key obstacles keeping your operation from being profitable and the three ways to combat these issues during a webinar on Thursday May 11, 2017 at 2:30 ET. Join her to learn the secrets of Alltech’s trademark technology Bio-Mos® and the results producers are seeing in their calf crops year … Read More

Animal Ag at Alltech’s #ONE17

Jamie JohansenAgribusiness, Alltech, Beef, Cattle, Chicken, Dairy, Meat, Nutrition, Pork, Poultry, Swine, Technology, Turkey

ONE: The Alltech Ideas Conference (ONE17), held May 21–24 in Lexington, Kentucky, will inspire, motivate producers and prepare them for the future. The three-day conference will bring together industry experts from across the globe to share insights and solutions to today’s most pressing issues within agriculture. To provide an opportunity for every corner of production agriculture to engage in disruption, … Read More

Alltech Founder Earns St. Patrick’s Day Science Medal

Kelly MarshallAgribusiness, Alltech, award

Dr. Pearse Lyons, founder and president of Alltech, and Professor Adrian E. Raftery, professor of statistics and sociology at the University of Washington, have been presented with the Science Foundation Ireland’s (SFI) ‘St. Patrick’s Day Science Medal.’ The medal recognizes their outstanding accomplishments and their role in researching Ireland’s ecosystem. The honor is given to an Irish scientist, engineer or … Read More

Alltech Collaborates with Aquaculture Feed Producers

Jamie JohansenAgribusiness, Alltech, Aquaculture, Feed, Fish, Nutrition

Coppens International, an innovative Dutch aquatic feed and nutrition company that joined Alltech in 2016, will be collaborating with Guabi, a leading fish feed producer in Brazil. Guabi entered into a strategic partnership with Alltech earlier this year linking the two leading aquaculture feed producers from opposite sides of the ocean together to accelerate solutions for the aquaculture industry. “The … Read More