USSEC 8^th Regional Dairy Nutrition Conference - MENA
JW Marriott Hotel, Cairo – Egypt
 Sunday, July 21^st through Wednesday, July 24^th, 2024

 We at USSEC would like to take this opportunity to thank all participants and speakers for their participation at the “USSEC’s 8^th Regional Dairy Nutrition Conference” which was held at JW Marriott Hotel Cairo, Egypt during the period Sunday, July 21^st through Tuesday, July 23^rd, 2024.

125 key dairy producers and feed millers from the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey have attended the conference, and 9 speakers have discussed the following topics:

Dairy Nutrition & Management

Soy Global Market Outlook

Export Logistics from the USA to the Middle East

Speaker were:

Christopher Riker, Office of Agricultural Affairs, U.S. Embassy, Cairo

Brent Babb, Regional Director – Europe & Middle East/North Africa, USSEC

Stan Born, Director - Illinois, American Soybean Association

April Hemmes, Director - Iowa, United Soybean Board

Matt Ammermann, Commodity Risk Manager- Vice President Eastern Europe/Black Sea Region | StoneX

David Gast PhD, Retired Director, Nutrition and Technical Service, Ag Processing Inc

Frank J Delfino PhD, PAS, Delfino Nutrition and Management, Inc

Dr. Mohammed Bakr, Professor of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University

Erkan Şen, DVM, Ph.D., Technical Consultant, Private consultant

Gregg Vincent, Fornazor International

Sirri Kayhan, Consultant, U. S. Soybean Export Council

The below is a testimonial from Frank Delfino:

Thank you for the opportunity to participate in the 8^th Regional Dairy Nutrition Conference.  The first day’s speakers kicked off with Interesting talks by USSEC farmers Stan Barnes and April Hemmes telling us their farming and sustainability story.  David Gast’s talks about growing the ideal calf and heifer for peak production potential and discussion of crossbreeding generated quite a bit of discussion.  Dr. Mohammed Bakr from Cairo University talked about good practices in Dairy cow Nutrition.  His talk about additives and technologies generated spirited discussion.  Sirri Kayhan’s TMR formulation and software demonstration showed some of the newer technologies for formulation and utilization of high – quality US Soybean products.  I enjoyed being able to speak with the group about heat stress solutions for lactating cows and impacts of heat on the dry and neonate.  We had good discussion about mitigating the risks of hypocalcemia.  Th one on one discussions post presentation were also informative and networking was appreciated.