Current Projects

The IFEEDER Board of Trustees has funded a number of projects as detailed below:

• Economic Analysis on Future Patterns of U.S. Grains, Biofuels, and Livestock and Poultry Feeding from The Council on Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics (C-FARE). Click here for the full report (PDF - 7MB), click here for the summary report (PDF - 2MB).

• National Academies’ Nutrient Requirements for Swine (Swine NRC) - $75K contribution leveraged other contributions of $250K
  
  
• National Academies’ Nutrient Requirements for Beef (Beef NRC) - $45K contribution leveraged additional contributions of $225K
  
  
• Funded research to better define the impact of Salmonella and/or other pathogens in feed - $15K leveraged contributions of $60K to fund the Salmonella in Feed Research Coalition
  
  
• Funded research for FAO Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Model for Livestock - $15K leveraged a total of $1M for the three- year project to contribute to rational and scientific research for assessing the true environmental impact of livestock production, including feed products
  
  
• The ABC’s of Farming Coloring Book - Created by Feedstuffs Foodlink, a grant of $30K provided 30,000 coloring books to educate kids on real farming and feeding practices with shipments to AFIA members and others for distribution
  
  
• Adopt-a-Teacher Program - Created by the Animal Agriculture Alliance, a grant of $15K provides positive, fact-based educational resources about food production for use in school curriculums with recipient schools suggested by AFIA members

Potential Future Projects

• Research - Examine issues that sustain and improve our global feed industry

• Education - Communicate accurate facts of food animal production to the media and public by working with strategically aligned entities

• Conduct research to measure carbon footprints and make recommendations for feed industry participants

• Conduct research necessary for development of industry comments for regulatory agencies – i.e. OSHA, EPA, FDA, to define safety rules, toxicology studies, etc.

• Safe Feed/Safe Food Certification and educational programs

• Develop Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point guidelines and training for feed industry

• Educate our future workforce to ensure we are competitive and sustainable versus other job alternatives

• Feed industry scholarships

• Provide speakers to promote the future of animal agriculture and world food production