Alltech® — Central Plains Dairy Expo 2024

Alltech recently took another step toward its Planet of Plenty™ purpose when it acquired a majority interest in feed additive producer Agolin. Founded in 2006 in Switzerland, Agolin develops and produces nutritional solutions with a blend of essential oils that improve herd performance, profitability and sustainability.

Agolin’s line of high-quality products complements Alltech’s proven nutritional technologies, such as Yea-Sacc® and Optigen®. The synergistic use of Alltech and Agolin solutions leads to improved animal welfare, greater feed efficiency and conversion, enhanced milk and meat production, reproductive success, increased profitability, a reduced environmental footprint, and more.

We invite you to visit us at the Central Plains Dairy Expo to ensure that your cows are getting the most out of their feed to maximize your productivity.

Martha Baker, Alltech

Martha joined Alltech in 2023 and is leading the Agolin platform and Alltech’s approach to carbon monetization. Previously, she spent 14 years with Land O’Lakes/Purina, leading their commercial dairy sales and strategy. Martha has spent her career closely tied to farm gate value creation and continues this in her current role. She received her undergraduate degree from Austin Peay State University, her master’s in animal and dairy nutrition from the University of Georgia, and her MBA from Strayer University.

Jennifer Bockhahn, Concord Agriculture Partners

Born into dairy on her family’s organic dairy farm in Western New York, Jenny started her career as an expert in dairy environmental systems by working with Cornell PRO-DAIRY. She has extensive experience in dairy farm design, technology integration, cow comfort, farmer education, animal welfare, and on-farm methane reduction. Most recently, Jenny led dairy decarbonization at Barry Callebaut, where she spearheaded the development of the first global at-scale, enteric emissions reduction project. She and Kevin Ogorzalek then founded Concord Agriculture Partners to expand their impact on the industry.

Jorge Delgado, Alltech

Jorge Delgado leads the Alltech Training, Talent Development and Retention Program as part of Alltech On-Farm Support. He previously served as a dairy specialist and uses his expertise to help dairy producers with employee management practices, herd health, milk quality, calf management, protocol customization and animal welfare.

Originally from Ecuador, Jorge comes from a family of dairy farmers. He received his bachelor’s degree in agriculture and dairy science from EARTH University in Costa Rica. Afterward, he returned to Ecuador, where he worked in the dairy industry to represent a genetic company through consulting, sales and training. In 2002, Jorge moved to the United States, where he worked for 10 years on multiple dairies as a herd manager. He has also worked with Elanco’s dairy training program, focusing on empowering dairy workers.

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When the sun rises each morning and we turn on the lights to start our day, many of us are unaware of exactly where the electricity lighting our homes originates or how it is created. For many homes in California’s San Joaquin Valley, that electricity is being powered by an unexpected source: cow manure.

At Fiscalini Farms outside Modesto, California, Brian Fiscalini and his family are practicing sustainable dairy farming by using a dairy methane digester. The methane digester converts the manure created by their dairy cows into electricity by combining the manure with high levels of heat. Read More