Last fall, I attended the American Feed Industry
ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ͛Ɛ džĞĐƵƟǀĞ >ĞĂĚĞƌƐŚŝƉ ^Ƶŵŵŝƚ ǁŚĞƌĞ Ă
ƐƉĞĂŬĞƌ ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ĞŵďƌĂĐĞ ĂŵďŝŐƵŝƚLJ͘
dŚŝƐƐƚƵĐŬǁŝƚŚŵĞĂƐĂƉŽƐŝƟǀĞǁĂLJƚŽŵŽǀĞƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ
ƚŚĞƐĞƵŶĐĞƌƚĂŝŶƟŵĞƐ͘tĞƚŚŽƵŐŚƚƚŚĞƉĂŶĚĞŵŝĐǁŽƵůĚĞŶĚ
ǁŝƚŚŝŶĂLJĞĂƌ͕ďƵƚŝƚƐƚĂLJƐǁŝƚŚƵƐ͘ƐĂƐŽĐŝĞƚLJ͕ǁĞŵĂĚĞŵĂŶLJ
ĐŚĂŶŐĞƐĂŶĚƐĂĐƌŝĮĐĞƐƚŽĂĚĂƉƚ͘dŚĞƌĞŶĚĞƌŝŶŐŝŶĚƵƐƚƌLJĂŶĚŝƚƐ
ĂƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶŚĂƐĂůƐŽĂĚĂƉƚĞĚ͘
tŚĞŶ/ĐĂŵĞƚŽtĂƐŚŝŶŐƚŽŶŝŶϭϵϵϲ͕ǁĞƐƟůůǁŽƌĞƐƵŝƚƐ
ĂŶĚ ƚŝĞƐ ƚŽ ǁŽƌŬ ĞǀĞƌLJ ĚĂLJ͕ ĨĂdžĞĚ ŵŽƐƚ ĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ
ƵƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĞƚ ǁĂƐ ũƵƐƚ ŐĞƫŶŐ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ͘ tĞ ŚĂĚ Ă ůĂƌŐĞ
ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ ƐƚĂī ƚŚĂƚ ƐƉĞŶƚ ŚŽƵƌƐ ƉƌŝŶƟŶŐ ŶĞǁƐůĞƩĞƌƐ
and mailing them. Things have certainly changed from those
ĚĂLJƐ͘ůƚŚŽƵŐŚŵŽƐƚĐŚĂŶŐĞŚĂƉƉĞŶƐƐůŽǁůLJŽǀĞƌƟŵĞ͕ƚŚĞƌĞ
ĂƌĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƟŵĞƐ ǁŚĞŶ ĐƌŝƐŝƐ ĨŽƌĐĞƐ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ƵƉŽŶ ƵƐ ƋƵŝĐŬůLJ
and makes us innovate in ways we never imagined. This is the
ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶƚŽĚĂLJ͘
ŚĂŶŐĞĂŶĚŝŶŶŽǀĂƟŽŶĂƌĞŶŽƚŚŝŶŐŶĞǁƚŽƚŚĞƌĞŶĚĞƌŝŶŐ
ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌLJ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ϭϵϱϬƐ͕ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ h͘^͘ ƐŽĂƉ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌLJ ƚƵƌŶĞĚ
to detergents that were made from petrochemicals, tallow
ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƌƐůŽƐƚϰϬйŽĨƚŚĞŝƌŵĂƌŬĞƚŝŶĂĐŽƵƉůĞŽĨLJĞĂƌƐĂŶĚĨĂƚ
prices dropped to less than three cents per pound. The industry
ĐĂŵĞƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌƚŚƌŽƵŐŚƚŚĞEĂƟŽŶĂůZĞŶĚĞƌĞƌƐƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶĂŶĚ
ĞŶƚĞƌĞĚĂĐŽŽƉĞƌĂƟǀĞĂŐƌĞĞŵĞŶƚǁŝƚŚƚŚĞh͘^͘ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚŽĨ
ŐƌŝĐƵůƚƵƌĞ͛Ɛ&ŽƌĞŝŐŶŐƌŝĐƵůƚƵƌĂů^ĞƌǀŝĐĞƚŽƉƌŽŵŽƚĞĨĂƚƐĂůĞƐ
overseas.
LJϭϵϱϲ͕ĂƚůĞĂƐƚŚĂůĨŽĨƚĂůůŽǁĂŶĚŐƌĞĂƐĞƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶǁĂƐ
ĞdžƉŽƌƚĞĚ͕ŝŶĚĞĞĚŵĂŬŝŶŐƵƉĨŽƌƚŚĞůŽƐƚŵĂƌŬĞƚĚŽŵĞƐƟĐĂůůLJ͘/Ŷ
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