Presentations From Annual Meetings

2011 Annual Conference

Pre-conference workshop: Introduction to Managing Price Risk in the Dairy Industry
Dr. Marin Bozic, Dairy Economist, University of Minnesota

First District Expansion Project
Clint Fall, First District Assn.

Managing Dairy Price Risk in New Institutional and Economic Environment
Dr. Marin Bozic, Dairy Economist, University of Minnesota

Lessons Learned: Business Intelligence for Dairy Processors
Paul Stanton, Vigilistics

Energy Optimization in Dairy Processing
Paul Pagel and John Polanski, MnTAP

Sodium Reduction in Natural and Process Cheese
Dr. Lloyd Metzger, South Dakota State University

Control of Thermophilic and Thermoduric Organisms
Dr. Sanjeev Anand, South Dakota State University

Reducing your Water Footprint
Dan Lingen, Anderson Chemical Co.

Total Plant Assurance
Blake Schomas, Ecolab

High Pressure Membrane Filtration for Dairy Applications
Mike Grigus, GEA Process Engineering

2010 Annual Conference

Cheese Quality Workshop
Dr. Lloyd Metzger, South Dakota State University

Update on Regulatory Affairs
Allen Sayler, Randolf Associates

Risk Evaluation Tools and Food Defense
Morgan Hennessey, National Center for Food Protection and Defense

Milk Quality and the Impact of EU Standards
Dr. Jeffrey Reneau, University of Minnesota

Confessions of a Cheesemaker’s Son
Dr. Edmund Zottola, University of Minnesota

Using Permeate to Reduce Sodium in Foods
Kimberlee Burrington, Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research

Development, Design and Operation of a Full-Scale Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor
Vince Taylor, Daisy Brand

Sodium Reduction in Cheddar cheese
Dr. Tonya Schoenfuss, University of Minnesota

Sodium Reduction in Cheddar Cheese: The Nu-Tek Whey
Dustin Grossbier, Nu-Tek Products

2009 Annual Conference

Valley Queen’s expansion plans
Speaker:  Lance Johnson, Valley Queen Cheese Factory

Lessons from the PCA RECALL, what is wrong with our food safety tracking system?
Speaker:  Dr. Ted Labuza, University of Minnesota

GMPs and dairy HACCP–programs vs. culture
Speaker:  Dennis Gaalswyk, Quality Chekd Dairies, Inc.

Audits in today’s changing global environment
Speaker: Todd Dechter, Silliker

Improving the safety of fresh Hispanic cheese
Speaker:  Dr. Francisco Diez-Gonzalez, University of Minnesota

Milk protein ingredients: micellar casein and serum protein concentrates produced with microfiltration
Speaker:  Dr. David Barbano, Cornell University

Operational excellence
Speaker:  Heinrich Iversen, Tetra Pak CPS

Microfiltration of dairy products–efficiency of the spiral option
Speaker:  David Weber, Parker Hannifin Corp.

Membrane system process control with NIR technology
Speaker:  Todd Hutson, Filtration Engineering