EGG INDUSTRY CENTER Administered by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Iowa State University, USA Advancing research and outreach for a sustainable egg industry. Dr. Hongwei Xin EIC Director, ISU Professor of Agriculture and Biosystems Engineering and Animal Science Egg Industry Issues Forum April 15, 2014

EIC Board of Directors Don Bell, UC-Davis Pete Block, Hy-Line NA Dr. Dennis Casey, BiOva Roger Deffner, Nat’l Food Jeff Henning, Henning Construction Beth Schnell, Sparboe Farms Tim Lambert, Egg Farmers of Canada Dr. Jonathan Merkle, Michael Foods Bruce Dooyema, Center Fresh Foods & Dooyema & Sons Chris Pierce, Heritage Poultry Management Dave Rittig, Rembrandt Enterprises, Inc. Marcus Rust, Rose Acre Farms Dr. Maynard Hogberg, ISU Blair Van Zetten, OFPC Company Dean Wendy Wintersteen, ISU The Honorable Bill Northey Dr. Angela Shaw, ISU Kevin Vinchattle, Iowa Egg Council

EIC Staff Maro Ibarburu Associate Scientist Julie Roberts Office Assistant Lesa Vold Comm. Specialist Hongwei Xin Director Peg Uthe Prog. Coordinator

4 Egg Industry Issues Annual Forum

Economic Reporting & Industry Analysis  35 pages worth of info report distributed each month  Over 1,000 recipients  EIC receives external funding support due to the importance of this service To receive the monthly reports,

6 Other Outreach & Education

An Egg Industry Clearinghouse  In development: Current and emerging issues and research activities Science-based information related to egg production and processing Database of experts in egg research & egg industry Starting this month… Bell’s 4.4 GB collection of journal articles, conference proceedings, extension pubs. Organized/sortable by categories Shared with users through EIC over next few months (10MB free)

8 Research – Contributor/Leader  EIC participates in, contributes to, or co-funds impactful research, e.g., USDA NIFA Project on aviary hen housing research (co-fund) CSES Project “50-year” Environmental Footprint Comparison

9 Research – Sponsor/Funder through Perpetual EIC Endowment Funds  EIC provides funding for applied research to help addressing industry’s priority issues Competitive Proposal Selection Process Two-step process: preproposal & full proposal  RFA for Preproposal issued May 1  Preproposal due June 1  Invitation for full proposals in mid-late July  Full proposal due Sept 1  Funding decision made by mid October 2013 Award: Purdue University – Keel bone abnormalities in alternative hen housing

Advancing research and outreach for a sustainable egg industry. Save the Date: Egg Forum 2015 April 8-9 Des Moines, IA Details will be posted on:

Summary  2013 A Year of “First’s”  research grant funded  impact report created  tradeshow appearances  research report released  2014 A Year of “Enhancement”  increased forum activities and communications  launch of a new website  initiation of clearing house  2015 A Year of “Growth”  clearing house  research communications  center-activity communications  next set of services planned