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Only four months into 2018 and this year is already shaping up to be a busy and challenging one for renderers. For the 38th year, this issue of Render features the annual market We mmakea you report on the state of the United States (US) rendering industry. Kent Swisher, looklook smart.sm National Renderers Association, has done a superb job sorng out the whats and whys of US animal proteins and fats in 2017. While raw material supplies appear to be growing and fats connue to find a home in biofuels producon, proteins are suffering from a vegetarian trend among poultry producers. Exisng and new markets both domestically and abroad are crical to ensure these 9JGP[QWOCMGCIQQFƂPCPEKCNFGEKUKQPHQT[QWTEQORCP[[QWNQQMUOCTV nutrional products remain a viable 9JGPCIQQFƂPCPEKCNFGEKUKQPKORTQXGU[QWTEQORCP[[QWNQQMDTKNNKCPV5CHG ingredient in a growing global feed ™ ® industry. 0CVWTG CPF'ZVGPF1: CPVKQZKFCPVURTQXKFGKORTQXGFQZKFCVKQPRGTHQTOCPEG In California and Canada, renderers 2815+ YKVJNGUUGZRGPUG+OCIKPGRC[KPINGUUCPFIGVVKPIOQTG are closely monitoring regulatory 9KVJ(QQFUCHGNGUUKUOQTG movement targeng the diversion of 866-339-3751 [email protected] FoodSafeTech.com organics from landfills, including meat products they already collect. California brought to you by renderers are pleased to now have a champion in their corner at the state (QQF5CHG6GEJPQNQIKGU#NNTKIJVUTGUGTXGF agriculture department to ensure other agencies are educated about rendering’s long-standing role in collecng meat by- products. Several recent meengs show how renderers can no longer remain invisible and must inform regulators about the valuable service they provide Pressurized and Atmospheric Deaerators to animal and human health. and Condensate Recovery Equipment Another group facing challenges as well as opportunities that affect renderers is biofuel producers. Although expired federal tax credits were recently Zero Flash reinstated, legislaon only covers last High Pressure year, making it difficult for the biodiesel Condensate System and renewable diesel industries to plan • Continuous or Batch Cookers for 2018 and beyond. On the bright • Evaporators side, California’s embracement of these • Closed Loop System • Industrial Grade Components alternave fuels is driving the market • Fuel Savings/carbon Reductions and providing a golden opportunity for • Reduce Wastewater further usage of animal fats and used • Improves Boiler Efficiency cooking oil in biofuels. • Complete Boiler Room Installation Finally, renderers across the • Factory Trained Service Technicians • 50 Years Rendering Experience United States are keeping their eyes on Washington, DC, as North American trade negotiations become more intense, presenng yet one more reason renderers must educate regulators who 1403 SW 7th Street, Atlantic, Iowa 50022 make decisions that could affect their industry. (712) 243-5300 And it is only April. R WWW.INDUSTRIALSTEAM.COM www.rendermagazine.com Render April 2018 5 View from Washington By Steve Kopperud, SLK Strategies

Trade’s Love-Hate Relationship

When it comes to United States (US) trade policy, the save domesc steel industry jobs – a demographic that voted naon’s business community is red of being jacked around strongly for Trump in 2016 – had morphed into what some by the White House and President Donald Trump’s strategy analysts called a very elaborate and melodramac warning to that is his “art of the deal.” If markets hate uncertainty, this US trade partners. Despite declaraons of “I won’t back off,” is the most uncertain global business atmosphere in recent “no excepons,” and “this will move forward,” the president memory as agriculture in parcular waits for the other shoe used a press gaggle prior to a weekly cabinet meeng to say to drop when it comes to maintaining, never mind building, his tariff order would give him “a right to go up or down [with export markets. tariff rates] depending on the country, and I’ll have the right to On March 2, the president shocked industry and his own drop out countries or add countries – we just want fairness.” inner circle by dropping the bunker buster of trade bombs A large part of the Trump strategy is to keep trade partners when he announced his intent beginning March 23 to impose guessing as to just how serious this White House is in punishing 25 percent tariffs on all steel imports to the United States those naons it believes are taking unfair advantage of US and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports, cing naonal markets. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said of the security as the raison d’etre. On March 8, he explained that president in March, “He’s got some countries just where under Secon 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, he he wants them,” meaning major trading partners are “off- has authority to invesgate US imports to determine if a balance” as to what acons like the steel/aluminum tariffs product or products affect naonal security. Trump said his really mean and exactly to what lengths Trump is willing to go steel/aluminum decision was predicated on the outcome of to get what he wants, described as “fair and flexible” trade a nine-month Department of Commerce invesgaon that relaonships. found imports of steel to the United States were four mes “Let’s use this off-balance technique to decide what this country’s exports, and aluminum imports made up 90 we’d like in exchange…whether it’s with Mexico, Canada, or percent of total domesc demand. EU partners,” the ag secretary told a Washington, DC, forum To most trade observers, it is clear the president’s primary hosted by The Wall Street Journal. target is Chinese steel exports that US industry contends Perhaps the most telling insight to this strategy was the have flooded world markets and driven down prices. Chinese president’s explanaon of how excepons, exempons, or producon alone surpasses that of the United States, Russia, exclusions to the steel/aluminum tariffs might be granted. Japan, and the European Union (EU) combined. Trump’s hoped- Canada and Mexico received excepons for at least 30 days for secondary “win” is leveraging North American Free Trade because “if we reach a deal [on a new NAFTA treaty], we won’t Agreement (NAFTA) negoaons to include more US priories be charging those two countries the tariffs.” The not-so-subtle by forcing Canada to acvely negoate on several issues. message translated to an implicit Trump version of “our way However, when the cries of foul are silenced, will the or the highway” when it comes to a final NAFTA agreement United States acon turn out to be more smoke than fire? on such thorny issues as ag trade (i.e., Canadian dairy pricing Production agriculture, processing, and agribusiness and supply management, Mexican fruit/vegetable anti- see the move as the latest in a series of illogical trade policy dumping complaints, and Canadian wheat export subsidies), decisions potentially blitzing agriculture with a series of dispute resoluon, a NAFTA sunset provision, and labor/wage retaliatory tariffs from US trading partners. That said, the concessions demanded of Mexico. increasingly familiar administraon strategy – threaten the Yet even as he talked of exempng Canada and Mexico worst to up the chances of producing the best – did nothing to from the tariff regime, Trump reiterated threats to pull out of minimize the gnashing of teeth, the scratching of heads, and the 23-year-old treaty if a “fair deal” is not achieved. April 30 the see-sawing of both stock and commodity markets. When is the deadline to complete what is the eighth and hopefully it comes to the Trump tariffs on steel/aluminum – a decision last round of formal NAFTA 2.0 negoaons. on the issue was not expected unl mid- to late-April – the Perdue, a consistent voice of reason over me in White president brushed off warnings of a tariff trade war, including House trade tug-of-wars and a cabinet secretary not mid in one from the World Trade Organizaon (WTO), and apparently reminding Trump for whom farmers and ranchers voted for in lost no sleep over the prospect. 2016, said aer the cabinet meeng that farmers and ranchers “When a country (US) is losing many billions of dollars on are “righully concerned” about trade partner retaliaon trade with virtually every country it does business with, trade against agriculture exports as the steel/aluminum tariffs were wars are good, and easy to win. Example, when we are down rolled out. $100 billion with a certain country and they get cute, don’t “If this has an impact on us compleng a beneficial NAFTA trade anymore-we win big. It’s easy!” is what Trump tweeted deal for US producers, that’s a great result,” he said “We’ve got at 5:50 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on March 2. a lot of flexibility built into the tariffs. We’re going to use this However, within a week, Trump’s intractable posion to get NAFTA done.” Canada is the largest foreign supplier of on global steel/aluminum tariffs imposed, at least in part, to steel and aluminum to the United States, while Mexico is the

6 April 2018 Render www.rendermagazine.com fourth largest steel supplier and the tenth largest aluminum “We have a very close relaonship with Australia,” Trump exporter, according to the Department of Commerce. said. “We have a trade surplus with Australia. Great country, For its part, the Mexican government released a statement long-term partner. We’ll be doing something with them. We’ll saying it would/will respond if Mexico is included in the be doing something with some other countries. We’re going steel/aluminum tariffs. The United States “is going to shoot to be very flexible.” themselves in the foot,” said Economy Minister Ildefonso A naon need not wait to be granted an excepon, the Guajardo, who is also his country’s chief NAFTA negoator. White House said. If a government can prove it has a mutual “We’re bound – if they do it, we’re going to respond.” Guajardo naonal security relaonship with the United States and was in Washington, DC, right aer Trump announced the tariff wishes to be added to the so-called exclusion list, it can peon scheme, reminding US trade leaders that the NAFTA treaty the White House to negoate to be added. For instance, it is carries a clause allowing excepons from such tariffs. expected the EU will join Canada, Mexico, and Australia on the “We are allies in naonal security,” he said. exclusion list, but in true Trump fashion, the EU will have to Mexico has a track record of pung acon behind words. come on bended knee and peon for that consideraon. During President George W. Bush’s administraon when the Both global and domesc reacon to the president’s US-Mexico cross-border trucking agreement included in original tariff announcement was swi and nearly universally NAFTA was blocked by congressional Democrats, Mexico made negave. The EU employed a standard three-part plan to good on threats to place “carousel tariffs” on a shiing list of thwart the impact of such trade acons, some retaliatory, US products sold into Mexico. A good share of the targeted some in the interest of self-protecon. First, it filed a formal products were food and agriculture and the tariffs lasted WTO complaint (Brussels has a maximum 90 days to nofy several weeks, cosng US producers millions. WTO of what kind of retaliaon it chooses against Trump’s Canada, reported the Canadian Broadcasng Corporaon, tariffs). The EU then imposed safeguards to prevent steel not kept “its powder dry,” refusing to issue threats as some naons heading to the United States from being dumped in the EU, did. Canada’s reacon could, if NAFTA goes off the rails, begin and then quickly put together a list of about $3.6 billion in US with retaliatory tariffs targeting agriculture exports from products on which retaliatory tariffs can be slapped. Of that congressional districts that can exert pressure on the White total, about $427 million would be against agriculture and House to back down. food products, and that list was quickly leaked to the media. In addion to the Canada-Mexico exempons, and based When word of the tariffs first crossed the Atlantic, on military relaonships and the United States’ balance of European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker told a trade, Trump cited the likelihood Australia and other unnamed naons could remain tariff free. Continued on page 49

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California’s Grease Program Making Strides

Members of California’s Rendering Industry Advisory Board (RIAB) are pleased with the progress the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s (CDFA’s) Millions of dollars in inedible kitchen grease (IKG) program has taken over the past year under the funds are available direcon of new Meat, Poultry, and Egg Safety Branch Chief Paula Batarseh. Since each year for in-state coming onboard last spring, Batarseh has focused on three key areas: technology projects aimed • a robust enforcement strategy that includes educaon and outreach; at reducing greenhouse • building partnerships and relaonships with the California Highway gases. Patrol (CHP) and other law enforcement groups along with state and local regulatory agencies; and recipients include $5 million awarded to • connuous improvement among CDFA team members and within the Alt Air Fuels to increase the capacity of program. its biodiesel plant that uses corn oil and “The team has been pung 200 percent into the program and this board is tallow as feedstock. New Leaf Biofuels crical to our success,” Batarseh told renderers at a late February meeng. “Your received $3.8 million in state funds to input is valuable.” expand and upgrade its San Diego-based One relaonship CDFA’s IKG team has worked hard at building is with the biodiesel plant to accept low carbon California Department of Resources, Recycling, and Recovery, or CalRecycle, because feedstocks. John noted there is currently of Senate Bill 1383 that was signed into law in September 2016. The bill directs $20 million available this fiscal year and CalReycle to adopt regulaons to divert organic waste from landfills by 50 percent $25 million is budgeted for fiscal year by 2020 and 75 percent by 2025 based on 2014 levels. While raw material collected 2019-2020. by renderers is considered organic, including meat scraps from supermarkets and CHP Captain Sean Duryee and butcher shops, they are regulated under CDFA to ensure proper heat processing Lieutenant Robert Nance provided an to remove any potenal pathogens. Batarseh, her team, and state renderers have overview of the commercial vehicle been meeng with CalRecycle staff to educate them on this fact and that these enforcement program. Last year materials do not currently go to landfills. CalRecycle is moving forward with a study about 500,000 commercial trucks to determine the types of organics currently going to landfills, which CDFA will review were inspected; however only one and provide feedback regarding rendering materials. in seven CHP officers working on the Elizabeth John with the California Energy Commission’s Fuels and Transportaon road has commercial truck training. An Division told RIAB members that millions of dollars in funds are available each year educaonal dialogue between these two for in-state technology projects aimed at reducing greenhouse gases. Previous grant officers and RIAB members provided helpful insight on the state’s IKG program that will be taken back to the highway patrol’s enforcement office. CDFA staff presented IKG program improvement goals, which include an investigative tracking database for complaints on illegal grease the acvity, outreach programs to educate counes and cies on the IKG program, and a revamping of the rendering program website to include a manifest training video that is currently being finalized. CDFA’s invesgators shared their acons on illegal IKG acvies, such as an unregistered rendering operaon and IKG transporter, and unlicensed transporters of inedible material and collecon centers. In the case of the illegal collecon center, the Santa Clara County district attorney is actively pursuing the case. The next RIAB meeng is scheduled for June 6, 2018, in Sacramento, California. R

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The tools to build a sustainable world US Market Report Fat usage up but protein demand down

By Kent Swisher, National Renderers Association

Domestic Developments Raw Material Supply Increases US caƩle slaughter in 2017 was 32.2 million head, up more than 5 percent from 2016, showing a strong upswing in the caƩle cycle that began in 2016. Average live weight dropped slightly from 1,363 pounds in 2016 to 1,348 pounds last year. Swine and poultry producƟon conƟnue to surge as well. Hog egardless of an individual’s poliƟcal leanings, one of the slaughter was approximately 121.3 million head, up almost R biggest events in the United States (US) last year was the 3 percent over 2016, with live weight remaining unchanged inauguraƟon of President Donald Trump on January 20, 2017. at 282 pounds. Broiler and mature chicken producƟon grew He brought an “America first” theme to the White House. On by nearly 2 percent in 2017, totaling over 9 billion birds the trade front, one of his first acƟons was to pull the country slaughtered while live weight increased from 6.16 to 6.20 out of the Trans Pacific Partnership, a trade agreement that pounds, conƟnuing an upward trend of heavier birds. was aimed at helping America compete with China. By May, Production and consumption data for the rendering US Trade RepresentaƟve Robert Lighthizer noƟfied Congress industry was historically reported in the US Census Bureau’s that Trump intended to renegoƟate the North American Free M311K – Fats and Oils: ProducƟon, ConsumpƟon, and Stocks Trade Agreement, or NAFTA. These negoƟaƟons began later report but it was disconƟnued in July 2011 aŌer government in the year and conƟnued through early 2018. cutbacks. Hence, in industry market reports after 2011, The new administraƟon also commiƩed to the enforcement the data in table 2 was derived by the NaƟonal Renderers of trade laws and agreements. In 2017, the US Department of AssociaƟon using historic relaƟonships between livestock Commerce increased its anƟdumping and countervailing duty producƟon as reported by the NaƟonal Agricultural StaƟsƟcs invesƟgaƟons by over 50 percent. One of these invesƟgaƟons Service (NASS) and historic rendered product producƟon. focused on ArgenƟne and Indonesian biodiesel imports. In However, in May 2015, NASS staƟsƟcians began surveying 2016 and 2017, imports of biodiesel into the United States and publishing monthly rendered product producƟon so 2016 were 40 percent of total domesƟc consumpƟon; however, was the first full year this data was available. Therefore, 2016 countervailing duƟes put in place in the fall of 2017 stopped and 2017 producƟon in table 2 is data from the NASS Fats and imports of biodiesel from ArgenƟna and Indonesia. While Oils: Oilseed Crushings, ProducƟon, ConsumpƟon, and Stocks Indonesia imports were not substanƟal, ArgenƟna accounted Annual Summary publicaƟon that is released each March. for over two-thirds of all US biodiesel imports. This acƟon The 2012-2015 data in table 2 has been revised from should give relief to US biodiesel producers in 2018. previous reports published in Render using NASS monthly data The “all-vegetarian” diet trend in poultry producƟon as a baseline to derive historic producƟon via the relaƟonship conƟnued in 2017. Some experts report that over 25 percent between the producƟon of rendered products and slaughter of broiler operaƟons now feed an all-vegetarian diet, a trend data. Yellow grease producƟon in 2016 and 2017 is NASS that has made the export market even more important for US data but prior to 2016 it was calculated using the relaƟonship animal proteins. Exports of meat and bone meal, poultry meal, between yellow grease producƟon numbers in the 2010 report and porcine meal have risen 87 percent since 2012 but that A Profile of the North American Rendering Industry by Informa sƟll has not been enough to support the downward trend in Economics and cooking oil consumpƟon as reported by the prices due to the drop in domesƟc demand. US Department of Agriculture (USDA). Unfortunately, the The InternaƟonal Monetary Fund (IMF) esƟmates the NASS publicaƟon does not include consumpƟon so data for world’s economic growth rate increased from 3.2 percent rendered fats use in biodiesel/renewable fuel producƟon in in 2016 to 3.7 percent in 2017 led mainly by the strength in table 2 is compiled from the Energy InformaƟon Agency (EIA) advanced economies. Output in these economies increased Monthly Biodiesel ProducƟon Report. Other consumpƟon data from 1.7 percent in 2016 to 2.3 percent last year. The IMF is derived by subtracƟng producƟon esƟmates from export forecasts global growth to be 3.9 percent in 2018 and 2019. esƟmates and biodiesel use.

10 April 2018 Render www.rendermagazine.com The increase in livestock slaughter in 2017 was reflected Demand for Fats Up, Proteins Down in overall increases in rendered product producon to 10.5 As menoned earlier in this report, NASS does not include million metric tons, up 1.4 percent from 2016. Over the last domesc consumpon in its monthly surveys. Therefore, 5 years, total rendered product producon has increased 4 domesc consumpon in table 2 is derived by adding producon percent with animal proteins rising 6 percent and fat up 2 plus imports and then subtracng biodiesel/renewable diesel percent. inputs, as reported by EIA, and subtracng exports as reported In 2017, fat producon was 5.7 million metric tons, up by the Global Trade Atlas. Table 2 does not account for any a slight 0.2 percent from 2016. Overall tallow producon carryover stocks. rose 1.4 percent to 2.6 million metric tons. Inedible tallow Domesc consumpon of rendered products was up 2 producon increased to almost 1.7 million metric tons, up 4.8 percent in 2017 to 7.1 million metric tons. Over the past 5 percent over 2016. Technical tallow producon was down 7.3 years, domesc consumpon has grown by 5 percent mainly percent and edible tallow producon remained unchanged at due to increased fat use in the biodiesel/renewable fuel sector. around 410,000 metric tons. Even though hog slaughter was In 2017, total rendered fat use in the United States for non- up in 2017, white grease producon was down 4.7 percent biodiesel/renewable fuel was slightly off showing a 1.4 percent to 751,000 metric tons, lard producon dropped 5.4 percent decline from 2016 at 3.6 million metric tons. Over the last 5 to 158,000 metric tons, and choice white grease producon years, domesc consumpon of the same category was stable declined 4.5 percent to 592,000 metric tons. Yellow grease/ except for an increase of 1.5 percent in 2016. Domesc fat use used cooking oil producon was 913,000 metric tons, down for biodiesel/renewable diesel producon connued to grow slightly from 2016. The other grease category was up nearly in 2017, reaching 1.2 million metric tons, a 4.3 percent increase 10 percent in 2017 at 369,000 metric tons. from 2016 and a 33 percent increase over the last 5 years. Animal protein meal producon was close to 4.8 million Domesc consumpon of animal protein meals in 2017 metric tons in 2017, up nearly 3 percent over 2016. Meat and tells a different story, which was virtually unchanged from 2016 bone meal producon was up about 3 percent at 2.8 million at 3.8 million metric tons. Over the last 5 years, domesc use metric tons, poultry by-product meal rose 4 percent to 1.4 has dropped by over 143,000 metric tons, or roughly 4 percent. million metric tons, and feather meal was down 1 percent to This decline in domesc consumpon is mainly due to the 522,000 metric tons. all-vegetarian diet trend in the broiler industry. As reported This is the first year imports of rendered products into the earlier, between 25 and 30 percent of broiler operaons now United States are included in table 2. While these imports have use all-vegetarian diets. This drop in demand occurred at the not been uncommon in the past due to intra North American same me domesc producon was increasing. Over the last trade and lamb meal imports for pet food producon, recent 5 years, the total supply (producon plus imports) of animal increases of fat imports are due to US biodiesel and renewable protein meals grew by 270,000 metric tons, about 6 percent. diesel demand. In 2017, overall imports of fat were 167,500 Hence, the supply/demand scenario for protein meals in the metric tons, up 28 percent from 2016, with imports of fat United States is crically off balance and shows the crucial into the United States increasing more than 73 percent over need to grow new markets for animal protein meals. the past 5 years. Animal protein meal imports were 84,300 Overall rendered product exports in 2017 were metric tons in 2017, up 1.8 percent. As menoned previously, approximately 1.7 million metric tons, up 5.3 percent from these imports were mainly lamb meal from Australia and New Zealand that are used by the US pet food industry. Continued on page 13

Table 1. Average annual prices of select rendered products, 2012-2017 (per metric ton) % Change Product (Location) 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 16/17 Fats Beef tallow, packer (Chicago) $963 $887 $801 $581 $638 $682 7 Choice white grease (Missouri River) $926 $846 $711 $498 $537 $549 2 Edible tallow (Chicago) $1,068 $946 $865 $638 $714 $762 7 Edible tallow (Gulf) $1,034 $966 $803 $563 $746 $731 -2 Lard (Chicago) $1,279 $1,081 $959 $670 $708 $729 3 Poultry fat (Mid-South) $864 $793 $660 $502 $546 $605 11 Yellow grease (Missouri River) $788 $727 $612 $462 $505 $524 4 Protein meals Blood meal, porcine (Midwest) $1,214 $1,308 $1,643 $1,086 $899 $968 8 Blood meal, ruminant (Missouri River) $1,122 $1,232 $1,580 $1,070 $857 $931 9 Feather meal (Mid-South) $715 $701 $772 $521 $391 $437 12 Meat and bone meal, porcine (Missouri River) $552 $527 $556 $377 $314 $314 0 Meat and bone meal, ruminant (Missouri River) $473 $464 $502 $359 $294 $273 -7 Poultry by-product meal, 57% protein (Mid-South) $594 $582 $610 $447 $330 $306 -7 Poultry by-product meal, 67% protein (Mid-South) $919 $821 $871 $602 $614 $688 12 Source: The Jacobsen. www.rendermagazine.com Render April 2018 11 Table 2. US production, import, consumption, and export of rendered products, 2012-2017 (000 metric tons) % Change Category 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 16/17 Production Tallow 2,608.7 2,589.3 2,441.4 2,385.7 2,559.5 2,594.9 1.4 Inedible tallow 1,643.4 1,631.2 1,538.0 1,502.9 1,587.4 1,663.8 4.8 Technical tallow 547.9 543.9 512.8 501.1 562.5 521.5 -7.3 Edible tallow 417.4 414.3 390.6 381.7 409.6 409.6 0.0 Poultry fat 1,025.2 1,040.2 1,056.5 1,088.8 1,113.3 1,095.3 -1.6 Yellow grease/used cooking oil 885.9 896.4 933.2 926.4 916.4 913.0 -0.4 White grease 720.0 718.0 707.3 758.7 787.6 750.5 -4.7 Choice white grease 569.2 567.6 559.2 599.8 620.3 592.3 -4.5 Lard 150.8 150.4 148.1 158.9 167.3 158.2 -5.4 Other greases 348.6 346.7 333.9 341.7 336.0 369.2 9.9 Subtotal 5,588.4 5,590.6 5,472.3 5,501.3 5,712.8 5,722.9 0.2 Meat and bone meal 2,643.8 2,629.9 2,532.4 2,591.8 2,711.5 2,790.2 2.9 Poultry by-product meal 1,345.9 1,365.6 1,387.1 1,429.4 1,382.1 1,438.8 4.1 Feather meal 505.3 512.7 520.7 536.6 527.2 522.0 -1.0 Subtotal 4,495.0 4,508.2 4,440.2 4,557.9 4,620.8 4,751.0 2.8 Total production 10,083.4 10,098.8 9,912.4 10,059.2 10,333.6 10,473.9 1.4 Imports Tallow 62.6 59.5 62.6 64.0 78.9 99.9 26.6 Yellow grease/used cooking oil 16.1 20.6 17.2 22.4 23.0 38.7 68.2 White grease 17.7 21.8 20.8 34.4 28.8 27.0 -6.3 Choice white grease 11.2 15.3 13.5 28.0 24.1 21.2 -12.1 Lard 6.5 6.4 7.3 6.5 4.7 5.8 23.3 Poultry fat 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.6 1.9 238.4 Subtotal 96.9 102.2 101.0 121.4 131.3 167.5 27.6 Meat and bone/poultry/porcine meal 70.4 73.8 69.6 64.1 82.2 83.6 1.7 Feather meal 0.5 1.0 0.4 0.2 0.6 0.7 11.1 Subtotal 70.9 74.7 70.0 64.3 82.8 84.3 1.8 Total imports 167.7 177.0 171.0 185.7 214.1 251.8 17.6 Consumption Feed, food, fatty acids, carryover, other 3,538.3 3,522.1 3,474.9 3,462.9 3,641.7 3,592.5 -1.4 Tallow 1,934.5 1,990.3 1,899.6 1,846.8 2,084.4 2,116.1 1.5 Poultry fat 931.4 952.6 959.0 983.7 999.4 1,000.9 0.2 White grease 526.4 498.5 492.5 505.9 534.8 491.4 -8.1 Yellow grease* 146.0 80.6 123.7 126.5 23.1 -16.0 -169.1 Biodiesel and renewable fuel 896.3 1,116.7 1,051.8 1,201.1 1,142.6 1,192.1 4.3 Animal fat 461.3 500.7 468.5 576.5 512.6 524.9 2.4 White grease 185.1 211.4 213.6 267.2 262.2 268.1 2.3 Tallow 174.6 205.0 161.0 195.0 150.6 176.5 17.2 Poultry fat 79.8 73.0 79.8 89.4 99.8 80.3 -19.5 Other 21.8 11.3 14.1 24.9 n/a n/a Recycled oils 435.0 616.0 583.3 624.6 630.0 667.2 5.9 Yellow grease/used cooking oil 303.9 475.4 493.5 569.3 630.0 667.2 5.9 Other 131.1 140.6 89.8 55.3 n/a n/a Subtotal 2,830.8 3,107.1 2,951.4 3,047.9 3,227.0 3,308.2 2.5 Meat and bone/poultry/porcine meal 3,515.8 3,415.4 3,414.7 3,399.4 3,331.2 3,344.4 0.4 Feather meal 413.6 334.8 355.1 449.8 464.2 442.1 -4.7 Subtotal 3,929.4 3,750.3 3,769.8 3,849.2 3,729.0 3,786.5 1.5 Total consumption 6,760.2 6,857.3 6,721.3 6,897.1 6,956.0 7,094.7 2.0 Exports Inedible tallow/technical tallow 486.7 382.3 402.5 343.1 283.3 324.5 14.6 Yellow grease 452.1 361.0 333.1 253.0 286.2 300.5 5.0 Edible tallow 75.4 71.1 40.8 64.8 120.1 77.7 -35.3 Lard 24.8 29.4 21.4 19.8 19.1 17.2 -9.8 Poultry fat 14.5 14.9 18.2 16.4 14.7 16.1 9.0 Choice white grease 1.4 0.5 0.6 0.2 0.4 0.8 113.1 Subtotal 1,055.0 859.2 816.7 697.2 723.8 736.7 1.8 Meat and bone/poultry/porcine meal 473.9 580.1 504.7 621.9 762.5 884.6 16.0 Feather meal 92.2 178.8 166.0 87.0 63.6 80.6 26.7 Subtotal 566.1 758.9 670.7 708.9 891.8 965.2 8.2 Total exports 1,621.1 1,618.1 1,487.3 1,406.1 1,615.6 1,701.8 5.3 Sources: Global Trade Atlas for exports, US Energy Information Agency for biodiesel inputs, and NASS Fats and Oils: Oilseed Crushings, Production, Consumption, and Stocks Annual Summary for 2017 production. Notes: n/a = not available; *2017 domestic use is negative due to carryover from previous year.

12 April 2018 Render www.rendermagazine.com Market Report Continued from page 11 record in 2016 by growing to over 1 billion metric tons and in 2017, global producon increased by 2.6 percent to nearly 1.1 2016 and up approximately 5 percent over the last 5 years. billion metric tons. The largest feed producer in the world is Of that amount, 965,000 metric tons were protein meals China, followed by the United States and Brazil. China is also and 737,000 metric tons were fat. This export growth was the largest importer of feed ingredients in the world. In 2017, carried by a dramac increase in protein meals while being China produced 186.9 million metric tons of feed, down 0.5 offset by a substanal decrease in fat exports. Over the last percent from 2016. The United States produced 173 million 5 years, rendered protein meal exports grew 70 percent by metric tons of feed in 2017, up nearly 2 percent from the approximately 400,000 metric tons while rendered fat exports previous year, while Brazil produced 69.9 million metric tons decreased 30 percent or close to 320,000 metric tons. of feed, up over 1 percent. Total US meat and bone/poultry/porcine meal exports Outlook Mixed were up 16 percent in 2017 from the previous year, and have As the US cale cycle rebounds and poultry and pork grown 87 percent in the last 5 years. The global expansion producon connues to increase, there will be a greater supply of poultry, pet, and aqua feeds have led the demand surge. of rendered products on the market. According to the USDA Fish meal producon has connued to decline so in diets Agricultural ProjecƟons to 2027, over the next 10 years, beef that demand an animal protein, terrestrial animal protein producon is forecast to grow by 15 percent, pork producon meals are essenal. Indonesia was the largest importer of US by 13 percent, and poultry producon by 10 percent. Using animal protein meals in 2017, taking 370,000 metric tons, up these forecasts, it is projected animal protein meals will 11 percent over 2016. China imported 165,000 metric tons of increase over 474,000 metric tons and approximately 812,000 non-ruminant animal protein meals last year, up 20 percent metric tons of addional fat will be produced. from 2016 and up over 600 percent in the last 5 years. Exports On the demand side, if the all-vegetarian diet trend of non-ruminant meals to Mexico reached a record 130,000 connues, use of rendered protein meals and fats in livestock metric tons in 2017, up 20 percent from 2016, mostly due feed will connue to decline so the need for new markets to the porcine meal price dropping well below the price of for animal protein meals will be crical. With regard to fat, soybean meal during several months last year. demand from the US biodiesel industry should increase partly due to the absence of Argenne biodiesel imports. In addion, Fat Exports Declining demand from the renewable energy sector is projected to Total rendered fat exports were 736,700 metric tons in grow dramacally. In parcular, Diamond Green is nearly 2017, up slightly from 2016. Over the last 5 years, fat exports doubling producon at its renewable diesel plant in Norco, have declined 30 percent. Inedible tallow exports to Mexico, Louisiana, from 150 million gallons per year to 275 million gallons, increasing its raw material need from approximately Continued on page 15 500,000 metric tons to over 1 million metric tons. This plant expansion is projected to be finished by the second quarter of Chart 1. World soybean stocks, 1990-2017 2018. In addion, Diamond Green will begin a feasibility study (thousand metric tons) to further expand the plant to 550 million gallons, which would increase its need for raw materials to over 2 million metric tons. Therefore, the 10-year projected growth in rendered fat producon should be absorbed by increased demand from the renewable fuel sector. However, the projected rise in rendered protein meal producon will need to be offset by expanding exisng markets and finding new markets for these products.

International Market Conditions Protein Meal Exports Surge Global demand for animal protein meals connued to grow dramacally in 2017 coming from the livestock feed, aquac feed, and pet food sectors. According to the 2018 Source: USDA/Foreign Agricultural Service. Alltech Global Feed Survey, global feed producon set a new

Table 3. US annual livestock and poultry slaughter, 2012-2017 (thousand head) % Change Species 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 16/17 Broilers/Mature chickens 8,576,195 8,648,756 8,669,628 8,822,692 8,908,986 9,050,716 1.6 Cattle 32,951 32,462 30,266 28,843 30,578 32,175 5.2 Hogs 113,163 112,077 106,958 115,512 118,220 121,308 2.6 Turkeys 250,192 239,404 236,617 232,389 243,255 241,617 -0.7 Source: NASS. www.rendermagazine.com Render April 2018 13 Table 4. US export customers by product, 2012-2017 (in metric tons) % Change Product/Country 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 16/17 Inedible tallow Mexico 271,378 238,079 235,843 227,876 145,636 126,544 -13.1 Singapore 5,000 0 5,000 14,275 46,312 119,240 157.5 Canada 12,772 14,841 18,493 20,797 22,600 20,000 -11.5 Guatemala 19,117 13,332 21,470 20,449 20,094 15,249 -24.1 Venezuela 18,589 18,799 3,800 0 0 7,500 Nigeria 0 0 0 0 0 7,500 Turkey 79,495 45,871 59,474 20,898 19,249 7,200 -62.6 Morocco 10,501 5,000 9,000 7,000 7,198 6,450 -10.4 Honduras 24,597 14,097 11,499 9,000 8,240 5,641 -31.5 Dominican Republic 2,000 2,499 3,000 3,500 4,550 2,750 -39.6 Haiti 1,750 4,519 8,348 917 275 2,000 627.3 Colombia 7,199 3,899 6,100 8,000 0 1,856 El Salvador 4,699 4,199 3,750 2,900 3,000 1,200 -60.0 Nicaragua 7,749 3,199 4,325 3,700 3,550 1,200 -66.2 Trinidad and Tobago 122 179 264 205 78 159 103.8 Total 486,735 382,263 402,548 343,115 283,280 324,505 14.6 Yellow grease (includes used cooking oil) European Union-28 154,095 147,289 153,813 128,128 185,000 176,348 -4.7 Mexico 113,534 95,892 95,574 72,564 50,034 63,454 26.8 Bosnia and Herzegovina 520 1,567 499 3,883 11,045 24,407 121.0 Dominican Republic 17,629 18,082 15,518 9,585 10,639 9,652 -9.3 Singapore 1,656 2,593 2,675 1,755 1,541 7,900 412.7 Canada 15,604 11,533 10,604 11,716 9,073 7,725 -14.9 Honduras 6,920 3,605 5,890 7,057 6,939 2,167 -68.8 China 572 144 276 965 1,796 1,952 8.7 Jamaica 4,802 6,991 7,300 1,310 1,568 1,211 -22.8 Colombia 584 388 439 593 1846 805 -56.4 Guatemala 7,611 3,799 7,125 6,066 651 618 -5.1 Ecuador 25 99 373 48 301 554 84.1 Nicaragua 2,449 1,052 1,932 712 187 543 190.4 South Korea 385 502 552 961 1,350 307 -77.3 Brazil 236 278 189 252 272 289 6.3 Total 452,067 361,031 333,133 252,959 286,226 300,474 5.0 Edible tallow Mexico 70,205 66,278 35,840 61,076 114,154 72,120 -36.8 Canada 5,163 4,870 4,807 3,657 5,706 5,552 -2.7 United Kingdom 0 0 0 0 0 4 Total 75,399 71,148 40,783 64,762 120,146 77,678 -35.3 Lard Mexico 23,487 28,299 18,848 17,691 16,924 15,876 -6.2 Canada 598 596 612 393 988 605 -38.8 South Korea 0 19 0 0 0 346 Total 24,826 29,398 21,390 19,768 19,050 17,181 -9.8 Choice white grease Mexico 92 33 208 27 67 659 883.6 Dominican Republic 11 0 66 22 3 54 1,700.0 China 27 38 0 58 136 37 -72.8 Total 1,387 491 639 202 374 797 113.1 Poultry fat Canada 10,667 11,065 13,072 10,943 9,320 10,111 8.5 Mexico 806 854 1,731 2,418 2,139 2,545 19.0 Peru 0 0 0 0 958 1,597 66.7 Guatemala 287 370 458 446 516 567 9.9 Dominican Republic 513 644 577 616 671 443 -34.0 Vietnam 143 160 157 180 188 227 20.7 Total 14,536 14,895 18,173 16,376 14,728 16,051 9.0

14 April 2018 Render www.rendermagazine.com Market Report Continued from page 13 Outlook US rendered product producon will connue to expand the largest importer, fell by more than 13 percent in 2017 with increased livestock producon. Over the next 10 years, and over 53 percent in the last 5 years. At the same me, more than 474,000 metric tons of animal protein meals and Singapore has become the second largest export market for 811,000 metric tons of rendered fat are projected to be US tallow, imporng about 120,000 metric tons for renewable added into the supply chain. As menoned earlier, the global fuel producon. The European Union has connued to be demand for fat as a biodiesel/renewable energy source will the largest US export market for used cooking oil at 176,000 connue to grow and oﬀset the added supply. However, metric tons, or close to 60 percent of total yellow grease addional internaonal demand will be needed to make exports that go to biodiesel and renewable fuel producon up for the increased amount of animal protein meals due in export markets. To put this in perspecve, 40 percent of all to the decreasing demand in the United States from the all- US rendered fat exports now go to biodiesel and renewable vegetarian diet trend in the poultry industry. Aside from that, diesel producon. The global use of US rendered fat is now the global protein meal market is awash in an oversupply of mostly for biodiesel and renewable fuel producon and for soybean meal. Global carryover stocks and high stock-to-use use in the oleochemical industry. raos for soybeans are at record highs (chart 1) so the key for rendered animal protein meals will be to connue to ﬁnd niche markets for these products such as the aquaculture and pet R The key for rendered animal protein food industries. meals will be to continue to find niche Kent Swisher, vice president of InternaƟonal Programs at markets like aquaculture and pet food. the NaƟonal Renderers AssociaƟon, has been reporƟng on the US rendering market in Render for the past 14 years. He can be reached by email at kswisher@naƟonalrenderers.com.

Table 4. US export customers by product, 2012-2017 (in metric tons), continued % Change Product/Country 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 16/17 Animal protein meals Indonesia 197,397 227,122 218,855 257,694 333,465 369,070 10.7 China 23,420 54,483 63,174 81,400 138,088 164,515 19.1 Mexico 99,043 83,474 74,874 103,789 99,618 129,392 29.9 Canada 38,044 43,368 48,690 58,743 64,283 66,287 3.1 Vietnam 2,050 1,780 1,613 8,214 28,392 39,764 40.1 Chile 45,937 59,689 32,026 57,084 18,144 26,963 48.6 Thailand 12,884 14,965 5,743 5,166 3,492 16,904 384.1 Malaysia 2,060 16,902 13,300 1,446 3,842 16,807 337.5 Ecuador 2,620 9,796 10,299 8,470 11,550 15,808 36.9 Philippines 33,035 29,729 12,462 10,734 9,267 6,605 -28.7 Cambodia 206 5,308 305 0 0 5,574 Peru 680 1,156 994 1,019 2,410 5,564 130.9 Honduras 900 3,406 1,100 3,704 10,693 4,102 -61.6 Germany 0 0 12 0 16,939 3,945 -76.7 Guatemala 1,037 12,595 7,399 1,381 4,130 2,934 -29.0 Sri Lanka 0 0 0 0 0 1,964 Myanmar 0 0 0 0 120 1,905 1487.5 Panama 659 353 65 62 278 1,760 533.1 Costa Rica 349 781 749 1,176 2,603 1,564 -39.9 Total 473,929 580,107 504,726 621,889 762,455 884,563 16.0 Feather meal Indonesia 46,929 110,087 98,990 41,750 27,373 29,177 6.6 China 0 183 1,265 977 7,391 19,422 162.8 Canada 17,035 8,961 16,227 15,573 16,889 18,136 7.4 Chile 25,667 52,972 48,135 24,403 10,046 11,744 16.9 Philippines 0 0 0 100 200 800 300.0 Colombia 0 0 0 0 150 726 384.0 Peru 0 0 0 578 0 427 Total 92,195 178,815 165,952 87,000 63,596 80,551 26.7 Source: Global Trade Atlas. www.rendermagazine.com Render April 2018 15 Educating on Food Safety, Pet Food, and Rendering By Tina Caparella

“Food security is naonal security,” declared United States “My goal at USDA is to be the most efficient, most Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue effecve, customer-focused agency in the US government,” as he addressed aendees at the Poultry Market Intelligence Perdue went on. “We want to treat you as the customer.” Forum at the Internaonal Producon and Processing Expo He said USDA is seeking the industry’s input on idenfying (IPPE) in Atlanta, Georgia, in late January. “My goal at USDA regulaons that are a burden by seng up an interacve is to create an environment where ag businesses can become regulatory reform task force. safe, strong, and proud of what you all do. I think our role as Other speakers at the forum addressed trends and market policymakers is to create a ferle environment and a ferle drivers for the poultry industry in 2017 and moving forward field for you all to do what you do best, that is to innovate, in 2018, such as no anbiocs and a move toward vegetarian create, and execute in a way that is profitable to you. diets. Michael Donohue, AgriStats, showed that in June 2011, “We all know trade is crically important to your industry,” nearly all broiler producers were using animal proteins and Perdue connued. “We all want a fair and modernized free fats in feed raons but by October 2017, only 75 percent trade agreement. The president wants that too.” Perdue, were including these nutrional products in feed due to the who grew up on a dairy and diversified row crop farm in rural all-veg diet trend. In addion, fewer by-products are going to Georgia, is convinced the United States will get a sound-science rendering as more of the bird is being used by the packer and trade agreement everyone can live with. He complimented consumer. poultry producers on their advancement in research and manufacturing, nong that the industry is one of the bright Pet Food Focus spots in US manufacturing producvity. Another educaonal session at IPPE centered on pet “We must depend on sound science, not polical science, food, which saw $110 billion in global sales in 2017, a growth to make decisions on food safety,” Perdue added. He explained of about five percent annually over the past five years. Jared the close working relaonship USDA has with the Food and Koerten, Euromonitor Internaonal, reported that while the Drug Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, United States and Canada connue to be the strongest markets Secretary of Interior, and Secretary of Commerce and shared for dog and cat food, Brazil is now the second largest market, how he is striving to build a strong partnership with the up from the sixth place spot in 2012, followed by the United agriculture industry. Kingdom in third. He described Blue Buffalo, the fih largest US pet food manufacturer and the number one brand in 2016 that was just acquired by General Mills for $8 billion, as the poster child for the shi in pet food as consumers are driven by emoon and oen seek pet foods produced with similar ingredients as what they eat. John Stewart, American Feed Industry Associaon (AFIA), disclosed that projected pet food exports for 2017 are expected to be similar to 2016, which is trending downward due to

increased manufacturing overseas. Canada, Japan, and Mexico on. are the top three export markets for US pet food so the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is very important. “NAFTA is huge to our economy and especially huge to the pet food market and agriculture,” Stewart noted. Animal food exports, which are comprised mostly of feed ingredients, to Canada and Mexico have nearly tripled over the past 20-plus years, growing from $764 million in 1994 to $3 billion in 2016. Half of all pet food exports go to Canada and Mexico so the priority is to preserve current trade agreements that enjoy tariﬀ-free market access. Stewart encouraged all to reach out to Photo courtesy of US Poultry and Egg Associa Egg and Poultry US of courtesy Photo lawmakers and share why trade is so important to their business. George Collings, Collings Nutrition Solutions, took USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue is striving to build a strong conference aendees on a journey through the history of partnership with the agriculture industry. pet food, showing adversements from the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s that brought about a revoluonary change in how

16 April 2018 Render www.rendermagazine.com From left, John Stewart, AFIA, talks pet food with Scott Lehoullier, Peterson Company, and Ken Giesbrecht and An attentive crowd learns about the aspects of rendering. Roger Giesbrecht, both of Hogan Farms in Canada. consumers can help the health of their pet. Ads talked about “Consumers are not sure what ‘by-products’ and ‘meals’ meat by-products and grains, and were always very posive. are,” Wilkinson said. Where are we today? Collings showed the overwhelming Tim Law, Darling Ingredients Inc., stated that today’s pet increase of what used to be 50 to 60 available feed ingredients food consumer now considers their dog or cat as family and to what is now nearly 500 today. He also noted how the not a pet. There are roughly 164 million dogs and cats in 85 industry’s posive image has become more negave in recent million US households spending approximately $1,800 per years due in part to social media providing an outlet for anyone year per dog and $1,100 per year per cat. Globally, adult dog to state their opinion of a food or ingredient as fact. owners post a photo or talk about their dog six mes per week “Pet products have become more about what is not in on social media while some animals even have their own social them rather than what they actually contain,” Collings stated. media accounts. The top 10 pet influencers on social media – With the humanizaon of pets, many consumers want to feed such as Grumpy Cat – reach 68 million people worldwide. their companions the same foods they eat, but many human “Consumers want for their pet what they want for ingredients are not approved for or necessarily nutrional for themselves,” Law shared. According to peoodindustry.com pets. Collings urged aendees to use posive messaging when and a Nielsen study, the top human food trends for the pet dealing with consumers as negavity fuels more negavity. food industry in 2018 are: Dr. David Meeker, Naonal Renderers Associaon (NRA), • full disclosure as consumers demand transparency; told conference goers that, “this is not your father’s rendering • self-fulfilling pracces that include the health benefits industry” as it operates a lot differently than it did just five years of owning a pet and the health benefits of their ago. Due to government regulaon and customer demand, food; including pet food companies, many rendering plants now • a new era of personalized shopping, such as have dedicated species lines or facilies to ensure specific e-commerce and home delivery; and products are not comingled. Meeker reiterated the senment • an aversion to genecally modified organisms and that negavism is keeping some in the pet food industry from other bioengineered food ingredients. using animal proteins and fats. “It’s not just about the pet anymore, it’s about the pet “We need to talk about animal by-products as part of parent,” Law concluded. helping pet food be sustainable as all of the food-producing Mike Rath, also of Darling Ingredients, focused on the animal is being used,” he commented. federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and what it means for the rendering industry. Increased compliance costs along with Rendering’s Sustainable Story loss of export markets and greater trade barriers for animal fats Wrapping up the week-long IPPE was the Internaonal and proteins has US renderers looking for alternave markets, Rendering Symposium where NRA President Nancy Foster which is where renewable fuels has stepped in. Signed into law kicked things off with an overview of the $10 billion US and in 2007, the RFS is designed to increase the use of renewable Canadian industry. She declared that “rendering is sustainable fuels in the US fuel supply to help reduce emissions and create and is an essenal link in the food and feed chain.” AFIA’s Leah energy independence. Biodiesel and renewable diesel both Wilkinson followed with an explanaon of the purpose and use animal fats and used cooking oil as feedstocks that have acvies of the American Associaon of Feed Control Officials experienced increased domesc usage as the RFS fuel volume (AAFCO). Animal feed is now termed “food” under the federal obligaons have been raised over the years. Food Safety Modernizaon Act (FSMA) and any unapproved Dr. B.J. Bench, Tyson Foods, spoke on oxidaon of rendered food addives are considered chemical hazards under FSMA. products, which is the breakdown of organic compounds. He Wilkinson reported that US states have the authority to set shared that the challenges for the industry are understanding their own regional feed ingredient definions in addion degradaon, anoxidants, and laboratory results. Bench and to adopng AAFCO definions, and that AAFCO is looking Tyson Foods are leading an iniave with other NRA renderer at modernizing the enre pet food label with “friendlier” terminology for pet food ingredients. Continued on page 18 www.rendermagazine.com Render April 2018 17 Education Continued from page 17 World Feed Production Stays members and several laboratories, pet food companies, and above 1 Billion Metric Tons universies to validate peroxide value fat extracon and tesng methods. The 2018 Alltech Global Feed Survey esmates that “We need standardizaon through collaboraon,” Bench internaonal feed tonnage has exceeded 1 billion metric commented. tons (MT) for the second consecuve year, with a total of Allyson Jones-Brimmer, Animal Agriculture Alliance, 1.07 billion MT produced in 2017. The feed industry, valued showed ways the industry can adapt to rising social pressures, at $430 billion, has seen 13 percent growth over the past such as those consumers who are hungry to learn more about five years for an average of 2.5 percent per annum. where their food comes from. She noted that communicaon The seventh edion of the annual survey is the most and transparency are important to maintaining customer, comprehensive, covering 144 countries and more than community, and consumer confidence, and put a face on 30,000 feed mills. China and the United States remain the animal agriculture and rendering operaons in an effort to top two countries, producing one-third of all animal feed, make emoonal connecons, such as showing photos of and that predominant growth came from the pig, broiler, and employees, family farms, and products on company websites. dairy feed sectors as well as the European and Asia-Pacific Most of all, Jones-Brimmer said the rendering industry needs to regions. The top seven feed-producing countries in 2017, tell its sustainability story, including how rendering repurposes in order of producon output importance, were China, the and reuses as much of the animal as possible. United States, Brazil, Russia, Mexico, India, and Spain. These “Share how there is more to a cow than milk and steaks, countries contain approximately 54 percent of the world’s and more to a pig than chops and bacon” using infographics, feed mills and account for 53 percent of total producon. she remarked, many of which are available on Animal Agriculture Alliance’s Facebook page. US Hide, Skin, and Leather NRA’s Meeker echoed rendering’s sustainable message, adding that sustainable ingredient sourcing for livestock Exports Increase in 2017 feed or pet food must include rendered products, which are produced safely under regulatory standards. NRA’s Dr. Jessica The United States (US) hide, skin, and leather industry Meisinger highlighted the acvies of a newly established Pet exported more than $2.08 billion in cale hides, pig skins, Food Alliance that will focus on uning members of the pet and semi-processed leather products in 2017, a $40 million food and rendering industries to address challenges such as: increase over 2016. US hides and skins companies – including • oxidaon and maintenance of product quality; producers, processors, brokers, and dealers – regularly • Salmonella and other threats to product safety; export more than 90 percent of total US producon of these • consumer percepon; and products and are one of the top raw material suppliers to • industry sustainability. the global leather manufacturing industry. Dr. Merlin Lindemann, University of Kentucky, talked about According to US Department of Agriculture data, exports rendered products from a nutrional standpoint. A growing of wet salted cattle hides (cattle hides that have been populaon of over nine billion people worldwide by 2050 will preserved using brine soluons) reached nearly $1.48 billion desire more food-producing animals that will need safe feed in value, a six percent increase from 2016 levels. Meanwhile, ingredients. Lindemann noted that animal protein meals are exports of wet blue cale hides (semi-processed hides that a natural source of digesble amino acids, phosphorous, and have undergone the first stages of leather tanning) fell seven metabolizable energy that can help lower diet formulaon percent from 2016, totaling $656 million in value. Lower costs. In addion, including animal proteins in a chicken’s diet market prices for US hides and wet blues in 2017 were offset is keeping with the animal’s natural behavior. by a five percent increase in cale slaughter for the year, Finishing out the rendering symposium with a view on a making more hides available at a lower price per piece. changing import/export climate was NRA’s Kent Swisher, who China was the largest buyer of salted cale hides, with showed an expected 13 to 14 percent growth in US rendered imports valued at more than $871 million, while Italy was the proteins and fats over the next 10 years based on USDA meat single largest desnaon for wet blue cale hides, with imports producon projecons. Swisher explained that historically, valued at more than $216 million in 2017. Other large export a rise in meat producon leads to an increased demand for markets included South Korea, Mexico, Taiwan, and Vietnam. rendered products, yet in the past few years an all vegetarian US pigskin exports showed significant gains, rising 48 poultry diet movement has meant less animal protein meals percent in value to $48.6 million in 2017. Mexico was the being used domescally thus reducing prices. This resulted in largest market for US pigskins with Thailand and Taiwan more US proteins being exported in 2016, especially to China, rounding out the top three desnaons. Together, all three which is a large poultry producer along with Mexico. countries accounted for the vast majority of US pigskin “Markets are changing,” Swisher commented. “Animal exports. Significant gains were also seen in exports to China, proteins were primarily used domescally and fat was exported. which increased to $1.4 million in value. The United States Now that has flipped due to the domesc biofuels industry regained full market access for pigskin exports to China in 2015. using tallow, yellow grease, and used cooking oil and poultry’s Export data continues to show that global leather consumpon remains sluggish, including reduced leather push for all-veg diets.” His takeaway message is there is a R domesc protein glut that needs a home in the export market. R ulizaon in footwear globally.

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Chairman: First Vice Chairman: Second Vice Chairman: Ridley Bestwick Doyle Leefers Michael Smith West Coast Reduction National Beef Packing Valley Proteins Vancouver, BC, Canada Company Winchester, VA 604-255-9301 Kansas City, MO 540-877-2590 800-449-2333 2018 NRA Regional Ofﬁcers

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Vice President: Vice President: Jason Hartman Ken Kage Mendota Agri-Products Inc. Darling Ingredients Inc. 815-539-5633 303-295-7551

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American Proteins Inc. - American Proteins Inc. - American Proteins Inc. - Headquarters Cumming Division Ampro Division 4705 Leland Drive 4990 Leland Drive 2305 O’Kelly Drive Cumming, GA 30041 Cumming, GA 30041 Gainsville, GA 30501 www.americanproteins.com Contact: Jonathan Green Contact: Scott Duchette or Contact: Stan Gudenkauf Phone: 770-887-6148 Bryan Kattelmann Phone: 770-886-2250 Fax: 770-889-2820 Phone: 770-535-6646 Fax: 770-886-2296 Email: jonathan.green@ Fax: 770-535-7207 Email: stan.gudenkauf@ amprot.com Email: e.scottduchette@ amprot.com Products: SF,PB,FM amproproducts.com, Region: Eastern Region: Eastern bryan.kattelmann@ amproproducts.com American Proteins Inc. - American Proteins Inc. - Products: Animal protein blends Cuthbert Division Hanceville Division Region: Eastern P.O. Box 528 P.O. Box 429 Cuthbert, GA 31740 Hanceville, AL 35077 American Proteins Inc. - Contact: Brandon Kyzar Contact: Jason Spann APF&O Division Phone: 229-732-2114 Phone: 256-352-9821 Rt 1 Box 150, Hwy 82 East Fax: 229-732-3896 Fax: 256-352-4223 Cuthbert, GA 39840 Email: brandon.kyzar@ Email: jason.spann@ Contact: Brian White amprot.com amprot.com Phone: 770-886-2250 Products: CM,PB,PF,PM,SF Products: SF,PB,FM Fax: 770-886-2292 Region: Eastern Region: Eastern Email: brian.white@ amprot.com Products: Fat blends Region: Eastern

Product code key: BFP Blender - Fat and Proteins EQ Equipment MM Meat Meal BLF Blender of Fat ET Edible Tallow PB Poultry By-product Meal BLP Blender of Protein EX Exporter PF Poultry Fat BM Blood Meal FA Fatty Acids PM Poultry Meal BR Broker FGAF Feed Grade Animal Fat RF Refined Fats CH Chemicals FM Feather Meal SF Stabilized Animal Fats CM Chicken Meal HI Hide SS Samplers and Surveyors CN Consultant IN Insurance ST Storage Terminals CWG Choice White Grease LG Lard/Grease TG Tallow and Grease DL Dealer LT Laboratory/Testing YG Yellow Grease DT Dry Rendered Tankage MB Meat and Bone Meal OT Other www.naonalrenderers.org NRA Membership Directory Renderer AprilApril 20182018 21 APC Inc. Boyer Valley Company Baker Commodities Inc. - Cargill Meat Solutions The Lauridsen Group, Inc. LGI Company Phoenix Inc. - Headquarters 2425 SE Oak Tree Court 2425 S.E. Oak Tree Court P.O. Box 6518 Excel Corporation Ankeny, IA 50021 Ankeny, IA 50021 Phoenix, AZ 85005 P.O. Box 2519 www.functionalproteins.com www.boyervalley.com Contact: Beverly Norris Wichita, KS 67201 Contact: Jerry Frankl Contact: Walter Lauridsen Phone: 602-254-5971 or www.excelmeats.com Phone: 515-289-7600 Phone: 515-289-7600 602-275-3402 Contact: Dan Schaefer Fax: 515-289-4360 Fax: 515-289-4369 Fax: 602-272-1846 Phone: 316-291-3409 Email: jerry.frankl@ Email: walter.lauridsen@ Email: bnorris@ Email: daniel_schaefer@ functionalproteins.com boyervalley.com bakercommodities.com cargill.com Products: Spray-dried blood Products: PBM,BM,FM,YG Products: TG,MM,MB,SF,FGAF Products: EX,BM,DT,FGAF,HI and plasma products Region: Central Region: Western MB,MM,SF,TG Region: Central Region: Central Baker Commodities Inc. - APC Inc. - Arion Baker Commodities Inc. - Rochester Cargill Meat Solutions - 2248 Lincoln Way Headquarters 2268 Browncroft Boulevard Dodge City Arion, IA 51520 4020 Bandini Boulevard Rochester, NY 14625-1050 P.O. Box 1060 Contact: Andy Etnyre Vernon, CA 90058-4274 Contact: Bill Schmieder Dodge City, KS 67801 Phone: 515-289-7688 Contact: James M. Andreoli Phone: 585-482-1880 Contact: Daryl Kuker Fax: 712-263-6772 Phone: 323-268-2801 Fax: 585-654-7070 Phone: 620-227-0550 Email: andy.etnyre@ Fax: 323-264-9862 Email: bschmieder@ Fax: 316-227-5839 functionalproteins.com Email: jandreoli@ bakercommodities.com Products: BM,DT,FGAF,HI,MB, Products: Spray-dried blood bakercommodities.com Products: SF,TG,HI,MB,FGAF, MM,SF,TG and plasma products Products: EX,RF,SF,TG,HI,MM, BLP Region: Central Region: Central MB,FGAF,ST Region: Eastern Region: Western Cargill Meat Solutions - APC Inc. - Boone Baker Commodities Inc. - Fort Morgan 2621 Mamie Eisenhower Ave. Baker Commodities Inc. - Seattle P.O. Box 4100 Boone, IA 50036 Billerica P.O. Box 58368 Fort Morgan, CO 80701 Contact: Andy Etnyre P.O. Box 132 Seattle, WA 98138-1368 Contact: Mario Rivera Phone: 515-289-7688 No. Billerica, MA 01862 Contact: Mike Bulleri Phone: 303-867-1540 Fax: 712-263-6772 Contact: Walter Gurschick Phone: 206-243-7387 Fax: 303-867-1564 Email: andy.etnyre@ Phone: 978-454-8811 Fax: 206-243-3412 Email: mario_rivera@ functionalproteins.com Fax: 978-454-0448 Email: mbulleri@ cargill.com Products: Spray-dried blood Email: wgurschick@ bakercommodities.com Products: BM,DT,FGAF,HI,MB, and plasma products bakercommodities.com Products: EX,TG,MB,FGAF,HI, MM,SF,TG Region: Central Products: EX,SF,TG,FGAF,MM, OT,Fish meal Region: Central MB,ST Region: Western Cargill Meat Solutions - APC Inc. - Dubuque Region: Eastern Friona 1300 Inland Lane Baker Commodities Inc. - P.O. Box 579 P.O. Box 1398 Baker Commodities Inc. Spokane Friona, TX 79035 Dubuque, IA 52003 Island Commodities P.O. Box 11157 Contact: David Wathen Contact: Andy Etnyre 91-269 Olai Street Spokane, WA 99211-1157 Phone: 806-295-8380 Phone: 515-289-7688 Kapolei, HI 96707 Contact: Joe Jacobson Fax: 806-295-8214 Fax: 712-263-6772 Contact: Paul Tower Phone: 509-535-5435 Products: BM,DT,FGAF,HI,MB, Email: andy.etnyre@ Phone: 808-682-5844 Fax: 509-536-3817 MM,SF,TG functionalproteins.com Fax: 808-682-4389 Email: jjacobson@ Region: Central Products: Spray-dried blood Email: ptower@ bakercommodities.com bakercommodities.com and plasma products Products: SF,TG,HI,MB Cargill Meat Solutions - Region: Central Products: TG,MB Region: Western Region: Western Schuyler P.O. Box 544 APC Inc. - Selma Schuyler, NE 68661 1451 West Noble Street Baker Commodities Inc. - BHT ReSources Kerman P.O. Box 1596 Contact: Dave Limbach Selma, NC 27576 Phone: 402-352-5411 Contact: Andy Etnyre P.O. 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22 April 2018 Render NRA Membership Directory www.naƟonalrenderers.org Cargill Regional Beef Darling Ingredients Inc. Rousselot Gelita USA Inc. P.O. Box 188 4221 Alexandria Pike Part of Darling Ingredients Inc. P.O. Box 927 Wyalusing, PA 18853 Cold Spring, KY 41076 1231 S. Rochester Street, Sioux City, IA 51102 Contact: Lisa Kerr-House www.darlingii.com Suite 250 www.gelita.com Phone: 570-746-9224, x7347 Phone: 859-781-2010 Mukwonago, WI 53149 Contact: Tonya Hanson Fax: 570-746-1235 Fax: 859-572-2575 www.rousselot.com Phone: 712-943-5516 Email: lisa_kerr-house@ Region: Central, Western, Contact: Lawrence Jeske Fax: 712-943-3372 cargill.com Eastern Phone: 262-363-6051 Email: tonya.hanson@ Products: SF,TG,MB,BFP,EX,BM Fax: 262-363-2789 gelita.com Region: Eastern Rothsay Email: larry.jeske@ Products: MB,SF,Gelatine A Division of Darling darlingii.com Region: Central International Canada Inc. Products: Gelatin, hydrolyzed Central Bi-Products 150 Research Lane, Suite 307 collagen Farmers Union Industries LLC Guelph, ON, N1G 4T2 Hardy Industrial P.O. Box 319 Canada Sonac USA LLC Technologies Redwood Falls, MN 56283 www.rothsay.ca Part of Darling Ingredients Inc. Magnus International Group www.fuillc.com Phone: 519-780-3342 1299 E. Maple Street 16533 Chillicothe Road Contact: Jerry Lupkes Fax: 519-780-3360 Maquoketa, IA 52060 Chagrin Falls, OH 44023 Phone: 507-641-3831 Region: Central www.sonac.biz Contact: Bret Ayers Fax: 507-637-5409 Contact: Ryan Tranel Phone: 216-592-8355 Email: [email protected] Terra Renewal Phone: 563-690-1168 Fax: 216-592-8407 Products: FM,PB,SF,TG,HI,MM, Part of Darling Ingredients Inc. Fax: 563-652-6633 Email: [email protected] MB,DT,BFP,FGAF,BM,OT(Pet 4221 Alexandria Pike Email: ryan.tranel@ Products: SF,TG,FA,RF food) Cold Spring, KY 41076 darlingii.com Region: Eastern Region: Central www.terrarenewal.com Products: Spray-dried blood Phone: 479-668-4503 and plasma products, gelatin, Holmes By-Products Inc. Central Bi-Products Region: Central hydrolyzed collagen, protein Farmers Union Industries LLC 3175 T.R. 411 isolates, other functional proteins Millersburg, OH 44654 P.O. Box 359 For rendered fat sales Region: Central Long Prairie, MN 56346 Contact: Abe L. Miller or Contact: Tom Beseman DAR PRO Ingredients, Dennis Koshmider Phone: 320-732-2819 a Darling Brand Foster Farms Phone: 330-893-2322 Fax: 507-637-5409 www.darpro-ingredients.com P.O. Box 457 Fax: 330-893-2321 Email: [email protected] Contact: Michael Rath Livingston, CA 95334 Products: SF,HI,MM,MB,PB,FM Products: FM,PB,SF,TG,HI,MM, Phone: 800-669-1209 www.fosterfarms.com Region: Eastern MB,PM,BFP,FGAF,BM,OT(Pet Fax: 972-717-1959 Contact: Dennis Richmond food) Email: fats-proteins@ Phone: 318-368-4344 Hormel Foods Corp. Region: Central darpro.com Fax: 318-368-4310 1 Hormel Place Products: BLF,BR,CN,DL,EQ,ET, Email: dennis.richmond@ Austin, MN 55912-3680 Central Bi-Products EX,FGAF,HI,LT,RF,SF,ST,TG,YG, fosterfarms.com Contact: Mike Vandertie Farmers Union Industries LLC OT (bio-based diesel) Products: PM,FM,PF,CM,OT Phone: 507-437-5207 1842 Highway 4 (organic fertilizers) Email: mdvandertie@ Estherville, IA 51334 For rendered protein sales Region: Western hormel.com Contact: Sheldon Andrews Products: MB,HI,SF,BM,Lard, Phone: 712-362-2901 DAR PRO Ingredients, a Darling Brand G.A. Wintzer & Son Co. Deodorized edible lard/tallow Email: [email protected] Region: Central Products: FM,PB,SF,TG,HI,MM, www.darpro-ingredients.com 204 W. Auglaize Street MB,PM,BFP,FGAF,BM,OT(Pet Contact: Doyle Nauman P.O. Box 406 Phone: 877-659-8438 Wapakoneta, OH 45895 Hormel Foods - Austin food) 500 14th Avenue NE Region: Central Fax: 859-781-2569 www.gawintzer.com Email: fats-proteins@ Contact: Gus Wintzer Austin, MN 55912 darpro.com Phone: 419-739-4900 Contact: Dean Steines Darling Ingredients Inc. - Products: BLP,BM,CM,EQ,EX, Fax: 419-738-9058 Phone: 507-437-5373 Headquarters PB,PM,FM,LT,MB,MM,OT Email: [email protected] Fax: 507-437-5524 251 O’Connor Ridge Blvd., (Organic fertilizer, specialty Products: EX,RF,SF,TG,FGAF,HI, Email: [email protected] Suite 300 proteins, flavor enhancers) MB,FM,PB Products: MB,HI,SF,BM,Lard, Irving, TX 75038 Region: Eastern Deodorized edible lard/tallow www.darlingii.com For restaurant services Region: Central Phone: 972-717-0300 Fax: 972-717-1588 DAR PRO Solutions, a Gelita USA Inc. Hormel Foods - Fremont Email: [email protected] Darling/Griffin Brand Gelita AG 900 S. Platte Avenue Region: Central, Western, www.darpro-solutions.com 2445 Point Neal Road Fremont, NE 68025 Eastern Contact: Todd Mathes Sergeant Bluff, IA 51054 Contact: John Peterson Phone: 972-717-0300 www.gelita.com Phone: 402-753-3302 Darling Ingredients Inc. Fax: 972-717-1588 Contact: Gina Swanson Fax: 402-721-0445 P.O. Box 615 Email: recyclingservices@ Phone: 712-943-0310 Email: [email protected] Des Moines, IA 50306 darpro.com Fax: 708-891-8432 Products: MB,HI,SF,BM,Lard www.darlingii.com Email: gina.swanson@ Region: Central Phone: 515-288-2166 gelita.com Fax: 515-288-1007 Products: Gelatine,Hydrolyzed Region: Central, Western, callagen Eastern Region: Central

www.naonalrenderers.org NRA Membership Directory Render April 2018 23 JBS Swift & Company - JBS Swift & Company Plant locations Kruger Commodities Inc. Headquarters 1700 N.E. Highway 60 - Headquarters 1770 Promontory Circle Worthington, MN 56187 Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. - 14344 Y Street, Suite 202 Greeley, CO 80634-9039 Contact: Kevin Schweigert Broadway Omaha, NE 68137 Contact: Jim Fisher Phone: 507-372-2121 330 Co-Op Drive www.krugerinc.com Phone: 970-506-8354 Fax: 507-372-4611 Timberville, VA 22853 Contact: James H. Kruger Fax: 970-506-8320 Email: kevin.schweigert@ Contact: Hal Davis Phone: 402-896-1324 Email: [email protected] jbssa.com Phone: 540-901-6130 Fax: 402-896-1784 Products: TG,RF,HI,MBM,BM,EX Products: TG,MBM,BM Fax: 540-901-6181 Email: [email protected] Region: Western Region: Central Email: [email protected] Region: Central Products: SF,PM,FM,PB,PF Plant locations Mountain View Rendering Region: Eastern Kruger Commodities, Inc. Company 5900 Old Allegan Road JBS Swift & Company JBS Souderton Inc. Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. - Hamilton, MI 49419 800 N. 8th Avenue 173 Rocco Road Moorefield Contact: Terry Pfannenstiel Greeley, CO 80634 Edinburg, VA 22824 129 Potomac Avenue Phone: 269-751-0560 Contact: Keith Neddermeyer Contact: Jason Janita Moorefield, WV 26836 Fax: 269-751-8929 Phone: 970-304-7247 Phone: 540-984-4158 Contact: Hal Davis Email: [email protected] Fax: 970-304-7320 ext. 239 Phone: 304-538-7834 Products: FM,MB,TG,YG Email: keith.neddermeyer@ Fax: 540-984-4159 Fax: 304-538-3540 Region: Eastern jbssa.com Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Products: TG,HI,MB,BM,EX Products: SF,FM,PB,PF,BM, Products: SF,PM,FM,PF,PB KCI Restaurant Services Region: Western FGAF,OT Region: Eastern Kruger Commodities Inc. Region: Eastern 4125 Dahlman Avenue JBS Swift & Company Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. - Omaha, NE 68107 410 N. 200 W JBS - MOPAC Mt. Pleasant Contact: Scott Ethridge Hyrum, UT 84319 JBS Souderton Inc. 1220 Pilgrim Street Phone: 402-898-4700 Contact: Elton Varner P.O. Box 64395 Mt. Pleasant, TX 75455 Fax: 402-898-4702 Phone: 435-245-6456 Souderton, PA 18964 Contact: Bill Welborn Products: YG Fax: 435-245-5207 Contact: Ken Gilmurray Phone: 903-575-3284 Region: Central Email: [email protected] Phone: 215-703-6085 Fax: 903-575-3911 Products: TG,RF,HI,MBM,BM,EX Email: ken.gilmurray@ Email: bill.welborn@ KCI Restaurant Services Region: Western jbssa.com pilgrims.com Kruger Commodities Inc. Products: BLF,BLP,FGAF,SF,TG, Products: SF,PM,FM,BM,PB,PF 3370 L Avenue JBS Swift & Company EX,LT,MB,PB,BM Region: Central Tama, IA 52339 P.O. Box 2137 Region: Eastern Contact: Bill Farris Grand Island, NE 68801 Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. - Phone: 641-484-3823 Contact: Steve Caravan JBS Packerland Tolleson Sumter Fax: 641-484-3825 Phone: 308-384-5330 651 S. 91st Avenue 2050 Highway 15 South Products: DT,TG,YG Fax: 308-389-4834 Tolleson, AZ 85353 Sumter, SC 29150-8799 Region: Central Email: [email protected] Contact: Jeremy Eatherton Contact: Nick Wilen Products: TG,HI,MB,BM,EX Phone: 970-506-8355 Phone: 803-481-6265 Region: Central Email: jeremy.eatherton@ Fax: 803-481-4263 Maple Lodge Farms Ltd. jbssa.com Email: nick.wilen@ 8301 Winston Churchill Blvd. JBS Swift & Company Products: DT,HI,MB,SF,TG pilgrims.com Brampton, ON, L6Y 0A2 P.O. Box 524 Region: Western Products: SF,PM,FM,PB,PF Canada Dumas, TX 79029 Region: Eastern Contact: David Willison Contact: Needham Carswell JBS Packerland Phone: 905-455-8340 x 2359 Phone: 806-966-5103 Green Bay Fax: 905-455-8370 Fax: 806-966-5481 P.O. Box 23000 John Kuhni Sons Inc. Email: dwillison@ Email: needham.carswell@ Green Bay, WI 54305 P.O. Box 15 maplelodgefarms.com jbssa.com Contact: Jim Holly Nephi, UT 84648 Products: SF,PB,FM Products: TG,HI,MB,BM,EX Phone: 970-506-8355 Phone: 435-758-7600 Region: Eastern Region: Central Products: DT,HI,MB,SF,TG Fax: 435-758-7610 Products: SF,TG,HI,MB,FGAF, Region: Central Mendota Agri-Products JBS Swift & Company OT(Transporter) Region: Western Inc. - Headquarters 1200 Story Avenue Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. - 712 Essington Road Louisville, KY 40206 Rendering Headquarters Joliet, IL 60435 Contact: Dave Dewitt P.O. Box 1268 Kaluzny Bros. Inc. www.mendotaagriproducts.com Phone: 502-582-0235 Mt. Pleasant, TX 75456 1528 Mound Road Contact: John Mahoney Fax: 502-582-6295 www.pilgrims.com Joliet, IL 60436-9808 Phone: 815-730-2080 Products: TG,MBM,BM Contact: Mark Glover Contact: David Kaluzny II Fax: 815-730-2087 Region: Eastern Phone: 903-434-1190 Phone: 815-744-1453 Email: johnm@ Fax: 972-290-8345 Fax: 815-729-5069 mahoneyes.com JBS Swift & Company Email: mark.glover@ Email: [email protected] Products: BLF,DT,FGAF,SF,TG,YG North & 10th Avenue pilgrims.com Products: SF,TG,DT,BLF,FGAF, Region: Central Marshalltown, IA 50158 Products: SF,FM,BM,PF,PM HI,CWG,YG Contact: Jon Holden Region: Central Region: Central Phone: 641-752-7131 Fax: 641-752-8509 Email: [email protected] Products: TG,MBM,BM Region: Central

24 April 2018 Render NRA Membership Directory www.naƟonalrenderers.org Mendota Agri-Products National Beef - Liberal Sanimax - Headquarters Simmons Feed Inc. P.O. Box 978 9900 Maurice-Duplessis Ingredients P.O. Box 439, Liberal, KS 67905 Montreal, QB, H1C 1G1 10700 S. State Highway 43 448 N. 3973 Road Contact: Austin Boggs Canada Southwest City, MO 64863 Mendota, IL 61342 Phone: 620-626-0692 www.sanimax.com www.simmonsfeedingredients.com www.mendotaagriproducts.com Email: austin.boggs@ Contact: Martin Couture Contact: Ken Wilson Contact: John Setchell nationalbeef.com Phone: 514-648-6001 or Phone: 417-762-3001 Phone: 815-539-5633 Products: SF,TG,HI,MM,MB, 888-495-9091 Fax: 417-762-3867 Fax: 815-539-7943 BM,EX Fax: 514-648-3013 Email: ken.wilson@ Email: [email protected] Region: Central Email: [email protected] simfoods.com Products: BLF,DT,FGAF,SF,TG, Region: Eastern Products: SF,PB,PM,FM MB,YG Region: Central Region: Central Nutri-Feeds Inc. Sanimax 101 SE 11th Avenue P.O. Box 45100 Mahoney Environmental Amarillo, TX 79101 2001 Avenue de La Rotonde Smithfield - Sales 712 Essington Contact: Garth Merrick Charny, QB, G6X 3R4 111 Commerce Street Joliet, IL 60435 Phone: 806-350-5525 Canada Smithfield, VA 23430 www.mahoneyenvironmental.com Fax: 806-357-2292 www.sanimax.com Contact: Gregg Redd Contact: Rick Sabol Email: garth@ Contact: Vincent Brossard Phone: 757-357-1636 Phone: 815-302-3912 merrickpetcare.com Phone: 418-832-4645, x3190 Fax: 757-357-1624 Fax: 815-730-2087 Products: TG,MB Fax: 418-832-6995 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Region: Central Email: [email protected] Products: SF,RF,HI,LG,MM,MB, Product codes: BLF,FGAF,LG, Products: EX,FM,PB,SF,TG,BM, BM,EX,OT(Heparin, plasma, YG,TG RF,FGAF,BLF,HI,PM runners, hydrolized hog hair) Protein Products Inc. - Region: Eastern Headquarters Region: Eastern P.O. Box 2974 Mountaire Farms of Sanimax Smithfield - Clinton Delaware Gainesville, GA 30503 424 E. Railroad Street www.proteinproductsinc.com 9900 Maurice-Duplessis Mountaire Corporation Montreal, QB, H1C 1G1 Clinton, NC 28328 P.O. Box 1320 Contact: Jeff Gay Contact: Andrew Jordan Phone: 770-536-3922 Canada 29093 John J. Williams Hwy www.sanimax.com Phone: 910-385-7751 Millsboro, DE 19966 Fax: 770-536-8365 Fax: 910-299-3001 Email: [email protected] Contact: Eric Caputo www.mountaire.com Phone: 514-648-6001, x3249 Email: ajordan@ Contact: Brian Schoeberl Products: Fish meal and fish oil smithfield.com Region: Eastern Fax: 514-648-0597 Phone: 302-934-4178 Email: [email protected] Products: SF,RF,HI,LG,MM,MB, Fax: 302-934-3445 Protein Products Inc. Products: EX,FM,PB,SF,TG,BM, BM,EX,OT(Heparin, plasma, Email: bschoeberl@ 1042 Highway 3 RF,FGAF,BLF,HI,PM runners, hydrolized hog hair) mountaire.com Sunflower, MS 38778 Region: Eastern Region: Eastern Products: SF,PB,FM www.proteinproductsinc.com Region: Eastern Contact: Eric Hilley Sanimax Smithfield - Crete Phone: 770-536-3922 P.O. Box 10067 2223 County Road I Fax: 770-536-8365 2099 Badgerland Drive Crete, NE 68333 National Beef Packing Contact: Henry Jaimes Company LLC - Email: [email protected] Green Bay, WI 54303 Region: Eastern www.sanimax.com Phone: 402-826-8885 Headquarters Email: [email protected] P.O. Box 20046 Contact: Donn Johnson Phone: 920-494-5233 Products: SF,RF,HI,LG,MM,MB, Kansas City, MO 64195-0046 Sacramento Rendering BM,EX,OT(Heparin, plasma, www.nationalbeef.com Fax: 920-494-9141 Company Email: [email protected] runners, hydrolized hog hair) Contact: Doyle Leefers or SRC Companies Products: EX,SF,TG,HI,DT,FGAF, Region: Central Tyler Nicholson 11350 Kiefer Boulevard MB,BFP Phone: 800-449-2333 Sacramento, CA 95830 Region: Central Smithfield - Dennison Fax: 816-713-8859 Contact: Michael Koewler 800 Industrial Drive Email: doyle.leefers@ Phone: 916-363-4821 Sanimax Dennison, IA 51442 nationalbeef.com or Fax: 916-363-8641 Contact: Ron Pankau tyler.nicholson@ 505 Hardman Avenue Email: michaelkoewler@ South St. Paul, MN 55075 Phone: 800-831-1812 nationalbeef.com aol.com Email: rpankau@ Products: SF,TG,HI,MM,MB, www.sanimax.com Products: EX,SF,TG,HI,MM,MB, Contact: Donn Johnson smithfield.com BM,EX DT,FGAF,BFP Products: SF,RF,HI,LG,MM,MB, Region: Central Phone: 651-451-6858 Region: Western Fax: 651-451-6542 BM,EX,OT(Heparin, plasma, runners, hydrolized hog hair) National Beef - Dodge City Email: [email protected] Reno Rendering Products: EX,SF,TG,MB,BM, Region: Central 2000 E. Trail Street SRC Companies MM,FGAF,FM,PB,HI,BFP,RF Dodge City, KS 67801 1705 N. Wells Avenue Region: Central Smithfield - Kansas City Contact: Randy Lyle or Reno, NV 89512 11500 NW Ambassador Drive Mike Clayton Phone: 800-733-6498 Kansas City, MO 64195 Phone: 620-227-7135 Sanimax Products: Transfer station 605 Bassett Street Contact: Austin Angel Fax: 620-338-4339 Region: Western Email: [email protected] Email: randy.lyle@ DeForest, WI 53532 www.sanimax.com Products: SF,RF,HI,LG,MM,MB, nationalbeef.com or BM,EX,OT(Heparin, plasma, [email protected] Contact: Donn Johnson Phone: 920-494-5233 runners, hydrolized hog hair) Products: SF,TG,HI,MM,MB, Region: Central BM,EX Fax: 920-494-9141 Region: Central Email: [email protected] Products: SF,TG,FGAF Region: Central

www.naonalrenderers.org NRA Membership Directory Render April 2018 25 Smithfield - Milan Pine Ridge Farms RVAF - Robards (Henderson) Valley Proteins Inc. - 22123 Highway 5 1800 Maury Street 14660 U.S. Hwy 41 S Headquarters Milan, MO 63556 Des Moines, IA 50317 Robards, KY 42452 P.O. Box 3588 Contact: Gary Banner Contact: Brady Stewart Contact: Mark Badertscher Winchester, VA 22604-2586 Phone: 660-865-4061 Phone: 515-266-4100 Phone: 270-521-3160 www.valleyproteins.com Email: gbanner@ Email: bstewart@ Fax: 270-521-3181 Contact: Gerald F. Smith Jr. smithfield.com pineridgefarmspork.com Phone: 540-877-2590 Products: SF,RF,HI,LG,MM,MB, Products: MM,LG RVAF - Scranton Fax: 540-877-3210 BM,EX,OT(Heparin, plasma, Region: Central 7755 N. Hwy 393 S Email: jjsmith@ runners, hydrolized hog hair) Scranton, AR 72863 valleyproteins.com Region: Central Contact: Jim Rofkahr Products: BFP,BM,CM,EX,FGAF, South Chicago Packing Phone: 479-938-2025 FM,HI,MM,PF,PM,SF,TG,YG, Smithfield - Monmouth Company Fax: 479-757-7731 OT(Pet food meat products, 1220 N. 6th Street 16250 S. Vincennes Avenue turkey meal) Monmouth, IL 61462 South Holland, IL 60473 RVAF - Sedalia Region: Eastern Contact: Scott Peel www.miniat.com 20003 Menefee Road Phone: 309-299-4753 Contact: Mike Botelho Sedalia, MO 65301 Valley Proteins Inc. - Email: [email protected] Phone: 708-589-2432 Contact: Ben Wilson Amarillo Division Products: SF,RF,HI,LG,MM,MB, Fax: 708-589-2532 Phone: 660-826-7071 x1 8415 S.E. 1st Avenue BM,EX,OT(Heparin, plasma, Email: [email protected] Fax: 660-826-7119 Amarillo, TX 79118-7302 runners, hydrolized hog hair) Products: ET,RF,SF,TG,EX Email: benjamin.wilson@ Contact: Tom Green Region: Central Region: Central tyson.com Phone: 540-877-2590 Fax: 806-374-1207 Smithfield Foods - North Tyson Foods Inc. - RVAF - Seguin Email: tgreen@ 501 N. Church Street Headquarters 1200 W. Kingsbury Street valleyproteins.com Smithfield, VA 23430 2200 Don Tyson Parkway, Seguin, TX 78155 Region: Central Contact: Scott Piper CP721 Contact: Keith Yovonavich Phone: 910-818-2924 Springdale, AR 72762 Phone: 830-401-8842 Valley Proteins Inc. - Email: [email protected] www.tyson.com Fax: 479-203-4221 Baltimore Division Products: SF,RF,HI,LG,MM,MB, Contact: Bo Watson 1515 Open Street BM,EX,OT(Heparin, plasma, Phone: 479-290-2897 RVAF - Temperanceville Baltimore, MD 21226 runners, hydrolized hog hair) Email: [email protected] 11224 Lankford Hwy Contact: Robert Hutson Region: Eastern Products: FM,PB,PM,PF,OT Temperanceville, VA 23442 Phone: 540-877-2590 Region: Central Contact: Tim Johnson Fax: 410-355-3095 Smithfield - Sioux Falls Phone: 757-824-3471 Email: rhutson@ 1400 N. Weber Avenue Plant locations Fax: 757-854-1415 valleyproteins.com Sioux Falls, SD 57103 Region: Eastern Contact: Don Johnson Cullman Blending RVAF - Texarkana Phone: 605-330-3295 P.O. Box 1144 5465 Miller County 64 Valley Proteins Inc. - Email: djohnson@ Cullman, AL 35055 Texarkana, AR 71854 Fayetteville Division smithfield.com Contact: Mike Lankford Contact: Dan Crowe 1309 Industrial Drive Products: BFP,TG,FGAF,MM, Phone: 256-734-7100 Phone: 870-645-2693 Fayetteville, NC 28301 EX,OT(Pet food meat products) Fax: 256-734-4521 Fax: 870-645-2619 Contact: Jason Wright Region: Central Phone: 540-877-2590 Pine Bluff Blending Tyson Fresh Meats Fax: 910-213-1140 Smithfield - Tar Heel 4211 Emmett Sanders Road 800 Stephens Port Drive, Email: jwright@ 15855 Highway 87 West Pine Bluff, AR 71601 DD828D valleyproteins.com Tar Heel, NC 28392 Contact: Mike Lankford Dakota Dunes, SD 57049 Region: Eastern Contact: Ted Stafford Phone: 870-534-7276 Contact: Bob Bestgen or Phone: 910-879-5758 ext. 758 Fax: 870-534-7273 Kim Broekemeier Valley Proteins Inc. - Email: tstafford@ Phone: 605-235-2523 or Gastonia Division smithfield.com RVAF - Clarksville 605-235-2836 5533 S. York Road Products: SF,RF,HI,LG,MM,MB, 1238 Market Street Fax: 479-757-7595 or Gastonia, NC 28052 BM,EX,OT(Heparin, plasma, Clarksville, AR 72830 479-757-7547 Contact: Matthew Beadle runners, hydrolized hog hair) Contact: Frank Fox Email: [email protected] Phone: 540-877-2590 Region: Eastern Phone: 479-754-3441 or [email protected] Fax: 704-861-9252 Fax: 479-754-8018 Email: mbeadle@ Smithfield - Vernon Plant locations valleyproteins.com 3049 E. Vernon Avenue RVAF - Forest Region: Eastern Los Angeles, CA 90058 11634 Hwy 80 W Beef sites: Contact: Gregg Redd Forest, MS 39074 Amarillo, TX Valley Proteins Inc. - Phone: 757-635-7782 Contact: Reed Kilpatrick Dakota City, NE Knoxville Division Email: [email protected] Phone: 601-469-8301 Holcomb, KS 9300 Johnson Road Products: SF,MB,BM,Lard Fax: 479-717-0198 Joslin, IL Strawberry Plains, TN 37871 Region: Western Lexington, NE Contact: Bobby Watson RVAF - Harmony Pasco, WA Phone: 540-877-2590 Coastal Protein 501 Sheffield Road Fax: 865-932-5713 1600 Martin Road Harmony, NC 28634 Pork sites: Email: rwatson@ Godwin, NC 28344 Contact: Gregg Wikstrom Columbus Junction, IA valleyproteins.com Contact: Blake Bullard Phone: 704-546-2602 Denison, IA Region: Eastern Phone: 910-567-5604 Fax: 704-546-5944 Madison, NE Email: bbullard@ Perry, IA coastalproteins.com Storm Lake, IA Products: MM,LG Logansport, IN Region: Eastern Waterloo, IA

26 April 2018 Render NRA Membership Directory www.naƟonalrenderers.org Valley Proteins Inc. - Valley Proteins Inc. - Valley Proteins Inc. - West Coast Reduction Lewiston Division Rose Hill Division Ward Division Ltd. - Calgary P.O. Box 10 P.O. Box 1026 271 Val-Pro Road 7030 Ogden Dale Place SE Lewiston, NC 27849 469 Yellow Cut Road Ward, SC 29166-9801 Calgary, AB, T2C 2A3 Contact: Mike Anderson Rose Hill, NC 28458 Contact: Shannon Owen Canada Phone: 540-877-2590 Contact: Steve Lester Phone: 540-877-2590 www.wcrl.com Fax: 252-348-2389 Phone: 540-877-2590 Fax: 803-685-2591 Contact: Geoff Smolkin Email: manderson@ Fax: 910-289-3312 Email: sowen@ Phone: 403-279-4441 valleyproteins.com Email: slester@ valleyproteins.com Fax: 403-279-6928 Region: Eastern valleyproteins.com Region: Eastern Email: [email protected] Region: Eastern Products: EX,FM,SF,TG,MB,HI, Valley Proteins Inc. - Valley Proteins Inc. - DT,BM,ST,FGAF,BLF,RF,YG,Fish Linkwood Division Valley Proteins Inc. - Winchester Division meal 5420 Linkwood Road Terre Hill Division P.O. Box 3588 Region: Western Linkwood, MD 21835 693 Wide Hollow Road Winchester, VA 22604 Contact: Reed Parks East Earl, PA 17519 Contact: Robert Golightly West Coast Reduction Phone: 540-877-2590 Contact: John Hamzik Phone: 540-877-2590 Ltd. - Edmonton Fax: 410-228-9389 Phone: 540-877-2590 Fax: 540-877-3136 1930 121 Avenue NE Email: rparks@ Fax: 717-445-6379 Email: rgolightly@ Edmonton, AB, T6S 1B1 valleyproteins.com Email: jhamzik@ valleyproteins.com Canada Region: Eastern valleyproteins.com Region: Eastern www.wcrl.com Region: Eastern Contact: James Taylor Valley Proteins Inc. - Phone: 780-472-6750 Linville Division Valley Proteins Inc. - West Coast Reduction Ltd. Fax: 780-472-6944 6230 Kratzer Road Veribest Division - Headquarters Email: [email protected] Linville, VA 22834 8394 FM 380 1292 Venables Street Products: EX,FM,PB,SF,TG,DT, Contact: Hobie Halterman San Angelo, TX 76905 Vancouver, BC, V6A 4B4 BM,ST,FGAF,BLF,RF,YG,Fish Phone: 540-833-2007 Contact: Ronnie Meine Canada meal,Porcine meal Fax: 540-833-6504 Phone: 540-877-2590 www.wcrl.com Region: Western Email: hhalterman@ Fax: 325-659-3823 Contact: Gordon Diamond or valleyproteins.com Email: rmeine@ Barry Glotman West Coast Reduction Region: Eastern valleyproteins.com Phone: 604-255-9301 Ltd. - Saskatoon Region: Central Fax: 604-255-3434 3018 Miners Avenue Valley Proteins Inc. - Email: [email protected] Saskatoon, SK, S7K 4Z8 Oklahoma Division Valley Proteins Inc. - Canada 2228 S. Santa Fe Avenue Wadesboro Division West Coast Reduction Ltd. www.wcrl.com Okalahoma City, OK 73109 P.O. Box 718 Vancouver Plant Operations Contact: Geoff Smolkin/Dale Contact: Shayne Bartlett Wadesboro, NC 28170 105 Commercial Drive North Steinbach Phone: 540-877-2590 Contact: Chris Bivans Vancouver, BC, V5L 4V7 Phone: 306-934-4887 Fax: 405-235-9960 Phone: 540-877-2590 Canada Fax: 306-934-3364 Email: sbartlett@ Fax: 704-694-6145 Contact: Doug Davidson Email: [email protected] valleyproteins.com Email: cbivans@ Phone: 604-255-9301 Products: EX,FM,PB,SF,TG,MB, Region: Central valleyproteins.com Fax: 604-255-1803 DT,BM,ST,FGAF,BLF,HI,RF,YG, Region: Eastern Email: [email protected] Fish meal Products: EX,FM,PB,SF,TG,BM, Region: Western ST,FGAF,BLF,HI,RF,YG,PF,BFP, CWG,PM,Fish meal,Porcine meal Western Mass. Rendering Region: Western Co. Inc. 94 Foster Road Southwick, MA 01077 www.westernmassrendering.com Contact: David T. Plakias Phone: 413-569-6265 Fax: 413-569-6512 Email: [email protected] Products: EX,SF,FGAF,DT,TG Region: Eastern

3 REGIONAL AREAS OF THE NATIONAL 2 RENDERERS ASSOCIATION 1 1. Eastern Region 2. Central Region 3. Western Region

www.naonalrenderers.org NRA Membership Directory Render April 2018 27 Active Members by State/Canada Full listing is available on indicated page number. Alabama Indiana Missouri South Dakota American Proteins Inc...... 21 Tyson Fresh Meats ...... 26 National Beef Packing Co...... 25 Smithfield ...... 26 BHT ReSources ...... 22 Simmons Feed Ingredients ...... 25 Tyson Fresh Meats ...... 26 Cullman Blending ...... 26 Iowa Smithfield ...... 25/26 Tyson Foods Inc. - RVAF ...... 26 Tennessee Arizona APC Inc...... 22 Boyer Valley Company ...... 22 Nebraska Valley Proteins Inc...... 26 Baker Commodities Inc...... 22 Central Bi-Products ...... 23 JBS Packerland Tolleson ...... 24 Darling Ingredients ...... 23 Cargill Meat Solutions ...... 22 Texas Gelita USA ...... 23 Hormel Foods Corp...... 23 Arkansas Cargill Meat Solutions ...... 22 JBS Swift & Company ...... 24 JBS Swift & Company ...... 24 Darling Ingredients ...... 23 Pine Bluff Blending ...... 26 KCI Restaurant Services ...... 24 KCI Restaurant Services ...... 24 JBS Swift & Company ...... 24 Tyson Foods Inc...... 26 Pine Ridge Farms ...... 26 Kruger Commodities Inc...... 24 Nutri-Feeds Inc...... 25 Tyson Foods Inc. - RVAF ...... 26 Smithfield ...... 25 Smithfield ...... 25 Pilgrim’s Pride Corp...... 24 Sonac ...... 23 Tyson Fresh Meats ...... 26 Tyson Foods Inc. - RVAF ...... 26 California Tyson Fresh Meats ...... 26 Nevada Tyson Fresh Meats ...... 26 Baker Commodities Inc...... 22 Kansas Valley Proteins Inc...... 26/27 Foster Farms ...... 23 Reno Rendering ...... 25 APC Inc...... 22 Utah Sacramento Rendering Co...... 25 New York Smithfield ...... 26 Cargill Meat Solutions ...... 22 JBS Swift & Company ...... 24 National Beef Packing ...... 25 Baker Commodities Inc...... 22 John Kuhni Sons Inc...... 24 Canada Tyson Fresh Meats ...... 26 North Carolina Virginia Cargill Meat Solutions ...... 22 Kentucky Maple Lodge Farms Ltd...... 24 APC Inc...... 22 Mountain View Rendering ...... 24 Rothsay ...... 23 Darling Ingredients ...... 23 Coastal Proteins ...... 26 Pilgrim’s Pride Corp...... 24 Sanimax ...... 25 JBS Swift & Company ...... 24 Smithfield ...... 25/26 Smithfield ...... 25/26 West Coast Reduction Ltd...... 27 Terra Renewal ...... 23 Tyson Foods Inc. - RVAF ...... 26 Tyson Foods Inc. - RVAF ...... 26 Tyson Foods Inc. - RVAF ...... 26 Valley Proteins Inc...... 26/27 Valley Proteins Inc...... 26/27 Colorado Maryland Ohio Washington Cargill Meat Solutions ...... 22 JBS Swift & Company ...... 24 Valley Proteins Inc...... 26/27 G.A. Wintzer & Son Co...... 23 Baker Commodities Inc...... 22 Massachusetts Hardy Industrial Technologies .. 23 Tyson Fresh Meats ...... 26 Delaware Holmes By-Products Inc...... 23 Baker Commodities Inc...... 22 West Virginia Mountaire Farms ...... 25 Oklahoma Western Mass. Rendering ...... 27 Pilgrim’s Pride Corp...... 24 Georgia Valley Proteins ...... 27 Michigan Wisconsin American Proteins Inc...... 21 Pennsylvania Protein Products Inc...... 25 Kruger Commodities Inc...... 24 JBS Packerland Green Bay ...... 24 Minnesota Cargill Regional Beef ...... 23 Rousselot ...... 23 Hawaii JBS-MOPAC ...... 24 Sanimax ...... 25 Baker Commodities Inc...... 22 Central Bi-Products Co...... 23 Valley Proteins Inc...... 27 Sonac USA LLC ...... 23 Hormel Foods Corp...... 23 Illinois JBS Swift & Company ...... 24 South Carolina Sanimax ...... 25 Kaluzny Bros. Inc...... 24 Pilgrim’s Pride Corp...... 24 Mahoney Environmental ...... 25 Mississippi Valley Proteins Inc...... 27 Mendota Agri-Products ...... 24/25 Smithfield ...... 25/26 Protein Products Inc...... 25 South Chicago Packing Co...... 26 Tyson Foods Inc. - RVAF ...... 26 Tyson Fresh Meats ...... 26

28 April 2018 Render NRA Membership Directory www.naƟonalrenderers.org 2018 Associate Members Brokers of fats and proteins, equipment manufacturers, and firms serving the rendering industry

VanAire Inc. Air/Water Treatment FRC - A JWC Environmental Kemin Nutrisurance Inc. Brand 840 Clark Drive 1900 Scott Avenue Aulick Chemical Solutions P.O. Box 3147 Gladstone, MI 49837 Des Moines, IA 50317 P.O. Box 127 Cumming, GA 30028 www.vanaireinc.com www.kemin.com Nicholasville, KY 40340 www.jwce.com Contact: Mandy Iverson Contact: Chris Gloger or www.aulickchemical.com Contact: Leah Surber Phone: 906-428-2731 Kevin Custer Contact: Jesse Chula Phone: 770-534-3681 Fax: 906-428-9061 Phone: 281-615-7924 (Chris) Phone: 859-881-5422 Fax: 770-783-8632 Email: aiverson@ or 515-289-6842 (Kevin) Fax: 859-881-8194 Email: [email protected] vanaireinc.com Email: Email: jchula@ Products: Dissolved air flotation Region: Eastern [email protected] or aulickchemical.com equipment, screens [email protected] Products: H2S elimination, odor Region: Eastern Antioxidants Region: Central control, wastewater treatment Ameri-Pac Inc. Region: Eastern Kusters Water Novus International Inc. P.O. Box 1088 Kusters Zima Corporation 20 Research Park Drive 745 S. 4th Street Chem-Aqua Inc. P.O. Box 6128 St. Charles, MO 63304 St. Joseph, MO 64502 NCH Corporation Spartanburg, SC 29304 Contact: Vanessa Stewart www.ameri-pac.com 2727 Chemsearch Boulevard www.kusterszima.com Phone: 314-550-1592 Contact: Robert Colescott Irving, TX 75062 Contact: Bill Guarini Fax: 314-576-6041 Phone: 816-233-4530 www.chemaqua.com Phone: 864-576-0660 Email: vanessa.stewart@ Fax: 816-233-1702 Contact: Jay Wilkison Fax: 864-587-5761 novusint.com Email: [email protected] Phone: 478-731-0184 Email: bill.guarini@ Region: Central Region: Central Email: [email protected] kusterszima.com Contact: Mike Gruver Region: Eastern Peak Tech Inc. Caldic USA Phone: 641-455-6635 P.O. Box 7 2425 Alft Lane Email: [email protected] LANXESS Corporation Jeffersonville, IN 47130 Elgin, IL 60124 Products: Water treatment 111 RIDC Park West Drive Contact: Jim Sparrow www.caldic.com Region: Central, Western Pittsburgh, PA 15227 Phone: 812-283-6697 Contact: Sandy Boston www.lanxess.com Fax: 812-283-0765 Phone: 913-302-0132 ChemE Solutions Inc. Contact: Jeannie McClaning Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] 816 E. Lakeshore Drive Phone: 412-310-1831 Region: Central Region: Central Lake Stevens, WA 98258 Email: jeannie.mcclaning@ lanxess.com Videka www.chemesolutions.com C.F. Zeiler & Company Inc. Region: Eastern A Diana Pet Food & Kalsec Contact: Geoff Stensland 8601 LaSalle Road, Suite 203 Alliance Phone: 206-817-6667 Towson, MD 21286 SCP Control Inc. 3713 West Main Street Email: geoff@ www.cfzeiler.com 7791 Elm Street NE Kalamazoo, MI 49006 chemesolutions.com Contact: Patrick Higgins P.O. Box 32022 www.diana-group.com Region: Western Phone: 410-828-7182 Minneapolis, MN 55432 Contact: Kevin Meyle Fax: 410-828-7183 Contact: Eric Peterson Phone: 800-323-9320 Chemtron Corporation Email: [email protected] Phone: 763-572-8042 Fax: 269-382-3060 3500 Harry S. Truman Region: Eastern Boulevard Fax: 763-572-8066 Email: [email protected] St. Charles, MO 63301 Email: [email protected] Region: Eastern Region: Central CFS North America LLC www.chemtroncorporation.com Camlin Fine Sciences Vitablend USA Contact: Joe Schott 3179 99th Street Steen Research LLC Amtech/Barentz Phone: 800-940-5445 Urbandale, IA 50322 19363 Willamette Drive, 1200 Hosford Street, Suite 204 Fax: 636-940-0773 www.camlinfs.com Suite 235 Hudson, WI 54016 Email: orders@ Contact: Sandra Grossmann West Linn, OR 97068 www.vitablend.nl chemtron.h2o.com Phone: 515-423-9854 Contact: Steve Temple Contact: Yohann Hureau Region: Central Email: sandra.grossmann@ Phone: 408-828-8177 or Phone: 715-381-5746 camlinfs.com 503-722-9088 Fax: 715-381-5745 Clean Water Technology Inc. Region: Central 151 W. 135th Street Fax: 503-722-1336 Email: contact@ Los Angeles, CA 90061 Email: stemple@ vitablend-usa.com FoodSafe Technologies www.cleanwatertech.com steenresearch.com Region: Central 94 East Jefryn Boulevard, Contact: Colette Lukasiewicz Region: Western Unit H Phone: 310-380-4648 x4526 VRM Labs Deer Park, NY 11729 Email: ctassin@ 109 Ash Court www.foodsafetech.com cleanwatertech.com Easley, SC 29642 Phone: 631-392-1526 Region: Western www.vrmlab.com Fax: 631-392-1529 Contact: Dr. David Meisinger Email: render@ Phone: 515-975-3557 foodsafetech.com Email: [email protected] Region: Eastern, Central Products: Specialty chemicals Region: Central

www.naonalrenderers.org NRA Membership Directory Render April 2018 29 Bulk Liquid Storage / Chemicals Vantage Oleochemicals Gersony Strauss Transportation 4650 South Racine Avenue Company Inc. Anderson Chemical Co. Chicago, IL 60609-3321 171 Church Street, Suite 270 CST Storage 325 S. Davis Contact: Jason Bettenhausen Charleston, SC 29401 A Division of CST Industries Inc. Litchfield, MN 55355 Phone: 773-376-9000 Contact: Lonnie James 345 Harvestore Drive www.accomn.com Fax: 773-376-1936 Phone: 843-853-7777 DeKalb, IL 60115 Contact: Brett Anderson Email: jason.bettenhausen@ Fax: 843-853-6777 Contact: Tim O’Connell Phone: 320-693-2477 vantagegrp.com Email: [email protected] Phone: 815-220-5730 or Fax: 320-693-7740 Products: Oleochemicals Region: Eastern 405-380-5410 Email: [email protected] Region: Central Email: toconnell@ Region: Central Hurley Brokerage Inc. cst-storage.com Commodity Brokers/ 11524 West 183rd Street, Region: Central BASF Corporation Traders Unit 103 11501 Steele Creek Road Orland Park, IL 60467 Dupré Logistics LLC Charlotte, NC 28273 Agri Trading Contact: Bill Hurley 201 Energy Parkway, Suite 500 www.basf.com P.O. Box 609 Phone: 708-361-8823 Lafayette, LA 70508 Contact: Scott Bryan 340 Michigan Street SE Fax: 708-361-9649 www.duprelogistics.com Phone: 704-587-8044 Hutchinson, MN 55350 Email: bill.hurley@ Contact: Alfred Parker Email: [email protected] www.agritradingcorp.com hurleybrokerage.com Phone: 504-812-8622 Products: Water treatment Contact: Kim Anderson Products: BR,FM,PB,RF,SF,TF,ET, Email: aparker@ Region: Eastern Phone: 320-587-2133 or FGAF,MM,MB,DT duprelogistics.com 320-583-3209 Region: Central Region: Central Elkem Silicones Fax: 320-587-5816 Bluestar Co. Email: kim.anderson@ Mini Bruno North Dura Cast Products Inc. 2 Town Center Boulevard agritradingcorp.com America Inc. 16160 Hwy 27 New Brunswick, NJ 08816 Region: Central Mini Bruno Sucesores C.A. Lake Wales, FL 33859 www.elkem.com 2483 Tracer Boulevard, www.duracast.com Contact: Tom Stremlau Calpine Energy Solutions 17th Floor Contact: Gabe Madlang Phone: 678-477-3366 130 Voyage Mall Stamford, CT 06901 Phone: 863-638-3200 Email: tom.stremlau@ Marina del Rey, CA 90292 www.minibruno.us Fax: 863-638-2443 elkem.com www.calpinesolutions.com Contact: Alves Neri Email: gmadlang@ Region: Central Contact: Gene Owens Phone: 203-422-2923 duracast.com Phone: 310-686-5702 Fax: 203-422-0441 Region: Eastern CCI Email: gene.owens@ Email: [email protected] 3540 East 26th calpinesolutions.com Region: Eastern Paul Marcotte Farms Inc. Vernon, CA 90058 Products: Natural gas and 1725N, 12000 E Road Contact: Joe Graffies power Pasternak, Baum & Co. Inc. Momence, IL 60954-9467 Phone: 800-767-9112 Region: Western 500 Mamaroneck Avenue Contact: Sherrie Smart Email: jgraffies@ Harrison, NY 10528 Phone: 815-472-4400 ccichemical.com Decom Inc. www.pasternakbaum.com Fax: 815-472-4453 Region: Western 11325 South Hudson Avenue Contact: Michael Sanchez Email: smartdispatcher2@ Tulsa, OK 74137 Phone: 914-630-8080 gmail.com Chem-Tech Solutions Inc. Contact: J.C. Deyoe Fax: 914-630-8120 Products: Transporters 427 Brook Street Phone: 918-298-5205 Email: [email protected] Region: Central Belmont, NC 28012 Email: [email protected] Products: Fats, oils, grains www.chemtechsolutions.com Products: FM,BP,SF,TG,FGAF, Region: Eastern Stoller Trucking Inc. Contact: Tony Phillips MM,MB,DT,BR P.O. Box 309 Phone: 704-829-9202 Region: Central Perdue Agribusiness LLC Gridley, IL 61744 Fax: 704-829-9203 6906 Zion Church Road www.stollertrucking.com Email: info@ E.B. Wakeman Company Salisbury, MD 21804 Contact: Brian S. Stoller chemtechsolutions.com 408 S Main Street, Suite 220 www.perdueagribusiness.com/ Phone: 309-747-4521 Products: Degreasers/cleaners Templeton, CA 93465 animal-nutrition Fax: 309-747-4457 Region: Eastern Contact: Gary Gibson Contact: Darryl Betts Email: bstoller@ Phone: 805-781-8475 Phone: 410-341-2598 stollertrucking.com Impact Cleaning/DuBois Fax: 805-781-0516 Fax: 410-341-2603 Region: Central Distribution Products: FM,PB,MB,TG,BR Email: darryl.betts@ N8898 River Road Region: Western perdue.com Trans Ocean Bulk Berlin, WI 54923 Products: Poultry and dairy Logistics Solutions www.duboischemicals.com Gavilon Ingredients LLC Region: Eastern 10344 New Decade Drive Contact: Dale Jezwinski 1331 Capitol Avenue Pasadena, TX 77507 Phone: 513-504-6036 Omaha, NE 68102-1106 POET Nutrition www.transoceanbulk.com Fax: 800-543-1720 www.gavilon.com POET LLC Contact: Brennan Spearman Email: dale.jezwinski@ Contact: Aaron Perkinson 4506 N. Lewis Avenue Phone: 713-449-0716 gmail.com Phone: 402-889-4304 Sioux Falls, SD 57104 Email: b.spearman@ Products: Degreasers/Cleaners Fax: 402-221-0343 www.poet.com transoceanbulk.com for trucks, equipment, walls Email: aaron.perkinson@ Contact: Ashley Hummel Region: Central and floors, truck wash systems gavilon.com Phone: 605-965-6232 Region: Eastern, Central Products: Animal proteins and Email: ashley.hummel@ fats, grain, feed ingredients, poet.com energy, and biofuels Products: Fats and oils Region: Central Region: Central

30 April 2018 Render NRA Membership Directory www.naƟonalrenderers.org Sunbelt Commodities Inc. East Manufacturing Corp. Alloy Hardfacing & Eng. Dupps Company P.O. Box 70006 1871 State Route 44 Co. Inc. P.O. Box 189 Marietta, GA 30007-0006 Randolph, OH 44265 20425 Johnson Memorial Dr. Germantown, OH 45327 Contact: Dave Haselschwerdt www.eastmfg.com (Hwy 169) www.dupps.com Phone: 770-578-8883 Contact: Chris Cooler Jordan, MN 55352 Contact: Frank Dupps Jr. or Fax: 844-269-8316 Phone: 330-325-8213 www.alloyhardfacing.com Richard Weeks Email: dave@ Fax: 330-325-7851 Contact: Paul Rothenberger Phone: 937-855-6555 sunbeltcommodities.com Email: [email protected] Phone: 800-328-8408 or Fax: 937-855-6554 Products: BR,TG,ET,FM,PB Products: Trailers 952-492-5569 Email: [email protected] Region: Central Region: Eastern Fax: 952-492-3100 Region: Central, Eastern, Email: paulr@ Western Third Coast Energy Management alloyhardfacing.net Commodities LLC Resources Inc. Region: Central, Western Dupps Company - Ankeny 220 N. Green Street 6324 N. Chatham, Suite 166 P.O. Box 257 Chicago, IL 60607 Kansas City, MO 54151 Anco Rendering Ankeny, IA 50021 Contact: Paul Dickerson www.emr-energy.com Equipment www.dupps.com Phone: 800-869-5124 Contact: Ginger Needham 1420 Lorraine Avenue Contact: Theodore Clapper Fax: 847-589-0820 Phone: 816-883-1000 High Point, NC 27263-2040 Phone: 515-964-1110 Email: paul@ Fax: 816-883-1001 www.ancoeaglin.com Fax: 515-964-0863 thirdcoastcommodities.com Email: gneedham@ Contact: Thomas Stanford Email: tclapper@ dupps.com Region: Central emr-energy.com Phone: 336-855-7800 Products: Repair and sales Region: Central Fax: 336-855-7831 Region: Central, Western Universal Green Email: tom_stanforth@ Commodities GHD Services Inc. ancoeaglin.com Dupps Separation 11 Beacon Street, Suite 415 7086 N. Maple Avenue, Region: Eastern Technology / Dupps Gratt Boston, MA 02108 Suite 101 Centrifuges www.ugcinc.com Fresno, CA 93720 Artex Manufacturing P.O. Box 189 Contact: Jamie O’Brien www.ghd.com P.O. Box 88 Germantown, OH 45327 Phone: 617-742-1111 Contact: Michael Beerends or Redwood Falls, MN 56283 www.dupps.com Fax: 888-782-5671 Jason Haelzle www.artexmfg.com Contact: Ray Jobe Email: [email protected] Phone: 559-326-5900 Contact: Mike Anderson Phone: 937-855-6555 Region: Eastern Fax: 559-326-5905 Phone: 507-644-2893 Fax: 937-855-6554 Email: michael.beerends@ Fax: 507-644-7000 Email: [email protected] Wilbur-Ellis Feed Division ghd.com or Email: manderson@ Region: Central, Eastern, Wilbur-Ellis Company [email protected] artexmfg.com Western 2001 SE Columbia River Drive Region: Western Products: Aluminum rendering Vancouver, WA 98661 trailers, air/water treatment Frontline www.wilburellis.com Reid Engineering Region: Central International Inc. Contact: Diane Kimmel Company Inc. 187 Ascot Parkway Phone: 360-816-0748 1210 Princess Anne Street Brown Industrial Inc. Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44223 Fax: 360-892-4097 Fredericksburg, VA 22401 311 W. South Street www.frontlineii.com Email: dkimmel@ www.reidengineering.com P.O. Box 74 Contact: John Palazzo wilburellis.com Contact: Shane H. Reid Botkins, OH 45306-0074 Phone: 330-861-1100 Region: Western Phone: 540-371-8500 www.brownindustrial.com Fax: 330-861-1105 Fax: 540-371-8576 Contact: Craig D. Brown Email: jpalazzo@ W.W.S. Inc. Email: sreid@ Phone: 937-693-3838 frontlineii.com 4032 Shoreline Drive, Suite 2 reidengineering.com Fax: 937-693-4121 Products: Used cooking oil auto- Spring Park, MN 55384 Products: Wastewater, water, Email: craig@ mated system (equipment only) www.wwstrading.com utility, and site development brownindustrial.com Region: Eastern Contact: Brett Perry Region: Eastern Products: Truck bodies/trailers Phone: 952-541-9001 or Region: Central, Eastern, Genesis III Inc. 888-645-6328 Equipment Western P.O. Box 186 Fax: 952-541-9206 5575 Lyndon Road Email: [email protected] AC Corporation Cablevey Conveyors Prophetstown, IL 61277 Products: Commodity merchan- P.O. Box 16367 Intraco Inc. www.g3hammers.com diser of fats, oils, and proteins Greensboro, NC 27416-0367 P.O. Box 148 Contact: Jonathan Paul Region: Central, Eastern, Contact: Trip Walker Oskaloosa, IA 52577 Phone: 815-537-7900 or Western www.accorporation.com www.cablevey.com 866-376-7900 Phone: 336-273-4472 Contact: Karl Seidel Fax: 815-537-7905 Consultants Fax: 336-274-6035 Phone: 641-673-8451 Email: jonathan.paul@ Email: twalker@ Fax: 641-673-7419 g3hammers.com Bolton & Menk Inc. accorporation.com Email: Karl.Seidel@ Products: Hammermill hammers 1519 Baltimore Drive Region: Eastern cablevey.com Region: Central Ames, IA 50010 Region: Central www.bolton-menk.com Alfa Laval Inc. Haarslev Inc. Contact: Greg Sindt 111 Parker Street Consolidated Fabricators 9700 NW Conant Avenue Phone: 515-233-6100 Newburyport, MA 01970 14620 Arminta Street Kansas City, MO 64153 Fax: 515-233-4430 www.alfalaval.com Van Nuys, CA 91402 www.haarslev.com Email: gregsi@ Contact: Todd Blasé www.con-fab.com Contact: Hans H. Nissen bolton-menk.com Phone: 262-716-3417 Contact: Kerry Holmes Phone: 816-799-0808 Products: Environmental Email: todd.blase@ Phone: 818-933-0885 Fax: 816-799-0812 engineering and permit alfalaval.com Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] services, wastewater treatment Region: Eastern Products: Waste containers Region: Central, Western facility design and studies Region: Western Region: Central www.naonalrenderers.org NRA Membership Directory Render April 2018 31 HF Press + Lipidtech MMI Tank and Industrial Phelps Fan LLC Seepex Inc. Harburg Freudenberger Services P.O. Box 190718 Seeberger Gmbh Machinenbaj Gmbh 3240 S. 37th Avenue Little Rock, AR 72219-0718 511 Speedway Drive 103 Western Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85009-9700 www.phelpsfan.com Enon, OH 45323 Akron, OH 44313 www.mmitank.com Contact: Harold Specht www.seepex.com www.hf-press-lipidtech.com Contact: Casey Wilstead Phone: 501-568-5550 Contact: Aaron Renick Contact: Jon Hanft Phone: 602-272-6000 Fax: 501-568-3363 Phone: 937-864-7150 Phone: 330-864-0800 Fax: 602-272-6700 Email: hspecht@ Fax: 937-864-7157 Fax: 330-864-5941 Email: [email protected] phelpsfan.com Email: [email protected] Email: jon.hanft@ Products: Fabricate/install tanks Region: Central Products: Aseptic designs for and repair/replace equipment food processing us.hf-group.com Region: Western Rendeq Inc. Region: Eastern Region: Eastern 1813 Frank S. Holt Drive MPI - Magnetic Products Burlington, NC 27215 Sturtevant Inc. Industrial Hardfacing Inc. Inc. www.rendeq.com 348 Circuit Street 218 E. Main Street 683 Town Center Drive Contact: Mark DeWeese Hanover, MA 02339 Lamoni, IA 50140 Highland, MI 48356 Phone: 336-226-1100 www.sturtevantinc.com www.industrialhardfacing.com www.mpimagnet.com Fax: 336-270-5357 Contact: Joe Muscolino Contact: Chip Millslagle Contact: Kyle Rhodes Email: [email protected] Phone: 781-829-1431 Phone: 800-247-7778 Phone: 248-887-5600 Region: Eastern Email: jmuscolino@ Fax: 641-784-6923 Email: [email protected] sturtevantinc.com Email: [email protected] Products: Equipment design Roll Rite LLC Products: Air classifier/ Products: Equipment, repair, Region: Central 650 Industrial Drive separator to reduce ash and and consulting Gladwin, MI 48624 increase protein in animal Region: Central Olson Manufacturing/ www.rollrite.com protein meals V-Ram Contact: James Kenyon Region: Eastern Industrial Steam 620 S. Broadway Phone: 989-896-1111 1403 SW 7th Street Albert Lea, MN 56007-4526 Fax: 989-345-7805 Summit Trailer Sales Inc. Atlantic, IA 50022 www.vram.com Email: [email protected] One Summit Plaza www.industrialsteam.com Contact: Rose Modderman Products: Automated tarp Summit Station, PA 17979 Contact: Jeremy Zellmer Phone: 507-373-3996 system for trucking industry www.summittrailer.com Phone: 712-243-5300 Fax: 507-373-5937 Region: Central Contact: Chuck Pishock Email: jzellmer@ Email: rmodderman@ Phone: 570-754-3511 industrialsteam.com vram.com RW Manufacturing Fax: 570-754-7025 Products: Deaerators, firetube Region: Central P.O. Box 599 Email: chuck@ boilers, and high pressure Stuttgart, AR 72160 summittrailer.com condensate systems Onkens Inc. www.rwmfginc.com Region: Eastern Region: Central P.O. Box 72 Contact: Randy Sweetin or 320 E. Main Kevin Sweetin Superior Process Leem Filtration Easton, IL 62633 Phone: 870-673-7226 Technologies 25 Arrow Road www.onkens.net Fax: 870-673-6131 1915 Broadway Street NE Ramsey, NJ 07446 Contact: David Hull Email: Minneapolis, MN 55413 www.leemfiltration.com Phone: 309-562-7271 [email protected] www.superiorprocesstechnologies. Contact: Bill Boyd Fax: 309-562-7272 [email protected] com Phone: 813-653-9006 Email: [email protected] Products: Replacement parts Contact: Doug Smith Fax: 813-685-3382 Products: Truck bodies, trailers, for hammer mills and shakers Phone: 612-378-0800 Products: Filtration equipment and bulk grease containers Region: Central Fax: 702-975-5758 Region: Eastern Region: Central, Eastern, Products: Biodiesel production Western Saeplast Americas Inc. Region: Central MAC Trailer Mfg. 100 Industrial Drive 14599 Commerce Street Orthman Conveying Saint John, NB, E2R 1A5 Titus Manufacturing LLC Alliance, OH 44601 Systems Canada 9887 6 B Road www.mactrailer.com P.O. Box B www.saeplast.com Plymouth, IN 46563 Contact: Joe Dennis Lexington, NE 68850 Contact: Mike Kilpatrick www.titusinc.com Phone: 330-823-9900 www.orthman.com Phone: 506-633-0101 Contact: Tom Read Fax: 330-823-0232 Contact: Jimmy Rios Fax: 506-658-0227 Phone: 574-936-3345 Email: [email protected] Phone: 817-542-8859 Email: mike.kilpatrick@ Fax: 574-936-3905 Region: Eastern Email: [email protected] saeplast.com Email: [email protected] Region: Central Products: Plastic containers Products: Titus II grinder Martin Sprocket & Gear Region: Eastern Region: Central, Eastern 3600 McCart Street Par-Kan Company Ft. Worth, TX 76110 2915 W 900 S Scan American Corp. Travis Body and Trailer Inc. www.martinsprocket.com Silver Lake, IN 46982 9505 N. Congress Avenue 13955 FM 529 Contact: Juan Fletes www.par-kan.com Kansas City, MO 64153 Houston, TX 77041 Phone: 817-258-3000 Contact: Kyle Bruner www.scanamcorp.com www.travistrailers.com Fax: 817-258-3173 Phone: 260-352-2141 Contact: Jeff Drake Contact: Stuart Swint Email: jfletes@ Fax: 260-352-0701 Phone: 816-880-9321 Phone: 713-466-5888 or martinsprocket.com Email: [email protected] Fax: 816-880-9343 800-535-4372 Products: Bulk material Products: Grease containers/lids Email: jdrake@ Fax: 713-466-3238 handling and mechanical Region: Central scanamcorp.com Email: [email protected] power transmission equipment Products: Pumps, cookers, Products: Trailer manufacturer Region: Central presses, driers, grinders, Region: Central coagulators, crushers, mixers Region: Central

32 April 2018 Render NRA Membership Directory www.naƟonalrenderers.org Uzelac Industries Inc. Elgin Separation Solutions Separators Inc. KimShe International 6901 Industrial Loop Elgin Equipment Group 5707 W. Minnesota Street Grain and Feed LLC Greendale, WI 53129 10050 Cash Road Indianapolis, IN 46241 475 County Road 520, www.uzelacind.com Stafford, TX 77477 www.separatorsinc.com Suite 104 Contact: Michael Uzelac www.elginseparationsolutions. Contact: Quenton Lind Marlboro, NJ 07746 Phone: 414-529-0240 com Phone: 317-484-3745 www.kimshellc.com Fax: 414-529-0362 Contact: Raymond Pietramale Fax: 317-484-3755 Contact: Sherif Gendi Email: [email protected] Phone: 281-261-5778 Email: [email protected] Phone: 732-444-1136 Products: Duske drying systems Fax: 281-499-4080 Region: Central, Eastern Email: [email protected] Region: Central Email: ray.pietramale@ Region: Eastern elginindustries.com Equipment - Repair Virginia Truck Center Region: Central Scoular P.O. Box 96 Brown's Milling Supply Inc. 250 S Marquette Avenue, Weyers Cave, VA 24486 Flottweg Separation P.O. Box 500 Suite 1050 www.virginiatruckcenter.com Technology Inc. Alma, NE 68920 Minneapolis, MN 55401 Contact: Greg Witt 10700 Toebben Drive www.brownssupply.com www.scoular.com Phone: 540-453-1003 Independence, KY 41051 Contact: Mike Stemper Contact: Michael McCartan Fax: 540-234-0997 www.flottweg.com Phone: 402-721-7899 Phone: 612-335-8205 Email: gwitt@ Contact: Darren Smith Fax: 866-313-2256 Fax: 612-335-8770 virginiatruckcenter.com Phone: 937-564-7900 Email: billing@ Email: mmccartan@ Region: Eastern Fax: 859-448-2333 brownssupply.com scoular.com Email: [email protected] Region: Central Region: Central Walinga USA Inc. Region: Eastern 1190 Electric Avenue MDH Boiler Service & Feed Manufacturers/ Wayland, MI 49348 GEA Westfalia Separator Repair Inc. Ingredients www.walinga.com 100 Fairway Court 12106 S. Center Street Contact: Terry Medemblik Northvale, NJ 07647 South Gate, CA 90280 3D Corporate Solutions Phone: 800-466-1197 www.wsus.com Contact: Mauro Donate 601 N. 13th Street Fax: 616-877-3474 Contact: Rawn Walley Phone: 562-630-2875 Monett, MO 65708 Email: [email protected] Phone: 201-767-3900 Fax: 562-630-2595 www.3Dsolutions.com Products: Collection vehicles Fax: 201-767-3416 Email: mdonate@ Contact: Jessica Kutz Region: Eastern Email: info.wsus@ mdhboiler.com Phone: 417-236-9602 geagroup.com Region: Western Fax: 417-236-0039 Equipment - Centrifuges Region: Eastern Email: [email protected] Exporters Region: Central Centrifuge Chicago GreySun Equipment Fornazor International Inc. Corporation Company Feed Energy Company 1721 Summer Street 455 Hillsdale Avenue 4400 E. University Ave 3102 Avenue M Ex Hillsdale, NJ 07642 Hammond, IN 46320 Conroe, TX 77301 Pleasant Hill, IA 50327 www.centrifugechicago.com www.fornazor.com www.feedenergy.com www.greysuncentrifugerental. Contact: John Fornazor Contact: Doug Rivich com Contact: Joe Green Phone: 219-852-5200 Phone: 201-664-4000 Phone: 800-451-9413 Contact: Kye Keliehor Fax: 201-664-3222 Fax: 219-852-5204 Phone: 936-524-5162 Fax: 515-265-4163 Email: doug@ Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Fax: 936-494-3897 Region: Eastern centrifugechicago.com Email: cbrock@ Products: BLF,FA,FGAF,RF,SF Products: Repair, parts, service Region: Central greysunrentals.com International Feed Region: Central Region: Central 2500 Shadywood Road, International Ingredient Centrisys Corporation Suite 300 Corporation GTech Excelsior, MN 55331 9586 58th Place 27341 Spectrum Way 150 Larkin Williams Industrial Kenosha, WI 53144 www.internationalfeed.com Court Oakridge, TX 77385 Contact: Derek Michalski or www.centrisys.com www.gtechus.com Fenton, MO 63026 Contact: Jerod Swanson Bernie Kaiser www.iicag.com Contact: Dennis Edwards Phone: 952-249-9818 Phone: 262-654-6006 Phone: 832-616-2922 Contact: Kevin M. Halpin Email: [email protected] Email: dmichalski@ Phone: 636-343-4111 Fax: 936-494-0012 internationalfeed.com or Products: Dewatering and Email: dennis.edwards@ Fax: 636-349-4845 thickening centrifuges, [email protected] Email: [email protected] gtechus.com Products: Supplier/Exporter/ replacement parts, aftermarket Region: Central Products: Specialty ingredients service Marketer of animal protein Region: Central Region: Western meals and co-products Jenkins Centrifuge Region: Central Company LLC International Nutrition CentriTEK - Industrial P.O. Box 27540 1123 Swift Street K-Pro U.S. LP Centrifuge Specialists North Kansas City, MO 64116 Omaha, NE 68127 Chris Gatewood Industries Inc. 475 Regency Park Drive, www.ini-agworld.com www.jenkinscentrifuge.com Suite 175 77 Solano Square, #303 Contact: Kevin Jenkins or Contact: Steve Silver Benicia, CA 94510 O’Fallon, IL 62269 Phone: 402-331-0123 Cam Kirkpatrick www.k-pro.us www.centritek.us Phone: 800-635-1431 Fax: 402-331-0169 Contact: Chris Gatewood Contact: Erin Rochman Email: [email protected] Fax: 816-471-6692 Phone: 314-425-8550 Phone: 209-304-2200 Email: kjenkins@ Region: Central Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] jenkinscentrifuge.com or Region: Central Region: Western [email protected] Products: Rebuild centrifuges, buy and sell equipment, manufacture horizontal centrifuges Region: Central, Eastern, Western www.naonalrenderers.org NRA Membership Directory Render April 2018 33 Mid-South Milling Financial/ Samplers and Surveyors Other Company Professional Services 710 Oakleaf Office Lane Cullen Maritime Anitox Inc. Memphis, TN 38117 Williams Mullen Services Inc. 1055 Progress Circle www.msmilling.com 1441 Main Street, Suite 1250 465 46th Street Lawrenceville, GA 30043 Contact: Nathan Pappas Columbia, SC 29201 Richmond, CA 94805-2301 Contact: Jesse Unsicker Phone: 901-681-4301 www.williamsmullen.com Contact: John Spenik Phone: 309-648-1199 Fax: 901-681-4337 Contact: Ethan Ware Phone: 510-232-6700 Email: [email protected] Email: npappas@ Phone: 803-567-4610 Fax: 510-232-6766 Products: Pathogen control, msmilling.com Email: eware@williams- Email: [email protected] milling efficiency Region: Eastern, Central mullen.com 2126 E. 7th Street Region: Eastern Products: Law firm Long Beach, CA 90804 Midwestern Pet Foods Inc. Region: Eastern Contact: John Spenik Arreff Terminals Inc. 9634 Hedden Road Phone: 562-433-4355 Fornazor International Inc. Evansville, IN 47725 Laboratory/Testing Fax: 562-433-3457 3600 Elm Avenue www.earthbornholisticpetfood.com Email: john.spenik@ Portsmith, VA 23704 Contact: Bruce Blackford Bureau Veritas cullenmaritime.com Contact: Gloria Lambert Phone: 812-867-4504 12622 Highway 3 9317 232nd Street SW Phone: 757-393-6534 Email: bblackford@ Webster, TX 77598 Edmonds, WA 98020-5026 Fax: 757-393-2976 midwesternpetfoods.com www.bureauveritas.com Contact: Craig Burgess Products: Bulk transloading/ Region: Central Contact: Carly Borel Phone: 206-783-6979 bagging Phone: 713-451-2121 Fax: 206-783-6913 Region: Eastern NF Protein LLC Email: carly.borel@ Region: Western 1919 Grand AVenue inspectorate.com Caito Fisheries Inc. Sioux City, IA 51106 Region: Central Trade Groups/Journals P.O. Box 2415 www.nfprotein.com San Francisco, CA 94126 Contact: Eric J. Lohry Diversified Laboratories Inc. American Feed Industry Contact: Jeanette Caito Phone: 712-279-1938 4150 Lafayette Center Drive, Association Phone: 415-441-2121 Fax: 712-279-1973 Suite 600 2101 Wilson Boulevard, Fax: 415-441-2221 Products: Animal protein Chantilly, VA 20151 Suite 810 Email: [email protected] producer www.diversifiedlaboratories.com Arlington, VA 22201 Products: Seafood processor Region: Central Contact: Peter Kendrick www.afia.org Region: Western Phone: 703-222-8700 Contact: Joel G. Newman Premier Ag Resources Ltd. Fax: 703-222-0786 Phone: 703-524-0810 Chemol Company Inc. 747 Hyde Park Road, Email: pkendrick@ Fax: 703-524-1921 P.O. Box 16286 Suite 205 diversifiedlaboratories.com Email: [email protected] Greensboro, NC 27416 London, ON, Canada Region: Eastern Region: Eastern www.chemol.com N6H 3S3 Contact: Fred Wellons www.parltd.ca FOSS North America Pet Food Institute Phone: 336-333-3050 Contact: Paul Primeau 8091 Wallace Road 2025 M Street NW, Suite 800 Email: [email protected] Phone: 519-657-1177 Eden Prairie, MN 55344 Washington, DC 20036 Products: Bio-based and bio- Email: [email protected] www.foss.us www.petfoodinstitute.org renewable chemicals Region: Eastern Contact: Tim Welby Phone: 202-367-1120 Region: Eastern Phone: 800-547-6275 Fax: 202-367-2120 The Peterson Company Fax: 952-974-9823 Region: Eastern Countryside Hides Inc. 6312 W. Main Email: [email protected] Boston Hides and Furs Kalamazoo, MI 49009 Region: Central Poultry Protein and Fat 10261 Twin Angela Lane www.thepetersoncompany.com Council Alma Center, WI 54611 Contact: Leigh Ann Sayen FSNS - Food Safety Net 1530 Cooledge Road Contact: Sidney Erickson Phone: 269-350-2900 Services Tucker, GA 30084 Phone: 715-964-5021 Email: leighanns@ 199 W Rhapsody www.poultryrenderers.com Fax: 715-964-5023 thepetersoncompany.com San Antonio, TX 78216 Contact: Rafael Rivera Email: cowboycountryside@ Region: Eastern www.fsns.com Phone: 678-514-1978 gmail.com Contact: Faustine Curry Fax: 770-493-9257 Products: Dead stock removal, Wellens & Co. Inc. Phone: 888-525-9788 Email: [email protected] pet food, hides 6700 France Avenue South Fax: 210-525-1702 Region: Eastern Region: Central Suite 106 Email: [email protected] Minneapolis, MN 55435 Products: Laboratory/Testing Western United Dairymen Jacob Stern & Sons Inc. www.wellenscompany.com Region: Central 1017 L Street, Suite 582 2104 75th Street Contact: Matthew Wellens Sacramento, CA 95814 Houston, TX 77011 Phone: 952-925-4600 Thionville Laboratories Inc. www.westernuniteddairymen.com Contact: Jay Van Valen Fax: 952-922-1555 Thionville Surveying Co. Inc. Contact: Gary Conover Phone: 713-926-8386 Email: wellens.company@ 5440 Pepsi Street Phone: 916-492-0892 Fax: 713-926-8128 gmail.com New Orleans, LA 70123 Fax: 916-492-1645 Email: jvanvalen@ Region: Central Contact: Paul Thionville Email: [email protected] tx.jacobstern.com Phone: 504-733-9603 Products: California dairy milk Products: Tallow Fax: 504-733-6457 producer/trade organization Region: Central Email: operations@ Region: Western thionvillenola.com Region: Central

34 April 2018 Render NRA Membership Directory www.naƟonalrenderers.org Kappa Products Corp. Renewable Energy Group The Jacobsen Validus 1301 E. 99th Street 416 S. Bell Avenue 3980 N. Broadway A division of Where Food Chicago, IL 60628-1697 P.O. Box 888 103/PMB #148 Comes From Inc. Contact: Paul Stern Ames, IA 50010 Boulder, CO 80304 10538 Justin Drive Phone: 773-374-0600 www.regfuel.com www.thejacobsen.com Urbandale, IA 50322 Fax: 773-374-5625 Phone: 515-239-8117 Contact: Ryan Standard www.validusservices.com Email: paul@ Products: Biodiesel production, Phone: 563-223-9021 Contact: Brian Bennett kappaproducts.com feedstock procurement, marketing Email: ryan@ Phone: 571-830-6603 Products: Animal and Region: Central thejacobsen.com Fax: 703-563-6027 vegetable oils producers Region: Central Email: bennettb@ Region: Central Southwest Hide Co. validusservices.com 9207 W. Blackeagle Drive Universal Maintenance Inc. Products: Professional services NSF International Boise, ID 83709 P.O. Box 104 Region: Central 789 Dixboro Road www.southwesthide.com Murrayville, GA 30564 Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Contact: John Rueb www.universalmaintenance.com Wells Fargo Food and www.nsf.org Phone: 208-378-8000 Contact: Jessica Colbert Agribusiness Contact: Elaine Vanier Fax: 208-377-9069 Phone: 706-297-0087 21 North Main Street, Phone: 757-319-2820 Email: [email protected] Fax: 706-297-0088 Alpharetta, GA 30009 Email: [email protected] Products: DL,EX,HI Email: [email protected] www.wellsfargo.com Products: Certification body Region: Central, Western Products: General contractor Contact: Jim Nutt Region: Eastern Region: Eastern Phone: 678-448-4472 Sustainable Sourcing LLC Fax: 678-448-4476 Olymel S.E.C. 19633 LaGrange Road Val-U-Meat Pkg Email: james.h.nutt@ 2200 Avenue Pratte Mokena, IL 60448 2107 So. Milliken wellsfargo.com Bureau 400 www.sustainablesourcingllc.com Ontario, CA 91761 Region: Eastern St-Hyacinthe, QB, J2S 4B6 Contact: Jody McCarthy Contact: Steve Stiles Canada Phone: 815-714-8055 Phone: 909-390-9828 Worcester Industrial www.olymel.ca Fax: 812-645-1830 Fax: 909-390-9833 Products Phone: 450-771-0400 Email: jodi.mccarthy@ Email: stevestiles@ 7 Brookfield Street Fax: 450-771-4872 sustainablesourcingllc.com dslextreme.com Worcester, MA 01605 Email: ClaudeBourgault@ Products: Sustenance (food) for Products: Dead stock removal www.shortening-shuttle.com olymel.com probiotic (animal) processes - dairy Contact: Martha Hawley Products: Meat processor Region: Central Region: Western Phone: 800-533-5711 Region: Eastern Fax: 508-831-9990 Email: mhawley@shortening- shuttle.com Products: Grease transport Associate Members by Alphabetical Region: Eastern Full listing is available on indicated page number. 3D Corporate Solutions ...... 33 Decom Inc...... 30 Kemin Nutrisurance Inc...... 29 SCP Control Inc...... 29 AC Corporation ...... 31 Diversified Laboratories ...... 34 KimShe International ...... 33 Seepex Inc...... 32 Agri Trading ...... 30 Dupps Company ...... 31 K-Pro US LP ...... 33 Separators Inc...... 33 Alfa Laval Inc...... 31 Dupps Separation ...... 31 Kusters Water ...... 29 Southwest Hide Co...... 35 Alloy Hardfacing & Eng...... 31 Dupré Logistics LLC ...... 30 LANXESS Corporation ...... 29 Steen Research LLC ...... 29 Ameri-Pac Inc...... 29 Dura Cast Products Inc...... 30 Leem Filtration ...... 32 Stoller Trucking Inc...... 30 American Feed Industry ...... 34 E.B. Wakeman Company ...... 30 MAC Trailer Mfg...... 32 Sturtevant Inc...... 32 Anco Rendering Equipment ..... 31 East Manufacturing Corp ...... 31 Martin Sprocket & Gear ...... 32 Summit Trailer Sales Inc...... 32 Anderson Chemical Co...... 30 Elgin Separation Solutions ...... 33 MDH Boiler Service ...... 33 Sunbelt Commodities Inc...... 31 Anitox Inc...... 34 Elkem Silicones ...... 30 Mid-South Milling Company .... 34 Superior Process Technologies .. 32 Arreff Terminals ...... 34 Energy Management ...... 31 Midwestern Pet Foods Inc...... 34 Sustainable Sourcing LLC ...... 35 Artex Manufacturing ...... 31 Feed Energy Company ...... 33 Mini Bruno North America ...... 30 The Jacobsen ...... 35 Aulick Chemical Solutions ...... 29 Flottweg Separation ...... 33 MMI Tank and Industrial ...... 32 The Peterson Company ...... 34 BASF Corporation ...... 30 FoodSafe Technologies ...... 29 MPI - Magnetic Products ...... 32 Thionville Laboratories ...... 34 Bolton & Menk Inc...... 31 Fornazor International Inc...... 33 Novus International Inc...... 29 Third Coast Commodities ...... 31 Brown Industrial Inc...... 31 FOSS North America ...... 34 NSF International ...... 35 Titus Manufacturing ...... 32 Brown's Milling Supply Inc...... 33 FRC - A JWC Environmental ....29 NF Protein LLC ...... 34 Trans Ocean Bulk ...... 30 Bureau Veritas ...... 34 Frontline International Inc...... 31 Olson Manufacturing/V-Ram ...32 Travis Body and Trailer Inc...... 32 Cablevey Conveyors ...... 31 FSNS - Food Safety Net ...... 34 Olymel S.E.C...... 35 Universal Maintenance ...... 35 Caito Fisheries Inc...... 34 Gavilon Ingredients LLC ...... 30 Onkens Inc...... 32 Universal Green Commodities .31 Caldic USA ...... 29 GEA Westfalia Separator ...... 33 Orthman Conveying ...... 32 Uzelac Industries LLC ...... 33 Calpine Energy Solutions ...... 30 Genesis III Inc...... 31 Par-Kan Company ...... 32 Val-U-Meat Pkg ...... 35 CCI ...... 30 Gersony Strauss Company ...... 30 Pasternak, Baum & Co...... 30 Vantage Oleochemicals ...... 30 Centrifuge Chicago Corp...... 33 GHD Services Inc...... 31 Paul Marcotte Farms Inc...... 30 Videka ...... 29 Centrisys Corporation ...... 33 GreySun Equipment ...... 33 Peak Tech Inc...... 29 Virginia Truck Center ...... 33 CentriTEK ...... 33 GTech ...... 33 Perdue Agribusiness ...... 30 Validus ...... 35 C.F. Zeiler & Company Inc...... 29 Haarslev Inc...... 31 Pet Food Institute ...... 34 VanAire Inc...... 29 CFS North America LLC ...... 29 HF Press + Lipidtech ...... 32 Phelps Fan LLC ...... 32 Vitablend USA ...... 29 Chem-Aqua Inc...... 29 Hurley Brokerage Inc...... 30 POET Nutrition ...... 30 VRM Labs ...... 29 ChemE Solutions Inc...... 29 Impact Cleaning/DuBois ...... 30 Poultry Protein & Fat Council ... 34 Walinga USA Inc...... 33 Chem-Tech Solutions Inc...... 30 Industrial Hardfacing Inc...... 32 Premier Ag Resources ...... 34 Wellens & Co. Inc...... 34 Chemol Company Inc...... 34 Industrial Steam ...... 32 Reid Engineering Company ..... 31 Wells Fargo Food ...... 35 Chemtron Corporation ...... 29 International Feed ...... 33 Rendeq Inc ...... 32 Western United Dairymen ...... 34 Clean Water Technology ...... 29 International Ingredient Corp. .. 33 Renewable Energy Group ...... 35 Wilbur-Ellis Feed Division ...... 31 Consolidated Fabricators ...... 31 International Nutrition ...... 33 Roll Rite LLC ...... 32 Williams Mullen ...... 34 Countryside Hides Inc...... 34 Jacob Stern & Sons Inc...... 34 RW Manufacturing ...... 32 Worcester Industrial Products ... 35 CST Storage ...... 30 Jenkins Centrifuge Co...... 33 Saeplast Americas Inc...... 32 W.W.S. Inc...... 31 Cullen Maritime Services ...... 34 Kappa Products Corp ...... 33 Scoular ...... 33

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Akiolis Group Harinas de Minatitlan Peerless Holdings Pty. Ltd. Ryco Jamaica Ltd. 72 Avenue Olivier Messiaen S.A. de C.V. 21 Evans Street P.O. Box 239 Le Mans, 72000 France San Jose S/N - A. Col. Nueva Braybrook, Victoria, 3019 Mandeville, Manchester www.akiolis.com Mina Australia Jamaica W.I. Contact: Stephan Grawitz Minatitlan, Veracruz, 96760 Contact: Julius Rath www.rycoja.com Phone: 32-244-81-5010 Mexico Phone: 613-9214-7777 Contact: Kevin Mullane Fax: 32-244-81-5012 www.harinasdeminatitlan.com Fax: 613-9318-2396 Phone: 876-987-1891 Email: stephan.grawitz@ Contact: Andres Arbesu Lago Products: TG,MB,BM,FM Fax: 876-987-1629 akiolis.com Phone: 922-221-0909 Email: [email protected] Products: BM,CM,FM,PM,MB, Fax: 922-221-0908 Productos para Aves y Products: PB,YG,PF MM,PF,SF,TG,YK Email: [email protected] Animales S.A. de C.V. Products: MB,Tallow Porvenir 67, Los Olivos, SARIA SE & Co. KG Bachoco S.A. de C.V. Del Tlahuac Werner Str. 95 AV. Tecnologico #401 CD. Jabon y Grasas S.A. de C.V. Mexico City, D.F., 13210 Selm, 59379 Germany Industrial Cerrada Rafael Angel de la Mexico www.saria.com Celaya, Guanajuato, 38010 Peña #247 Contact: Eduardo Lopez Contact: Kurt Stoffel Mexico INT 1 Colonia Transito Phone: 52-555-845-0126 Phone: 49-2592-210-258 www.bachoco.com Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Fax: 52-555-845-0127 Fax: 49-2592-210-124 Contact: Juan Alejandro 06820 Mexico Products: MB,Animal fat Email: [email protected] Hernandez Ripalda www.jabonygrasas.com.mx Products: EX,FM,PB,RF,SF,TG, Phone: 46-1618-3593 Contact: Rodrigo Gonzalez Rengra - Rendimientos HI,MM,MB,BM,BFP,ET,FGAF, Email: juan.hernandez@ Lopez or Andres Gonzalez Grasos CM,PF,PM,YG bachoco.net Lopez Rengra SA de CV Products: BM,FM,PM,PB,PF Phone: 52-55-5788-8614 Km 7.5 Carretera Monterrey ZheJiang Biomass Fax: 52-55-5788-8614 Monclova int “B” Solutions Co. Ltd Daka Denmark A/S Email: [email protected]. El Carmen, Nuevo Leon 25th Floor Global Center Dakavej 10 mx, [email protected] 66550 Mexico 19 West Lake Culture Plaza Loesning, 8723 Denmark Products: Horn/hoof meal, TG www.rengra.com.mx Hangzhou, 310014 PR China www.daka.dk Contact: Fernando Mendizabal www.cnbioms.com Contact: N.C. Leth Nielsen Kaura Coproducts S.L. Fernandez Contact: Jim Zhao Phone: 45-5156-4600 Ctra. SE-3410 KM 3 Phone: 52-818-1543220 Email: [email protected] Fax: 45-7928-4008 Salteras, Sevilla, 41909 Spain Fax: 52-818-1543216 Phone: 86-571-85268601 Email: [email protected] www.kaura.es Email: [email protected] Fax: 86-571-88333322 Products: SF,TG,HI,EX,MM,MB, Contact: Maria Pabon Products: MBM,YG,Technical Products: OT BM,FGAF Phone: 34-902-26-00-10 grade tallow Email: [email protected] Products: PM,Animal fat

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Agro Commercial ChinaFeedOnline.com De Smet Rosedowns Ltd. Guandong Guonon Terramar Chile 15th Floor, Radio City Cannon St. Economic & Trade Co. Ltd. Carretera Goal. 505 Hennessy Road Hull East Yorkshire, HU2 0AD Rm. F, 18/F, Mingyue Ge San Martin 13240 Paradero Causeway Bay, Hong Kong England Mingyeu One Road Colina, Santiago, 74340000 www.chinafeedonline.com www.rosedowns.co.uk Wuyang New City Chile Contact: Christine Wang Phone: 44-1482-329864 Guangzhou, Guangdong www.terramar-chile.com Phone: 852-2871-0708 Fax: 44-1482-325887 510600 China Contact: Sacha Ilic Fax: 852-2871-0950 Email: rosedowns@ www.guo-nong.com Phone: 56-2-860-8212 Email: [email protected] desmetgroup.com Contact: Helen Zhou Email: sacha.ilic@ Products: China market Phone: 86-20-87358081 terramar-chile.com information service FMC International Corp. Fax: 86-20-87358082 16th Floor, No. 866-1 Products: Purchaser of US/ Cámara de Subproductos Compania Scoular de Zhong Zheng Road Canadian proteins, YG, and T Ganaderos Mexico S de R.L. de C.V. Zhonghe District 25 de Mayo 347 Ave. Acueducto No. 4851 New Taipei City 23586 Haarslev Industries A/S 5* piso oficina 556 Piso 3 Oficina 2 Taiwan, China Bogensevej 85 Buenos Aires, Argentina Col. Puerta de Hierro www.fmcintco.com P.O. Box 65 C1041AAE Zapopan, Jalisco, 45116 Contact: Slim Chou Bogense, DK 5400 Denmark www.camsubprodganaderos. Mexico Phone: 886-2-8221-5733 www.haarslev.com com.ar www.scoular.com Fax: 886-2-2653-7006 Contact: Tony Johnson Contact: Daniel Di Pardo Contact: Rodolfo Sanchez Email: [email protected] Phone: 45-63-83-1100 Phone: 54-11-5258-0997 Phone: 52-33-3679-3000 Fax: 45-63-83-1120 Email: ddipardo@ Fax: 52-33-3630-4807 Email: [email protected] camsubprodganaderos.com.ar Email: [email protected] Products: MB,Tallow Products: Commodities broker

36 April 2018 Render NRA Membership Directory www.naƟonalrenderers.org Keith Engineering Natural Agricultural Co. Shanghai Gentech Teampower Feed & (Australia) Pty. Ltd. (WA) Ltd. Industries Group Co. Ltd. Grains Trading Ltd. P.O. Box 354 P.O. Box 3117 15F, Bldg 3, Lane 90, Jiuxin Rm 1803-1805, St. Clair, NSW, 2759 Australia 21 Edinburgh Road Road Great Eagle Centre www.keitheng.com.au Enugu, 400001 Nigeria Songjiang District, Shanghai No 26, Harbour Road Contact: Derek Henderson Contact: Dr. Emmanuel China 201615 Wanchai, Hong Kong Phone: 612-9852-1000 Okpara www.gentechchina.com Contact: Pang Kong Lik Fax: 612-9852-1001 Phone: 234-8033-338210 Contact: Mark Rottmann Phone: 852-2845-3000 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: 86-021-57633535 Fax: 852-2845-7000 Products: Poultry processing, Fax: 86-021-57632800 Materia Hnos SA CIF egg supplier Email: mrottmann@ World Renderers Int. Camusso 1364 gentechcnina.com Organization Mar Del Plata, Buenos Aires Oleon nv Products: Importer Fernando Mendizabal, Argentina 7600 Assenedestraat 2 President www.materiaoleochemicals.com Ertvelde, 9940 Belgium Shanghai Roadbright E-mail: [email protected] Contact: Vicente Materia Contact: Hubert Denoose International Trading Co. www.worldrenderers.org Phone: 54-223-499-3000 Phone: 32-9-341-17-52 Room 916, 500 Montgomery Street, Products: Oleochemicals Fax: 32-9-341-17-49 Port Compound No. 4100 Suite 310 Email: hubert.denoose@ Shanghai, China 201108 Alexandria, VA 22314 MJI Universal Pte Ltd. oleon.com Contact: Cui Yu Min Contact: Nancy Foster 133 Cecil Street, #11-01A/B Products: EQ Phone: 86-21-34200811 Phone: 703-683-0155 Keck Seng Tower Email: Fax: 571-970-2279 Singapore 069535 Proteinas Marinas y [email protected] Email: nfoster@ Contact: Johnny Hooi Agropecuarias S.A. de C.V. nationalrenderers.com Phone: 65-6220-0067 Calle Dos Cañas 2775 Stord Process AS Fax: 65-6220-6678 La Nogalera Liamyrane 6, 5132 Nyborg Email: johnhooi@ Guadalajara, Jalisco, 44470 Bergen, Norway mjiuniversal.com Mexico www.stord-as.com Products: MB,FM,PM,BM www.protmagro.com Contact: Harald Nesse Contact: Raul Iniguez Phone: 47-551-97230 Phone: 52-33-38-10-21-85 Fax: 47-551-97239 Fax: 52-38-38-10-30-49 Email: [email protected] Email: rauliniguez@ Products: EQ protmagro.com Products: DL NRA Headquarters and Support Ofﬁces

National Renderers Scientific Services NRA Regional Offices Fats & Proteins Research Association Inc. David L. Meeker, PhD, MBA, Asia Foundation (FPRF) 500 Montgomery Street, Senior Vice President 21/FL., Causeway Bay 500 Montgomery Street, Suite 310 Phone: 703-683-2633 Commercial Building Suite 310 Alexandria, VA 22314 Email: dmeeker@ 1-5 Sugar Street Alexandria, VA 22314 www.nationalrenderers.org nationalrenderers.com Causeway Bay www.fprf.org Phone: 703-683-0155 Hong Kong Contact: David L. Meeker, PhD, Fax: 571-970-2279 International Programs Contact: Peng Li, PhD, MBA, Director of Research Email: renderers@ Kent Swisher, Vice President Regional Director Phone: 703-683-2633 nationalrenderers.com Phone: 703-683-3561 Teresa Hon, Admin. Assistant Fax: 571-970-2279 Email: kswisher@ Phone: 852-2890-2529 Email: dmeeker@ Headquarters Staff nationalrenderers.com Fax: 852-2576-8045 nationalrenderers.com Administrative Email: nrahkg@ Nancy Foster, President Communications, Science and nrahongkong.com.hk Render Magazine Phone: 571-858-5412 Education 1621 Glen Drive Email: nfoster@ Jessica Meisinger, PhD, MBA, Latin America Placerville, CA 95667 nationalrenderers.com Director Email: nramex@ www.rendermagazine.com Phone: 703-683-2914 nralatinamerica.org Contact: Tina Caparella, Editor Heather Davis, Coordinator Email: jmeisinger@ Phone: 530-306-6792 of Member Relations and nationalrenderers.com Animal Protein Email: editors@ Operations Producers Industry (APPI) rendermagazine.com Phone: 703-683-0155 Convention Coordinator Committee Email: hdavis@ Covert Operations P.O. Box 132 nationalrenderers.com 15460 Turnberry Drive 1143 C.R. 1123 Haymarket, VA 20169-1908 Huntsville, MO 65259 Contact: Marty Covert Contact: Dara John, Programs Phone: 703-754-8740 Coordinator Fax: 703-754-7426 Phone: 660-277-3469 Email: [email protected] Fax: 660-277-3466 Email: [email protected]

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Facing an increased regulatory environment from both guidance document on prevenve control, the agency includes federal and California lawmakers, Pacific Coast Renderers pentobarbital as a chemical hazard and recommended against Association (PCRA) members gathered in Carmel Valley, using ssues containing residues as animal food. California, in early March to discuss and strategize their Hamilton highlighted PCRA priories as the consequences future. of state actions on diversion of raw materials/organics, PCRA President Doug Smith, Baker Commodies Inc., rendering’s essenal service of deadstock collecon to state proposed renderers spend one or two days each year in the veterinarians, and examining developing a California disposal state capital to educate and build alliances with legislators and hierarchy similar to a federal one used by the Environmental their staff so the industry is heard on pending issues. Protecon Agency (EPA). “We are just not being loud enough,” Smith declared. Paula Batarsch, California Department of Food and Another arena where renderers need to present the industry Agriculture (CDFA), made her inaugural appearance at PCRA’s in a posive light is schools, something that has been well- convenon since joining the department last spring. received in Reno, Nevada. A suggeson was to focus on science “What aracted me to CDFA nearly one year ago was the compeons, 4H groups, and other rendering industry,” she commented. events at elementary, middle, and high “I am learning a lot about food safety schools. A $15,000 proposal to develop and animal health.” As a chemical print materials, a website, and contest engineer, Batarsch worked for prizes for students was presented and California EPA (CalEPA) for 28 years ultimately jointly funded by Baker prior to being hired as chief of the Commodies and Darling Ingredients Meat, Poultry, and Egg Safety Branch Inc. PCRA and National Renderers last year. She believes discussions Associaon (NRA) members and staff with CalEPA are an opportunity to are invited to contribute program ensure inedible meat material is materials. handled in the safest way possible, Ross Hamilton, Darling Ingredients, and is hiring three addional team covered current issues, including members to join the CDFA inedible the Food Safety Modernization Act kitchen grease program. Paula Batarsch, CDFA, talks about the work “We are looking at a very good (FSMA). He shared that the Food and being done with California’s renderers. Drug Administraon (FDA) has delayed year ahead and working with all of inspecons under the act due connued you,” Batarsch commented. inspector training so inspecons this year will be educaonal Dennis Albiani, California Grain and Feed Associaon, regarding current good manufacturing pracces and FSMA commented that Batarsch is a “breath of fresh air to build plans. the relaonships with state government agencies that are “We can expect to see once-a-year inspecons much like important to renderers.” He also agreed with Smith that when BSE [bovine spongiform encephalopathy] regulaons polical acon is an area PCRA needs to focus on more. Albiani went into effect in 1997,” Hamilton remarked. In his opinion, then talked about the external stressors faced by the state’s based on the way FSMA is wrien, animal food standards renderers this year, such as mid-term and fall elecons in which will become more and more like human food, especially with all statewide offices, including governor, and 20 senate and 80 regard to pet food. assembly seats are up for grabs, and a state legislature that is David Meeker, NRA scientific services, joined the against most of President Donald Trump’s acons. conversaon about concerns over a recent discovery of Albiani highlighted a number of legislative issues in pentobarbital in pet food, which some are blaming on animal California that renderers need to pay aenon to: proteins. He was quick to note that rendering companies who • Assembly Bill 3036, introduced by the state’s sell to pet food manufacturers do not process euthanized calemen, would prohibit feeding food waste to farm animals. The Pet Food Instute firmly believes that feed cale (PCRA supports this bill); ingredients from on-farm deadstock pose an elevated animal • Senate Bill 71 is primarily aimed at those who steal health and food safety risk and peoned FDA in 2017 to ban recyclable cans and boles from household bins all deadstock from the food/feed stream. At the me, FDA put out for collecon but could possibly include responded that the maer was a low priority, yet in a recent organics;

40 April 2018 Render www.rendermagazine.com • Senate Concurrent Resolution 100 is a threat to adapted EPA’s food waste recovery hierarchy to show the livestock producon as it is aimed at meat products importance and sustainability of rendering in these efforts. that could contain carcinogens; and Meeker recapped a presentaon he gave at the Pet Food • Assembly Bill 1745 that would ban the combuson Conference held in conjuncon with the Internaonal Producon engine by 2040. Although it is unlikely this bill will go and Processing Expo in Atlanta, Georgia, in late January, where through, it threatens the state’s biofuels industry and he declared “this is not your father’s rendering industry.” He dampens investments into renewable fuels. noted that although BSE regulaons came out 20 years ago, Albiani declared that the 800-pound gorilla in the room the rendering industry connues to face addional feed rules. is implementation of the state’s organics recycling rule, NRA President Nancy Foster reviewed events that have Senate Bill 1383, that was signed into law in September 2016. taken place since PCRA’s last convenon a year ago, including However, while it is a threat to rendered products, Albiani challenging governing issues for Trump, bold new proposals thinks there is also an opportunity to “get it right.” He credited in Congress with little Republican consensus, continued CDFA for doing a “great job” engaging with other state agencies uncertainty for support of biodiesel federal tax credits, and on this maer, adding that renderers need to take a more major tax reform that should benefit renderers and their aggressive approach to educate counes, cies, retailers, food employees. Foster stated that with mid-term elecons coming processors, and livestock organizaons on rendering as they up this fall, there is debate in Washington, DC, on how much do not know about the industry. Republican lawmakers will compromise to appease more NRA Chairman Ridley Bestwick, West Coast Reducon, voters. One of the biggest agriculture issues in Washington shared the Canadian landscape, where the country’s Clean Fuel this year is a new North American Free Trade Agreement Standard imposes a 29-cent-per-gallon fuel tax on diesel and a (NAFTA), which is important for rendered product exports to 19 percent carbon tax on companies that brings in a staggering Canada and Mexico. While Trump touts a “buy American, hire $1 billion per year that goes toward green energy projects. American” agenda, many are working to educate him on the “The [carbon tax] impact is $500,000 per year on West importance of NAFTA exports for American-made products. Coast Reducon as a company, which goes to a process that Foster pointed out that food waste legislaon has been diverts product away from West Coast Reducon,” Bestwick introduced again in Congress that would provide federal explained. “It makes it almost impossible to compete.” funding to build large-scale composng and food waste-to- Canadian renderers have requested meengs with government energy facilies. NRA is acvely working to ensure lawmakers to ensure a level playing field as exisng rendering companies are aware of rendering’s role in food waste. do not receive any subsidies or credits for already diverng PCRA’s next convenon is scheduled for March 8-9, 2019, organics. Bestwick showed how West Coast Reducon has in Carmel Valley, California. R The Leader in Rendering Collection Systems for Over 70 Years

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Speak Up for Rendering in Washington

Many decisions about to be made in Washington, DC, could help or possibly harm the United States (US) rendering industry. By coming to the fly-in, renderers Consider the recently announced import tariffs on steel and educate Congress on the important aluminum that invite foreign retaliaon against US agricultural role of their $10 billion industry in exports, including rendered products. Or new threats to agriculture, environmental protection, biodiesel from the US Environmental Protecon Agency with and the manufacturing of hundreds of its weak support of the Renewable Fuel Standard in addion industrial and personal care products. to no federal biofuels tax credits for 2018, at least not yet. These challenges and others from lawmakers in Washington, DC, will affect rendering businesses. For example, when they talk about the real world influence of legislaon the Food and Drug Administraon (FDA) will decide soon on their business. whether to increase regulaon for rendered products in pet As the industry’s “boots on the ground,” the associaon food aer discovery of the presence of pentobarbital. A new serves as the leading voice for rendering in Washington, North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) could benefit DC, and is regularly consulted for advice and analysis. There renderers or, if it contains certain “poison pills,” may seriously is no other organization that promotes and defends the harm rendering raw material suppliers with collateral damage US rendering industry. NRA works with other agricultural to the industry. organizaons and allied groups to advance the rendering To encourage members of Congress to support the agenda and to keep rendering’s interests in front of decision rendering industry when they vote, the Naonal Renderers makers on the industry’s important issues. Associaon (NRA) invites all acve renderer members to NRA’s Washington polical consultant, Steve Kopperud, come tell their story at the associaon’s Washington Fly-in monitors Congress and lobbies on behalf of the rendering June 11-13, 2018. By aending, renderers will gain a good industry. The NRA staff also educates and advocates for understanding of the issues shaping the opportunities rendering in coalions, to government regulators, and with and risks to their businesses and build stronger rendering Kopperud on Capitol Hill. relaonships. Advocacy for the rendering industry is a high priority in The fly-in kicks off with a private briefing from leading NRA’s 2020 Strategic Plan. The associaon’s overall mission is polical and economic influencers on key issues affecng to advocate for a sustainable food chain, public health, and the rendering industry. A networking dinner the first the environment through the producon and markeng of evening provides an inside look at Capitol Hill and this fall’s rendered products and services. To accomplish this, NRA congressional elecons. Aer breakfast with a congressional • promotes effective public policy, regulation, and speaker the next morning, renderers will head to Capitol Hill technology; for meengs with their senators, representaves, and their • encourages responsible business pracces; staff. Members of Congress are glad to hear about rendering • supports free movement of rendered products in and how their decisions will affect renderers in their states domesc and internaonal markets; and and congressional districts. • improves stakeholder awareness and understanding Renderers may not fully realize how important it is to speak of the value of rendering. personally with their elected representaves. These members The NRA Legislave Commiee will soon idenfy this year’s of Congress very much want to understand how the laws they issues that are recommended for renderers to discuss during are considering impact renderers as their constuents. Senators congressional fly-in meengs. Members of Congress like to talk and representaves need to beer understand the important about important proposals they will vote on soon, so much role renderers play in their communies as employers and depends upon the summer legislave agenda. By the June also as local leaders. Rendering companies provide valuable fly-in, the farm bill may be approaching a floor vote and 2018 full-me jobs with benefits, oen in rural communies that do biodiesel tax credits could be on the front burner. FDA will also not have widespread employment opportunies. The world be closer to making decisions on pet food ingredient regulaons would look a lot different without rendering. By speaking up, and hopefully good progress will have been made in NAFTA renderers can influence congressional acon that impacts the negoaons with some rendering problems solved through the future of their business, their freedom to operate, and the cost agreement. However, this new NAFTA will not be official unl of complying with new laws and regulaons. rafied by Congress so Capitol Hill will play an important role. NRA uses a two-pronged strategy to advocate the interests So mark your calendars for June 11-13 and come to of the rendering industry to Congress. First, NRA lobbies and NRA’s Washington Fly-in. It is always a popular event. For educates Capitol Hill, the president’s administraon, and more information, please contact Heather Davis, NRA’s federal regulatory agencies. Second, personal meengs by coordinator of member relaons and operaons, at hdavis@ renderers with their Congress members carry much weight naonalrenderers.com. I hope to see you there! R

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Biofuels Tax Credit Reinstated, but Only for 2017

After the second United States (US) government A day after CARB’s announcement, the federal US shutdown earlier this year, Congress ulmately passed a two- Department of Commerce (DOC) announced the affirmave year funding bill that included a reinstatement of the $1-per- final determinaons in the andumping duty invesgaons gallon blender’s tax credit for biomass-based diesel – but only of imports of biodiesel from Argenna and Indonesia. DOC retroacvely covering 2017. determined that exporters from these two countries had sold The bill was signed by President Donald Trump in February biodiesel in the United States at 60.44 to 86.41 percent and and was welcomed by the biofuels industry. However, it was 92.52 to 276.65 percent, respecvely, below fair market value. disappoinng there was no provision for 2018 or beyond, As a result of those determinaons, DOC will instruct the US effecvely connuing the uncertainty that contributes to price Customs and Border Protecon to collect cash deposits from volality, parcularly in the biodiesel market. The tax incenve importers of biodiesel from Argenna and Indonesia based has had biparsan support since its incepon at the end of on these final rates. 2005, but has lapsed five mes since then. This ruling comes on the heels of a related DOC decision last Industry participants plan to continue working with December in the countervailing dues case that determined legislators on bills to extend the program long term, although Argenna and Indonesia unfairly subsidized their biodiesel it is unclear what will happen in 2018. The Naonal Biodiesel exports. Exporters from these two countries must pay both Board (NBB) has worked for years to reform the blender’s tax andumping and countervailing dues on every gallon sold in credit into a domesc producer’s tax credit that would exclude the United States. In 2016, imports of biodiesel from Argenna foreign producers from receiving federal tax dollars. This effort, and Indonesia were valued at an esmated $1.2 billion and however, has not resulted in any meaningful legislaon. $268 million, respecvely. In state news, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) released “unofficial” Low Carbon Fuel Standard California Conference Well-received (LCFS) rulemaking documents on February 20, the first me The California Advanced Biofuels Alliance (CABA), which an unofficial label was used in a document release. These recently changed its name from the California Biodiesel proposed amendments were not associated with a workshop Alliance, held its seventh annual conference in Sacramento, or board meeng but did contain some provisions previously California, in early March. This event has grown in size and addressed in CARB workshop documents, including addional stature over the years and offers informaon and current electric vehicle credits for renewable energy and me-of-day, market status updates in the Golden State. renewable jet fuel, transportaon propane, and the opon to As part of his presentaon on the LCFS’s 2018 amendments, add military fuels, among other things. Floyd Vergara, chief of CARB’s Industrial Strategies Division,

Table 1. Proposed LCFS schedule for carbon intensity percentage reduction 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 6.25 7.50 8.75 10.00 11.25 12.50 13.75 15.00 16.25 17.50 18.75 20.00

The most important provision was the change in reducon assured aendees that state government recognizes the need target percentages for carbon intensity (CI) from 2010 levels. for biofuels. Alexander “Lex” Mitchell, manager of CARB’s This new rulemaking would significantly change the overall Emerging Technology Secon, reviewed the Alternave Diesel CI reducon targets in transportaon fuels for years 2019 Fuel (ADF) regulaon’s new 2018 requirements and revealed through 2030, starng by lowering 2019 to 6.25 percent and that CARB is planning to split the sunset provision of the then raising it 1.25 percent per year going forward (table regulaon in the next version so it applies separately to on- 1). This would effecvely straighten out the curve but most road and off-road vehicles under the 2018 amendment. This importantly it would allow much more achievable targets is important because Mitchell had previously suggested the in the near term. It was previously thought the 7.5 and 10 two provisions would be combined and the sunset would be percent targets in 2019 and 2020, respecvely, would be pushed unl 2030 or beyond. difficult to reach so both years’ goals are now a less ambious Steve Howell, MARC-IV, gave an overview of the exhausve 6.25 and 7.5 percent with the 10 percent target set for 2022. work he has done to research and present technical arguments It is significant to note that the previous 2030 target was 18 to the California State Water Resources Control Board. This percent but, with these new provisions, that has been raised has led to posive engagement toward changing the state’s to 20 percent. underground storage tank regulations to reflect the US Even though CARB preannounced this unofficial rule- Environmental Protecon Agency’s (EPA’s) 2015 guidance making, the LCFS credit market reacted strongly to the news, requiring no materials compability documentaon for blends falling about 30 percent from just over $150 per metric ton up to 20 percent biodiesel. If EPA’s guidance is adopted, this (MT) the next day before rebounding to about $125 per MT. would allow exisng double-walled underground storage

44 April 2018 Render www.rendermagazine.com tanks to hold blends up to 20 percent This and That founder, Bryan Sherbacow, will join World biodiesel immediately, opening up Advanced biofuel producer Energy’s executive leadership team. blending opportunies around the state World Energy LLC, based in Boston, AltAir is the world’s first renewable and potentially increasing biodiesel Massachuses, has purchased Delek jet refinery and one of only three US consumpon dramacally. US Holdings Inc.’s interests in renewable renewable diesel plants; the other Keynote speaker Senator Henry Stern diesel/jet fuel producer AltAir Paramount two are owned and operated by (D) stressed his belief that California can LLC and its Paramount Petroleum LLC Renewable Energy Group and Diamond achieve its climate goals through big, bold refinery assets, both co-located in Green Diesel, a joint-venture between acons and added another policymaker Paramount, California, as well as an Darling Ingredients Inc. and Valero voice to the day’s chorus cing biofuels adjacent tank farm and most of Delek’s Energy. Founded in 1998, World Energy as necessary for that success. He California pipeline assets. The buy operates biodiesel manufacturing thanked the group for taking the me includes a 63-acre complex consisng of plants in Houston, Texas; Natchez, to come to Sacramento and urged at a 45-million-gallon-per-year renewable Mississippi; Rome, Georgia; Harrisburg, least quarterly visits to legislators. jet fuel/diesel producon facility, 1.7 Pennsylvania; and now Paramount, This author began a regional panel by million barrels of product storage, a California. The company also operates reviewing the range of issues impacng truck rack with 28,000 barrels per day distribuon hubs throughout the country. the California market and ended with a of throughput capacity, rail storage for Renewable Energy Group Inc. focus on the need to solve a boleneck up to 70 railcars, and pipelines stretching President and Chief Execuve Officer caused by inadequate terminal over 71 miles connecng the facility to Randy Howard said he was very pleased blending infrastructure. Tyson Keever, major Southern California distribuon SeQuential, detailed the important hubs including Long Beach. AltAir’s co- Continued on page 47 progress being made in Oregon as the state’s Clean Fuels and related programs expand. Jeff Haas, General National Renderers Association Biodiesel, discussed Washington’s long Central Region Meeting struggle to make progress on biofuels, poinng to the light now visible at the end of the tunnel due to new state democrac leadership. Fred J. Ghatala, Advanced Biofuels Canada, surveyed the June 6-8, 2018 inspiring range of low carbon policies in Radisson Inn • La Crosse, Wisconsin the naon and provinces of Canada. During the conference, NBB honored rering CABA Execuve Director Celia DuBose with its Climate Leader Award. For information contact Mike Karman at DuBose was the first employee and [email protected] or 920-884-3925 a founding member of the California Biodiesel Alliance. She played a key role in grassroots biodiesel development efforts in the San Francisco Bay Area and has been a leader and trusted resource Some things never change on biodiesel technical and policy issues in California for well over a decade. Her leadership greatly contributed to making The Titus II Grinder California the largest biodiesel market in the naon. Your INDUSTRY LEADER in raw material

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PAPs – A Feed Ingredient of the Past?

“In 2050, there will be nine billion people in the world with an increasing appete for meat, milk, and eggs. How can The challenge is that in 17 years we meet the needs of this future populaon?” since the EU feed ban, three to four It seems as if every second or third presentaon in the food generations of animal nutritionists have and feed sector starts with this statement. This was also the finished their university educations case at the Feed Protein Vision 2018 held in Amsterdam, the without any knowledge about PAPs. Netherlands, in early March organized by feednavigator.com. As the conference tle states, the focus was on available protein supply in the future. Aquaculture outperforms beef Seaweed: Different red, brown, and green seaweed producon while poultry outperforms pig producon. Both are already available but depending on species and place fish and poultry need higher inclusion of protein in their diets of harvest, the nutrient content like proteins show high so this shi can exacerbate the situaon. Soybeans have been variaons. The digesbility is 25 percent compared to soy opmized for higher oil content, which leads to reduced protein but probioc effects could be shown such as an-bacterial or yields independently whether they are produced in South or an-inflammatory. An inclusion in low volumes could smulate North America or even China. Moreover, the so-called first the immune response. generaon biofuels are under pressure due to the fuel versus Microalgae: Contrary to seaweed (macroalgae), food discussion. If European Union (EU) countries reduce their microalgae are a single cell protein. Digesbility is comparable biofuel promoon scheme, some European farmers might to soy, but not beer. Inclusion is limited due to ash content stop growing rapeseed. Contrary to that, calculaons show (salt, marine species). The replacement potenal is envisaged that Europe has a protein self-sufficiency up to 60 percent to be 15 percent in diets. Microalgae provide micronutrients, if all hidden protein sources in grain, including by-products increase the omega 6:3 rao (aer defang), and color egg like dried disllers grains or forage are included. If Ukraine is yolk. included as part of Europe, then 100 percent self-sufficiency Single cell protein (SCP): The producon rate for SCP is can be achieved in just a few years. manifold of that from plants, with opportunies in profiling Some new emerging protein sources and techniques were them as well. In Norway, successful tests were done with presented at the feed conference. Methanotroph bacteria using natural gas as its feed. First Insects: This protein source has been hyped for years and results showed enhanced feed intake and feed efficiency in now everyone has heard about it. The EU recently changed piglets and a low risk in high quality meal. The current low legislaon to allow novel food and feed from insects. A German natural gas prices make the producon profitable. Plants are supermarket just put pasta with 10 percent meal worms on being built in Teeside, United Kingdom, and in Tennessee the shelf for 24 euro per kilogram ($13 per pound). Europe in the United States. Also in Norway, yeast was grown on allows six insect species to be used for feed and because they enzymacally treated lignocellulose. Producon is only viable are considered farmed animals, all relevant legislaon must when residues from a whole bio-refinery concept are used apply (i.e., no feeding with food waste, manure, etc.). One as the yeast substrate. Feeding trials with both SCPs showed advantage is their producon rate, which today is 10 mes good results. more biomass of insects per square meter than that of cale. A presentaon given by Rabobank, a Dutch bank that If the producon is layered, it can be increased even more. The specializes in agriculture, illustrated the investment potenal current problem is that no plant exists that can produce 10,000 of every alternave protein producon. It showed a high to 15,000 metric tons. Another issue is insects are what they interest in all novel protein producon opportunies, their eat, which means they can pose a risk due to accumulaon of industrial implementations, and their future expansions. contaminants in feed. Some species accumulate heavy metals, While many investments were start-ups, larger well-known some do not. Some are able to break down completely or partly companies were named. toxic components like mycotoxins, such as Deoxynivalenol A conference panel discussion about processed animal or Ochratoxin A. Research on inseccides, pescides, and proteins (PAPs) in fish diets in Europe showed the high pathogens like Salmonella, E. coli, and campylobacter are potenal this protein source immediately has. This author ongoing. Insects’ proven harmlessness will be a prerequisite explained the available volumes, the average protein contents, for all European food safety schemes. and the digesbility of nitrogen and phosphorus. Trygve Berg Amino acids: Supplemental use of amino acids to achieve Lea, Skreng, looked back on a long experience with PAPs and a balanced diet can reduce the protein content in feed. This favors their good digesbility and sustainability. Fish farmers requires good knowledge of the feed composion. A general in southern Europe are already using PAP while Norwegian reducon of two percent protein in pork or poultry diet is salmon farmers sll need some me but are interested. Bre possible. One percent less protein reduces about nine percent Glencross, University of Srling, who worked for a long me in nitrogen excreon through faeces. Asia and Australia, is sll surprised over the reluctance of not

46 April 2018 Render www.rendermagazine.com only European fish farmers to use PAPs Biofuels Continued from page 45 regulaon that requires migaon of but also by feed mills and retailers. a slight increase in NOx emissions in Fish meal from fish trimmings is with how Trump expressed his connued biodiesel blends higher than five percent. highly welcome in the EU yet PAPs are support for renewable fuels at a White This is the third addive made available not, an ignorance that must change. The House meeng on March 1, where at for ADF compliance. California Fueling challenge is that in 17 years since the least one issue was made very clear – has been markeng two other addives EU feed ban, three to four generaons there is no concern with biodiesel in the since last year and more companies are of animal nutritionists have finished Renewable Fuel Standard. Howard joined expected to announce products this year. their university educaons without any other top biofuel company execuves In the 2018 Hawaii state legislave knowledge about PAPs. For them, it is who met with Trump, Vice President session, Senator Lorraine Inouye (D) now an old novel feed. The animal by- Mike Pence, EPA Administrator Sco introduced a bill requiring on-road fuel product industry must recognize this and Prui, and several petroleum refiners to sold in the state to contain no less than provide educaon. discuss modificaons to the standard. 10 percent biofuel by volume. The bill The conference showed interesng Agron Bioenergy, a 15-million- also amends the definion of biofuels to and promising solutions for the gallon-per-year biodiesel producer in the include ethanol and biodiesel. If the bill coming protein challenge. Many novel California central-coast agricultural town passes, it would move the state toward technologies must provide consistencies of Watsonville, reopened in February its intended transportaon renewable in supply and safety and then in available aer being acquired last year by Wall energy goals and further support the volumes. Once established, they have Lake, Iowa-based Western Iowa Energy, achievement of the Hawaii Clean Energy the potenal to grow to global players. which produces 45 million gallons of Iniave’s objecve of 100 percent clean On the contrary, PAPs are immediately biodiesel annually at its Midwest plant. energy by 2045. available in relevant volumes and their The company has hired eight people and The Western Contra Costa Transit quality is well-known. Outside Europe, plans to hire another 10, and has not yet Authority public transportaon service their use in feed is accepted but Europe disclosed what feedstock will be used to in the east San Francisco Bay Area in is now on the move to relearn old produce biodiesel at the plant. California has switched its enre fleet knowledge of PAPs. Targray Technology International of 45 heavy-duty buses from petroleum Therefore, the answer to this has been granted a cerficaon by CARB diesel to Neste renewable diesel. The arcle’s headline queson is yes, PAPs for its nitrogen oxide (NOx) migaon transit authority operates a network of are proteins of the past but of the future additive. Targray intends to use this 14 fixed routes carrying more than 1.3 as well. Reliable quality is meless! R additive to comply with CARB’s ADF million passengers annually. R

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Pet Food Alliance: A New Way of Engagement

While food safety and animal nutrion are important for the use of rendered products in pet food, the area of pet food funconality deserves its own research emphasis. The pet food market is growing fast and there are value-added opportunies for rendered products. With this in mind, the Fats and Proteins Research Foundaon solicited proposals to find a university interested in running a program that would bring together various groups that focus on pet food and work on issues crucial to the enre supply chain. Colorado State University won the bid and the new Pet Food Alliance was Each of these groups developed the following set of acon created. The goal of the alliance is to idenfy, research, and items for 2018: advance opportunies for rendered products in the high-value • Oxidaon and maintenance of product quality pet food market. - Determine why peroxide value is ulized and The Pet Food Alliance brings together members of what threshold is used. the pet food, meat processing, and rendering industries to • Salmonella and other threats to product safety collaboravely develop implementable soluons for industry - Develop request for proposals around industry challenges and recognize opportunies for innovaon, growth, pracces. and mutual success. The key pillars of the alliance are to - Develop good manufacturing pracces around focus on uning these groups to engage with and encourage transportaon and storage. widespread parcipaon from addional industry members, - Gather informaon about the pet food supply to facilitate research guided by industry input to address real- chain: do they follow the same rules? world challenges, to establish muldisciplinary collaboraons - Develop request for proposal regarding migants with academia and industry, and to proacvely engage in of Salmonella in pet food. building sustainability across all efforts. • Consumer percepon The inaugural meeng of the Pet Food Alliance was May - Engage the American Associaon of Feed Control 2017 at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. Officials to set the stage for ingredient definion This began the process of bringing professionals from the pet change. food, rendering, and meat industries together with research - Invite more pet food companies to alliance sciensts. The intenon was to advance both the pet food and meengs. rendering industries by idenfying high priority research needs - Begin pet food focus groups to beer understand and working together to design projects that will enhance the the consumer market. use of rendered products in pet food. • Industry sustainability During this meeng, four opportunies were idenfied - Generaonal engagement and priorized: oxidaon control, extending shelf life, new * Alliance-housed structure for undergraduate ingredients extracted from animal by-products, and new fellows/interns (2019). consumer-friendly ingredient definions. The core of the * Develop projects, find institutions, and meeng began by discussing aendee survey results aimed create a budget (2018). at pinpoinng industry challenges. Small groups idenfied the - Idenfy models for bridging generaons and top two challenges in each sector of the industry that were transioning into new eras. later used as prompts for targeted small-group discussions. Parcipants are not restricted to one working group. The conversaons led to the creaon of a list of quesons Discussions and work will connue between meengs by email to be answered. Through discussion and vong, the top two and conference calls. The intent is to (1) idenfy problems, (2) challenges in each area were idenfied. conduct necessary informaon gathering and research, (3) find The alliance met for the second time in December soluons, (4) publicize and implement soluons throughout 2017. More than 50 people attended – 28 percent from industries, and (5) repeat. rendering companies, 11 percent from meat packers/poultry Future meengs include a webinar on oxidaon and processors, 33 percent from pet food companies, 22 percent another research strategy meeng June 27-28 immediately were researchers, and 6 percent were other suppliers. The following the American Meat Science Association’s 71st original four opportunies developed at the first meeng were Reciprocal Meat Conference in Kansas City, Missouri. explored in more detail. The working groups include oxidaon For more informaon, contact Jennifer Marn at jennifer. and the maintenance of product quality, Salmonella and other [email protected], Dr. David Meeker at dmeeker@ threats to public safety, consumer percepon, and industry naonalrenderers.com, or log on to hp://fprfalliance.agsci. sustainability. colostate.edu. R

48 April 2018 Render www.rendermagazine.com Washington Continued from page 7 lobby Congress and the administraon too-distant future. Multiple media to ensure the economic consequences outlets reported Cohn was in discussions German media outlet, “We will put tariffs of tariffs are well understood. The with the president for several weeks on Harley-Davidsons, on bourbon, and group’s message is that any tariffs are on a promoon to a cabinet level job on blue jeans – Levi’s,” products from a regressive tax on food, beverages, so it appears part of Cohn’s reason polically-sensive Republican states. and consumer products and will work for resigning was due to the dearth Other provisional targets favored by to put the brakes on an accelerang US of cabinet level jobs he covets. “The Europe include steel products but also economy. The group cited the “double president has a treasury secretary, he’s orange juice, tobacco, kidney beans, rice whammy” of increased costs to domesc got a chief of staff, so there was no place and rice products, cranberries, peanut producers along with economic pain to to go, at least right now,” opined one butter, dairy, and other agricultural industries whose products are the target television talking head. products. Juncker added, “This is basically of retaliaon. On trade broadly, Trump does a stupid process, the fact that we have A casualty of the president’s let’s- not hide his distaste for and distrust to do this. But we have to do it. We can make-a-deal approach to world trade of multinational trade deals, NAFTA, also do stupid.” The WTO reported more and a negave consequence of the Trump or just about any other trade treaty than 18 countries expressed concern tariffs program was the resignation signed by the United States in the last over US tariff acons within 48 hours of of former Goldman Sachs executive few decades. He says the United States the Trump proclamaon. Gary Cohn as director of the Naonal is rounely “ripped off” by such treaes Nevertheless, targeting US Economic Council. Cohn has been the as they exacerbate US trade deficits with agriculture exports has long been the loudest voice within the president’s trading partners. He pledged during go-to method of striking back at America inner circle opposing the tariff idea as his campaign that if elected, every US in trade disputes. “If they’re looking for antithetical to broadening US export treaty would be up for reexaminaon ways of inflicng pain on the US, then markets and strengthening this country’s and possible renegoaon. agriculture is going to be a prime target,” balance of trade. Cohn’s departure Trump is not a president who talks said the Institute for International was lamented as the loss of a major free trade but rather “fair trade.” He Economics in an interview during the agricultural ally on free trade, leaving machine guns stascs at the media on flurry of hand-wringing and hair-pulling the president to stand with Commerce trade imbalances suffered by the United shortly aer Trump’s announcement. Secretary Wilbur Ross and trade advisor States, poinng at a general $800-billion The general business community Peter Navarro, both proteconists, or as trade deficit. The man right now is the announced coordinated efforts to Trump likes to call them “naonalists.” quintessential protectionist, strongly derail the tariff tacc. In a rare show Cohn would be a “globalist” in the believing the United States has been used of biparsanship led by Republicans, president’s vernacular. and abused by just about all of its trading both leadership and the rank-and-file in However, during that same cabinet partners going back to the President Congress condemned the tariff concept meeting where Trump talked about Dwight D. Eisenhower administraon. as out of hand. Legislaon to block or roll tariffs 2.0, he said he expects Cohn to back the tariffs is inevitable – Senator return to the White House in the not- Continued on page 51 Jeff Flake (R-AZ) leads the Senate charge – and House bills are likely to be introduced by Republicans. Within hours of Trump’s announcement, 107 House GOP lawmakers sent a letter to the White House pleading with the chief execuve to at least narrow the targets of the tariffs, a plea sent earlier by Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI). However, even with the promise of flexibility in exempng certain countries from the tariffs, both general business and the ag community are not taking the tariff decision lying down or counng on the White House to migate their collecve pain. The Naonal Foreign Trade Council – with a membership of many major ag exporters such as the American Soybean Associaon, Naonal Council of Farmer Cooperaves, Naonal Pork Producers Council, and U.S. Wheat Associates – formed the Alliance for Compeve Steel and Aluminum Trade, moving swily to www.rendermagazine.com Render April 2018 49 Tech Topics By Joseph Muscolino, Sturtevant Inc.

Air Classification = Low Ash, High Protein Products

Rendered animal meals provide a great with the machine. Once the best selector blade source of protein for livestock but oŌen contain seƫng is determined, operators can simply dial in levels of ash that are too high to be used in pet a speed adjustment using a variable speed drive food for domesƟc animals (i.e., dogs and cats). to fine-tune the desired product specificaƟons This forces producers to rely on the quality of or to compensate for any unexpected changes raw materials to determine when pet food-grade in the composiƟon of the raw materials (i.e., meals can be made. When there is a shortage of ash, protein, fat, moisture). In all cases, there low-ash raw materials, producers simply cannot is a controllable relaƟonship between protein/ make high-value pet food-grade products. ash levels and output yields of the fines fracƟon The challenge is to convert livestock-grade (lower ash/higher protein) and the coarse protein meals into meals favored by pet food fracƟon (regular ash/regular protein). manufacturers without any waste. In other words, create two products from one. Capacity versus Energy The Whirlwind Air Classifier has only one motor that Extending the Rendering Process controls the enƟre machine. The motor rotates a feed Rendered animal protein meals are produced through distribuƟon plate that scaƩers the meal into an open area. a series of steps that include pressing, cooking, defaƫng, The same motor rotates an internal fan creaƟng updraŌ milling, and screening. This process creates animal protein airflow that accelerates finer/lighter protein parƟcles, meals that are sold for livestock. Specialized air classificaƟon separaƟng them from coarser/heavier ash parƟcles. technology separates the finer powder meal from the coarse The same motor also rotates a series of selector blades meal. The resulƟng air classified fines fracƟon contain higher that reject some of the undesirable near-size ash parƟcles. protein/lower ash that can then be sold at a premium value By using only one motor, the energy consumpƟon is very low for pet food or for aquaculture feed. At the same Ɵme, the (approximately three to five horsepower per tons per hour of air classified coarse fracƟon could sƟll be sold as a regular feed capacity). protein/ ash feed meal product for livestock animals. The Whirlwind Air Classifier features an internal fan and Air classificaƟon has been proven to reduce the ash air recycle design that does not require auxiliary equipment content and increase the protein in every species of animal (i.e., baghouses, cyclones, or ductwork) to capture the lower meals tested. Table 1 shows examples of the air classifier’s ash and higher protein fine product. The fluidized meal is also performance with various animal protein meals. Typical results resistant to major clogging because the machine has minimal include reducƟon of ash content as low as five to seven percent dead zones where high fat and sƟcky material can seƩle. This and an increase of protein levels by three to five percent, makes the air classifier both low maintenance and reliable which is suitable for the ultra-premium pet food grade market. for conƟnuous use.

Table 1. Performance of air classifier on various animal protein meals Ash content/ Protein content/ Meal type reduction increase Ultimate results Poultry and chicken meal 17% down to 10-12% 67% up to 70-75% 5-7% ash reduction, 3-5% protein increase Lamb meat and bone meal 27% down to 14-21% 56% up to 60% 6-13% ash reduction, 4-5% protein increase Porcine/Pork meat and bone meal 27% down to 17-21% 53% up to 57-61% 6-10% ash reduction, 4-8% protein increase Fish meal 21% down to 14-18% 62% up to 64-68% 3-7% ash reduction, 2-6% protein increase Bovine/Beef meat and bone meal 33% down to 25-29% 50% up to 52-59% 4-8% ash reduction, 2-9% protein increase Duck meal 24% down to 11-17% 58% up to 64-69% 7-13% ash reduction, 6-11% protein increase

Controlling Quality Summary Sturtevant’s Whirlwind Air Classifier uses an internal fan Air classificaƟon technology produces a high-value, low- to fluidize the protein meal and mechanical selector blades ash pet food-grade product from lower-quality feed meals. to separate the animal feed meal into a fines and a coarse At the same Ɵme, the coarse fracƟon sƟll contains enough fracƟon. This process is much more selecƟve and versaƟle protein that it can be sold as a regular livestock-grade feed than cyclones or screens as the air classifier does not clog like product. R fine screens do. By changing the quanƟty of selector blades, For more informaƟon, email the author at jmuscolino@ a wide range of low-ash, high-protein products can be made sturtevanƟnc.com.

50 April 2018 Render www.rendermagazine.com Washington Continued from page 49 from the year before and total NAFTA $1.03 billion worth of products in 2016- exports were up three percent. 2017 and so far this year, Korea has Trump routinely uses China and The Korea-US trade agreement is imported more beef from the United the 28-naon EU as the most egregious another deal Trump dislikes because it States than Australia for the first me manipulators, hence new and immediate has generated a US trade deficit since in 14 years. Korea’s agriculture deficit 30 percent tariffs on Chinese solar put in place in 2012. The United States with the United States totals $6.14 panel components, a 20 percent tariff exports $42.3 billion in goods to Korea billion, reported Yonhap News last July. on imported washing machines, and and imports $69.9 billion, totaling a Nevertheless, the United States and threats of 25 percent import tariffs on $27.7 billion deficit. Forbes reports Korea are renegoang the treaty aer EU-made automobiles. Trump loathes that trade deficit doubled from 2011 to a very stormy preliminary review of trade deficits – the United States has 2016, according to the US Special Trade the deal. On deck for a rethink are the large deficits with China and the EU – Representative. However, agriculture Central American Free Trade Agreement while the rest of the world, it seems, enjoys an ideal environment for selling and about three dozen other trade views such deficits as situaonal and into Korea. US beef producers sold treaes. R inevitable, depending on the product and the market. Once in the White House, Trump’s love-hate relaonship with trade began on a sour note for agriculture with the abrupt but telegraphed withdrawal of the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Now the White House message is all about “improvements” and a “beer deal for the US” and this country might rejoin the 11 naons who signed TPP. “The promised bump of $10 billion in agricultural output over 15 years, based on esmates by the US Internaonal Trade Commission, won’t materialize,” said the American Farm % & !#% #(' '% '" ,#(% (%%"' "'#+"' &($$ % Bureau Federaon at the me of the ' ! " " "& ,#( ) #$'#"& #( ' US withdrawal. Yet today, the president ' & $%#%!" ,#( " *' #(% (%- " and his trade mavens talk of the new '"%- "'#+"' &# ('#"& , #(% #!$ ' priority on negoang a bilateral trade (&'#!% $$ '#" '&'" deal with geocrical Asian naons, most notably Japan. With the mantra “do no harm” to the North American open border on trade thrumming in the background, the administraon’s on-again, off-again threat to withdraw from NAFTA – “the worst deal this country ever signed,” says Trump – has kept agriculture/ agribusiness on tenterhooks for several months. One week the president talks about how great the outcome of the ongoing talks will be for the United States, with such opmism inevitably followed by a comment from Trump or one of his lieutenants that the United States will not hesitate to pull out of NAFTA if the negotiations do not go its way. During 2016, $38 billion in US agricultural products were exported north and south of its borders, with approximately $20.3 billion going to Canada and $17.8 billion to Mexico. Going into the fourth quarter of 2017, exports to Mexico were up six percent www.rendermagazine.com Render April 2018 51 Labor and the Law By Mark A. Lies II, Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Workplace Violence: Arming Managers with Guns?

Editor’s note – Mark A. Lies II is an attorney in the suﬀers physical or emoonal harm. If the manager acted in a Workplace Safety and Environmental Group in the Chicago, reckless manner, there could also be criminal liability. Because Illinois, oﬃce of Seyfarth Shaw LLP. He is a partner who focuses the manager would be acng as an agent of the employer, his pracce in the areas of product liability, occupaonal safety there would be potenal agency liability for the employer. and health, workplace violence, construcon ligaon, and The employer may not be able to purchase liability insurance related employment ligaon. Individual circumstances may to cover this risk and would potenally be uninsured for any limit or modify this informaon. damages.

As the incidents of workplace shoongs tragically connue Crafting, Communicating, and Impact of a Gun Policy in the United States, society is searching for soluons to stem The employer’s gun policy would have to be carefully the de. The answer is complex, involving societal values, craed to comply with applicable federal, state, and local laws constitutional rights, legal liabilities, insurance coverage, and ordinances regarding perming an individual (manager) and a host of other issues. One proposed soluon is to allow to bring the firearm within the workplace as described above. managers to be armed with firearms to respond in the event The policy would also have to require the manager to have all of a potenal or actual acve shooter incident. This arcle current permits and/or licenses, and it would have to define is intended to idenfy the potenal praccal advantages, the circumstances under which the manager would be allowed disadvantages, and legal liabilities as well as offer some to use the firearm. That then raises the issue of defining recommendaons, although the legal landscape is constantly reasonable use of force in situaons that are not predictable evolving with new proposed legislaon. and require the manager’s judgment on a split-second basis. This type of instantaneous decision-making is a challenge The Good and Bad of Letting Managers have Guns faced by even seasoned law enforcement officers on a daily There could be a limited advantage in allowing managers basis and is difficult to reasonably ancipate the appropriate to bring guns into the workplace (assuming it is a handgun). response for every situaon. The manager would have to obtain a Firearm Owners Such a policy could have varying impacts on employee Idenficaon card to carry a firearm and also a Concealed morale. The manager who is authorized to use the firearm Carry Permit (CCP) if the firearm will be concealed. If the may feel very secure, especially in regard to his/her own self- manager has these various documents, there should be some defense. Other employees may likewise feel some sense of confidence they are knowledgeable about and trained in the security because of this policy, although other employees may use of a firearm. In addion, the manager should be required feel insecure because of concerns about the capabilies of the to aend credenaled acve shooter or other equivalent manager to properly react in an emergency. They may also training and obtain cerficaon of successful compleon. In worry whether the manager could overreact and discharge the the event of an incident, the manager would have a firearm firearm improperly, unintenonally injuring the employee. available that could be used to disarm or stop the potenal shooter. Additional Screening for the Manager However, the potenal disadvantages are many. Inially, Since there is no statutory right to carry a firearm into the manager is not a sworn law enforcement officer so the legal an employer’s physical premises – although employees who immunies that such officers have for liability to themselves have a valid CCP can bring it onto the parking lot but it must and the employer will not aach. While the manager certainly remain in a locked container (i.e., vehicle trunk or glove box, has his/her right under the Second Amendment to carry the weapon container) out of sight – the employer should seriously firearm assuming they have the necessary permits, such consider addional screening. For example, confirm if the permits do not authorize the manager to bring the firearm manager has prior experience using a firearm in the military into the workplace premises itself or to use force. Rather, the or law enforcement. manager would be relying upon his/her inherent right to self- If the employer so desires, it could conduct a background defense that only permits reasonable use of force to protect check complying with the Fair Credit Reporting Act to the manager or others. determine if the employee has any prior history of civil or In the event of an incident where the manager ulizes criminal acvity involving violence or the use of a firearm. the firearm to subdue or cause injury to an acve shooter or In addition, although there would certainly be potential innocent bystander, the issue would then become whether Americans with Disabilies Act issues, the employer might the manager exceeded the scope of reasonable force and consider an evaluation by a mental health professional acted negligently or recklessly. In both cases, there could be regarding the employee’s ability to react with a firearm in liability for civil damages for personal injury, wrongful death, an emergency situaon. Such psychological evaluaons are intenonal inflicon of emoonal distress, and, in the case rounely conducted for potenal law enforcement officers of reckless conduct, punive damages to any individual who across the country.

52 April 2018 Render www.rendermagazine.com Potential New Laws Because of the current impetus to enact new federal and Safety Group to Develop state laws, it is clear that employers will have to keep informed on such changes in order to remain in compliance. In addion Active Shooter Guide to the general statutes that provide an individual with a valid CCP permit the authority to bring a firearm onto the parking The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), the lot, there have already been several proposals to increase world’s oldest professional safety organizaon, is taking steps liability for the employer if a qualified and permied employee to help curb workplace incidents involving acve shooters is not allowed to carry his/her firearm into the workplace and by collaborang with safety and health experts to develop use it for purposes of his/her self-defense and the employee an acve shooter technical report. sustains injury. Incidents of workplace violence caused 866 deaths in 2016, a 23 percent increase from the 2015 total of 703, Recommendations according to data from the United States Bureau of Labor If the employer decides to allow managers to be armed Stascs. Workplace violence was the second-leading cause within the workplace, it should carefully consider the following of on-the-job fatalies in 2016, trailing only transportaon- factors: related deaths. • Confirm all federal, state, and local laws and When a crical safety issue demands more mely acon, ordinances that apply to licensing and qualifying a ASSE produces a technical report to serve as an incremental manager to carry a firearm into the workplace itself step in providing inial guidance on that safety maer. A and ulize it in the workplace. technical report can also be a value-added first step in the • Ensure that any manager who is permied to carry a creaon of a more detailed workplace safety standard. firearm in the workplace has successfully completed Both are consensus-based documents, according to the all required training and that documentation is organizaon. obtained and kept current. The development process is expected to be completed • Conduct an exhaustive background check of the before the end of the year and the final report will be manager to confirm there is no prior civil or criminal made available naonwide following its registraon with history of violent behavior or mental or emoonal the American National Standards Institute. ASSE began health condions that would impact the manager’s wring the technical report aer its members and other ability to responsibly carry the firearm and ulize it stakeholders requested technical insight and guidance properly within the limits of reasonable use of force addressing acve shooter events from the perspecve of in an incident. the occupaonal safety and health professional. • Develop a written policy that incorporates the In addion to the report, ASSE will conduct a general foregoing elements as well as any generally recognized session on the active shooter issue at its Safety 2018 industry pracces for such acvity including acve Professional Development Conference and Exposion this shooter protocols. June in San Antonio, Texas. A panel featuring experts from • Confirm whether the employer’s general liability and the Department of Homeland Security, law enforcement, workers’ compensaon insurance will be applicable corporate risk management, and employee assistance to the potenal risks associated with the employer’s programs will discuss how safety professionals can best policy. prepare for and react to workplace violence. R As discussed above, authorizing managers to be armed with and to ulize a firearm in the workplace can have advantages although there are many potenal risks that must be considered. If the employer develops and maintains a Know someone who should be reading wrien policy that incorporates the foregoing elements, it Render? If so, then pass along the FREE should be able to address the legal issues arising from pursuing subscription card between pages 16-17. such a course of acon. R

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Australian Renderers Say Goodbye to Icon Insect Meal Allowed On March 6, the Australian rendering industry lost an icon with the passing of Reginald John Evans, a life member, foundaon member, past president, and past in North America director of the Australian Renderers Associaon (ARA) and one of the group’s and Enterra Feed Corporation in industry’s great supporters over many decades. Langley, British Columbia, Canada, Evans started out as an accountant before joining a number of companies to has received new approvals to sell end up as chief execuve officer of Colyer Fehr Tallow unl the company’s owners its insect-based feed ingredients in decided to sell in 1991. Being a determined individual, Evans bought the name the United States, Canada, and the and started trading tallow once again, eventually becoming a leading tallow trader European Union (EU). The Associaon represenng Kerry Australia and through his own company, Colyer Fehr. of American Feed Control Officials It was also at this me that Evans became ARA president, succeeding Brian (AAFCO) in the United States has Bartle, and headed up a number of associaon commiees. He purchased land agreed to the company’s request to in the western suburbs of New South Wales and built a terminal tank farm along include black soldier fly larvae meal with a bleaching plant. In 2003, Evans received the Ron Lyon Award for his service in feed for salmonids – which includes to the industry aer being made an honorary life member of ARA in 2001. salmon, trout, and arcc char – in its Evans is survived by his wife, Bernice, and six children. He eldest child, Luke, list of authorized feed ingredients. The predeceased him last year. Three of his children sll run the business today headed supporng material and change in the by Damien, an ARA director, Tim, and Alicia. definion was reviewed and supported by the Food and Drug Administraon (FDA). The company’s first product, Darling Ingredients’ Recipe for Success whole dried larvae, was approved by In February 2003, Randy Stuewe, Darling Ingredient’s current chairman and AAFCO in 2016. chief execuve officer, took over the $250 million, financially troubled renderer of Enterra manufactures and markets animal by-products and waste cooking oil. Since then, he has led its transformaon feed ingredients derived from the into a profitable, $3.4 billion global giant with 215 factories on five connents. larvae of the black soldier fly. The Stuewe recently shared with The Dallas News the trials and successes of what larvae are reared under controlled is the largest rendering company in the world. The arcle reports that it is nearly conditions on locally sourced, pre- impossible to go a day without using something containing one of Darling’s natural consumer food waste. The larvae are and sustainable ingredients that are marketed internaonally to the pharmaceucal, then dried to produce whole dried food, animal feed, pet food, biofuel, ferlizer, sports nutrion, and cosmec larvae, or defatted to produce a industries. powdered protein ingredient similar “As the world’s largest producer of collagen — the fancy name for gelan that in profile to fish meal but with much is extracted from bones and hides — Darling makes gummy worms gummy, puts the less impact on the environment. puff in marshmallows, helps smooth wrinkles, promotes mobility in bone and joint Enterra also received approval health, and makes gel caps digesble,” the paper noted. “People at the White House from the Canadian Food Inspecon dine on fine English bone china made with its bone ash. Drive a fine luxury German Agency (CFIA) to sell whole dried or Italian automobile and your tush may be sing prey on Darling’s leather.” larvae in Canada as a feed ingredient Stuewe told The Dallas News that the renderer’s joint venture with Valero for tilapia and poultry. This builds Energy to make renewable diesel from animal fats is Darling’s “next big thing.” on previous approvals for the same “We laugh when people talk about Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, and disrupon,” product in salmonid feed in 2017 and he said. “The most disrupve thing in the history of the food chain is making a broiler chicken feed in 2016. hydrocarbon out of animal fat.” The arcle describes the various products Darling The company is now registered produces and how Stuewe ended up in a posion that ulmately benefited him and in the EU Trade Control and Expert the 135-year-old rendering company. System, which allows Enterra to The entire article is available at www.dallasnews.com/business/ export its insect feed ingredients to business/2018/02/23/15-years-blood-guts-bones-ceo-behind-turnaround-company- all EU member countries. New EU puts-puff-marshmallows. R regulaons came into effect on July 1, 2017, that permit the use of insect ingredients in aquaculture feed. Approvals for poultry and pig feed are is on expected to follow. With production at its Langley Please join us for more news, like: facility at maximum capacity, Enterra is planning to expand to a larger second Should Los Angeles shelter dogs be vegan? facility near Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Water buses in Venice, Italy, to run on used cooking oil. in the fourth quarter of 2018. R

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National Renderers Association Animal Protein Producers Industry Rendering Code of Practice Training Spring Meeting June 19-21, Kansas City, MO • Contact Dara John at [email protected] April 24-26, Vancouver, BC, Canada Contact Marty Covert at co@ European Fat Processors and Renderers Association Congress martycovert.com or (703) 754-8740 June 20-23, Barcelona, Spain • www.efprabarcelona2018.com

American Meat Science Association 71st Reciprocal Meat Conference May June 24-27, Kansas City, MO • www.meatscience.org/rmc Animal Agriculture Alliance Stakeholders Summit May 3-4, Arlington, VA July www.animalagalliance.org Association of American Feed Control Officials 2018 Annual Meeting July 29-August 1, Fort Lauderdale, FL • www.aafco.org American Oil Chemists’ Society Annual Meeting and Expo October May 6-9, Minneapolis, MN hp://annualmeeng.aocs.org National Renderers Association 85th Annual Convention October 22-26, Dana Point, CA • www.naonalrenderers.org FENAGRA 2018 – Brazilian Rendering Congress Visit www.rendermagazine.com for an complete list of industry meeƟngs. May 16-17, Sao Paulo, Brazil www.editoraslo.com.br/ﬁai-2018/ fenagra/

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