Gerald Weigel

Gerald Weigel is a graduate of the University of Nebraska and subsequently spent a year on staff at the University of Florida. He then spent five years with Savannah Sugar Foods and Industry and then 18 years with Archer Daniels Midland where he was Vice President, Nutrition.

Mr. Weigel joined ExSeed Genetics, (now BASF Plant Science) in 1996. His primary responsibilities included researching new and novel functional, nutritional and quality traits for insertion into farm commodities such as corn, wheat, rice and soy. He also provided technical assistance to the end-use community, training the seed industry on value-enhanced commodities, product application to the food sector and biofuel research. Weigel currently travels globally, consulting and speaking about commodity price discovery and supply/demand issues as they pertain to the corn sector.

Dr.Craig Wyatt

Craig Wyatt obtained his Ph.D. in animal nutrition from the University of Georgia in 1988. Following that he spent six years as an assistant professor/poultry specialist in the animal science department at Washington State University where his focus was alternative feed ingredients and the interaction with feed enzymes in poultry and pigs.

Dr. Wyatt now has well over 20 years of experience in animal nutrition, with emphasis on alternative feed ingredients and feed quality including the area of moulds and mycotoxins in grain. He has worked extensively in the area of feed additives, especially on the utilization of feed enzymes in monogastric diets. He joined AB Vista in spring 2008. At AB Vista he is responsible for providing sales and technical support to the company’s North American customers.