Livestock, Poultry and Seed Presentations
The following are presentations delivered by LPS staff at regional, national and international meetings.
2015
June 4, 2015 
Presentation on Poultry Quality Grading and Cuts of Poultry at Center of the Plate Training in College State, Texas by Richard Lawson, National Poultry Supervisor, and Don Dixon, Director, Central Region, LPS  PDF File
May 21, 2015 -
Presentation to the California Cattlemens Association Cattle Feeders Meeting, by Dr. Lawrence Yates, Livestock and Meat Marketing Specialist, Quality Assessment Division, LPS  PDF File
March 17, 2015 -
Presentation on Consumer Views on Raised without Antibiotics to the Poultry Federation at their Food Safety Conference in Branson, Missouri by Dr. Craig A. Morris, Deputy Administrator, LPS  PDF File
February 20, 2015 
Presentation on Commodity Procurement at the Ag Outlook Forum, Crystal City, VA by Carl Schroeder, Ph.D., Director, Food Safety and Commodity Specification Division, LPS  PDF File
January 30, 2015 
Presentation on Beef Carcass Standards to the National Cattlemens Beef Association at their Winter Conference in San Antonia, TX by Dr. Lawrence Yates, Livestock and Meat Marketing Specialist, Quality Assessment Division, LPS  PDF File
January 30, 2015
 Presentation on U.S. and Australian wool values and price trends and LPGMN sheep, lamb, and wool market new reports to the American Wool Council at the American Sheep Industry Convention, Reno, NV by Russ Travelute, Field Chief, Livestock Poultry Grain Market News Division, LPS  PDF File
January 30, 2015 
Presentation on Market News Reports to the American Lamb Council at the American Sheep Industry Convention, Reno, NV by Brittany Koop, Officer-In-Charge, Livestock Poultry Grain Market News Division, LPS  PDF File
January 30, 2015 
Presentation on Lamb Instrument Grading to the American Lamb Council at the American Sheep Industry Convention in Reno, NV by Dr. Lawrence Yates, Livestock and Meat Marketing Specialist, Quality Assessment Division, LPS  PDF File
January 27, 2015 
Presentation to the United Egg Association, Atlanta, GA by Mark Perigen, LPS  PDF file
January 26, 2015 
Presentation to the United Egg Producers at the International Production & Processing Expo 2015, Atlanta, GA, by Craig A. Morris, Deputy Administrator, LPS  PDF file
2014
December 9, 2014 
Presentation to the American Feed Industry Associations Import/Export Seminar, Washington, DC by William Stone, Agricultural Marketing Specialist, LPS  PDF file
November 20, 2014 
Presentation to American Seed Trade Association, Webinar by Dr. Fawad Shah, Director, Seed Regulatory and Testing Division  PDF file
October 29, 2014 
Presentation to the American Wagyu Association Conference, San Antonio, TX by Acting Associate Deputy Administrator, Larry R. Meadows  PDF file
October 29, 2014 
Presentation to the National Chicken Councils Board of Directors Meeting, Washington, DC by Craig A. Morris, Deputy Administrator, LPS  PDF file
October 16, 2014 
Presentation to Texas A&M Universitys ANSC 437 class on Marketing and Grading of Livestock and Meats, College Station, TX, by Craig A. Morris, Deputy Administrator, LPS  PDF file
October 9, 2014 
Presentation to ASTM International Committee F10 on Livestock, Meat, and Poultry Evaluation Systems by Lawrence Yates, Livestock & Meat Marketing Specialist, LPS  PDF file
October 7, 2014 
Presentation to the United Egg Producers, Albuquerque, NM, by Craig A. Morris, Deputy Administrator, LPS  PDF file
September 29, 2014 
Presentation to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe International Symposium on Meat, Geneva, Switzerland, by Craig A. Morris, Deputy Administrator, LPS  PDF file
September 15, 2014 
Webinar on the USDA Instrument Grading Program to the 2014 Reciprocal Meat Conference - by Dr. Gretchen Mafi, Oklahoma State University and Dr. Lawrence Yates, Livestock and Meat Marketing Specialist, Quality Assessment Division, LPS  PDF File
September 13, 2014 
Presentation to the North American Meat Association Outlook Conference, Charleston, SC, by Craig A. Morris, Deputy Administrator, LPS  PDF file
August 28, 2014 
Vendor Outreach Webinar Series (VOWS) Presentation I : Selling to AMS  Red Meat, Poultry, Egg, and Aquatic Commodities presented by the Food Safety and Commodity Specification Division and Commodity Procurement Staff  PDF File
Access to the VOWS webinar transcript - PDF file
August 5, 2014 
Webinar on the USDA Grass Fed Program for Small and Very Small (SVS) Producers, presented by the Quality Assessment Division, LPS  PDF file
Access the SVS Webinar Recording
July 25, 2014 
Presentation to the Association of American Feed Control Officials, Sacramento, CA, by William A. Stone, Agricultural Marketing Specialist, LPS  PDF file
July 11, 2014 
Presentation to the Southwest Meat Association, Albuquerque, NM, by Craig A. Morris, Deputy Administrator, LPS - PDF file
June 20, 2014 
Presentation to the FSIS Dallas District Office, Dallas, TX, by Darin R. Doerscher, Livestock & Meat Marketing Specialist, LPS  PDF file
June 17, 2014 
Presentation on the USDA Instrument Grading Program to the 2014 Reciprocal Meat Conference at University of Wisconsin-Madison at Madison, WI by Dr. Glen Dolezal, Cargill; Dr. Gretchen Mafi, Oklahoma State University; and Dr. Lawrence Yates, Livestock and Meat Marketing Specialist, Quality Assessment Division, LPS  PDF File
June 12, 2014 -
Presentation to the U.S. Poultry and Egg Export Council, Big Sky, MT, by Craig A. Morris, Deputy Administrator, LPS  PDF File
January 24, 2014 -
Presentation to the American Lamb Council at the American Sheep Industry Convention in Reno, NV by Dr. Lawrence Yates, Livestock and Meat Marketing Specialist, Quality Assessment Division, LPS  PDF File
2013
February 6, 2013 
Presentation to the National Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Criteria for Food, Washington, DC, by Carl Schroeder, Director, FSCS Division, LPS  PDF file
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Last Modified Date: 06/22/2015