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Study Group: Sugar Experts(?)

Council Members in this Study Group: 65

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Leading Experts in this Study Group

Kantha Shelke
Founder & Scientist
Corvus Blue

Kantha Shelke is a diversified scientist, expediting new product and technology development in food and nutrition. She is the Founder and Principal at Corvus Blue, a consumer packaged goods consultant. Ms. Shelke also chairs the Scientific Advisory Board of a global food brand co., advises as Director...

Gary Drimmer, President, Drimmer & Associates InternationalGary Drimmer
President
Drimmer & Associates International

Gary Drimmer is the President of Drimmer and Associates; a commodity, animal nutrition, plant biotechnology, and international business consulting firm. Mr. Drimmer has more than 30 years of international business experience in plant biotechnology, corn and flour milling, soybean processing, animal...

Philip Corzine, Founder and General Manager, South American Soy LLCPhilip Corzine
Founder and General Manager
South American Soy LLC

Philip Corzine is the Owner and Operator of Phil Corzine Farms, and the Founder and General Manager of South American Soy LLC. Mr. Corzine is also Founder and Consultant at AgPage International Consultancy, providing electronic communications, and agricultural business development and economic analysis...

Brian Stevenson
Principle
B. Stevenson Associates

Brian Stevenson was a Senior Vice President with Interstate Bakeries Corp. until February 2005 when he formed B. Stevenson Associates, LLC a consulting firm. While at IBC, Mr. Stevenson directed the effort to change the way the company did business which included a complete reorganization from the...

Richard Vandervoort, Retired VP of Strategic Business Development, Corn Products International, Inc.Richard Vandervoort
FormerRetired VP of Strategic Business Development
Corn Products International, Inc.

Richard Vandervoort until 2006, was the Vice President of Strategic Business Developement and Investor Relations among other responsibilities at Corn Products International, Inc., a $3 billion global corn refiner and ingredient producer of sweeteners, starches and animal feeds. Mr. Vandervoort was responsible...

Eric Vaughn
Partner
Book Hill Partners

Eric Vaughn is a Partner at Book Hill Partners in Washington, DC, where he specializes in energy policy, environmental regulations, value-added agriculture, and trade policy issues. He has more than 25 years of technical, financial, legal, and political experience with the production, blending, delivery...

Edward Swinderman
Independent Contractor
Edward Swinderman

Edward Swinderman is an independent contractor, currently working with PERIN Resources; a firm involved in the marketing of fuel ethanol, biodiesel, glycerin, and methanol. Previously, Mr. Swinderman was the Vice President of Sales at BioSelect Fuels, a firm producing and selling biodiesel. Prior,...

Richard Harley, MA PhD FCIPD FRSA FCSD, CEO, fuellingthefuture.comRichard Harley, MA PhD FCIPD FRSA FCSD
CEO
fuellingthefuture.com

Richard Harley, PhD, is the Chief Executive Officer at fuellingthefuture.com. Dr. Harley has vast experience in setting up Biodiesel Crushing and Refining Processing Plants and working with Government and Private Investors to plan and plant in excess of 350,000 hectares of Jatropha Curcas plants and...

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DOW CHEMICAL AND THE DIOXINS PROBLEM | 08-25-2008
Analysis of: DOW'S Dioxins | pubs.acs.org
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

   Dioxins usually refer to a group of highly toxic chlorinated compounds  The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does not have an acceptable level for exposure, but has an “Action Level” of 1000 parts per trillion (ppt) for the most toxic dioxin (2,3,7,8- tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin)....

Midwest crops look deceptively good | 07-24-2008
Analysis of: Corn and Soybean Production Prospects Improving | www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu
Author: Philip Corzine, Founder and General Manager, South American Soy LLC

The effects of late planting, cool-wet soils in May, and flooding in June can't be overcome by favorable weather in July and August.  USDA's yield and production estimates may well turn out to be on the optimistic side when we finally get the crop in the bin.

Improving weather and falling commodity prices may keep RFS intact | 07-24-2008
Analysis of: EPA delays RFS waiver ruling | www.ethanolproducer.com
Author: Philip Corzine, Founder and General Manager, South American Soy LLC

The request for a partial waiver in the RFS by Texas Gov. Perry is likely to be denied, largely due to a 25% reduction in corn prices caused by favorable weather in the Midwest.  This corn crop, however, will be extremely difficult to get an accurate estimate on prior to getting it out of the field,...

Ethanol import tariff is now on the table, but move by Brazilian sugar industry could backfire | 07-09-2008
Analysis of: Brazil launches campaign to remove ethanol tariff | www.ethanolproducer.com
Author: Philip Corzine, Founder and General Manager, South American Soy LLC

Changes in the ethanol production subsidy and import tariff would be an excellent way to moderate the increases in the short-term price of corn, easing the pain for the US livestock industry.  But any change in these policies will have long term impacts on the biofuels sector.   These changes...

Failure to adjust policy now to lower feed costs will permanently change the US livestock industry. | 07-01-2008
Author: Philip Corzine, Founder and General Manager, South American Soy LLC

An over-emphasis on ethanol has combined with a poor production year and a major speculative push on commodity prices to push livestock net returns into the red.  Animal feed has long been US corn and soybeans primary source of demand, but high feed costs, with no way to push up the selling price...

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