September 24, 2007

Elanco names new feedlot consultant

Elanco Animal Health has named Dr Bill Mies as the company's beef feedlot consultant - global beef group. In this role, he will work with Elanco's marketing-and-sales teams, providing technical support to feedlots in North America and other locations throughout the world. Mies will work from his home office in College Station, Texas.

Recently, Mies worked in integrated beef production and animal-data management after having taught livestock marketing and feedyard management at Texas A&M University in College Station. Previously, he gained experience managing a beef-production company, a commercial feedyard and an experiment station, as well as working in the research and development of new animal drugs. Mies earned a doctorate in animal science from the University of Missouri; a master's degree from Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana; and a bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois.

For 20 years, Mies has served as technical advisor to the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) Beef Quality Assurance Task Force. He also has chaired NCBA's Research and Education Committee, advised its Value-based Marketing Task Force and designed the Strategic Alliances Demonstration Project, which is the template for many current beef alliances.