KANSAS CITY Len Heflich, vice-president of quality systems for Bimbo Bakeries
USA, will deliver the keynote speech at the Wheat Quality Council’s annual
dinner set for Feb. 17 at the Embassy Suites airport hotel in Kansas City. Mr.
Heflich will discuss the Bimbo/Weston merger, the qualities of flours needed in
Bimbo’s diversified portfolio, and issues relating to bioengineered organisms
from the perspective of the American Bakers Association.
In addition to the keynote dinner presentation, the annual meeting and technical
review scheduled for Feb. 16-18 will include a forum featuring three speakers.
Patrick McCluskey, an agricultural marketing specialist with the Grain
Inspection, Packers and Stockyards (GIPSA) of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, will provide an update on the current wheat grading standard
reviews process, while Dana Peterson, the newly elected chief executive officer
of the National Association of Wheat Growers, will discuss lost acres of wheat
production. Darrell Hanavan, executive director of Colorado Wheat, will present
information on collaboration between public and private breeders.
The W.Q.C. also will conduct its annual review of the qualities of breeder
submitted lines of wheat grown in 2009.
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