Webinar

Staying ahead of rising corn costs with biotechnology

On-demand

Are record-setting corn prices squeezing your profit?

Being a corn wet miller is no walk in the park. And, as corn prices continue to hover near January’s 8-year record high, this surge directly affects your plant’s profitability.

Now, you can’t control corn prices. But what if a biosolution could help you control your production output? And what if this could help you save up to $2.7 million per year?

In this webinar, we’ll take a closer look at the market trends surrounding these skyrocketing corn prices with the help of global market intelligence and consulting firm LMC International. They will also provide insight into a variety of corn wet milling perspectives – including corn price, the net cost of corn, and beyond. 

Then, we’ll introduce you to Novozymes Frontia® Fiberwash, an innovative new technology that allows you to get more out of your raw material and your plant, enabling the same production output with less corn, less energy, and less CO2.

We hope you’ll join us!

Kisha Kruse (Moderator)

Scientist, Novozymes

Kisha Kruse is a Scientist at Novozymes with 12 years of experience in the ethanol industry. Kisha has been a Technical Service Scientist for Novozymes for four years. She has eight years of ethanol plant, laboratory management, and fermentation management experience.

Scott McLaughlin

Technical Service Manager - Agricultural & Industrial Biosolutions, Novozymes

Scott McLaughlin has spent more than two decades in a variety of production, R&D, and commercial oriented roles in the grain processing industry. He has held several senior roles within Novozymes, where he currently leads Technical Service for the company’s Starch & Grain organization. He previously worked in Novozymes’ Starch R&D department, where he played an instrumental role in early developments of enzymatic corn separation.

Prior to joining Novozymes, Scott was an R&D scientist at National Starch & Chemical in New Jersey before moving to the company’s North Kansas City specialty starch plant, where he served as a process engineer, before moving into production management roles for the company’s wet milling operations. Scott graduated in 1996 from SUNY Geneseo and SUNY Buffalo with BS’s in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering.

Griselda Gasca

Scientist, Novozymes

Griselda Gasca has been with Novozymes since 2017, when she joined as a Process Engineer in yeast production. After two years in that role, she began her current position as Technical Service Scientist in Agricultural & Industrial Biosolutions, focused on Grain Milling. Prior to joining Novozymes, Griselda worked for 2 years as a Process Engineer in the pulp & paper industry.

Griselda was born in Colombia and grew up in Canada, earning her Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering from Lakehead University. She currently lives in Raleigh, NC.

Martin Todd

Managing Director, LMC International

Martin Todd is responsible for LMC International's extensive work in the agricultural and agro-processing sector. His expertise covers all of the major agricultural crops. He oversees the company’s analysis of price forecasting, crop margins, production and production costs, technical performance, market analysis and profitability. Martin has also led many due diligence and investment appraisal projects.

Prior to becoming Managing Director, Martin was Head of Sugar at LMC. Before that Martin was head of research of Gill & Duffus, an international trade house.

Sara Girardello

Head of Starch & Grains, LMC International

Sara Girardello is responsible for LMC International's Starch & Grains analysis. She has acted as project leader across a broad range of starch, starch sweetener and grain processing projects. This includes leading LMC's annual service on the Global Markets for Starch Products. Sara has also led many consultancy projects. This includes pre-feasibility projects for new corn and wheat wet milling projects. She is the senior editor of LMC’s monthly European Starch Market Insight and Starch & Fermentation Analysis.

Before moving to LMC’s starch team Sara worked in LMC’s Sugar and Sweeteners Research Team. She holds an MSc in Applied Statistics from the University of Oxford, UK, and an MSc in Horticulture from the University of Reading, UK.