NIRS Consortium Proceedings, Meetings, Training and Conferences

2008 NIRSC Annual Conference presentations (in Adobe PDF format)

• Opportunities Inputting Lab Values in Ration Software
• Issue in Characterizing Inputs needed for CNCPS/CPM Dairy and NRC Models
• Assessing in Vitro Analysis and its Relation to Cow Performance
• A Comparison of Methods for Feed Fat Analysis
• The Application of NIR for Commercial Forage Analysis
• Improving the Efficiency of Use of Nitrogen in Lactating Dairy Cattle
• Biomass Characterization Using NIR Spectroscopy
• Introduction to the AAFCO Collaborative Check Sample Program
• Joint discussions between NIRSC, FeedAC & NFTA
• Characterizing Starch Digestion Potential in Corn and Corn Silage
• Improving Accuracy from a Commercial Lab Perspective
• Using NIRS to determine sample differences: range,homogeneity,..
• Importance of Accuracy of NIRS in Plant Breeding
• Bruker Solutions for Feed and Forage Testing
• Question and Answer Session
• NIRS Consortium Equations
• Quality Assurance Committee Report
• Combined Calibration Committee Reports

2006 NIRSC Annual Conference presentations (in PowerPoint format)

· ADSDA Conference Committee

· NIRS Conference Meeting on Intellectual Property

· NIRS Conference Meeting on What’s New in Analyses and Products

· NIRS Conference on Starch

· Starch Analysis

· NIRS Forage Evaluation-Perten Diode Array

· Forage Crop Use as a Bio-Fuel

· Microwave Heat Damage

· 2005 Summary by Alistair Carr-Technical Manager

· NIRS Unfermented Corn Silage Update

· NAMA Project Update

· NIRS Survey (Excel format)

· Committee Reports

2005 NIRSC Annual Conference presentations (in PowerPoint format)

· Starch Analysis: Analytical Recommendations and a small detour

· Ruminant Feed Analysis Consortium

· Reference Analysis

· Model Development "Legume hay equation"

· Question and Answer Time

The 2004 NIRS Consortium Annual Meeting

All files in Adobe Acrobat format

· Who We Are and What We Do

· New Labs Orientation-Diagnostics Web Monitoring

· Basic Training

· Energy Value of Feeds

· NDFD/NIR Analysis Use in Ration Balancing

· Energy and NDFD use on corn silage and alfalfa for milk 2000 and RFQ

· Starch and Sugar Project Update

· Madison NIR presentation

· Use of Global Equations to Predict Forage Quality

· NIRS Maintenance,Common Errors and New Instrument Setup

· Users Workshop

· Consortium Equations in ISIScan

· Reference Analysis

· Detecting particle size effect

The 2003 NIRS Consortium Summer Training

All files in Adobe Acrobat format

· Diagnostics of ISIScan

· Setting Up the Check Cell in ISIScan-part 1

· Setting Up the Check Cell in ISIScan-part 2

The 2003 NIRS Consortium Annual Meeting

All files in Adobe Acrobat format

· "Upgrading Consortium Global Equations"

· "Measuring Starch Digestibility"

· "Categorizing and Analyzing Nonfiber Carbohydrates"

· "Measurement of Soluble Carbohydrates & Their Effects on Ruminal Fermentation"

· "Local: pros, cons, and what needs to be done"

· "Microwave VS Oven Drying: effects on spectra, predictions and chemistry"

· "NIRS Forage & Feed Testing Consortium"

· "Utility of Starch Measurements"

· "Starch"

The 2002 NIRS Consortium Annual Meeting

· NIRS- Getting Started : The Basics of NIRS

· NIRS Activities

· Using Digestible NDF to Adjust Intake and Digestibility of Grass/Legume Forages

· Revising Relative Feed Value : The New RFV

· New Applications and the Future of NIRS

· Measuring Dry Matter and NDF Digestibility and Defining their Importance

· Determining Digestible Starch : Current and Future