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Fredric N. Owens, Ph.D., PAS
Senior Research Scientist
Pioneer Hi-Bred International
7300 NW 62nd Avenue
P.O. Box 1004
Johnston, IA 50131-1004
(515) 334-6416 - Office
(515) 334-7001 - Fax
Fred.Owens@Pioneer.com
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Fred Owens is a senior research scientist for DuPont-owned Pioneer Hi-Bred International, a seed, forage and grain additives company headquartered near Des Moines, Iowa. Owens' research at Pioneer Hi-Bred focuses on the modification of grains and oilseeds for animal feeds with enhanced nutritional value for ruminant livestock to improve production efficiency and the quality of milk and meat.
Owens has over 30 years of experience in academia, and is professor emeritus of animal science at Oklahoma State University. At Oklahoma State, Owens taught courses on beef cattle nutrition, fat and carbohydrate metabolism, rumenology, minerals and vitamins. His research foci included: protein nutrition of ruminants, feed intake control, grain hybrids, grain processing, rumen function and mechanisms of action of feed additives. Before being named professor emeritus, he served as the Sarkeys Distinguished Professor in Animal Science and as a Regents Professor.
Before joining Oklahoma State University, Owens spent six years as an assistant professor of animal science at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. At the University of Illinois, he taught nutrition courses for students in veterinary medicine and nutritional biochemistry.
During the early 1990s, Owens served as president of the American Society of Animal Science, and in 1995, was named a fellow. One year later, the Society awarded Owens with the Morrison Award, the most prestigious honor in the field of animal science. Owens currently serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Animal Science, and was formerly editor-in-chief and ruminant nutrition section editor of the publication.
Owens has conducted research for various government agencies, commodity groups, and commercial industries including: the Food and Drug Administration, American Soybean Association, commercial feedlots, Texas Cattle Feeders Association, Elanco Animal Health, Hoffman-LaRoche, Robbins, Zinpro, Syntex, Degussa, American Cyanamid, National Livestock & Meat Board, Farmland Industries, Terra Chemical, National Cottonseed Producers Association, Pfizer, Rhone-Poulenc, Upjohn, Merck, Eastman Kodak, International Minerals & Chemicals, Hoechst and Biotechniques Labs.
Owens has authored 18 chapters in 16 books, and has authored or co-authored 170 refereed scientific papers, 290 lay publications and 240 abstracts.
Owens holds a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota.
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