2025 Beef Summit
Hosted by Zinpro
June 17-19, 2025
Hilton Minneapolis/Bloomington
3900 American Blvd. West, Bloomington, MN 55437
We are excited to have you join us for the 2025 Beef Summit hosted by Zinpro on June 17-19, 2025. Please see important travel information, the tentative agenda and what is included with your Beef Summit Experience below.
Countdown to the 2025 Beef Summit
What’s Included
*Roundtrip Airfare Reimbursement up to $700
*Transportation to/from Hotel/Airport
*Hotel Room for the nights of June 17 & 18, 2025
*Tuesday Night Welcome Reception
*Breakfast & Lunch on Wednesday & Thursday
*Wednesday Dinner at Zinpro
Please follow the below instructions to book your airfare to Minneapolis, MN.
Airfare | Zinpro Corporation will reimburse up to $700 of your roundtrip airfare for basic, main, or economy seats (upgrades to comfort/first class seats are not covered by Zinpro). Once your flight is booked, CLICK HERE to fill out the reimbursement form and email the completed form, receipt, and your full flight itinerary to . Please allow up to 7-10 days for processing. If you would prefer to receive your reimbursement via ACH, please fill out the ACH-Wire Payment tab on the reimbursement form.
- Arrive (MSP) by 5:00pm on Tuesday June 17th, 2025, for evening reception at 6:30pm.
- Depart (MSP) after 1:00pm on Thursday June 19th, 2025.
Transportation to the Hilton Bloomington/Minneapolis | The hotel will be monitoring your arrival times. Once you arrive MSP, please proceed to where the ground transportation/hotel shuttle area is located. If you have any questions regarding your shuttle service, please call 952-893-9500 and ask for the hotel front desk.
Hotel Rooms | Zinpro has arranged your hotel room for the nights of June 17 & 18, 2025. The hotel will request a credit card to put on file for any incidentals (not included).
Transportation to the Airport | Your departure time will be given to the hotel prior to your arrival. Please confirm your departure pickup time with the hotel front desk at check-in. If your time changes, please notify the front desk.
Dress Code | Business Casual – Jeans are acceptable.
Please book your flights and email your full flight itinerary to Leesa Ruebush @ – No later than Wednesday May 1st, 2025
2025 Beef Summit Agenda
Download agenda here.
Tuesday, June 17
Hilton Bloomington Hotel
- 5:30 pm | Welcome Reception
Keynote Speaker, Janette Barnard
Wednesday, June 18
Hilton Bloomington Hotel
- 7:00 am | Breakfast in Chophouse Restaurant
- 8:00 am | Welcome – American Salon A
- 8:10 am | Zinpro Research Journey, Why We are at Current Recommendations
Dr. Connie Larson | Global Technical Services Director
- 8:35 am | Building a Better Animal
Dr. Laura Amundson, PhD | Zinpro Research & Discovery
- 9:00 am | Three Pillars of Performance
Dr. Cory Kending, Zinpro Medicinal Chemist, Research & Discovery
- 9:15 am | Chemistry Matters
Dr Andi Wisniewski, Medicinal Chemist, Research & Discovery
- 9:50 a.m. | Break
- 10:10 am | Increasing Reproductive Efficiency in the Beef Herd
Dr. Ky Pohler | Assoc Professor, Physiology of Reproduction | Texas A&M
- 11:00 am | Cattle Health – Immunity
Dr. Chris Ashworth | Beef Discovery Researcher
- 11:24 | Morning Recap and Speaker Panel Q&A
- 12:00 – 12:45 pm | Lunch at Hotel – Chophouse Restaurant
- 1:00 pm | Departure to Zinpro Innovation Center| Eden Prairie, MN
- 1:30 – 3:25 pm | Rotations for Hands on Learning Workshop
Rotations: 25 min sessions + 5 min rotations
Station 1: Product Quality Promise: Lab tour with a focus on quality control steps
Station 2: Benchtop Chemistry: Evaluating Mineral Sources
Station 3: Building the Zinpro Molecule
Station 4: Water Quality Testing, Resources Available, Zinpro Water Program demonstration
- 3:30 pm | Ice Cream Social
- 4:00 pm | Transport to Headquarters for Tour
- 5:00 pm | Evening Activity & Dinner
Thursday, June 19
Hilton Bloomington Hotel
- 7:00 am – 8:00 am | Breakfast – Chophouse Restaurant
- 8:00 am | Welcome – American Salon A
- 8:10 am | Profitability and Sustainability of Beef Cattle Operations
Dr. Jordan Thomas, Assistant Professor, University of Missouri
- 9:00 am | Stacking the Deck
Chanda Engel | Account Manager, Minnesota & Eastern Dakotas
- 9:30 | Break
- 10:00 am | Zinc Homeostasis, Gut Microbiome and Maintenance of the Gut and Lung Defense
Dr. Daren Knoell, Pharm D | Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
- 10:55 am | Cow Calf Production Zinpro Talk
Dr. Clay Burson, Zinpro Beef Technical Specialist
- 11:20 am | Morning Recap and Speaker Panel Q&A
- 11:45 am | Wrap-Up and Closing Remarks
- 12:00 – 1:00 pm | Lunch at the Hotel (Sandwiches that can also be made and placed in a “to go” Box for those headed out right away.)
- Departures