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HTST and the Feed Expander

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Grain storage infestation management

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SCE integrates modular square bins into feedmills

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Proven packing machine technology now suitable for quality petfood

UK Experiences

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Essential nutrients - The most important additives a miller can put in flour

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The European Commission imposes special conditions for the import of food and feed from Japan Fewer rejections with optimized production BinMaster® SmartBob-TS1 Sensor for bins up to 60 feet WIESE Förderelemente GmbH will exhibit their improved range of Pendulum Bucket Conveyors Simply good – Two-way valves made by JACOB New senior manager brings international expertise UWT (UK) Ltd measures up to the Job! Adjustable depth bearing temperature sensors ADM upgrades its Southport NC, CitriStim facility

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Victam International 2011 - Preview/Review SCE integrates modular square bins into feedmills HTST and the Feed Expander Global Certification of Food and Feed Safety: GlobalGAP International Farm Assurance Grain storage infestation management Proven packing machine technology now suitable for quality petfood Aquafeed twin-screw extrusion processing Essential nutrients - The most important additives a miller can put in flour

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Guest - EDITOR’S OBSERVATIONS

Guest editor - Henk van de Bunt

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s General Manager of Victam International I would like to thank the publishers of GFMT for asking me to be guest editor. However, this is something that does not come naturally to me!

A new venue, for a diversifying industry Many people will have heard of Victam but probably are not aware that Victam is a charitable foundation. We are based in a rural city in The Netherlands called Nijkerk.

The Victam exhibition, together with its conferences, has been staged at the Jaarbeurs Exhibition Halls in Utrecht for the past 47 years. However after our last show in 2007 it became apparent that it was time for change. The feed industry was changing; our exhibitors were diversifying into industries that complimented their technology, the exhibition halls and local infrastructure were causing concern.

After considerable discussions and searching it was decided that the new venue and host city would be Cologne, Germany.

There are many differences and challenges not just in changing the exhibition venue but also the country.

There are the obvious problems, distance from our offices, different language, culture, new bureaucracy, rules, regulations, etc. Basically everything is different and new for us. In addition, we had a short learning curve.

We have been very fortunate that we have been able to retain some of our old contractors and constructors for the show, but most of all we have all been so impressed by the professional service provided by Koelnmesse.

The facilities at this new venue are wonderful. For us exhibition organisers it all works so easily. The new fully air-conditioned halls are perfect for us in terms of size, accessibility, bars, restaurants, etc. It even has its own railway station!

Cologne has many advantages. It is a wonderful, vibrant city; full of bars and restaurants, something you have to take into account for your visitors and exhibitors. There are many hotels of differing standards, again very necessary.

These and other factors helped us decide upon Cologne as the new home for Victam and its co-located events – FIAAP (animal feed ingredients) and GRAPAS (flour milling and grain processing).

Why have we launched to new co-located trade shows at a time when exhibition stand areas are generally reducing and visitor numbers are falling?

There are two reasons – our visitors and our exhibitors.

Surveys commissioned after our shows indicated that the visitors were interested in all facets of the feed industry. Whilst at the trade show they wanted to see the latest processing technology, improved formulation programmes, the best ancillary equipment and also the specialist low-volume high-cost ingredients and additives that are used within the manufacture of safe costeffective animal feed.

FIAAP was therefore launched. FIAAP is a specialist exhibition and technical conference where feed formulators,

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nutritionists, etc will find a wide and varied range of exhibitors displaying these ingredients and additives. This will be the first time we have held this event in Europe and I am encouraged by the number of exhibitors who are participating.

I wrote that we also took into account our exhibitors and because of this we have extended the Victam profile to include Biomass Pelleting Technology. Why? Many of our major exhibitors will be displaying the latest technology for Biomass Pelleting Technology.

Once again moving to Germany was partially instrumental for this introduction as it has a large domestic and industrial biomass market; as does Scandinavia, Austria, Eastern Europe and Russia - all of whom generally find it easier to travel to Germany than The Netherlands.

Then there is GRAPAS, another new Henk van de Bunt show and conference General Manager of but one that profiles Victam International flour & rice milling, grain processing, pasta, extruded snack and breakfast cereal production. Again why? First of all there are not many shows in Europe on these subjects but also by launching this show we are giving added value to our exhibitors. Many of our major exhibitors besides producing feed technology also supply sophisticated systems and equipment for the flour and grain processing sectors.

The show is now bigger than our last show in 2007.

There are more exhibitors; the stands are larger, more new product launches and more technical conferences so I think that the industry has accepted the change.

People have asked me what are the themes of the shows and it would seem to me that Feed and Food Safety is still very high on many people’s agenda. You only have to look at the recent problems in Germany to see how important this is. Therefore, any new product, process that can help prevent these problems can only be good for the farmer and of course the feed manufacturer.

The other area of interest I believe will be energy conservation and reduction. We are living in a world where our supplies of energy can become precarious. At the moment we have political unrest in North Africa and parts of the Middle East. Oil prices are fluctuating making it hard to budget. We now see a tragedy unfolding in Japan, something that seemed inconceivable a few weeks ago. These are two situations that we could not factor into our plans yet they will have an impact on costs. Any piece of equipment or system that can reduce energy costs is welcome and you will see these at the show.

I hope that you have found these few words of interest; if you had then I’m sure that you will find the show even more valuable and interesting. Come and join us.

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The European Commission imposes special conditions for the import of food and feed from Japan Following the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power station: FEFANA is vigilant about developments

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ollowing the earthquake in Japan and its impact on nucle ar pl ant s in Fukushima , t he Europe an Commission has published Regulation (EU) N° 297/2011 imposing special impor t conditions for food and feed originating from Japan. FEFANA understands that a number of feed business operators are wondering about the possible sanitary implications in Europe of this emergency situation and has compiled the following information in order to help operators coping with this situation and with possible requests for certificates or particular measures.

From a EU legislative point of view, radioactive contamination of foodstuffs and feedstuffs following a nuclear accident or any other case of radiological emergency is ruled by Council Regulation (Euratom) 3954/87, amended by Regulation 770 /90 (modification of the Annex regarding permitted levels of contamination for feedingstuffs). This legislation puts emphasis on the control of radioactivity in foodstuffs and products of animal origin,

and the levels in feed are mainly intended to contribute to the observance of the permitted levels in food. Furthermore, under the EU food law (EC N° 178/2002), the European authorities have the possibility to adopt emergency measures for food and feed imported from third countries in order to protect public health.

T h ro u g h t h i s Re g u l at i o n 2 9 7 / 2 011, t h e E u r o p e a n Commission has activated emergenc y me asures and contamination limits set in Regulation 3984/87 and several other conditions.

Here is the summary of the measures adopted: They apply to feedstuffs and foodstuffs as defined under Regulation 3954/87 (feedstuffs means products which are intended only for animal nutrition); this is interpreted as applying to all feed including specialty feed ingredients and their mixtures.

They do not apply to products that left Japan before 28 March 2011 or products that have been harvested and /or processed before 11 March 2011 The measure requires that each consignment shall be

accompanied by a declaration to be issued by the Japanese authorities (standard format that is provided with the Regulation) attesting that either product has been harvested before 11 March 2011, or the product is not originating from the prefecture of Fukushima, Gunma, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Miyagi, Yamagata, Niigata, Nagano, Yamanashi, Saitama, Tokyo and Chiba, or in the case the product is originating from one of the prefectures listed above, proof of compliant analyse have to be provided with the declaration (caesium 134 and 137 according to the value listed above).

A single identifying code for the product must be used on the declaration and the certificate of analysis, and on any document (including commercial ones) accompanying the consignment.

Prior notification of arrival of all consignments must be provided at last two working days in advance of physical arrival to Border Inspection Point.

As far as feed is concerned, these permit ted levels of radioactive contamination are limited to caesium 134 and caesium 137 (monitoring of

other isotopes was deemed irrelevant based on the half-life of these and transfer rates from feed to food) as follows: 1250 Bq/kg for pig feedingstuffs; 2500 Bq/kg for poultry, lamb, calves feedingstuffs; 5000 Bq /kg for other feedingstuffs.

The authorities at arrival shall carry out documentary checks on all consignments and shall carry out analysis (20 % of consignments for products originating from the 12 listed prefectures, and 10% of consignments for the other prefectures). Endorsement of the declaration by the Border control authority shall be necessary for the release for free circulation. Costs for these control, are at charge of the feed/food business operator.

Non-conform products shall be disposed of or returned to Japan. Member States shall keep the Commission informed of all analytical results obtained. The measures entered into force on 27 March 2011 shall be in place until 30 June 2011 and the Regulation will be subject to regular review.

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Minimum number of calibrations For years, animal feed manufacturers and rapeseed processing plants have been benefiting from 2-parameter microwave resonance technolog y. It determines moisture values with a minimum number of calibrations. More than 400 different recipes can be handled by just 3 - 7 calibrations.

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New senior manager brings international expertise

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itchells is ple ased to announce the appointment of Tony Uyttendaele to the newly created position of technical manager.

Mr Uyttendaele has joined Mitchells after a long career with DeSmet Bellestra , a world leader in the engineering and construction of oilseed extraction and refining plants.

Tony has close to 10 years’ experience in China, responsible for the pre-opening and opening of DeSmet’s export standard plant , in Wuxi, China. He went on to project manage wide-ranging oilseed modification, refinery and extraction projects from 2004–2011.

Belgian born, Mr Uyttendaele has more than 30 years’ experience as an industrial e n g i n e e r, c o n s t r u c t i o n , during which he has built

strong technical, large project management and workshop and fabrication experience.

He has worked in at least 10 countries, including in Europe, the Middle East, Korea, Africa and Australia.

In welcoming his appointment, Mitchells’ chief executive Mic Mittasch said, ‘I am very pleased to welcome Tony to the Mitchells’ team and look forward to the opportunity to again work alongside him, but this time as a colleague.

‘Tony is a highly capable individual who has an impeccable track record in the technical issues related to projects. He will work with me and other senior managers, ove r s e e i n g eve r y a s p e c t of our projects, and with engineering on the continuous improvement of the equipment and services Mitchells offers its customers. His European background will be especially important as we develop this market.’

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WIESE Förderelemente GmbH will exhibit their improved range of Pendulum Bucket Conveyors

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he worldwide operating German company WIESE Förderelemente G mb H w ill e x hibi t t he ir improved range of Pendulum Bucket Conveyors ( P) and Continuous Bucket Conveyors (SEB), which are designed to convey powders, granules and bulk materials gently in minimal space horizontally and vertically, especially in the pet food and food industry. The conveying

good is resting undestroyed in the buckets during transport.

The main advantage is the unique rubber chain, which is stretch, link and grease free, has increased “up-time”, meets food standards, has no metalto-metal abrasion and a noise level below 60 dbA. Detailed solutions according easy to clean or conveying good safety are Wiese’s standards.

For example it is possible to deliver magnetic detectable bucket materials or open frame designs made from tubular prof iles i n c l u d i n g q u ic k re le a se cove r s .

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various bucket sizes and shapes are available like special surfaces for better discharging of sticky conveying goods.

For over half a century the conveyors are built in a modular way giving the customers the possibility connecting older and new conveyors without any big challenges.

Wiese is operating in the field of industry requiring clean and gentle conveying for daily standard, especially in the pet food and food industry.

Moreover the robust and long lasting conveyors are proofing their ser vice per formance in the building material or chemical industry for years.

Conveying capacities of 2 to 120 m³/h are available.

Additionally Wiese of fers t he cu s t o me r t he ir ow n personalized solution according

their individual needs and special line - ups. Thereby each customer will receive his customized conveying equipment, based on existing solutions from over 50 years of experience.

Wiese conveyors are joining scales, counting equipment and packaging machinery together and additionally are elevating raw materials.

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Simply good – Two-way valves made by JACOB

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he quality of the JACOB two-way valves, which is exemplary in the market, results from specific know-how with respect to press-moulded half-shell production.

The extended bulging shape, produced using precision tools that we developed ourselves, makes it possible to construct an inlet collar that is large enough prevent any reduction in cross-section. This also protects it from wear, which is particularly advantageous where sensitive products are to be conveyed. The form is pressed flat from the sides, which allows the inner flap to close more effectively.

Customers who require two-way valves with a particular outer diameter usually expect that the internal diameter will be correspondingly large. In practice, however, considerable reductions in cross-section, depending on the type of construction, are in fact the norm. With original JACOB quality there are no such surprises. This, along 6 | March - April 2011

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The JACOB modular pipework system (DN 60 800 mm standard diameters) is used worldwide in almost all areas of industry for the construction of bulk material conveyance systems and dust ex t r ac tion or ve ntil ation pipelines. M any examples can be found in the food and luxury goods industry (coffee, cocoa, sugar, grain, tobacco, etc.), in concentrated feed production plants, in the packaging industry, the

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JACOB's innovative developments, short delivery times and easy-to-install pipe systems with wall thicknesses

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JACOB's 3-D s e r v i c e p r ov i d e s its customers with a DVD containing d r aw i n g s o f t h e pipes and fittings, as a practical and time-saving aid for creating engineering drawings.

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ADM upgrades its Southport NC, CitriStim facility

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rcher Daniels Midland Company recently completed an upgrade of its Southport, NC facility in the USA to allow the company to increase production and packaging capabilities for its proprietary CitriStim® feed additive.

immune function. More than 50 scientific research studies on a range of species have demonstrated CitriStim’s efficacy.

“The upgrades to our Southport facility will improve our ability to provide uninterrupted supplies of CitriStim to US and global

customers,” says Peter Bergstrom, product manager for ADM Alliance Nutrition Inc. Upgrades to the Southport facility began in November 2009 and fullscale production started in the third quarter of 2010.

The facility upgrade included the addition of driers that allow ADM to double CitriStim production capacity and also packaging improvements that help minimise package leaks, create more uniform and durable pallets, and make product information easier to read.

CitriStim is a yeast mannan source that is used as a feed ingredient for livestock, equine, poultry, aquaculture and companion animals.

ADM began producing CitriStim in 2004 and today, ADM Alliance Nutrition Inc, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ADM, uses it in more than 400 feed formulations.

Livestock nutritionists believe CitriStim has a positive effect on gut microbial populations and

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UWT (UK) Ltd measures up to the Job!

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W T UK Ltd was contracted to supply and install a full continuous level monitoring system for Aberdeen Grain, one of the UK’s largest grain storage facility.

Aberdeen Gr ain recently installed a new barley drying plant at their Whiterashes site in Aberdeenshire and during harvest, the plant operates for twelve hours per day, seven days a week. Three new 420 tonne silos provide a drying capacity of 7000t of feed grain and

3000t of malting barley. With high volumes passing through the silos, it is essential that the volume of each silo can be monitored in real time and with complete accuracy during filling and discharge.

UWT UK Ltd addressed the range of conditions to consider with this application (caking, dusty environment, material with changing temper ature and humidity, explosive, diverse grain sizes, specif ic space constraints, high flows and large measurement distances) and installed a Nivowave NW5015 acoustic wave level measurement system on each silo.

Accoustic wave technology is used to generate sonic waves from 5KHz to 50KHz, which reflect off the sur f ace of the material to be measured

and cause an echo.

T h e t i m e d e l ay between the sent signal and received echo is analysed and temperature compensated to provide the full level display and output signal.

The Nivowave NW5015 is a 15kH transducer with a 4-20mA output and is linked via a Modbus connection and the Nivowave system is able to show via a touch screen display all three silo volumes during filling and discharge. The output can be shown as a percentage, level or volume and has a10 year data retention internal memory.

Wit h a - 4 0 º C t o +70 ºC IP67 housing and built in digital display for e asy commissioning the Nivowave NW5015 has

proven itself to be the right product for Aberdeen Grain.

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The ADB series are available with three standard probe lengths of 2, 4 or 8 inches (50, 100 and 200mm), and screw d ire c t l y int o a bearing housing through the existing gre ase zerk t hre ad.

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With hygiene in mind: Second Generation Hygienic Bagging Line

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hronos BTH is introducing the next generation of their hygienic filling line ChronoB a gT M O M L H - se r ie s fo r hygienic open-mouth bagging applications of powders.

The machine was specifically designed for hygienic bagging and pack aging oper ations for the dairy, bakery, baby food and other food-related industries. The system is also suitable for the pharmaceutical and chemical industries.

This second generation system was developed in accordance to the EHEDG* ( European Hygienic Engineering & Design Group) guidelines. Chronos BTH is an EHEDG member and has established an in-house hygiene task force to devise and implement machine design guidelines specific for the food industry.

All processing modules have been designed with hygiene in mind: • The overall machine design and housing has been improved • Floor support legs have been optimised • The bag placer was redesigned • The machine construction is in sheet met al (open structure), no hollow bodies • The field-proven, patented bottom-up filling technology guarantees high accuracies in the powder packing process.

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bag-top transport mechanism, improved cleaning devices, fast change over times and further minimised dust emission.

The bagging system is available in full stainless-steel version or an Atex design.

The system allows the integration of optional g as f lushing. The machine zone is separated from the func tioning b ag ging zone .

There are no fixing devices

in the product flow, internal components and those that come into contact with bulk material are sanitary welded and the exterior machine parts have a polished finish.

Fully enclosed safety guards enhance security aspects of the system.

This second generation system is available with single or double spout designs with 350bags/ hour up to 600 bags/hour. The bagging system is applicable for all common types of openmouth bags including gusseted and pinch-bottom bags with bag filling weights of five kg up to 50kg and allows quick bag size changeovers.

The OMLH-Series offers a high flexibility regarding the bag closures as sealing, stitching with or without crêpes, sealing / stitching with or without

crêpes, double fold over with glue, single fold over with stitching, Pinch-top closing, square top closing and semi block top bag closing.

Optimised functionality The Hygienic Bagging System uses field proven Chronos BTH bottom-up filling technology.

After automatic bag placing to the bird beak type filling spout, the bag is filled from the bottom up via a vertical dosing screw thus minimising the emission of dust and reducing the aeration of the product.

The vertical screw is frequency controlled so all powder y produc t s c an b e dosed accur ate ly a n d q u ic k l y. D u r i n g b a g transportation the bag-top remains closed, eliminating the risk of product contamination once in the bag. The bag transport system offers free space underneath the bagging conveyor to facilitate good access to the filling machine for quick and easy clean out.

The new m achine design h a s a modul ar st r uc ture incorporating different function zones.

Wherever possible the moving components of the machine including drives, cables and control components have been separated from the functional area, where the bag is filled and sealed. This limits the possibility of product contamination and reduces potential dust traps.

Each processing module has an integr al power supply

and controller with minimal cables routed directly from the functional area to the rear of a module. Remote I/O technology has been used to get control signals to and from the main control cabinet.

The system incorpor ates in-house designed gross weighing technology. De-aeration probes remove air from the product in the bag, thereby reducing the volume and ensuring a stable filled bag is produced. The de-aeration system consists of a vacuum pump and micro per forated probes. The de-aeration and vibration time is adjustable in the filling menu.

There are no fasteners, for example, bolts or screws in the product flow zones. All material contact parts are sanitary welded. The machine exterior has a polished finish; the control area is separated from the functional bagging zone. The system features an ample machine access so that the cleaning can be carried out quickly and effectively. The system operation is simple, using touch panel and integrated graphical user interface with multi-language settings.

Under the slogan “People for Packaging” Chronos BTH will exhibit at this year’s Interpack from May 12–18, 2011 and demonstrate their weighing, bagging, palletising and load securing systems and services for the food, feed and chemical industry on a 300m² booth in Hall 12, Booth Number D23.

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he new Victam event that will open in these modern, user friendly halls will be very different from previous shows in Utrecht without losing any of the fundamentals that Victam has always been renowned for: • An event for the international feed industry • The showcase for new technology and innovations for the feed industry • The place where the animal feed, aquafeed and petfood industries meet, and where suppliers come together with the producers But now there will be much more than this...

Because the event will be transformed to: “A partnership with synergy, your key to success” - as there will be Victam International 2011, FIAAP International 2011 and GRAPAS International 2011.

These exhibitions and conferences form “A PARTNERSHIP WITH SYNERGY”. Each event subject has a relationship with the other events, therefore offering the opportunity for companies to exhibit within the multi-related shows and for the visitors to visit all of them with one free visitor ticket in one easily accessible modern venue.

Victam International 2011 Exhibition and Conferences So, what will you see at Victam International?

You will see what you have always expected to see at the show – the very latest technology and equipment from all over the world that is utilised in the manufacture and production of animal feeds, dry petfood and aquafeed. There will also be a vast array of ancillary equipment and systems for the safe storage and handling of the raw materials and ingredients through to the packaging and final transportation of the finished products.

However, it is not just senior executives from the feed industry that will visit this new show because in Germany and as with many of its neighbours there is a large biomass industry.

Within the halls there will the largest

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selection of the world’s elite suppliers of technology that is used in the production, distribution and storage of biomass pellets.

This is a major and important element

within the process of recycling natural waste that can be used as an alternative energy source within municipal, commercial and industrial power generation, as well as within the home.

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rain and Feed Milling Technology magazine, the oldest English milling magazine - established in 1891 – is honoured to sponsor the new Victam GRAPAS Innovation Award for Milling 2011! In this, it’s inaugural year, the award attracted eight entries of the highest caliber, ranging from cereal storage developments to roller milling, drying to warehousing. Nominations for the award will be clearly identified inn the exhibition itself and in the show guide.

The award will go

to the most innovative and economically beneficial equipment, process or service as judged by a panel of experts. The presentation will be made at GRAPAS International during Victam 2011 in Cologne, Germany on May 3-5, 2011.

For those who are not familiar with GRAPAS, it is the new exhibition for the flour and rice milling industry running under the umbrella of Victam 2011 together with FIAAP International 2011, a new exhibition for the ingredients, additives and formulation sectors of the grain and feed milling sector.

All nominations will be published in a special edi-

tion of Grain and Feed Milling Technology along with a review of the event itself. This special issue will not only reach our print readers, but will be promoted widely through the digital media to ensure maximum awareness of the award winner is achieved within the milling industry globally. A twopage feature of the Victam Awards for Milling will also be published in the 20th Anniversary issue of the Milling Directory to be published in May 2011.

A panel of independent industry experts will judge the entries. (Their decision will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.)

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FIAAP International 2011 Exhibition and Conferences This highly successful exhibition and series of conferences was first introduced to the market alongside VICTAM Asia 2008.

PhotoIt was an instant success, not just in the number of exhibitors who realised the market opportunity of having an event devoted solely to the high cost ingredients and additives that are now used within the manufacture of feeds for animals, fish, shrimp and pets, etc. BUT also the visitors and conference delegates – nutritionists, feed formulators, veterinarians etc., from compounders, co-operatives, integrators, large farms and hatcheries, knew that by attending the event they would find the only trade show and series of conferences that were specifically organised for them.

These senior business executives also had the added advantage of being able to attend the Victam show. Why? – SYNERGY. The synergy between these and all of the events is the key to their success. In Cologne visitors to FIAAP will also be able to visit Victam exhibitors and so learn how technological developments in feed processing will impact upon their own function in the design and formulation of safe and competitively priced feeds.

GRAPAS International 2011 Exhibition and Conferences The SYNERGY continues. GRAPAS is a newly introduced exhibition and conference for the Flour Milling, Grain & Rice Processing and Pasta & Noodle Production Industries.

Much of the original technology employed in feed mills was developed from that used in flourmills. That technology has now moved on, but there still exists a crossover of suppliers, etc.

GRAPAS will become the international showcase for equipment and additives used in flour milling, the processing, handling, storage and distribution of grain and rice, as well as, the specialist technology used for the production of pasta and noodles.

Germany has a large and sophisticated flour milling industry. There are approximately 130 mills in the country, many of these are family run enterprises each producing about 5,000 tonnes per year. There are also a number of large millers producing in excess of 200,000 tonnes per year.

Europe as a whole mills 43 million tons of soft wheat and rye on an annual basis, this producing 34 million tons of flour. Executives from these markets as well as those from elsewhere in the world will recognise the importance of such an event for them to visit.

As with all the other event sectors GRAPAS International 2011 will have its own conference.

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Technical Conferences and Workshops The following technical conferences and workshops will be held alongside the trade shows: • Petfood Forum Europe 2011 • Aquafeed Horizons 2011 • The Biomass Conference • The FIAAP 2011 Conference • The GRAPAS 2011 Conference So why Germany?

Much of what you have just read will have answered this question for you. But how will our exhibitors and visitors benefit from moving our exhibitions and conferences to Cologne?

• Excellent new exhibition halls, conference rooms & refreshment facilities.

• The exhibition centre is served by a comprehensive railway system which also links with the international rail services.

• Excellent national and international airline services to and from Cologne, Düsseldorf & Frankfurt.

• Large and varied hotel accommodation.

• Easy road access from anywhere in Europe.

• Easy access to and from Eastern Europe.

• Cologne is a beautiful city that offers wonderful historical sites as well as catering for all the requirements of the 21st century business traveller.

• Large important home feed market.

• Large home flour milling industry.

• Large home and neighbouring biomass markets.

The last event in Utrecht The last VICTAM International event was held in May 2007 in Jaarbeurs Exhibition Halls in Utrecht, The Netherlands. The trade show was very successful with an increase of visitors from throughout Eastern Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Visitors came from 110 countries.

An independent survey conducted on behalf of Victam showed there was an increase in visitors from developing markets and especially in the Petfood sector (+ 60%) and from the Aquafeed sector (+ 54%). The number of visitors from the Biomass sector

even doubled.

An important cause for this increase is undoubtedly the considerable interest shown in the conferences that were held for these sectors. For that matter, all the technical conferences were better attended than in the past.

Visitors to the trade show were also enthusiastic about the large number of exhibitors, the varied products available, both in terms of technology and also additives and the high quality of the products and services on show over the three days of the event. The number of new products being introduced to the market was also impressive and underlines the importance exhibitors view the show as being the showpiece event for the industries they serve.

Conference Information Victam, FIAAP and GRAPAS International 2011 will be supported by a series of technical conferences and workshops. For further information on these and other related conferences at the event please select from those shown below, you will then be directed to the conference secretariat.

• Petfood Forum Europe 2011 Organiser: Petfood Industry Magazine, Watt Publishing • Aquafeed Horizons 2011 - Organiser: Linx Conferences • Pellets for Bioenergy: The market takes off - Organiser: AEBIOM • The IFF Feed Processing Conference Organiser: IFF - International Research Association of Feed Technology • Feed safety and sustainability assurance in a globalizing industry - Organiser: GMP+ International • The FIAAP 2011 Conference Organiser: Linx Conferences • The GRAPAS 2011 Conference Organiser: Linx Conferences The Victam Innovation Awards For the fourth time the renowned magazines Feed Tech and Feed Mix, in close co-operation with Victam International, will present the Victam Innovation Awards for the most striking innovations that come to Victam, FIAAP and GRAPAS International 2011.•

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FEATURE

SCE integrates modular square bins into feedmills

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ilo Construction and Engineering (SCE), manufacturer of modular square silos for storage of bulk goods, has earned special merits in the feed industry. The company produces and assembles silo buildings, and has successfully expanded to other sectors such as rice, coffee and cocoa.

SCE rectangular steel storage bins increase operational efficiency of feed mills by saving time and energy. Tightly integrated within any process, more and more companies choose to expand their storage capacity with SCE bins, which meet tomorrow's standards.

Silos made by SCE are designed and

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constructed for the storage of granular and powdered products. The square SCE silos are of rectangular construction forms and consequently, compact allowing less wastage of space. As the silos are integrated in the production process, factories can build the dosing bins, machine tower and bulk out loading bins on a compact surface and limit the usage of expensive bucket elevators and conveyors.

Cylindrical silos do not permit the construction of the machine floor, control room, warehousing, etc, in their overall framework and extra expense has to be incurred for construction of a separate building for this purpose. Moreover, the rectangular silo gives an additional 27 percent more storage space than a cylindrical silo.

The durable and recyclable silo wall types fall into two categories. The ‘sandwich’ wall with smooth surfaces on both sides and the ‘profile’ wall, which has angles of 135 degrees. These walls, combined with optimum hopper geometry ensures increased gravity to ensure better product flow. The bins are assembled at site by means of a unique plug system or by a bolted connection. As a result of the quick and easy installation the bins are erected in no time.

These silos allow flexibility as the existing storage capacity can be extended cost-effectively at a later date.

For a single bin, SCE offers dimensions from a width of 0.5m to 6m and a height of up to

30m. The storage capacity per single bin is up to 250 tonnes.

The company provides standard powder coating for the protection for the cells and upon request, FDA-approved powder coating, untreated, galvanised or even stainless steel can be provided.

After installation, the self-supporting SCE bin block can be protected by wall cladding and a roof above the silos, thus providing enhanced weather protection as well as providing safer and more comfortable working conditions for staff.

Multi-purpose storage From a hygienic and food safety point of view, SCE’s smooth sandwich bin panels offer a

Actual project: New animal feed mills for De Heus Voeders – Miescisko en Spytkowice (Poland) In recent years the Dutch animal feed manufacturer has had a major expansion and is now active in about 45 countries, amongst which Vietnam, representing a total production of over three million tonnes in 2009.

Recently De Heus took over the activities of Evialis Polska, resulting in their position in Poland being strengthened. Currently De Heus is the biggest player in the Polish market.

In order to follow the high demand in Poland SCE was commissioned to build a new animal feed mill in Miescisko. SCE supplied and installed 37 smooth wall silos with a storage capacity of 3460m³, reception building, production towers, bulk station, staircase and lift shaft. The whole was finished with insulated interior boxes and single facade panelling.

In Spytkowice the factory, which SCE completed last year, was expanded this summer with a bulk station with 56 smooth wall cells (capacity 2150m³).

This new bulk loading will ensure significantly shorter waiting times and higher efficiency of the lorries

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FEATURE far better protection of the precious commodities as compared with a single skin round silo.

Because of the two layers of air (between cladding and panel and inside the bin panel) there is no condensation, which can perish the products.

Moreover, the bin top that neatly seals the silos prevents contamination and enables easy passage.

SCE modular silos can be used for storing a variety of products like flour, grain, animal feed, petfood, coffee, cocoa, peanuts, granulates, pellets, malt and seeds. But for products having flow difficulty, the company has developed its own extracting grid slides for extracting high volumes, but allows dosing at the same time. This system avoids bridges and rat holes.

According to company officials, factories equipped with these grid slides and have met with a high degree of satisfaction from their owners.

Advantage of 3D visualisation Functional design in the field of modular silo construction is of crucial importance.

Studies show that the cost of failure during construction can touch 10 to 20 percent of the turnover of a project. As each project is custom made, the plans are first drawn using 3D Computer Aided Designing, enabling the customer to visualize their project.

The advantage of working with a 3D visualisation is that problems related to

coordination of different disciplines are immediately noticed.

For example, a conflict between the supporting structure of the building and the silo techniques is directly

noticeable, and can be resolved in the design phase itself. This results in a drastic reduction in the cost of failure.

For the client, 3D designs ensures a lot savings on the site and ensures a fast and significant ‘return on investment'.

International industrial and safety standards

New bulk station at ATR – Husum (Germany) Arp, Thordsen, Rautenberg GmbH & Co KG - ATR for short - with about 650 employees from out of five production facilities, provides and advises 15,000 farmers, grain dealers and corn mills in Denmark, Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as well as northern Lower Saxony, Brandenburg and Saxony.

Such a prominent firm holds quality, competence and punctuality as of paramount importance. ATR recognised these values at SCE and placed the commission of building their new bulk station.

The bulk station consists of two load tracks and has a volume of 870m³ distributed over 72 smooth wall cells. The delivery includes engineering, the supply of hoppers, cellblocks, cell covering, steel construction and insulated roof and wall coverings. This new bulk loading will ensure significantly shorter waiting times and higher efficiency of the lorries.

SCE has successfully completed several projects in Europe, Africa, Asia, America and confirms to international industry and safety standards. The company has been approved to the quality management system ISO9001: 2008, which is applicable for the initial design to final product, including associated welding

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For quality and safety reasons, welding on the building site is restricted to the minimum by the company.

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HTST and the Feed Expander

by Anne Mette Lorenzen, Andritz Feed & Biofuels A/S, Denmark

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hoosing the correct pre-treatment for your compound can be crucial for your feed output. The Feed Expander is in many ways capable of bringing your feed pellets to a higher quality level as well as improving your production process and flow.

The Feed Expander is capable of greater throughput with lower energy cost, giving the advantages a feed producer is looking for.

The interest for optimisation of the pelleting process by improving the pre-treatment of the 120 °C compound and by fully 100 °C computerized systems 85 °C started back in the 1980s.

Government regulation in terms of specific thermal processing requirements for elimination of risk for salmonella and related bacteria, and the increased demand for a higher durability of feed generated a need for HTST conditioning.

The Feed Expander is a result of the increasing need for High Temperature Short Time conditioning and is able to produce feed in an economically way meeting the increasing demand from the feed customers for durable feed as well as government regulations.

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The expander process The expander process is referred to as a high temperature and short time process (HTST). A process primarily used for pretreatment and conditioning of animal feed.

A traditional cascade mixer is used to raise the feed temperature to 80-90°C by means of steam. The feed is then further

• Possibility of adding larger amounts of liquid additives, that is, fat or molasses pellet coating may become unnecessary • Improved digestibility of the feed • Reduction of growth inhabitants The high temperature - up to 150°C - in the Feed Expander is obtained by the heat from friction (electrical energy transferred into thermal energy) and by steam injection directly into the screw.

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conditioned in the Feed Expander by a kneading process under high pressure resulting in an increase in the temperature of the feed.

The following are some of the advantages which can be achieved: • Better physical pellet quality, fewer fines • Elimination of bacteria, mould etc • Better activation of natural binders inherent in raw materials

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gelatinisation making it possible for the particles/mixture to absorb more liquid (steam, fat/oil, molasses) and to improve the binding properties. This makes it possible to compose feed formulas without considering the binding properties of the raw material thus the natural binders in the raw material are activated on a higher level.

At the outlet of the expander the mixture expands once in atmospherical conditions due to the high pressure (10-80 bars) in the Feed Expander, causing evaporation of moisture to a level just enough for an optimal pelleting process and at the same time resulting in feed pellets with a lower moisture content meeting the demand for pellets with longer durability.

a larger capacity of the pellet mill and fewer blockages and longer lifetime on pelletmill wear parts due to smoother flow with expanded compound. Higher feed temperatures giving an extra safeguard against Salmonella and a noticeable improvement in physical pellet quality are just some of the advantages obtained from the process.

Expander. In the Feed Expander screw the material is further kneaded, compressed and heat-treated in a continuously controlled HTST (high temperature, short time) process.

By a process of pressure, kneading and friction the feed temperature is increased to for example 105°C in the Feed Expander.

This temperature can even be increased to 130°C by addition of steam directly into the barrel of the expander.

Functional principle The process is another alternative to The Feed Expander can be compared with a simple extruder screw where the double (2-stage) pelleting. Recipes can condie plate has been exchanged with a tain higher fat contents and in some cases hydraulically operated nozzle. By regu- downstream fat coating of pellets can be lating the nozzle gap, the temperature eliminated.

Rule of thumb regarding the effect of the feed expander: One tonne of mixed feed increases Figure 1 Figure 2 the temperature by 2°C at a power consumption of 1kWh. The process pressure and the motor load are controlled by means of hydraulical adjustment of the screw’s variable nozzle (see Figure 1) closed, (see Figure 2) open. This construction ensures maximum mechanical stability and easy/ quick access to the nozzle and the screw. The pressure and the temperature in the nozzle as well as the degree of opening are continuously registered and monitored in the process control.

Heating of the product in the Feed Benefits are not only met in the physical and pressure to which the feed is improvement, elimination of bacteria and subjected in the screw section can be Expander screw is obtained by heat of friction (electrical energy), and by steam injection improved digestibility of compound feed, but controlled. also process-wise.

The feed mixture is preheated in a cas- directly into the screw. The process pressure, Expansion of compound also results cade mixer to 80°C as used in traditional temperature, and distribution of steam and in fewer fines, meaning less recirculation, pelletizing and thereafter fed to the Feed friction energy are chosen depending on which product improvement is required.

The product is discharged from the expander directly to the pellet mill die or to the cooler if pelleting is not required.

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Global Certification of Food and Feed Safety:

GlobalGAP International Farm Assurance

by Nigel Garbutt, Chairman, GLOBALG.A.P

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stablished in 1996 by food retailers in response to BSE and a long line of food safety crises affecting consumer confidence and consumption, GlobalGAP has developed farm assurance standards in a full range of product areas including crops, livestock, aquaculture and livestock feed.

GlobalGAP standards are rigorously verified by independent third party certification bodies who themselves have to meet exacting accreditation requirements and surveillance by GlobalGAP to ensure integrity and trust in the certification process.

Going global GlobalGAP is the largest and the most international farm assurance scheme worldwide with more than 100,000 producers certified annually to ISO65 standards and in more than 100 countries.

With more than 45 retail chains using its standards to meet both consumer demands as well as national and international legislation certification is set to increase even further in response to the globalisation of food production and sourcing where producers look to open up new markets and develop existing ones.

Last Autumn GlobalGAP opened an office near Washington DC as certification interest and activity builds in North America.

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ers. It would be a chaotic and unimaginable situation now if each of these retailers had their own standard and individual verification audit.

Safety first The core of the standard in each product sector whether its combinable crops, feed or aquaculture is ensuring food/feed safety.

These are after all non-negotiable elements such as chemical usage during primary production or hygiene factors during harvest and storage.

The GlobalGAP Integrated Farm Assurance standard though takes a holistic whole farm view auditing recommendations for environmental protection as well as worker welfare.

Overall it’s about good agricultural practices which farmers understand and practice every day. Experience over the last 10 years of implementation has shown that it helps producers develop more efficient businesses as well as complying with burgeoning legislative requirements.

Industry experts have produced the compound feed manufacturing standard for use by industry experts and can be used in conjunction with the livestock and aquaculture standards.

The 14 sections that provide the control points and compliance criteria for commercial compound feed producers are: Official Approval; Workers Health, Safety and Welfare, Quality Management System and HACCP; Internal Audits; Feed Ingredients

Management; Storage Facilities on Site; Processing; Finished Feed Transport and Loading; Site Hygiene and Management; Quality Control of Finished Feed; Ingredients Declaration, Complaints, Documentation and Traceability and Animal Protein The standard is complemented by three guidelines: • List of materials - whose circulation of use for animal nutrition purposes is prohibited • Haulage Exclusion List - materials for which transport is prohibited at all times and for those materials, whose transport is prohibited unless proof of necessary and appropriate cleaning is presented prior to transport.

• Risk assessment for GlobalGAP Compound Feed - developing the company-specific risk assessment, the Compound Feed Manufacturers are required to consider this guideline.

GlobalGAP standards have been officially translated into 22 languages and are available free to download at www.globalgap.org There is also GlobalGAP Risk Assessment on Social Practices (GRASP), a voluntary awareness raising and assessment module covering child labour, limiting working time for adults and making sure health and safety measures are in place.

This responds to increasing consumer and public interest in social working practices and is intended to inform producers of these increasingly important issues but does not form part of the requirements for certification.

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five continents and several public comment periods as part of the consultation process.

Since 2001 Governance has been by an industry elected Board with half the seats being retailer representation and the other half being producer representation.

Nigel Garbutt, Chairman of GlobalGAP says, “This partnership has meant robust decision making and decisions that can be practically implemented through the supply chain and in business relationships.”

Unlike Fairtrade or Organic GlobalGAP is a business-to-business initiative and does not carry a consumer logo. Retailers use the standards in with their private label product development as an important means to mainstream food safety and sustainability into their Brands.

Think global, act local A large part of GlobalGAP’s success results from its ability to adapt a single global standard to differing agronomic conditions as well local legislation. This adaptation reduces costs to producers, increases the willingness to adopt without compromising food safety levels and integrity.

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“In the future public authorities will regard certified producers lower risk and are likely to receive fewer public inspections as a result” multinational agribusinesses to disadvantaged small-scale farmers. GlobalGAP has developed guidelines for small-scale producers to assist them in developing up to standards where they can gain certification.

National farm assurance schemes, which engage local stakeholders can also seek recognition against GlobalGAP through an equivalence or benchmarking process. China, Chile and Mexico are a few examples that have gone down this route, which helps develop superior branding and identity for producers entering into International markets.

This local adaption is implemented in GlobalGAP by two related mechanisms: The National Interpretation Guidelines (NIGL) and the Approved Modified Checklist (AMC).

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global checklist is then peer reviewed by all GlobalGAP stakeholders and adopted by the responsible technical committee as equivalent to the generic global checklist.

The outcome of the recognition is a national checklist that contains the agreed different - but consistent - wording in the national business language, and is made public and mandatory for all certifiers to be used in the territory of the defined scope.

The applicable certification rules which are used in both cases are the GlobalGAP General Regulations which are also published on the website.

The following reasons caused GlobalGAP to follow these two paths: Farming is highly related to local governments and public support systems. Any support from the public sector works much better with local ownership of the standard, that is, a logo and national branding Local legislation and practices vary greatly across countries and regions and many standard requirements are simply not applicable in a number of local production systems. There is a huge benefit in reducing the burden of irrelevant or inaccurate questions in a simplified self-assessment and audit process, in particular among the many small and medium sized growers worldwide The GlobalGAP integrity program serves as additional independent check for the continuous alignment of NIGLs These mechanisms have lead to a significantly higher involvement and wider support for private voluntary standards in many agricultural communities and governments.

Partnerships Since the early days GlobalGAP has transformed itself organisationally to reach out to a wide range of private and public stakeholders in its standard setting.

Last October saw the launch of the 4th Version with stakeholder roundtables on

Partnerships are a central part of GlobalGAP’s way of working.

Buyers and sellers work with their suppliers to continuously improve standards to those required by today’s consumer. These include those farmers and growers in the most difficult and challenging circumstances.

Kenyan horticulture is a clear case where small resource poor farmers have been connected to global supply chains by developing high value horticultural exports, which have received certification.

This acts like a passport into International markets.

The trade has expanded year on year despite exacting standards or you could say because of them and provides the small farmer a way to get out of poverty and obtain much need income for schooling and health provision. National governments are also encouraging the development of private voluntary standards to develop capacity and basic infrastructure to deliver safe and sustainable food not just for export but home markets as well.

The future of food control Garbutt says GlobalGAP will not become like a BSI or other public standards because voluntary standards complement the regulatory system and are not a supplement for it.

He says that it is exciting that the public and private sectors are now finding synergies between their responsibilities and work.

The private sector will quite often build up producer capacity and develop tools during certification processes to meet both regulations and market requirements.

“Public and private sectors each have their own clear roles but together their shared goal of safer food is more easily reached. In the future public authorities will regard certified producers lower risk and are likely to receive fewer public inspections as a result.”

Consumer trust and confidence will be more easily kept he maintains with a future of the public and private sector working together.

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Grain storage infestation management UK Experiences

by Mike Kelly, Acheta, UK

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ereal grains are by far the largest human (and animal) food crop grown and shipped around the world.

Although we have slipped in world tables in recent years, mainly as a result of ever more efficient farming techniques, the United Kingdom had become the third or fourth largest producer and exporter of edible cereal grains throughout the 1970s and 1980s.

This has given us quite a lot of experience in tackling sudden and sometimes vast insect and mite (invertebrate) infestations in a whole spectrum of storage situations.

Prior to this quite dramatic expansion of our UK grain trade, we had developed effective disinfestations techniques, with ever 26 | March - April 2011

more reliance on fumigation and admixture pesticide uses.

With hindsight it was natural that, as the chemicals were used more commonly and effectively, so the intrinsic skills of the technically clued up store keepers diminished.

And the result today?

As we move further into the 21st century we see a significant reduction in the choice of admixture insecticides, now almost exclusively pyrethroid-based, and we are down to almost a single fumigant from at least five gases 20 years ago. As with almost all pest control situations, continued use of a restricted few chemicals encourages resistance, and we already see this in many strains of grain and storage insects against phosphine.

So what are these pest species, and do we need to worry?

In the UK we commonly see four species of primary beetle (ie species which can cause major damage through heating and physical chewing damage) and about the same number of storage mite species; the beetles in about 10 percent of farm–stored grain, and the mites in about 90 percent of such grain.

These pests can cause loss of germination, heating, taint, stock-feed palatability problems, rejection by merchants, mills, exporters, (government/ supported, intervention, a loss of the premium for milling wheat and malting barley, the costs of return haulage (UK£10 to UK£20/tonne, or even more), the cost of treatment (UK£2 - UK£25/tonne?), a loss of goodwill and contractual problems.

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What can be done?

In simple terms, grain stores should be prepared by thoroughly cleaning the store and fixed equipment. Burn the sweepings.

Use Bait-Bags or the Flat PC pheromone-baited monitors, or Russell MST traps to detect any residual infestation. If there are any residual insects and mites, be ready to apply a suitable insecticide spray at least three weeks before the harvest.

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Why clean?

Insects and mites survive in stores between harvests by finding grain spillage and residues. These are usually in the least accessible places, both for cleaning and for effective insecticidal spraying. Thus do the pests remain hidden ... until the new (and highly attractive) grain harvest is put into store! Cleaning will reduce the number of these survivors and allow the insecticide to work effectively, instead of getting bound up with old grain dust.

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Why bother with trapping?

In large stores, there is a clear cost in labour and insecticide terms if spraying is necessary. These traps work 24 hours/day and, will indicate if there is a need to use insecticides and, if also used after a spray treatment, they can then confirm that insect eradication has been achieved as necessary. We should also bear in mind the small size of all of our successful grain pests, and how difficult they are to see in the vastness of large farm or Co-operative, or Commercial Grain stores.

Why spray the store?

Although grain fresh from the fields won't be infested with storage pests, (at least in the UK) there could still be a small number of the major pests in the grain store from the previous year; remember then that they can breed at a 60-fold monthly increase in numbers. There are also several common species of “poor hygiene” pests, which damage grain and will cause rejections just as the primary pests. Cleaning will help reduce their numbers, but only an effective spray treatment done in time, can eliminate them. It puts a toxic “barrier” between their hiding places, and the new food supply the freshly harvested grain.

How should I clean the store?

As thoroughly as possible! But no real magic here. Use a sweeping brush, scraper and industrial vacuum

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Mass of Acarus mites on bulk rapeseed

Bulk wheat with mass of mouse tracks and too high for fumigation

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House moth cocoons along brick mortar joints in grain store

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cleaner. Compressed air can sometimes be useful, though it will generate a lot of airborne dust (consider the health and safety implications and always wear appropriate breathing and eye protection), and will tend to blow the small insects and mites from one place to another. High-pressure washing is also good, but the store must be dried out again before trapping, spraying and loading in the new grain. Make sure any sub-floor ventilation ducting is particularly well cleaned and dried.

How do I spray the store?

It’s often the most efficient to employ a reputable contractor with the necessary powerful equipment, including hydraulic lifts etc. However the choice of insecticide and formulations has reduced dramatically in recent years, and everyone is obliged by law only to use an insecticide labelled for use in grain storage. At the time of writing we have one organophosphate insecticide (chlorpyrifos methyl = “Reldan”), which is also approved for admixture with some cereal grains, and some pyrethroid insecticides, which may have general approval for treating grain store buildings, but often NOT for treating surfaces which the grain will touch, in other words such resulting contamination may make the grains unsaleable.

In general the pattern of spraying will be from the wall-top down, in bands 1 to 3 metres wide, depending on the sprayer.

Spraying just to the point of 'run-off' means you can’t get any more insecticide on the surface, (whatever its absorbency) and there will be correct coverage.

And other insecticides?

Desiccant dusts (= Diatomaceous Earth dusts) for a long time required Government approval, but are now generally available registration-free, and smoke generators (always registered) are also available for treating grain store structures. Each has its uses: the 28 | March - April 2011

dust is ideal for brushing through the air slots in ventilated floors and ducts, especially where effective cleaning has been difficult to achieve. DE dusts can also be admixed with grains, but check first that the final user will accept this admixture. Smoke generators can sometimes be used to good effect in enclosed spaces such as bins and elevators, and sometimes for very high roofs, but they are not an effective substitute for a highvolume conventional spray.

ULV formulations are not appropriate for UK grain store treatments, being designed to kill flying insects, which are not an issue in UK-stored cereal grains. An ineffective insecticide treatment is a waste of effort (and technically illegal if you know in advance that it won’t work.)

It is essential that clear records are kept, of any insecticidal treatments carried out inside (and outside) the grain store. If appropriate, make a simple diagram of the store, and mark where you have sprayed or used other insecticides. Keep a log of all treatments, including the type (manufacturer's insecticide name and type, e.g. emulsion, smoke, dust etc.) and the date applied.

Any other points?

In the United Kingdom, the primary grain beetles do not come in with the harvest from the field, but they may be introduced into the store in transport, on bags of feed, on pallets or in the grain tank of a contract combine.

Transfer of grain from one store to another often moves insect pests around.

Remember… No pests this year doesn’t guarantee no pests next year – they are commonly transported around the industry, in sacks, wagons and bulk transport/containers.

There are also other species: fungus and mould beetles, spider beetles, plaster beetles, booklice and house moths. Most are really indicators of suspect hygiene or damp conditions in the store or on the surface of the grain.

All can be the cause of rejection and some,

like the spider beetles, can also, (given time - at least a whole season) seriously damage the surface grain. So it pays to monitor the grain throughout the storage period.

Monitoring for pests used to mean laboriously sampling all parts of the bulk or bins and sieving to separate insects and mites from the grain. Modern traps give believable results quite quickly with little effort. The best, for cost and efficacy, is the PC trap, a simple clear plastic cone with a perforated plastic lid. These are used (as a pair) at the surface and about 20 cm below. Tied to canes, the traps are removed for inspection at weekly intervals after harvest, extending to 2 to 3-weekly later in the season.

Trapping is effortless and should be continuous, as proof of zero infestation. All insects and mites thus trapped should be identified to decide the appropriate action to take.

Remember the right action to take (including, perhaps, no action), depends on accurate pest identification. However, it is also important to monitor, the temperature of the bulk.

Provided that the general temperature is below 12°C, there is little risk of significant beetle development. But the surface layers can warm up due to radiated heat from the roof or as the ambient air temperature rises in Spring. The grain surface is most at risk and is where insect trapping (detection) is vital. PC Traps will take the guesswork out of pest-free storage.

Don't forget that whereas the principal beetles cope well in very dry grain, mites require a high humidity environment (to avoid death through desiccation), and therefore grain moisture content is critical to their success, which is why mites often develop at the surface during a long damp winter. Maintaining cereal grains below 15 percent moisture content should ensure that there are virtually no mites present in the grain, though atmospheric humidity will increase this in the upper layers.

Remember, too, that mites can breed down to 5°C, unlike the 18°C beetles. Mite monitoring in bulk grain by surface PC traps will give early warning of developing problems.

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Proven packing machine technology now suitable for quality petfood

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ince 1998 the company Behn + Bates has been the packing machine specialist for the food and petfood industries in the internationally operating Haver & Boecker Group.

Focussing especially on the global food industry during its first years, the German machine building company is now becoming more and more active in the field of petfood bagging.

“The petfood industry shows a certain tendency towards quality packages made of high-quality materials especially for first-class pet food mixes – even partially under consideration of HACCP standards,” says managing director Ralf Hovelmann.

“Our quality is the decisive factor for many food producers to rely on our technology.

“Therefore, we think that on the basis of our packing machine programme we are best prepared to meet the requirements of quality packaging in the petfood industry and thus to extend our range of activities accordingly.”

The numerous possibilities offered by Behn + Bates on the basis of its large delivery programme will be presented to the packing experts of the petfood industry at Victam 2011.

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The packing machine technology for petfood According to its composition a difference can be made between for example starch and oil containing pet food as well as socalled green pet food and others. This manifold composition shows that pet food has diverse characteristics challenging the packing companies – for example, starch and oil containing petfood has quite different flow, packing and de-aerating characteristics in comparison to grainy or granulated products.

In the area of open-mouth bag packaging Behn + Bates answers to these specialities with different dosing systems and filling spout designs integrated into the diverse packing machine models.

Powders and flours are dosed with impellers or screws, whereas granules are dosed depending on their grain size either by flaps, slides, vibrating or belt feeders.

However, only the dosing is not sufficient.

The filling spout plays another decisive role: A special powder spout with particular lateral de- aerating channels is required for powders and flours in order to get compact and stable bag shapes. For granules a simple flap spout is enough.

The dosing unit and the filling spout are the cores of each packing machine. The right

packing machine model is chosen depending on the bag type to be filled and the requested kind of operation.

If pre-fabricated open-mouth bags made of paper, PE and PP are to be processed, Behn + Bates offers the machine variants BOH, gravity packer or net weigher with open-mouth bag filling spout for manual operations. The fully automatic product filling can be carried out by the Topline packing system in special granule or powder design used in two different German factories for the filling of feed additives or mineral feed and feed premixes.

The FFS bag might be a convincing alternative in the petfood industry.

It is made out of an endless gusseted PE film, filled and sealed. Thus, the bag size is optimally adjusted to the filling product.

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The openmouth bag has been the classical packing material in the petfood industry for years.

Indeed, the open-mouth bag presents quite a lot of advantages: Optimum product protection, improved suitability for storage, high advertising impact, flexible filling volumes or simple opening and reclosing of the used bag. But also the valve bag designs have progressed:

Opened and re-closed

In addition, thinnest films are extremely tear-resistant. The film consumption is reduced thus meeting modern requirements with regard to the increasingly requested sustainability of packages. Being well familiar with these developments Behn + Bates offers diverse machine variants for the filling of FFS bags. The right machine type is chosen depending on the product and the required

Meanwhile, there are valve bag designs that can be opened and re-closed easily. The valve bag may be made of paper as well as of PE or PP. It can be processed in a simple and clean way presenting good bag weights and compact bag shapes as well as a secure and hermetically tight bag closure for a clean packing environment.

In addition, its second use is excluded.

In comparison, it may happen that an emptied open-mouth bag with impeccable bag opening is used twice. This means that the printed bag is re-filled with a second product of another quality. This product does not correspond to the quality of the original one and is sold in a false bag under a false name.

The Behn + Bates delivery programme for valve bag filling is wide.

It includes a simple gravity packer for granules as well as screw or impeller packers and the pneumatic packer presenting an allround solution for the most diverse powdery and

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floury products. It fills for example fish meal in Northern Germany, middlings in Eastern Germany and feed additives in Belgium.

Also for his valve bag filling the customer decides on manual or automatic operation.

The Behn + Bates delivery programme includes the Frontline bag applicator for the automatic valve bag application onto the filling spout as well as the ultrasound sealing station for the automatic valve bag closure.

However, in order to use the ultrasound sealing station the valve bag must be equipped with a PE-coated valve that can be closed by ultrasound energy. What has been common practice in the food industry for years seems to be an attractive solution for the pet food industry, too.

The reason is obvious: The valve tightly closed by ultrasound energy helps to create an extremely clean bagging area. Following aggregates such as belt conveyors or palletisers are hardly contaminated. The user profits from corresponding cost reductions due to lower cleaning and maintenance work.

Valve bag filling to perfection – this is realised by two systems made by Behn + Bates. They can be equipped either with the air or the impeller filling technology: On the one hand it is the Integra incorporating the applying, filling and sealing technology in one dust-tight cabinet.

On the other hand, it is the Roto-Packer for high filling outputs. The filling spouts of the Roto-Packer are mounted at a rotating silo thus enabling higher packing capacities by using more filling spouts on a smaller surface.

And finally The packaging is becoming an increasingly important part of the value added chain in the pet food industry. In today’s affluent and emerging societies pets’ welfare is closely connected with the welfare of its owners.

This means that the attention given by pet owners to the quality of the pet food and thus its proper processing and hygienic packaging is rising. This leads to the assumption that only a packaging material properly adjusted to the promotional targets and combined with the right filling technology achieves the requested results in the daily growing competition for customers.

Based on the available bagging machines Behn + Bates is well prepared for this competition in order to fill high-quality pet food in an attractive first- class way.

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he aquafeed manufacturing industry is widely recognised as one of the fastest expanding food industries in the world. Fish meal is the main protein source in aquafeed, but supply is limited, which means that alternative sources must be used. From a processing point of view, extrusion is the most efficient way of turning plant protein into fish feed. Twin-screw extruders offer a definite advantage in this.

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Selecting Raw materials The first step of the aquafeed process line is feed mix preparation–selecting a combination of ingredients with the proper levels of essential nutriments required for the animal species. The formulation is also based on cost, availability and chemical composition of the raw materials. Ingredient selection has a direct impact on final product characteristics.

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dients can be divided in three groups: - Nutriments: to meet the requirements of fish - Functional product: binders, expansion, hardness - Palatants and attractants

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Extrusion cooking This step of the aquafeed processing line can be divided into three stages: preconditioning, thermo-mechanical cooking and die texturization-shaping Preconditioning The primary objective of preconditioning in an extrusion cooking process is to initiate the hydration and the cooking of the feed mix. The dry feed mix and the liquid parts (slurry, oil…) are separately

It is essential to decrease the particle size to a powder state before mixing the ingredients. Post grinding achieves the best final performance.

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FEATURE ing the cooking Twin-screw Extruder/Thermoparameters it is mechanical cooking The preconditioned feed mix is submit- possible to mainted to the controlled thermo-mechanical tain more precise cooking which is the main stage in extruding limits on product characteristics aquafeeds.

Thermo-mechanical cooking of the feed such as density to mix in an extruder requires two energy achieve floating, low sinking and inputs: sinking pellets.

- Mechanical energy input defined mainly Expansion by screw speed and screw configuration, can be further which can be varied extensively to enhanced by modulate this energy injection of steam - Thermal energy input determined by into the extruder direct steam heating and indirect barrel barrel, which heating Twin-screw extruders are able to process increases thermal inputs. a large range of raw materials consistently energy higher with high levels of flexibility and pumping Where efficiency. The intermeshing screws allow product densities handling of viscous, oily, sticky or very wet are required for materials and provide a very intense mixing, certain feeds, the where macromixing and micromixing result extruder barrel in a very homogeneous melt with excellent can be configured to include a vent lipid binding.

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FEATURE temperature must be lowered to approximately 50°C otherwise, the Species Salmon Trout Cod Carp Tilapia Cat fish Shrimp water in the pellets will start boiling because of the vacuum applied (0,2 Final pellet total fat % >35 15 - 35 15 - 25 5 - 15 5 - 10 5 - 10 <5 bar absolute pressure) Texture bulk density Slow sinking Slow sinking Slow sinking Floating Floating Floating Fast sinking The vacuum coating process allows the oil to be drawn into the temperature and humidity of the drying pellets by capillary forces ensuring perfect the product density even further with higher air control of the pellet oil absorption and the degrees of evaporative cooling.

- Pellet related factors: depending addition of more oil into the product while on the initial moisture content and ensuring a dry surface and limiting the oil Texturisation-shaping of aquafeed temperature, porosity and size of the discharge in the natural environment.With pellets pellet this technology it is possible to achieve The end of the last barrel of the extrusion The drying parameters must be applied more than 40 percent total product fat chamber is capped with a final die, which serves two major functions. First, the die to remove the moisture while maintaining content. restricts product flow thereby causing the pellet quality. (that is, limiting fine generation, extruder to develop the required pressure maintaining palability and pigment ingredi- Cooling of pellets and shear; and second, the die shapes the ents, minimum energy losses and moisture On completion of the fat coating process, variance) extrudate. the pellets are cooled and sieved before Floating and sinking product character- the final conditioning. Cooling is required to A face cutter is used in conjunction with the die, which consists of cutting knives istics can be influenced by the drying con- remove excess heat to prevent condensarevolving in a plane parallel to the face of the ditions. Elevated temperatures can lower tion from occurring in the storage bins or die. The relative speed of the knives and the residual moisture and improve floatability. the final packages. At this stage, the aquafeed linear speed of the extrudate result in the Sinking aquatic feeds are preferably dried pellets’ temperature should be cooled down at moderate temperatures until the storage to a temperature range close to the storage desired product length.

Die design –cutter assembly is one of the stability of the pellets is obtained. or transportation temperature. most important sub-units of the aquafeed In aquafeed processing lines, extruded pellets processing line as it determines the physical are generally dried on one of the following Conclusion dryer designs: quality of the final product.

Clextral systems can easily produce high - Horizontal belt dryer Micro-aquatic feeds often used as starters energy feed, allowing a delicate balance of - Vertical counter flow dryer are products smaller than 2.0mm. proteins, oils and carbohydrates, processed - Fluidized bed dryer Specific die design allows direct extrusion for total digestibility with no waste. It’s the and recently, rotary dryer technology: right formula for high quality products that of micro-aquatic feeds down to 0.5 mm.

Products are pasteurized and very nicely the Rotante type rotary dryer was previ- “turn feed into flesh”. Output range from designed to process other cereal 25 to 30,000kg/h. shaped. Water stability is excellent and float- ously ing products are possible. Raw material must based products. Through gentle stirring Thanks to twin-screw extrusion, high be carefully ground and sifted to achieve of the product to eliminate build-up, the quality aquafeed pellets are achieved: “Rotante” design achieves excellent heat proper particle size before extrusion.

• denaturing of proteins Macro-aquatic feeds with sizes up to exchange close to that obtained in a flu• gelatinization of starch 30 mm emphasize the physical quality of idized bed. Other advantages include a • reduction of anti-nutriments the pellet and the related process history. perfectly controlled residence time with • flavouring improvement A combination of twin-screw mixing and virtually no dispersion, of type FIFO (First • protein/lipid complexes cooking, special Rotante drying technol- In, First Out) and precise product moisture • increase digestibility ogy and dedicated die design will produce homogeneity at dryer output. To master • texturization, shaping pellets with sufficient resistance to avoid the drying barema, temperature & moisture • expansion, density breakage and dust, yet porous enough to are precisely regulated, which helps to • hygienic, salmonella-free pellets deliver all the nutrients to the digestive prevent product cracks. Clextral’s Research & Test Center in France is equipped with a Challenges ahead system of the fish.

“Rotante” and tests have proven this dryer The major challenge is to expand sustainto be particularly efficient for fish feed, able aquaculture to achieve enhanced food Pellet drying The primary purpose of reducing pel- ensuring complete homogeneity of drying security and economic development for the global population as a whole. In the context let moisture level is to make the product with lower energy consumption. of substitution of fishmeal with plant-derived shelf stable. Most aquatic products are best feedstuffs, extrusion technology has a role to processed at moisture levels between 20-28 Fat coating percent. Moisture levels as low as 20 percent Fat addition is commonly done after play in reducing the level of anti-nutriments. can be required for some light density aqua- dryer, while the dried extrudates are still (Kaushik 2006) Twin-screw extrusion technology has feed pellets. Some moisture is lost during warm. For that, the oil is sprayed directly flash evaporation as the cooked product on pellets. During this stage, fats, pigments, contributed and will carry on the tremenexits the die. Then, the products are con- attractants and even powdered ingredients dous improvements, both in terms of nutritional value and in terms of physical quality veyed to the dryer to reduce the moisture can be added. content from 18 – 24 percent down to This processing stage can be implement- characteristics of the aquafeeds.

With the continued economic develop8 – 10 percent, this corresponds to a water ed two ways: ment of aquaculture, each venture, and activity (aW) around 0,5 – 0,4, in order to *Under atmospheric pressure: the added oil, species will be subject to important research obtain satisfactory water stability. temperature around 40°C, is diffused from the surface of the product to the centre and is efforts so as to obtain, under acceptable economic conditions, efficient feeds delivered at Several factors control the water stored in cavities in the pellets’ structure * the right time, which are non-polluting and removal from the aquafeed pellets: Under vacuum pressure: this consists of a which care for the health of the fish as well - Air related factors: depending on the air closed system with a mixing shaft or screw as the consumers. flow characteristics around the pellets, and spray system in the top. The product Table 2: Species / product characteristics example:

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Essential nutrients - The most important additives a miller can put in flour

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lour additives serve many purposes, from improving flour’s appearance and the dough’s workability to giving flour a longer shelf life. These benefits mean that people have access to more varieties of food and safe foods are available to more people. These additives are not designed primarily to improve the

health of consumers, however; that is the role of vitamins and minerals added to flour in the fortification process.

“These essential nutrients are the most important additives a miller can put in flour,” said Scott J Montgomery.

In February 2011, Mr Montgomery was named Director of the Flour Fortification Initiative (FFI), a network of public, private and civic partners which work together to make flour fortification standard milling practice in large roller mills.

He comes to the job with 30 years of experience in wheat, As quality control manager and a mill engineer for Wheata maize and Industrial Company Ltd, Sudan, Salih Abdel Wahab Mohamed led even citrus his company’s efforts to add iron and folic acid to flour. He was operations in recognised for his efforts with a leadership award from the Flour every region Fortification Initiative (FFI). He is pictured, holding his award, with of the world, Greg Harvey, left, CEO of Interflour and other participants in a FFI meeting in November 2010 in Cape Town, South Africa but he said promoting

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flour fortification is among his most gratifying work because these flour additives have the potential to make the most impact on human health.

Iron is one of the most common nutrients added to flour, because iron deficiency is the most common and widespread nutritional disorder in the world, according to the World Health Organization. Iron deficiency is significant in industrialised countries as well as developing countries. It reduces a person’s work capacity, impairs a child’s physical and intellectual development and contributes to 20 percent of all maternal deaths.

Fifteen years ago, Guatemala and Oman began adding folic acid to flour as well and now at least 50 other countries have followed their example. Everyone needs folic, but women who might become pregnant especially need this B vitamin to help prevent neural tube defects. Countries that fortify flour with folic acid routinely see drops in these fatal or permanently disabling birth defects, with the percent reduction varying based on the countries’ original rate of these birth defects and how much folic acid is added to flour.

Examples of countries fortifying with folic acid and the resulting percent decrease in neural tube defects include: Canada – 46%, Costa Rica – 35%, Chile – 41%, South Africa – 31% and United States – 37%.

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general health and reduce specific diseases.

Niacin deficiency, for example, causes the skin disease known as pellagra, but this disease is not common in countries, which add niacin to their flour.

Mr Montgomery sees encouraging millers to add nutrients to their flour to improve global health as similar to a private sector company managing its business for prosperity and growth.

“Our success in FFI is measured by the increase in fortified staple foods available to the population in each country; our prosperity and growth translate into making a significant contribution to reducing the burden of micronutrient deficiency,” he said.

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Mr Montgomery received a bachelor’s degree in milling science and management from Kansas State University in 1980 and worked for Cargill Incorporated from 1980 to 2010. He began as a trainee at the company’s oilseeds processing plant in Washington, Iowa.

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milling business, holding several supervisory positions across North America. This was followed by global operations responsibility for Cargill’s wheat and maize milling operations and ultimately citrus operations in every region of the world. He retired from Cargill in 2010 as Vice President, Global Procurement Leader.

In 2004, Mr Montgomery joined the FFI Executive Management Team (EMT) as a Cargill representative and he served as the EMT chairman from 2006-2010. The EMT includes representatives from multiple-sector partners who provide strategic direction to FFI. “Scott has demonstrated his leadership skills, his ability to plan strategically and his passion for improving people’s health by adding nutrients to flour,” said Greg Harvey, Chief Executive of Interflour Group, one of Southeast Asia’s largest flour milling companies, and Chairman of the FFI EMT. The EMT co-chair agreed.

“Scott’s clear understanding of industry concerns is a critical component to the FFI approach of partnering between public, private and civic sectors,” said Nick Alipui, Director of UNICEF Programmes and Co-chair of the FFI EMT. Creating a global group to promote flour fortification was proposed in 2002 during a meeting of the Industrial Association of Operative Millers (IAOM) and an official FFI Leaders Group was formed in 2004.

The FFI founder was Glen Maberly, a professor at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, who resigned in 2009 to become Director of The Centre for Health Innovation and Partnership in Australia. The FFI Global Secretariat remains at Emory University.

As a network of partners, one of FFI’s strengths is convening groups from multiple sectors to discuss fortification challenges and strategies. In 2010, such meetings were held in Thailand, Russia, France, and South Africa, drawing a combined total of 200-plus people.

FFI encourages countries to pass legislation to require fortification of at least one

type of flour so that all millers have the same financial obligations, the health benefits are equally available across a population, and quality assurance can be more easily regulated.

Senegal, Mauritania, Uzbekistan and the state of Tamil Nadu in India passed such legislation in 2010.

Also, Mongolia updated its legislative proposal, and laws in Viet Nam and Malaysia are pending. Nigeria is considering an update of its fortification standard to include folic acid.

With its many industry partners, FFI offers technical support to countries at various stages of the fortification process. In 2010, leaders in East Africa were encouraged to update their country’s fortification standards with the latest scientific guidelines. In the past 12 months, millers and regulatory staff in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan were trained to take the next steps toward implementing their 2009 fortification mandate.

In Chandigarh, India, 48 mill owners and operators were taught fortification’s best practices.

FFI’s focus has traditionally been encouraging countries to add nutrients to wheat flour and one challenge is expanding advocacy, training and data collection to include maize flour. FFI’s primary expertise is fortification in large roller mills, consequently another challenge is working in India and Africa, which have a large number of small mills (that is, chakki or hammer mills).

Rather than being daunted by the challenges, Mr Montgomery sees them as opportunities. He has led the staff to develop a strategy for working in Africa, and he has met with multiple leaders in India regarding flour fortification there.

“We have a great team of extremely dedicated individuals; my hope is to bring a real business approach to this team of heroes with clear strategies, work plans, accountabilities and a spirit of urgency. FFI has accomplished a lot in the last seven years, and I hope to lead the team to the next plateau.”

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GLOBAL GRAIN & FEED MARKETS

Every issue GFMT’s market analyst John Buckley reviews world trading conditions which are impacting the full range of commodities used in food and feed production. His observations will influence your decision-making.

US maize prices rose to their highest level since June

Trade pins hopes on 2011 crop rebound

2008 in early March as traders continued to factor in forecasts of the lowest US seasonal ending stocks in 15-years. The US stock is the main factor in declining world inventories as this season’s global consumption of the grain runs about 22.5m tonnes over production.

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ERVOUS grain and oilseed markets rose above last year’s summer highs to near three-year peaks toward the end of first quarter 2010 – though wheat and soya prices are backtracking steeply as we go to press.

Wheat and maize initially took turns to lead renewed market strength as traders continued to fret over the adequacy of projected 2011 crops while a resurgent energy sector suggested competition for grains would remain strong between food, feed and fuel users. ‘Panic’ buying of various foodstuffs, especially staples like wheat, sugar and rice, by Arab governments facing political upheavals gave markets a strong ‘demand-led’ feel at times. However, the turmoil across the Middle East and North Africa appeared to be a doubleedged sword for speculative buyers in grain futures markets, encouraging them with steep gains in crude oil and gold prices but also raising fears that rising energy costs would send the global economic recovery into reverse with all the implications for slower commodity demand.

On the supply side, big question marks continue to overhang US and Russian winter wheat prospects following their poor star t amid autumn droughts and, in parts of the US Plains, persistent dryness problems. Australia continues to count the cost of the devastating Queensland floods although its continuing role in world food wheat export trade and its overseas milling customers’ ability to work round some of its quality problems with creative

blending, suggest the bullish impact of this factor may have been somewhat over-played. Ongoing competition on world expor t markets from Canada and Europe too, despite smaller and lower quality 2010 crops respectively - plus a larger than expected Argentine crop - have also stopped the bulls running away with the wheat market entirely.

Yet the year ahead is full of uncertainties. While the latest International Grains Council report is chalking in a possible 24.5m tonne recovery in wheat output, a Canadian Wheat Board official recently suggested the gain might be closer to 6m tonnes (albeit within a broad 635/675m range that would allow for 12.5m less as well as 24.5m more grain than last year, depending on weather and other factors).

The CWB also expects a minimal rise in this year’s Canadian crop although the more important issue here is whether, within the total, Canada can produce a more normal proportion of milling wheat after two years of weather hindrance on that front. Prayers for that outcome must be even more fervent in Australia, where officials recently suggested their next crop (harvested late 2011/

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early 2012) might decline from this year’s very high level. With a return to normal weather, Australia could still produce millions of tonnes more high quality milling wheat next season than this. Along with bigger expected bigger Indian and Ukrainian crops, not to mention still large world carryover stocks from this season (especially within the main supplying country, the USA), this suggests a less bullish wheat market later in 2011/12.

On the demand side for wheat, a possible fly in the ointment of potentially looser supply is potential for stronger feed use. Consumption by this sector is expected to rise by several million tonnes globally this year to its highest level since the early 1990’s as meat producers seek alternatives to tight and expensive maize and barley. A currently forecast 5% rise in world wheat feeding to 123m tonnes will be spread mainly over Australia, Canada, the USA, China and the former Soviet Union, offset by a drop in the EU. While wheat has remain expensive in recent months, the price has recently come well off its highs – dropping at one stage by almost 20% from the February peaks. Maize on the other hand, has risen sharply in value, narrowing the price spread between the two grains to its smallest in many years. This is influencing importers’ grain buying decisions, especially in Asia, where feed wheat purchases have recently risen strongly. China has been a notable buyer, taking advantage of the large proportion of this year’s weather-damaged Australian milling wheat supply downgraded to feed.

Even with this extra global demand for wheat in feeds, supplies are not expected

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to be tight at the close of 2010/11 at endJune. However, the squeeze on supplies of higher grade milling wheats continues to tighten, leading to some very wide pr ice premiums in recent weeks. North American hard spring wheat export prices, for example, were recently quoted at their dearest levels since June 2008. This is obviously focusing keen market interest on how much hard wheat will be sown on that Continent this spring – and early portents are less than encouraging.

Despite high prices, US spring wheat area may decline as other crops offer better returns.

Canada, meanwhile, could see interruptions to its mainly spring sown wheat crop as a massive snow pack melts amid forecasts of heavier than usual rains from latter March onward (possible well into the growing period - though these longer range forecasts can be unreliable).

On the other hand, European plantings are up – perhaps not quite as much as earlier hoped but, with decent summer weather and normal yields and quality (especially in the top quality producer Germany) things could loosen up enough here by the autumn in terms of volume and quality to ease milling wheat premiums a little. The question remains, though, what will wheat be worth on world markets early in the new season. Will persistent high world prices drag too much EU wheat overseas, as has arguably happened this season? Wheat will also have to follow maize prices, both in terms of the contest for spring acres and as a competing feedgrain.

Maize markets grew jittery again in the past month despite early USDA forecasts of a possible 4.2m acre rise in US plantings.

Some traders believe that is unlikely, given the demand for acres from all crops – although maize prices are certainly attractive to US farmers. Then there is the question of yields.

Last year – with supposedly optimum and trouble-free growing conditions, the US crop raced to completion and ended up with rather disappointing yields whereas in 2009, a delayed start and long cool development period saw productivity soar (even with a wet harvest that ran beyond the year’s end – though this did affect quality in many areas). If all went well this year, current planting forecasts suggest the US could produce as much as 250/255 m tonnes, according to some observers - or 20m to 30m less if weather misbehaves, say others.

Whatever maize crop the US does achieve in 2011, it will start with extremely low stocks.

Until there is evidence of these being rebuilt, prices could stay firm in this sector, keeping other grain and oilseed markets up. The US will also need a timely harvest as supplies dwindle from July into August.

Oilmeal costs have also risen in the last month or two, propelled by extremely strong Chinese demand for US soyabeans, eating too quickly into the latter’s total supply and threatening a possible severe end-season stock squeeze. US traders have also been fretting about fairly conservative figures being touted for this spring;s US soyabean planted acreage – just enough, maybe, to meet demand if perfect weather delivers good yields. Demanding some price-restraint, though Latin American soyabean crops are turning out far bigger than expected. That should relieve pressure on the US in the months ahead, possible leading to some cancelled US export business. The South Americans may also sow bigger crops again this autumn, if prices persist at anything like current levels. However, some improvement in supplies of the other leading traded oilseeds – like rapeseed and sunflowerseed - would be useful in keeping prices under control across the oilmeal sector.

Main commodity highlights since our last review Wheat up – then down A glance at our wheat char ts below shows prices for the leading indicators have recently been at their most expensive since the summer of 2008. As noted above, the factors behind the latest increases include ongoing weather uncertainties in the US and Russia, Australia’s flooding/quality problems, strong demand from the Middle East and a fair dash of speculative support (fund buying) each time the market gets a piece of bullish news. One of the big differences between now and 2008, as pointed out in this column previously, is that world stocks were much lower then – both in absolute terms and in relation to consumption. This season’s ending stocks (in July) are in fact projected more than 50m or about 42% higher than those held at the end of 2007/08, when wheat prices last boomed. There is still a lot of grain in the main exporting country, the USA, especially - even before the next crop comes along. US planted area is expected to be up by about 6% but with drought stressing the hard red winter crop since it was sown – and spring wheat area possibly declining too – some USDA economists believe production could still drop by 3.5m tonnes to about 56.5m.

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continue to price in a ‘risk premium’ until more is known about coming US and world crops.

In February the markets experienced a flurry of buying amid talk of a major drought loss to crops in China – the world’s largest wheat producer and consumer but that appears to have blown over after recent rain and snow shrunk the drought area markedly. However, Australia does not seem to have done as badly as feared after the Queensland floods and remains a fairly keen competitor for

international milling wheat import tenders.

Canada has also figured from time to time in milling wheat deals despite its lower quality 2010 crop which buyers like Japan are reportedly managing to accommodate by relaxing blending specifications somewhat.

Russia, of course, is still out of the world wheat market and its officials recently backtracked on hints that their export ban might end in July

when the next crop comes in. This may be an indicator that things aren’t going so well there crop-condition-wise – or it may simply point to the authorities trying to keep prices under control on a tight and still frisky domestic breadwheat market. It would not be a big surprise if this year’s crop does manage some sort of rebound, enough to resume exports later this summer, albeit on a smaller scale than normal. Ukraine and Kazakhstan meanwhile remain sellers on a small scale and if their crops go well, they could step up exports in 2011/12.

Yet while some sort of reprise might be sen for the ‘Black Sea’ exporters as a whole, it seems unlikely that these will perform their role of recent past years in pulling the world price of lower/middling grade breadwheats down levels that buyers had become accustomed to. India is another wild card in

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world wheat pricing. Currently it is sitting on massive stocks and it expects another huge, possibly record crop this year. Exports – of several million tonnes – would make sense to protect domestic growers’ incomes and keep them enthused but, like neighbouring Pakistan (also in surplus) and many other developing countries, India is anxious about food price inflation – both home-produced, through economic growth, and imported from the volatile world market for food commodities. But while exports from the Indian subcontinent could remain restricted, they remain a possibility – especially if world prices start to retreat more seriously, and this golden opportunity to earn good export revenue seems to slip away.

The International Grains Council recently forecast world wheat sowings would increase this year by 3.4% - up nearly 8% in the CIS, countries, just 1.2% in Europe and South America, 9.6% in Canada and 4.4% in Australia. On trend yields it extrapolates a possible crop of 672m tonnes versus last year’s 647.5m. Even if consumption stayed around this season’s unusually high level, that would still add to stocks.

A recent forecast from a Canadian Wheat Board Official was more guarded, however, putting production in a possible range of 635/672m tonnes with a likely figure of just 653.5m. With consumption seen in a range of 655/675m but a median figure of 660m, this veers on the side of further stock drawdown, if not ruling out a looser scenario.

Clearly, until more hard information comes to hand about condition of 2011 crops and weather over the next six months, wheat prices could well stay volatile. With the spread against maize now so narrow, they will also have to follow the latter market closely, regardless of improving wheat supply.

The descent in world prices has had a marked impact on EU wheat costs. This has been well reflected in the Paris milling wheat futures market where nearby delivery has fallen to just €234/tonne after hitting a low of €227.75. In February, the price was 15% higher at €281 and some dealers spoke of it challenging the record 2008 high of €295, even €300/tonne. LIFFE feed wheat futures have seen a smaller drop, easing about 12% from £210 to under £185/tonne.

KEY FACTORS IN THE MONTHS AHEAD • US weather – will Plains drought break in

time to salvage a reasonable US crop?

• US planting competition – will other crops take hard spring wheat acres?

• European and Canadian crops – will summer weather live up to that description this year, enabling more high-protein, higher quality milling wheat production?

• ‘Black Sea’ crops – what sort of crop/export comeback will Russia, other CIS suppliers make?

• Will US maize output increase much – taking pressure off wheat as a feed source?

Coarse grains – limited maize relief next year?

US maize prices rose to their highest level since June 2008 in early March as traders continued to factor in forecasts of the lowest US seasonal ending stocks in 15-years. The US stock is the main factor in declining world inventories as this season’s global consumption of the grain runs about 22.5m tonnes over production.

What the US sows and grows this year will be the main factor in any recovery in world supplies. The most recent outlook from the USDA suggests its own farmers will put in 92m acres – 3.8m more than last year though some traders think this a bit optimistic, others believe it is ‘do-able’ given the current extremely high price of corn and some spare fallow acres coming into the total farmland pot. Depending on whether yields are above, below or average, the next US crop could be anywhere from 310 to 350m tonnes. The top end would add a few million tonnes to stocks, taking some of the upward pressure off prices. Early long-range weather forecasts have raised the odds somewhat on a wetter spring, possibly running into early summer. This cuts both ways. On the one hand, it could trim corn planting plans, turning acres over to soya, which can be planted later. On the other hand, it sets the crop up with plenty of moisture and, given a long cool growing season, this can actually benefit productivity – as we saw in 2009, when these a wet start put the market on red alert, only to see the crop finish with record yields and output.

Elsewhere in the maize supplying world, supplies have been kept up by good harvests for the second year running in Latin America and Ukraine. Exports have also been supplemented by a much larger India crop. Along with the surplus of feedwheat this season – and a decline in global import demand for maize – these contributions are helping to keep maize prices under control while awaiting the next US crop.

As we go to press, the maize market, like wheat, has backtracked from its February highs by about 8.5% - if still a staggering 85%

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dearer than at this time last year. The main factor has been growing unease over the impact of high energy costs on the global economy, slowing demand for higher value foods, including meat, with a knock on effect on consumption of feedstuffs.

However, a more potent factor may be the negative sentiment this creates in the investment community, where speculative funds and institutional investors including pension funds, may have put rather too much faith in a one-way commodity boom.

A rocketing crude oil price may well kickstar t slowing expansion in demand for alter native /bio-fuels (cor n and sugar ethanol, soya and rapeseed bio-diesel etc), implying a highly bullish effect for these commodities. However, a stalling world economic recovery could negate much of the impact. Most of the growth in feed demand, especially maize and soya, is in

China and other developing countries. Even China seems to be feeling the pinch this month, cutting soya impor ts and recording an unusual trade deficit. Along with the political instability in the Arab world, this is making investors far more cautions. If it is true, as some analysts claim, that the top 20/30 % (maybe more) of the commodity price boom is down to speculators, the withdr awal of this suppor t could be expected to help prices relax fur ther.

KEY FACTORS IN THE MONTHS AHEAD • US weather – a dry spring is now needed to allow timely sowing and fulfillment of acreage targets • How much will CIS countries and Europe sow?

• Will expanding US ethanol exports eat deeper into supplies at the expense of food, feed and other more traditional users?

• Will the Arab world settle down, easing upward pressure on energy markets and negative global economic impacts on world meat and feedgrain demand?

• Less feed wheat next season could mean less competition for maize

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• Can China continue self-sufficient in maize or will it need to import from the west?

Oilmeals – supply boost from Bumper Latam soya crops Feed users facing higher costs for their soya meal for the past year may see prices ease in the months as Latin American soyabean crops turn out much larger than expected a few months ago. The biggest shift has been in Argentina’s fortunes with the lifting of a major drought threat. Production there could now be around 50/52m tonnes – possibly even more – compared with about 48m expected at the turn of the year when some pessimists thought the crop could fall as low as 43m tonnes from last year’s record 54.5m. Brazil has done even better and is now expected tom produce around 70/72m versus la s t yea r ’s 69m , also an all-time record. Both countries are expected to cr ush more soyabeans (Argentina can draw on larger than normal stocks too), resulting in more about 6-7m tonnes more (about 20%) meal for export customers. Brazil is also expected to ship more whole soyabeans to foreign crushers.

The improvement in South American producers’ fortunes has weighed against a tightening US soyabean market as China continues to suck away record quantities from the main supplier. China and other buyers have already begun to switch to cheaper new crop Latin American supplies just starting to arrive on the market.

Prices of soya meal in the US have already dropped by 11% from their 2½–year peaks set in early February if still about 25% dearer than at this time last year while European prices have also started to descend.

The decline might have been greater if not for some moderately bullish factors persisting in this market.

One is the ongoing strength of Chinese demand for oilmeal proteins. Although i t s impor t s of w hole soyabeans have recently slackened off somewhat, this trend is probably temporary as feed demand

is still growing rapidly and expected to continue on its upward trajectory. The USDA expects it to raise demand for soya meal alone by over 7m tonnes – almost 20% - in the current season ending September 30. World total demand for soyameal is seen growing by about 9% or 15m tonnes, requiring crush of about 19m tonnes more soyabeans. The message is clear: the main suppliers in North and South American must keep expanding their crops – this year, next year and into the future.

First indications for US sowings this spring suggest only a minimal increase in sown area and a crop not much bigger than last year’s 90.6m – which has proved barely adequate to meet demand – as farmers decide to cash in on high maize prices instead. The US has had good yields for the past two years. Will it get the right weather again?

Further forward, the Latin Americans have the land resources to raise their planted areas for their 2012 crops when sowing begins in October. However, they will need a continuing stimulus from soyabean and product export prices.

Looking at the other major oilseed crops, 2010/11 was an unimpressive year for expansion of rapeseed and sunflowers.

Although production of oilmeals in total rose by about 15.7m tonnes, 85% of that was down to soya. So, while the influx of new crop Latin American soya may ease prices for a while this spring and early summer, uncer tainty over longer term supplies may see costs level out later in the year.

KEY FACTORS IN THE MONTHS AHEAD • The final size of expected record Latin American soya harvests • US soyabean sowings and crop weather • China’s ongoing livestock expansion & its demand for more soya • European & CIS countries’ rapeseed crop progress & sunflower sowings • Canadian rapeseed plantings/weather

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n 2008 Dr H Kirchmann and Dr L Bergstrom edited this book, Organic Crop Production Ambitions and Limitations. The topic of organic crop production was discussed at a Symposium at the World Congress of Soil Science in Philadelphia in 2006.

At this symposium some of the benefits and issues pertaining to organic farming were presented. And from that symposium some of the key findings are presented in this book, along with other central aspects of organic crop production.

Chapter one looks at the widespread opinions about organic agriculture and asks are they supported by scientific evidence.

It looks at food issues and food security and also food safety.

Environmental issues, sustainability issues, pesticides, soil fertility and nutrient use and incorporating scientific evidence into decisions made in society.

Chapter two deals with the fundamentals of organic agriculture past and present. It deals with the brief history of development for organic farming, along with the schools of organic agriculture. Biological dynamic agriculture, organic agriculture and biological organic agriculture.

It also covers modern agriculture principles of health, ecology, fairness and care. Ethics in organic agriculture are also looked at along with the idealisation of nature and

cooperation with nature, the dualistic character of nature and human stewardship.

In later chapters the subject matter covered is Can organic crop production feed the world?

Plant nutrients, in organic farming Nutrient supply in organic agriculture plant availability, sources and recycling Synthesis of the apelsvoll cropping system experiment in Norway â&#x20AC;&#x201C; nutrient balances, use efficiencies and leaching Use efficiency and leaching of nutrients in organic and conventional cropping systems in Sweden How will conversion to organic cereal production affect carbon stocks in Swedish agricultural soils?

Energy analysis of organic and conventional agricultural systems The role of arbuscular mycorrhizas in organic farming Organic food production and its influence on naturally occurring toxins A well-written and presented book, dealing with an issue that is sometimes frowned upon and in other circles looked upon as the future of farming. The editors have laid this book out in a way that allows the reader to evaluate and understand the complex issues that are part of organic agriculture, and to form a balanced image of organic agriculture.

In my opinion this is a good source of information that would be of benefit to anyone who is keenly interested in organic farming as well as to students of agriculture.

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Recently, the World Health Organisation announced that a billion people worldwide were suffering with malnutrition and the majority of those are from developing countries.

In 1998 a workshop was held by the International Association of the Optimization of Plant Nutrition (IAOPN) on â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Improved Quality by Nutrient Management'. Overall there were 99 participants from 18 countries attending. The scientific program covered a wide range of subjects related to crop quality and nutrient management. These proceedings consist of the 72 refereed oral and poster paper presentations.

This book, edited by Dilek Anac and P. Martin-Prevel, has been compiled by the various papers that came from that workshop in 1998.

The book is split into seven parts.

Part one: Crop quality - nutrient management by conventional fertilisation

Part two: Crop quality - nutrient management by foliar fertilisation Part three: Crop quality - nutrient management under stress conditions Part four: Crop quality - nutrient management by the diagnosis of crop nutrition Part five: Crop quality - nutrient management in soilless culture Part six: Crop quality - nutrient management by alternative sources Part seven: Crop quality - nutrient management in general Each of the seven parts deals in depth with the subject material and has been compiled by several authors. During the workshop three main points were identified, the first being what is quality, the second was how to deal with the organic farming ideology and the third how to improve quality at the market scale.

Understanding the issues of nutrition is complex and throughout this publication many of the papers explain different aspects of nutrition of crops. This is a highly scientific and technical book; however I feel that those whom are keenly interested in the subject of crop nutrition and crop quality would find this publication very useful and it would be a useful resource for student studying crop management and agriculture. A well put together resource that will be used for years to come.

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9th - 11th June VIV Turkey 2011, Istanbul Expo Centre Turkey Contact: Hande Biber, Barbaros Bulv.163/2 34349, Besiktas, Istanbul, Turkey Tel: +90 212 216 4010 Fax: +90 212 216 3360 Email: hande@hkf-fairs.com Web: www.vivturkey.com

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AVIANA ASIA 2011, KATHMANDU, NEPAL Contact: Dr.Inderjit Singh, 13/29 Subhash Nagar, New Delhi-27, India Tel: +919582709491 Email: info@aviana.co.ke Web: www.aviana.co.ke

9th - 11th June Animalia Istanbul 2011, Istanbul Expo Centre - Turkey Contact: Hande Biber, Barbaros Bulv.163/2 34349, Besiktas, Istanbul, Turkey Tel: +90 212 216 4010 Fax: +90 212 216 3360 Email: hande@hkf-fairs.com Web: www.animaliaistanbul.com

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Pelleting of compound feed, Forschungsinstitut Futtermitteltechnik (Research Institute of Feed Technology), Frickenmuehle 1A, D-38110, Braunschweig, Germany Contact: Petra Ding, Frickenmuehle 1A, D-38110, Braunschweig, Germany Tel: +49 5307 92220 Fax: +49 5307 922237 Email: iff@iff-braunschweig.de Web: www.iff-braunschweig.de

13th - 17th June IAOM-KSU Mill Processes II: Advanced Milling Principles, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA Contact: IAOM Course Administrator, 10100 W 87th Street, Suite 306, Overland Park, KS 66212, USA Tel: +1 913 338 3377 Fax: +1 913 338 3553 Email: info@iaom.info Web: www.iaom.info

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GLOBALG.A.P TOUR 2011 – Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Spier Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa Contact: Nina Kretschmer, c/o GLOBALGAP, Foodplus GmbH, Spichernstr.55, D-50672 Cologne, Germany Tel: +49 221 57993 693 Fax: +49 221 57993 89 Email: kretschmer@globalgap.org Web:www.tour2011.org

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Indo Livestock 2011 Expo & Forum, Grand City Expo Surabaya, Indonesia Contact: Devi Ardiatne, Jl. Kelapa Sawit XIV Blok M1 No. 10, Kompleks Billy & Moon, Pondok Kelapa, Jakarta 13450, Indonesia Tel: +62 21 8644 756 Fax: +62 21 865 0963 Email: devi@napindo.com deviardiatne@gmail.com Web: www.indolivestock .com

GLOBALG.A.P TOUR 2011 – Cairo (Egypt), InterContinental Semiramis, Egypt Contact: Nina Kretschmer, c/o GLOBALGAP Foodplus GmbH, Spichernstr.55, D-50672 Cologne, Germany Tel: +49 221 57993 693 Fax: +49 221 57993 89 Email: kretschmer@globalgap.org Web: www.tour2011.org

Animal Farming Ukraine 2011, International Exhibition Center (IEC), Brovarskiy Prospect 15, Kiev, Ukraine Contact: Mr. Kuno Jacobs (Project Manager), BTO Exhibitions BV, Europaweg 187, 7336 AL Apeldoorn, The Netherlands Tel: +31 55 534 11 40 Fax: +31 55 534 01 68 Email: info@bto-exhibitions.nl Web: www.bto-exhibitions.nl

GLOBALG.A.P TOUR 2011 – Atlanta, The Westin Peachtree Plaza, Atlanta, USA Contact: Nina Kretschmer, c/o GLOBALGAP Foodplus GmbH, Spichernstr.55, D-50672 Cologne, Germany Tel: +49 221 57993 693 Email: kretschmer@globalgap.org Web: www.tour2011.org

15th - 16th June

8th - 12th August

Cereals Event, Boothby Graffoe, Nr. Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK Contact: Haymarket Exhibitions, Bragborough Farm, Welton Road, Braunston, Daventry, Northamptonshire. NN11 7JG, UK. Tel: +44 1788 892040 Fax: +44 1788 892038 Email: sara.peters@haymarket.com Web: www.cerealsevent.co.uk

Buhler-KSU Executive Milling Course, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA Contact: IAOM Course Administrator, 10100 W 87th Street, Suite 306, Overland Park, KS 66212, USA Tel: +1 913 338 3377 Fax: +1 913 338 3553 Email: info@iaom.info Web: www.iaom.info/courses & workshops/ residentcourses.htm

AUGUST

15th - 17th June 5th Food Proteins Course 2011, New Orleans, USA Contact: Marjolijn Cohen, Jan van Eijcklaan 2, 3723 BC Bilthoven, The Netherlands Tel: +31 30 2252060 Email: info@bridge2food.com Web: www.bridge2food.com

20th - 24th June Fundamentals and new developments in feedcompounding technology, Forschungsinstitut Futtermitteltechnik (Research Institute of Feed Technology), Frickenmuehle 1A, D-38110, Braunschweig, Germany Contact: Petra Ding, Frickenmuehle 1A, D-38110, Braunschweig, Germany Tel: +49 5307 92220 Fax: +49 5307 922237 Email: iff@iff-braunschweig.de Web: www.iff-braunschweig.de

JULY 7th - 9th July Aviana Asia 2011, Colombo, Sri Lanka Contact: Dr.Inderjit Singh, 13/29 Subhash Nagar, Delhi-27, India Tel: +91 9582709491 Email: info@aviana.co.ke Web: www.aviana.co.ke

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SEPTEMBER 9th - 11th September GrainTech India 2011, Gayathri Vihar, Palace Ground, Bangalore India Contact: M. B. Naqvi, Media Today Pvt Ltd., T-30, 1st Floor, Khirki Extension, Malviya Nagar, New Delhi 110017, India Tel: +91 11 65656554 Fax: +91 11 26681671 Email: graintechindia@gmail.com Web: www.graintechindia.com

15th - 15th September GLOBALG.A.P TOUR 2011 – Warsaw (Poland), Le Royal Méridien Bristol, Poland Contact: Nina Kretschmer, c/o GLOBALGAP Foodplus GmbH, Spichernstr.55, D-50672 Cologne, Germany Tel: +49 221 57993 693 Fax: +49 221 57993 89 Email: kretschmer@globalgap.org Web: www.tour2011.org

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20th - 22nd October Aviana Africa 2011, Accra, Ghana Contact: Dr. Inderjit Singh, 13/29 Subhash Nagar, Delhi - 27, India Tel: +91 9582709491 Email: info@aviana.co.ke Web: www.aviana.co.ke

28th - 29th September Protein Technology innovation 2011 Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Contact: Marjolijn Cohen, Jan van Eijcklaan 2, 3723 BC Bilthoven, The Netherlands Tel: +31 30 2252060 Email: info@bridge2food.com Web: www.bridge2food.com

NOVEMBER 1st - 2nd November

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Overview of Particulate Handling Technology, Kent, UK Contact: Caroline Chapman, The Wolfson Centre for Bulk Solids Handling Technology, University of Greenwich, Central Avenue, Chatham Maritime, Kent, ME4 4TB, UK Tel: +44 20 8331 8646 Fax: +44 20 8331 8647 Email: Wolfson-enquiries@gre.ac.uk Web: www.bulksolids.com

4th - 6th October 6th Livestock Asia 2011 Expo & Forum Asia’s International Feed, Livestock & Meat Industry Show, Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Contact: Ms. Ery Tan/ Ms. Michelle Ha, Suite 1701, 17th Floor, Plaza Permata, 6 Jalan Kampar, Off Jalan Tun Razak, 50400 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tel: +603 40454993 Fax: +603 40454989 Email: support@ambexpo.com Web: www.livestockasia.com.

7th - 11th November Buhler-KSU Executive Milling Course, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA Contact: IAOM Course Administrator, 10100 W 87th Street, Suite 306, Overland Park, KS 66212, USA Tel: +1 913 338 3377 Fax: +1 913 338 3553 Email: info@iaom.info Web: www.iaom.info/courses & workshops/ residentcourses.htm

13th - 14th October 62nd JTIC International Milling & Cereal Industries Meeting, Reims, France Contact: AEMIC, 268 rue du Faubourg St Antoine, 75012 Paris - France Tel: +33 1 47 07 20 69 Fax: +33 1 44 24 56 25 Email: aemic@wanadoo.fr Web: www.jtic2011.eu

9th - 11th November Vietstock 2011 Expo & Forum, Saigon Exhibition & Convention Centre, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam Contact: Ms. Michelle Ha, Suite 1701, 17th Floor, Plaza Permata, 6 Jalan Kampar, Off Jalan Tun Razak, 50400 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tel: +603 40454993 Fax: +603 40454989 Email: support@ambexpo.com Web: www.vietstock.org

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2011 related links AB Vista = www.abvista.com Abraziv = www.abraziv.hu Acheta = www.acheta.co.uk Alapala = www.alapala.com Almex b.v. = www.almex.nl Andritz Feed & Biofuel = www.andritz.com Anitox = www.anitox.com Arodo BVBA = www.arodo.be Behlen Mfg Co = www.behlenmfg.com Behn + Bates Maschinenfabrik = www.behnbates.com Bentall Rowlands Ltd = www.bentallrowlands.com BinMaster = www.binmaster.com Brabender GmbH & Co KG = www.brabender.com Braime Elevator Components Ltd = www.go4b.com Brice Baker Group = www.bricebaker.co.uk Bruker Optik GmbH = www.brukeroptics.com Buhler AG = www.buhlergroup.com Chief Industries UK Ltd = www.chief.co.uk Chopin Technologies = www.chopin.fr Chronos Richardson Limited = www.servicechronos.com Clextral = www.clextral.com Consergra s.l = www.consergra.com CPM Europe B V = www.cpmeurope.nl Denis = www.denis.fr Dinnissen BV = www.dinnissen.nl Doescher & Doescher = http://doescher.com Extru-Tech = www.extru-techinc.com FEFAC = www.fefac.org Flour Fortification Initiative = www.sph.emory.edu FRACASSO S.p.A. div. FRAME = www.framespa.it Globalgap c/o Foodplus GmbH = www.globalgap.org IntelScan efh = www.intelscan.is Jacob Sohne GmbH & Co = www.jacob-pipesystems.eu Jiangsu Hualiang Machinery = www.hualiang.com.cn JSConwell Ltd = www.buhlermillbank.co.nz Leonhard Breitenbach GmbH = www.breitenbach.de Maru Corp = www.fesco.kr Mesma Trading AG = www.mesmatrading.com

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Mitchells Equipment (Hebei) Co, Ltd = www.mitchells.net.cn Mogensen Raw Materials Handling = www.mogensen.co.uk Molino Inc = www.molino.com.tr Muyang Group = www.muyang.com NABIM = www.nabim.org.uk NIR Online = www.nir-online.com/ NORO = www.noro-rohre.de nv SCE = www.sce.be Obial = www.obial.com.tr Ottevanger Milling Engineers B.V. = www.ottevanger.com Perten Instruments AB = www.perten.com Petkus = www.petkus.de Radar Automation NV = www.radaraut.com R-Biopharm Rhone Ltd = www.r-biopharmrhone.com Reinhard R端eter Maschinenbau = http://ruetermaschinen.yian.de Satake Corporation = www.satake-japan.co.jp Satake Europe Ltd = www.satake-europe.com SEA Srl ELECTRONIC SORTERS = www.seasort.com Shandong Yingchun = www.silo86.com Shanghai ZhengChang = www.zhengchang.com Silos Cordoba = www.siloscordoba.com Skov AS = www.dol-sensors.com STIF = www.stifnet.com Suffolk Automation Ltd = www.suffolk-automation.co.uk Suncue Company Ltd = www.suncue.com Super Brix Internacional S.A. = www.superbrix.com Symaga SA = www.symaga.com Tapco Inc = www.tapcoinc.com TSC B.V. = www.tsc-silos.com Tube Tech International Ltd = www.rotaflex.com UWT (UK) Ltd = www.uwtuk.com V.A.V. Aandrijvingen b.v. = www.vav.nl VEGA Controls Ltd = www.vegacontrols.co.uk Vigan Engineering S.A. = www.vigan.com Wiese Forderelemente GmbH = www.wiese-germany.com Wynveen International B.V. = www.wynveen.com/ Zhengchang Group (ZCME) = www.zhengchang.com

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