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MILLING NEWS ForFarmers acquires HST Feeds Ltd Alapala makes waves with the completion of two flour mill projects Unlocking the potential of feed with a combined enzyme and probiotic solution British grain co-operative exports oilseed rape to Turkey Chain approach in feed safety assurance Cargill to idle soybean processing activities

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xhibitions, or any kind of physical b2b meeting platforms, have always played a significant role in pushing industries forward. The annual fairs that most Western countries had in the 19th and 20th centuries, the World expo's, industry trade shows...

They have all been playing one central role: to unite peers who will watch out for innovations presented and set directions for future technology developments. That hasn't changed and will not change, I am sure.

How b2b meeting concepts shape our feed business Meeting platforms haven't lost their relevance, although many of you foresee a decreasing role following the introduction of online match-making concepts. But hey, can you list 3 successful digital initiatives that just did what a physical meeting used to do? I don't think you'll get far. Of course, print and online serve a relevant purpose, though quite different from the value of face to face meetings. It's no surprise that publishers increasingly start developing meeting concepts. One cannot do without.

Decent communication requires physical interaction. People need to see each other, look each other straight in the eyes and yes, human beings like to touch. Face time just doesn't do that for you.

Regardless of the industry we're talking about, the principles are similar. Quality interactive discussions which start and end with a hand shake have something unique to offer: the chance to push an industry forward.

The agenda for our feed industry is loaded with physical meeting platforms. Are they all relevant?

No, of course not. We don't need many. Successful meeting platforms should meet three conditions.

At first, they need to unite peers, within a country or across countries. People who have a common interest, a clear focus.

Secondly, they should connect science, business and government. No discussion can take a firm direction without the commitment of all these three parties who, only in combination, express gamechanging power.

The third element addresses the need for a meeting platform to create the perfect business ambiance.

Food for thought in the more literal sense. It sounds obvious, but it is a hell of a job to create an ambiance where every single detail gets attention to ensure people get energized in meeting each other.

Meeting concepts that meet all three criteria exist in our feed industry. And what do they do?

They have the unique value to inspire people to

set up new co-operations for the creation of better technologies, quite often with people you would not have expected to start working together. This Ruwan Berculo - Project Manager VIV is where truly out-ofthe-box thinking starts.

This is essential for the feed industry to continuously improve practices in nutrition in general and more specifically for its individual players to strengthen their competitive advantage.

And let's not forget the value of physical interaction to enforce lobby circuits. It is essential to feel the enthusiasm among each other to start a successful lobby to create a favorable business environment for our industry.

If meeting concepts work in this way, they become true game changers, resulting ultimately in more competitiveness and as such more innovations and more investments being made in the feed business.

With VIV, we strive to present such game changers; meeting platforms that give way to improvements of current innovations. Interaction that results in setting the directions needed to bring our feed industry forward. Next to our flagship VIV's in Utrecht and Bangkok and national VIV and Ildex events, we have recently introduced a series of hassle-free and low-cost initiatives. Hassle-free in the sense that they require much less preparations. Low-cost, because we focus on reducing the costs for suppliers in terms of shipment, employee involvement and stand construction. This new series of activities, where we connect our loyal exhibitors with attendees in smaller though yet very promising countries, consists of Summits (250-300 attendees), Master Classes (30-50 attendees) and Round table investment discussions (max 10 attendees). The quality of these new activities again find their success in meeting the same criteria as for the larger trade show in our industry.

I believe the continuous introduction of smart concepts for physical interaction will help our feed business to take the lead as the best innovators in the entire animal protein production industry. This will accelerate investments in feed, possibly even at the expense of those planned for in other parts of the supply chain.

At VIV we take our role within this perspective very serious. And I kindly invite the competition to do so as well. Why. Because this provides the feed industry with the best meeting platforms. And that's where you will benefit most. Mission completed.

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ForFarmers acquires HST Feeds Ltd

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orFarmers - a modern feed enterprise, mainly active in Northwest Europe – recently announced that it has acquired 100% of the share capital of ruminant feed company HST Feeds Ltd. The price paid is based on an enterprise value of €15 million including cash. HST Feeds Ltd is based in Crewe, Cheshire, UK and sells approximately 140,000 tonnes of ruminant and poultry compound feed to customers throughout the North West region.

Since its formation in 1972, HST Feeds has built a strong business based on operational excellence and adding value for their farmer customers through the development of innovative products and feeding programmes.

Iain Gardner, COO ForFarmers said: “As we have seen in other parts of the country, the livestock sector in the North West has consolidated over recent years and is now characterised by committed, professional producers. ForFarmers will continue to play its leading role in the consolidation of the animal feed sector, both in the UK and in continental Europe. We have to ensure that we remain competitive by improving efficiency and continually innovating in all areas of the business. We will utilise the innovation from both HST Feeds Ltd and ForFarmers and use the best of both for the benefit of our customers in the future.”

Several feed companies fall under ForFarmers, including ForFarmers Hendrix, BOCM PAULS and FarmFeed Hedimix. In 2012, ForFarmers produce 8.6 million tons of feed sales annually, of which 6.3 million tons was mixed feed. HST Feeds Ltd will now operate within BOCM PAULS. Tom Hiley, managing director of HST Feeds said: “It is clear to me that with the increasing demands of the retailers, coupled with the requirement to keep a tight control on costs that we need a likeminded partner to meet the challenges ahead. Synergies will allow us to utilise the best of both businesses for the benefit of our current and future customers".

He added: “By combining our local knowledge with the resources of ForFarmers, I believe we will be better placed to meet these challenges and support the business activities of tomorrow’s dairy and poultry farmers in the North West”.

“It is clear that consolidation in the food and farming sector is accelerating and consistent with ForFarmers growth strategy. We will look for opportunities to develop our business for the long term by growing our presence and extending "The Total Feed Business" approach to an even wider customer base in our key markets”, said Yoram Knoop CEO ForFarmers.

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A s a le ading company in its sector, Alapala recently announced that it had successfully completed the erection, commissioning and hand over of a new 400 ton per 24 hour flour milling line for Grand Mills in Mina Port Zayed, Abu Dhabi.

Grand Mills - which is a part of The Agthia Group PJSC, agri business division, put its confidence in Alapala by awarding it the contract for

Unlocking the potential of feed with a combined enzyme and probiotic solution

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anisco Animal Nutrition – a probiotic feed technology firm based in the UK - marked over 25 years of innovative product launches at the recent International Production and processing Expo (IPPE), which took place in Atlanta, USA at the end of January.

The company unveiled yet another ‘first’ – a combined e nz y m e a nd m ul t i - s t r ain probiotic solution designed to fully unlock healthy nutrition benefits from animal feed.

In light of poultry producers struggling to cope with volatile conditions, profitability and liveability challenges, Danisco’s new Syncra® AVI builds on the innovative feed efficiency results from separate enzyme and probiotic applications already offered by the company.

Multiple trials at independent research organisations have proved how this combination of xylanase, amylase, protease and multi-strain Bacillus offers superior performance results throughout the production cycle.

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The company has also extended its reach in the Sudanese market with the opening of a new mill.

Alapala was contracted to supply plant machinery and technology for El-Hamama Flour Mills new 700 ton per 24 hour Flour mill. Completely automated, the plant is one of the largest single mill projects in the country and utilizes Alapala’s new generation of milling equipment.

Commenting on the project , Bor a Gökdeniz , Alapala’s sales director said : “ Our brief was to build not only one of the most modern mill in Sudan but also one of the most flexible.”

Now fully operational, the plant delivers a continuous supply of top quality flour to the Sudanese market.

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the new flour milling line. The contract involved the dismantling of the old flour milling line and commissioning of a new state of the art automated milling line in the existing building with the minimum of civil works and damage to accommodate the new milling line.

Contracted out by a team of highly experienced supervisors and erectors from Alapala, Grand Mills has benefitted by reduction of power consumption and less operating staff.

The new milling line has enabled Grand Mills to become a major milling company in the region well in line with its demand for high quality product standards.

non starch polysaccharides (NSPs) such as arabinoxylans in the fibre-fraction of the feed, releasing previously trapped nutrients. Amylase increases the hydrolysis of st arch, improving its digestibility and complements the secretion of endogenous amylases. Protease increases the digestibility of protein and breaks down specific anti-nutrients in the feed.

Bacillus probiotics establish and maintain a beneficial microbial population in the gut, which means the gut environment is less conducive to colonisation by microorganisms that can ne g at ive ly im p ac t anim al performance.

Syncra® AVI also offers other nutritional benefits. Among these, a 14% net improvement in relative cost per pound liveweight gain and a three-to-one return on investment for low challenge birds.

“Achieving optimum healthy broiler per formance from feed is key to our customers’ prof itability. Syncra® AVI offers them a unique means of delivering performance while saving feed costs,” says Janet Remus, director technical services.

Syncra® AVI is supplied at the optimum enzyme to probiotic ratio to achieve superior performance, digestibility and healthy bird benefits.

Excellent levels of nutrient release are ensured by its high stability (to 203°F (95°C) in pelleted diets.

Agthia Group PJSC is listed in the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) with its symbol “Agthia”, which in Arabic means nourishment. The majority shareholding is held by SENAAT General Holding Corporation an Abu Dhabi Government entity and the rest being held by institutional and individual investors.

The group has four divisions involved in the production of food, beverages and dairy products making it the largest in its sector in the UAE and a leader in the region. It also has assets in Egypt and Turkey and employs 2000 people overall.

Through this project, Alapla has demonstrated its advanced technology and engineering capabilities acquired over the past 60 years.

British grain co-operative exports oilseed rape to Turkey

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istory was made last m o n t h a s Tu r k e y r e c e i ve d i t s f i r s t shipment of r apeseed oil exported from the UK 6,000 t o n n e s o f r a p e se e d w a s expor ted from southwest England following a shortage of GM-free rapeseed from e x p or t s sur round ing t he Baltic Sea. Loading of the MV Palmali Conf idence with rapeseed from farms across the south west of England took place at the Portbury Grain Terminal, which is operated exclusively

by British grain co-operative Openfield.

Turkey is one of the few countries to have a stricter policy on the permissible inclusion of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) than the European Union and as such, in times of shortage it can make securing compliant supplies difficult.

The European Union has a permissible level of 0.1% , Turkey however, adheres to a zero-tolerance policy.

Meeting this requirement is fur ther complicated by a shor tage of shippers able to give the necessary reassurances that their vessels adhere to a zero tolerance rule.

As a result, Turkey is being

forced to look to suppliers in western Europe where shippers rarely encounter GM material.

John Thorpe, head of oilseed rape at Openfield - who handled the sale - said he was pleased to see this as a new destination for UK oilseed rape. “ Tur key h a s al so b oug ht c argoes from Fr ance and Germany this season, but with feed mills located in t hese por t s it f aces stif f competition for supplies.

This has helped to support the UK’s position as has the competitive value of Sterling prior to Christmas, despite being signif icantly fur ther away,” said Thorpe.

Recent news of the improving e c o n o m y h o w e v e r, h a s strengthened Sterling against the euro and is likely to mean this is a short-lived marketing opportunity.

“UK oilseed rape is recognised as a quality product and buyers appreciate the traceability it carries, but it has to be price competitive too. Given the shipping fees associated wit h such an expor t t he recent improvement in the value of Sterling means there is unlikely to many more cargoes heading to Turkey again in the near future,” he added.

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Chain approach in feed safety assurance - an International focus upstream and downstream

by Johan den Hartog, managing director of GMP+ International, Rijswijk, The Netherlands

The feed business learned in the past the importance of feed safety control in the whole feed supply chain. In this article, we will explain the practical experience of development of feed safety control and how the awareness of the chain approach in feed safety assurance developed.

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he real market demands regarding better feed safety control started in The Netherlands at the beginning of the 1990s; over 20 years ago. That was about 10 years before feed safety became an issue in other countries around the world.

And it is not surprising that the first demands for greater feed safety control started in The Netherlands. For many decades, the animal production in The Netherlands had a strong international dimension upstream and downstream, while livestock farming in the middle of the chain is well developed and capital-intensive nationally.

Upstream, the supply of feed ingredients was, for about 75% of its volume, imported from all around the world. This includes a lot of different products, related production processes and conditions.

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Downstream, the Dutch animal production sector exports over 60% of the production volume of dairy, meat and egg products.

Mainly to other European countries, but for Dutch dairy industry exports, its products are found all over the world.

Due to the strong dependence of exports the animal production sector is more vulnerable.

In the beginning, an important reason to enhance feed and food safety and quality increases were due to the saturation of the European market with animal products such as meat, eggs and dairy products.

Higher quality could provide a distinguishing prof ile for the Dutch animal products.

Later on, emerging feed safet y incidents showed t hat incident s resulted in reduction of export volumes and f alling market prices, which caused huge financial damages as a result.

Demand for better feed safety These proved important triggers in the demand for better feed safety control and that was the starting point for GMP+ Feed Safety Assurance in 1992.

In the beginning, we developed a GMP Code for the production of compound feed and for the delivery of feed materials to livestock farmers. The focus was fully on the control of the production process and related to cross-contamination of additives, salmonella and a little bit on known contaminants in feed materials.

Soon, companies were confronted with contaminations such as heavy metals, pesticides and dioxins within the supply chain.

Often, it resulted in significant volumes of contaminated feed materials downstream at the stage of delivery to livestock farms. It resulted in export problems for the dairy, egg and meat industry too.

These experiences were triggers for two important developments: the int roduc tion of a ch ain approach and the integration of HACCP.

A basic principle Chain approach - means the basic principle in the GMP+ Certification Scheme that all companies in the supply chain take their responsibility regarding

the control of the feed safety of the products they supply or services they provide. That is a basic principle. It is also the most effective approach to control emerging risks in the chain as early as possible instead of an uncontrollable endof-pipe approach.

Re-active to proactive HACCP was integrated in order to switch from a re-active approach to a pro-active approach. This strategy reduces the chance of occurrence of a contamination, because HACCP provides the tool to assess the production process regarding hazards and risks in advance and to take control measures to avoid the occurrence of a contamination.

When a contamination occurs, it could be detected in an early stage in the chain with less impact due to less wide distribution.

Multi-stakeholders’ involvement From the beginning, the GMP+ Cer tification Scheme was

GMP+ Feed Safety Assurance Scheme (GMP+ FSA) is a scheme for assuring feed safety in all the links in the feed chain.

It is also an international scheme, applicable worldwide.

The establishment and development of the scheme was primarily the result of demand from the subsequent links in the animal production chain for better control of feed safety. Another contributory factor was the damage caused by serious contamination incidents.

GMP+ FSA was developed in 1992. It was managed from 1992-2009 by the Dutch Product Board Animal Feed in The Hague.

Since 2010, the scheme is managed by GMP+ International.

supported by involvement of the stakeholders in the chain. It could be the result of the Dutch origin of the development of the GMP+ Feed Safety Assurance certification, with the polder culture. When we operated on national level, all stakeholder groups in the feed chain were involved.

We h ave continued t his strategy when we set up GMP+ International. Partnership of stakeholder groups like trade associations is the way of involvement. Trade associations in the feed and food chain, as well as food companies, can become partners of GMP+ International.

One of the benefits of partnership is the possibility to nominate candidates for the expert committee and its subcommittees which are in charge of defining the content of the GMP+ Feed Certification Scheme. The composition of these expert committees is based on a well-balanced multi-stakeholders principle. At this moment, 29 trade associations and food companies are partners of GMP+ International, representing the feed chain, livestock farming as well as dairy, meat and egg processing industries.

Multi-stakeholders’ participation demands time to come to a decision because different interests are brought in and needs moderation, but in the end final decisions are supported by the chain.

The chain is as strong as the weakest link.

There is an inter-dependence in the production chain. Therefore, it is important to define the basic principles about feed safety assurance for the links in the chain in a joint approach with common responsibility for the assurance scheme.

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Cargill to idle soybean processing activities

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ood and agriculture giant Cargill recently announced it is to suspend its soybean processing activities at its facility in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA later this spring.

The company will continue to operate the Raleigh elevator as a viable market for soybeans, instead purchasing soybeans from area producers and elevator customers.

“This is a difficult decision because we have an excellent team of employees in Raleigh, where we have been in business since 1985,” said Don Camden, a regional manager for Cargill’s soybean processing business. “The North Carolina market is very important to us, and we look forward to serving both crop producers and livestock industr y customers through our remaining activities at Raleigh as well as through other Cargill facilities.”

Camden said the elevator at the North Carolina site will continue to be a competitive buyer of beans from farmers in North Carolina and surrounding states. Customers

NEWS IN BRIEF Japanese take full ownership of emerald Agribusiness. Japanese Sumitomo Corp has acquired full ownership of Emerald Grain, the Australian bulk grain handler.From owning 50 percent of Emerald Grain, Sumitomo took full ownership through its purhcase of its partner in the Australian grain handler, Emerald Agribusiness Group Pty. Novus celebrates 30 years of feed supplement production. Animal nutrition solution provider Novus has been celebrating 30 years of production of its ALIMET® feed supplement recently. The first load of ALIMET® - an 88 percent active source of methionine - was originally shipped out of the Chocolate Bayou Manufacturing Facility near Alvin, Texas, USA and has become the liquid methionine source most frequently used by nutritionists around the world.

will be served by Cargill’s plant in Fayetteville and addition rail shipments will transport produce into the region from other Cargill plants.

Commenting on the announcement, Mark Stonacek, president of Cargill Grain & Oilseed Supply Chain North America said: “In recent years, demand for US soybean processing has become more variable and seasonally driven.”

Stonacek also cited a downturn in demand for US-produced soybean meal as a result of large bean crops in South America.

“Cargill will continue to monitor the global situation and will consider restarting the plant if conditions change,” Stonacek said.

There are currently 47 employees at Cargill’s Raleigh site. According to Camden, 20 -25 employees associated with soybean processing will be laid off, although they can apply for openings at Cargill’s 12 other crush plants. “This is an unfortunate outcome for these employees and we will work with them to try to find opportunities,” Camden said.

“Cargill will still remain an important buyer of local soybeans by keeping the elevator open and maintaining our regional office,” US soybean crush demand necessitated this difficult decision.”

Students battle wheat stripe rust Four PhD students from India, Kenya and Ethiopia will contribute to a £1.4 million research to combat wheat stripe rust. A year of their projects will take place in Norwich or Cambridge, UK as part of an international effort to improve crop production in developing countries.

Maize mill re-opens in Zimbabwe A Zimbabwean maize mill was re-opened by manufactuirng company National Foods Holding Limited. Jeremy Brook, chief executive of National Foods said the company was delighted to bring the mill back in to service.

China committed to grain independence. Following a growth in domestic grain output, China has vowed to become more selfsufficient in its production of cereal foods, including wheat and rice.

Currently, more than 97 percent of the country's grain supplies come from domestic crop.

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by Tom Blacker, directory coordinator

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he coming of a new year brings many things, and for the many members and users of the International Milling Directory there is also a renewed sense of anticipation.

Distribution of the 2013-14 print version has gone well and digital usage now exceeds 2000 unique users per month!

Here, behind the helm of the directory, there has been a great amount of effort put in to keep ourselves continually connected to industry.

I and Roger Gilbert visited one of the UK’s biggest animal feed and flour millers in January and made sure a whole box of directories were there for the millers over five mills in total had access. When you reach out for a directory you need to know that one is there!

More recently, Leif Wolf from O&J HØJTRYK, a member company and advertiser, visited our UK office in early February.

Do go online to our popular blog (just for International Milling Directory members at www.millinginternational.com) to see our brief report on his visit.

We have more plans to see and meet millers and feed professionals at their premises throughout the year; that’s on top of a busy calendar of industry events around the world.

All events listed near the back of GFMT will have copies of the latest directory freely distributed, so there’s no excuse for you not to receive one.

Other recent news: You may have found that the Facebook page for the International Milling Directory now ‘likes’ your company’s page. Here we have been connecting with many in the industry and find that the ability for easy communication between users of the International Milling Directory has reaped benef its for assisting buyers f inding suppliers and products. By us ‘liking’ your page we can do more to connect you with readers and others looking for products and services. Let me know if I’ve overlooked your company.

This social network development is not distracting from the print version. The next edition, which we are already making improvements over the 2013-14 version, has a print date September 1, 2014! You must be in our digital (online) version in order to be included in our print version – and you must have checked/updated your entry within the past 12 months.

From the response we have been getting from shows and visits to factories, etc is that the print version is still very much sought after and used. We have a real desire to further the standards and expectations such as ingraining the International Milling Directory in a more open and accessible format. Along with our offices on each continent, this vision is taking root in some unexpected places.

If you have not received a copy, and would like one, please email me at: tomb@perendale.co.uk.

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US Soybean Export Council (USSEC) USA Through a global network of international offices, including Asia, Europe and the Americas and strong support in the USA, the USSEC is able to create and sustain demand for US soybeans and soybean products. With a wide range of educational programmes, strong connections with industry leaders and a robust membership programme, the US Soybean Export Council is a global advocate for the use of soy in feed, aquaculture and human consumption.

Its China branch in particular, works closely with livestock producers, feed millers, aquaculture industry professionals, soybean processors, as well as traders and distributors. Growth in the US soybean market in both Central and South America has also been significant recently, and the association is now focusing its efforts in building up markets in both the Middle East and West Asia. Southeast Asia is the USA’s fifth largest export customer for soybeans and the third largest export customer for soybean meal. The USSEC recently held its annual global strategy session in Bogota, Colombia from January 28-30. This yearly meeting helps to plan and review USSEC programs around the world. www.ussec.org

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Soy is one of the few plants that provides a complete protein as it contains all eight amino acids essential for human health.

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Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries (ABIOVE) Brazil Founded in 1981, the Brazilian Oilseed Processors Association (ABIOVE) is made up of 12 member companies who are responsible for approximately 72 percent of Brazil's soybean processing volume.

ABIOVE's objective is to represent the vegetable oil industries, support its members, generate statistics and continue to work closely with the local government to promote sustainable programs in the production chain.

The soybean sector plays an important role in Brazils economic development. Back in 2011, Brazil’s soybean exports reached US$24 billion and created 1.5 million jobs in 17 states. The country is currently responsible for approximately 25 percent of the world's soybean production, continually reinforcing itself as one of the world's largest producer and exporter of soybeans, soybean meal and soybean oil.

Environmentally friendly In July 2006, ABIOVE and its respective member companies, pledged to end all trade with soy originating in deforested areas within the Amazon Biome.

This initiative, known as the “Soy Moratorium”, seeks to reconcile environmental preservation with the region's economic development, through the responsible and sustainable use of Brazil's natural resources. It also answered questions brought by environmental groups and Brazilian clients abroad regarding new rules to the sustainable production and commercialization of soybean and its by-products.

In the last five years the monitoring of the Soy Moratorium showed evidence that the soybean cultivation has a minimal participation in the deforestation made after July 2006 in the Amazon Biome areas. www.abiove.org

Canada Soybean Export Association (CSEA) Canada Known around the world for its clean air and sparkling waters, Canada is rich in deep, fertile soils that produce healthy roots and strong, productive soybean crops.

As a world leader in soybean production, Canada brings both high quality and value to the soy sector, producing consistently high soybean yields.

Established in 1995, the CSEA works together with soy food manufacturers to ensure Canada produces the best soybeans. The association is made up of personnel from various parts of the country including Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and British Columbia.

CSEA members include soybean exporters and traders, public and private soybean plant breeders, soybean grower associations, and provincial and federal government agencies. From the variety breeder to the producer and the elevator, CSEA is a leading voice in the soybean chain, linking processors and end-consumers in a manner that captures all of the potential benefits of the country’s high-quality soybeans.

Working with CSEA, Canada offers a rigorous identity-preserved system, backed up with the world’s most collaborative network of industry standards and government regulations.

Members of the CSEA work in collaboration with the seed industry, soybean growers and the dedicated handling system to ensure the best product.

Since 1980, Canadian soybean production has climbed 450%, exceeding 3.1 million tonnes on 2.9 million acres in 2005. Current forecasts suggest further steady, manageable growth, reaching 3.5 million acres within the next decade. www.canadiansoybeans.com

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India The Soybean Processors Association of India – commonly referred to as SOPA - is the only national level body representing the soybean processors, farmers, exporters and brokers in India.

The main objective of SOPA is to encourage the development and promotion of soy-based products in the interest of both farmers and processors.

Established in 1979, SOPA is headquartered in Indore in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India’s main soybean-growing region.

The association has a well-equipped office, conference hall, boardroom, and analytical and research laboratory. There are currently 112 processing units in India that use modern processing technology.

Thanks to the technological excellence of the India’s soy processing units, the country has secured a place in the international market.

SOPA has a strong link with farmers, and goes a long way in promoting the application of scientific package and practices for soybean development.

Through its contract-farming programme it provides quality certified seeds to the farmers under its Soybean Development Programme.

SOPA also organises intensive training programmes & demonstrations for the farmers and agriculture graduates.

Exports SOPA provides the latest information on current prices & reports from international & national markets. Additionally, crop reviews on important soybean growing countries are available for the benefit of its members.

SOPA also sponsors Trade delegations to promote export of soy meal & soy based products to potential markets. It also invites delegations of importers to provide an interactive platform to the members & the buyers to discuss business prospects.

www.sopa.org

Although relatively small on a global scale, Australia’s soybean industry is highly valuable and plays an important role in many farming systems across the country, increasingly providing a higher value crop option for growers.

The industry's complexity arises from both its geographical spread and its diversity of market uses. Soy Australia - the peak industry body for the Australian oilseeds value chain – was established in 1970 as a representative body for the Australian oilseed industry, committed to harnessing the growth and development of the soybean industry nationally. Membership is open to all those involved in the soybean value chain.

Originally set up as a joint venture between the three regional soybean organisations – Northern Australia Soybean Industry (NASIA), North Coast oilseed growers association (NCOGA) and the Riverina Soybean Growers Association (RSGA) – Soy Australia has quickly become the national voice for all sectors of the Australian soybean industry including breeders, growers, processors and endusers.

Soy Australia envisages the soybean industry will grow in value and volume as a result of a shift in focus of soybean breeding, production and marketing to culinary bean products, specialty oils and premium soy products.

Soybean markets in the 21st century Traditionally, the main market for Australian grown soybeans has been the crushing sector. Up until the late 1990s almost 50 percent of the crop was crushed for meal and oil and a further 25 percent went into full fat meal for intensive livestock.

The human consumption market only accounted for around 25-30 percent and the remaining 5 percent was retained for planting seed.

There were little or no exports.

However, over the last decade this has changed dramatically.

A decline in the crush and full fat sectors has subsequently resulted in increased domestic consumption of edible beans and an expansion of export markets. This shift has been driven by higher returns from the culinary markets, facilitated by the availability of new, higher quality varieties.

Steady growth in western diets and a higher demand for healthier foods has resulted in an international shift of soybeans as a foodstuff.

Health conscious consumers are choosing soy milk, soy based drinks and soy dairy free products as the basis for many common daily food replacements. In addition, many nutrition and dietary organisations are linking soy with a number of health benefits including heart disease reduction.

There is also a growing demand from Asian countries, including Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia, for Australian edible soybeans. Japan alone imports almost half a million tonnes of tofu grade soybeans each year. At present the US and Canada are the major suppliers to these markets. However, Australian soybeans have been well positioned as a premium product at the top end of the market. This export opportunity is based on Australia’s reputation for high quality, identity preservation, non-GM and an outstanding food safety record. In particular the expansion of GM elsewhere in the world has opened a niche human consumption market for Australian soybeans. . www.australianoilseeds.com

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Having no choice is not reasonable The quest for a healthier snack

by Henri Michiels, technical commercial director, Dinnissen, The Netherlands

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hildren are not getting a fair deal when it comes to snack and finger foods, says Henri Michiels, technical commercial director at Dinnissen in Sevenum, The Netherlands.

He became annoyed when his three young children were not given choices of more healthy foods following sporting activities.

At the company Smood, they argue that most finger food is not considered a healthy option, so they engaged with Dinnissen to develop technology through the use of thier expertise, that was more healthy and nutritious.

Talking directly with Smood, they say “Ours is a newly introduced product range which contains all kinds of grains, rice, wheat and barley in their production – all of which are healthy in their own right. On top of that Smoods are incorporating fruits and vegetables. Today Smood has developed five flavours, and are working on different colours and shapes. They are also experimenting with new flavours such as apple and cinnamon.

“There is no added sugar, fat or salt in the products.”

Smart food The company is called ‘smood’: short for smart food.

“Smood is the future alternative for the current supply of finger foods,” he adds.

“Children involved in sport will often go to the canteen afterwards and be given a limited choice of foods such as chocolates and sweets, products with large amounts of sugar.

“Children have no choice to eat healthily and that is not reasonable.”

All sweetness in Smoods products come from fruit, and flavours come from added blueberries and cranberries, etc. There are no preservatives and the products are allnatural.

“The mixtures are dried down to five

percent moisture in an extrusion line.

The product has been on the market in limited supplies for one year but marketing a new product is proving difficult, this is where Dinnissens technical knowledge and innovation comes into play.

“We have to fight against the current established notion of what makes good finger food,” says Mr Michiels.

He says the success of the product range will rely on marketing. Launching a new product of this nature will require between three and five million Euros per year investment to introduce it to market and build brand recognition.

Level-headed supermarkets Getting the product onto supermarket shelves is not the problem, says Smood.

“Every supermarket pushes this onto their shelves. Getting the product onto shelves is not the problem. Most supermarkets are level headed and know what they want. The question is how do we reach the consumers and attract them to the product?

“It’s about convincing consumers as to why they should buy the product and why it is an alternative and healthier for you.”

The company has invested three million Euros in the project to date and is currently linking with chefs and food specialists to promote the range, but progress is always limited by the attitude of ‘what’s in it for me?’

Smood says the focus now must be on marketing, marketing and more marketing.

Smood are taking the products to shows, promoting them at sporting events and even through social media as ways to get the message across to consumers.

“Smood are going in four or five different direction to get our messages out there.”

Development & refinement Meanwhile development and refinement still continues.

“No, we are not content at the moment,” Mr Michaels told GFMT in January.

“We would like to add more colours to

the food while keeping it all natural. We are at version three or four and we are dedicated to constantly improving the product.

“Our main issue is with how much sugar, fat and salt the product contains.

“That is one of the largest problems

Developing the feeds of the future In the small Dutch town of Wansum, Dinnissen is developing a feed processing line, which includes including a grinder, mixer, extruder, expander, dryer, cooler and much more, to experiments with different raw materials that may prove to have a valuable place in animal feeds in future.

This full package of line of equipment gives us a new complete line in which we can produce animal feed with the newest ingredients available.

“We can process fresh vegetables, fresh foods, insects, and new premixes from DSM for example. It’s a feed laboratory that we are using to improve our international technology with our partners.

Referring to insect protein in particular, Henri Michiels, Technical Commercial Director at Dinnissen, says, “The question comes down to how we can best automate these processes.

“Selecting the right type of insect and how they can most effectively be processed, understanding yield rates, how much is needed for animal feed, shelf life and what their by-products are is most important.

“And ensuring that as little energy as possible is consumed and that it is sufficient and sustainable are also important,” he adds.

“In the long run,” Mr Michiels says, the feed laboratory “will open up a variety of options on how we produce feed – it will be interesting to see what is to come out of this development.”

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with many products on the market today; they contain too much - too much sugar percentage is essentially killing us and bringing about a worldwide obesity crisis effecting multiple parts of the world.

“For example, one out of three people in the US and Mexico are now obese; in Holland it’s one in five, the UK one in three. And this trend is growing fast globally.

“The global problem is obesity, improper nutrition and overweight – the consequences of our inadequate food products will have huge effects in the future.”

Compared to a regualr potato chip for example, Mr Michiels’ product’s ratio of calories is 1.5 less.

“Calories aren’t the problem though – the total calories per day is important of course, but the average person shouldn’t eat more than 2000 calories. The main factors are the amount of sugar and carbohydrates in the food itself.

“Our main issue is to cut down on sugars and carbohydrates – these are the main issues with food today.”

The way forward We are busy with some very prestigious sport individuals, swimmers for example.

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4 to 6 screens changed in 40 seconds flat Dinnissen has developed a brand new hammer mill with ‘mechatronics’ that allows automatic screen exchange.

As a result, new screens can be set up in less then 40 seconds.

From four up to six packages of screens for milling, animal feed as well as aquafeed can be accommodated in the mill.

This allows the operator to select a certain animal feed and set the screens accordingly, says Henri Michiels, technical commercial director at Dinnissen in Sevenum, The Netherlands.

“It provides you with an option to change screens three-to-four times in a day in less than 40 seconds each,” he says.

“If you do it the normal way it would take 15-20 minutes to change screens.

And if you have two machines that are parallel and in total producing 60 tonnes per hour and you cannot produce for 15-20 minutes three or four times a day, you stand to lose 60 tonnes of production due to downtime!”

We are trying to combine our product with swimming sports, so that everyone can enjoy them – especially children.

“We are using the Dutch Olympic team to help us promote a connection between

healthy food and swimming – as well as supporting general sports and activities.

“They are very enthusiastic about our product – we don’t want to solely promote our product though, we want to encourage

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The ‘0 gram’ goal & the ‘1 minute’ mix Dry-cleaning a processing plant to zero grams, is achievable when manufacturing such products as baby foods.

When changing formulations, production staff “pull out the shafts, vacuum suction and then dry clean it with cloths by hand and finish with an alcohol clean, says Henri Michiels, technical commercial director at Dinnissen in Sevenum, The Netherlands.

There is no spray cleaning. All cleaning is manual taking 20 minutes and then switching into another recipe.

“For filling mixers we have developed a special type of feeder, this is one of the key items for us.

“Giving us a way to bring ‘big bags’ automatically to the discharge position with no intermediate storage and using gravity to flow the product into the mixer and onto packaging.,“ says Mr Michiels.

Feeding with this feeder valve can achieve up to 30 tonnes per hour.

“On the same valve we can do 6kg per hour with an accuracy of plus or minus 100 grams.

“This allows us to fill the mixer very fast and mix extremely fast. This makes our product provide a unique combination.,“ he adds.

Ten or 12 ingredients are going into each mix. And mixing is carried out within a minute.

“We take 30 samples of at least 20 grams each to compare and to look at variation in the final mixture. This is a standard for us and we achieve variations of between two and three percent in homogeneity – which is extremely low.”

“To achieve this within a minute is a combination of speed, design and proper angling of the panels. As well as the way we bring the product to move.

“However, there are a lot of small details and innovations inside that I’m not at liberty to disclose!”

sports. Food won’t only help us get out of this crisis, we need people not just to eat correctly, but exercise as well; get them away from their laptops.

The story of Dinnissen is that we currently have many projects running all around the world. Things like baby foods are booming, expanding into coffee and cereal markets globally. We are always looking for ways in which we can help improve the world we live in. It is hard trying to find the right people to support us though – do we need R&D, Investors, outside partners? If you do find someone who is involved and interested – who also happens to have a brand on the market already, it will often be impossible to collaborate with them to support the new product, we need marketing people to help us bring the brand into the global market.

We have been talking to Irish and German

companies who already have products on the market, family owned companies that are very interested and wanting to add more products to the market. But they are very careful – requiring a lot of research and testing before releasing it to the market for distribution. The food market in this sense is a very traditional market. No market has as little innovation as the food market currently, for example, Lays chips were released in 1923, M&M’s in 1933 – even on these fronts very little has actually been done to innovate.

The company Besides trying to produce better foods, the Dinnissen company is working with customers to develop new processing equipment.

“We always seek to improve our capabilities, capacity and to innovate. Trying to make processor more compact, while allowing for

more mixing options – reducing the need for storage as well.

“We are also making a point to make it easier for producers to swap to another recipe when manufacturing. This is a key item for us, this is important to many things such as detergents, plastics, dry foods, milk powder, baby food, grains and cereals processing.

Every market is growing, especially in the animal feed and food sectors, reflecting the population growth.

In feed terms the company is mainly focused on chicken feed, but also produces a large amount of feed for piglets, calves, cattle, horses and racehorses.

“All kind of feeds specialised for different needs, pellets and premixes as well. In the grain, corn and milling area – companies such as Cargill are our customers – we have a wide and varied consumer base. We are very similar to Buhler, but with far less people.

When Dinnissen was at the top in Holland, there were at least 25 milling companies in operation at the time.

“They have since all disappeared, now there are only three or four major players with a few smaller companies, but most of them have now gone out of business.

“In the past there was many more, the competition was far more niche and varied.

Now it is aggressive and cut throat, I’m curious as to what will happen in the next 20 years, especially in countries like Turkey where there are many operators. In the long term they cannot all compete.

“There are currently significant numbers of mills in China and India; I think the same thing that happened in Holland, England and Germany will happen in these countries as well.

“Many will simply disappear. “ Dinnissen, he says, is always looking at is own strengths and innovations to remain competitive.

Mr Michiels identifies two or three developments which are ground-breaking in feed terms: “Our new ‘Lean Mixing Concept’ is one however, not many companies have adopted this yet: Bringing big bags up and loading them manually – using it in correlation with a fast mixer: Mixing time that is less then one minute and refilling the same mixer within a two-to-three minute timeframe without any intermediates are just some advances.”

Dinnissen is 65 years old this year and has been in operation from the same premises since 1948. Dinnissen has a global customer base, but up to 60 percent of its business is done in The Netherlands, Germany and the rest of Europe, forging strong links with key partner companies such as Coperion in Germany.

“Coperion, for example, is a fantastic and reliable company and their machinery is very good. With them we produce an extrusion line that produces our healthy finger food,” says Mrs Michiels.

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Dinnissen Website: www.dinnissen.nl

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Production control in rapeseed processing

using NIR technology

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ne fact in rapeseed processing is: the higher the exploitation in oil, the higher the profit.

Bunge Deutschland GmbH implements and realises this basic principle through real-time process-control with NIR-Online industry spectrometers.

Overall, 3,500 tonnes of rape seeds are processed day by day at Bunge Oil Mill in Mannheim, Germany with two identical production lines. Production yields are 2,000 tonnes of rapeseed meal which is further used for feed processing and 1,500 tonnes of raw oil for further biodiesel and refined edible oil production after neutralization.

Rapeseeds pass through a press resulting in press cake and press oil, representing two-thirds of the profitable oil output of the oil seeds. In the next step, the oil from the remaining press cake is further exploited via extraction process. This process is energy and time demanding and, hence, Bunge has set a limit for the percentage of oil to be tolerated to remain in the press cake.

Deficits due to time-delayed sampling But when exactly has this percentage been reached and when has the maximum exploitation of oil been realised? “Previously, this question could not be answered satisfyingly since for process control, the analytical methods were restricted to nuclear magnetic resonance analysis and further laboratory methods,” said Moritz Lücke, production manager, Bunge Germany. “The results of these time-delayed methods only reflect a given moment in time and, hence, real-time intervention to the process was not possible in the case that there was scope for increase in exploitation.

This situation changed after application of NIR-Online industrial spectrometers. These

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systems are small and handy analytical instruments which can be directly mounted at the outlet of the press and extraction installation for real-time measurement of the oil and moisture content of the press cake - 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This is obtained by successive emission of light in the near infrared (NIR) region trough a vision panel. The light interacts with the press cake which is transported by chain conveyer and the reflected light is recorded by photo diode arrays. The important point is that the composition of the reflected light is subject to the oil and moisture content.

These measurement values are further processed by dedicated software which is integrated into the industrial spectrometers.

The measuring curve is displayed in real-time to the operators at Bunge control room.

Furthermore, the measurement values are directly integrated into the process control system of Oil Mill Mannheim.

“Assuming the press cake exceeds the accepted moisture level, the operator at the control room can directly intervene to ensure that the upstream rape seeds are subject to stronger drying during steps of conditioning,” said Roland Bauer, assistant production manager for seed processing, Bunge Germany.

“This is because the higher the moisture content of the press cake, the more difficult it gets to exploit the oil in the subsequent extraction step.”

Direct indication about the final rate of oil exploitation is provided by the measurement values of the second NIR-Online spectrometer, analysing the rapeseed meal at the end of the extraction step.

Applicable in explosive environments Industrial spectrometers can also be used under potentially explosive environment. For example, during the extraction process using Hexane as a solvent, constituting another important advantage for Bunge.

“Other comparable analytical systems are not vibration-free and have no ATEX GasEx-certification. Instead, they are fitted into an explosion-proof cabinet making it necessary to work with optical fibre in order to reach the true measurement position,” said Klaus Klawun, head of laboratory, Bunge Germany.

“This is quite complex and results in far weaker measuring impulse and inferior measuring results compared to an NIR-Online device. Furthermore, the integrated software is characterized by high user friendliness and this is especially important for the laboratory

team at Bunge: Here, the industrial spectrometers are used for continuous generation of the reference values for rapeseed processing.”

Transparency in just two hours The new analytical method allows Bunge to control the complete production process for the first time - from the pressing of the rapeseed to the extraction. This whole process lasts around two hours and after this time span, Bunge can assess whether the process is running under optimal conditions, i.e. whether the maximum amount of oil is exploited from the press cake. In the case where there is room for improvement, the operator at the control room is able to counteract undesirable development which prevents financial losses.

“Traditional analytical methods provide the results after around one day and in the past we were not able to tell whether the individual sampling was prone to outlier or whether the whole process was deficient,” said Moritz Lücke.

“Throughout the whole time we were virtually operating without knowledge of real-time information about the process parameters.”

Those responsible at Bunge now know about the true optimization potential of rapeseed processing, thanks to continuous realtime control of the pressing and extraction process - purposefully increasing the profit.

The refinery should also benefit In order to also benefit from the advantages of real time process control during steps of refinery, the Oil Mill Mannheim plans the acquisition of additional NIR-Online industrial spectrometers this year. These systems are meant to be used during steps of de-sliming and neutralization of the pressed oil for determination of the concentration of phosphorus and free fatty acids. The potential for improving these processes are significant: each day Bunge produces 1,500 tonnes of raw oil from which 70 percent is further processed for generations of biodiesel by an external company, 30 percent is used for edible oil generation at their own production site.

More Information: Website: www.bunge-deutschland.de www.nir-online.de

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How to get the mix right with in-line NIR

by Richard Mills, FOSS, Denmark

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outh African grain suppliers Senwes have tried out a new way of using near infrared (NIR) analysis to optimize the use of increasingly scarce high-protein wheat in blends going into milling. The new instrument will now become a permanent feature, helping to get the very best out of both high- and low-protein material.

In the fairy tale ‘Rumpelstiltskin’, a miller boasts to a king that his daughter can spin straw into gold.

While nothing can make this enduring dream come true, modern process analytical technology in the form of an in-line NIR analysis system is making a real difference to what millers can get out of wheat grain deliveries. It is not exactly turning straw into gold, but is perhaps the next best thing given the increasing scarcity of high quality wheat.

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ProFoss has been on trial at a Senwes facility in South Africa.

The solution consists of an NIR analyser, a sample interface and special software for graphical display of the results.

It has been used at a group of silos next to a large mill. The different silos contain different minimum protein levels: 9 percent, 10 percent, 12 percent and so on. The sample interface is installed in a pipe that delivers grain from the different silos onto a conveyor belt that serves the mill.

The sample interface is installed by cutting a hole in the pipe of about 10 cm diameter.

It has a sapphire window that sits flush with the sides of the pipe, allowing the NIR unit to take measurements on the grain as it flows by.

Measurements are made every few seconds and the results are displayed on a computer in the control room, where they can be viewed as a trend graph to make it easy to keep track of the protein content. If, for example, 11 percent protein is the target and the level starts to fall below that, then a little higher protein wheat can be added to stabilize the overall protein content.

Lower grade to higher grade Manager of special products Mariana Purnell describes how the ProFoss analyser was installed at the Senwes facility in October 2012.

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B1, about 4000 tonnes of B2 and 4500 tons of B3 grade, and lower amounts of lower grades.

The process analysis system enables continuous monitoring of wheat protein levels, allowing inline adjustment to regulate the blending and maintaining specific protein levels during outloading. As indicated by the B1–B3 columns, this resulted in all the lower grades being blended with higher protein grades, yielding B1 and B3 grades that were considerably higher than the initial stock level.

“We successfully managed the optimization of all protein levels and the homogeneity of quality in all wheat batches,” says Purnell.

“As far I am concerned the ProFoss works very well for managing your grain quality as it monitors 100 percent of the batch being loaded and really keeps protein fluctuation within a narrow band.”

She also points out that it is of course important to have the right quantities available to maximize the usefulness of NIR analysis.

The trial completed, the plan is now to put the system into use on a permanent basis. “We can see that the level of control and management of the protein level being shipped out is far superior to when it is controlled by a human being who does infrequent sampling and testing,” says Purnell.

“By gathering more precise data of protein units leaving the silo, one can be assured of a lower number of disputes related to protein levels and subsequent downgrading."

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Design of an efficient intake pit dedusting system the state-of-the-art in technology

by Andreas Rembeck and Rico Hindemith, B端hler GmbH

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he unloading of bulk materials such as cereals into intake pits is generally associated with considerable dust emissions. The reasons for the need for an efficient receiving pit dust control system can be diverse. They range from reducing dust emmissions in neighboring residential areas to improving health and safety at work for those working on site and the imperative requirement of preventing serious damage to plant and danger of fatal injury from dust explosions.

B端hler Grain Logistics offers a choice between two systems, depending on application requirements: namely central or distributed receiving pit dust control. These can be further subdivided on the basis of whether extraction is above or below the grid iron.

Both systems are of modular design and can therefore be customized to the specific conditions of each situation.

To ensure that the required aspiration capacity of the intake pit dedusting is kept

to the minimum, every component needs to be optimized. It is therefore an advantage if there are gates at the entrance area which are kept closed at all times during unloading so that undesired air draughts and dust escaping to the surrounds can be prevented at the outset. For an optimum air flow inside the reception area, the upper section of the side wall is fitted with louvers. This prevents dust getting whirled up and ensures that the dust which collects is directed towards the extractors (Figure 1).

Another technical step towards minimising dust emissions can be taken by installing a dust barrier. The barrier has dust retention panels (Figure 2) and prevents dust whirling up in the hopper. Practical experience from day-to-day operations has shown that up to 75 percent of the dust which is generated is produced when the bulk material hits the floor of the hopper. The dust barrier reduces air requirements, allows smaller filters and fans and cuts the power requirements of the fans by approximately 60 percent.

Filters for intake pits (decentralized) For operations such as grain collection facilities or farms where the amount of dust generated is insignificant or plays only a minor role at most, decentralized dedusting is the more appropriate solution (Figure 3).

In this case two adjustable inlet openings allow the air which requires cleaning to flow into the filter panels, from which it is directed to the fan through a manifold pipe line. The filter modules are connected using elements to form a single unit and the cleaned dust falls back into the reception pit via a diagonal plate.

Centralized intake pit dedusting Centralized dedusting is designed more for food processors such as grain mills and producers of pasta, where removing dust from the raw product is essential.

As in decentralized dedusting, the air to be cleaned is also caught by an aspiration panel. The individual aspiration modules are screwed together, which means that a variety of intake hopper sizes can be created ranging from 4 m to a maximum of 24 m in length. The aspiration panel is connected to a dust manifold pipe line which leads to a B端hler round filter. The round filter is a central filter with a jet-pulse cleaning system.

This is where the flow of raw gas which is picked up and the dust which is retained are separated. The dust is conveyed through dust discharge chutes to separate dust containers or big bags. As a result, the undesired dust no longer comes into contact with the product, thereby ensuring improved hygiene and greater safety. This system could be described as a form of initial pre-cleaning.

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Figure 1: Schematic diagram of an intake pit

TA-Luft directive requirements under the German Federal Immissions Control Act stipulate emission limits of 20 milligrams of residual dust per normal cubic meter of air.

The use of antistatic filter bags is one way of ensuring compliance with these reference values. They are more effective at cleaning than filter cells and also permit higher airto cloth ratios.

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Figure 3. Filters for intake pits (decentralized)

Cleaning is on a time-controlled and/or differential pressure controlled basis, which ensures optimum filter performance and saves energy.

Comparison The two types of intake pit dedusting systems can be designed for both side and rear unloading. With their adjustable double gap they can be customized to local conditions and are capable of aspiring even if the intake pit is overfilled. Depending on requirements the walls can be supplied with filter modules only or with partition walls as well, enabling sizes ranging from 2x3 to 4x24 square meters.

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Figure 4: Type RB round filter

The differences between the two filter systems are as follows: whereas the decentral dedusting system has a larger surface and therefore a lower filter load than the central dust removal system, the maximum dischargeable air rate of 55 m³ per minute and meter of pit length with a filter load of 5 m³ per minute and m² of filter surface (grain) is less than the dischargeable air rate of the central solution, which is a maximum of 65 m³ per minute and meter of pit length for the same filter load.

Separate dust separation means that the central version requires more space for Bühler round filters (Figure 4) and

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SILO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION IN GEOGRAPHICALLY CHALLENGED AREAS

by Bentall Rowlands Storage Systems Limited, UK

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torage systems must be individually designed for each client. Each project must have a bespoke design that ensures it matches, if not exceeds client expectations,” says Kevin Groom, technical director of Bentall Rowlands Storage Systems Limited in the UK. “We are extremely proud of the projects that we have undertaken in geographically challenged areas, proving that whatever the specification, we are sure to provide the most suitable design necessary.

“We have designed and installed silos worldwide in countries that include the UK, Kenya, Thailand, Holland, France, Ukraine, Malawi, New Zealand and many more.

With over a century of experience in the design, quality and installation of grain storage systems, Bentall Rowlands have developed new technologies that have been applied to the manufacture as well as the installation of grain storage and processing equipment.

Bentall Rowlands is a leading UK manufacturer in complete storage and processing equipment solutions for the agricultural and industrial markets.

It offers a wide range of galvanised steel silos, flat bottom and hopper bottom, water tanks, catwalks and platforms, material handling equipment, cleaning and grading and weighing and drying systems that can be assembled worldwide.

“Our engineering and technical expertise combined with continued focus on customer satisfaction places us in a strong position to

capitalise on the expanding market in storage systems.”

With capabilities to design, manufacture, supply and install storage systems from an extensive range of products, Bentall Rowlands provides a comprehensive end-toend solution which can be designed to any specific requirement.

As the demand for bulk storage and handling equipment increases worldwide, volumes and competitive pricing in grain handling charges require efficient solutions.

We manufacture the right quality of product to produce the efficiency savings required to justify the investment.

Each project undertaken is designed differently and will need to take into account a number of factors. This includes geographical issues, including large temperature fluctuations, seismic activity, high winds and corrosion.

Why do silos fail?

On a number of occasions, the failure may only involve distortion or deformation, which doesn’t necessarily pose an immediate safety hazard.

On the other hand, failure can mean complete collapse of the structure resulting in the loss of use and in some cases, the loss of life.

The major causes of these failures are predominately down to design errors, construction errors and utilisation errors.

“It is important that silos are built to meet the specifications set out in the design, eliminating any chance of silo failure. We work hard to

#1 build the best relationships with our customers and spend time making sure that they receive the best possible service from the initial design concepts through to installation and completion of the project,” adds Mr Groom.

Seismic activity “When we are tasked with the job of designing a new storage facility, there has to be a thorough inspection and survey of the site done prior to any work taking place.

“The geology of the area is key to the design. For example we were chosen to design a site in New Zealand.

“This country is known for its volcanic activity, earthquakes and geothermal areas because of its position on the boundary of the Australian Plate and Pacific Plates. We needed to know the area in great detail to make sure we designed the size and structure of the silos accordingly to dismiss any chances of collapse or damage if seismic activity does occur.

“When designing a storage system for erection in a known earthquake region, they must be designed to the countries relevant seismic standards. All silos will need to be built a great deal stronger to cater for the horizontal loading at ground level. It is far better to keep the silos height down.

“Silos that are shorter and wider are far better than those that are tall and thin. When seismic activity strikes, a structure that has a larger base area is more likely to withstand the pressures and remain intact. If you have a taller and thinner structure, this presents a huge amount of stress to the lower sections

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of the silo which will ultimately result in the collapse of this structure.

“Due to the fact that the magnitude of earthquakes varies greatly, all our silos are individually designed to suit each areas requirement.

“The contract was originally built for the New Zealand Government to store oil seed rape. The stored grain would then be sent for crushing to be turned into biofuel. The silos were designed to hold the wet oil seed rape prior to going through a continuous flow drier,” he says.

Dealing with high winds High winds can cause great problems for a number of structures, including our storage facilities.

“We make sure that our silos are designed

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to withstand gusts of 50m per second, which equates to 180km per hour.

“During the recent storms that occurred in the North of England and Scotland, we had reports that all of the silos withstood the gale force winds, with no reported problems or damage.”

In areas where silos could be prone to these high winds, the structure needs to be quite similar to that where seismic activity takes place.

Silos will withstand these huge wind speeds when they are designed to cover a greater base area. This gives them the stability needed to remain intact once a storm has passed.

Temperature change For countries that are prone to temperature fluctuations, the design of the storage system needs to be carefully thought out.

More so for countries prone to high levels of moisture. In severe cold weather where snow can be quite extreme, it is the roof of the structure that needs to be one of the main focuses.

Snow load is the reason for engineering changes.

When designing the roof, it is important to know what depth of snow can be expected in a given area.

“We designed a bespoke storage system for an area within the Ukraine where the snow can get extremely deep.

“We specifically designed the roof on each silo to be able to withstand a pressure of 1kn/m2 which equates to one meter of snow,” he adds.

Temperature changes within the actual stored prod-

uct will affect the design of the silo, as does the moisture content of the stored product.

“We look at the bulk solid that is being stored, and take into account the levels of moisture. Increased moisture within a storage system will affect the grain, causing expansion within the silo.”

If this occurs when the materials are not being taken out, upward expansion is restrained. This means that the majority of the expansion will occur in the horizontal direction, resulting in increased lateral pressure, and hoop stresses in the silo walls.

“In situations like this, we have to assess the area and the likelihood of significant moisture migration as this will affect the design of the system.

Our silo roofs are designed with an area of overhang, meaning that in areas where rainfall will be a potential problem, we have that ‘run-off’ effect from the roof that protects the grain within the silos.

“If our storage systems were designed differently, it would result in added moisture content within the silo, causing expansion and increased hoop stresses, but also the danger of losing the grain to mould.”

The need for galvanising Galvanisation is the process of applying a protective coating of zinc to the silos in order to prevent rusting occurring.

In areas where high levels of corrosion could be present, this is a necessity.

“Compared to other companies, we use G600 as a standard whereas some companies may only use G90. This greatly increases the life expectancy of our silos.”

For example, in tropical marine areas where storage systems are required, you can expect them to last somewhere around 35 years which is a huge advantage over other companies. Countries that have high levels of precipitation and humidity will rely on the galvanising of the silos in order to protect them from this corrosion. This is standard on all types of storage equipment, to add that extra bit of security on life expectancy.

Getting the shipments right “Not only do we have to take into account the design of the silos in these geographically challenged areas, but the vast job of sorting the logistical side out.

“All our shipments have to be correct at all times, especially the ones going to these challenged areas.”

Getting it right first time is imperative.

“To start shipping missing goods is not only a logistical nightmare, but can be a very expensive mishap, extremely time consuming and can hold up the project by a significant amount of time.

“At Bentall Rowlands, when building large grain stores, it is common to agree a spares package that can be shipped with the main contract. More likely than not, some of the parts may become damaged or misplaced and parts that may only cost a few pounds could cost thousands if it has to be air freighted,” he notes.

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RECOMMNDATIONS FOR SOYBEANS AND SOYBEAN MEAL STORAGE

by Pablo Fernández , Southeast Asia Area Manager Silos Cordoba

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toring soybean and soybean meal leads to specific storage problems.

That is why we need to know more about them.

For example, the structure of the bean impacts its handling and: • Handling involves conveying and transporting from the farm to enduser. During this phase there are many different movements from harvest to the production into oil and meal • The structure of a soybean seed makes it susceptible to splitting and breakage during mechanical handling. The extent of breakage in soybeans during conveying varies with the impact force imposed on each individual seed. The least breakage occurs when soybeans are conveyed in a bucket elevator as compared to other conveying methods Figure 1 shows the extent of soya bean breakage with four methods of conveying: the first one represents the percentage of breakage of the grain in a free fall of 30, 21 and 12 meters.

The storability of soybeans is affected by the degree of damage to the seed coat and by other factors such as mold or insect attack. It is therefore important to inspect soybeans for mechanical and other forms of damage prior to storage.

If the amount of broken or split soybeans is very high, it may be prudent to separate the broken or split grains by sieving. This

material can then be used first as opposed to long-term storage within the original stock.

Soybean meal is difficult to handle because of its poor flowability and bridging characteristics. Soybean meal tends to settle or consolidate over time. This phenomenon occurs in most granular materials and becomes more severe with increased moisture, time and when particle sizes are small.

Flow characteristcs The flow characteristics of bulk materials are dependent on individual particle shape, density, frictional property and moisture content. Granular materials have three typical flow patterns during discharge from hopper bottom bins: normal discharge pattern (there is no problem here), bridging and funneling. These two latter problems occur in grains containing high content of foreign material or moisture.

Typical flow problems of meal products discharged from storage silos are hang-ups, dead pocket and piping (see figure 2).

These are usually due to a combination of factors such as poor hopper design, high moisture content and storage time.

External factors Beside all of the above soybean and soybean meal consideration, we have to keep in mind the most important external factors: moisture content, temperature and duration of temperature.

The general condition of the product and amount of foreign materials also affect its

#2 Table 1: Moisture content and safe storage durations Safe storage period

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storability. By focusing on these three elements, we can assure the perfect storage of soya bean and soya bean meal: Moisture content: Depending on the percentage of moisture, the periods of storage change. Soybeans contain moisture ranging from 12 percent to 15 percent at harvest time. Above 13 percent should be dried to reduce the risk of deterioration due to seed respiration, mold attack, spontaneous heating and reduced germination.

Temperature: Temperature is another very important factor influencing in soybean storage.

Growth of fungi and chemical changes, such as oxidation, increased with temperature in both meal and whole beans.

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sider the climate in the different regions of the world. Experience indicates that under hot and humid tropical conditions, grains stored in metal bins exhibit sweating. This problem arises with extreme high temperatures reached on the inner surface of the metal silo on a hot day, then, at night, the rapid cooling of the metal results in moisture condensation as the dew point is reached.

Caking and charring in metal silos can be attributed to this phenomenon. Installing the proper devices of ventilation and cooling machines keep the correct temperature and avoid these problems.

Time of storage: Shorter better! Fine foreign materials tend to segregate during bin loading and occupy void spaces in the central region of the grain mass.

Meanwhile the large and lighter materials will accumulate close to the walls of the silo. Then, during aeration, the air will flow around spots with a higher concentration of

Figure 2

PIPING

fine foreign materials and through pockets of high concentration of large foreign materials.

This condition creates a non-uniform flow of air during aeration, thus, making it an ineffective operation. Hence, cleaning soybeans prior to storage will minimise the risk of spoilage and economic loss.

Detecting possible problems Here you have some indicators that will help you to detect any possible problems with the products storage inside the silos.

Heating: Heating is the most common indicator of a problem in stored grains and oilseeds.

High grain temperatures normally indicate either microbial or insect activity. If left unchecked, this may lead to heat-damaged or charred grains due to the phenomenon of stack burning. Because of this danger, hot spots in stored soybeans must be cooled or dissipated before they reach the critical level.

If no action is taken when heating in soybeans occurs, either the product will be lost

by stack burning (charring) or at worst, the entire facility will be lost through fire.

Aerating soybeans when fire has already started makes the situation worse. A temperature monitoring system in soybean storage silos is essential. Immediate corrective measures for heating cannot be over-emphasised.

Change in color and general appearance: In general, sound soybeans are plump with bright uniform tan with no trace of green colour and free from unusual spots and shriveled appearance.

Discoloured soybeans usually indicate inferior quality and lower market value.

The change in colour is usually associated with mold invasion accompanied by microbial respiration and subsequent heating. This deterioration process can be detected by periodic drawing of samples from the silos as part of an integrated approach of quality maintenance.

Once detected, appropriate measures can then be taken such as cooling the grain either by aeration or use of a portable cooling unit. Another corrective measure is to transfer the grain to another silo thus breaking any hot spots present and cooling the soybeans during the conveying process.

However, this should be done only as a last resort since it is costly and will increase the amount of broken or split soybean seed.

Mustiness and off-odor condition: Musty odor usually indicates an advanced stage of insect or mold infestation and should be dealt with immediately. If this is detected, the soybean should be aerated to remove the bad odor and cool the material.

Seeds should then be used at the earliest opportunity. The grain should be fumigated immediately if insects are present. A sharp odor may indicate rancidity due to chemical changes in the oil component.

Lumping and caking: Lumping and caking indicate a very advanced stage of fungi invasion in soybeans and soybean meal. In metal bins, caking usually occurs on the bin walls as a result of sweating or moisture condensing on the inner surface of the cold bin wall. The condensing moisture is absorbed by the adjacent grains resulting in either sprouting or mold growth.

Useful tips for soybean and soybean meal storage For all of this, low product moisture, low temperature and short storage periods are desirable. After this brief analysis we can give some tips for those who need to store either soybean meal or soya bean: The proper devices for storing soybean and soybean meal are: 1. Hydraulic sweep auger (for soybean meal). This sweep auger effectively reclaims meal products from silos because it is able to work with full silos.

One full rotation of the screw once a day is mandatory to prevent the mentioned discharge problems.

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2. Smoother wall ring+washer outside the silos and head-round bolts inside the silos. Different silos manufacturers using different wall ring waves. We have to be careful and choose a long wave.

3. Pre-cleaner. “Fine foreign materials tend to segregate during bin loading and occupy void spaces in the central region of the grain mass. Meanwhile the large and lighter materials will accumulate close to the walls silos”.

That fact effects the ventilation, “the air will flow around spots with higher concentration of fine foreign materials and through pockets of high concentration of large foreign materials.

This condition will create a non-uniform flow of air during aeration, thus, making it an ineffective operation.” Cleaning the product prior to storage will minimise the risk of spoilage and economic loss.

Moreover, if the product has to be dried it is totally necessary to avoid the burn of the waste (fine foreign materials like straw, dust, etc) inside the dryer.

4. Dryer. Soybean moisture above 13 percent should be dried to reduce the risk of deterioration due to seed respiration, mold attack, spontaneous heating and reduced germination.

5. Ventilation. Centrifugal fans. The primary purpose of aeration is to make the temperature of the grain bulk uniform. This prevents moisture migration in the grain mass due to natural convection. Aeration may also be used to hold partially dried

soybean for a few days to prevent spoilage before proper drying. It should be noted that aeration is not intended to dry grains.

6. Cooling machines. Strongly recommended in tropical climates with high heat and high humidity. Soybean, even after harvested, still keeps on breathing.

The grain once chilled, keeps its low temperature for a long time, without the need for a continuous cooling. Direct consequences of non-controlled storing of wet grain are the appearance of fungi and toxins, which are very dangerous for the health of humans and animals.

The proper storing of grain by means of chilled and dry air fix completely or widely minimise the problem.

7. Temperature monitoring system. This device is essential to control and correct any deviation of the optimum.

8. Belt conveyors. To prevent the breakage of the grain. This kind of conveyor can move grains for great distances without damage.

9. Periodic drawing of product samples and accurately testing them.

By following all these steps you can be assured of avoiding change in color, risk of deterioration due to seed respiration, mold attack, spontaneous heating, reduced germination, mustiness and off-odor conditions, presence of insects, lumping and caking and finally economic loss.

Answering your questions What flat bottom silos are suitable for

storing soybean meal? In order to avoid long storage in soymeal silos, we of course recommend our model: Silo model: 12.22/12 Silo diameter: 12.22m Eave height: 13.73m Total capacity: 1.749m3 (1120T) Discharge capacity: 50T/h approx Please note that few silos in the same site can share the same hydraulic unit, and therefore the unitary price decreases. With several silos they can rotate the product between them; that is especially useful for long storage.

What extraction screws do you deliver together with above flat bottom silos?

We have worked with hydraulic sweep augers from Morillon. According to the capacity required they can be single arm or double arm.

What hopper silos are suitable for storing soybean meal?

Due to the poor flow characteristics of the soy, hopper silos with a reinforced cone of 60º are suitable. These silos should be equipped with screw discharge conveyors The biggest hopper silo model we have installed so far for this product is our model 60º hopper silo 6.88/9, with the 467m3.

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Keep running costs down operating en-masse chain conveyors by 4B Braime

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hain conveyors are an essential part of many bulk handling systems, where they are used to convey bulk materials such as powders, grains, flakes, pellets, etc and include operations in the milling industries.

Many of these conveyors use drop forged chains with flights as a means of conveying the material being handled. This ‘en-masse’ conveying system is very popular as it is a simple but highly efficient system of moving material.

When it comes to purchasing a chain conveyor, it is easy to look just focus on the one-time purchasing cost and the quality of the components. The problem with conveyors is that they are exposed to a lot of wear and tear, and even the best chains can fail after a certain period of time: although this can be many years depending on the conveyor’s use and its maintenance.

If we look at the lifetime cost of an enmasse chain conveyor, we’d find a big part is

and repair can cost a lot of money and time, usually requiring the services of a team of engineers and a considerable amount of resources.

So how does the en-masse conveying system work, and where does the chain failure occur?

In En-Masse conveying, the flight height can be as low as 12.5 percent of the material being transported in the chain conveyor.

The material is fed into the conveyor from the top and falls through the moving chain to the bottom of the box. Because the particles interlock, the material moves as a single stream at the same speed as the chain.

This highly efficient conveying process allows nearly the entire conveyor cross section to move as bulk.

Flights of steel and welded links The links with flights are then assembled in many different arrangements using pins and circlips, headed pins and circlips or headed pins with collars and roll pins. The

to order new chain links with flights welded or grind the sides of the failing links and weld new flights onsite. In both cases, a lot of resources including time are needed to complete the maintenance procedure.

Having new links with flights welded is only the first step of the maintenance process: the chain needs to be slackened, the circlips must be broken in order to take out the links where the flights have failed, new links with welded flights need to be put in, and finally the chain has to be re-tensioned before the conveyor is at last operational or the whole chain removed from the conveyor.

One of the other major causes for concern with this traditional assembly is the fact that the circlips can sometimes come loose due to poor installation, not only causing the chain to collapse, therefore again stopping the conveyor, but also contaminating the product that was being conveyed and risking pollution and obstructions in the plant process.

Working to supress and minimise problems Engineers have been working hard at suppressing and minimising the different problems encountered within a chain conveyor as much as possible with solutions such as more frequent maintenance checks, metal detectors, etc. Whilst this has helped to reduce the number of unexpected breakdowns, it hasn’t removed the need for conveyor shut downs when the chains or flights need to be replaced.

With 125 years experience providing solutions to customers within the bulk material handling industry, worldwide, engineers at 4B have come up with a revolutionary simple solution that minimises conveyor maintenance downtimes and overcomes a lot of the problems encountered when using drag chain conveyors.

maintenance: the cost of replacement chains and links, the cost of the labour and finally the cost of downtime.

For each and every user of chain conveyors, it is of vital importance to have the conveyor running at full capacity for as long as the equipment can allow it. Maintenance

whole assembly is very robust and works well until general wear, operational errors, material build up and many other reasons that bring about maintenance shut down.

In the case of a minor incident, such as the flights breaking, although the chain does not need to be changed, it is still necessary

New flight assembly 4B’s Bolt ‘N’ Go system is a new flight assembly system that gets rid of the need for welded flights and pins and circlips assemblies which are quite costly and time consuming in terms of manufacturing. This new system includes:

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• A set of Nylon flights that can be cut to accurate lengths depending on the desired overall width. Nylon flights are very strong and wear resistant but remain light- weight, therefore reducing the amount of power required to drive the chain • A hollow pin made of alloy steel (the same material as the link) and case hardened to C57-C62. This pin will take the load in the assembly. It is very strong and can be supplied in stainless steel for applications in a corrosive environment • Bolts, nuts and washers are used to hold the flights onto the link and assemble the links together. Lock nuts are used to secure the whole system • At no point does the bolt take the load or is in contact with the pin. It merely holds and secures the flights • The system uses 4B drop forged chain links that have special lugs on the sides onto which the flights are fastened, giving the assembly extra stability The Bolt ‘N’ Go system is extremely easy to install, yet very robust and has a long lifespan. It has many advantages in comparison to the traditional pins and circlips assembly.

This system will undoubtedly save a precious amount of time and money when conducting maintenance work. With the Bolt ‘n’ Go system, it is no longer required to take the tension out of the chain and take the chain out of the conveyor before

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changing the flights; the old flights can be taken out and new ones fitted while the chain is still tensioned inside the conveyor.

Since a shorter amount of time is required to assemble the nylon flights rather than welding steel flights onto links, all the flights can be delivered quickly, thus eliminating the need to stock a lot of spare parts; or they can be kept in stock on site at low cost, since they are not welded to the chain.

The system also enables the full use of the links since it is not necessary to change the links every time new flights are needed. Once again this represents a major saving for facilities using this system.

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offline maintenance periods thus improving the yearly capacity and profits made using the chain conveyor.

The Bolt ‘n’ Go system has been used successfully in many facilities, in a wide range of applications including agricultural, wood chips, sugar, animal feeds, etc. All these products have been used in conveyors of various length, angles and high capacity applications. The system has been such a success that many suppliers of enmasse chain conveyors now offer the Bolt ‘n’ Go chain and flight system as an option.

Bolt ‘n’ Go is currently available for 4B102NA, 4B142NA and 4B142HA links with flights up to 750mm wide.

Superior heat treatment 4B's Bolt ‘n’ Go chain links are made of special heat treated alloy steel case hardened to Rockwell C57 - C62 with a ductile core hardness of Rockwell C40.

4B’s superior heat treatment technique and material provides the optimum chain link with a more resilient ductile core for shock resistance and an extremely hard exterior surface for superior wear and corrosion resistance. This results in reduced downtime and maintenance with an increase in the working life for the chain conveyor.

The assembly system is an excellent and robust solution that will not only improve the overall capacity of the conveyor to perform at its optimal ability for longer, but also helps to minimise the

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014 is an important year for Neuero.

It is celebrating 100 years of manufacturering for the grain handling business.

But when we arrive in late December, celebrations at the company were all about Christmas, with a tree in the lobby to compliment the array of blue and sliver Neuero equipment and apparatus photographs. It was December after all. There were at least another three trees elsewhere in the building and a Christmas angel on the factory floor too!

For the 50 staff at the factory in Melle, Germany, the 2014 celebration will be low key affair when they join with two other companies by the same name but which are each run independently, says Neuero’s managing director Tomas Kisslinger.

“I used to think “wow 100 years!” but really, things go so fast that it is more important what you have done in the past five years. Companies are changing so fast, I agree that its good to say that it is 100 years.

But you cannot rely solely on that – you are only ever as good as your last job.

“We must always keep in front and never look back,” he says.

GFMT are visiting the Neuero company manufacturing grain handling equipment.

Three cheers for Neuero, Neuero and Neuero A global company reaches its 100th Anniversary GFMT interviews Tomas Kisslinger, Managing Director of Neuero

The three used to be one, but in 1988 split into three individual identities; Neuero Industrietechnik, Neuero Farm and Neuero Technology.

“We have all our bases here and share the same founding – it has caused a lot of issues with the post office. We keep the name out of tradition; we are planning a big event for our three companies and now just trying to decide on a day for our centennial!”

Neuero has two key product lines: unloaders and loaders. The company places huge importance on its R&D effort, with a focus on better understanding their customers’ needs.

“We are especially technically oriented,” says Mr Kisslinger.

“The market for loaders is increasing due to growth in Eastern Europe, the Ukraine and Russia. It’s more spread around with fewer producers for exports, and more spread around with operators importing grain.’

The big equipment goes to seaports. But the company also serves the inland waterways of Europe.

While Europe and Russia are the company’s key markets, the Middle East is also a good area for business with money for expan-

sion. Other areas, including India can become important markets but have restrictions.

“It is a potentially large market, there is a massive need, but there are other factors that need to be taken into account.”

He points to manual labour where in other parts of the world automation and machinery would be more efficient.

“The issue is that a machine would be more qualified for the job and more effective, but this causes unrest as there are so many people that need jobs,” he adds.

A lack of market information “The bulk handling market is difficult to quantify – there’s no reliable statistic about equipment need in the market you can use to measure it. After all, what is bulk? It includes coal and sand as well as grain, which each present thier own challenges.’

Environment protection laws make permits hard to obtain for river operation, due to factors like noise, dust and oil pollution.

“A big challenge is the need or willingness among industries to change the system they’re already using,” he adds.

“However, politics in one country, or even one region, causes everything to founder.”

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a long way since the sceptism by some in the past, indeed there still seems to be some unfounded propaganda within the industry, but this is based on outdated information not applicable to our modern systems.

“We buy the steel structure, we developed new blowers - which is a key component we developed in the last few years - that make a big difference nowadays as they reduce things we had in the past: pulleys, belts and bearing blocks – all of these have wear and tear.

“We integrated the motor shaft so there is nothing in between.

“Eliminating mechanical loss as well as improving efficiency, control as well as safety.

Sensors for temperature and vibration allow us to use bearings that can be controlled and monitored,” he explains.

In mainland Europe, most of the market is grains, meals and other feedstuffs and some fertilizer. Alumina plays a part, but is mostly loaded/unloaded at bigger, specialized seaports.

For non-free flowing material, you can use the Flexiport technology, which works a bit like Siwertell’s device but with pneumatic instead of screw conveying.

There’s a bigger machine used for fishmeal in Norway with one under construction for Marine Harvest. For example, a boom used for grain unloading equipment is much lighter than the heavy-duty fishmeal kind.

“Fishmeal is an unusual product to handle.

It’s sticky, not very free-flowing, and can be

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very complicated. Capacities will be around 300t/h.

“When handling fishmeal you need to be active, not passive.”

Stickier materials like fishmeal must be cut and placed into the feeder, instead of just flowing into the space left by grains that are removed.

“You need stronger machinery for this, and more power.”

The biomass challenge In 2002 a new challenge emerged – biomass.

“There was a slowdown in the economy at the time, so we took on the challenge.

Others followed, but only after us.’

Neuero found that for small ships unloading had to be continuous – with no stage where you take the nozzle out and then reapply it.

“That method takes too long, and results in too low an average capacity. Biomass is transported in different vessel sizes around the world.

The use of mechanical systems may only make sense if a single machine needs to achive over 1.000t/h. It is however in many cases better to have two smaller machines for same cost but increasing efficiency.

In Indonesia, for example, Neuero recently updated two unloaders of 1.000t/h each that had been originally supplied 20 years ago. In this period of time no major part replacements took place. They extended some booms to get better reach,

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and updated the system back to original capacity.

The miller coming from a company using mechanical unloaders wanted a mechanical system, but after the update, and realising that with 20 years of working the machines had required such an extremely low maintenance cost he is now totally convinced that the pneumatic system is the best choice for his company.

"Some customers are very traditional, and request the use of roots blowers. We respect their experience, but many things have changed in recent years".

Another example of listening to clients involved those wanting the electronics housed separately from the blower and suction equipment. Neuero built it in a separate room that was air conditioned and insulated from dust and sand.

“You cannot avoid new technology,” Mr Kisslinger says.

“The mentality is going away from ports and doing everything themselves. Mills are getting very automated nowadays. There’s not much willingness to take control of systems and maintenance.

“A major mill said they didn’t want an ATEX system - for preventing dust build-up/ explosion risk -, they wanted to remove the dust at source.”

The big engineering priority for pneumatic unloaders is to increase the suction power of the blowers. You can’t just increase the volume because losses increase as you do that.

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The elbow bend, or any other part that diverts the direction of the flow, is the most energy-consuming piece of equipment. It also has the greatest wear, and it is important that it be checked from time to time. The bend itself is 100 degrees, not 90 – Neuero changed this because it’s more efficient and better utilizes the effect of gravity on flow rate.

Wear reduction strategies: Neuero recommend you rotate a pipe by 90 degrees for every million tonnes of throughput. Although this figure can come up or down depending on the quality of the grain handled. Some varieties, for instance Indian, as opposed to cleaner Australian or Canadian grain, have a higher sand/impurity content, which reduces the life of the machinery.

“This is not just a problem for loading and unloading equipment, but also for the mills.’

Improvements in technology: Neuero’s standard is to lower the boom closer to the ground for easy access to the horizontal pipe.

Pneumatic vs mechanical “If you use only pneumatic, you have a good average capacity’ [throughput] Mechanical, not so much.

“Using both systems together can be good, but in our experience it’s an extra complication and clients don’t understand why it’s necessary. It’s like travelling from London to Hamburg and then getting the train here to Melle. Better to have a solution that does the whole job in one.

“And it’s better to have two 600t/h pneumatic unloaders than a 1200t/h mechanical unloader, with all the cleaning equipment that goes with it.’

In the Philippines a customer, a brewery, bought a 600t/h pneumatic unloader and a 600t/h mechanical one: A rare opportunity for a direct comparison between the technologies. “‘It will be interesting to see the comparison over time,” says Mr Kisslinger.

Mechanical unloaders are less ‘plug and play’ than pneumatic, you can’t just unload the vessel and go. Cleaning is difficult when grain has been mechanically unloaded – but

vital as otherwise the remnants rot and contaminate the hold.

You must clean every detail to get the most out of some unloaders as well. And while it is not necessary to do it each time, it should be done, says Mr Kisslinger.

“The problem with grain is if you don’t clean properly, then mycotoxins will cause contamination and the grain will become rotten. To help us, the ship industry must also make ships easier to clean.

“Today, at least the bottom is smooth.

You have some ships that have hull reinforcement in the transport hull, so how you mechanically deal with it is impossible as you may damage the ship,” he adds.

Neuero’s USP “I believe that we’ve developed a lot of high-quality equipment in the past years.

From bringing the horizontal pipe closer to the ground, to the pipes themselves".

One area that the company saw as having great potential for improving thier customers experience, was in some of the ancillary equipment that was supplied alongside thier machines, and to this end made the bold descision to take the design and manufacture in these areas in-house.

As part of this program Neureo have now developed thier own blowers and winches to ensure they meet the highest specifications possible.

"Sometimes we need to develop and manufacture our own solutions when the market does not provide one to the very specific standards we are looking for. Today, Neuero equipment has even better mechanical efficiency: For example, fewer bearings, shaft connected directly to the impeller (removing belt drive) are developments that have come within the last 2 years The programmable logic controller (PLC) is another example of in-house development.

This equipment can be controlled from the crane’s PLC programmable logic controller (PLC), which is more efficient from the user’s perspective.

“All the troubleshooting can be done by our engineers.”

The company offers the standard oneyear warranty with more for certain projects.

“We fully warrant for one year, although some tenders require two years – so we must add a little extra for that; because we have to provide more components. This is when the contract can get complicated.

“Even if the warranty is over and we feel a problem is something we have made – we will attempt to fix it.

“A hydraulic tank, where there was paint on the inside mixed in with the oil causing a hydraulic problem. It was seven years old, so we split the cost with the supplier. Our approach is to first solve the problem then to see who is responsible, not the opposite way around.”

“Every day brings new challenges in our business.

“Sometimes our clients need a special conveyor for different heights. And our new loading system can accomodate this, using a counterbalance we can optimise it to the client’s set up.

“It also has a dust suppression system built in. It slows down the air/grain mixture, concentrating the volume of product and expelling the air. If you limit the amount of air, you limit the amount of dust that can be caught in it and spread around, this is very effective as dust suppression,” adds Mr Kisslinger.

“The other advantage to this system is that we get less wear.

“Wear is conditioned by the square of the speed of the throughput, so the reduced speed reduces the damage done to the pipes. The best thing is that because there’s no air taking up the extra space, the volume of product flow is maintained.”

He says it’s a popular loader, and that the company has sold quite a few in Russia and the Ukraine.

“We have also had people ordering complete projects from us.”

At the factory “We are driven to solve problems, not boast about them.” That’s the philosophy of the company and one that is promoted from the top.

By working closer together, the company has developed a culture among the staff that is supportive. “Your company’s knowledge is based on its people. They’re the ones that make the difference. You can buy in your steel from elsewhere."

Hiring a new generation of engineers helped Neuero take a step forward, he adds.

A new factory extension was completed last year which helps with both assembly and on-site testing. Equipment is assembled and tested on-site, then disassembled and painted.

“All important equipment arrives at the factory for testing before going out to clients.”

Thursday at the Neuero factory is Sausage Day. They order in 100-150 bratwurst and have a barbecue each week. Everyone eats at a long table.

“I have no special wurst,” he concludes brilliantly.

MILL MAINTENANCE

Getting your dies and rolls re-worked locally to global standards

by Leif Wolf, Director, O&J Hojtryk AS, Denmark

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&J Denmark had the idea to re-work dies and rolls over three decades ago with an intention to assist the market demand to grind and re-countersink worn dies into ‘as-new’ dies at a time when dies were very expensive.

installed properly with particular attention being paid to positioning of the roll assembly correctly against the die production surface.

Failing to fit machines properly can result in non-uniform wear in the ring die and nonuniform pellets.

The machines used for this work could not be bought at the time so we undertook the challenge to design, develope and manufacture such equipment ourselves.

Since then many others and some from different perspectives have come up.

However, O&J has been at the very forefront of this industry and still is.

Clients of interest include: • Feedmills - for livestock such as pigs, poultry and cattle, shrimp feed • Bio/wood mills including palm fibre mills • Waste mills • Others The benefits from die- and rollrefurbishment include: • Increases life time of pelleting equipment • Increase throughput • Significant reduces power usage • Securing higher pellet quality A feedmill is only as strong as its weakest link. Each machine has to work as its best.

Investing time and money in feed formulation can be quickly written off if the pelleting machinery used isn’t up to scratch.

O&J Denmark has been able to establish a strong brand in the marketplace, servicing clients over very long distances.

Thanks to great trust from all our clients we can offer a full re-working set up including logistic solutions.

The mills book all shipments directly to our freight forwarding company operating in their region, bringing dies and rolls to our re-working center in Esbjerg, Denmark and returning with the same afterwards.

Simple but highly effective – mills pay no waste time!, 1 click and the goods are booked and automatically returned again when the re-work is complete.

In other regions throughout the g-lobe this may be different due to existing infrastructure, labour cost etc.

At the re-working center dies and rolls are checked on arrival, their actual worn condition, any damage, etc, with assessment of how re-working would be or not be profitable to the client.

It is a partnership. If a die is wrongly worn a contact shall follow from here giving a note to the client helping him back on track again.

For example, a good client is a mill running controlled production systems and therefore will have a controlled degradation

Installation and usage From the start, machines need to be

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of wear parts. It is worth remembering that a full refurbishment and cost will depend on the work required.

Deciding when to ship a die for re-working is always a balance. Ultimately it comes down to a choice between controlled maintenance versus damaged based maintenance.

A full refurbishment includes cleaning the die and checking for cracks by using the O&J HPJC21 High-Press Blowout System by means of water only – and without chemicals. The advantage of using this method is that the water is strong enough, blowing out with 1.250BAR/aprox 17,000PSI, to dislodge stubborn material without harming the press channels.

Next, comes grinding the die production surface, skimming level and machining using the O&J DG1700-1 grinding machine specifically designed for dies and rolls.

Finally, having it re-counter sunk again by using the O&J CSV14-3 counter sinking machine for ring dies.

Differences between regions In the northern states of Europe and Scandinavia, mills generally carry out reworking to both ring dies and rolls.

Ring dies get re-grounded, re-counter sunk and cleaned up - schematically dies get re-worked two or three times a lifetime, depending to production and die condition.

Rolls are normally ground the first time and then given a new roll shell the next time. Also, items such as axles, bearings, cover plates and seal collars are cleaned up

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and controlled before re-assembling which includes a new roll shell.

In other regions throughout the globe, this may be different due to existing infrastructure, labour cost, etc.

However, we register from those other regions an ever growing interest using our techniques and machines to set up service centers for re-working. We invest great interest in being at their service – working together facing a common future and possibility.

A fine example is that a year ago we fulfilled delivery of technical equipment to the Philippines for a local service

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centre in Cebu, which is now giving such re-working possibilities to local mills in that region. Even though there have been a few obstacles to overcome, the region shows great interest in the local set-up having their dies and rolls re-worked there and generally following the same ideas as we operate here.

Apart from Europe, O&J machines are in operation in India, Thailand, Singapore, Korea, China, USA and Canada and there’s more to come – O&J is creating a future together with dedicated clients throughout the globe.

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Challenges in producing gluten-free baked goods

Figure 1: Effects of different gluten-free premixes on the colour of the crumb

by Martina Mollenhauer and Lutz Popper, Mühlenchemie GmbH & Co. KG, Ahrensburg, Germany

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luten-free has become a popular catchword. For a small section of the population it is synonymous with a strict diet, whereas others regard it as a lifestyle trend. What is really behind it, and what challenges does baking without gluten present?

disease, but no antibodies can be detected in the blood. Nor is there any damage to the bowel mucosa. Relief can also be achieved with a gluten-free diet. Many of the persons affected tolerate small amounts of gluten again after a few weeks and can gradually determine their individual limit.

The literature describes a number of disorders which make a gluten-free diet desirable or essential, namely allergy, coeliac disease and gluten sensitivity.

The market

Wheat allergy Medically speaking, wheat allergy is immune-mediated and can be detected by means of antibodies in the blood. The body usually reacts to the gliadins in the wheat protein. In the Western world the incidence is estimated to be 0.1-0.5 percent of the population. In most cases a diet totally free of gluten is unnecessary, since rye, barley and oats are well tolerated.

Coeliac disease Coeliac disease is also an immune-mediated disorder; the cause in this case is the gluten proteins in the grain. The mucous membrane of the bowel is damaged and the uptake of nutrients impaired. In severe cases the symptoms include constant diarrhoea and nutrient deficiency resulting in weight loss. The incidence of coeliac disease is estimated at 0.2 – 1 percent of the population.

However, as only 0.1 percent of the cases are diagnosed, there is a very wide margin of error. Under a strictly gluten-free regimen the bowel mucosa can recover, and the symptoms recede within a few weeks.

Gluten sensitivity Gluten sensitivity is also fairly rare, affecting 2-3 percent of the population. Gluten sensitivity was not defined as a medical disorder until 2012. It is also termed noncoeliac gluten intolerance. The symptoms are similar to those of the allergy and coeliac

ly by the FDA in the USA, ‘gluten free’ products have been defined as containing a maximum of 20 mg/kg of gluten. This low level necessitates complete separation of the production lines and storage facilities from those used for normal wheat products, or requires specialist firms that use no wheat products at all.

The challenge to the baking industry in the production of gluten-free goods lies in the fact that the most important functional component, namely gluten, is missing. With its ability to form a network, gluten is responsible for the elasticity of the dough, its water-binding capacity and many aspects of the texture of the finished goods. While the gliadins determine the viscosity and extensibility of the dough, the glutenins strengthen the cell structure. In both yeast-raised and

The total number of consumers with a medical indication for a gluten-free diet is about 2-4 percent. If members of these persons’ households and those who choose gluten-free nutrition as a lifestyle are included, the potential for gluten-free products increases to nearly 10% of the population.

In recent years, all manner of different reports and publications have caused many consumers to think a gluten-free diet is more healthy in general. In his book “Wheat Belly”, William Davis Table 1: Premixes for gluten-free baked goods goes as far as to claim that Usage the consumption of wheat is Product level Description harmful in all cases. in % Surveys have shown that many consumers choose a TopBake Rice With seeds for rice bread 100 gluten-free diet as a means of Bread with a typical bread flavour losing weight, and mistakenly TopBake Rice 100 Allergen-free rice bread describe the products as “low Bread AF carb”. Although there is much With sour dough, for discussion of the reasons for TopBake Rice 100 allergen-free rice bread with buying gluten-free products, Bread QSD a dark, aromatic crumb we have found that only a TopBake WA 0.02 Enzyme/fibre complex for a small proportion of the buyers Pure (Rice)* -0.1 more succulent crumb suffer from gluten intolerance or have an affected relative TopBake Fresh 0.005 Enzyme complex to prolong 60 (Rice)* -0.02 the shelf-life living with them. If we examine the newly launched products Hydrocolloid for dough TopBake Rice (NLPs) on the supermarket 5 stability and enhanced crumb Concentrate shelves we find that glutenstructure free products constitute a Versatile mixture for Madeira TopSweet Cake trend that continues to prom100 cake, shortcake biscuits, Mix Rice ise good growth rates. doughnuts and wafers

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not clear. The cereal itself is certainly gluten-free, but in the course of the production and processing chain it quite often becomes contaminated with gluten. So oat products are frequently not recognized as gluten-free.

Bread and rolls In the production of bread and rolls it is possible to work with either doughs or batters. In order to use standard equipment we have specialFig. 2: Comparison of ized in the use of doughs and a gluten-free sponge developed recipes based on base (left) with a sponge readily available rice flours and containing gluten starches.

The first challenge we faced chemically raised goods, this interaction has was to seek functional ingredients that result an important effect on leavening and the in a crumb structure similar to that of bread. formation of the crumb; In gluten-free prod- Since the gluten network is lacking, various ucts the effect must be achieved with other hydrocolloids and vegetable fibres were ingredients, otherwise there is a risk that the tested in order to create a stable dough and volume will be much smaller and that the enable the formation of a crumb structure.

As machinability is a further important crumb will lose its elasticity and become dry factor in industrial production, special considand rubbery.

The raw materials available as an alterna- eration was given to it in our development tive to wheat, rye, barley and spelt flour are work.

The tests showed that HPMC (hydroxygluten-free cereals such as maize, rice, millet or buckwheat and also the pseudo-cereals propylmethylcellulose, E 464) combined amaranth and quinoa. Instead of the flours with vegetable fibres from grain, leguminous themselves, the starches or suitable mixtures plants or psyllium achieves the necessary of these are used. The status of oats is stability and water binding capacity. We

have presented this combination as TopBake Rice Concentrate with an optimized mixture ratio. Depending on the choice of raw materials and the products to be baked, approximately 5% is used in the starch and gluten-free flour base.

Because of their high starch content and the greater mobility of the water in such systems, gluten-free bakery products tend to become stale very quickly. The crumb soon becomes dry and hard, and the bread is no longer pleasant to eat. For sliced bread, especially, and for pack sizes too large to be consumed within one day, we recommend using TopBake Fresh 60. This enzyme helps to prevent staling and keeps the crumb elastic. As with all other raw materials, care is taken to ensure that the carriers are gluten-free.

In addition to the anti-staling enzyme, TopBake WA Pure can be used to optimize bread and rolls and achieve a moister crumb.

This enzyme and fibre complex achieves good water binding in the crumb and creates a succulent mouth feel.

Both TopBake WA Pure and TopBake Fresh 60 are used by companies that wish to enhance their own formulations. Since the quality of gluten-free bakery products has improved continuously in recent years, such “on top” ingredients help to maintain competitiveness.

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demands on the production and storage of raw materials and finished goods. The gluten-free cereals have to be stored and processed separately. In the production chain, regular controls and analyses of the intermediate products, ingredients, and of course the end products, have to be carried out in order to guarantee the absence of gluten. That is one of the reasons why the products are expensive.

Various ready-mixed flours for rice bread are therefore available for reducing the risk of contamination as far as possible.

These products only require the addition of yeast, vegetable oil and water. The product group facilitates handling, logistics, storage and controls at bakeries.

That brings us to the next challenge: products based on rice have a characteristic but rather bland taste which scarcely compares with that of wheat bread. A mixture for typical rice bread is available under the name TopBake Rice Bread AF, AF standing for allergen-free. In the choice of the raw materials, care was taken to avoid all known allergens.

The colour of the crumb of bread made solely from rice is very light; this is much appreciated in Asia, whereas Europeans tend to regard it as non-typical. TopBake Rice Bread QSD was developed in order to modify both the flavour and the colour profile. Use of a gluten-free sour dough makes the crumb darker and enhances the flavour (Figure 1).

To achieve a flavour more typical of wheat bread, a mixture containing roasted seeds is available. TopBake Rice Bread has excellent sensory properties, but because of the seeds it contains some raw materials capable of causing allergies.

Pastry goods Whereas bread and bread rolls are staple foods and therefore take priority in the basket of goods purchased and in development work, it should not be forgotten that the affected persons wish to enjoy pastry goods too. In this case the absence of gluten is less critical. In TopSweet Cake Mix Rice a raw material is available with which numerous products such as Madeira cake, shortcake biscuits, doughnuts or wafers can be made. When the ingredients were selected, importance was attached to universal use. Since the mixture already contains baking powder, emulsifiers, flavourings and sugar, no gluten-free raw materials have to be purchased specially, a fact that simplifies the manufacturer’s raw material logistics. Variations in the products can be achieved simply by adding egg, milk, fat etc.

For light, beaten sponge gateau bases, a combination of rice flour and corn starch was chosen as the basic raw material. This results in a more pleasant, yellow colour than that of normal wheat flour sponges (Figure 2). The texture is light and the crumb succulent, similar to that of wheat-based products. Only whole egg and water have to be added.

All in all, it may be said that the choice and quality of gluten-free products has improved considerably in recent years. This is due not least to the wider range of ingredients and additives available which have been developed specifically to solve the problems associated with gluten-free products (Tab.1). In the baking industry, ready-mixed flours offer manufacturers the certainty that the raw materials are “gluten-free” by definition, and they thus reduce the complexity of the supply chain and the cost of analyses. By doing so they open up an interesting possibility of participating in this growing market segment.

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133.6kg/capita Setting a global benchmark for feed production

by Roger Gilbert, publisher of GFMT magazine

Roger Gilbert was invited to participate on the recent round of VIV Roadshows, speaking in Abuja, Nigeria at the beginning of January 2014 and more recently at the IPPE’s VIV Pig Production Summit USA. His topic was: ‘The role of a robust compound feed to meet the needs of a growing world population’ and based on survey results from Alltech’s feed survey showing world production in 2013 at 963 million tonnes.

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ooking at production statistics and population figures in isolation does not provide us with a clear view of where we have come from and where we are likely to end up in a world that is being challenged to feed itself adequately.

Static figures do not encourage us to address issues that are looming.

I’m of the view that information is knowledge, knowledge brings responsibility, and together provides us with influence and power to bring about change. If we ‘know’ we have a responsibility to ‘act’.

Nigeria represents one of the few countries on the planet that is adding substantially and significantly to its population base. In the next decade it is projected by the US Census Bureau to add 50 million people to its current 177 million population base and by 2050 challenge the USA for the third most populated country at just under 400 million people! It’s an issue that our industry, and the food industry in general – both in Nigeria and globally - will have to address.

Nigeria is just one example, an extreme one, of what is likely to happen in developing countries over the next 35 years.

However, there is good news for Africa. From the FAO, and surveying the first 12 years of the 21st century, Africa IS increasing its production of foodstuffs faster than anywhere else on the planet.

The area being harvest is increasing at twice the rate of that of any other region while two regions – the Americas and Europe – show no increase in area harvested at all.

Product quality is also improving at the fastest rate in this region while yield increases are matching those being achieved in the America and Asia.

While world food production growth is increasing on average at 2.1 percent per year, Africa is moving ahead at 3.5 percent – and Nigeria is in amongst the countries achieve these higher-thanaverage increases.

Food consumption per capita based on an index of 2004-06, shows Africa achieving the fastest and most sustained growth rising from 78kg/ head to 117kg/head since 1992.

As we are addressing compound feed production it is interesting to see what is happening to the consumption of meat and eggs. Total food supply has doubled in that period to 1.4 million tonnes and per capita consumption of meat up from 7.4kg/ head to almost 9kg/head.

That in fact, highlights the next point I wish to make. How can ‘meat’ supply double yet per head consumption rise by less than 20%? The answer is straightforward – population increase. And that is

why grams/day consumption of ‘meat’ products (in protein and fat terms) has largely stagnated in Nigeria since 1997.

By comparison world food supply has also shown a steady upward trend, increasing by almost 1/5th over a 20 year period.

However, in contrast to that, world per capita consumption has fallen from a high of 151kg on average to 146.5kg. No much you might think in terms of total weight, but the additional population over that period is having an impact and we are likely to see this downward trend continue.

And based on consumption per person, the supply of protein in our diets is showing a steady decline as well. On average we are consuming a gram less protein per person per day. Again not significant you might think, but highlights an ongoing tend that can only accelerate.

Fat consumption on the other hand remains relatively unchanged, at between 5.9-6g/head per day. Possibly reflecting the tremendous increase in palm production throughout Asia over recent decades.

Population pyramids I want to show here how developing country populations are going to increase – again based on figures from the US Census Bureau. I have compared them to the country I live in – the UK - for comparison. You’ll notice that Nigeria has a wider population base compared to the UK (which given the total difference in numbers, is only natural). Also, the UK shows a ‘bulge’ in the 40-60 year olds groups due in part to the baby boomers following the Second World War. What is also evident is the increased number of people living longer in the UK than their counterparts in Nigeria.

As we move ahead through time – to 2030 - the Nigerian population base has widened by an additional 8-10 million births in the 0-4 age group (with a total of 38 million) while the shape of the pyramid remains the same; and with no more people living longer. In the UK on the other hand the population base has remained largely unchanged while even more people are living longer.

Finally, by 2050, the year in which it’s calculated the world will reach 9.5 billion people on the planet, and before stabalising at around 10 billion for the remainder of the century, Nigeria, while maintaining its pyramid shape, will once more see its population base

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expand, this time adding almost 70 million people in one-to-four year olds! Again the UK is largely unchanged with a static population base.

These are in general the two key trends that differenciate between today’s developed countries and those ‘developing’.

Global feed production I’m basing my comments on the latest Alltech Survey 2013 which provides output figures up until December 2013: the most comprehensive available for our industry worldwide and which we should be grateful to have.

The world currently manufacturers annually just under a billion metric tonnes of compounded or formulated animal feed. These feed statistics were collected by 600 Alltech staff from 130 countries involving 28,196 feedmills. Note: Numbers for less developed countries may be less accurate; but that will have little influence on overall dataset.

The top 10 countries in descending order of output are: China, USA, Brazil, Mexico, Spain, India, Russia, Japan, Germany and France which account for 611 million tonnes or two-thirds of world production.

Poultry, which includes layers, broilers, turkeys and others, account for 444.4 million tonnes of feeds while pigs account for 242.8 million tonnes and ruminants – dairy, beef, calves and others – 195.6 million tonnes.

Key survey findings include: • China leading producer at 189 million tons • Asia leading overall region with 348 million • US and Brazil 2nd and 3rd largest countries • Africa fastest growing region; up 7% • Middle East has largest feed mills by annual production Other key findings: • Poultry still the leading species • 46% of all feed is poultry feed, 61% of that is for broilers • 444.4 million tons fed to poultry worldwide • Aqua experienced fastest growth up 17% over 2012 – exceeded 40 million tons.

• Pig feed production increased 11% (esp. China) • Pet food up slightly, Equine up 14% • Ruminant feed production declined 20% • Decline in both Beef and Dairy • Able to switch to forages when grain prices high The 16 important countries in terms of feed production are ranked in the bar chart above because I want to make the point that countries producing more feed do not necessarily have more feedmills. In fact, this chart is ranked by countries on the left with the least feed mills to the most on the right. And what is really

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In fact, the next few slides will focus on aquaculture as I believe that based on the information coming to hand, this species is likely to become a major food source for us in the future. Aquaculture is already making a growing and significant contribution to our planet’s protein supplies.

Salmon will continue to lead the way with a rapid increase rate of 4.6 percent while catfish and poultry follow. Pork and beef are lower down at 1% and under.

Fish is out-performing beef production. Over the past 50 years it has managed to keep pace with the uptake of meat thanks to the development of aquaculture.

Over the past 30 years, while seafood production has increased per capita consumption has risen to 19kg/head (compare to 59kg of beef consumption per head of population in China in 2009).

And looking ahead, FAO projects that in the run-up to 2050 we will experience a boom in production, seeing total seafood supplies increase by more than a third.

FAO project that the feed requirement of aquaculture will increase at a rate of over six percent per annum up until 2020 to 11 percent of all feed supplies, over land-based protein supplies of a 2.2 percent annual increase for the same period.

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For every Nigerian to enjoy the ‘world average’ supply of animal proteins based on compound feed, then the Nigerian Feed Industry has to rise to the challenge and lift production from 1.9 million tonnes to 23.6 million tonnes annually: over a 10-fold increase on what it is producing now.

Give our industry a chance I believe that scientifically-formulated compound feeds offer the solution to this world feeding itself adequately by 2050.

We not only have to meet the future needs of humans arriving on the planet, but we also have to meet the needs of those wanting to improve their diets as they become more economically advanced.

On top of that we have to address the one billion people FAO tells us are receiving less food than is required to sustain themselves. That figure has not been diminishing, but increasing in recent years.

You may not believe that growing livestock and fish for protein is Industry now valued at US$500 billion—higher than previous estimate of US$350 billion a 2.2 percent annual increase for the same period the way forward however, growing and consuming cereals and crops has not proven to be the complete answer either. Livestock and fish have many advantages in the production of protein for human consumption over grains and cereals (which we cannot go into here) and we should give this industry a chance to prove itself as it offers huge utilization and conversion efficiencies yet to be fully realized.

Unless we measure where we are we cannot set meaningful ‘benchmarks’ for ourselves or our industry for the future.

Alltech’s figures are the first comprehensive figures the industry has on just how much compounded feed is being produced and used. Based on these figures and our current world population, I put it to you that each country must set an annual benchmark that sees every citizen having access to food that is based on 133.6kg/head of scientifically-formulated compound feed.

After all, that’s the world average and every country should be striving to be equal to or rise above the average in terms of supplying safe and affordable food to its people. interesting is that the average production from feedmills is not too dissimilar between countries and between regions at 30,000-60,000 tonnes per year.

A developing country’s prospects Nigeria ranks 54 out of the 133 countries surveyed, in terms of total formulated feed production at 1.9 million tonnes (this does not include home-produced feeds or feeding straights or unformulated feeds). I’d like to extrapolate some figures from the information presented and raise a question or two for you to ponder.

1) What are the populations of other countries producing a similar amount of feed to Nigeria?

2) How much feed is being produced by those countries with similar populations?

The reason I ask these questions is that I believe there is a correlation between the volume of compound feed produced in a country and the ability of that country to feed its population adequately.

And I have identified a ‘benchmark’ that I believe all countries need to exceed in order to claim they are providing the nutritional requirements for their populations.

As FAO and other UN organisations, including their associated NGOs, demonstrate safe and affordable food supply is not the responsibility of those with commercial interests alone to fulfill; there is a need for governments to assume responsibility in ensuring food is produced in volumes that are safe and affordable for all.

Here, I show Nigeria’s total population in 2014 alongside the volume in tonnes of its compound feed production (just under 2 million tonnes). I’ve compared that to other countries producing approximately two million tonnes of compound feed and show here the populations those countries feed.

If my proposal has any substance, then the people of Bosnia will be enjoying a healthy diet of livestock and fish products than their counterparts in Sweden or Czech Republic. Or they are enjoying healthier incomes from export sales.

When comparing Nigeria’s 177 million population of today with similarly populated countries we can compare their compound feed production; it is quickly evident that Nigeria is faring no better than Bangladesh and is a long way behind a country like Brazil.

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Minimising the livestock industry’s environmental burden GFMT interviews Sonac’s international sales manager Geert Van Der Velden The Netherlands

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earning how livestock carcasses and by-products are processed is giving greater confidence to consumers that the threat of contamination cannot now enter the food chain – and that in addition the burden on the environment is being reduced.

Animal protein for ruminants While in Europe there is currently no legal approval for the use of animal proteins in ruminant diets, there is a strong market for blood meals and haemoglobin powder in the dairy sector in the USA as it is a proven, valuable source of by-pass protein.

“Here for example, we use a protective soybean meal that is heat treated as an alternative to animal proteins.

“However, we do have one ruminant application: we sell a lot of animal fats into the milk replacer market for calves. There is a massive industry in The Netherlands for fattening young calves up to almost one year of age.

They are only fed milk replacers so they can produce white meat which is considered a specialty here. These products are also sold to France and Italy as white veal.”

Category One animals, those that die on farm including those with disease, whether it's a cow, chicken or a pig, triggers a sophisticated logistics collection and monitoring system whereby farmers use the internet to inform company Rendac who records, collects and delivers the carcass to it’s dedicated processing plant in Son, in The Netherlands “This is what we call Category One – this material will not return to the feed chain. It is mostly used for energy purposes and as such goes towards green energy initiatives. This is just one of the activities that we have here,” says Geert Van Der Velden, international sales manager for Sonac in The Netherlands.

“We also have two Category Three lines in Son for products that can go back into feed.

“One line is a hydrolyzed feather protein, which can be used in aqua feeds.

“In addition we have a blood meal line, which is from mixed species. This product is not allowed for aqua feeds but instead is allowed in petfood and in fur animal feeds.

These are Category Three products.

By-products from animal manure “We also have a plant in Son to do fat refinery, where we process fats in order to make sustainable materials for bio diesel fuels. We are also currently in the process of building a plant to process pig manure – there has recently been new legislation that limits the amount of phosphates and nitrates

that are allowed onto land. So if farmers want to produce more animals we provide a solution for their manure.

“We have high stock densities within The Netherlands, and our farmers have to provide the government with a contract stating that the manure they produce is being processed correctly – we have currently contracted approximately 100 thousand tonnes of manure.

“There are multiple phases in which we will produce different products. In the solid phase we will turn it into pellets and it is sold as an organic fertilizer, exported to countries that are short on organic materials.

“When it is in the liquid phase it will be used in our biogas plants and used for electricity generation.

“This is quite an impressive operation. We have a broad portfolio of different products and activities. For example, we are currently processing some eggshells, but as eggshells are commonly provided by hatcheries, there might be dead birds present. Therefore this is classed as Category Two material.

“We process this material in a special way and then it is sent as feed for fur animals such as mink and foxes. This is a business forbidden in the UK and here. Some people don’t like it, but nevertheless there is a market for fur coats and these animals are still being farmed.

“If we don’t produce it here, it will be produced in places such as Denmark, China, Poland or the Baltic States.”

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Protecting the environment “Basically, we are working out of a delta; if we cannot sell a product for a high price we must procure raw materials at a lower cost and minimize processing fees.

“In general when we are looking at a supply chain, you want to find the product that sells at the highest price possible – as it allows you to provide your suppliers with a better return. It is better for the long-term sustainability of the animal supply chain.

“At the same time we have to always pay attention to what we are putting into our environment. It is a burden on us, but we must always watch our environmental impact.

“If we produce something with great care, you always want to ensure that it is used in the best possible way. I find that it is the main target we have in this industry.

“Obviously meat, which is the major part of livestock rearing, is consumed and stands alone for what we provide. But we should ensure that all parts of the animal are taken proper care of when utilising their by-products.

“Historically, we could say that the byproduct left over from the animal was relatively small. As in the old days you would have backyard slaughtering where individuals were processing the whole pig and using the parts for themselves.

“But with the move to mass industrialization, you have a lot of by-products that no individual can take care of. For example in the UK everyone at one time ate black pudding; but now very few eat it. This illustrates one challenging aspect. Recently information came out of the UK that it is trying to get a movement going whereby by-products for ingredients such as lard are more extensively used by consumers. We like that idea, but these are mostly still niche developments.

“Unfortunately the masses will still go to McDonalds and other fast food outlets. So we have to find the best applications in which to most effectively re-utilize the parts in an effective way; maybe pharmaceutical uses.

Retailers are still cautious “What was relatively new to us was the reintroduction of animal proteins into aquafeed. It will become an additional application in poultry feed, but we are still waiting for EU approval, but the aquafeed approval is there nonetheless.

“These are massive changes, and although it would be good to hop on it early – many retailers may not like the utilization of animal proteins. Many consumers still object to it, so these are the restrictions we must work around. The EU authorities have put restrictions on what can and cannot be used. For example there cannot be any contamination – no bovine DNA - it is extremely strict. The methods to analyze are PCR that are very sensitive. Because of this you have to organize dedicated slaughterhouses, transporters, people and then more dedicated transporters from the plant to customers.

“Plants have to be dedicated. We need

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to develop special lines and plants where we specifically supply the hydrolyzed phetaprotein for aquaculture, for example. We have another plant doing poultry meal, another doing poultry blood meal and yet another doing pork blood meal.

Global markets for aqua Globally, Sonac’s sales breakdown by species is roughly 40 percent pig, 35 percent poultry and everything thats left goes towards aquafeeds.

Most products are sold in Europe.

“As a company our biggest footprint for aquafeed would be within Europe. However, I would say the largest market for aqua products would be China. Our Chinese operation is much smaller but sells quite a bit into the market. We see potential growth in this area in future.

“Bigger companies, such as Skretting and Biomar are looking to acquire or expand operations in China.

“Another example of a growing market is Australia where Sonac’s blood product plant services Skretting, which dominates 95% of that market in salmon production. The Australian company Ridley, in the Brisbane area, has two aquafeed plants as well.

“We are hardly selling into Norway however – it is still without blood animal proteins.

We look at countries with different species, like Denmark which has two production plants processing trout; Germany which has a plant, France, Poland, Italy, Greece – we also export occasionally to Turkey as well.

“The Turkish market has grown huge recently with its trout, seabream and seabass production. Egypt is a hard market though as it does not import much from Europe.”

The aquisition When asked if the aquisition by Darling will effect Sonac products in Europe, Mr Van Der Velden answers, “We still sell our products as Sonac and they will not become a part of the DarPro product line.

“Nevertheless, we try to achieve synergies and see how we can come together – especially in the Asian markets. Because we are primarily active in separate markets - DarPro in North America and Sonac in Europe - we are hoping to bring proteins from both markets to Asia.”

DarPro in comparison would be on an equal ratio of 1:1 with Sonac, with hardly any overlap in products, portfolio or geographic areas marketed to, he adds.

When asked if there were opportunities to bring Sonac products to the USA, Mr Van Der Velden said, “ Yes and no – we do bring some special products to the USA, but more importantly is the OIE update for its qualifications for BSE risk.

“The USA, Netherlands as well as Belgium have been classified as negliable risk. with regard to BSE. “This makes it far easier to export bovine material to the USA. This will be a major help for doing business from here to the USA – it will take about 33 months for this law to take effect, but then we will export more to the USA.”

Darling International Inc. completes the VION ingredients acquisition - which includes feed industry supplier Sonac Darling International Inc with over 120 rendering processing plants, announced on January 8, 2014 that it had completed the planned acquisition of VION Ingredients, a division of VION Holding NV (a member of the VION Food Group), for approximately €1.6 billion in cash.

VION Ingredients is a worldwide leader in the development and production of specialty ingredients from animal origin for applications in pharmaceuticals, food, feed, pet food, fertilizer and bioenergy.

Headquartered in Son en Breugel, The Netherlands, VION Ingredients' global network of facilities on five continents covers all aspects of animal byproduct processing through six brands including Rendac (rendering), Sonac (proteins, fats, edible fats and blood products), Ecoson (green power), Rousselo (gelatin), CTH (natural casings) and Best Hides (hides).

Vion Ingredients, now Darling Ingredients International had sales revenue at January 8, 2014 equated to €115 billion. Under the brand names of Darling the total company has combined sales revenues of approximately US$4billion.

New markets include Nigeria for aquafeed and also South Africa for petfoods as well.

“We plan to expand into South America, South East Asia and then possible Africa as our next target markets. When in South Africa I asked why they didn’t render their own poultry, relying on imports. This was because they eat all the by-products locally, leaving nothing for reworking.”

In China Sonac provide blood products exclusively for feed – however, it is hoping to develop the blood pudding market for the food sector “While blood pudding isn’t popular in Europe, it is still very popular in China and South East Asia,” he adds.

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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.

While soya drives the overall oilmeal price trend, there is plenty of good news among alternative oilseed crops too. Estimates of the 2013/14 global rapeseed and sunflowerseed harvests have been raised again and are now each up by about 7m tonnes on the year – for rapeseed that adds about 11% and for sunflowerseed 20% to last year’s supply.

Supplies of palm kernels are also up by about 4%.

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SIGNIFICANTLY bigger than expected global wheat crop continues to drive wheat prices down – the bellwether Chicago futures contract recently trading levels not seen since mid-2010. European wheat prices haven’t fallen quite as quickly or as far, largely because EU wheat is being drawn into world export markets in record volumes. However, prices here have at least shed about 8.5% basis the Paris milling futures market where nearby deliveries dropped back to their October 2013 lows and new crop November to its harvest lows. The weakest European sector this month was UK feed wheat, prices of which fell on the London futures market to their cheapest since late 2011. At this stage, EU futures tell us that milling wheat will be about 4.5% cheaper still by late 2014 whereas the US markets ‘forecast’ prices recovering by about 6% by then. Based on the supply, demand and stocks outlook, many observers think the EU scenario more accurate.

European and US markets have also been closely watching events on the world export market for wheat – forecast to enjoy a record volume of trade this season. Global export prices haven’t fully reflected the plunge in Chicago futures yet, mainly because of a pull back in the cheap and hectic early-season pace of selling by the ‘Black Sea’ countries, Russia, Ukraine and Rumania. Prices offered by these three, especially Russia and Ukraine, have drifted higher from late 2013 onward as their exportable quality supplies have been run down – though there is cer tainly no lack of competition among other expor ters as we go to press, suggesting physical wheat prices may also have fur ther to fall yet.

One key factor that dominates sentiment is the sheer size of this season’s world wheat crop. Back in the summer, most analysts were expecting a harvest somewhere in the region of 680m tonnes. By the time of our last issue that had jumped to 706m and since then, another 6m has been added, making this easily the biggest global wheat crop ever.

The main factor in this latest increase has been another up-rating of the Canadian crop, by 4.3m to 37.5m tonnes. Increments have also been made to Australian and Chinese

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crops (1m tonnes each)) and Russia (600,000) far outweighing the only blot on the landscape, the dismal performance by Argentina.

Not so long ago, this country was a stalwar t member of what used to be called (before the former Soviet countries erupted onto the scene) the ‘Big Five’ expor ters, producing at least 15m tonnes, sometimes more. But this year, in response to government controlling expor t trade and lower returns, farmers cut acreage sharply, reducing the crop to 10m tonnes or less – its smallest on modern record.

Argentina’s consequent absence from expor t trade hasn’t been missed as much as it might in earlier years due to there being no lack of alternative wheat expor ters eager to supply the world market. India, for example, which used to produce about 80m tonnes a year, mainly for home consumption, has suddenly star ted turning out record crops of 90m tonnes and more and has built up a surfeit of stocks, far exceeding its storage capacity. To reduce this surplus, it has embarked on an expor t programme but this is going slowly so far due to world wheat prices dropping below levels at which it can trade profitably against its relatively high domestic procurement price. However, India’s next crop (harvested around April) may be even bigger than last year’s with some government ministers talking of as much as 100m tonnes. So the imperative to expor t more, even at a loss in terms of government subsidy, is increasing.

India’s wheat is not top quality and some buyers like the world’s largest impor ter Egypt demand higher specs. But many others are less fussy and will take it if the price is right. Recently trading around $270 /tonne and repor tedly prepared to take that as low as $260, India could set the bar low for other expor ters selling into markets more interested in bargains than quality. That includes many of the countries that attract most competition in the Middle-east/Nor th Africa (MENA) region. It also applies to Asian corn impor ters.

Recently, the US has been the cheapest offer on world wheat expor t market, selling soft milling to Egypt as low as $265/tonne fob terms (before freight). That compares with sales to Egypt by the EU (France) around $279 fob. Even with its more expensive transatlantic freight, US soft wheat now comes out at similar levels to the EU in these destination markets. (It’s interesting to note that this time last year, the Chicago markets predicted soft wheat futures would have risen by now to over $300/tonne versus the 3½-year low of $202 that actually traded in Chicago in January).

Recent international import tenders have shown that the Black sea countries are not finished yet with their 2013/14 expor t campaigns. This year’s large Canadian and Australian wheat crops also have to be fully marketed into expor t channels. Along with the drooping US price this requires European wheat exporters to keep prices competitive and, in turn, demands that EU domestic wheat prices stay down.

Another key factor that will help that process – especially the cost of feed wheat – is the increasing competition within the EU market from cheap imported corn, the bulk coming from Ukraine

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and Russia’s record 2013 crops. As we went to press, the EU had already granted 6.2m tonnes of licences to impor t corn in the season to date, largely from these two, even more than at this time last year. That contrasts with the USDA’s assessment that EU corn impor ts from all sources will drop 20% this season. So long as this abundance of cheap imported corn persists, EU feedwheat prices should be held in check. Ukraine has so far expor ted over 11m tonnes of corn in total and is predicted to sell about 18m by the end of the season – so there is some way to go yet - while Russia is forecast to expor t about 2.5m.

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Cheap impor ted corn – plus this season’s 5m tonnes increase in domestic barley production - would be making an even bigger impact on EU feed prices if not for the pell-mell pace of EU wheat exports. So far this season, 17.5m tonnes of soft wheat have been licensed to non-EU countries – over 50% more than at this time last year. That compares with the USDA forecast which has EU total wheat expor ts rising by only 15% this season, albeit to a record 26m tonnes. That implies another 8.5m can be sold or – and if the cheap corn keeps coming in – even more than that. The EU is forecast to use about 120m tonnes of wheat total this season out of a 143m tonne crop and about 42% of that is forecast in the feed sector.

Finally to wheat crop prospects for 2014 which might be summed up as ‘more of the same.’ A deep freeze in the USA seems to have caused minimal damage to winter wheat crops that were sown on a larger area last autumn than in 2012 and may yield better after a moister winter. European and CIS crops have had an unusually mild winter, putting Europe’s in much better shape than last year and allowing CIS fields to catch up with late planting.

Although there were some potential dryness issues in Europe, Russia and Ukraine, where planted area is lower this year, there has now been some good rain/snown and most crops there are reported in good shape with potential to yield better than last year.

West Europe has also had some issues with too much rain while southeast Europe could do with more moisture. But the general situation encourages many analysts to expect a 2014 wheat crop at least as large, if not larger than last year’s. Among the remaining big exporters, Canada is a grey area as it sows the bulk of its crop in the spring. Farmers there are repor tedly disappointed with low prices resulting from the record 2013 crop and lower world markets so wheat area there is expected to contract - while yields might struggle to approach last year’s unusually high level (26% up on 2012!). Either way Canada will have much larger star ting stocks for 2014/15. Taking into account these possibilities, and the expected jump in Indian output, at this early stage, it looks possible that global wheat output will again be large – though maybe nearer 680/690m than 710m tonnes. Also, even after this season’s forecast 20/22m tonnes rise in world consumption, global starting stocks should be higher. Along with the competition from a huge, far cheaper maize supply (the discount to wheat in Chicago futures is about 25% this month), the forward fundamentals for wheat offer no obvious justification for price rises and even potential for further declines. That scenario was echoed by some of the forecasts from banks and hedge funds this month – most indicate bets on wheat prices rising simply aren’t wor th investing in this year - which makes good news for consumers.

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tonnes). This suppor ted recent trade and quasi-official Chinese estimates that the country’s import demand – this season’s forecast biggest growth area – would not reach the earlier expected 7-10m tonnes (USDA has now reduced that to 5m).

It also sharpened the focus on China’s continual rejection of impor ted corn cargoes from the USA containing an unapproved GM variety. China was the second largest growth factor (after Mexico) in this season’s forecast higher US corn expor t trade, having bought 4.9m of US total sales of 29.5m. Discounts have been required to diver t these unwanted cargoes have been diver ted to other Asian customers, weighing on US physical and futures prices. Even so, US maize expor ts are still expected to expand from 18.3m to 37m tonnes as Mexico doubles impor ts and other buyers take more at this year’s cheaper prices.

Elsewhere on the supply scene, the newly planted Argentine crop has had some stress from hot dry weather, trimming some forecasts by about 1m tonnes from earlier ideas of a similar crop to last year’s bumper 26m. Brazil, on the other hand, has had mostly perfect weather, making the USDA’s prediction of 70m tonnes

Plenty of maize too ...

After their 40% drop in calendar 2013, maize prices have held remarkably steady recently, the Chicago futures market more or less back where it was as the previous issue of Milling went to press after trading a tight range both sides. It’s interesting to note that at this time last year, CBOT maize offered an $80/tonne discount to wheat on the exchange. Currently, it’s around $180 cheaper and the gap is indicated even wider later this year - despite the far looser stock/use ratio for wheat (for the end 2013/14, that equation is 26% or 13½ weeks’ supply versus maize around 17% or just under 9 weeks).

Since our last review, the USDA has issued its final US maize crop estimate for 2013 at just under 354m tonnes – about 1.6m under its November forecast versus trade expectations of something 1m-3m tonnes higher. This change is not of lasting statistical significance in the context of a crop still 80m tonnes bigger than last year’s in a season when demand is expected to increase by a far smaller 34m tonnes. Although the consumption estimate is up almost 4m tonnes from November, it will still leave 2013/14 carryover stocks at a very ample 41.4m tonnes (versus last year’s 20.9m).

No less impor tant was the USDA’s 6m tonne increase to its crop estimate for second largest maize producer China (now 216m

look too cautious. A lot depends on the second or ‘Safrinhas’ crop which was sown on unusually large area last year and had bumper yields. That is expected to contract somewhat this year but that hasn’t stopped some analysts predicting a 74-76m tonne total crop (versus last year’s record 81m). Even if Brazil’s 2013/14 expor ts dropped, say 5m tonnes with a smaller harvest to the currently forecast 21m, that would still be massive by comparison with all years prior to last season’s record 26m (whe Brazil’s expor ts were usually only 8-12m).

Along with the huge CIS maize crops mentioned above, this is unprecedented competition for US exporters – and at discounted prices too. As a result, recent estimates suggest the US will only supply a third of world maize import demand in 2013/14 compared with 57% five years ago.

In total, world maize output is now seen at 967m tonnes compared with last year’s 863m and the previous record (2011/12)

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886m tonnes. Consumption, on the other hand is seen rising by 77m tonnes, mostly taking place in the US, China, Brazil and Mexico. As in the US market, that means world stocks rising – by 28m tonnes to 160m, providing a more comforting cushion against possible 2014 crop problems.

In the Nor then Hemisphere, maize has yet to be sown but there are some early pointers to farmers’ intentions. The USA was initially forecast by many analysts to reduce acreage in response to the steep price drop and a desire to plant more soyabeans because of their relatively better prices. However, recently, some sources hav drawn attention to the amount of land that went unsown because of bad weather last spring – over 8m acres. Along with by almost a third to a record 72m tonnes. On the top of that, the land released from conservation, some observers estimate well US is also expected this spring to sow its largest soya acreage ever over 9m acres of extra crop land will be available – enough to in a response to the relatively better return that farmers can get sharply expand soyabean areas without denting the maize share. from beans versus maize – the main rival for land in the Midwest Coupled with another year of trend yields, that could again leave hear t of the US Corn Belt. So, barring some weather upset to the US in hefty supply for 2014/15, even without those extra the Lat-Am harvests or US sowing/summer crop development, carryover stocks. the world is likely to be awash with soyabeans come the autumn.

A similar equation could be presented in the CIS countries too as The full weight of these ’macro’ figures has yet to fully make land that went unplanted to winter wheat because of wet weather its mark in lower soya meal prices, due to several factors. One is sown this spring to maize. The way CIS maize exports are going is the speed at which last year’s US soya crop is disappearing, may give farmers confidence to VICTAMisland:Layout 1 30/8/13 14:22 Page 1 maintain or boost area even though prices are down.

Futures markets suggest a modest premium on end2014 maize prices but it would not be a total surprise if the reverse situation occurred although, as usual one must remember that a world of weather possibilities lie ahead to alter prospects for planting, growing and harvest seasons in the Americas, Europe and the 8 – 10 April 2014 . Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre (BITEC), Bangkok, Thailand CIS.

… and a record oilmeal supply too Es timates of wor ld oilbearing crops seem to keep incr ea sing too with each passing month, promising ample supplies and cheaper for ward prices for oilmeals.

The key factor remains this season’s expected massive Latin American soyabean crop which has just begun harvest.

The popular range for Brazil’s output is now 90/91m tonnes versus last year’s 82m while Argentina’s is expected to increase from just over 49m to about 55m. Just two years ago, these two produced 66.5m and 40.1m tonnes respectively.

Along with smaller producers like Paraguay, that means the region as a whole is producing about 43/45m tonnes more beans than in 2011/12, equal to about 35m tonnes more soya meal. Over that time, global demand for the end product is projected to increase by just 9m tonnes, resulting in global soyabean surplus stocks rising

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especially in shipments to the world’s top soya impor ter China.

This has happened for several reasons. One is that China wants to see the Latin American crops heading for the harvest home run and, as insurance against a weather upset, has probably double-booked a lot of its US soyabean impor t purchases.

Another incentive to buy US is China’s fear that Brazil may see a repeat of the shipping disruption it suffered last year when record soya, sugar and maize crops fought for loading and vessel space, resulting in delayed expor ts. Brazil has pledged por t logistic improvements but with even bigger crops this year, customers need to be convinced. A third factor is the weakness of Argentina’s economy, resulting in a collapsing currency and rampant inflation, prompting its farmers to hoard a huge chunk of last year’s big crop – some estimate between 8m and 11m tonnes. That par ticularly affects foreign buyers of soya meal of which Argentina is the largest expor ter. So the US gets the expor t business in both beans and products, hoisting its crush and threatening very low pipeline stocks well before its season ends in August.

The US can meet this challenge if Brazil gets its shipping sorted out and China cancels a lot of its US soyabean purchases – or GRAPASisland:Layout 30/8/13 14:29Latin Page 1 the US itself could impor t1cheap and plentiful American

supplies to keep its crushers and meal consumers going and their input prices under control. But in the meantime, there remains a theoretical gap to be filled and that is tending to keep soya prices higher than the longer term supply fundamentals suggest they should be. That said, forward futures markets show the way the wind is likely to blow. Even the 18% price drop they currently por tray may well prove conservative if all these fresh supplies arrive as planned.

While soya drives the overall oilmeal price trend, there is p l e n t y of g o o d n e w s among alternative oilseed crops too. Estimates of the 2013 /14 global rapeseed and sunflowerseed harvests have been raised again and are now each up by about 7m tonnes on the year – for rapeseed that adds about 11% and for sunflowerseed 20 % to last year’s supply.

Supplies of palm kernels 8 – 10 April 2014 . Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre (BITEC), Bangkok, Thailand are also up by about 4% .

Including the other oilmeal sou r ces – g r ou nd nu t s , cottonseed, copra etc, this puts total world oilseed supply 31m tonnes higher this year than last and almost 60m over that of 2011/12.

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• In the shor t ter m, key supply factors will include how US, European and CIS crops emerge from what has so far been a gentler winter than last year’s. Moisture has been plentiful (sometimes too much of a good thing) in West Europe, better than in recent years in the US and after recent rain and snow, satisfactor y in the ‘Black Sea’ region. Traders are expecting higher yields and bigger overall crops across all three regions if the weather stays cooperative.

Canada may sow a lot less wheat for its mainly spring planted crop and see yields decline from las t year’s stellar levels but still have

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an above average crop – and carryover stocks. is now expected to rise by 7.6% this season, despite earlier • Wheat costs have been driven down by this season’s huge government environmental agency proposals to curb bio-fuel world crop and by strong expor t competition – even though blending. Yet US stocks will still rebound to what some see as impor t demand is running at record levels too, especially from burdensome levels. the Middle East where political tensions may be encouraging • Will China remain a key maize importer, helping to soak up some some stocking up of food basics. of the world surplus? Recent analyses have reduced forecasts • There is some mild unease about the pace of European for 2013/14 impor ts on the basis that China’s own crop was expor t sales – running far in excess of the target pace. Yet under-rated (not for the first time). the upward pressure on wheat prices that might normally imply is contained by equally massive impor ts of cheap maize OILMEALS/PROTEINS from the CIS region, mainly Ukraine. The US is also selling • Latin American soya crops seem to be in sight of achieving their wheat expor ts faster than needed but will star t its own planned 2014 records. Along with a planned record US crop, that should keep oilmeal costs down across the board in the har vest in four months’ time. Canada, Australia and India year ahead. have plenty of current crop wheat left to expor t. Argentina, Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan are all still in the game too, • China will remain the main influence on demand. albeit offering smaller quantities now. So the implied ‘buyers’ • Big EU and CIS rapeseed & sunflowerseed and Canadian canola market’ continues. Along with sustained competition for feed crops are also helping to inflate 2013/14 oilmeal supplies. Current wheat from record maize supplies, that should help hold down crop pointers for these are mixed. Weather favours Europe and European wheat costs, assuming no crop weather problems CIS crops while Canada will sow and, probably yield less canola. going for ward.

But stocks of both oilseeds have been rebuilt somewhat this • Food, bio-fuel and other outlets will also help add about 3.5% season to help cushion against any decline in new production FIAAPisland:Layout 1 30/8/13 14:26 Page 1 or 24m tonnes to world total wheat consumption in 2013/14 (which may not necessarily take place). but the large crop will still allowing some moderate stock growth - to more than adequate levels in terms of global consumption.

COARSE GRAINS • Last year’s US maize crop rebound continues to hold down global feed gr ain prices along with record Latin American and CIS export supplies. Along with bigger barley output it will leave the world with much larger carryover stocks for the new coarse grain season star ting September 1.

• US planting might contract t his s pr ing a s f a r m e r s dis a ppointe d w i t h low pr ices tur n to more remuner ative crops like soyabeans. But with more overall acres available this year, some analysts think there may be room enough to increase bean crops without cut ting back on maize.

• Ukraine and Russia have unplanted winter wheat land that will go to spring planted crops – oilseeds and maize. They are expected to remain key players in the global maize expor t market with huge influence on European feed values.

• Ideas that US feed use of maize will rise in the year ahead were reinforced by higher than expected consumption and lower than expected stocks for the first quarter of 2013/14.

US ethanol demand for maize (40% of consumption)

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FIAAP Asia 2014 is the only dedicated trade show and conference organised specifically for feed ingredients, additives and formulation within the dynamic and growing region of South and South East Asia.

New for 2014 Now including the first ASEAN Feed Summit

Supported by The Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau

Specialist conferences The exhibition will be supported by its own specialist conferences.

They will include: The FIAAP Conference 2014 Petfood Forum Asia 2014 Aquafeed Horizons Asia 2014 The Thai Feed Conference 2014

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13 - 16 March 14

GEAPS Exchange, CenturyLink Center, Nebraska, USA Contact: Rose Miller or Samantha Kukowski Tel: +1 952 928 4640 Email: conferences@geaps.com www.geaps.com/exchange

Turkish Flour Industrialists' Federation Celebration of 10th Foundation Anniversary and International Congress and Exhibition Titanic Deluxe Belek, Antalya, Turkey Contact: Turkish Flour Industrialists Federation (TFIF) Tel: +90 312 440 0454 Email: bilgi@tusaf.org http://www.tusaf.org/EN

3 -5 March 14 Pig, Poultry & Dairy Focus Asia Queen Sirikit National Convention center Bangkok, Thailand Contact: Panadda Kongma Tel: +662 670-0900 Ext. 204 Email: panadda@vnuexhibitionsap.com www.positiveaction.info/conferences.php

6 March 14 Campden BRI Seminar: Safety and Quality of Livestock Feed, Campden BRI site, Gloucestershire, UK Contact: Nick Saunders Tel: +44 0 1386 842104 Email: nick.saunders@campdenbri.co.uk www.campdenbri.co.uk/livestock-feedseminar.php

12 – 14 March 14 2014 Purchasing & Ingredient Supplier’s Conference (PISC), Caesars Palace, Nevada, USA Contact: American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) Tel: +1 703 524 0810 Email: afia@afia.org www.afia.org

17 – 21 March 14 Fundamentals of Milling, International School of Milling, Ocrim S.p.A, Cremona, Italy Contact: International Association of Operative Millers (IAOM) Tel: +1 913 338 3377 Email: info@iaom.info http://www.iaom.info/education

19 – 21 March 14 ILDEX Vietnam Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Contact: Nalinrat Ananamnuaylap Tel: +662 670 0900 ext. 118 Email: nalinrat.ana@vnuexhibitionsap.com http://www.ildex.com

20 – 21 March 14 Cassava World Africa Radisson Blu Hotel Lusaka, Africa Contact: Ms. Huiyan Tel: +65 6346 9113 Email: huiyan@cmtsp.com.sg www.cmtevents.com

4th Sports & Performance Nutrition 2014

24 – 28 March 14

14 – 16 May 14

Fundamentals of Milling II International School of Milling, Ocrim S.p.A, Cremona, Italy Contact: International Association of Operative Millers (IAOM) Tel: +1 913 338 3377 Email: info@iaom.info http://www.iaom.info/education/

13th European Young Cereal Scientists and Technologists Workshop, German Research Institute for Food Chemistry, Freising, Germany Contact: Rhonda Wilkie Tel: +1 651 454 7250 Email: rwilkie@scisoc.org http://www.aaccnet.org

25 – 27 March 14

118th Annual International Association of Operative Millers (IAOM) Conference and Expo, Omaha Hilton Hotel and Qwest Center, Nebraska, USA Contact: IAOM Tel: +1 913 338 3377 Email: info@iaom.info http://www.iaom.info/annualmeeting

Storage and Discharge of Powders and Bulk Solids, The Wolfson Centre for Bulk Solids Handling Technology, University of Greenwich, Kent, UK Contact: Caroline Chapman Tel: +44 20 8331 8646 Email: Wolfson-enquiries@gre.ac.uk www.bulksolids.com

8 April 14 GRAPAS Conference (held in conjunction with Victam Asia) Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Centre (BITEC) Bangkok, Thailand Contact: Andy West Tel: +44 0173 776 3501 Email: Andrew.west733@ntlworld.com http://www.victam.com

8 – 10 April 14 Victam Asia Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Centre (BITEC), Bangkok, Thailand Contact: Andy West Tel: +44 0173 776 3501 Email: Andrew.west733@ntlworld.com http://www.victam.com

8-10 April 14 FIAAP Asia Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Centre (BITEC) Bangkok, Thailand Contact: Andy West Tel: +44 0173 776 3501 Email: Andrew.west733@ntlworld.com http://www.victam.com

8-10 April GRAPAS Asia Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Centre (BITEC) Bangkok, Thailand Contact: Andy West Tel: +44 0173 776 3501 Email: Andrew.west733@ntlworld.com http://www.victam.com

23 – 25 April 14

1 & 2 April 2014, Cologne (Germany) International Speakers from Optimum Nutrition, Fitness First, Capsugel, FrieslandCampina DMV, The Nielsen Company, PhD Sport Nutrition, Cologne University, Innova Market Insights, CRI Collagen Research, ESSNA, Marche Polytechnique University and many more..

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VIV India 2014 Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC) Bangalore, India Contact: Manuel Madani Tel: +31 30 295 2608 Email: Manuel.madani@vnuexhibitions.com http://www.viv.net/en

6 – 8 May 14 Nation Branding & Investment Expo (NBI) 2014, Beursgebouw Eindhoven, The Netherlands Contact: NBI Tel: +31 0 40 246 3626 Email info@nbiexpo.com http://www.nbiexpo.com

19 – 23 May 14

20 – 22 May 14 VIV Europe 2014, Jaarbeurs Utrecht complex, Utrecht, the Netherlands Contact: Ruwan Berculo Tel: +31 3029 52879 Email: viv.europe@vnuexhibitions.com http://www.viv.net

2nd Global Milling Conference Meeting the food and feed security needs of nine billion people by 2050 will again form the basis of this two-day annual event that has moved from Chennai in Southern India (where the inaugural sessions were held in February this year), to Bangalore, a more accessible centre for millers from throughout the country.

Hosted jointly by Grain and Feed Milling Technology and Assocom-India, the Global Milling Conference will feature a host of international speakers and delegates with the aim of reviewing the Indian milling industry - flour, rice, feed and grains - from a milling processing point-of-view.

India, with its one-billion-plus population, will be a major user of milled products and a leading country in total milled grains in the decades ahead and will lead the region in technological advancements.

Milling in India will benefit from the adoption of modern milling practices and processes which this conference aims to highlight.

Hosted in the same week and city as VIV India 2014, the conference takes place at the Vivanta Taj Hotel, Bangalore, India from 23 - 24 April 2014.

Delegates will be able to attend both events during the one visit to Bangalore.

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SPACE elects new president The board of directors of the international trade fair SPACE met in Rennes at the end of January where they unanimously

AMC programme highlights - Feed & Food in the Asian Century Asia's rise in the 21st century will profoundly affect Australia's food and feed systems. Demand for food in Asia is likely to double between 2010 and 2050, with China accounting for 43% of increased demand, particularly

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elected Marcel Denieul as president of SPACE. The Board of Directors is composed of 14 representatives of the members of SPACE: the Ille et Vilaine Chamber of Agriculture, the Regional Chamber of Agriculture of

Brittany, the Parc Expo RennesAéroport and the FRSEA Brittany.

Denieul has been president of the Ille et Vilaine Chamber of Agriculture since February 2013.

He is also vice-president of the

Regional Chamber of Agriculture of Brittany, president of the GIE Elevages Bretagne and deputy secretary general of the National Federation of Milk Producers.

SPACE 2014 willtakeplace from 16 – 19 September in Rennes, France.

for beef, dairy products, sheep meat and sugar.

This May, over 1,300 delegates from across Australia, New Zealand the South Pacific and South East Asia will descend on Queensland's Gold Coast for the Australasian Milling Conference (AMC).

Organised by the Stock Feed Manufacturers' Council of Australia (SFMCA), Australian Technical Millers' Association (ATMA) and Feed Ingredients

and Additives Association of Australia (FIAAA), the AMC is now in to its 13th edition, reinforcing its reputation as one of the world's leading conferences for feed and flour millers.

The 2014 AMC will explore the opportunities and actions required in the feed and food industries in order to prosper in the Asian Century. The event will present the latest technologies, processes and

innovations in a bid to drive both domestic and international growth.

Harnessing a high quality program with exceptional speakers, the AMC program will include joint milling industry as well as split feed and flour sessions in line with its 'Food & Feed for Asia' theme.

The AMC will take place from 25 - 27 May 2014 at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Queensland, Australia.

Get all the latest event info on your smart phone, with our event register.

3rd GRAPAS Conference 2014 GRAPAS - an exhibition hosted

by Victam International - runs alongside the Victam Asia and FIAAP Exhibitions. This year’s GRAPAS is scheduled to take place from 8 - 10 April at the Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Centre (BITEC), Thailand.

Perendale Publishers Limited – publishers of the International Milling Directory and the longstanding Grain and Feed Milling Technology magazine – is proud to be the chosen patron of the GRAPAS Conference and sponsor of the 2014 GRAPAS Awards.

Roger Gilbert, Perendale Publishers proprietor will be chairing the conference.

Keeping firmly in mind the need to provide information and new ideas in a timely and efficient way, the 2014 GRAPAS Conference Asia will be held on the opening day of the Exhibition.

The conference - which will be presented in English with simultaneous translation into/ from Thai - will run in three parts; one morning and two afternoon sessions.

The conference is estimated to

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attract 100-200 delegates over the course of the day.

There is no participation fee for those who register in advance.

However, on the spot registration costs US$10.

Pre-registered attendees will receive a 'Certificate of Attendance' at the end of the day together with a 2014 subscription to GFMT magazine.

All attendees will also receive a copy of the latest edition of the International Milling Directory 2013-14. There will be an oppor tunity for attendees to meet with speakers and other delegates during coffee breaks.

There is still signif icant progress being made towards those objectives on an annual basis and the GR APAS Awards are designed to recognise the advances being made by industr y in an area that has largely disappeared from view.

That recognition is made in the form of an award called GRAPAS, and is an integral part of the exhibition. To apply for the award a company must be exhibiting at the GRAPAS Exhibition.

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tlanta, Georgia – Regardless of the frozen weather consuming the greater area of Atlanta, exhibitors and millers from across the world have descended upon the 2014 IPPE conference. With more then 24,000 attendees from within the industry and an additional 1,148 exhibitors within 410,000 net square feet of space. The International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) has truly showed how tenacious this industry truly is; with attendees thriving through the harsh weather conditions to make their way from abroad.

The IPPE conference is the largest event of its kind in the world, hosting three different expos under its umbrella including the International Poultry Expo, International Meat Expo and the International Feed Expo. IPPE has only been made possible by the sponsorship of the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, American

Feed Industry Association and the American Meat Institute. The conference itself provided exhibitors with a massive floor in which to provide services to the industry and its professionals; portraying a wide array of relevant information – allowing attendees to see the latest innovations, explore the newest equipment and allow exhibitors to push forward their newest products.

When we look back at out time attending the conference we are thoroughly impressed at the line up of educational events provided during the IPPE conference. This year we had the opportunity to experience the largest amount of informative educational activities then any other; tackling hard issues such as Bio-Security, Food Safety, Consumer Trends and International Trade. This has brought to the forefront the reality that ever increasingly the industry as well as world is changing and how we deal with these changes will have massive impacts on the future of the industry.

IPPE further proved its commitment to improving the long term viability and growth of the industries it represents; securing its future with the College Student Career Program which managed to attract students from 30 different universities

from all over the United States, with about 500 students attending. Further more the conference facilitated the advancement of these students into becoming active members within the industry, bridging the gap between students and employers.

This event has provided us with the opportunity to open up a dialogue on the sustainability of animal agriculture and discuss other important issues such as the future use of pathogens as well as antibiotics within the poultry and meat industries.

Furthermore the conference acted as a way for us to attend featured events such as the International Poultry Scientific Forum, VIV Pork Production Summit, Pet Food Conference and other activities that allowed us to network with other industry professionals.

This magazine Grain & Feed Milling Technology has been happy to support VIV, having our publisher Roger Gilbert attend a multitude of VIV road shows speaking in Abuja, Nigeria leading up to the VIV Pork Production Summit held at IPPE inside the new Pork and Swine Pavilion.

As members of a growing industry we are proud to have the opportunity to help explore how the industry can help feed the worlds growing population, finding ways in which to address

compound feed production in order to surpass its production of 963 million tonnes in 2013.

This event brought to the forefront the simple fact that as we improve our knowledge, we as an industry can take on a greater responsibility with the power and influence that we have – analyzing global trends and acting in order to tackle future challenges. Although our meat production has increased exponentially within the last few years, our total consumption per head has decreased by 20%; this is the by-product of a growing population. Causing a decline in the supply of protein per person – an ongoing trend that will continue to grow. We exist in an innovative and forward thinking industry; IPPE has provided us with the perfect outlet in which to discuss these powerful topics and look to the future.

Another hot topic presented at IPPE was the issue of Biosecurity and its place within the meat industry, specifically poultry. Participating were professional speakers such as David Shapiro and Carl Heeder sharing their expertise and knowledge on the subject. This explored the strategies used in minimising animal health issues as well as food safety risks; providing a briefing on how producers can put in place the proper safeguards as

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well as policies to minimize risk.

The primary focus was placed on the idea of going back to basics, identifying the clear areas where preventative measures could be put in place – while ensuring that there is a purpose for every procedure. “There is no such thing as spontaneous generation of disease. So if there’s an outbreak at your facility – it is a reality check, a reminder that your Biosecurity has failed” stated Carl Heeder during his presentation – exploring that important reality that producers should know the ins and outs of their farms, all factors that could possibly lead to disease or increased transmission of disease.

Further into the conference we had the honour to be invited to attend a cocktail reception held by the company AB Vista where we listened to Richard Cooper, Managing Director of AB Vista give a compelling speech. This was the third time a cocktail event had been held at IPPE by AB Vista; this year recapping on the success of Quantum Blue Phytase – a product that had been released two years prior during another IPPE expo. Richard Cooper thanked everyone for the support that the industry has provided over the past 8 years; stating, “We had one employee seven or eight years ago which was me, and we now have about 135. We have grown to be the number three player in

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the feed enzyme world.” A success brought forward by the rapid growth the company has been experiencing in the past few years due to its innovative practices – truly a company in which to look up to for bustling entrepreneurs within the industry. Regardless of their success AB Vista is still not satisfied with its position and will continue swinging, aiming and high and pushing to deliver better products, services – making better internal investments to improve not just themselves but everybody within the industry.

The Animal Agriculture Sustainability Summit was another interesting event that explored challenges faced within the industry. Highlighting the fact that as an industry the private sector should not just recognize the role the government has to play in regulation and policy framework – but to actively take part in corporate responsibility itself.

Complying to regulations, but also seeking environmental initiatives that encourage sustainability – fostering a greater relation between public, government and private sector industry. Regulation can only define a small amount of what can or cannot be done; the industry must be actively engaged in looking to develop a strategic plan for the sustainable future.

Adopting key initiatives such as the need to reduce nutrient pol-

lution by manure, reducing water quality impact and most of all adopting the “four P’s” of sustainability – [People, Planet, Poultry and Progress]. Balancing all of these factors with one another; another initiative brought forward was the need to win the hearts and minds of the people.

Accepting and understanding the reality that many consumers are not farmers themselves – by driving public engagement it would be possible to carry a strong message forward, educating the consumer.

In future practices it will hopefully be possible to implement social media practices in order to foster and bridge this connection between industry and people.

Observing social media trends and its effect on the consumer was another major issue brought up through the presentation on “Technology and Social Media Revolutionizing Food Choices”.

This event explored the reality of how consumers are ever becoming more interconnected as the years pass – allowing for the mass communication between millions of individuals at a time.

“Technology and social media developments are revolutionizing the way we decide what we eat” said Deborah Perkins, Managing direction for Rabobank International during her presentation at IPPE. Understanding global consumer trends will be essential

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for the industries future growth and prosperity. Deborah Perkins discussed in depth a wide variety of consumer groups as well as subcultures that have sprouted out do to social media exposures, for example – millennials, baby boomers, food evangelists and other consumers who might be brand driven or swayed by what social media has to say. The hard fact is that people pay more attention to what they eat more so today then other point in history, scrutinizing and praising – which can provide savvy industrialists with the chance to capitalize on great opportunities. Ensuring that consumers see our industrial practices as sustainable, healthy and socially responsible will do us well to facilitate consumer retention as well as loyalty.

Even though it was quite frosty in Atlanta – we still think of it as a late Christmas present. We were glad that we had the opportunity to learn more about the industry and spend time exhibiting the wide array of events and booths provided - working together for our mutual prosperity and sustainable future. IPPE provided professionals with the opportunity to network and help build bonds, ensuring that we can foster a future together within this industry. We look forward to attending next year and seeing a growing, international event in Atlanta.

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s always, Grain & Feed Milling Technology staff were on the ground at the 64th International JTIC cereals event.

Organised by AEMIC this event took place this year in Reimes, France from 13 – 14 November 2013.

Reims played a prominent ceremonial role in French monarchical history as the traditional site of the crowning of the kings of France. The Cathedral of Reims (damaged by the Germans during the First World War but restored since) played the same role in France as Westminster Abbey has in the United Kingdom.

This Wheat-Flour-Bread industry trade show was a unique, un-missable event for all wheat and bread lovers, informed technicians, and investors looking for innovative solutions.

Between the enthralling plenary conferences presenting solid information about the latest topics, exhibitors offered solutions for every producer in the cereals chain, and the event showcased the latest innovations. Visitors had an abundance of choice for solutions to improve production.

Through out the two days JTIC had focused the presenters and exhibitors on producing answers to 4 key questions: How do we ensure the sustainable development of agriculture and food supply to feed 9 billion people by 2050 while respecting the environment?

What logistics strategy could we adopt to handle the social, tax and environmental laws governing road transport?

How do we measure the quality of wheat varieties and their variability to meet milling requirements?

What is the medical reality behind the media buzz surrounding gluten?

These questions were key concerns for all professionals in our industry. The purpose of the JTIC conferences is to offer information for focused and detailed thought based on reports by recognised experts in their field.

With over 108 exhibitors at the trade show, industry professionals discovered everything that’s new in equipment, ingredients, products, services and training specific to the industry.

Visitors to JTIC also had the opportunity to take part in workshops and poster space with enriching and innovative ideas made available to all. The poster sessions offered scientists and industrialists the opportunity to present their latest studies or applied research to the Wheat-FlourBread industry.

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Safety and quality of livestock feed seminar Full programme and book at www.campdenbri.co.uk/livestock-feed-seminar.php

Campden BRI food and drink innovation Organised by Campden BRI in collaboration with AG Industries, Grain & Feed Milling Technology and International Aquafeed

Thursday 6 March 2014 Venue: Campden BRI, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, GL55 6LD, UK

The seminar will focus on: • Understanding the current issues facing the animal feed industry.

• The latest R&D in the animal feed sector.

• Future issues facing the animal feed sector.

• Solutions for a sustainable animal feed chain.

www.campdenbri.co.uk

#LivestockFeedSeminar

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Grain

The GFMT interview Adifo’s founder and former CEO Piet De Lille (PDL), and current R&D manager Reinhart De Lille (RDL) (father and son), give their personal views on 40 years of developing this leading Belgium based, software company that serves the milling industry. They highlight milestones the feed and food industry has already passed and, above all, what does the future hold? A unique double interview.

Adifo’s founder and former CEO Piet De Lille, and current R&D manager Reinhart De Lille (father and son)

You’re a software company that has remained in the international market for 40 years. How had Adifo achieved this?

Piet: It all comes down to making the right strategic choices and maintaining a particular vision. Adifo has always been a highly customer-focused company. I’m no computer expert, but I could strongly identify with the strategy of a company, and because of this I was able to design programmes with added value for the organisations. I founded Adifo with my parents in 1974, after obtaining my degree in electromechanics. In the early days we mainly supplied solutions for bookkeeping, invoicing and salary administration. Even at that time, we were already very conscious of the functional aspect of the services we provided. We examined customers’ needs and responded accordingly. We did a great deal of customised work, mainly for trade unions and medical laboratories. Later on, we also did this for construction firms and trading companies and approximately 10 years later chose to specialise in the feed industry.

Reinhart: Indeed, our customer focus and specialisation have always been strong assets. The significant amount of customised work has since been configured in standard packages that serve a broad range of applications. Moreover, our technological choices have been decisive for our continuity. Adifo has always striven to choose the right platform for developing software in order to be able to guarantee continuity to our customers. A large portion of our resources are used for product development.

Why did you actually decide to specialise in the feed and food sector?

Piet: I was always interested in the sector. As a child I preferred to spend my time on neighbours and friends’ farms.

How in the post-war years, food shortages were relieved with imports from the US and South America. The storage of huge quantities of raw materials around European seaports. The development of the futures market, the spot market and the by-products market. How the feed market suddenly became a booming business. It was all extremely interesting.

In 1973, I paid my very first visit to a feed factory. That was at Vanden Avenne in Ooigem, which was already making optimisations in Canada using a telex line. Very revolutionary at the time. However, things really started for us when we took over BESTMIX® from SCIA in 1988. SCIA possessed knowledge of linear programming, and Adifo was experienced in goods flows and the entire logistics process, as well as financial administration. From then on, we chose resolutely to work for this market segment, and we still do today.

And were solutions for the food sector a logical progression?

Piet: The feed industry is unjustly known as being a rather traditional sector, but in fact it is far more modern than people would imagine. It strives for optimal production, taking into account volatile raw materials prices and the availability of raw materials, quality requirements, etc. and could teach the food sector a lot.

Reinhart: It became apparent that our knowledge of the feed sector was perfectly relevant to the food sector. Only the prior conditions for optimisation seemed to differ. Now our software can be used to optimise all kinds of aspects: logistical, price, quality, nutritional (allergenic, kosher and halal etc.).

What are the greatest challenges facing the feed and food industry?

Piet: We must add the energy sector to this question. Today in the US, 40% of the corn is used in the energy sector. The biggest challenge for each company is finding its right place in the market segment. Volatile raw materials prices, fluctuations in quality, dealing with market speculation, determining the right strategy (what to purchase, what to stock, what to use oneself and what to sell).

These represent on-going challenges for the sector. In addition, scale and internationalisation should not be underestimated.

Reinhart: The greatest challenge for the future lies in feeding the growing world population. By 2050, nine billion people will inhabit the earth. They will all have to be fed, but in a sustainable manner in which waste flows and the carbon footprint are kept as low as possible. Sustainability has become a genuine buzzword. Social habits are also changing. In the 1980s, many women suddenly joined the labour market, which meant that convenience foods became extremely popular.

With current questions about healthy eating fresh from nature, ready-made meals are viewed in a different light. Animal welfare and GMOs are also highly sensitive issues.

The question is whether major changes in food patterns can be identified. These appear to be less spectacular than one would expect. But who plays the most decisive role? The consumer or the producer? This market dynamic is absolutely fascinating and presents the food industry with major challenges.

What does the future hold for Adifo?

Reinhart: Adifo will stick with its specialisation and continue to develop it using industry-standard technology. We will continue to be a fan of open technology and give user-friendliness and the user experience a central position in our services. The market will become increasingly open and new cloud applications will be developed.

If you talk about openness you must also be open as a company.

Therefore, for example the FaaS and MILAS-AX platform will be opened up so that partners and major parties will be able to integrate and expand it with their applications.

Adifo will also increase its international operations. In specific terms this means that we will intensify our activities in China and the US. In any case, we operate in a fascinating world and are looking forward to the future with great enthusiasm.

An extended version of this interview is on the Global Miller blog at http://gfmt.blogspot.co.uk

"Our vision is to be as close as possible to the market to understand the requirements of our customers"

Welcome to the market place, where you will find suppliers of products and services to the industry - in association with our sister publication, The International Milling Directory

Certification

Airlocks Unormak

+44 141 945 2924 www.r-biopharm.com Romer Labs +43 2272 6153310 www.romerlabs.com

Amino acids

Enzymes

Conveyors

Ab Vista

Vigan Enginnering

+44 1672 517 650

+32 67 89 50 41

www.abvista.com

www.vigan.com

JEFO

Colour sorters

+1 450 799 2000

B端hler AG +41 71 955 11 11 www.buhlergroup.com

+49 618 1596785

Satake

www.evonik.com

+81 82 420 8560

Cenzone

www.go4b.com

www.gmpplus.org

Evonik

Animal Health & Nutrition

+44 113 246 1800

+31703074120

www.unormak.com.tr

R-Biopharm

4B Braime

GMP+ International

+90 332 2391016

Analysis

Elevator & Conveyor Components

www.jefo.com

Equipment for sale ExtruTech Inc +1 785 284 2153 www.extru-techinc.com

www.satake-group.com

Computer software

Extruders

+1 760 736 9901

Adifo NV

www.cenzone.com

Almex

+32 50 303 211

+31 575 572666

www.adifo.com

www.almex.nl

Bakery improvers M端hlenchemie GmbH & Co KG

Format International Ltd

+49 4102 202 001

+44 1483 726081

www.muehlenchemie.de

www.formatinternational.com

Andritz +45 72 160300 www.andritz.com

Colour sorters

Bags Mondi Group

SEA S.r.l.

+43 1 79013 4917

+39 054 2361423

www.mondigroup.com

www.seasort.com

Bin dischargers

Consergra s.l

+33 2 37 97 66 11

+34 938 772207

www.denis.fr

www.consergra.com

Bentall Rowlands

+49 203 7788 0 www.brabender.com Dinnissen BV

Coolers & driers

Denis

Bulk storage

Brabender

+31 77 467 3555 www.dinnissen.nl Insta-Pro International +1 515 254 1260

FrigorTec GmbH

www.insta-pro.com

+49 7520 91482-0

+44 1724 282828

www.frigortec.com

www.bentallrowlands.com

Geelen Counterflow

Chief Industries UK Ltd

+31 475 592315

JS Conwell +64 21 043 1027 www.jscextrusion.com

Feed processing

+44 1621 868944

www.geelencounterflow.com

www.chief.co.uk

Muyang Group

Ottevanger

Croston Engineering

+86 514 87848880

+31 79 593 22 21

www.muyang.com

www.ottevanger.com

Wenger Manufacturing

Wynveen

+1 785-284-2133

+31 26 47 90 699

www.wenger.com

www.wynveen.com

+44 1829 741119 www.croston-engineering.co.uk Silo Construction Engineers +32 51723128 www.sce.be

Elevator buckets

Flour

Silos Cordoba

Alapala

+34 957 325 165

+90 212 465 60 40

www.siloscordoba.com

www.alapala.com

Symaga

Tapco Inc

+34 91 726 43 04

+1 314 739 9191

www.symaga.com

www.tapcoinc.com

TSC Silos

STIF

+31 543 473979

+33 2 41 72 16 80

www.tsc-silos.com

www.stifnet.com

Westeel

VAV

Cimbria A/S

+1 204 233 7133

+31 71 4023701

+45 96 17 90 00

www.westeel.com

www.vav.nl

www.cimbria.com

Rank Hovis +44 1494 428000 www.rankhovis.com

Grain handling systems Cargotec Sweden Bulk Handling AB +46 42 85802 www.cargotec.com

Hammermills

NIR systems

Sifters

Bühler AG

NIR-Online

Filip GmbH

+41 71 955 11 11

+49 6227 732668

+49 5241 29330

www.buhlergroup.com

www.nir-online.de

www.filip-gmbh.com

Van Aarsen International

Packaging

Genc Degirmen +90 332 444 0894

+31 475 579 444

CB Packaging

www.aarsen.com

+44 7805 092067

Wynveen International B.V.

www.cbpackaging.com

+31 26 47 90 699

Mondi Group

Kepler Weber Group

www.wynveen.com

+43 1 79013 4917

+55 11 4873-0300

www.mondigroup.com

www.kepler.com.br

Yemtar Feed Mill Machines

Obial

+90 (364) 235 00 26

www.yemtar.com

+86 21 64188282

Silos

Ugur Makina

+90 532 5265627

Zheng Chang

www.gencdegirmen.com.tr

+90 382 2662120

www.ugurmakina.com

www.obial.com.tr

Palletisers

MYSILO

Ehcolo A/S

www.zhengchang.com

+90 382 266 2245

+45 75 398411

Laboratory equipment

www.mysilo.com

www.ehcolo.com PAYPER, S.A.

Symaga

+90 312 395 67 87

+34 973 21 60 40

+34 91 726 43 04

www.bastak.com.tr

www.payper.com

www.symaga.com

Bastak

Level measurement

Pelleting aids

Tornum AB

BinMaster Level Controls

Akzo Nobel

+46 512 29100

+1 402 434 9102

+46 303 850 00

www.tornum.com

www.binmaster.com

www.bredol.com

FineTek Co., Ltd

Vega

www.neuero.de

www.buhlergroup.com Satake +81 82 420 8560

+44 2074 932521

+49 571 9580

www.nabim.org.uk

Suffolk Automation

Fr. Jacob Söhne GmbH & Co. KG, Germany Tel. + 49 (0) 571 95580 | www. jacob-pipesystems.eu

Visit us! www.pipe-systems.eu+44

1473 829188

www.suffolk-automation.co.uk

Recruitment JCB Consulting +44 161 427 2402 www.jcb-consulting.com

Rolls

Retsch GmbH +49 2104 2333 100

+44 1249 651138 www.rotaval.co.uk

Vibratory equipment Mogensen Raw Materials Handling

Vibrafloor +33 3 85 44 06 78

www.oj-hojtryk.dk

www.vibrafloor.com

Weighing equipment Parkerfarm Weighing Systems

Roll fluting

+44 1246 456729 +34 965564075 www.balaguer-rolls.com

Safety equipment Rembe

Hydronix

+49 2961 740 50

+44 1483 468900

www.rembe.com

www.hydronix.com

Rota Val Ltd

www.breitenbach.de

www.chopin.fr

www.doescher.com

www.vortexvalves.com

www.mogensen.co.uk

Fundiciones Balaguer, S.A.

+49 4087976770

vortex@vortexvalves.com

+49 271 3758 0

+33 14 1475045

Doescher & Doescher GmbH

+1 785 825 7177

Leonhard Brietenbach

+45 7514 2255

Moisture analyzers

Valves

+44 1476 566301

OJ Hojtryk

www.retsch.com

CHOPIN Technologies

nabim

Used around

Mills laboratory

Training

Jacob Sohne

all industrial Process control sectors.

IMAS - Milleral www.milleral.com

www.dol-sensors.com

www.jacob-pipesystems.eu

www.satake-group.com

+90 332 2390141

+45 721 755 55

+44 0800 917 1987

Pipe systems

+49 5422 95030

+41 71 955 11 11

Dol Sensors

Rentokil Pest Control www.rentokil.co.uk

Neuero Industrietechnik

Buhler AG

www.agromatic.com

Pest control

www.vega.com/uk

Mill design & instalation

+41 55 2562100

www.lignotechfeed.com

+44 1444 870055

Loading equipment

Agromatic

+47 69 11 80 00

+886 2226 96789 www.fine-tek.com

Temperature monitoring

Borregaard LignoTech

Second hand equipment

Seedburo

Sanderson Weatherall

+1 312 738 3700

+44 161 259 7054

www.seedburo.com

www.sw.co.uk

www.parkerfarm.com

Yeast products Leiber GmbH +49 5461 93030 www.leibergmbh.de

To include your company in both the Grain & Feed Milling Technology market place, and The International Milling Directory, contact: Tom Blacker +44 1242 267700 • tomb@perendale.co.uk

IAF appoints new business development manager for Nigeria IAF's new business development manager - Nigeria: Nathan Nwosu who is executive director of Nate Farms Ent Ltd in Jos South, Plateau State near to Abuja, Nigeria has been appointed IAF's new Business Development Manager - Nigeria.

His task is to develop the magazine's circulation in Nigeria and neighbouring African countries. Mr Nwosu works in the aro-livestock sector with the aim of changing the face of agriculture and livestock farming in Africa by promoting the use of modern technologies. He sees the way forward for Nigeria and other African countries in the adoption of 21st Century technologies. Working with Perendale Publishers and International Aquafeed in particular will help him and his company achieve these goals.

Nathan Nwosu At present he works with farmers, faming communities and farming institutions but recognises the importance fish farming will play in the future food supply for Nigeria people. He is already working with VIV of The Netherlands, ZCME of China and Valco of the USA among other technology companies in the area of animal feeding. INternational Aquafeed welcomes Nathan to our team! He can be contacted on:nathann@perendale.co.uk www.perendale.com

Digvir Jayas joins NSERC council The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) recently announced the appointment of the University of Manitoba’s vice-president distinguished professor and alumnus Digvir Jayas as a member of its council.

NSERC Council members represent the academic research and private sector communities in the natural sciences and engineering.

As a registered professional engineer and a registered professional agrologist, Jayas has held a research chair in Stored-Grain Ecosystems, and conducts research in the areas of physical properties of agricultural Digvir Jayas products; modified atmosphere storage of grains, oilseeds, potatoes, and meats; mathematical modeling of biological systems; and digital image processing for grading and processing operations in the agri-food industry.

He has also authored or co-authored over 800 technical articles in scientific journals, conference proceedings and books. www.nserc-crsng.ca

US microbial group appoints new development manager Ardean Veldkamp has joined microbial and fermentation company Microbial Discovery Group LLC (MDG) as the new business development manager.

As part of his role, Veldkamp will focus on creating partner relationships, product platforms and licensing opportunities.

Veldkamp brings over 20 years of sales and business development experience working with microbials in the animal and environmental industry. Prior to joining MDG, Veldkamp worked at a number of different ag firms including: DuPont; Danisco; Agtech Products and Loveland Industries.

Ardean Veldkamp “I am excited about the world of opportunity in this field and am especially looking forward to working with MDG”, stated Veldkamp.

Veldkamp and MDG founder, Michael King, Ph.D., previously worked together at Agtech Products to develop and commercialise direct fed microbials for the agricultural industry. www.mdgbio.com

Triple appointment at pathogen firm Pathogen control specialist Anitox has highlighted its commitment to growth with the appointment of three new personnel.

Katie Major and Ashley Drake have joined the team as associate sales managers for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and North America. Lloyd Phillips joins the technical team as a feed milling technologist, also for EMEA. Katie Major Ashley Drake Lloyd Phillips Prior to joining Anitox, Major held the position of graduate trainee industry development livestock manager at food and ingredients firm VION. "Anitox has given me a fresh perspective," she says, "allowing me to see the start of the feed to fork process.

"Sales is about building a good rapport with a customer and proving the best experience with a top quality product, which Anitox provides."

Drake, a University of Georgia, USA graduate was previously vice president of operations at Agra-Med International. "Anitox offers a fantastic opportunity for me," says Drake.

"I've worked in the poultry industry for a number of years in live production and sales but wanted a new challenge. Here I'll be able to apply and further my skills in sales, and make good progress through the company."

As a hands-on mill manager, Phillps brings 20 years of milling experience to his new role.

"I'm very happy to be joining Anitox at this stage," says Phillips. "Here's a progressive, forward thinking company that has a lot of room for growth and exploring new opportunities. www.anitox.us

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