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While the bi-monthly magazine covers milling technology issues in-depth, the Global Miller takes a lighter approach.

Our columnists have a keen eye for the most interesting, relevant and (let’s face it) bizarre milling stories from across the world. Each weekday we scour the internet for top-notch news and package it for your perusal in one neat daily digest.

The Global Millers are also massive fans of industry events and shows and can often be found out on the road. Here they share stories (and photos) from their travels and, being unable to keep a secret, share details of upcoming events. But the Global Miller is your space too; feel free to comment and share your views.

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It's been a busy few weeks at the Global Miller and we know you are just as pressed for time. So we have condensed our news posts into a daily digest of the most exciting, interesting and relevant milling stories from around the world.

Today these stories have got us talking...

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Fresh opportunities for Myanmar's agriculture New opportunities and potential in Myanmar's agriculture and supporting infrastructure sectors 1. Tapping on to new growth potential for emerging economies, Magenta Global is pleased to announce the inaugural Summit Into Myanmar: Agri Trade, Investments & Infrastructure Global Summit 2012 which will convene in Yangon, Myanmar from 25th to 26th July 2012.

2. The agricultural sector in Myanmar presents huge potential and abundant business opportunities for foreign investors & traders, especially as Myanmar now proactively seek to upgrade, add value and regain her pre- eminence in the world's agricultural markets, the pole position as the largest rice exporter in the world, way back in the '60s.

3. This timely summit will bring together the Who's Who in Myanmar's rice, pulses, edible oil, seeds, sugar, rubber, fertilizer, farm equipment & other agricultural sectors, bankers, traders, infrastructure players & senior government decision-makers to meet with the some of the world's foremost investors, traders, buyers and agricultural companies.

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4. This summit will be graced by the honoured VIP support of the Union Ministers for Agriculture & Irrigation, Commerce, and National Planning & Economic Development. The Summit will provide participants with an understanding and clarity on Myanmar’s new economic regulations arising from latest parliamentary decisions. What is the true potential of Myanmar? What are the investment vehicles? What are the challenges and risk mitigation approaches?

5. Top panel of speakers from international and regional trading houses, agricultural holding companies, private equity, financial institutions, trade & logistics, customs and inspection houses will also be addressing the summit.

6. The summit is supported by the Myanmar Rice Industry Association, Myanmar Edible Oil Dealers' Association, Myanmar Sugarcane and Sugar Manufacturers and Traders Association, Myanmar Rubber Planters and Producers Association,TheThai Rice Exporters Association and The Agricultural and Food Marketing Association for Asia and the Pacific.

7. Sponsors & exhibitors of the Summit include Olam International, a leading global integrated supply chain manager and processor of agricultural products and food ingredients; rice processing equipment expert Satake Corporation and Rice parboiling technology specialist INDUSS group.

8. The CEO of the conference organizing company, Magenta Global Pte Ltd, Singapore, Ms Maggie Tan, said: “Myanmar is the last frontier of opportunity in South East Asia. I am confident that the Myanmar economy will offer vast opportunities that businesses should seize. This Summit is extremely timely and will serve to foster collaboration & business matching for companies in the Asia Pacific region in particular”.

She urged all companies and businesses to take a first look at Myanmar agro sector& find out how to tap into the emerging agro opportunities, both upstream and downstream processing.

9. The event will be held at the Sedona Hotel Yangon, Myanmar.

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5th International Dietary Fibre Conference (7-9 May 2012, Rome, Italy): a great Success!

The 5th International Dietary Fibre Conference (DF12), organized by the Italian National Research Institute on Food and Nutrition (INRAN) with the support of the International Association for Cereal Science and Technology (ICC) and held at the Centro Congressi Fontana di Trevi in Roma, Italy, brought together more than 250 participants from 38 countries from around the six continents, and provided opportunities for both young and senior scientists and industry representatives for networking and exchanging knowledge about dietary fibre.

The Conference followed up on the highly successful formula of the earlier Dietary Fibre Conferences in Vienna (2009), Helsinki (2006), Noordwijkerhout (2003) and Dublin (2000). The meeting was held in an attractive location linking the modern with the traditional, Rome being the cradle of progress and civilization of the Ancient in a fertile cultural forum where information and ideas could be shared and innovation developed.

It offered participants an outstanding scientific programme with nine scientific sessions and almost 55 speeches by speakers from all corners of the globe, as well as about 120 posters.

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It addressed and attracted the global scientific community, as well as international stakeholders from food industry to discuss new products and consumer preferences in the dietary fibre area. It enabled a meeting between science and research and innovation and marketing, thanks to the twelve sponsors and exhibitors that actively interacted with scientists and, moreover, contributed to the event, with their table top exhibitions of products, equipments and scientific tools, by giving an in-depth insight into the state of the art of product innovation and development of the dietary fibre area.

A distinctive feature of the DF12 was the global approach of handled topics, as well as the boost by the Chair of the Scientific Committee, Dr. Marina Carcea, and the other 20 Members of the Scientific Committee, for an extensive coverage of dietary fibre from both a traditional and an innovative perspective. Particular emphasis was, in fact, placed on submitted outstanding lectures that conveyed to the DF12 programme the shape of an international open forum on the latest key topics in the dietary fibre field.

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In details, the nine Sessions drew participants’ attention to recent dietary fibre definitions, to the most updated methods of analysis, to regulatory and labelling matters, to the close relationship between fibre consumption and health, to the benefits of dietary fibres and their co-passengers, as well as to the consumers’ acceptance of fibre-rich products. Representatives from industry on dietary fibre elaborated on food processing and encountered challenges in formulating fibre-rich foods.

A comparison of DF12 with its predecessor DF09 indicated that significant progress has been obtained in technologies for producing, isolating and concentrating dietary fibres and in the role and mode of action of various fibres as prebiotics. However, the potential roles of the intestinal flora and prebiotic fibres in brain functions, indicated in DF09 got no further follow-up in DF12.

Besides setting out the state of the art of dietary fibre research and innovation, the DF12 products and innovative ingredients challenged the future perspective of dietary fibre from the scientists and industry positions: where do we go from here? Scientists and industry representatives debated the issue and answered in perfect unison that in a highly political and confused world, consorted actions are needed to make a change in the field of the use of dietary fibre and an intended increased consumption of dietary fibre. Joint activities, shared expertise and shared facilities are desirable.

In particular, a strong call and need for research to start with assessing consumer needs and to not be focused only on feasibility and economy drivers. As consumption takes place at the end of the food production chain, only a sufficient consumer pull would justify innovation investments at all individual steps of the chain; therefore, the innovation efforts may be leveraged only through intradisciplinary insights from AGRI sciences, food science and technology, health and life sciences, and consumer sciences.

In addition to the main Conference, two satellite workshops added value to the DF12: the Healthgrain Forum Workshop and the interactive workshop “Analysis of Dietary Fibre”. The latter workshop, co- organised

by Megazyme International and Medallion Laboratories/General Mills, provided insight into the development of an integrated method for measurement of total dietary fibre. The lively discussions indicated that the new AOAC methods may need some further fine tuning and adjustments before having got their final form. As pointed out in the Keynote Opening Address by Dr. Ruth Charrondière (FAO), food databases will wait with introduction of results of these new methods until a large number of results have been generated.

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The General Mills Award for Health Innovation was received by Elin Johansson et al., from Lund University, Sweden (Applied Nutrition and Food Chemistry Antidiabetic Food Centre), for the poster on ”Intake of a barley evening meal stimulates GLP-1 release, improves glucose tolerance and appetite regulation, and decreases the voluntary energy intake”.

Her multidisciplinary research was ranked as one of the research projects where the most innovative and novel association between consumption of fibre or whole grains and health improvements was demonstrated.

Two ICC-Awards for cereal fibre research, sponsored by Kraft Foods, reserved for young researchers, went to Mette Kristensen et al. from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Department of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Life Sciences) for her poster on ”Oat and barley β-glucans induce satiety and reduce energy intake – a study on acute and short-term effects” and to Rosa Montella et al. from the Oriental Piedmont University, Italy, for her poster on “Determination of dietary fibre, antioxidant activity and contaminants in pearled wheat fractions as novel functional food ingredients”. These two posters showed to be innovative at the interface of cereal fibre chemistry, technology and nutrition, and proved an outstanding originality, scientific merit and outcomes of the research.

The Wiley-Blackwell Award for Dietary Fibre Research was received by Damien Belobrajdic, from CSIRO, Australia, for his poster on “Dietary resistant starch dose-dependently reduces adiposity in obesity- prone and -resistant male rats”. INRAN and ICC congratulated all award winners and thanked them for their valuable contribution to the success of the 5th International Dietary Fibre Conference 2012, and for making it an outstanding scientific event!

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An award ceremony, chaired by the ICC President, Dr. Marina Carcea (INRAN), the ICC President Elect, Dr. Joel Abecassis (INRA), and the ICC Secretary General, Dr. Roland Poms, preceded the official closing session of the DF12, and was supported by three of the eleven companies that sponsored the event: General Mills, Kraft Foods and WileyBlackwell. Four prizes were awarded to the presentations that achieved the highest scientific and technical standard, and also displayed innovation and originality, selected from among the 120 posters and the 55 oral presentations.

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The Gala dinner left unforgettable memories of the Conference and the hosting city of Rome. At the “Terrace Restaurant” of the Boscolo ExedraRoma Hotel, on the top of one of the twin neoclassical palaces, in the heart of the Eternal City, between the Baths of Diocletian and the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli designed by Michelangelo, DF12 participants enjoyed the Roman night with plentiful delicious Italian dishes. To get a flavour of the warm and pleasant atmosphere participants enjoyed at the DF12 and in Rome, a photo gallery is kindly offered by ICC. The DF12 Organizing Committee is offering the possibility to view the pdfs of presentations and posters, for which permissions of the presenting authors were received, in a protected area on the DF12 website, reserved to participants of DF12 only.

The Organizers of the DF12 wish to further thank the speakers and poster presenters for their valuable contribution to the 5th International Dietary Fibre Conference 2012, and for making it an outstanding scientific event! They also wish to thank Sponsors and Exhibitors for their support and for helping to make DF12 such a successful event!

ICC and INRA wish to announce that the 6th Dietary Fibre Conference is already in the planning stage, and will be organised in Paris, France, on 1-3 June 2015.

We do hope to meet you in Paris in 2015!

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Daily Digest: 06/06/12

Hello, We're refreshed and ready to go after the UK Bank Holiday.

Here's what's grabbed our attention today: David Heckman of Elanco Animal Health explains the basics of antibiotic use in animals for EU meat. Watch video...

Dr Chad Risley named AFIA Member of the Year. Read more...

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Daily Digest: 07/06/12

Hello, It may be drizzly here in the UK but we've got a whole host of interesting stories to cheer us up: Roger Gilbert, of Grain and Feed Milling Technology magazine explains the 'PPLAPP', a mobile app to keep you to to date with the grain and feed worlds while on the move. Watch video...

New feed mill to boost Fiji's agricultural production. Read more...

State-of-the-art fish feed mill ready to go in Kashmir, India. Read more...

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US Court cracks down on use of antibiotics in animal feed. Read more...

Report: Australian farm trade threatens biodiversity. Read more...

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Daily Digest: 07/06/12

Hello, It may be drizzly here in the UK but we've got a whole host of interesting stories to cheer us up: Roger Gilbert, of Grain and Feed Milling Technology magazine explains the 'PPLAPP', a mobile app to keep you to to date with the grain and feed worlds while on the move. Watch video...

New feed mill to boost Fiji's agricultural production. Read more...

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Report: Australian famr trade threatens biodiversity. Read more...

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Line-up of speakers for CropWorld Global 2012 announced

Representatives of leading organisations in the science, agriculture and finance sectors will be appearing as speakers at this year’s CropWorld Global conference being held in London in November.

Speaking about the conference’s central theme of sustainable agricultural intensification on the first day will be Juan Ferreira, Vice President Europe, Mid-East and Africa, Monsanto, Jan-Kees Vis, Global Director Sustainable Sourcing Development for Unilever, and Egil Hogna, SVP & Head of Downstream, Yara International.

Continuing the theme will be the UK’s National Farmers Union President Peter Kendall, Dr Trevor Nicholls, CEO of CABI, Dr Pedro Machado, Director General of Rice and Beans, Embrapa, the Brazilian agricultural research corporation, John Reifsteck, Board Member, Truth about Trade and Technology, and Dr Bruce Lee, Director, Food Futures Flagship, CSIRO. 8

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The conference, which will be held at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London, from the 6th – 7th November, also includes speakers from KWS, Macquarie Bank, OECD, ECPA, Waterhouse LLP, BASF and CropLife International.

On the first day the conference will examine the need for sustainable agricultural intensification as well as whether it can be achieved in practice.

It will also look at global commodity prices, harvest round up and planning forecast for 2013. On the second day CropWorld Global will debate three streams, political, financial and technical, all drivers of sustainable agricultural intensification.

CropWorld Director Clare King said the event, which is the third annual CropWorld Global conference, was promising to be the most successful yet.

“Sustainable crop production to meet the needs of a growing population is a global issue, and it is appropriate that we have delegates and speakers from companies from around the world attending this event.

“We have chosen the theme of ‘sustainable intensification’ with a view to creating a debate about the role that science and technology can play in meeting the rising demand for food in the world. We will also be looking at the political and economic challenges facing agricultural production. The event is about knowledge exchange, and the opportunity to network and debate with colleagues from around the world,” she said.

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Today we're preparing for some webinars, swotting up on the history of corn milling and taking a look at mycotoxins: At the Global Miller, we love webinars. Luckily for us, there area couple coming up next week. On June 12, 2012, IPSA is running a session on why social media is important (register here), while on June 13, 2012, Seed Today editor Joe Funk will talk about his recent visit to the UK seed industry (register here).

Optivite launches a new mycotoxin binder. Read more...We're getting stuck into A Brief History of Corn Milling via the UK Windmills blog. Read more...

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A cool start to Cereals 2012 in the UK

Cereals Event in the heart of Lincolnshire, UK, caught a glimpse of sunshine just before opening this morning, but then became overcast and cold. With temperatures unseasonably low at around 10 deg C with a little light moisture in the air, it might have been ideal a growing weather but not ideal for visitors and exhibitors.

However, that has not discouraged visitors from flooding through the gates at the Boothby Graffoe site. Organisers are expecting in excess of the 27,000 visitors they accommodated last year.

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Dan Basse addresses Cereals 2012 What a start to Cereals 2012!

Agrii, the new UK company that combines Masstock and UAP under one name called Agri Intelligence, hosted a leading commentator and adviser to the UK and Chinese governments, Dan Basse to address Cereal 2012 visitors on World Food Supply and Demand.

He addressed global crop marketing prospects saying the key factors driving prices for the foreseeable future would be a combination of weather (in terms of drought and moisture stress in key production regions), biofuels and their demand for agrimony-based feedstocks and South East Asia and in particular China.

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He focused much of his comments around wheat supply and demand taking in corn and soybean production to complete a pictured that suggested a current volatile period for grain prices and a bullish period ahead for wheat in particular.

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Coming to the UK from his home town Chicago, USA, Mr Basse who is president of AgResource, said two-thirds of a cereal farmer's net revenue in the USA now arises from marketing activities. He also mentioned, based on his calculations, that GM technology in grain production had not delivered any corresponding increases in yields, however they had taken some of the volatility out of seasonal variation in output.

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Cereals 2012 Debate: Chasing yields and feeding the world

Five prominent ag specialists from the political to the producer participated in an public debate on how the United Kingdom might increase yields to meet a growing global food demand. Opening the debate, which attracted some 130 visitors, chairman Richard Whitlock who is president of the Oxford Farming Conference which hosted the event, put the question: 'Do we have the political, scientific and economic means to significantly increase UK crop output?'

He also asked where the barriers were to increased yields, particularly from wheat and said that tensions between food production and environmental protection meant the right balance had to be struck in terms of global food security issues and climate change.

A central outcome was that increasing yields was not at odds with environmental protection and that the two could develop side-by-side. Other points made included more emphasis on looking at the complete supply chain, including breeding and genetics, that GM was not 'a white knight in shinning armour' and that minimising post-production waste should not be overlooked.

UK farmers were praised by panellists for their use of new technologies and were considered the most innovative worldwide and were in a 'fantastic position' to use new tools - from new machines to new web applications - to increase output.

While it was fair to question the recent flat lining in wheat yields, the UK was not lagging behind and had one of the highest average yields foe wheat in the world. However, the question was also how to integrate research and the environment. "We need to employ our resources very cleverly," said one panelist.

The old perennial statement of "there's enough food, it's just a question of distribution" was raised but panelist Andrew Wraith, head of agribusiness for Savills, made the point that farmers were driven by supply and demand. Producing 99 percent rather than 101 percent of total demand would make all the difference in maintaining a sustainable food production system or returning to the prices that made farming unsustainable.

"Producing three percent more each year to meet growing population requirements is significant," he said. "As a grower do we need to be chasing this production?"

He acknowledged that his position might be considered selfish, but farmers had to know the demand was there in order to produce more. His view was "to produce enough from less". And as with any farmer anywhere he considered his neighbour to be his biggest competitor and the driver to make his business the best.

"We must not loose sight of sustainability which must come from profitability," he added.

Professor Wayne Powell, director of The Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) at Aberystwyth University, Wales, said that yield stagnation was largely due to a narrow genetic base in wheat varieties. The UK needed "strong vibrant breeding programmes" to fully capture scientific findings.

Cereals 2012: Power in Agriculture Report

Visitors to Cereals 2012 in Lincolnshire, UK, had the opportunity to pick up copies of a report which it's publishers, the Oxford Farming Conference, are calling "a vital report on the future of farming" .

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Much has been made of feeding a world of nine billion people by 2050, given a background of changing climate and the need for sustainable production systems. This report, Power in Agriculture, seeks to show where that food is coming from and what resources will be needed to produce it, The report is timely - first published in January this year - due to the following factors: farm productivity must be improved over the next decade; the shift in global power eastward; increased globalisation in agriculture; opening of agriculture markets through trade liberalisation and de-regulation and the continuing reliance on the use of non-renewable natural resources and the depletion of mineral reserves.

The report presents a unique series of regional power indexes which reveals the UK farmer is still a major player with the agriculture sector "punching above his weight".

"But ... for the farming industry in this country to grow it needs to respond to the challenges of an increasingly globalised agricultural system and greater pressures on our resources," says Cedric Porter, chairman of the 2012 Oxford Farming Conference in the report.

As might be expected the US and the EU top the power index by some margin. The report recognises that pressure on UK agriculture will come from countries such as Brazil and India. It also sees a shift in the focus of power from governments towards commercial businesses.

"The exercise of this power isn't limitless and can be constrained by policy," says the report. Copies of the report, which deals with trade flows, economics of livestock as well as cereal production and trade through to political power and natural resources, can be fund on: www.ofc.org.uk

The new VIV China

With the upcoming 2012-edition, organizers VNU Exhibitions Europe and CNAS have created a NEW VIV China. Focusing on better matchmaking with quality buyers, exhibitors can expect to do lots of promising business at VIV China again, scheduled at the NCIEC in Beijing for September 2325, 2012. The commitment of market leaders exhibiting from Europe, The USA and China form the best prove of a new recipe that works.

It took the organisers serious efforts to win back exhibitors, following a series of weak trade shows in 2009 and 2010. “ It is essential to differentiate VIV China from all other events by playing our best cards. This will turn VIV China into the preferred international business platform from Feed to Meat again”, explains Ruwan Berculo, Project Manager at VNU Exhibitions Europe. At first, the frequency returned to its 2-year cycle. The organisation of the International China Summit forms a good example of new opportunities introduced for quality matchmaking. Investments in a better visitor campaign should result in new buyers visiting VIV China.

And once on site, visitors will find it much easier to find their suppliers.

“The market will see a completely NEW VIV China, set to create the perfect business ambiance”, concludes Berculo.

The first signs indicate the efforts work. With half a year running up to the show, it’s nearly sold out. Some 400 exhibitors confirmed their participation. International Market leaders such as Aviagen, Big Dutchman, Buhler Group, Jamesway Incubators, Moba, Pas Reform and Poly-Clip Systems are among them. The countries of Great Britain, France, The Netherlands, South Korea and The USA present their suppliers in dedicated pavilions.

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A new personalised promotion campaign focuses on bringing in Topquality buyers from China’s 7 most important animal production regions.

From Feed to Meat, professionals will be attracted to attend the event. So far, 800 key buyers throughout China have already registered. That’s a unique result. In total, it is expected VIV China 2012 draws some 15,000 visitors, of whom 80% is Chinese. “With 15,000 professionals visiting, the 400 exhibitors can take the time to have fruitful business conversations that go beyond a quick hand shake”, explains Berculo.

International China Summit

One of the best examples of better matchmaking opportunities forms the International China Summit. On Saturday September 22, the day before VIV China 2012 starts, the organisers present a full-day program filled with a wide range of conferences on trends & developments and 20-minute seminars focusing technical best practices. International media partners, exhibitors, associations and institutions have selected their best speakers. They share their knowledge and visions on various topics for the production of feed, eggs and poultry and pig meat as well as for ways to improve trade.

Great Britain and France focus in their presentations on Pig breeding.

The growth in demand for pig genetics strongly continues in China. Without making it commercial, exhibitors will emphasise how investments in premium products lead to much better results. China increasingly realises the need to invest more money now to get better results for a longer term.

The combination of VIV China 2012 and the International China Summit perfectly blends a world-class showcase of products with lots of relevant knowledge to improve results. That’s what China needs to secure a healthy meat, egg and fish industry. Registration via www.viv.net for free entry for both VIV China 2012 and the International China Summit is now open.

Daily Digest: 14/06/12 Cereals 2012 special

Hello, We've got a special Cereals 2012 themed digest today. We've collated all our stories (and a few other choice tidbits from around the web) for enjoyment.

Three of the GFMT team pulled on their wellies and made the trip up to Lincolnshire.

Things started pretty chilly but soon warmed up with Dan Basse's address. The show heated up during a debate on chasing yields and feeding the world. In brief moments of down time, the team enjoyed reading a report on the power of agriculture.

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Last, but by no means least, you can browse the official Cereals 2012 site.

If you went, we'd love to hear what you thought of it.

Daily Digest 15/06/12: AB Vista; Mulitcracker grinding; GE soybeans

Hello, All the GFMT team are back in the office after Cereals 2012. This is what we've been talking about...

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AB Vista ran its second Ruminant Feeding seminar in Birmingham, UK on May 30, 2012. Delegates heard about the latest trends in ruminant feeding and the benefits of adding specialist micro-ingredients. Read more...

Check out this video of the Multicracker grinding system which is inspired by shark's teeth. Watch video...

Genetically-enhanced soybeans have bean approved for commercial use in Mexico. Read more...

Have a great weekend.

Animal Farming Ukraine: Victam and FIAAP pavillion Animal Farming Ukraine 2012

31 October - 2 November, 2012 International Exhibition Centre, Kiev, Ukraine The VICTAM & FIAAP PAVILION The Ukraine is investing heavily in the development and enlargement of its livestock industry. This will undoubtedly mean that the Ukraine's animal feed sector will have to invest in order to expand and modernise its feed production plants to meet these demands. This will have an impact on companies who design, build and equip animal feed plants and of course also companies who also supply the raw materials and specialist additives and ingredients used within the feed production process. The VICTAM & FIAAP Pavilion at Animal Farming Ukraine therefore offers you the opportunity to meet, discuss and influence the decision makers within the Ukraine's feed industry.

Following the success of Animal Farming Ukraine 2011 exhibition there will again be a VICTAM & FIAAP Pavilion at the 2012 event. The Organisers of Animal Farming Ukraine 2011 conducted a survey of the 6000 industry professionals that attended the show and found that animal feed production is one of the top four reasons to visit the exhibition.

Preparations are well under way for the 2012 exhibition at which it is expected there will be over 150 exhibitors, an increase on the 136 that exhibited in 2011 and that the number of visitors will also increase correspondingly.

Already a number of companies have reserved stands within the 2012 VICTAM & FIAAP Pavilion, they are as follows: Lambton Conveyor Ltd. - USA Sioux Steel - USA CPM Europe - Netherlands Wynveen - Netherlands Jiangsu Myande - PRC ZCME - PRC SYMAGA - Spain KSE - Netherlands Van Aarsen - Netherlands "The programme of pig breeding development in Ukraine plans to more than double the head of livestock by 2015" "The current growth rate of poultry production in Ukraine allows us to forecast an increase in the rate of more than 30% by 2015" "In 2012, Ukraine will develop and finance from the state budget regional programmes to develop dairy cattle breeding" A selection of recent Government statements.

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You will see from above that a number of companies have recognised the market potential of the Ukraine and have reserved exhibition stands within the VICTAM & FIAAP Pavilion. It is not too late for you to join them.

Let me know and I can help you reserve an exhibition stand within our specialist feed pavilion area at this increasingly important exhibition.

More information...

Daily Digest 18/06/12: Evonik and Biomin expand; CBH gets Japanese tender; grasshopper plague in Russia Hello, Hope you all had a fabulous weekend. Here's what's been going on while you were away.

Two of big companies are expanding their feed additive divisions: Evonik unveil new feed additive plants in Russia and Brazil. Read more...

Biomin buys German company, MICRO-PLUS. Read more...

Elsewhere, CBH has nabbed its first Japanese MAFF tender. The Australian company will supply 36,060 tonne of MAFF ASW blend wheat, a blend of noodle and premium milling grade wheat, destined for east Japan for August shipment. Read more...

And finally, Birds may be Alfred Hitchcock's nemesis but in Russia a grasshopper invasion poses a major threat to the country's crops. Watch video...

What do you think...

Daily Digest 19/06/12: NAMA; Tate & Lyle; Brazilian farmers take legal action; opportunities for soybean farmers Hello, Today the Global Millers have been looking at...

NAMA's response to proposed changes to the wheat standard. The organisation as mixed views on the reclassification. Read PDF...

Tate & Lyle open a food innovation centre in Chicago, USA. The facility includes laboratories for food science research and processing and for applications and technical services. Read more...

Five million Brazilian farmers take on US based biotech company Monsanto. The farmers are demanding the return of the €6.2 billion taken as royalties. Read more...

Russian Trade Bill welcomed by American Soybean Association. Read more...

What do you think...

FEFAC: European feed industry committed to livestock production

At the occasion of the 55th FEFAC Annual General Meeting, FEFAC President Patrick Vanden Avenne highlighted that "the European feed industry is fully committed to support the competitiveness and sustainability of livestock production in the EU and at global level, thus contributing to global food security, pointing to the need for more proactive, flexible market management measures to maintain viability of EU feed supply".

With a view to the current policy debate on the 'CAP' reform proposals’ goal of improving “resource efficiency” and competitiveness in European food production, Patrick Vanden Avenne stressed that “safe and balanced compound feed from competitive and sustainable sources is an essential prerequisite for the long term viability of EU livestock production”.

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Patrick Vanden Avenne stated that “In a situation of extremely volatile grain and protein markets, which negatively affects the EU’s livestock sector competiveness, the compound feed industry plays a crucial role in fully exploiting the nutritional potential of co-products from the food and biofuel industry, including former foodstuffs, provided they are safe for both animals and humans”.

We called on the European Commission to rapidly prolong the TRQ import duty suspension for wheat, while doubling efforts to reduce the increasing backlog of GMO import approvals, in order to send a clear signal to the market that the supply of competitive feedstuffs remains a top priority for the European Commission in order to safeguard EU livestock production.

He welcomed in particular the planned vote at EU Standing Committee level on the reauthorisation of non-ruminant processed animal proteins for fish feed. He stated that a “positive vote would pave the way for our EU aquaculture producers to step up their efforts to increase EU aquaculture production by creating a level playing field with seafood imports”.

“EFSA has provided clear scientific evidence that n.r. PAPs are safe.

They can help reducing the EU’s dependency on fishmeal imports thus contributing to the Common Fisheries Policy reform goals of pairing sustainable wild fisheries with the sustainable development of aquaculture”.

More information...

Daily Digest 20/06/12: New mill in Iowa, Alltech; sandwiches; algae Hello, At the Global Miller, we've been reading about...

See Algae Technology, Germany has signed an agreement to supply and install an algae production plant in Brazil. The plant will produce algae biomass and bioethanol for livestock feed. Read more...

Former Alltech intern recognised at World Poultry Congress. Read more...

This story is slightly off-topic but no one can resist a good sandwich.

Resource Data Management, the control and monitoring specialist, has presented the Technical Excellence Award at the Sammies – the British Sandwich Industry Oscars 2012. Tom Hollands of Raynor Foods, won the accolade for a number of technical advances, including implementing a closed loop recycling scheme and developing a butter spray machine that increases the quality and throughput of sandwich production. Read more...

StateLine Cooperative is to build a new feed mill in Iowa. Visit website...

Daily Digest 21/06/12: Show and events special

Hello, Here at the Global Miller, we love a good show and we know you do too. So today we've rounded up the best show and event news we can find.

Are you attending any of these shows? Let us know. You might even see the Global Millers and GFMT magazine there.

Sponsor for Oilseeds & Oils 2012 announced Turkish company Aves Ic ve Dis Ticaret A.S. became the general sponsor of the fourth international conference Oilseeds & Oils 2012, devoted to the market of oilseeds, vegetable oils and by-products, which will be organised in Turkey (October 1-3, 2012, Istanbul, Hilton Hotel).

Animal Framing Ukraine

31 October - 2 November 2012, International Exhibition Center (IEC), Kiev, Ukraine

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The floor plan for Animal Framing Ukraine is more than 75 percent filled.

Provisional exhibitors list: Agroexpert, Agrosvit, Agrotechnology ApS, Agseal LLC, Ak Aydin Plastik San, AVD Agro, Awila, Bauer Technics S.R.O., Big Dutchman, Big Herdsman Ukraine, Cehave Korm / Nuscience, Codaf, CPM Europe, DACS A/S, DanBred International, Danube, Dneproenergostroyprom, Dr. Thomas Muller, Dykun Global Consult, Eko-servis, Emka Incubators NV, Golden Gain Inc. Limited, Haka Planen.Bauen GmbH, Haller AG, Hellmann Poultry GmbH & Co. KG, ICK Engineering, Ikadan Ukraine, Impress-media, InterHeat Inc., Intraco Ltd, Jiangsu Myande Food Machinery Co. Ltd, JSR Genetics, Jyden Bur A/S, Kompass (Lider), Korea Thumb Vet. Sales, KSE Process Technology, Kutlusan, Lambton Conveyor, Lycan, Metalplast, Modern Poultry, Modern Veterinary Medicine, MSD animal Health, National Swine Registry, Engineers, Petersime, Polnet Ukraine, Press-time (Business proposition), Promavtomatika, Propozitsiya, Rotem Control and Management, Salmet International GmbH, Scan Pork, Sioux Steel Company, Skov, Sommen Automation and Technology, Symaga, Tanin, Technokomplex&K (Feed&Facts), Technosvet, TEXHA, Topigs CIS, UkrEcoTek, UkrEximBank, Val-Co Europe, Van Aarsen International, Van Hoof, Variant Factory, VDL Agrotech BV, Vencomatic, Wesstron, Wynveen International BV, Zheng Chang, Zoopan

VIV Russia 2013

Leading companies from all parts of the feed to meat market participate in VIV Russia 2013 From 22 - 24 May, 2013 VNU Exhibitions Europe together with ASTI Group will organize VIV Russia 2013, the leading, innovative platform representing all parts of the feed to meat market for pigs and poultry. VIV Russia showcases new products and services, state-of-the art technologies and the latest trends in the animal protein industry. In addition to the exhibition an extensive conference and seminar program is in preparation. More than 70 percent of the total exhibition area has already been booked or reserved by suppliers, including a considerable number of leading companies in various parts of the animal production and meat processing supply chain such as Alltech, Provimi, Andritz Feed&Biofuel, Aviagen, Pas Reform, Big Dutchmen, Poly-Clip, Meyn Poultry Processing solutions. VIV Russia will be held for the sixth time at the International Crocus Exhibition Center in Moscow.

Daily Digest 22/06/12: bumper corn forecast; Pakistan and GM; mill buy outs

Hello, 'Super-size' corn forecast for Matto Grosso, Brazil. Read more...

Pakistan considers GM food labelling policy. Read more...

Grain millers Inc., USA expands into flax with the acquisition of ENRECO, Inc. Read more...

Have a great weekend.

Daily Digest 25/06/12: biofuel; business news Hello, Biofuels have got us talking today:

Details of a new method of producing biofuel ethanol from palm oil waste have been published in the Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science. Read more...

In Brazil, Vale has bought an plot of land bigger than London on which the company plans to build a $500 million biofuel plant. Read more...

Sweet and biomass sorghum would meet the need for next-generation biofuels according to Purdue University scientists. Read more...

In business news:

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Alltech will work with Engormix.com to promote its new mycotoxins report. Read more...

Cargotec has secured an order for a Siwertell ship unloader from Denmark's leading power company, Dong energy. Read more...

What do you think...

GAFTA to support Grain of Russia 2012

The Grain and Feed Trade Association (GAFTA) once again provides support to the international conference "Grain of Russia - 2012", to be held on September 24-25, 2012, in Rostov-on-Don, Russia (hotel "Don Plaza").

The National union of grain producers of Russia and APK-Inform Agency are organizers of the conference.

The Grain and Feed Trade Association was founded in 1878, and originally was called as the London Corn Trade Association. Its founders were convinced that creation of international rules and principles of trading would provide large favor for grain trading, and would assist to protection of the interests of the trading community.

The system of standards of international trading, developed 128 years ago, is successfully operating throughout all these years, and serves as the base for traders and for superintendents, logistics, brokers, laboratories and other market participants.

To date, GAFTA includes over 1000 members in 80 countries.

Ingosstrakh - a sponsor of the international conference "Grain of Russia - 2012"

APK-Inform Agency and the National union of grain producers continue realizing preparation works for holding of the international conference “Grain of Russia - 2012” (September 24-25,2012, Rostov-on-Don, hotel Don-Plaza).

The company Ingosstrakh is the sponsor of the conference.

The company Ingosstrakh provides the full range of insurance services, including property insurance, voluntary medical insurance, agro-industrial insurance, motor obligatory third party liability insurance, motor voluntary third party liability insurance and hull insurance, child insurance, travel insurance, comprehensive servicing of corporate clients (property, reputation, liability and business insurance, pension programs).

Ingosstrakh Insurance Company operates on the domestic and international markets since 1947 and plays rather important role in the Russian insurance community, as the permanent member of several associations of Russian insurance companies and taking the active role in development of legislative initiatives aimed at improving the legal framework of the national insurance system.

The major industrial enterprises are the company clients, including enterprises from the agro-industrial sector, organizations-participants of foreign trade activity, transport and trading companies, banks, offices of transnational organisations.

Registration form...

Daily digest 26/06/12: EU; Canada; USDA

Hello, Today we have been looking at different organisations around the world and impact they have on the milling world...

The European Commission has launched its 145th feed additive list.

More information...

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The UDSA is to fund 450 renewable energy projects for rural and small businesses. Read more...

The Canadian Wheat Board and Viterra announce a partnership on grain handling. Read more...

What do you think...

GREAT NEWS - NEWS - NEWS

GFMT has launched a new agriculture news platform with a focus on grain-related news. Global Milling News was launched earlier this week at www.global-milling.com and over the past 14 days under trial has accumulated over 7,000 on-target stories. There is not another service like this. We have designed it to bring together all the news stories published globally - and related to your sector of agriculture - in one place so that you can easily find those stories from your region or subject area of choice.

Daily Digest 28/06/12: Cargill, Monsanto; disease resistant barley

Hello, The Global Miller is back! Yesterday I visited a few milling companies in the UK and learnt a great deal about the repair and maintenance side of the industry.

Here's the news...

Cargill plans to build a feed facility in Bovina, Texas. Read more...

New Farm-o-San website for Trouw Nutrition. Read more...

Earlier in the month, we linked to a story about Brazilian farmers taking on Monsanto over rights to soya royalties. This article published in Nature expands on the subject and is a fascinating read.

Scottish scientists have made a break-through in creating disease resistant barley. The new discovery enables barley seed to inherit disease protection characteristics from its parent plant. Read more...

What do you think...

Daily Digest 29/06/12: Vietnam; new rollers; Chopin; fertiliser database Hello, The grains industry gets a fertiliser database. Read more...

Advice about when to get rollers sharpened. Read more...

French company Chopin has launched a book detailing the analysis methods, studies and applications related to grains. The Mixolab Applications Handbook details the results from 200 tests to products including barley, corn and wheat.

Three new feed mills planned in Vietnam. Read more...

Have a great weekend.

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