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January 2016

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PROTECTING STORED GRAIN • Feed enzymes and efficiency • Boosting animal welfare with phytogenic products • Machine vision combined with hyperspectral NIR to guarantee food safety

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COVER IMAGE: A new feedmill being constructed in China for ADM. Located just 30km outside Nanjing which is capital of China’s eastern Jiangsu province and roughly 300km up the Yangtze River from Shanghai.

The mill is on course to produce over 110,000 tonnes of pre-mixes and compound feeds in its first year. The mill is a turnkey project constructed

by Famsun with the its associated silos provided by Muyang

Publisher Roger Gilbert rogerg@perendale.co.uk International Marketing Team Darren Parris Tel: +44 1242 267707 darrenp@perendale.co.uk Tom Blacker Tel: +44 1242 267700 tomb@perendale.co.uk Mark Cornwell Tel: +1 913 6422992 markc@perendale.com Latin America Marketing Team Iván Marquetti Tel: +54 2352 427376 ivanm@perendale.co.uk India Marketing Team Ritu Kala Tel: +91 93 15 883669 rituk@perendale.co.uk Nigeria Marketing Team Nathan Nwosu Tel: +234 805 7781077 nathann@perendale.co.uk

62 PROTECTING STORED GRAIN For those who work in the grain industry, battling the natural elements to grow a bountiful crop is only half of the challenge!

Editorial Team Eloise Hillier-Richardson eloisehr@perendale.co.uk Peter Parker peterp@perendale.co.uk Malachi Stone malachis@perendale.co.uk Andrew Wilkinson andreww@perendale.co.uk International Editor Professor Dr M Hikmet Boyacıog ˘ lu Tel: +90 532 4469232 hikmetb@perendale.co.uk Design Manager James Taylor jamest@perendale.co.uk Circulation & Events Manager Tuti Tan tutit@perendale.co.uk Australia Correspondent Roy Palmer Tel: +61 419 528733 royp@perendale.co.uk

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FEATURES 38 Wheat genome sequencing boosted

48 Feed of the future?

40 Feed enzymes and efficiency

44 Boosting animal welfare with phytogenic products

FACES

100 People news from the global milling industry

54 More than a mycotoxin binder… Anta®Ferm MT FlavoMax

58 Machine vision combined with hyperspectral NIR to guarantee food safety

EVENTS

82 Event listings, reviews and previews

STORAGE

62 Protecting stored grain

68 Storage Project: Two new projects for LPKS Latraps

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35 Cereals and Feed Management

COLUMNS

8 Mildred Cookson 16 Tom Blacker 20 Christophe Pelletier 24 Chris Jackson

2 GUEST EDITOR Patrick Flot

68 MARKETS Suwei Jiang

98 INTERVIEW Gary Huddleston

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Training the right people I was not born into milling, and it’s probably only by chance that I have been lead towards the milling industry. That said, curiosity could also be a big factor.

Back in the 1970s, when I first decided to go to the ENSMIC (French milling school), milling technology was changing. In France, the declining number of mills leads to increasing capacities. Manufacturers have continued to develop more efficient machines, more powerful roller mills and new sifters. Flow sheets have also been adapted to allow for these new standards. Then ten years into my milling career, automation and computers arrived in our factories.

Following the time that I spent employed in various French mills, I then had the opportunity to return for a few months to teach technology at ENSMIC. I was incredibly grateful for this experience, and it inspired me to start a new job in consulting and technical training.

During my time in this role I have met many mill workers in various countries, including those where there are no technical schools. I found these people to be motivated, curious, and thirsty for knowledge.

I also found them to be very welcoming and keen to receive the knowledge of others.

I still find it incredibly surprising that in many cases, the importance of staff training is underestimated.

When a manufacturer wishes to invest in a new plant, they will choose their suppliers, they will invest in capital, but all too often they will forget the importance of employing and training the right people. This team will be entrusted with ensuring that the mill is operational at the optimum level; and it’s not always easy to find the persons who will control the process, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Today, most mills operate automatically with a programmable logic controller, but this should not in any circumstances reduce the level of skill of staff. A

modern plant will always have a high potential for capacity, performances, quality, energy saving, environmental standards.

However, this potential will be used, or not, by the production staff. Without skilled operators, the most modern plant will not produce better quality flour than its competitors if the operators have not been trained to a high enough standard.

As an experienced technician myself, I am still fascinated by milling technology. However, I do feel that there is all too often a gap between the standard of theory and industrial practice. I do believe that reducing this gap is necessary and achieved by ensuring all members of the mill’s team are trained in the basics of control and settings.

I have found that under close scrutiny, it is possible to ascertain that although the milling work in mills where the training isn’t entirely satisfactory is being carried out; it is getting done without employing an appropriately accurate level of methodology.

I believe that it is of vital importance that everyone is aware of who is trained to adjust the machines, the correct method of operation; as well as the timetable for operation and maintenance. Frequently however, I have found that workers have their own method.

One of the issues that is currently being encountered throughout the milling industry is that some of the more experienced men, who are doing their job very well, are seemingly not willing to share their knowledge. Simple things are often underestimated, or even forgotten, and the consequences of lack of organisation can be significant, especially in highcapacity mills.

In conclusion, we can say that there is no one big secret to successful milling, but some points must be under control, such as the quality of the wheat, dampening systems and wear of rolls settings. When the production team knows the importance of these points, many things are easier to control. I recently I heard a Chinese proverb, “What the sage doesn’t knows he learns.” I really like it because I think it concerns everybody, does it not?

Patrick Flot, Flour mill consultant

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EVENTS

NORTH AMERICA NEWS

IPPE Cargill has acquired Format International Ltd

The International Product and Processing Expo (IPPE) will be held in Atlanta, GA, at the Georgia World Congress Centre from January 26-28 2016.

See the full story on page 84

Cargill has acquired Format International Ltd, a leading global feed formulation software company with more than 30 years of experience and more than 5000 users across 93 countries. Format International will become part of Cargill Feed Management Systems (FMS), a software company that operates as a separate part of the Cargill Animal Nutrition business. FMS has more than 12,000 users and provides formulation and operations solutions to the feed industry.

See the full story on page 32

NORTH AMERICA STATS 314 - total US maize production, in millions of tonnes, in 2011. This beat all other crops in the country that year. (Source: FAO) 4 - the number of US states accounting for more than half of maize sales in 2012. They were Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota and Nebraska. (Source: USDA NASS Census of Agriculture 2012) 27.6 - total wheat production, in millions of tonnes, in Canada in 2015. This was down 6.2 percent from the previous year, due to dry conditions causing a decline in yield of 3.3 bushels per acre.

(Source: Statistics Canada) 18 - Percentage rise in Canadian maize grown for grain in 2015, owing to a 10.4 percent rise in yield combined with a 210,200 acre rise in planted area. (Source: Statistics Canada) 4 | January 2016 - Milling and Grain

FACES

New sales manager in North America Bühler Aeroglide appoints new sales manager in North America – Joe Tordella will manage the sales for North America food segments, including the snack and ready-to-eat cereal markets.

See the full story on page 100

INTERVIEW

Feed safety and environmental affairs Gary Huddleston is the American Feed Industry Association’s manager of feed safety and environmental affairs. We spoke to him about his role, challenges and changes in the industry and how to attract ‘new blood’ into the world of food manufacturingSee the full story on page 98

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illing and Grain magazine, the oldest milling magazine still in publication – and first published in 1891 – is once again proud to be sponsoring the 2016 GRAPAS Award for innovation.

The Award will be made to the most innovative and economically beneficial equipment, process or service at GRAPAS Asia 2016. All GRAPAS Award recipients will be published in a special edition of Milling and Grain along with a review of the event itself. This special issue will not only reach print readers, but will be promoted widely through the magazine’s digital media to ensure maximum awareness of the Award winner within the milling industry globally.

Nominations for the award will be clearly identified at the exhibition and in the show guide in order to attract visitor attention. Entries can be from one of the three following categories: • A milling technology development (for flour, rice or other cereal) • A production process or refinement that makes for more efficient and/or safe production • A service (online or otherwise) that helps millers achieve their goals more efficiently All entries are subject to the utmost confidentiality until publication of the special show issue. Please contact Tuti Tan separately if you do not want your innovation to be published!

A panel of independent industry experts will judge the entries. The award will be presented during the GRAPAS Asia 2016 exhibition. How to enter To participate in this competition the innovation, process or service has to comply with the following: 1. Have been introduced to the market after January 2014 2. Be new 3. Make a contribution to efficiency and/or safety 4. Demonstrate significant practical value 5. Be presented at the exhibition To submit your entry please complete the application form prior to 1 February 2016. Since the nominations will be published in Milling and Grain, please send accompanying pictures and/or illustrations, preferably in digital format, to tutit@perendale.co.uk

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A blog dedicated to milling industry professionals globally

Celebrations are in order for 2016!

On June 6, 1891 the first edition of Milling was published. 2016 marks the 125th year Milling has been in print servicing millers originally in the UK, but today throughout the world.

In those early years we were published weekly and the magazine blossomed in the absence of other media reaching the industry. Today, those working in our industry have a varied and multiple avenues to find the information they require and our monthly magazine is just one source.

This year we celebrate our longevity – we are the longest, still-in-print magazine for the flour, rice and feed industries though out the year.

That is why we have focused on the needs of both millers working in the industry and the suppliers of technology that drives our industry forward. We are first and foremost a technology publication – not just in equipment but also in materials handling and nutrition. Our goal is to publish in key languages so that we reach to the very heart of our industry everywhere.

As a result of that decision, (we are already in Spanish, Turkish and Arabic), it has become clear to us that Milling and Grain must be in Chinese.

A team from Milling and Grain spent 10 days in China in early December visiting universities, rice, flour and feed mills along with a number of commercial companies to better gauge how we might help in the transfer of technology from the technology-advanced centres of our milling industries in the west to operators in this vibrant and dramatically-changing market of 1.3 billion people in the east.

When one turn-key provider is building up to 400 mills a year, and has done so for several years now, you know that the demand for food and feed products that provide consumers with the quality foodstuffs they want - and animal with diets that maximise their performance - has reached a new level.

We visited one new mill, a feedmill being constructed for ADM just 30km outside Nanjing city centre, which is on course to produce over 110,000 tonnes of pre-mixes and compound feeds in its first year. We feature this mill’s silos on the cover of the first issue this year in recognition of the importance of not only good storage and handling in China, but also to focus on this growth area for milling.

On our visit we were able to appoint our new 'International Editor - China', Professor Dr Wu Wenbin of the Grain and Oil Mechanical Research Institute at the Henan University of Technology and who is also director and vice-secretary of the Cereals Standardisation Mechanical Council of China from Henan University of Technology who joins our International Editor Turkey, Professor Hikmet on our masthead this month.

Over the next 125 year our Milling and Grain magazine will be faced with many challenges. Under my direction, we will report on those issues and offer all stakeholders in our industry to express their views on how we take our food and feed sectors forward. Join us this year in celebrating, and recalling the achievements of parts publishers, editors, writers and readers of this great magazine!

Roger Gilbert, Publisher

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Rice Milling around the World: A Japanese rice mill Milling journals of the past at The Mills Archive

by Mildred Cookson, The Mills Archive, UK In previous issues of Milling and Grain, I have mentioned that the Mills Archive library holds a number of books, catalogues and images on rice production from all corners of the world.

This article moves on from the early primitive methods and the subsequent description of the use of waterpower illustrated in earlier articles, to examine some of our holdings covering the early stages of industrialisation of rice milling.

In 1896 Mr Riichi Satake, the founder and first President of his company, invented and initiated the production and sales of Japan’s first indigenous power-driven rice milling machines. Before that Japan’s growing industrial rice milling was dependent on imports.

The journals we hold before that date give detailed attention to exports of rice milling machinery from manufacturing centres such as Glasgow, Edinburgh and Manchester. Evidence for this trade is illustrated by advertisements by Alex Mather & Son of Edinburgh (1896) and from 3 June 1889, the advert illustrated from John Staniar and Co of Manchester, conveniently situated near Victoria Station. The latter firm specialised in rice and flour machinery components such as silk screens and the wire meshes for sieves, bolting and smutters. Other firms exported complete mills.

For example, ‘The Miller’ in June 1889 reproduced an

article from ‘Engineering’ on a rice mill for Japan. The article is well illustrated with engravings showing the machines made by J Copland & Co, of Pulteney Street Engine Works, Glasgow which were sent out and fitted in Japan. The installation consisted essentially of two departments, the hulling and the cleaning mills. There were five sets of emery-faced hulling discs, which removed the husk from the paddy rice as it came from the fields. The machines were of iron with the under disc used as the runner instead of the top stone as in rice mills using traditional millstones.

This appears to have worked very well, enabling more rice to be hulled.

The mills are driven by bevel gears on a layshaft, the end of which is coupled to a compound horizontal engine.

As well as the hulling discs there was a riddle to remove stones and straw, etc.

On the upper floor of the mill were five emery-faced cleaning cones. These ran the next process after hulling,

Some early volumes of The Miller

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Five emery-faced hulling discs

Five emery-faced cleaning cones

Pearling cone

where the rice was polished by friction between the emery cement, which forms the working face of the cone and the wire covering of the outer case, the rice running through in a continuous stream.

There are also four pearling cones to make white rice from the previous process which would turn the rice into pearl rice.

Finally there was the rotary sizer, a machine to grade the finished product. The whole process was automatic with the paddy rice coming direct from the store and no handling was required until the finished product appeared as pearl rice.

These articles only give a brief glimpse of the several million records held by the Mills Archive Trust. If you would like to know more please email me at mills@ millsarchive.org.

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Tubular cable conveyor test lab completed at Flexicon

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lexicon has completed construction of an all-new test laboratory for FLEXI-DISC™ tubular cable conveyors and integrated bulk handling equipment, it was announced by David Gill, president.

The laboratory is centred around separate 10 and 15 cm diameter Tubular Cable Conveyor circuits with drive systems and tensioners which can be demonstrated as stand-alone systems. Both circuits are also configured with metered and non-metered inlet adapters, and valved and full-flow discharges that allow for rapid connection to a variety of full size upstream and downstream bulk handling equipment also produced by the company.

“The diversity of interchangeable equipment enables Flexicon to simulate customer installations and verify system performance using the customer’s actual material which, together with Flexicon’s Lifetime Performance Guarantee, takes the risk and guesswork out of ordering these systems,” says Mr Gill.

Full size equipment that can be integrated with the conveyors includes inlet hoppers, bag dump stations, bulk bag dischargers, bulk bag fillers, drum/box/container tippers, weigh batching/blending systems, screeners, filling machines and storage vessels manufactured by Flexicon and others.

Using customer supplied bulk materials, engineers and laboratory technicians verify system performance prior to final equipment design and fabrication, and demonstrate newly constructed equipment for visiting customers prior to shipment. In addition, Flexicon engineers utilise the laboratory to study the performance of new designs.

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fragile bulk foods and non-foods within smooth stainless steel tubing routed at any angle, gently, quietly and dustfree, over short or long distances.

Gentle handling offered by the conveyor makes it suitable for food products that are prone to breakage or degradation including: cereals, coffees, teas, dried fruits, frozen vegetables, grains, nuts, peas, pet foods, seeds, snack foods 10 and 15 cm diameter FLEXI-DISC™ tubular cable conveyors shown with Tubular Discharge Valves for selective discharging of material into downstream equipment

and spices. Typical non-food applications include bulk chemicals, minerals, chopped fibreglass, microspheres, regrind, pellets, tobacco and other friable materials.

The company also maintains comparable test laboratories for its line of Flexible Screw Conveyors and PNEUMATICON® pneumatic conveying systems, allowing the relative merits of each to be compared in terms of conveying over short and long distances, moving problematic materials, preventing the separation of blends, and meeting other application-specific requirements.

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Circular economy package marks important contribution of compound feed manufacturing to safe and sustainable feed production

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n 2 December the European Commission published the long-awaited Circular Economy Package. The European Compound Feed Manufacturers’ Federation (FEFAC) welcomes the Commission’s proposal to explicitly exclude feed materials from the scope of the Waste Framework Directive 2008/98/EC, to the extent that they are already covered by EU feed legislation. This proposal honours a long-standing call from the European feed industry for more legal certainty, which will facilitate discussions with national authorities on the interpretation of the legal ‘non-waste’ status of certain feed materials.

The clarification is in line with FEFAC Vision on Feed Safety Management, highlighting the importance of securing the safety and integrity of feed materials throughout the entire supply chain. FEFAC also

welcomes Commission’s ambition to potentially step up its involvement in the discussion on sustainable sourcing of feed materials through policy dialogues and partnerships.

FEFAC already contributes proactively to the development of the methodology for measuring environmental footprint of feed production at EU (PEF) and global level (FAO LEAP partnership & IFIF-coordinated Global Feed LCA Institute), which will increase the visibility and transparency of circular economy benefits at consumer level.

FEFAC’s input to the PEF is focused on the recently approved draft Feed PEFCR (Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules) developed in the context of the EC Environmental Footprint pilot phase.

FEFAC fully shares the Commission’s expectation that harmonised rules will allow for more trustworthy

communication on the environmental performance of animal products.

FEFAC President Ruud Tijssens feels the ambitions outlined in the circular economy package match the European feed industry’s commitment to safe and sustainable feed production.

“As experts in resource efficiency we see an important role for our industry in the food chain circular economy as we continue to develop new tools for safe and sustainable feed allowing our sector to further reduce feed conversion rates. It is thanks to our nutritional know-how that co-products of the food and biofuel industry, can be sustainably valorised as feed chain resources, thus contributing to the reduction of the environmental footprint of livestock production”.

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“It’s important to reach out to those in need during the holiday season, and we provide grants to numerous organisations that provide special food assistance programs this time of year. Our colleagues also get involved in many different ways, such as volunteering for and donating to food drives and food packing events and serving meals at missions and soup kitchens,” said Jennifer Ballinger, director, ADM Cares.

“But it’s also important to remember that these organisations need support throughout the year, and as one of the world’s largest agricultural processors and food ingredient providers, ADM is committed to providing help year-round to those that need assistance most in the communities where we live and work.”

The contributions were given through ADM Cares.

ADM Cares is a social investment program that directs funds to initiatives and organisations that drive meaningful social, economic and environmental progress worldwide. The program comprises three distinct focus areas: supporting the responsible development of agriculture, improving the quality of life in ADM communities and fostering employee giving and volunteer activities.

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[ Museum Story No. 1 ]

FLOUR IS LIFE FLOUR IS ART

“Demeter”, K. Willinek

Demeter, the Greek goddess of grain and fertility, watches over the fortunes and welfare of our FlourWorld Museum as a filigree work of art created with 10,000 knots in nylon thread. She also stands for Mühlenchemie in its role as a manufacturer of flour improvers and vitamin and mineral premixes, as a symbol of creative entrepreneurial energy and openness to the world.

Grain was the beginning With its collection of over 3,000 flour sacks from 130 countries around the globe, the FlourWorld Museum in Wittenburg, near Hamburg (Germany), is unique in the world of grain. It is an initiative and cultural project of Mühlenchemie and a token of thanks to all millers. The museum shows the history of flour and its significance for mankind: FLOUR IS LIFE. Every new sack with an interesting motif is welcome in the Sackotheque and will find a permanent home there.

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In print Tom Blacker, International Milling and Grain Directory It is with pleasure I can announce that the 2016 International Milling and Grain Directory is not only out in print but also in the mail to our readers!

The 24th edition has been updated and reformatted for the New Year. We have received generous support from advertisers, who without their commitment would make the print edition less effective and more restrictive in circulation. We request all who use ‘her’ to acknowledge the support our advertisers have placed in this timely and valuable document.

Our 2016 edition carries additional comment from new editors, such as Milling and Grain’s International Editor in Turkey, Professor Dr M. Hikmet Boyacıoğlu, who shares his views on the significance of training to all of us involved in the milling, formulation, baking and processing industries.

We have made the new edition more compact and easier for you to carry with you. We have also added a new section and I hope you will enjoy the Colour Sorters Equipment Guide that can be found on pages 166-167.

If you haven’t received a copy, please let me know so I can send you one AND GRAIN directly!

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Healthy Food Ingredients acquires ‘purple corn’ Suntava

ealthy Food Ingredients, LLC, the parent company of SK Food International and Hesco/Dakota Organic Products recently acquired Suntava® Corporation of Afton, Minnesota, USA. The Suntava team will operate as a division of Healthy Foods Ingredients, continuing to use the Suntava name.

Healthy Food Ingredients, LLC (HFI) is a specialty ingredient company that provides non-GMO, organic, gluten free, and identity preserved ingredients to domestic and international customers in the food and pet food manufacturing and food service industries.

“HFI is a quickly-growing company, however, we are purposeful in growing the HFI platform,” says Brad Hover, HFI CEO. “Like our other brands, SK Food and Hesco, Suntava has a rich history within the food industry and is a natural fit for us. We are pleased to include them in the HFI family.”

Suntava is a plant-based specialty ingredients company best known for

its proprietary Suntava® Purple Corn, a natural Non-GMO hybrid.

Suntava purple corn is used as an ingredient in functional foods, beverages, nutraceuticals and cosmeceuticals, as well as being a natural colorant for food and beverages.

Suntava is the first company from the USA to research, grow and commercialise this naturally highantioxidant corn, derived from ancient strains of Andean maize. Suntava’s purple corn is sold as a whole kernel, flour, meal, grits, masa flour, IQF and freeze-dried fresh purple corn.

It is used in various applications including cereals, snack foods, baked goods, beverages, dietary supplements, skin care and petfood blends.

According to Suntava President Bill Petrich, “Suntava has a profound commitment to contributing to a more healthful way of living. We’re excited to be part of HFI and its family of companies that share our vision and values.

“We look forward to continued

Scoular completes acquisition of Legumex Walker Inc’s Special Crops Division

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coular, a leading US-based agricultural marketing company, is expanding its reach with the completion of its acquisition of Legumex Walker Inc’s (LWI) Special Crops Division, a global merchandiser and processor of special crops, pulses, and associated healthy, specialty food ingredients.

In September, Scoular entered into an agreement with LWI to acquire substantially all of the assets of LWI’s Special Crops Division for CA$94 million plus the amount of net working capital at closing. The transaction was finalized today after meeting all regulatory requirements. Scoular now owns the Legumex Walker name and its affiliated special crops business, while the seller of the business has changed its name to LWP Capital Inc. The new-to-Scoular special crops business is engaged in primary and value-added processing of special crops at 14 operating facilities in Canada, the US, and China. It boasts a diverse product offering, ranging from various grades of pulses, including lentils, whole and split peas, edible beans, and

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chickpeas, to other special crops such as canaryseed, flaxseed, and sunflower seed. Nearly all 300+ employees of the former LWI special crops business, including its management team, joined Scoular’s ranks effective today and will continue to operate the business at the existing locations.

“We’ve been looking to enter the special crops market for some time, and we’re thrilled to finalise the purchase of a business that brings a wealth of special crops experience and expertise to our growing company,” said Chuck Elsea, Scoular’s Chief Executive Officer.

“We will invest additional resources to expand the business and pursue opportunities that result in more value for growers and a high-quality, reliable supply of specialty products for customers around the globe.”

Bob Ludington, Chief Operating Officer for Scoular, says entering the special crops business is a natural and strategic extension of the company’s portfolio.

“Our role in the market, whether dealing in high volume commodities or niche specialty products, is to connect local supply to global demand. We have

growth and expansion into new markets under the HFI umbrella, and know our customers and consumers will benefit from Suntava’s access to a broader grower network, enhanced distribution, and a united commitment to the best food safety practices from field to table.”

Mr Hover adds, “We’re eager for the opportunity to innovate together to provide value-added ingredients to the marketplace, like HFI’s recentlylaunched AncientGrisps, which has been an exciting offering for us.”

AncientGrisps are milled and extruded from a custom blend of ancient grains, including amaranth, quinoa, sorghum and millet, they are whole grain and naturally gluten-free.

HFI was formed in response to increasing industry and consumer demand for ingredients that promote health and wellness. In 2013 HFI recapitalised SK Food International and in 2014 added Hesco/Dakota Organic Products to the platform. HFI continues its growth through acquisitions and new, innovative ingredients. a very long history—nearly 125 years— of working with producers to seek to the best markets for their production.

We accomplish this by developing strong relationships with growers and consumptive customers to understand and meet their unique requirements. We also work closely with transportation and logistics providers to ship products by truck, rail, barge, or container.”

Anthony Kulbacki will continue in his role as the executive responsible for the special crops business, now reporting to Mr Ludington.

“This is terrific news for all stakeholders in our special crops business – employees, suppliers, producers and customers. We are eager to start leveraging Scoular’s resources to solidify and expand our unique food and feed ingredient business. The addition of Scoular’s expertise in wheat, canola and other commodities will enable us to create more opportunities for the producers and customers we serve.”

Mr Kulbacki emphasised the importance of Scoular’s solid foundation and long-term commitment to agriculture, stating that “this provides confidence for producers and enables us to invest in infrastructure that creates competitive advantage in serving these globally expanding markets.”

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The Pelletier Column

The talking is over, it is time for action

by Christophe Pelletier In my previous column, I had expressed doubts about any significant outcome of the COP21 conference. I must have been wrong because most headlines I have read emphasise what a huge success has been achieved and how history has been written in Paris.

You may call me a killjoy, but I still have some reservations about what is in the Paris agreement. As I wrote last month, I expected no less than a last minute hard-fought agreement. It has been like that at every past conference. Apart from a text in which all countries recognise that something must be done to fight climate change, the content is vague enough and has been watered down enough so that everyone feels good about agreeing with it.

Achieving the target of limiting the temperature increase at less than two degrees, and ideally at no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius is a task of a different magnitude than writing a text of 31 pages. Nowhere in the text does it appear clearly who is not only responsible, but also accountable for delivering the results and to whom they should be accountable.

The agreement needs at least 55 countries representing at least 55 percent of greenhouse gas emissions to be ratified. In my view, the Paris agreement would have more convincing if it had actually been ratified. Further, there does not seem to be any penalty system for the countries that would not do a good job at reducing their emissions.

As I wrote last month, I believe more in rewarding those who do well than punishing those who do not. The lack of penalty in the agreement does not bother me as much as the lack of reward. Sometimes the stick works, sometimes the carrot works and sometimes a combination of both is best, but rarely does no carrot and no stick get things done.

Nonetheless, let’s look at this agreement positively and assume all countries have actually started working hard on meeting the target. The wall to climb is quite high and we must not fool ourselves. We will not reach the target with the current economic model, which has led us to where we are today.

As Einstein said, we cannot expect different results by doing the same. So what is going to change during the next 35 years? How will the economic model change and evolve, what will make it change? Where is the vision of the future world? Chanting “this is the end of fossil fuels” is not a vision as such, unless someone can present 20 | January 2016 - Milling and Grain

how they get replaced, by what and how it changes the economy and the economics of human activities.

Other question mark is how the people are going to buy in on the future directions. The leaders can agree all they want, but the average Joe and Jane have bills to pay. They need jobs and money. If change is perceived as loss, there will be resistance. As always when it comes to managing change, genuine and candid communication is essential.

There will have to be incentives to change behaviour, and they will have to translate in financial advantage to the people.

Among all the goods and services, food definitely has a special place to both consumers and in regard to climate change. In an interview to the Dutch NOS on the day the COP21 text was adopted, Pier Vellinga, Climate Professor at the Wageningen Agricultural University, indicated that we need to look at food differently and in particular we should reduce our consumption of animal protein as he sees this as healthier for us and for the planet.

He also encourages farmers to move to mixed farm production systems and to more organic methods. This is a different view from the one of Aalt Dijkhuizen, President of Dutch Topsector Agri&Food, and former professor at Wageningen University, who has always advocated for intensive animal production systems that he considers better for the environment than organic and extensive ones.

Different opinions are good. I am a strong believer that to improve how we produce food, we need to have candid and robust dialogues.

Because of the diversity of natural conditions as well as the diversity of cultural, sociological and political, there are many different solutions that must be implemented where they work best.

The debate about food always sounds like there should be a universal system. That is in plain contradiction with nature and human nature, too. Pragmatism is going to be one of the most important assets for the future. Nothing is carved in stone. The food and agriculture sectors have an ideal role to play in carrying out such dialogues because the well being of humanity depends on it.

I encourage you to initiate dialogue anywhere and anyway you think will foster progress.

Christophe Pelletier is a food and agriculture strategist and futurist from Canada. He works internationally. He has published two books on feeding the world’s growing population. His blog is called “The Food Futurist”.

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Reflecting back on 2015

by Chris Jackson, Export Manager UK TAG As we move forward into another year I would like to wish all of our readers a very happy and prosperous New Year.

Reflecting back on 2015, a year that has seen me hugely privileged in visiting many countries around South East Asia, Australia, China, Europe, India and the USA. This has helped me gain a greater understanding of the vastly different farming techniques and systems, ranging in diversity from industrial-scale, fully-integrated business to subsistence farming.

Seeing fully-organic systems through to production techniques rely on modern fertilisers, sprays and medicines to achieve maximum outputs.

It is within all of these farming businesses that food production begins and is the first stage of the production of food that is both wholesome and safe for consumption.

As more and more people move away from their agricultural roots and into the world’s larger cities, increasing pressure is brought to bear on the farming population of the world to feed them with safe, uncontaminated and nutritious products.

Following Europe’s example, I am pleased to see that the USA has finally banned the routine use of antibiotics and growth promoters in their pig industry, in some other countries this issue remains on-going.

Of course it is not just livestock farming that has to develop systems that can effectively and most importantly, profitably produce food with minimum use of chemicals that can be detrimental to human health, but all of the crop and vegetable production.

Once the food, be it wheat, rice and all crops, vegetables and livestock, is produced then it has to be got to the consumer. In some countries that I have visited up to 40 percent of 24 | January 2016 - Milling and Grain

food produced is wasted either through poor infrastructure, storage or handling techniques, or a combination of all of these factors; meaning that food has deteriorated to a point that it is not fit for purpose.

In these counties, from my observations, their Governments are keen to tackle problems with large-scale investments in infrastructure, roads, ports and airports.

Reducing the losses has to be the first of our industries many challenges for this coming year. If we can improve on food distribution then we achieve many goals for our global industry, reduction in cost to consumers and increased profits for our farmers.

Once the infrastructure is in place then it’s down to the farming fraternity to take full advantage of the facilities and from the resilience that I have seen world wide of farmers. I am sure they will increase the amount of food that they can get to market and for production they will continue to use every new technique that comes available to them.

Recently, in Paris the world came together to discuss the effects of global warming where much is said about the industrial giants of the world causing long-term problems. I am sure that there will be no easy fix to these problems, however, farmers worldwide can help considerably in their own way and are already doing so by producing more with less, using for instance improved genetics and feed production techniques.

As we move forward into 2016 our challenges are producing increasing amounts of safe food for the world with a decreasing global farming population. From my travels in 2015 I am convinced that farming is the only industry that our world cannot manage without, and that using science and practical skills this coming year will see farmers livelihoods improved.

Again I want to wish you all a Very Happy New Year @AgrictecExports

DuPont and The Dow Chemical Company have announced a definitive agreement under which the companies will combine in an all-stock merger of equals.

Upon closing of the transaction, the combined company would be named DowDuPont and have a combined market capitalisation of approximately US$130 billion at announcement. The parties intend to subsequently pursue a separation of DowDuPont into three independent, publicly traded companies through tax-free spinoffs. This would occur as soon as feasible, which is expected to be 18-24 months following the closing of the merger, subject to regulatory and board approval.

Following the closing of the transaction, DowDuPont will be dual headquartered in Midland, Michigan and Wilmington, Delaware.

Retsch, world leading supplier of lab equipment for sample preparation and characterization of solids, has given its website a new, fresh look. The design is characterised by large graphic elements and a very clear structure.

Thanks to the improved menu navigation visitors easily find the information they are looking for with only a few mouse clicks. The website will shortly be available in responsive design optimised for mobile devices. In addition to product information, news and events the Retsch website also features an application data base with a huge selection of test reports as well as articles and white papers on a variety of applications for download. Retsch has also published a 100-page general catalogue on the complete range of milling, sieving and assisting equipment. The catalogue contains a selection of application examples from the most important industries and offers a wealth of background information on milling and sieving technology. See the new website at www.retsch.com

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Predicting the unpredictable Australasian agribusiness leaders debate future challenges

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ore than 40 industry leaders, representing in excess of 2.8 million sows, gathered at the world-famous Melbourne Cricket Ground for the Alltech Elite Herd dinner to discuss challenges facing the global pork industry and debate how to move forward.

Matthew Smith, Alltech Asia-Pacific vice-president, opened with a reference to forecasts that poultry consumption will overtake pork by 2020 (OD Consulting, 2015).

“Chicken consumption is growing, in large part due to efficient broiler performance, consistency in appearance, texture and taste and no religious restrictions,” said Mr Smith.

Chicken producers have been leading the way in innovation and flexibility in the number of consumer products on the market.

“There have been more new products created with chicken meat than all other meat sources combined,” he said.

Terry Coffey, chief science and technology officer, Smithfield, discussed the challenges of being the world’s largest swine producer, especially in regard to the sheer size of business. He stressed Smithfield’s focus on driving production efficiency across their brands.

He said, “Part of our challenge in producing pork with enhanced attributes is what to do with the lesser-value cuts that are not as desirable.”

Mr Coffey also referred to the fact that Smithfield has some organic farms where inputs are fully traceable. He said that this forms a very small part of their business and demand for these products has not grown in recent years.

The importance of provenance (where food is grown) was discussed in a debate about locally-sourced products. Brian Luxford, general manager of the research and innovation group, Rivalea, emphasised that due to restrictions limiting the importation of genetics in Australia, improvements in production efficiency must be made elsewhere. He stressed his belief that companies must promote the idea of buying local and ensuring consumers know the origin of their pork products.

Mark Field, head of product technology, Coles, illustrated that when making a purchase, the consumer will look at a range of factors, such as value, marketing, provenance, innovation and convenience.

“We remain focused on listening to the needs of the customer and delivering products they can trust.”

Summarising the night’s debate, Aidan Connolly, Alltech chief innovation officer, said, “The pig business is global.

While we once looked at local prices and only pork proteins, we’re now globally interconnected. Prices go up and down together.”

At a separate Alltech breakfast at APSA, Mr Connolly addressed an audience of more than 60 executives from countries across Asia, discussing the trend to move away from antibiotics in production.

“Around 46 countries now have restrictions on the use of antimicrobials, particularly as growth promoters,” he said. Using examples of iconic global brands such as

Aidan Connolly, Alltech chief innovation officer and vice president of corporate accounts, shared his predictions of coming trends in the pig industry at APSA 2015

Industry leaders, representing nearly three million sows, gathered in Melbourne at the Alltech Elite Herd Dinner

McDonald’s, Walmart and Subway, he stressed that change will not come necessarily from legislation alone.

“Governments are pushing the food industry in new directions, but the majority of change will come from companies themselves,” said Mr Connolly.

Mr Connolly highlighted trends in the global swine industry towards antibiotic-free production and Alltech’s leading role in this area. He spoke about the Alltech Antibiotic-Free program, which includes almost four decades of research, practical applications and technical experts, providing a holistic approach to help producers address the challenges that can occur in antibiotic-free production.

He spoke of very large sow units in the US and other countries that have removed antibiotic growth promoters and are using Alltech’s programme, emphasising that these companies now have lower mortality and are consistent leaders in feed conversion.

Mr Connolly also shared his experience with an application of the Alltech Antibiotic-Free program, the “seed, feed and weed” approach: seeding the gut with favourable microflora, utilising nutritional technologies in feed that maintain optimum pH, water balance and support gut microbial population, and weeding out challenges in order to maintain gut health and integrity to support overall performance.

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Meeting of the International Grains Council and the International Grains Forum

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embers of the International Grains Council (IGC) convened for the 42nd Council Session on 30 November 2015. The meeting was chaired by Ms Carla Seain, Under-Secretary for Political Coordination, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Argentina. The latest supply and demand outlook and market developments for grains, rice and oilseeds were assessed, while recent changes in national policies and administrative matters were considered.

Based on the latest Grain Market Report (GMR 461), world total grains (wheat and coarse grains) production in 2015/16 was expected to fall short of the previous year’s record, but only by a fraction. Bumper outturns of wheat, barley and sorghum were seen being outweighed by a drop for maize, although output of that crop could still be the third largest ever.

A further rise in global consumption was anticipated, underpinned by solid demand for food and animal feed.

Nevertheless, end-2015/16 stocks were projected to expand by 1 percent y/y (year-on-year), to a 29-year high.

While some of the rise was seen in the major exporters, an accumulation was also expected in China, where inventories are largely inaccessible to the global grains economy. A 2 percent decline in world trade was forecast, mainly because of smaller wheat and barley imports in Near East Asia and North Africa following good domestic harvests.

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With northern hemisphere winter wheat sowing for the 2016/17 harvest well advanced, only a small fall in global area was projected. Incorporating tentative assumptions for spring wheat plantings and the next southern hemisphere crops, world 2016/17 harvested area was placed about 1 percent lower y/y. Recent rains had alleviated concerns about dryness for autumn sown wheat in some places, although worries about the poor start to the growing season persisted in certain areas, particularly in Ukraine. While world wheat production was not expected to match the previous season’s record, large stocks would cushion the impact of any decline, likely keeping overall availabilities ample.

World rice stocks in 2015/16 were projected to drop by 12 percent y/y, to a seven-year low, almost entirely linked to a heavy fall in major exporters’ inventories, seen contracting by one-third, to their lowest since 2007/08. Trade was expected to remain historically high in 2016 on large shipments to Asian markets in particular, while Thailand would replace India as the world’s largest exporter.

Global soyabean output was seen matching the previous year’s record on likely bumper outturns in leading producers and, despite growth in uptake to a new peak, aggregate carryovers were anticipated to edge up to a fresh high as a steep rise in the US more than offset declines elsewhere. Traded volumes were expected to rise slightly on a modest increase in deliveries to China, with Brazil set to be the world’s biggest exporter, its shipments significantly exceeding those by the US. With bumper crops swelling availabilities, the IGC Grains and Oilseeds Index (GOI) has fallen by 20 percent y/y, including declines in wheat (-25 percent), maize (-11 percent), rice (-12 percent) and soyabeans (-22 percent).

Finally, the Council noted the plunge in dry bulk freight markets to record lows in 2015 against the backdrop of weaker demand and excess tonnage capacity.

The Council considered administrative matters, including an update on progress with its economic work programme.

The Secretariat presented its medium-term supply and demand projections (covering the period 2016/172020/21); while some retreat in grains, rice and oilseeds stocks was anticipated, global availabilities were seen as remaining comfortable.

In line with the Council’s new medium-term work programme priority to foster improved links with international grains trade participants, members agreed to the International Grain Trade Coalition’s (IGTC) participation in Council sessions to facilitate a dialogue on major policy issues affecting grains trade. The IGTC’s President, representing the organisation’s affiliated associations and councils, will be invited to attend the Council’s 43rd Session in June 2016. The Secretariat also informed members that a new redesigned public section of the IGC website had been launched earlier that day.

International Grains Forum: “The new global context: challenges and opportunities for large net exporters” An International Grains Forum (which included an exhibition) was held on 1 December, organised by the Buenos Aires Grains Exchange (Bolsa de Cereales) and the IGC. There were presentations on a wide range of relevant topics, including prospects for grains and oilseeds supply and demand, key trade issues, international trade and sustainability and productive challenges. The central role of Argentina and Brazil in world markets was also highlighted. www.igc.int

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Integrity of Feed Safety Assurance certification

by Johan den Hartog – Managing Director of GMP+ International The integrity or credibility of a food and feed safety assurance certificate is increasingly important. Major interests are at stake including both commercial and human health.

The overall aim of certification is to offer confidence to all stakeholders in the market that a certified company fulfills the requirements of a normative standard of a certification scheme.

Third party certification ensures that an impartial party, such as a certification body or an auditor, assesses a company’s management system, its implementation, and daily operations in a consistent way.

At the end of 2014, GMP+ International renewed its integrity policy for the GMP+ Feed Certification scheme thoroughly, including its enforcement. Lessons taken from recent feed safety emergencies led to this change. Although it has taken some time and effort to implement it fully, the first experiences can now be shared.

A scheme manager applies an Integrity Policy with the aim to ensure the confidence that the certified company complies with the principles and requirements of the applicable normative standards of a certification scheme in a proper and unimpaired manner.

Otherwise a certificate will lose its credibility. Maintaining the credibility of a certification scheme is in the interest of the scheme manager as well as all participants and related stakeholders.

After all, integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching. However, when put into practice this is not always the case and furthermore ‘situational interpretation’ of requirements can sometimes result in risks for downstream actors in the market.

An ‘integrity policy’ is one of the most challenging responsibilities of a scheme manager. In most cases, several certification bodies and auditors are involved in the assessment and certification of companies, participating in a certification scheme.

Besides impartiality and competence, the consistency of assessing practical situations by certification bodies and auditors is vital when striving to achieve this.

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companies / locations were certified in over 75 countries.

This high level of participation has created an obligation to maintain a high level of credibility.

However, an integrity policy should not be viewed as a stand-alone item, but should form the foundation of a coherent set of roles and responsibilities for those concerned.

Therefore, the responsibility of each involved party for the credibility of a certificate is stipulated, before diving into the integrity policy as such.

First of all, a certified company needs to comply with the requirements appropriately, as it is in the company’s own interest to control risks. It is then the Management’s responsibility to ensure adherence to those requirements and to evaluate the implementation and compliance regularly.

Accurate compliance is also crucial; otherwise it will fuel a tendency of avoidance. An internal audit is a useful tool to assess compliance on a regular basis.

Feed safety culture is the responsibility of the management.

The question of whether feed safety is a priority or a company value. If it is a priority, it can be high or low, depending on the financial situation. A company value is always at the same level of urgency, because it is a driving force for daily operations. That makes the difference.

The certification body’s main responsibility is to ensure that their auditors are applying normative standards in a competent, impartial and consistent way; whilst dealing with nonconformity in accordance with the rules of certification set by the scheme manager.

It is recognized that the source of revenue for a certification body is its clients paying for certification, and that this is a potential threat for impartiality. To obtain and maintain confidence, it is essential that a certification body’s decisions are based on objective evidence of (non) conformity and that its decisions are not influenced by other interests or other parties (ISO 17021).

Inaccurate assessment by an auditor results in inaccurate operations of an assessed feed company regarding feed/ food safety control, which can often lead to an increase in deviant behaviour as well as non-compliancy. Therefore, the certification board’s management has a responsibility to monitor and assure that their employees and auditors are operating with the appropriate level of integrity.

Finally, a scheme manager is also responsible for the integrity of the certificate. It is about setting normative standards or certification criteria, about setting clear rules of certification and about an effective and reliable integrity policy.

Milling News The requirements for participating companies as well as involved certification bodies in the certification scheme should be achievable and relevant. Validation, prior to implementation, is an important tool.

Well-balanced multi-stakeholders’ participation is also key for setting achievable and relevant requirements.

Additionally, GMP+ International applies public consultation in the decision-making process as well as regular evaluation of the effectiveness of normative standards that contribute also to a balanced end result.

Defining a coherent set of rules for certification is another important responsibility. For GMP+ International, it is about accreditation against ISO 17021 and ISO 22003, which provides conditions for impartiality, competences, and consistency. Furthermore, regular examination of auditors should ensure enough knowledge about the standards and processes. GMP+ International has also set minimum audit time, audit frequency, and classification of nonconformities, including the related measurements and sanctions. However, based on practical experiences, both the classification and the measurements was tightened last year.

GMP+ International’s Integrity policy consists of three cornerstones: complaints management, management of the early warning notifications and compliance assessments.

The compliance assessments are about the certification process conducted by the certification bodies, including the enforcement tools towards certification bodies.

Before 2015, the compliance assessments were carried out by means of witness audits, parallel audits and annual certification body’s office audits. Parallel audits seems to be most effective if conducted shortly after an audit conducted

by a CB auditor.

It is important that the sample size of parallel audits (annual number of parallel audits) is determined on an objective base. GMP+ International aims to apply a statistical calculation method, based on the number of qualified CB auditors. Therefore, the compliance audit capacity is doubled in order to comply with the results of the calculation method.

Since 2015, additional compliance assessments methods will be gradually introduced and conducted. These are different types of retrospective assessments.

One of these retrospective assessments is an annual overall analysis of the performance of a certification body and its auditors. It contains an overview of the audit results of the CB auditors, the auditors’ exams results, and the results of GMP+ International’s compliance assessments (CB office audits, witness audits and parallel audits).

These results are evaluated both in conjunction with, as well as compared to, the results of the previous two years. This provides relevant insights and a coherent picture of (non-) compliance. Therefore it provides objective evidence as base for assessment compliance and in case of non-compliance, for enforcement measures towards the certification bodies.

In 2015, GMP+ International experienced already effective progress in enforcement compliance based on the overall analysis. Based on the recent experiences, the classification of nonconformities, during compliance assessments, and the measurements are evaluated and reviewed.

These new criteria will be set and implemented from 2016 onwards and should contribute to a reliable certification process and hence keep the GMP+ FSA certificate valuable.

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Cargill aquires Format International

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riven by opportunities in the global feed software market to provide customers with integrated formulation software and solutions on a larger scale, Cargill has acquired Format International Ltd, a leading global feed formulation software company with more than 30 years of experience and more than 5000 users across 93 countries, reports the PRNewswire today.

Format International specialises in the design, authoring and marketing of recipe optimisation, ingredient allocation and food and feed formulation solutions for the animal feed, aqua feed, pet food, human food, premix and other industries.

Format International will become part of Cargill Feed Management Systems (FMS), a software company that operates

as a separate part of the Cargill Animal Nutrition business. FMS has more than 12,000 users and provides formulation and operations solutions to the feed industry.

The acquisition creates a unique opportunity for Cargill to create world-class formulation solutions and provide customers with an even more comprehensive range of products and services, reports PRNewswire.

"This acquisition combines Format International's software capabilities and state-of-the-art platform with Cargill's expertise in animal nutrition and nutrient analysis," said Bruce

Feist, managing director, Cargill Feed Management Systems.

"Together, we will be able to offer our customers a complete and fully integrated nutrition solution that will deliver the right information to the right person – anytime, anywhere."

Customers and employees will benefit not only from Cargill's scale and animal nutrition expertise, but also from working with a company that shares its values.

"What impresses me about Cargill is its high ethical standards, sustainable business practices and values-based culture focused on customers, employees and communities," said Merryl Webster, managing director, Format International.

"Its commitment to providing customers with end-to-end solutions will give Format's customers additional choices of tools and systems which will help to more effectively grow their businesses longterm and ensures that we continue to deliver high quality products and services to them."

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Land O’Lakes Inc launches nutritional additives focus in animal feed

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MI Nutritional Additives to focus on nutrient utilisation and gut health and integrity in livestock Land O’Lakes Inc announced today the launch of a nutritional additives focus within its animal nutrition business. Known as PMI Nutritional Additives, the business will work with all feed nutritionists, manufacturers, veterinarians and producers seeking to deliver value, efficacy and strong results through their livestock feed.

PMI Nutritional Additives is focused on products that optimise performance in animals in two key areas—nutrient utilisation and gut health and integrity. There are several nutritional additives available for poultry, swine, dairy and beef cattle, and more will follow.

“Within the animal production industry, Land O’Lakes’ animal nutrition business delivers proven feed solutions

backed by extensive research knowhow both in-house, through our animal nutrition PhDs, and in the field,” says Dave Hoogmoed, chief operating officer for animal nutrition.

“With our nutritional additives business, we’re extending our research capabilities, partnerships and distribution to meet the needs of a growing segment of customers.”

In addition to extensive research capabilities, PMI Nutritional Additives products are backed by practical insights and expertise in how to use products in USbased formulations as well as a deep understanding of the health, management and nutrition dynamic within each specie group. Strong partnerships with industry-leading companies across the world ensure access to advanced feed components providing diverse feed additive competency.

“This is a natural and exciting extension of our quality, innovation and expertise,” says Tim Makens, general manager of PMI Nutritional Additives.“We really view this as another way we can work with our partners to ensure the highest levels of performance in America’s livestock.”

Expansion into Europe with joint venture Swedish millers BoMill AB and Pawlica s.r.o

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he grain quality sorting company BoMill AB grows their distributor network by signing an agreement with Pawlica s.r.o. with operations in Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Serbia.

“With Pawlica as our Distributor in central Europe we will have a strong partner,” says Per Söderström, Marketing Director BoMill AB. Petr Pawlica, CEO Pawlica s.r.o. says, “The revolution in grain sorting is here! I am really happy that I will be able to offer this really new amazing sorting solution, which can sort grain on quality basis, to my customers."

"This sorting solution will ensure, that my customers will be always capable to sell in contract guaranteed quality or buy in lower quality and adjust grain quality in-house.

Companies with BoMill sorting solutions will become preferable suppliers for grain buyers from Germany or other EU countries. ROI (return of investment) is what matters today and BoMill technology has great figures here!”

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2016 AWARD FOR INNOVATION

The GRAPAS Award for Innovation

Miling and Grain magazine is once again privileged to sponsor the GRAPAS Awards for innovation in milling.

It is calling on all exhibitors, exhibiting under the GRAPAS banner at Victam Asia 2016 to make application if they have developed a beneficial piece of equipment or service for the milling industry.

The GRAPAS Exhibition is an exhibition for the flour, rice and cereals milling industries and is co-located within the larger Victam event.

NOW ACCEPTING ENTRIES The 2016 Award will be announced on March 29, at the exhibitors’ 25th Anniversary Dinner (BITEC) at VICTAM / FIAAPP / GRAPAS Asia 2016

To enter your product into the award please visit:

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Training

Participants from Morocco toured the USDA Federal Grain Inspection Service facilities in Kansas City, Missouri.

The IGP Institute hosted four participants for the Cochran Program on Cereals and Feed Management for Morocco on November 9-19, 2015. The course covered topics including grain handling technology, post-harvest management of wheat, corn and soybeans, pest control management, moulds and mycotoxins, US grain grading and contract systems for exports.

Cochran Fellowship Program on Cereals and Feed Management “The IGP Institute has an international reputation,” says Abderrafi Kchit, course participant.

“Between science, research, extension and the farm activities, I realised that we don’t have this interaction in Morocco and I think we should. This integration is very important.”

Throughout the 10-day course, participants spent their time in the classroom and traveling to several leading agricultural venues in Kansas and Louisiana. The facilities visited included Ron Roth Farm, Manhattan Farmers Coop (MKC), ADM Grain Export Facility, Cargill Westwego Export Facility, USDA Federal Grain Inspection Service and Thionville Laboratories.

Participants also learned about grain management techniques from on-site trainings at the OH Kruse Feed Technology Centre, Hal Ross Flour Mill and BIVAP. The IGP Institute is proud to partner with the USDA Cochran Program on activities that highlight the advantages of US grains.

This is just one example of the customised trainings offered by the IGP Institute. In addition to feed manufacturing and grain quality management, IGP offers courses in the areas of grain processing and flour milling, and grain marketing and risk management.

For more information about upcoming courses visit the IGP website at www.grains.k-state.edu/igp.

As part of the field trip to New Orleans, participants in the Cochran Program on Cereals and Feed Management for Morocco toured the ADM Destrehan grain export facility.

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Cetec Industries bagging solution Cetec Industries present their new bagging solution that features a “tool-free” easy open system complete with a pouring lip for accurate emptying. Their latest “inviolable” bag also promises zero leakages – and is even impenetrable to small seeds.

PRODUCT FOCUS JANUARY 2016 In every edition of Milling and Grain, we take a look at the products that will be saving you time and money in the milling process.

Cetec’s latest product also ensures limited dust emissions as well as user friendly and safe handling; with integral bag recycling by Adivalor Pamira.

All of the above ensures that Cetec’s new grain storage bag both remains in one piece and completely sealed.

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MPE Chain-Vey The MPE Chain-Vey is a revolutionary conveyor designed for transporting food, chemicals and other bulk powder products without degradation or declassification.

The Chain-Vey® now offers a retrofit design to easily convert your cable system to chain, guaranteeing your conveyor to never break again.

For installation, you can keep your existing piping and merely replace the drive unit, turnaround and cable with ChainVey componentry. There is very little downtime involved and this simple change-out will save you money (and your sanity!)

SEE THIS AT: Lamma 2016 will see RDS Technology Ltd exhibiting its extensive range of on-board weighing scales including the WEIGHLOG α10, which has been specifically designed for agricultural loaders.

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GimeTech colour sorter

WEIGHLOG α10

As a leading manufacturer in China, Wuhan Gime Food Machinery Co, Ltd have specialised in supplying excellent colour sorters and good aftersales services to customers around the world for over 10 years.

The WEIGHLOG α10 incorporates a 4.3” colour, hi brightness resistive touchscreen display and additional physical keys providing a user-friendly on-board weighing system that can be used for trailer and hopper loading, batch blending or check weighing.

Our colour sorters are widely used for processing rice, wheat, corn, oats, barley and other grains. The equipment utilises high-speed line scan CCD cameras with 2048 pixels and advanced photo-processing technology.

Allowing for the effective removal of rotted material, impurities and unwanted materials from the finished grain.

Field bus structure ensures high consistency of signal, stability and simplified outline. The sorter is capable of detecting minimum area of 0.8mm, and analysis of the finest of colour differences, allowing for a perfect sorting function.

Both flat and channel type are available, making it much easier for changing between rice and larger article sorting.

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Suitable for use with up to 10 different attachments, such as buckets or forks, the system can be retrofitted onto compact wheeled loaders, telescopic handlers, forklifts, skidsteer type loaders and tractor loaders.

The system measures hydraulic pressure using up to four sensors at a certain position on the lifting cycle compensating for pressure changes in the system.

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Hamex® Hammer mill

Dinnissen Process Technology specialises in the development and production of process technologies and equipment for the feed, food, pharma and chemical industries. One outstanding member of Dinnissen’s product range is the Hamex® Hammer mill with (semi-)automatic screen changer.

Hamex® Hammer mill with automatic screen changer The Hamex® Hammer mill with automatic screen changer can handle grinding capacities of up to 60 tons per hour, and the screen changer has space for four to six different sets of grinder screens. The mechatronic screen changing system automatically selects and places the appropriate set of grinder screens in the hammer mill.

After the production process has been completed, it removes and stores the grinder screens in less than 35 seconds. This makes it possible to change screens extremely quickly and greatly reduces downtime. The Hamex® Hammer mill features a new and

Hammer mill with semi-automatic screen exchanger in response to changing customer demands. When using the Hamex® Hammer mill with semi-automatic screen changer, the screens are automatically removed from the hammer mill. But, in contrast to the automatic screen changer, the operator manually removes the screens from the screen holder and manually inserts the new screens.

The semi-automatic screen changing system then automatically inserts the screen holder back into the hammer mill. As a result, the grinding step never needs to be the limiting factor in a production process. The investment needed for a semi-automatic screen changing system is also relatively limited.

A much better and more homogeneous end result In its newest (semi-) automatic hammer mill, Dinnissen has improved the inflow of ingredients by integrating stone catchers and magnets into the design. This innovative feature prevents

ingenious design which greatly increases the surface area of the grinding screens inside the hammer mill, which in turn provides increased grinding capacity.

The screen storage facility is also fitted with an extra-wide chamber that can be automatically opened. This makes it easier to carry out maintenance and remove damaged screens if necessary, thereby minimising downtime. Dinnissen had the performance of the hammer mill measured over a period of one year, during which time 25,000 client batches were analysed. The results of this study made it clear that Dinnissen’s automated hammer mill performs even better than expected. The Hamex® Hammer mill turns out to be extremely reliable and delivers 20 percent higher capacity in combination with a very homogeneous end product.

On to the latest development: the semi-automatic screen exchanger Continuing on this design, Dinnissen now also offers a Hamex®

damage to the screens from iron particles or hard objects. The screen holder is also fitted with an extra-wide opening that opens automatically, making it easier to carry out maintenance and/or replace worn-out screens which further minimises downtime.

Finally, Dinnissen further improved the design of the screen holder, resulting in damage prevention for the grinder screens.

Dinnissen also had a study carried out into the quality and homogeneity of the ground products. The study made it clear that the new Hamex® Hammer mills not only deliver a more homogeneous end product per batch but that the homogeneousness of the end products remains much more consistent over time. The high-end materials used by Dinnissen minimise wear and tear and deliver more homogeneously ground products.

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Wheat genome sequencing boosted A high quality bread wheat reference sequence will be available in less than two years

he International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium (IWGSC) announced on January 7, 2016 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA the production of a whole genome assembly of bread wheat, the most widely grown cereal in the world, significantly accelerating global research into crop improvement.

The project consisted of producing a whole genome assembly of the bread wheat variety Chinese Spring based on Illumina short sequence reads assembled with NRGene’s DeNovoMAGICTM software.

The new data will help speed up the delivery of a high quality reference sequence of the bread wheat genome. One of the co- leaders of the project, Nils Stein of IPK Gatersleben in Germany explained, “The new bread wheat de novo shotgun assembly made by NRGene represents a major breakthrough for the IWGSC integrated strategy towards delivering a high quality reference sequence for each of the 21 bread wheat chromosomes.”

Kellye Eversole, IWGSC Executive Director, welcomed the results.

“The preliminary results obtained by NRGene are impressive.

We have been waiting for a number of years to have a high quality whole genome sequence assembly that would complement our chromosome based strategy and accelerate the delivery of the sequence.

“Thus, this assembly comes exactly at the right time because it can be integrated with the IWGSC chromosome specific resources developed over the past 10 years (for example, chromosome shotgun sequences, physical maps, and physical map-based sequencing) to deliver a high quality reference sequence for the wheat genome in less than two years.“ The whole genome assembly data will be integrated with physical-map based sequence data to produce a high-quality, ordered sequence for each wheat chromosome that precisely locates genes, regulatory elements and markers along the chromosomes, providing invaluable tools for wheat breeders.

“This new wheat genome sequence generated by the IWGSC and its partners is an important contribution to understanding the genetic blueprint of one of the world’s most important crops,” said Curtis Pozniak.

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“It will provide wheat researchers with an exciting new resource to identify the most influential genes important to wheat adaptation, stress response, pest resistance and improved yield.”

Results of the whole genome assembly was presented at several workshops at the Plant & Animal Genome Conference which took place in San Diego in the United States from January 9-13, 2016. All data will be available in the IWGSC wheat sequence repository at URGI-INRA. The importance of wheat in a nut shell Wheat is the staple food for more than 35 percent of the global human population and accounts for 20 percent of all calories consumed throughout the world.

As global population grows, so too does its dependence on wheat.

To meet future demands of a projected world population of 9.6 billion by 2050, wheat productivity needs to increase by 1.6 percent each year.

Since availability of new land is limited to preserve biodiversity and water and nutrient resources are becoming scarcer, the majority of this increase has to be achieved via crop and trait improvement on land currently cultivated.

A high quality reference genome sequence will provide the detailed genomic information necessary to underpin wheat research ensuring achievement of this goal.

The public-private collaborative project is coordinated by the IWGSC and co-led by Nils Stein of IPK Gatersleben in Germany, Curtis Pozniak of the University of Saskatchewan’s Crop Development Centre in Canada, Andrew Sharpe of the Global Institute for Food Security in Canada and Jesse Poland of Kansas State University in the United States.

Participants and supporters Project participants also include researchers from Illumina, Inc; NRGene in Israel and the United States; Tel Aviv University in Israel; and the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA).

Funding for this project was provided by Genome Canada, Genome Prairie, the Saskatchewan and Alberta Wheat Development Commissions and the Western Grains Research Foundation through the Canadian Triticum Applied Genomics (CTAG2) project, Kansas State University through the US National Science Foundation Plant Genome Research Program and Illumina, Inc.

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FEED ENZYMES AND EFFICIENCY Supplier and mills partnering to improve feed efficiency, performance and profitability

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oday the food production industry faces an ever-increasing challenge to feed more, both people and animals, with tightening antibiotic regulations and less land, labor, time and costs. This demand has placed a concentrated importance on livestock feed utilisation as a vital role to achieve future, sustainable global food security.

“Animal production involves tight margins with costly inputs, with feed being the most expensive,” says Simon Hall, director of operations and development for Elanco Animal Health.

“Improving feed efficiency strengthens production, performance and profitability throughout the supply chain.”

Feed enzymes and feed efficiency

In Vietnam, a Hemicell Application System, HAS 40, integrated into the feed mill control system

“Research showed more than 80 percent of the market selects a feed enzyme product based on its ability to reduce overall feed costs and improve feed conversion. Other considerations, such as shelf life, storage requirement and transportation costs are significantly less important,” says Mr Hall. “Albeit validating, but not surprising, research reinforced the importance of flexibility and adaptability when working with feed mills – facility size, technology and onsite resources significantly vary.”

Product with partnership

With more than 300 HAS installed around the globe, today’s system is the result of equipment development, research, onsite evaluations and customer feedback.

It’s adaptable and flexible to the mill’s specific needs and requirements and encompasses liquid formula application, mixer

The need for better animal feed utilisation has created enzyme adoption and integration throughout the industry. The feed enzymes global market is valued at $899.19 million in 2014, and this figure is projected to reach $1,371.03 million by 2020.

Feed mills are the nexus for integrating enzymes. Creating more responsibility for mill operators, potential for complication and the need for new equipment, technology and support. Some enzymes manufacturers have taken the opportunity to lead this transition with feed mill partners.

To support Hemicell®, the energy-sparing feed enzyme, Elanco Animal Health developed a specific mill integration program.

The Hemicell Application System (HAS), includes both onsite and remote expert technical support during installation as well as ongoing, facility-specific needs.

“Enzyme efficacy is only as good as its applied at the mill,” says Marco Martinez, Ph.D., global poultry nutrition adviser for Elanco. “It’s imperative to both Elanco and our feed mill partners that application equipment and ratios are precise and correct, there is a shared interest to help the producer get the best return on their feed investment.”

Investing in enzymes

Since acquiring the Hemicell technology in 2012, Elanco has invested in market expertise and research. Its dedicated global enzymes team now includes more than 50 engineers, nutritionists, technicians and operational consultants throughout Asia, Europe, Latin America and North America.

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The Programmable Logic Control (PLC) panel for a Hemicell Application System, HAS 40, at a Vietnamese feed mill; the PLC can be remotely accessed, by both Elanco technical service or mill staff, for assistance and operational efficiency

An engineer onsite at feed mill in Vietnam observing the surge bin component of the Hemicell Application System, HAS 40; surge bin equipment controls and measures pellet flow

and post-pellet application systems. The equipment is operational as a stand-alone unit or integrated into the mill controls.

All installation include Programmable Logic Control (PLC) that can be remotely accessed, by both Elanco technical service or mill staff, for assistance and operational efficiency.

There are four size option with milti-line, multi-enzyme and other liquid product spraying capabilities.

Support resources include a technical team who are available for onboarding and ongoing needs. For onboarding they can perform feed mill audits, determine the right HAS for a specific

mill, install the system and ensure it is integrated into the mill operation.

The technical team offer ongoing support with technical service visits and by ensuring proper application of the enzyme products with feed assay analysis.

“We’ve been using the Hemicell Application System for an entire year – it was easy and fast to install,” says Kazimierz Frischke Jr., director of technical–production at Drobex Pasz, a feed mill located in Solec Kujawski, Poland. “Since installing we have worked with Elanco’s technical staff to refine application

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Figure 1: Hemicell Application System, HAS 40, installation in Vietnam feed mill; in a temperature controlled room necessary with tropical climate

rates, I would recommend the system to other mills.”

Future in feed enzymes

Advancing existing technology and creating new innovative production practices, including feed enzymes, is the pathway to achieving future food security.

Poultry, swine, beef cattle and aquaculture all benefit from better feed-conversion efficiency. Many tools, like Hemicell, are already available, safe and proven to help operations fully utilize available nutrients to support animal health.

Unlike more common traditional enzymes, Hemicell is the only ‘energy-sparing’ feed enzyme that reduces Feed Induced Immune Response (FIIR) whether used with or without traditional energyreleasing enzyme products.

“Hemicell is the catalyst for advancing what enzymes can offer producers, consumers and everyone in between,” says Mr Martinez. “It is a great opportunity for our customers to gain efficiency and value by capturing all the benefits from this technology.”

Specific to poultry, data, from more than 10 published studies show Hemicell improves poultry feed efficiency, flock performance and profitability.

In 2016, Elanco will expand Hemicell through its specific ‘energy-sparing’ mode of action while streamlining its global network to launch additional product offers in 2017-2018.

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FEED ENZYMES Energy-sparing vs. energy-releasing

• Energy-sparing enzyme – Hemicell helps conserve, or spare, feed nutrients that are wasted unnecessarily.

• Energy-releasing enzymes – Standard enzyme products release nutrients in feed.

Now energy-sparing and energy-releasing enzyme products can both be mixed at the feed mill – working together to improve performance and profitability by unlocking the full potential of both the animal and the feed.

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Elanco enzyme equipment - installation process 1. Mill pre-audit performed by technical staff 2. Product and equipment agreement 3. Hemicell Application System (HAS) equipment manufactured and shipped direct 4. HAS equipment installed and commissioned 5. Feed assay evaluation (ongoing, as needed) 6. Continued service and support

“Progressing feed enzyme products is one example of how Elanco is helping operations fully utilise feed and nutrient availability to support animal health,” says Mr Hall.

“The goal is to develop products to help farmers produce more food with more sustainability, to feed the projected global population of nine billion people by 2050, we must enable innovation more than any other time in our history.”

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Boosting animal welfare with phytogenic products

by Monika Korzekwa, Dr Eckel GmbH, Niederzissen, Germany

nimal welfare in turkeys is a huge challenge.

When the talk is of animal welfare deficiencies, attention focuses above all on turkeys. High antibiotic doses, cannibalism, high stock densities and inflamed foot pads are influences stated in connection with low animal welfare levels.

Even if it is not yet possible to solve all problems simultaneously today, initiatives and research studies are showing initial signs of being able to reduce some of these negative influences successfully for the future.

It is possible to influence the wellbeing of the poultry favourably, in particular by feeding, especially by adding phytogenic ingredients to the feed.

Since 2013 the binding establishment of a health monitoring programme plays a central role in Germany.

The objective of the programme is to enable the participating farmers to assess the health and animal welfare of their turkeys continuously.

The health monitoring programme uses indicators that can be surveyed at the slaughterhouse in the context of conducting the official meat inspection. If the health monitoring programme shows indications of deviations from the target ranges, an individual health plan is drawn up for the farm jointly by the veterinarian looking after the flock and the turkey farmer. Table 2 shows a few indicators and what possible conclusions can be drawn from them.

Healthy foot pads: a must for animal welfare

In turkey fattening, the health status of the sensitive foot pads represents a key criterion for animal welfare, for the foot pads carry the weight of the birds. Inflammation restricts their mobility and has a critical effect on overall condition and feeding behaviour.

This can lead to negative effects on growth and mortality and thus reduce the profitability of turkey farming substantially. Consequently, commercially successful poultry keeping goes hand in hand with applied animal welfare.

As foot pad diseases are a multi-factorial problem, they indicate deficiencies in both keeping conditions and farm management (diarrhoea diseases, population density, climate management, weather protection, litter material, littering frequency). Furthermore, the frequency of foot pad damage correlates with the occurrence of painful changes in the skin and subcutaneous tissue referred to as ‘breast blisters’.

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diseases is undisputed. The wetter and stickier the litter/excrement mixture, the higher the occurrence of foot pad skin alterations or injuries. Moisture and excrement attack the skin of the sole and lead to lesions, which are the entry gates for dirt and germs.

Influencing litter moisture via feeding

The litter moisture content can be influenced indirectly via the feed. There are various causes for wet excrement and consequently wet litter. On the one hand, feed constituents with a laxative effect can increase water release via excrement. On the other hand, liquid excrement can also be the consequence of infections in the gastrointestinal tract.

Here both Coccidia and bacterial pathogens (Clostridium perfringens and E. coli) as well as general disturbances of the intestinal flora are possible causes of wet excrement. Accordingly, good intestinal health is conducive to foot pad health.

It is thus all the more important to ensure healthy digestion and hence keep diarrhoea occurrences as low as possible. It is known that various plant extracts, essential oils and secondary plant substances have a positive effect on diarrhoea diseases and faeces consistency.

In a research trial, it was possible to observe an effect of the phytogenic product (Anta®Phyt, Dr Eckel GmbH, Niederzissen) on Clostridium perfringens, a known cause of wet litter, in vitro.

In feeding trials with broilers, the addition of this same phytogenic product had a positive influence on the litter moisture content.

This was reduced in the broiler house by on average 14 percent.

In a feeding study with quails, a 20 percent lower water content in the excreta was measured after the addition of Anta®Phyt in the feed. After the successful feeding trials with broilers and quails, a comprehensive practical trial was con-ducted in turkey finishing in order to confirm the positive influence on foot pads.

New turkey fattening study confirms improved animal welfare

Nearly 10,000 turkey cocks per group were fattened on straw in separate, identical housing units for a period of 145 days. A detailed slaughterhouse evaluation has shown for the first time what influence the addition of Anta®Phyt in the feed can have on various animal welfare parameters.

The trial focused on footpad health, mortality and the rejected live weight at the slaughterhouse, as well as the causes (see table 3). Already at the end of fattening, the Anta®Phyt group displayed a distinctly lower mortality rate compared with the control group fed without any additive. The good health status in the Anta®Phyt group was confirmed in the slaughterhouse evaluation.

Footpads were automatically assessed via a camera system using a

F 3-step score (see comments, table 3). 64.5 percent of the animals in the Anta®Phyt-group showed no lesions, while only 33.2 percent of the control (without additive) animals were free of lesions (score 1).

Birds with severer lesions often have other types of contact dermatitis such as breast blisters or hock burns. In addition to causing pain, the lesions can be a gateway for bacteria, which can cause impaired product quality (increased downgrades and rejections at the slaughterhouse) and secondary infections.

Therefore, flocks with a lower incidence of footpad lesions have a higher growth rate, less downgrades and, therefore, an increased profitability.

Altogether 34 percent less live weight had to be rejected by comparison with the control group. The number of whole rejected carcasses was virtually halved in the Anta®Phyt group. While in the control group almost 90 birds had to be rejected on the grounds of purulent breast blisters, this cause was only noted in 26 birds in the Anta®Phyt group.

Less stress in the housing unit

Anta®Phyt is a plant-based product, a combination of different plant substances with a prebiotic. The selected plant components have already been researched intensively in the human sector and displayed various effects there.

One particularly interesting aspect is the stress-reducing and calming effect. It is suspected that the calming effect is based on various mechanisms. The plant substances boost the activity of the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA).

This leads to a mild inhibition of the central nervous system and accordingly can lead to calming of humans and animals.

Stress reduction was perceived subjectively in the turkey fattening operation, too. The birds appeared calmer during control inspections in the housing unit. Alongside healthier foot pads, lower stress is an

important aspect of animal welfare in modern poultry fattening.

How worthwhile is improved animal welfare?

The use of Anta®Phyt in poultry fattening feed had a positive effect on various animal protection indicators – in particular on foot pad health. By improving the survival rate, with less rejected live weight in the slaughterhouse, this led to a distinct commercial profit by comparison with a control group kept without the additive. This is a clear indication that animal welfare and profitability of fattening go hand in hand.

The results of this study were presented under the title ‘Positive influence of a phytogenic product on animal welfare indicators in turkeys’ at the 53rd annual conference of the Bavarian Working Group on Animal Nutrition (BAT) in Freising on October 1, 2015.

The scientific poster for this study won the first prize.

About the Author

Ms Monika Korzekwa has worked at Dr Eckel GmbH in Niederzissen, Germany since 2011.

Today she is the company’s Technical Sales Manager.

Ms Korzekwa has a profound scientific knowledge in the field of feed additives for all species with focus on phytogenic feed additives and mycotoxin binders. She has global responsibility for phytogenic feed additives at the company.

Ms Korzekwa studied animal production at the University of Bonn, and a master thesis at the Institute of Animal Nutrition, under Director Professor Dr Karl-Heinz Südekum, on ‘Effect of phytogenic feed additives on performance and health parameters of poultry.’

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Feed of the future?

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At the same time, per-capita meat consumption is increasing in developing countries. To address this growing demand for meat, novel and additional sources of protein for animal feed must be identified.

For generations, insects have been a valuable source of protein for human consumption across continents other than Europe.

With increasing demand for food worldwide, particularly meat and fish, insects also have the potential to be utilised as a natural ingredient in high-protein animal feed. They are far cheaper and require fewer resources to rear than traditional sources.

For the past four years, the EC-funded project PROteINSECT has been evaluating insects as a novel source of protein for animal feed, whilst ensuring that methodologies are sustainable, safe and economically viable. The project has 12 partners from seven countries across Europe, Africa and Asia and is coordinated by Fera Science Ltd in the United Kingdom.

The project is investigating the use of fly larvae, fed on a range of organic waste materials, as a protein source. There is already considerable expertise in this area in Mali, Ghana and China, and PROteINSECT has connected with partners in these countries.

The project will close in April this year.

Dr Elaine Fitches from FERA Science Ltd, Co-ordinator of the PROteINSECT global consortium, said at the project’s launch in 2012, “The potential of insects as a source of valuable protein has been recognised by scientists for a number of years. With expertise in entomology and food safety, [Fera Science Ltd] is ideally placed to lead the evaluation of insects as a sustainable source of protein in animal feed.”

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Consumer acceptance, the first hurdle

One of the main challenges to the introduction of insects to animal feed (and human food) in Europe is consumer perception.

There is little point in making meat fed on insects publicly available if no one will buy it.

To map attitudes, PROteINSECT launched two separate consumer surveys. The first ran from October 2013 to April 2014, and second from March to October 2015. Each had over 1300 respondents across 71 countries.

The first survey quizzed participants on whether they would be happy to eat chicken, pork or fish derived from animals fed with insect protein. Over 70 percent of respondents stated that they would be willing to do this and only 6.5 percent said that they would not. This was a surprisingly positive response considering the unfamiliarity of insects as food and feed in Western cultures and their reputation as a ‘novelty food’.

The overwhelming majority (88.2%) of respondents said more information should be available on the use of insects as a food source for both animals and humans. More than half (52.4%) would be put off eating meat fed on a diet containing insect

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While presenting the results of the first survey Rhonda Smith, head of project communications, said, “The results suggest that people are more accepting of the idea of insects in food and feed than we might have predicted. But there is a clear desire for more information on this topic to be made available and we need continued public engagement to increase awareness.”

This survey did not map attitudes to insects when compared to other sources of protein. It was therefore revised before its rerelease the following year, to gauge public opinion of current and potential protein sources in animal feed.

Insect protein versus other sources

The second survey questioned participants on their knowledge of what is currently fed to animals and, again, how they would feel about eating meat from animals fed on insects.

This time respondents were asked to rank insect protein against other commonly used protein sources, such as fish meal, feather meal, seaweed and grass. The results reiterated that many people would not object to the idea of insect protein in animal feed. This was still true in comparison to other sources, with insect-based proteins actually ranked higher than commonly-used fish meal.

This survey was intentionally promoted to the general public, people with no prior knowledge of animal feed or insects as a protein source. This was to achieve a completely unbiased view of attitudes.

The English language survey was first to be analysed, and revealed that over 80 percent of respondents thought insects were a suitable feed for livestock, with three out of every four believing insect meal posed low or no risk to human health.

However, there was a 20 percent difference in how much knowledge consumers had around this topic compared to how

much they felt they should have, suggesting that there is still work to be done in informing the general public appropriately.

This has been noted by PROteINSECT as a major challenge in the viability of using insect protein in feed and food long-term.

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F and outlined the next steps for PROteINSECT. These include developing pilot-stage experiments and feeding trials, creating nutrition profiles for insect-based protein, and developing a life cycle analysis with full results from assessments in all areas.

It also included results from the first survey, encouraging greater public engagement and education.

European scientific opinion

Status review and analysis

In May 2015 the project released its Consensus Business Case (CBC) report, a review and analysis of the current status of insects as a viable, sustainable, additional source of protein. This was produced using opinions from key European stakeholders including those from feed industry, research, insect producers and supermarkets.

The CBC functioned as an up-to-date interpretation of the information available around insects’ potential and an indicator of the project’s next steps. As noted by Dr Fitches, “It is only by understanding the current state of play in Europe that we can ensure key decision makers are appropriately informed, so that researchers and stakeholders can work together to discern the most effective approaches moving forward.”

The report acknowledged the current protein deficit and the potential benefits of using insects as a sustainable source. The production and processing of insects was noted as an area requiring focus.

Since then feeding trials have investigated different ways to do this, outlining potential challenges and assessing palatability of insect protein for the animal. The report also acknowledged lack of current investigation into the quality and safety of insect protein, where robust data will be necessary for regulatory authorities to allow insects in animal feed.

This report made clear current attitudes around the subject

In early 2015 DG SANTE requested an opinion from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) on how viable, from a safety viewpoint, they judged the idea of insect protein. The work of PROteINSECT both shaped this request and sped up its submission.

Published in October 2015, EFSA’s ‘Risk profile related to production and consumption of insects as food and feed’ concluded that where currently allowed feed materials are used to feed the insects, insect protein itself should not pose any additional risk for animal feed compared to other sources.

The use of other substrates to feed insects destined for animal feed, such as organic wastes, must be specifically evaluated for safety.

Overall, there was no health reason identified to prevent the inclusion of insects in animal feed. However the committee called for ongoing, further research, and noted that “for both biological and chemical hazards, the specific production methods, the substrate used, the stage of harvest, the insect species, as well as the methods used for further processing will all have an impact on the possible presence of biological and chemical contaminants in insect food and feed products.”

The ongoing work of PROteINSECT aims to help address these ‘uncertainties’, for example by developing robust risk assessment work carried out at both European and national levels.

Dr Fitches described the opinion as “an important stepping stone in furthering our understanding of the potential of insects as a protein source”, and confirmed that “PROteINSECT’s partners are ideally positioned to contribute robust data to help fill the current knowledge gaps related to the use of insect protein in animal feed.”

Showcasing work in Africa

The same month as EFSA published its opinion, African partners from PROteINSECT released a film - titled ‘Feeding Insects to Farmed Animals’ - to showcase the potential of insectbased animal feed and share their expertise with other farmers, across Africa, in Europe and worldwide.

The film featured a Mali-based insect feed facility headed up by leading sustainability researcher N’Golope Kone.

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As one of only eight EC-funded projects to win, PROteINSECT presented its work at the European Business Network (EBN) Congress in Brussels on 29th October, to an audience of judges, industry experts, EBN’s bioeconomy special interest group and the media. The project was awarded a tailored support package, through which they requested help with the project’s development both scientifically and commercially.

“It’s an exciting time to be involved in the alternative protein market and this award opens many more avenues to us, both to identify and set in motion important ‘next steps’ beyond the close of the project and to keep the public up-to-date with our research and results,” said Dr Fitches.

Countryfile and UK exposure

“These feeding trials are a key stage in our search for a more sustainable source of protein than those currently in use. Insect flour offers huge potential as an added, economically-viable, ‘home-grown’ protein source for farmers who have traditionally relied upon fish meal and soy flour.”

‘Novel feed’ facilities such as those in Mali have a valuable role in promoting self-sufficiency and providing opportunities for growth across Africa, particularly as there are many farms owned and worked by smallholders there.

Dr Sidi Traore, a poultry farmer from Bamako (Mali) who is featured in the film, said, “I think this is an extraordinary opportunity because currently it is very difficult to have a stable and affordable food production which can provide enough protein.”

The film demonstrates the idea’s potential while acknowledging that famers could face restrictions on importing their meat, from animals reared on insect protein, into Europe. Further safety testing is essential before such meat becomes widely available for human consumption.

Award for innovation and potential

PROteINSECT’s work, and its contribution to the ongoing discussion around the potential of insect protein for feed and food – particularly in Europe, where the concept is emerging was recognised by the CommBeBiz Awards in October 2015.

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Feeding trials of pigs in Belgium were featured on the BBC’s flagship rural affairs show Countryfile, broadcast on 29th November 2015.

Presenter Tom Heap interviewed expert researchers and local farmers managing the trials about the benefits of an insect-based feed, as well as questioning how viable it would be long-term.

The feature had an audience of over seven million, according to overnight figures, and provoked discussion on several social media platforms. The show also exclusively revealed the first results from the second consumer survey, demonstrating that the public were not opposed to the idea of insects in feed.

Next steps for PROteINSECT

Prior to the end of the project in April this year, partners will publish and present a White Paper to the European Parliament.

This will ensure that an up-to-date resource is available to parliamentarians and regulators to support ongoing discussions and decision making, beyond the lifespan of the project itself.

The work of PROteINSECT has already made a significant contribution to the insect protein feed debate and will retain value over the coming years, as moves are made to tackle the protein deficit and the farming landscape shifts to reflect the changing needs of consumers, feed producers, meat suppliers and the planet.

For further information on the project, visit the website www. proteinsect.eu.

Author: Rhonda Smith, director of Minerva Communications Project description: PROteINSECT is an ECfunded project investigating the viability of using insects as a protein source in animal feed (fish, chickens and pigs). Fly larvae are a natural component of these animals’ diets and provide a rich source of highly digestible protein. The project focuses on the determination of safety and quality criteria for insect protein products, evaluation of processing methodologies and building a pro-insect platform in Europe, including examination of the regulatory framework.

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More than a mycotoxin binder…

Anta®Ferm MT FlavoMax

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by Monika Korzekwa, Dr Eckel

ycotoxin contamination of feed stuff often involves multiple toxins affecting various aspects of animal health, gut integrity, and animal performance.

This is mainly caused by the detrimental effects mycotoxins have on the immune system, the gut barrier or the oxidative status of the animals. Effects that can be seen are, for instance, enlarged or shrunken organs as well as inflamed tissues. Binding components efficacy is essential to prevent the maximum of toxins from entering the digestive tract.

But as mycotoxins and their metabolites are so numerous with different chemical structures (polarity, size, conformation, etc), no binder is able to bind efficiently all categories of mycotoxins.

In addition to special care to prevent the growth of moulds, detoxification measures, reduction of gastrointestinal absorption with mycotoxin binders, there is a need for prevention of the mycotoxin-induced toxic effects once the toxin is ingested.

Nutritional approaches, such as supplementation of nutrients, food components, or additives with protective effects against mycotoxin toxicity are gaining interest. In response, Dr Eckel has developed a new generation of mycotoxin binder to face the challenges of modern animal production.

Comprehensive solution fights 4 main toxicity mechanisms

Anta®Ferm MT FlavoMax is a comprehensive solution that targets the 4 main toxicity mechanisms to prevent the harmful effects of a wide range of mycotoxins. Anta®Ferm MT FlavoMax impacts directly on the toxins (binding components) and on the animal, activating its own natural defences (fig 1): • Binding of mycotoxins • Reduction of oxidative stress • Protection of the gut barrier function including antiinflammatory effects along the digestive tract • Modulation of the immune system

Binding of mycotoxins

Anta®Ferm MT Flavomax includes a proven combination of selected mineral clays and yeast cell walls, showing an excellent binding efficacy of different mycotoxins (Lohölter et al. 2013). The selected mineral clays bind mycotoxins in their interlayers by a process called chemisorption. Yeast cell walls are composed of complex polymers of β-(1,3)/(1,6) glucan, mannan-­ oligosaccharide (MOS) and chitin. MOS is located on the surface of the cell wall and plays an important role in binding mycotoxins and improving the micro-environment of the animal’s digestive tract. The efficacy of glucomannan-containing yeast products as mycotoxin absorbents in feed has been investigated in several studies on animals. As a mycotoxin binder, yeast cell walls have numerous characteristics including: Binding mycotoxins, especially zearalenone (ZEN); unaffected by the pH of the gastrointestinal tract; without changing nutritional value (regarding mineral and vitamin) in feed; no residue in animal.

Reduction of oxidative stress.

Some mycotoxins (ie, OTA, FB1, AFB1, DON, and T2) have been known to produce damages by increasing oxidative stress. The animal has to detoxify mycotoxins, which is called xenobiotic metabolisation. During this detoxification process, free radicals are produced that increase levels of oxidative stress resulting in DNA damage, lipid peroxidation and 54 | January 2016 - Milling and Grain

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Modulation of the immune system

inflammation or cell death. Practical implications can be reduced health status, increased incidence and severity of inflammations or skin disorders. The flavonoids in Anta®Ferm MT FlavoMax have shown to reduce oxidative stress by deactivating reactive radicals in the body (Gessner et al 2013).

Protection of the gut barrier function including antiinflammatory effects along the digestive tract

The intestinal epithelium has many different functions. One is the absorption of nutrients. It is also the first protective barrier between the gut lumen and the animal’s blood stream. Several studies have shown that mycotoxins such as DON and OTA reduce the protective function of the gut wall. A meta-analysis published by Grenier and Applegate (2013) reviews how mycotoxins can modulate intestinal functions. In terms of morphology of the intestinal villi,

Since not all mycotoxins can be neutralised by binding, it is important to include additional mechanisms that go beyond binding to maintain optimal performance. A well-functioning immune system contributes to high performing animals.

Anta®Ferm MT FlavoMax includes B-Glucans, which have been shown to activate macrophages, improve lymphocyte proliferation, reduce pathogen attachment and improve vaccination response – a powerful boost for the immune system.

Binding components efficacy is essential to prevent the maximum of toxins from entering the digestive tract.

But as mycotoxins and their metabolites are so numerous with so many different chemical structures (polarity, size, conformation, etc), no binder is able to bind efficiently all categories of mycotoxins in a sufficient way. Anta®Ferm MT FlavoMax stimulates an animal’s natural defences in three essential ways: it prevents tissues peroxidation, boosts immune response and reduces inflammation along the digestive tract caused by mycotoxins.

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Machine vision combined with hyperspectral NIR to guarantee food safety

Swiss company, QualySense - has developed a robot to inspect oats for gluten-free labeling of breakfast cereals

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ealth claims relate a food substance to the reduced risk of a disease or to a health-related condition, and depend on the quality of the raw materials. Here we focus on ready-to-eat ‘gluten-free’ breakfast cereals.

Some cereals are gluten-free by nature. However, they can be contaminated with gluten that is carried by grains such as wheat, barley and rye, this can happen at any time.

For this reason food processors must ensure high purity levels of the end products. This is achieved by running accurate, lengthy and frequent inspections on selected samples to identify gluten contamination.

The presence of gluten requires additional processing costs and may lead to serious legal claims. Today trained personnel inspect samples to identify impurities that are generally below two percent, a procedure that is lengthy and affected by subjective biases and low repeatability.

The manual visual inspection is based on shape and color features but the variation of these parameters is often small enough to challenge even the most trained inspectors as well as detection technologies based on Machine Vision. In fact, several

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researchers have made attempts to solve this problem using Color Images, which resulted in non-reliable methods.

QualySense has developed a proprietary high-speed single kernel analyser, the QSorter Explorer and investigated the possibility of combining Machine Vision with hyperspectral NIR. Color images and infrared spectra between 900 nm and 1700 nm were acquired, preprocessed and classified with various algorithms.

As a result, a method based on the detection of gluten with NIR combined with shape and color assessment enable the QSorter Explorer to reach classification accuracies higher than 95 percent and with very low repeatability errors.

This method has been successfully tested and adopted by leaders of the gluten-free industry.

Methods for gluten monitoring

In the USA and in Europe a product is labeled ‘gluten-free’ if, according to the law, it contains less than 20 ppm (part per million) of gluten.

Figure 2: The QSorter Explorer

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Table 2: Results of a specific experiment Oats Detected amount

Figure 1: NIR spectrum for oats, barley and wheat

Food processors must ensure the high purity level of the gluten-free cereals by running accurate and frequent quality inspection activities on selected samples during processing. These inspections aim at identifying wheat, barley and rye or, in other words, the gluten contamination.

If the sample does not meet the 20 ppm requirement then the gluten-free cereal lot must be cleaned. The cleaning process is made by means of mechanical equipment such as screens or sieves.

Today, trained personnel inspect manually samples of several thousands of kernels before and after the cleaning process, the inspector must: (a) Identify all types of contamination; (b) Separate them into classes (i.e. barley, wheat, and rye) and (c)

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compile a quality inspection report.

Before cleaning, the inspected material has a level of contamination that is generally below one percent. This process can take up to 60 minutes and it is affected by subjective biases and by low repeatability.

The human repeatability error can be as high as 30 percent. This is very dangerous particularly with samples that contain a gluten level close to the legal requirement (20 ppm) because they may

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F predictive analytical algorithm is improved by including also shape and color features that are extracted from the image of each kernel.

This combination greatly enhances the discrimination capabilities of the algorithm and confers a very high repeatability level to the automated quality inspection process.

QSorter Explorer

be considered “gluten-free” when in fact they are not.

Alternatively, gluten can be measured with qualitative tests such as ELISA R5, ELISA Sandwich, PCR whose detection limit is between 5 ppm and 10 ppm or with quantitative methods based on mass spectroscopy whose detection limit is in the range of a few ppm.

These tests that require the samples to be milled are time consuming and can be applied only to small quantities (usually in the range of a few grams). This leads to high costs and the need for an increased amount of tests, as well as highly qualified personnel.

Near-Infrared (NIR) measurement principle

Single kernel NIR spectroscopy provides a non-destructive, non-invasive and rapid measurement of the biochemical properties of the kernel, such as its gluten content.

A light beam hits the surface of the kernel, one portion of the incident light is absorbed while another portion is diffusively reflected and measured by a NIR spectrometer.

The detected signal represents the spectral signature of the kernel under analysis. This is used to quantify its biochemical components and to differentiate it from another type (gluten-free kernel versus gluten-containing kernel).

Machine Vision measurement principle

A flashlight illuminates the kernel and a color camera records an image of the grain. The color image is used to extract shape and color features such as length, width, eccentricity, diameter, hue, saturation, and luminance. These physical parameters can be used to further enhance the classification of the kernels.

Combining NIR spectroscopy and Machine Vision for individual kernels

The manual visual inspection of the hand graders is only based on shape and colour features. Unfortunately, the variations of these physical parameters between different types of kernels are often small enough to challenge even the most trained inspectors, as well as detection technologies based only on Machine Vision.

However, from a biochemical point of view, each cereal is characterised by a defined spectral signature (invisible to the human eye), which can be measured by means of a NIR spectrometer.

The NIR spectral signature of a gluten free kernel may appear very similar to the signature of a kernel containing gluten (such as wheat or barley) but the absorbance peaks at 1450 nm and 1550 nm reveal the differences in protein content (Figure 1).

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The QSorter Explorer (Figure 2) is a single-kernel high-speed robot that combines real-time NIR measurements with Machine Vision, thus increasing greatly the selectivity of the quality parameters in the cereals.

It enables a novel and efficient way of inspecting gluten free cereals and measuring their purity or, in other words, how ‘gluten-free’ they are.

The grains are transported one by one in a fixed orientation and a high-resolution color image and a NIR spectrum is acquired for each one of them. On average, the QSorter Explorer processes and analyses in real-time up to 50 kernels per second.

The QSorter Explorer also includes sorting capabilities, which allow for the physical segregation between gluten-free cereals and other cereals. In this method, the sorting capabilities allow the food quality manager to assess the performance of the glutenfree process with a very high level of confidence.

The QSorter Single Kernel Gluten-Free method is based on the combination of the extracted NIR spectral differences, shape and color parameters. It identifies kernels containing gluten contamination with an accuracy, depending on the set threshold.

A ‘low threshold’ minimises the false positive (the amount of oats in contaminants) has an accuracy higher than 98.7 percent with a repeatability higher than 98.3 percent.

Whereas a ‘high threshold’ minimises the false negative (the amount of contaminants in oats) has accuracy higher than 99.9 percent, and repeatability higher than 99.9 percent.

This implies that the error introduced by the hand graders is fully eliminated. In the enclosed tables the detailed results of both configurations are described. The first table is an average of several experiments (Table 1) and the second one is a specific experiment (Table 2).

After sorting, the inspector needs to visually analyse the contamination in order to ensure the very stringent “glutenfree” requirement but also to identify processing equipment is malfunctioning.

The classification algorithm is tuned as such that one output bin of the QSorter Explorer contains as many pure kernels as possible while another bin contains the contaminated kernels and false positives (the gluten-free kernels classified as contaminated).

Considering the very high accuracy of the QSorter detection algorithm, the inspectors can concentrate their analysis only on the bin with the contamination (usually containing around five percent of the total kernels) whilst disregarding the bin containing the gluten-free cereals.

In summary, the QSorter Single Kernel Gluten-Free method drastically reduces the inspection time and eliminates human repeatability error by automating the process.

It detects gluten impurities with very high accuracy, enables the performance validation of processing equipment and represents an effective qualitative method as its detection limit is lower than the ELISA method.

During the past year the method has been successfully adopted by leading food companies in North America and in Europe. www.qualysense.com

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Digital monitoring sensors protect grain investments

by Nicole Emanuel, BinMaster or those who work in the grain industry, battling the natural elements to grow a bountiful crop is only half of the challenge. Monitoring and maintaining post-harvest grain stored in silos, flat storage warehouses and piles is a difficult process.

Although there are several factors to consider, this potential difficulty can be overcome with the right grain monitoring system in place.

Safe grain storage is essential for both large industrial grain producers and local farm operations. Advanced digital grain temperature, moisture and CO2 sensors help to protect grain investments by continually monitoring stored grain conditions and sending alerts when conditions change or fall outside of desired parameters.

With this valuable data, facilities have the information needed to ensure a stable storage environment to prevent spoilage and unwanted growth in grain silos.

These solutions work to ensure superior product quality, prevent losses and achieve a high return on investment for grain assets.

It is difficult to maintain a crop’s value after harvest. Stored grain will change and deteriorate rapidly without proper handling. This is especially true when conditions are less than optimal at harvest and grain may not have been adequately dried prior to storage.

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Sensor systems are designed to monitor and control storage conditions and report temperature levels and moisture. This data can be used to limit guesswork and make informed decisions.

Advanced software can provide information from multiple bins at an operation and can improve the ability to optimise operation of aeration fans.

Temperature cables help eliminate the estimation and ambiguity involved with grain storage by monitoring the temperature of grain using digital sensors encased in a rugged cable. These cables are suspended from the roof in steel or concrete grain silos, with the cable length depending on each silo’s height.

The number of sensors encased in the cable depends on the length of the cable. There are multiple sensors in each cable, generally spaced six to 10 feet apart. Temperatures are reported for each sensor in the cable, enabling better detection of developing hot spots.

If temperatures begin to rise, the grain can be sold, moved or blended to help optimise its value. Digital temperature sensor technology offers precise readings and low maintenance over a lasting life span.

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Data from the weather station and moisture cables is used to control aeration fans and roof vents

Temperature cables are suspended from the roof to monitor temperature in grain bins

(EMC) curve, which is when the grain’s moisture content balances with the air in its environment over time.

The top sensor is located just under the silo’s roof to monitor the relative humidity in the head space. Additional sensors are located at high and low levels along the cable to detect the grain’s moisture level. These digital sensors provide accurate moisture measurements, which help control potential losses due to grain shrinkage caused by a lack of moisture or grain spoilage related to excessive moisture levels.

In most applications, a single moisture sensor cable will be sufficient to monitor the grain moisture content of the entire silo and avoid product waste.

Another method to detect grain spoilage and prevent unwanted biologic activity is to monitor the carbon dioxide levels in silos.

An increase in CO2 gas can indicate unwanted biologic activity that is caused by fungus, insects or other infestations in the grain.

As a gas, CO2 easily travels through grain mass and as a result, can be detected at low levels. Spoilage detection at an early stage increases the number of available options to confront this problem and minimise losses.

Portable sensor lances used with handheld instrumentation can

also improve grain management in piles, flat storage warehouses and other temporary structures that are used to store grain.

Grain is not always stored in bins or silos, but limiting grain spoilage is still a priority. Portable sensor lances are an alternative solution for temperature monitoring in flat storage warehouses, piles or smaller storage sites. Digital sensors are packaged in a compact, portable spear that is easily inserted into the grain where temperature readings are needed.

To monitor changes in grain temperature over time, the lances can be left in place. The lances connect to a portable handheld reader where data for several lances can be viewed and transferred to computer software.

External weather conditions are also a factor in grain storage and its longevity. A weather station that monitors conditions outside of the bin can provide valuable information to ensure aeration fans are run when they will provide the most benefit.

Safe storage practices allow for crops to be stored for a longer amount of time in silos, warehouses or piles with reduced spoilage, shrinkage or quality loss.

Weather stations provide rapid information about the ambient temperature and air moisture in grain silos that is precise and

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reliable. Weather conditions, such as rain, freezing temperatures and sunrise determine when and how long aeration fans should run to maximise the grain’s market potential and protect the value of the crop.

The information from weather stations helps secure grain investments, but is also used for more efficient aeration control and integrated with automated aeration control software.

Hotspots and mold can become problems for grain that has a higher moisture content and is at warmer temperatures. Aeration control software works with the weather station to activate or deactivate aeration fans, in order to create a climate inside the bin that helps maintain the condition of the grain.

Only running the aeration fans when they are necessary will also increase efficiency, reduce operational costs, save on energy bills and prevent grain shrinkage, especially in industrial size grain operations where multiple aeration fans are active.

Large facilities utilise a combination of different stored grain control solutions throughout several silos. The data from each sensor and silo is displayed clearly on a PC or touch screen offering easy accessibility and networking capabilities.

Comprehensive data gives an overview of grain temperature, grain moisture, weather data and approximate grain level, among other detailed information. With wireless technology, information can be accessed via smartphones, tablets, computers or other devices for managers to monitor and control grain storage.

The software also features programmable alerts, so that grain facility managers can receive real-time data about the conditions of their silos and act quickly to prevent further grain spoilage. Staying up to date with the conditions of grain storage warehouses, piles and silos can be the difference between solving problems and losing product.

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manage the data from multiple sensors and multiple silos is through Crop-Protector™ Dashboard Manager Software.

BinMaster offers Crop-Protector™ Dashboard Manager Software, and other grain monitoring products, through their new strategic alliance with Eye-Grain of Denmark. Crop-Protector™ products have already been successfully applied in Europe, Asia and Africa and will now be offered in the North and South American markets exclusively by BinMaster.

These innovative post-harvest grain storage systems benefit the industry on all levels, from major industrial customers to local farmers. BinMaster will manufacture, sell and service the CropProtector™ product line from its facility in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. Crop-Protector™ and other similar products work to simplify post-harvest grain storage and remove the guesswork by implementing safe grain storage systems. The grain industry is moving beyond analog to advanced technology, integrating digital sensor systems, such as temperature and moisture cables and portable temperature lances. These monitoring systems offer accurate readings that help grain operators manage the conditions of their stored grain.

Real-time data and convenient options for a detailed display of the conditions in grain silos, storage warehouses and piles increase efficiency at grain facilities.

The information from stored grain monitoring systems better equips grain facility managers to make the best decisions in regards to grain storage and handling. Informed decisions can lead to improved grain management and increased profits. In the grain industry, there are always variables that cannot be controlled. However, monitoring the conditions of stored grain does not have to be one of them.

Digital sensor solutions provide the information that keeps grain workers in control.

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Storage project Two new projects for LPKS Latraps Tornum is an international grain facility with a development and manufacturing base in Sweden.

As producers, developers and designers of high-quality grain handling systems and vast experience they have evolved into a market-leading global supplier.

Production occurs in their factory in Kvänum, Sweden, where the focus is on quality and flexibility.

Over the years Tornum has developed a long-standing and successful cooperation with LPKS Latraps. LPKS Latraps is a cooperative and one of the biggest agricultural companies within

the Baltic countries.

The relationship between Tornum and LPKS Latraps began in 2006 and has since seen the delivery of six projects. In 2015 a contract was signed for a further two new projects.

The first project is an extension on the grain intake capacity on the LPKS Latrap’s main grain plant in Eleja.

The second is a completely new plant in order to increase the grain handling capacity and market share of LPKS Latrap, the site of this project is in Aizkraukle of Eastern Latvia.

The Eleja plant

The Eleja plant was delivered in three stages from 2006 to 2008. Consisting of Tornum’s heat recover dryer, TK6-28-3 with cyclofans, a PLC operation system, 220-tonnes per hour Damas Sigma cleaner and a 200-tonnes-per-hour Skandia conveying system and another offering 250-tonnes-per-hour. The storage volume of this plant is 36000m³.

The recent edition to the Eleja plant was installed throughout 2014 and 2015 is now completed and ready for the intake of malting barley. The expansion included a new Tornum heat recovery dryer TK6-28-3 with Tornum clean air control fans, a PLC operating system, 220-tonnes-per-hour Damas Sigma cleaner and a 200-tonnes per hour, and two Skandia conveying system offering 150 and 250-tonnes-per-hour.

This plant offers an additional 15500m³ of storage volume through the utilisation of round silos.

The Aizkraukle plant

A complete plant delivery has been underway throughout 2015.

When complete the Aizkraukle site will have two TK6-204 Tornum dryers with LPG burners. Two pre-cleaners with aspiration systems. A conveying system with a capacity of 100-tonnes-per-hour.

It will allow for total storage of 17000 tonnes, six silos for wet grain and 12 for dry grain. Within the plant there are two reception pits for trucks and railway.

The plant is widely controlled by computer, enabling monitoring of temperature throughout. Grain flow is flexible, capable of shifting material from any pit or dryer to any silo on the site.

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On December 29, 2015 at the Minister of Commerce for Cambodia, H.E. Sun Chanthol, met with a Chinese delegation to discuss the construction and operation of a new warehousing system, which it is hoped, will result in increased rice exports to China.

The delegation included: Mr Winston Wang, Chairman of Chongqing Grain Group, Mr Yu Yang, Chairman of Chongqing Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (Group) and Mr He Sili, Vice General Manager of Guangdong Foreign Construction Co Ltd and was supported by Mr Song Xiaoguo, the Economic

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Europe’s feed statistics updated

Of the 478 million tonnes of total feedstuffs consumed by EU livestock, one half (233 million tonnes are roughages grown on farm. Of the other half , 51 million tonnes are cereals grown and used on farm. The rest is purchased feedingstuffs, including 156 million tonnes of compound feed which makes up 80 percent of this sector and is valued at €52 billion.

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his month FEFAC, the European Feed Manufacturers Federation, released its latest Statistical Yearbook 2014 – Feed & Food.

Compiled by Arnaud Bouxin, the Federation put the total output of compound feed for Europe at 220 million tonnes of which almost three-quarters - 155.8 million tonnes – is produced within the EU-28 and little over one quarter - 61.2 million tonnes - by non-EU countries in Europe; the major feed producers being Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Norway, Switzerland and Serbia.

FEFAC, puts the value of livestock production in the EU-28 at €171.5 billion accounting for 41 percent of the total agricultural output of €418.5 billion in 2014. It shows the compound feed industry in EU-28 has fallen back from its high of almost €55 billion in 2013 to €52 billion in 2014.

It uses Eurostat statistics to show that the value of animal feed in animal production ranges from a low of 35.8 percent in the UK to 93 percent in Luxembourg with the average at approximately 54 percent.

The number of production units producing the EU’s compound feed saw a slight decrease in 2014 to 3831, down from 3876 in 2013. Over a 10-year period numbers have steadily fallen from 4489, with Italy declining most rapidly in unit numbers from 700 to 490. Those gaining feed production units over the same period include Austria from 77 to 88, Latvia from 19 to 38 and Belgium from 77-87. All other EU countries show a steady concentration of unit numbers.

Feed output

VALUE OF FEEDINGSTUFFS IN ANIMAL PRODUCTION IN 2014

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TURNOVER OF THE EU COMPOUND FEED INDUSTRY

COMPOUND FEED PRODUCTION IN EU-28 PRODUCTION (Index of volume: 1995=100)

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Mio. € 59.000

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While the index (1995=100) for compound feed output compares favourably against volatile industrial output and GDP over the past decade, compound feed industry turnover has also seen dramatic changes in total turnover over the same period

The big losers in production include Latvia at -17.8 percent, Ireland at -11.2 percent and Romania at -10.4 percent. The biggest gains were made Poland, Austria, Czech Republic, Cyprus and Spain at 8.7, 5.1, 3.4, 3.3 and 3.3 percent respectively.

NUMBER AND AVERAGE SIZE OF FEED PRODUCTION UNITS IN THE EU

5.000

50

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Turkey 18.0

EU-28 (incl. EL) 158.8

Europe non-EU 61.2

Serbia 0.9 Ukraine 4.7

Russia 21.7

Other non-EU 10.6

Switzerland 1.6 Norway 3.7

The EU accounts for roughly two-thirds of Europe’s total compound feed output at 155.8 million tonnes 44

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4.000 3.500

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The blue line shows the fall in production unit numbers from 2004 while the red line shows the continued increase in per unit output.

19 The big swing between 2003 and 2044 is when the EU grew from 15 states to 25 member states

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When it comes to purchasing a chain conveyor, it is very easy to just look at the one-time purchasing cost and the quality of the components.

However, 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.

Traditionally, the flights are made of steel and welded onto the 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 whole assembly is very robust and works well until general wear and tear, operational errors or material build-up can require maintenance shut down.

In the case of a minor incident, such as the flights breaking, although the chain does not require changing, it is still necessary to order new chain links with flights welded or grind the sides of the failing links and weld new flights in-situ. In both cases, a lot of resources and time are needed to complete the maintenance procedure.

Engineers have been working hard at suppressing and minimising the different problems encountered within a chain conveyor, reaching many possible solutions.

Whilst these solutions have helped to reduce the number of unexpected breakdowns, they haven’t removed the need for conveyor shut-downs when the chains or flights need to be replaced.

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This new system includes a set of nylon flights that can be cut to accurate lengths depending on the desired overall width.

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Suwei Jiang, PwC Partner, China Business Group and Richard Ferguson, Agriculture Advisor to PwC The evidence of an economic slowdown in China is clearly demonstrated by the leading indicators of falling commodities prices. China is likely to shift its economic emphasis from a high-investment, export-driven model towards one spurred by domestic consumption.

Therefore, whilst there might be some short-term adjustment, further increasing affluence should remain the norm. In short, the need to build bridges, highways and commercial property will become less prominent but diets will continue to change. This in turn will increase the enormous burdens on an already challenged domestic food system even further, as well as having significant ramifications on international agricultural trade.

China currently feeds 20 percent of the world’s population with just 8 percent of the earth’s arable land, which works out at approximately 0.09 hectares (ha) per person. The so-called ‘red line’ of one hundred and twenty million hectares of farmland as a Chinese policy goal is widely seen as an acknowledgement of this pressure. The first policy document of 2014, referred to as ‘No.1 Document’, emphasised that the ‘red line’ should be strictly protected.

The reason for this apparent obsession is simple: China has lost farmland consistently over the years due to an unprecedented increase in activities such as urbanisation, construction and land degradation.

According to China’s first national land survey that was conducted in 1996, arable land amounted to 130 million ha. By 2008, this was estimated to have fallen to about one hundred and one hundred 121 million ha.

However, a second national land survey that concluded in 2009 (but whose results were only published in 2014) found that arable land was now estimated at about 135 million ha. However, after deducting land that was deemed either too polluted or in need of restoration, available arable area was estimated to be just above 120 million ha.

The ‘No.1 Document’ also recognises the importance of developing sustainable agriculture, as well as the need to restore polluted and degraded land. Degradation can be caused by either overcultivation, over-grazing or as a result of deforestation. In 2008, a three-year study conducted jointly by the Ministry of Water Resources, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, found that over 350 million ha of land was affected by erosion, of which 160 million ha was caused by water and 200 million ha was caused by wind erosion. In total, about 4.5bn tonnes of soil were eroded each year, at a cost of RMB200billion since 2000.

As well as erosion, land can also be degraded by pollution and this has become a major concern in recent years. Earlier this year, China’s vice-minister of land and resources, Wang Shiyuan, noted that a soil survey had identified some 3 million ha of contaminated land. Not that this is a new problem by any means. In 2006, Zhou Shengxian, the director of the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) said that China faced ‘serious’ soil pollution that would affect both people’s health and the environment. He further noted that approximately 12 million tonnes of grain are polluted each year by heavy metals from the soil, with economic losses of over US$2.5billion.

To tackle this issue, SEPA along with the Ministry of Land and Resources jointly launched a soil pollution survey with a budget of US$125m, with the aim of assessing land pollution due to heavy metals, pesticides, and organic pollutants, and use the results to rehabilitate affected land. While this soil survey was completed in 2010, the findings were never announced. The Environment Ministry refuted all requests for the survey data to be published stating that they had now been declared a ‘state secret’.

This action has sparked fears that the survey results might prove alarming. According to Bai Chengshou, Deputy Head of the Nature and Ecology Conservation Department at the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the results of the survey would be published after further sampling to improve accuracy. He also said that the government was in the process of coming up with an action plan to control soil pollution.

Recently, the government in China released statistics from a soil survey – it is not clear if it is the one previously noted – which indicate that nearly a fifth of China’s farmland is polluted mostly by human, industrial and agricultural activities. Again, there were assurances of the government taking action to stop and reverse this pollution.

The key point here is that the Chinese government is struggling to maintain its existing cultivated land bank. Under these circumstances, increasing the supply of available land is highly unlikely.

Therefore, any increase in output will have to come via enhanced yields.

China’s yields of major commodities have stagnated or grown slowly in recent years. The chart below shows the yield growth over the past decade for rice, wheat, corn and soybeans. The yield growth for both wheat and corn are showing a declining trend, while that for rice relatively lacklustre.

Soybean yield growth has been erratic in recent years and on a net basis has been effectively stagnant over the past decade.

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Chinese annual yield growth 8.0% 6.0% 4.0% 2.0% 0.0% (2.0)% (4.0)% (6.0)% (8.0)%

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Corn

2008 Paddy rice

2009

2010

Wheat

2011

2012

2013

Soybean

Source: USDA Note: Yields are calculated on a 3-year moving average basis

The most likely conclusion based on the above historical performance is that future yield gains will be difficult High yields in crop production to achieve. However, before we draw our final conclusion there is another way to consider long-term yield potential; look at how Chinese yields compare with those of other major producers to see the potential upside.

The charts below showto the rice 2014/15production, yields for the top-10 producers of each commodity. has the highest When it comes China already Paddy rice yields for major producers (2014/15) yield along with Japan. In wheat, it is only behind the EU. In corn, China is considerably behind the US and the EU; but is still in fourth place ahead of Brazil. In terms of soybeans, China is one of the least productive. ***Page 17 bottom graph** However, it is worth emphasising that China is a relatively minor player in soybean production***page 19***. What the statistic does demonstrate is that, when it comes to the three main grains, China does not lag significantly behind the other major producers. More importantly, where Chinese yields lag, it cannot be assumed that the entire gap can be bridged. Part of the gap could be attributable to differences in agro-ecological environments e.g. natural factors such as soilRoads or toclimate, which cannot be overcome. be travelled PwC  14 Other contributing factors could be inadequate fertilisers, irrigation, crop management farming practices and so on – which could be bridged, at least in theory. However, in practice, the narrowing of this gap will be limited by the extent to which it is economically feasible.***page 19bottom graph** Over the past two decades, China has made strenuous efforts to increase yields. Specifically it has doubled the use of fertilisers and 8.0 7.0

6.7

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China

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Indonesia Bangladesh Philippines

India

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increased irrigated areas by approximately one-third.

While the rate of growth in fertilisers has slowed in the past decade, irrigation has increased. However, the growth in yields that China can expect from these two measures in the future is limited for reasons we outline below.

While the use of fertilisers has increased yields, it has also contributed to land, water and air pollution. Most of China’s chemical inputs are applied inefficiently. The World Bank estimated that, in 2012, China applied some 650kg of fertiliser per hectare of arable land – the highest by far among major agricultural nations, even developed ones. For comparison, the corresponding numbers were 163kg for India, 156kg for the EU, 181kg for Brazil, 131kg for the US, 75kg for Canada, 45kg for Australia and 39kg for Argentina. So, even greater use of fertiliser is likely to have a lesser effect on yields, and might even have a negative indirect effect due to land and water pollution.

According to Zhuang Guotai, the Ministry of Environmental Protection’s Director of Nature and Ecology Conservation, only about 35% of fertiliser used in a typical Chinese farm contributed to crop growth. The rest is lost through evaporation, is washed off into streams, or is consumed by people or animals. So, it not only contains an economic cost but an environmental one too. The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) predicted last year that all central and South Eastern provinces bar Jiangxi and Shanxi were at high risk of suffering groundwater nitrate pollution by 2015.

While irrigation can lead to higher yields, there is a different constraint there – water; China does not have enough of it and what

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usage/availability percentage for the top five provinces that were responsible for 35% of China’s agricultural output in 2012. This includes farming, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery. With the exception of Sichuan, the rest of the provinces are already at critical water usage levels. Any further deterioration in water availability will affect agricultural output. At the same time, it also demonstrates that there is very little scope for increasing irrigation in these provinces.

Provincial contribution to total output and water usage 148%

10%

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it has is increasingly polluted and not where it is required the most.

Similar to the case with land, China supports 20 percent of the world’s population with just over 8 percent of the world’s renewable water resources, which equates to just over 2,000 cubic metres of renewable water per capita, per annum. The global average is over three times that number. However, even this hides a stark regional disparity – the Northern regions account for only about 18 percent of the total water resources. At the same time, the Northern region is also where 28 percent of the population resides and where about 44 percent of the cultivated land is.***page 20*** The chart below shows the renewable water resources available per person across provinces. The range extends from 143 cubic metres in Shanghai to 137,378 cubic metres in Tibet. Tibet is obviously an outlier, since it is the source of many large rivers and has a low population. However, Shanghai is not. The chart below shows the provinces with the lowest water resources, most of which are in the North. To put this into perspective, China has similar renewable water resource levels to Jordan and Israel.

Now that it has been established how water is supplied in China, the next logical step is to assess how that water is then used. The key indicator here is the percentage of supply that is used annually.

Consider Beijing: the average inhabitant used about 176 cubic metres in 2012, about 91 percent of the supply. The table below highlights usage per capita and usage as a percentage of supply for those few selected provinces where usage already exceeds availability or close to it.

Whilst water availability can affect nearly every aspect of any economy, the impact is probably felt greatest in agriculture; which accounts for about a third of China’s total water usage. Most crops require about five to eight thousand tonnes of water per hectare in a single growing season. Therefore, any scarcity of water will lead to poor yields.

In order to fully appreciate the scope of this problem for China, consider the following chart: it shows the water usage/availability percentage for the top five provinces that were responsible for 35 percent of China’s agricultural output in 2012. This includes farming, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery. With the exception of Sichuan, the rest of the provinces are already at critical water usage levels. Any further deterioration in water availability will affect agricultural output. At the same time, it also demonstrates that there is very little scope for increasing irrigation in these provinces.

The second aspect of the water supply problem is pollution. In 2013, a Ministry of Land and Resources survey found over half the groundwater on the North China Plain to be unsuitable for industrial use and over 70 percent unsuitable for human consumption.

According to the Ministry of Environmental Protection’s (MEP) 2012 State of Environment Report, about 30 percent of the water in the ten biggest rivers was ‘polluted’ or ‘highly polluted’. It also found that more than half of the groundwater in 198 cities was ‘bad’ or ‘very bad’. The chief problem was the high level of chemical pollution mostly from industry and animal husbandry.

To overcome the problems of water scarcity China has embarked on the ambitious South-North Water Diversion Project, a modern version of Imperial China’s Grand Canal, which will consume over US$80 billion of investment in the next few decades in an attempt to divert water from the Yangtze River to the parched regions of the North. The first leg, or “the eastern route,” began supplying water to Dezhou in Shandong Province late last year. However, the water is polluted and for now is only suitable only for industrial purposes.

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Given the problems of problem wateris quantity and quality, it is and almost The second aspect of the water supply Given the problems of water quantity quality, it is pollution. In 2013, a Ministry of Land and Resources almost certain that China is going to struggle to survey found over half the groundwater onto the North supply clean water for its agricultural needs. So, certain that China is going struggle to supply clean water foranyits China Plain to be unsuitable for industrial use and yield enhancements from greater irrigation are over 70% unsuitable for human contact. According to unlikely to materialise. agricultural needs.

So, any yield enhancements from greater irrigation the Ministry of Environmental Protection’s (MEP) State of Environment Report, about 30% of the We have analysed the major factors that can increase are 2012 unlikely to materialise. water in the ten biggest rivers was ‘polluted’ or ‘highly agricultural output – namely, land and water. Given polluted’. It also found that more than half of the the constraints present, China will find it increasingly groundwater in 198 cities was ‘bad’major or ‘very bad’.

The difficult increase output via these factors. Output Having analysed the factors thattocan increase agricultural chief problem was the high level of chemical pollution growth would have to come from elsewhere, for mostly from industry and animal husbandry. land consolidation, mechanisation, output (namely, land and water) andexample, given the constraints present, improved seeds and better crop management To overcome the problems of water scarcity China has practices.

China will find it increasingly difficult to increase output via these embarked on the ambitious South-North Water Diversion Project, a modern version of Imperial China’s Grand Canal, which will consume over have to come from elsewhere, for factors.

Output growth would US$80bn of investment in the next few decades in an attempt to divert water from the Yangtze River to the example, land consolidation, mechanisation, improved seeds and parched regions of the North. The first leg – the eastern route – began supplying water to Dezhou in better crop management practices.

Shandong Province late last year. However, the water is polluted and for now is only suitable only for industrial purposes.

The Chinese government has invested heavily in genetically modified crops.

Roads to be travelled PwC  19 However, there are major concerns in China over the safety of GM crops safety – an understandable one given assorted food safety scandals in recent years. In an attempt to allay fears, the government launched a media campaign in September 2014 in support of GM crops. The campaign hopes to educate the public and create a favourable atmosphere for the development of the GM industry. In the same month, the government also released President Xi Jinping’s unpublished speech from December 2013, wherein he endorsed GM crops.

Somewhat paradoxically, despite an active campaign to promote GM crops, the Chinese government is still rejecting imports of US corn due to the presence of Syngenta’s MIR162 genetically modified corn, marketed as Viptera. China has yet to approve the MIR162 variety for imports although Syngenta applied in 2010. Rather surprisingly, the EU – despite the overall attitude being very antiGMO, permits import of the same strain.

Therefore the actions of the Chinese government might, at first glance, appear irrational. However there is logic to their policy response. Chinese production has increased by some 70% over the past decade. The government using higher prices to incentivise domestic production achieved much of this. Seen from this perspective, the Chinese could be using the GM issue as a smoke screen to limit imports.

Another possible explanation is that the Chinese are attempting to diversify their corn import source. After all, in 2013, nearly all of China’s corn imports originated in the US. Although imports will likely continue to rise, equally likely, the government will continue to limit them.

As a footnote, note that Syngenta is being sued by Cargill and some US-based farmers for marketing its Viptera seed before it obtained import approval from China. This demonstrates the impact that Chinese policies now have overseas. Although the country currently imports a mere 3mnt of corn, you only need to look a few years hence when this near rounding error becomes material.

Obviously all of the above demonstrates that the Chinese government recognises that the agriculture sector needs to be transformed. The following section looks at how the state supports agriculture.

Government and the agriculture sector China’s agricultural sector has witnessed major structural changes since the foundation of the People’s Republic in 1949. In its

formative years, the state took control of all land and established a monopoly on the purchase and marketing of farm output. In 1958, the collective farms were merged into larger ‘people’s communes’ and private food production was banned. For the next twenty years the commune system reduced incentives, removed price signals and prevented the efficient allocation of resources.

In 1978, Deng Xiaoping initiated rural reforms, which led to the abolition of the commune system. Among the policy changes introduced thereafter, perhaps the most significant was the Household Responsibility System (HRS). Under this, land was assigned to households for 15 years (and later 30 years), and each was given crop quotas to fulfil. The quotas were relatively small but anything above that could be sold for profit in the open market.

This meant that farmers were provided with incentives to increase output. In the initial period of these reforms, between 1978 and 1984, grain output grew 5% annually.

However, once the easy wins were over, annual growth slowed to just 1.2 percent over the next decade. Rising prices and imports necessitated another round of reforms such as the ‘Governor’s Grain Bag Responsibility System’, which made provincial governors responsible for balancing grain supply and demand and stabilising grain prices in their provinces.

While the HRS was certainly a major improvement on the commune system, it was far from perfect. The key problem was that, given the large population and limited land available, each household only received a small amount to farm. This problem was accentuated by the fact that, since land parcels had different

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soil characteristics, suitability for irrigation, location, and so on, and since each household had to get parcels for all grades, the land that they got was fragmented and scattered. This in turn limited the scope for economies of scale through irrigation and mechanisation. Furthermore, as this was a continuous process, an increasing population implied further land fragmentation.

Finally, since the process seemingly focussed on household size and disregarded capability, many households received large land parcels but with limited labour forces, and vice versa – thus hindering an efficient allocation of a scarce resource. This problem was exacerbated by urban migration, which further reduced the rural labour force.

Some of these problems were addressed with reforms that limited redistribution, extended tenure and widened the scope for renting out land. This led to the development of a land rental market, but the agreements tended to be informal and short-term.

The Third Plenum of the 17th Party Congress in 2008 emphasised the need to encourage the land rental market, and since then policy makers have experimented with various pilot projects. Apart from renting land-use rights, there have also been attempts to mortgage assets to raise capitol.

The 2013 ‘No. 1 Document’ also called for a transition to largescale farms in China and encouraged farmers to rent out their land to large farming entities, co-operatives and agricultural enterprises.

There is even a ‘large farm’ subsidy being tested in a few provinces, given to farmers planting more than a certain provincespecific area of grain. All of this has had an effect – the Ministry of

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Agriculture estimated that in 2013, around 26% of China’s farmland had been rented, up from approximately 9% in 2008.

More reforms are on the way. The Third Plenum of the 18th CPC Central Committee, that concluded last year, aimed to provide famers with greater property rights, increase farmers’ property income and allow rural residents to benefit from modernisation.

Specifically by: • Securing farmers with mortgages and by guaranteeing power for contractual management rights • By proposing the ‘cautious and steady’ collateral, guarantee and transfer of farmers’ residential property rights.

• By securing farmers with rights for possession, income, pledge, guarantee, inheritance and paid withdrawal of shares in collective assets • By proposing to support the development of large-scale, professionalised and modernised operations.

One such concrete example is that the raft of new guidelines allows for collectively-owned ‘rural construction land for commercial use’ to be transferrable and rentable and aims to build a unified market for both urban and rural construction land. Other major reforms include the reduction in scope of land expropriation by local governments.

For sure, this is a statement of intent at this stage and the extent of implementation remains to be seen. Most reforms to date are at the pilot-test stage and not close to rollout and execution at national level. Moreover, some of these initiatives might be difficult to implement because local governments, whose revenues will be reduced, might oppose them. According to World Bank data, on average, local governments receive 40% of the tax revenues from the central government, but are responsible for 80% of total government spending.

These deficits are usually covered through the sale of collectively owned land seized from farmers. Rural land reform will curtail these activities and put more strain on local governments’ fiscal positions.

In short, progress in land reform is an arduous, slow process.

Land reform was important and led to higher output but it did not increase rural incomes in sharp contrast to what happened with urban incomes. Crucially it also led to widespread income inequality across the country. Thus, a decade back, Chinese policymakers began seeking ways to extend direct benefits to farmers. In 2004, China introduced the first national direct subsidies to farmers and began phasing out agricultural taxes. The direct subsidy was based on the land area.

However, the unintended consequence of this action was that landowners could leave the land fallow and still get subsidies, while farmers who cultivated leased land would not. Since 2013, the government has moved towards linking direct subsidies to land planted or grain harvested.

In September 2014, the Chinese government released details about the pilot ‘target price’ subsidy programme for cotton and soybeans.

This policy represents a new approach to agricultural support that will reduce government interference in prices and let the markets have a greater role. The subsidy under this programme is calculated as the difference between a ‘target price’ set by the government before planting and the market price in each province.

In addition to recognising the need to increase productivity, the government also introduced subsidies for seeds, fertilisers and agricultural machinery. Subsidies are available for high-quality seeds, such as high-oil soybean, industrial-use corn and high-protein wheat varieties. These are usually paid directly to farmers but, in some

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areas, they are paid to seed suppliers, who are then supposed to pass it on to farmers.

Fertiliser subsidies also work in a similar way. Machinery subsidies are initially paid to machinery dealers, who are expected to pass it on. In the Twelfth Five-Year Plan, the government aimed to increase total agricultural machinery power to 1bn KW and the agricultural mechanisation rate to 60% by 2015. However, the power target was achieved by 2012, and the mechanisation rate reached 59% in 2013.

Other government support measures include a minimum price scheme for rice and wheat, VAT refunds or waivers and transport tax waivers. The government has also sought to increase investment through the extension of finance via the Rural Credit Co-operatives that provide loans to farmers for input purchases, machinery and other investments.

All of these government measures to increase production aim to get around the problem of limited land and water resources. But will these be sufficient to prevent imports? Well, apparently not. Whilst these policies will most likely boost yields, it will not be anywhere near sufficient to meet the strong growth in demand in the years ahead.

So it seems, China has now begun to turn its attention overseas.

But if there are constraints on land and water at home, why not buy land in Ukraine or Zambia and grow wheat and corn for export to China? One answer could be that this does not ‘self-sufficiency’ as China would still be vulnerable to external shocks such as export bans and land expropriation. However, it does warrant merit of sorts. Firstly, it provides an avenue for China to diversify its current account surpluses away from financial assets such as US treasuries into real assets such as farmland. Secondly, it fits in with the wider theme of food production shifting to low-cost producers such as Africa. Finally, it will also help to promote free trade through interdependency.

During its tenth five-year plan in 2001, China initiated its ‘Go Out’ policy aimed at encouraging Chinese investment abroad. Although China has been involved in African agriculture since the 1960s, it was mostly in a technical capacity, with some trade relations and limited farming investments.

But since the implementation of the ‘Go Out’ policy, China’s involvement has shifted to include large-scale farming, processing, equipment export and agricultural infrastructure development. In 2009, Chinese investment in African agriculture was estimated at US$30billion. In the 2014 ‘No.1 Document’, the government called for the ‘Go Out’ policy to be accelerated and in an August 2014 press release, the Ministry of Commerce announced that over 300 farming enterprises had invested across 46 countries.

Unfortunately for China, most of these farming deals are fairly small scale and mostly less than 10 thousand ha. There have been media reports of large transactions but actual hard evidence is hard to come by. For example, media reports since 2007 have recorded ZTE Agribusiness’s concession to cultivate palm on an area ranging from 100,000ha to the somewhat larger 3 million ha of land. Another Chinese grand plan was to cultivate jatropha for bio-fuels on over 2 million ha in Zambia. Again, no progress was registered on either project. Hyperbole is not restricted to land alone – another common refrain in recent years was that China would send one million farmers to settle in Africa.

A similar scenario played out in Ukraine. There were reports last year of China, via state-owned companies, leasing 100,000ha of land in Ukraine for farming and that the area could potentially expand

over 50 years to 3 million ha – or about 10 percent of Ukraine’s arable land. Ukrainian agricultural firm KSG Agro, which was supposed to be the counterparty, denied those reports saying that the agreement was with regard to the transfer of irrigation technology for a mere 3 thousand ha.

Finally, there is the situation in Latin America. Although China currently imports large quantities of soybeans from Brazil and Argentina, its direct involvement remains relatively limited.

There have been no acquisitions of farmland and it is also unlikely change in the near term, given the restrictions imposed on foreign land ownership in Brazil and Argentina – itself is a response to growing Chinese interest; the same is true elsewhere in countries including Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines and so on.

The conclusion we would draw is that China may pursue this strategy but it is likely to remain small scale in the medium term.

Deals involving millions of hectares, or even hundreds of hectares invariably generate hostility and local resentment. More importantly, large-scale projects remain difficult to execute successfully – there are numerous examples in Africa, where companies have hardly progressed beyond acquiring a large parcel of land.

That doesn’t negate an alternative strategy: the possibility of China acquiring strategic assets along different points of the value chain.

That is, instead of acquiring land, buy elevators and processing facilities, or provide financing and logistics services. These were the intentions behind State-owned Chongqing Grain Group’s plans in 2011 to build a soybean-crushing plant, railway line and a storage and transportation hub to export goods back to China – with an investment of over US$2billion. However, as with other large Chinese agricultural projects, this too has yet to materialise. But the wider strategic argument remains valid.

In February 2014, China’s largest grain trader, state-owned COFCO, acquired a 51 percent stake in Dutch grain trader Nidera, which has a strong procurement platform in Brazil, Argentina and Central Europe.

In April 2014, COFCO acquired a 51 percent stake in Singapore-based Noble Group Ltd’s agribusiness unit for US$1.5billion.

COFCO aims to form a joint venture to link its grain processing and distribution business in China with Noble’s grain sourcing and

trading business. Noble’s agribusiness unit includes sugar mills in Brazil, grain elevators in Argentina, and oilseed crushing plants in China, Ukraine, South Africa, and South America. Coincidentally, China Investment Corporation – China’s sovereign wealth fund – already owns a 14.1 percent share in the Noble Group. With these acquisitions, COFCO will be able to purchase soybeans from Brazil and other producers directly, bypassing the ‘ABCD’ quartet of grain traders: ADM, Bunge, Cargill and Louis Dreyfus.

Other similar deals include the previously mentioned WH Group’s purchase of US-based Smithfield Foods, China Fishery Group’s purchase of Peruvian fish exporter Copeinca ASA, and COFCO’s purchase of Australian sugar producer Tully Sugar. China’s US$3billion loan-forgrains deal with Ukraine was another although China recently sued Ukraine for the breach of this contract and which will be complicated still further by ongoing civil unrest in the country.

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12th TUSAF Congress: Global Trade and Milling Technologies Sueno Hotels Deluxe, Tasliburun Mevki Kadriye, Belek, Turkey http://www.tusaf2016.org

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Feed and food chain suppliers meet in Middle East

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he international world of suppliers and buyers active in the feed and food chain, in the Middle East and Africa, will come together at the ADNEC from February 15 - 17, 2016 in Abu Dhabi for VIV MEA. VIV is increasingly aware that consumer attitude and behaviour towards food is rapidly changing, on a worldwide scale. Focus has shifted towards health issues, including healthier food and the demand for convenience food products, in smaller ready-to-eat portions, is on the rise. Consequently, the importance of delivering fresh and safe meat products with an extended shelf life is on the rise.

VIV say they understand the challenges faced in animal production and processing.

Consumers are sceptical and want guarantees about the meats they eat and meat safety can only be guaranteed if every step in the meat production chain is carefully monitored and controlled.

Meat producing and further-processing companies adapt and improve their production processes to meet the demands. International food quality institutions developed standards for quality assurance and secured traceability. The trend is towards systems that cover the entire food chain from primary production to finished products: from feed to meat. And that’s where VIV comes in.VIV MEA is an exhibition geared specifically to these needs.

VIV says it is “Set to pouring our valuable network into making VIV MEA the specialist Feed-To-Meat show serving the poultry, aquaculture and dairy industries in the Middle East/Africa region.

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The International Production and Processing Expo he International Production and Processing Expo (IPPE) 2016 will be held in Atlanta, GA, at the Georgia World Congress Center from the 26-28 January 2016.

IPPE is comprised of the International Poultry Expo, International Feed Expo and International Meat Expo.

The latest technologies, equipment and services used in the production and processing of feed, meat and poultry products will be featured at the two-day exhibition.

Dynamic education programs will be featured addressing current industry issues, achieved through the combined expertise of AFIA, NAMI and USPOULTRY. IPPE 2016 is expecting to see over 1250 exhibitors, 30,000 industry stakeholders and more than 456,000 net square feet of exhibition space. IPPE show organisers have commented saying, “We are pleased that more than 94 percent of the show floor has already been booked. We anticipate more than 30,000 attendees at the 2016 IPPE to learn about the latest products and services offered for the feed, meat and poultry industries.”

The 2014 IPPE was recognised by the ‘Trade Show News Network’ (TSNN) as being in their top 25 fastest growing trade shows, based on square feet.

The 2015 TSNN Awards ceremony was held in November in Atlanta, the award was given onstage at the AmericasMart gala celebration.

“IPPE’s recognition by ‘Trade Show News Network’ is terrific news and reflects the continued synergies of our integrated trade shows - International Poultry Expo, International Meat Expo and International Feed Expo,” remarked IPPE show organisers.

suppliers, equipment manufacturers and companies which supply other products, services and supplies to feed manufacturers.

NAMI:

The North American Meat Institute (NAMI) is the leading voice for the meat and poultry industry. Formed from the 2015 merger of the American Meat Institute (AMI) and North American Meat Association (NAMA), the Institute has a rich, century-long history.

NAMI provides essential member services including legislative, regulatory, scientific, international and public affairs representation.

NAMI’s mission is to shape a public policy environment in which the meat and poultry industry can produce wholesome products safely, efficiently and profitably.

Together, the Institute’s members produce the vast majority of US beef, pork, lamb and poultry and the equipment, ingredients and services needed for the highest quality products.

USPOULTRY:

The US Poultry & Egg Association (USPOULTRY) is the allfeather organisation representing the complete spectrum of today’s poultry industry.

Their mission is to progressively serve member companies

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The International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) is a collaboration of three shows, the International Feed Expo, International Meat Expo and the International Poultry Expo.

Combined, these shows represent the entire chain of protein production and processing.

The event is sponsored by the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA), North American Meat Institute (NAMI) and US Poultry & Egg Association (USPOULTRY).

AFIA:

The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) is the world’s largest organisation devoted exclusively to representing the business, legislative and regulatory interests of the US animal feed industry and its suppliers. AFIA also is the recognised leader on international industry developments.

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through research, education, communication, and technical assistance. Founded in 1947, US Poultry & Egg Association is based in Tucker, Ga.

International buyer program

The event has been named as one of 23 events USA wide to participate in the Department of Commerce’s international buyer program. The Expo has taken part in the international buyer program since 2007. The program brings trade delegations together from around the world and helps pair international attendees with American suppliers.

“We are pleased to be chosen as part of the International Buyer Program for the ninth year in a row. Program participation is confirmation of the global scale of our expo. Since 2006, our attendance from outside the US has grown by 238 percent,” says Charlie Olentine, IPPE show manager.

Ninth annual pet food conference

AFIA will be hosting its ninth annual pet food conference on the Tuesday 26 at IPPE. The education-packed conference is designed to inform pet food industry representatives about the latest industry initiatives, including speakers from government entities, private companies and universities.

Attendees will engage with a well-rounded cast of presenters to discuss industry issues including country of origin labeling, pet obesity trends, allergen research and the newly published food safety modernisation act and its implications on the pet food industry.

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“Every year attendees from around the world congregate at the pet food conference to acknowledge, discuss and rectify pertinent issues affecting the pet food industry,” says Leah Wilkinson, AFIA director of ingredients, pet food and state affairs.

“The conference offers an opportunity for industry professionals to unify and learn about the latest in the field.”

Fourth annual young leader ‘30 under 30 program’

Also featured will be the fourth annual young leaders ‘30 under 30’ program that targets young professionals who normally would not have the financial resources or opportunity to attend IPPE. The goal of the program is to engage and invest in young professionals between the ages of 21 and 29, who work for companies directly involved in the production and processing of poultry and meat, or in the production of animal/poultry feed.

The applicants need to be a member of AFIA, NAMI or USPOULTRY. The program is designed to recognise professional leadership qualities and to provide exposure to the world’s largest annual trade show involving the production and processing of meat and poultry products and the manufacture of feed and pet food products.

Further training in each person’s respective industry is provided and will expose the recipients to the latest technology used in the industry.

Selected program participants will receive complimentary hotel accommodations for two nights, registration to attend IPPE, and admittance to all complimentary education programs and one paid program.

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The GEAPS Expo 2016 aims to connect visitors with thousands of grain handling processing professionals looking for operations solutions. To ensure that you make the most of your time exhibiting at Exchange 2016, the event’s organisers have provided a whole raft of handy remotely accessible resources including an interactive floor plan, the opportunity to manage your own company profile online and a vast array of relevant downloadable literature.

The expo has also been designed this year to allow exhibitors and visitors alike more time to explore the Expo. The opening workshop will also be arranged at a new time with this year’s focus being more on education than in previous years; with more processing sessions being available.

There will also be a new networking event organised which presents a fantastic opportunity for first-time and international attendees to get to know one another and swap business cards.

Whether you plan to attend for the full conference or a single day, GEAPS offers flexible registration options that help you make the most of your time in Austin. www.geaps.com/exchange/16

PREVIEW: Geaps Exchange 2016 eaps Exchange 2016 will run from Friday February 27th to Sunday 1st March 2016. This year the event is being held at the Austin Convention Centre, Austin,

Texas.

The expo is the best place to find operations solutions for your facility, with over 350 companies exhibiting in near 250 thousand square feet of space, you will find a variety of products and services all designed to meet your needs.

This year’s expo will feature over 40 hours of educational programming, including sessions on grain handling and processing, with some sessions even qualifying for continuing education units (CEU).

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• Ingredients • Additives • Formulation • Laboratory equipment • Quality control What’s on show at VICTAM Asia 2016?

• Feed production technology • Packaging • Energy efficiency • Auxiliary equipment • Biomass pelleting technology What’s on show at GRAPAS Asia 2016?

• Rice milling and sorting technology • Flour milling technology • Flakers, extruders • Grain processing systems • Additives Conferences Each of the exhibitions will have their own conferences, including: • The FIAAP Asia Animal Nutrition Conference 2016 • Petfood Forum Asia 2016 • Aquafeed Horizons Asia 2016 • Global Milling Conference with GRAPAS Asia 2016 • Biomass and Biomass Pelleting 2016 • The second ASEAN Feed and Rice Symposium • The second ASEAN Feed Summit

Supported by • Thai Ministry of Agriculture & Co-Operatives • Thai Department of Livestock Development • Thai Department of Fisheries • Thai Feed Mill Association • Thai Rice Milling Association • Thai Chamber of Commerce • Federation of ASEAN Feed Associations • Thailand Convention & Exhibition Bureau Organized by Victam International BV, PO Box 197, 3860 AD Nijkerk, The Netherlands T: +31 (0)33 246 4404 F: +31 (0)33 246 4706 E: expo@victam.com

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Industry events An invitation from TFIF

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he Turkish Flour Industrialists’ Federation (TFIF, also known as TUSAF) is a non-governmental organisation gathering organisations serving the flour industry under a single umbrella, and aiming for continuous development and solution-oriented strategies.

TFIF carries out research in line with the needs of the sector.

It represents 8 associations and 412 members, and cooperates with public sector organisations, other professional institutions and stakeholders in the sector.

TFIF is a roof organisation made up of associations established by firms which have spread all over Turkey. In this context, TFIF continuously works hand in hand with other institutions and organisations directly or indirectly in contact with the sector and aims to provide maximum benefit to its members and the Turkish flour industry. In addition to the international congress and exhibition organised every year, it brings industrialists together within the framework of national and regional meetings, and it takes the initiative in development of the sector with the contributions of instructors and administrators qualified in their fields.

As the Executive Board of Turkish Flour Industrialists’ Federation, we wanted to let you know that we would be happy to see you among us at the Turkish Flour Industrialists’ Federation International Congress and Exhibition at Sueno Deluxe tiotel Belek Antalya on March 31 –April 3, 2016. The theme will be ‘Global Trade and Milling Technologies’.

This congress will bring together flour industrialists, dealers, suppliers, milling mechanics and bread and bakery

product manufacturers. It will host more than 800 national and international representatives and there will be at least 50 exhibition areas. You can find all details of the congress and exhibition at www.tusaf2016.org and www.tusaf.org.

The congress will discuss current issues in detail. It aims to strengthen trade relations in both existing and new markets, to establish new bonds and to bring together buyers, sellers and manufacturers.

Speakers and attendees will include the Governments of Turkey and the Black Sea region countries, International Millers Association, The European Flour Millers Association, International Grains Council, US Wheat Association representatives, non-governmental organisations and the media.

Flour is the raw material of bread - the staple of the Turkish people in particular. As producers and stakeholders in this industry, we firmly believe that this conference will reach its target. This congress is aimed at Turkish firms which manufacture and deal in flour, importers of flour and grain exporters of Europe, the USA, the Black Sea, Middle East and Africa Regions. There will be a large exhibition area dedicated to flour production machinery in which important firms, suppliers, engineering companies, banks, stock markets, merchants and many other companies will be included. The languages of the Congress will be Turkish, English and Russian.

As the Executive Board of the Turkish Flour Industrialists’ Federation, we would like you to know that we would be honoured by your participation in the Congress.

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Industry events Wide range of additives and technology on show at Asia’s three-way feed and grain show

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nce again, FIAAP, the feed additive and ingredient show, is coming to Asia. It will be held in Bangkok on March 29 – 31, 2016. As ever, it is set to attract some of the biggest names in the business.

For example, Tyson Animal Nutrition Group is a supplier of protein feed ingredients serving aquaculture, agriculture, and companion animal food manufacturers.

They understand the importance of superior nutritional quality and traceability for feed ingredients. They also understand the value to a nutritionist/feed formulator of working with a supplier with more than 80 years’ experience in feeding people and their animals. Tyson Animal Nutrition Group will exhibit at the FIAAP Asia exhibition in Bangkok on 29 – 31 March 2016.

Another major international company who will be exhibiting once again at FIAAP Asia is Special Nutrients, Inc. They are a worldwide leading supplier of scientifically proven antimycotoxin additives produced in two production sites in the USA. They also have over 50 distributors located around the globe. For more than 25 years the company has offered reliable products supported by an excellent quality control and technical support team. Mycoad and Mycoad AZ are the two main products manufactured and marketed by the company. Both have the capacity to adsorb and retain the most important mycotoxins affecting poultry. This adsorption from the gastrointestinal tract avoids the deleterious effects caused by these toxins in the body, without interfering with the absorption of critical nutrients present in the feed.

automated flat storage, heat treatment, pellet mills, mixers, fat-coaters, vacuum-coaters, crumblers, sifters and their famous hammer mill, the goal of Stolz is to offer machines that will help their customers in producing the best possible quality of semi-finished or finished products, with the highest productivity, in respect of regulations and budgets. Stolz’ job as expert and constructor is to ensure good project management, from preliminary stages to commissioning.

California Pellet Mill (since 1883) is a world-renowned pelleting specialist, equipped with a wide range of machinery for crushing, grinding, condensing, cooling, drying, sifting, computerised process controls, ingredient scaling systems and extrusion.

CPM have been constantly introducing new developments over the years. They are thrilled to introduce tools and pellet mill technology and showcase their products at VICTAM Asia 2016.

Their innovative developments such as wired shear pin, remote knife adjustment, automatic remote roll speed measurement and electronic oil indicator will allow their customers to enhance their productivity as well as having a safe working environment.

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Another exhibition will also take place in Bangkok alongside FIAAP. This is VICTAM - the show which specialises in feed production technology. 2016 will be the 25th Anniversary for VICTAM to be in Thailand.

Bühler will be exhibiting at VICTAM. The Bühler Feed & Biomass business unit has been continuously adapting its product portfolio, manufacturing and logistics services specifically to the needs of customers in Southeast Asia.

Bühler Changzhou, a highly successful affiliate of the feed and biomass business unit, has been setting new benchmarks for feed mill quality and standards in Southeast Asia since its launch in 2008. The unit has been expanding over the past few years into a continental base for China and Southeast Asia.

On the basis of a shared technological Bühler platform, a range of products have been developed and produced in China that match regional requirements. A technological development centre and China Institute of Feed Technology (CFT) for customer staff have been set up. A wide range of machines and technology will be displayed at the Bühler stand at VICTAM Asia 2016.

Another international company continuing to exhibit at the VICTAM show is Stolz, a French company which has developed various technical solutions of high efficiency thanks to their commitment to the feed and grain industry. Numerous regulatory constraints have helped in completing Stolz’ know-how and knowledge.

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Rüter Maschinenbau will be displaying their self-balancing Crossyoke-Plansifter, designed to ensure minimum structural stress, at the co-located trade show – GRAPAS Asia 2016.

Their Crossyoke-Plansifter’s modular design allows it to be accommodated in tightly constrained spaces. Leading innovations include lightweight aluminum sieve stack housing, the customisable sieve stack and the patented sieve cleaner.

Furthermore, the plansifter is economical to install. It boasts a capacity at the first break of up to 5tph, per sieve stack, and control-sifting with a capacity of up to 100tph.

This is just one of the many international companies that will be taking part in GRAPAS Asia 2016, the specialist event for rice and flour milling and grain processing.

Another such company is Sun Magnetic Sys-Tech Co, Ltd which was founded in 2001 in Beijing, China, as a professional manufacturer of permanent magnetic systems.

They have more than ten years’ experience in research and development, design and manufacture.

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With advanced technology and extensive experience, they focus on providing customers with customised solutions for magnetic separators in the food industry. Top quality and continuous improvement are their perpetual commitment to their customers.

A number of companies who are exhibiting are marketing their products to a number of different industry sectors and so will be in both VICTAM and GRAPAS Asia 2016.

One of these is Cimbria which is one of the world’s leading producers in the field of processing, handling and storage of grain, seed and feed and food products. They offer projecting and process control as well as the development, manufacture and installation of individual machines, customised systems and complete turnkey plants.

Their product range includes technologies for drying, seed processing, conveying, storage and electronic sorting as well as advanced control and automation systems.

Cimbria’s solid market position is a result of new thinking deeply rooted in specialist knowledge and experience

gained over decades of intense research and development.

There will be a huge variety of exhibits, with almost 200 exhibitors from all over the world offering products for the animal feed, dry petfood, aquafeed, rice and flour milling, grain processing and biomass industry sectors. Visitors will be able to find what they are looking for over the three days of the event.

Conferences

There will also be a number of technical conferences which will assist specialists with applications and developments in their industry sector. They are: March 29 FIAAP Animal Nutrition Conference Asia 2016 March 29 Aquafeed Horizons Asia 2016 March 30 GMP+ Feed Safety Assurance March 30 Petfood Forum Asia 2016 March 30 Global Milling Conference with GRAPAS ASIA Conference 2016 March 30 2nd ASEAN Feed & Rice Symposium 2016 March 31 Biomass Pellets Asia Conference 2016 The event organisers, Victam International, also say there will be a special Feed and Rice Symposium where a number of respected international speakers will present papers on a number of different subjects that will impact these important industry sectors. It is open free of charge to all registered visitors.

You can pre-register free now as a visitor on www.fiaap. com, www.victam.com & www.grapas.eu.

FIAAP, VICTAM & GRAPAS Asia will take place at BITEC, Bangkok, Thailand from March 29 – 31, 2016.

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the interview

Gary Huddleston

Gary Huddleston is the American Feed Industry Association’s manager of feed safety and environmental affairs.

Huddleston currently manages AFIA’s efforts surrounding regulatory issues involving the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation.

He also works in collaboration with Dr. Henry Turlington, AFIA director of quality and manufacturing regulatory affairs, to develop and coordinate AFIA’s education and training programs.

As the world’s largest organisation devoted exclusively to representing the business, legislative and regulatory interests of the animal feed industry and its suppliers, AFIA will be hosting a free Feed Production Education Program on Thursday 28 January 2016, as part of the International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) in Atlanta, USA. A review of the IPPE Expo can be found in the events section of this magazine.

Since your appointment as Feed Manufacturing Safety and Environmental Affairs manager for AFIA, which issues have you been most frequently engaged with?

Since my appointment I have dedicated many hours to the Hazard Communication Standard Issue, helping our members develop Safety Data Sheets for their feed products.

Earlier this year, AFIA and NGFA released guidance on how to create a hazard communication program specific to a facility, operations, personnel and other conditions. I’ve also been very involved with our legislative and regulatory team efforts to help members prepare for compliance with the Food Safety Modernisation Act. Another significant issue is the work with the US Technical Advisory Group for ISO Technical Committee 293, which is working on ISO standards for stationary feed manufacturing equipment. I was recently elected as Chairman of the U.S. TAG. This is a very important issue for U.S. feed equipment manufacturers. I currently serve as the staff liaison of AFIA’s Equipment Manufacturing Committee.

There will be a wide variety of training and workshops available at IPPE, can you share with us any these?

I’m responsible for the Feed Production Program at the International Production & Processing Expo in Atlanta, Ga. The program is a half-day Thursday, Jan. 28, and is tailored for those involved in feed manufacturing. Speakers will cover various relevant and current topics of interest to feed manufacturing professionals including OSHA and EPA updates, biosecurity in feed manufacturing, FSMA and VFD updates, and energy management in a feed mill. AFIA will also present the award for Feed Mill of the Year.

What are your feelings about the proposed changes to US fair labour standards?

The DOL rule, if implemented as-is, would increase the overtime threshold from $23,660 to $50,400, which would result in fewer entry-level hires in the animal food industry, reclassification of certain executive, administrative and professional positions, and additional recordkeeping woes.

This rule is a one-size-fits-all approach and the animal food industry is not that type of industry. AFIA conducted an unofficial survey where one-third of our member firms indicated the proposed rule would deter companies from hiring trainee/entry-level employees; more than half of the respondents said the Fair Labor Standards Act would result in an additional $200 or more per week on management expenses associated with monitoring employee overtime.

Survey respondents did agree--by three-fourths--the overtime threshold should vary, ranging from $29,000-$40,000 per year.

In your opinion, what have been the greatest changes in the US feed industry in recent years?

The biggest change in the US feed industry will be the effects of the Food Modernisation Act. This is the biggest change in regulations for our industry in more than 70 years. We’re seeing the bar raised in our industry as companies respond

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to increasing food safety requirements. We will continue to work with FDA, our members and the industry at large to help facilities begin to come into full compliance with the new rules over the next 3 years.

You are also chairman of the US Technical Advisory Group (US TAG). Do you feel ISO standards are currently as they should be?

Currently, there are no specific international standards related to stationary feed manufacturing equipment.

Most US equipment manufacturers have the opinion that additional specific standards are not needed since they use lots of other national and international standards when designing and manufacturing their equipment. This standards process was initiated by China.

The problem for US manufacturers is the process has started and is quickly moving downhill. We now need experts from the US feed equipment industry to get more involved on the US TAG so we can affect the outcome as this process continues to move toward increased standards for the industry.

Which measures are AFIA implementing to encourage ‘new blood’ to join the industry food manufacturing industry?

AFIA’s Equipment Manufacturers Committee funds a scholarship fund from the proceeds of the annual Equipment Manufacturers Conference. From this fund, we award annual scholarships at three different universities to students pursuing a career in the feed industry. Additionally, AFIA hires a summer intern each year to come to D.C. and work and learn in our office.

What is the greatest challenge currently facing the US feed industry, and do you see the nature of these changing in the future?

The greatest challenge currently facing the US feed industry is obviously the ever-increasing regulations. Two big regulations on the horizon are the Food Safety Modernisation Act and the Veterinary Feed Directive. There will be much to do to help our industry in compliance with these two major regulations.

The greatest challenge for feed equipment manufacturers in the near future is the possibility of new ISO standards for their equipment coming from the work of the ISO/TC 293.

As the world’s largest organisation exclusively devoted to representing the business, legislative and regulatory interests of the animal feed industry and its suppliers. Membership includes 575 domestic and international companies; state, national and regional associations. Firms are feed and pet food manufacturers, integrators, pharmaceutical companies, ingredient suppliers, equipment manufacturers and companies that supply other products, services and supplies to feed manufacturers.

The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) will host its free Feed Production Education Program on Thursday 28 January 2016, as part of the International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) in Atlanta, USA.

PEOPLE THE INDUSTRY FACES Bühler Aeroglide appoints new Sales Manager for North America

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ühler Aeroglide, a global leader in thermal process engineering and technology for food, feed, and industrial materials, has appointed Joe Tordella Area Sales Manager for North America.

Mr Tordella will manage sales for North American food segments, including the snack and ready-to-eat cereal markets. He’ll also oversee the company’s feed segment, serving customers in the pet food and aqua feed markets. Most recently, Mr Tordella managed Bühler Aeroglide’s field engineering capabilities where he led training and process evaluation services designed to improve operations and increase production.

Joe Tordella

“Joe has achieved a high level of success in field engineering, serving a portfolio of customers with both Bühler and competitor technology,” said Paul McKeithan, Vice President of Sales.

“He has an in-depth understanding of the manufacturing supply chain and the requirements of each component. His experience will be valuable in this new sales role, enabling us to sustain growth and new customer acquisition.”

Mr Tordella joined Bühler Aeroglide as a field engineer in 2010. He was then appointed manager of field engineering and developed a team of engineers, providing front-line evaluations of processing operations. Recently, this service was merged with the company’s international lab services, data tracking tools and technical training in a realignment that will improve overall support for food, feed and industrial processing operations. Mr Tordella holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Delaware.

“Bühler is the first choice for a processing customer because of its large network of support and service capabilities,” said Mr Tordella.

“I’m eager to introduce this service expertise through sales channels. We offer a number of highly valuable tools and services that are unique to the equipment machinery we provide to the industry.”

Bühler Aeroglide manufactures dryers, ovens, roasters, toasters, and hot air expansion systems for the food, feed and industrial product markets. Since 1940, the company has been providing innovations for a better world in the form of highquality thermal processing equipment. As a business unit of Bühler, Aeroglide is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, and provides sales and service for its industry-leading equipment in more than 140 countries around the world.

Bradley A Stawick promoted to Vice President of Quality at Microbac

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icrobac has announced the promotion of Bradley A Stawick to the position of vice president of quality. Mr Stawick had previously served as director of microbiology at the company since 2011.

Bradley A Stawick

Before coming to Microbac, Mr Stawick gained extensive experience in development and execution of strategic plans with a strong focus on problem solving and quality service standards.

He privately owned Stawick Laboratory Management, LLC from 2006 – 2011, after leaving Eurofins Scientific as director, quality and safety/chief microbiologist from 2002 – 2006.

“Brad has a unique focus on non-conformance and adherence to root cause analysis,” says Robert Crookston, Microbac President and COO.

“He has proven achievement in development of quality systems from the ground up; proven experience with process improvement and management of personnel; and demonstrates extensive microbiology experience with a focus on the food industry. As an active A2LA auditor, Brad brings an unrelenting commitment to quality and continual improvement that best serves Microbac clients.”

Mr Stawick holds a Master of Science in Food Science and a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and is a Certified Food Scientist.

He is a member of AOAC International, AOAC International’s Official Methods Board, TDLM Chair, ALACC committee member, a professional member of the Institute of Food Technologists, the International Association for Food Protection, a member of A2LA, Chair of A2LA’s Life Sciences Advisory Council, and a member of A2LA’s Criteria and Accreditation Councils.

Adams & Green Ltd appoints experienced new general manager

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dams & Green Ltd, leading specialist supplier of liquid feed fats to the animal feed industry, has appointed Daniel Chilvers as its new General Manager. Daniel will play a central role in continuing to develop Adams & Green’s excellent customer service and work closely with customers to ensure the company meets all their liquid animal feed fat needs.

Daniel Chilvers

Daniel has over 20 years’ experience of the oils and fats industry for both food and feed, including working for the last five years as commercial manager for added value products to the ruminant sector – protected fats, protected proteins, yeast and mineral premix – at Trident Feeds, the wholesale division of AB Agri Limited.

Daniel said: “Being from Hull, I am looking forward to working for an independent, family-run business in East Yorkshire and developing new products and new relationships for our customers across the country.”

Robert Brocklesby, Managing Director of Adams & Green, added: “We’re delighted to welcome Daniel to the team. We’re sure his skills and experience will be a real asset to us and that our customers will benefit from his appointment.”

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