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5 easy steps to make your production line more efficient • The Grapas Award for Innovation • Millet - ‘Smart food of the 21st century’

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‘Smart food of the 21st century’

ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS

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NEWS FEATURES

52 The Grapas Award for Innovation

56 Combatting overfertilisation 60 Millet - ‘Smart food of the 21st century’

64 Craft Malt - From beer to bread

FACES

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68 Improving sustainability with powdered goods

70 Rebirth of legendary Henry Simon milling in Australia 72 Insectmeal: A revolutionary ingredient

124 People news from the global milling industry

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76 The Avant-Garde research centre 80 Crop cleaning - Professional crop cleaning as an essential contribution to grain hygiene management

106 Event listings, reviews and previews

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88 5 easy steps to make your production line more efficient

92 Online ordering facilities streamline production process

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12 Mildred Cookson 25 Tom Blacker 28 Clifford Spener 38 Chris Jackson

4 GUEST EDITOR Professor Vural Özdemir

100 MARKETS Zasha Whiteway-Wilkinson

122 INTERVIEW Martin Savage

COVER IMAGE: 5 easy steps to make your production line more efficient, by Robin Travis, Director of Renby Ltd - see more on page 88

ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS CROPS Combatting overfertilisation

Farmers around the world are using different organic or synthetic fertilisers in hopes to boost a healthy growth of their crops and, in turn, produce higher quality plants.

However, the fertilisation process can be trickier than it seems. The misuse of fertilisers can cause the irrepearable damage or even death of some crops and create severe problems on a much larger scale.

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‘Smart food of the 21st century’

5 easy steps to make your production line more efficient

Karnataka is dressing them up as “siridanya” or rich grains that should be on every thinking eater’s plate.

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Renby Ltd is the UK’s leading provider of fogging systems, tubular drag conveyors and odour neutralisation.

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AUTOMATION Online ordering facilities streamline production process

Streamlining the spare and wear parts processing has just been made easier: The myBühler portal provides on-demand access to details of Bühler machines and their relevant parts, together with a fast and simple process for ordering online – anywhere and anytime.

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CRAFT MALT From beer to bread

The needs of consumers and thus also the interest of the processing food industry in innovative products do not stop at the malt industry.

PAGE 64 TRAINING The Avant-Garde research centre

INSECTMEAL A revolutionary ingredient

CROP CLEANING

TRAINING

Professional crop cleaning as an essential contribution to grain hygiene management

Registration opens for AFIA’s Feed Industry Institute

Providing industry wide opportunities through a campus, high level training, events and conferences – commissioned by Bonifiche Ferraresi and Ocrim

Losses begin after the harvest. According to official estimates, about one third of the grain produced for food purposes is lost during post-harvest processes such as storing, drying, cleaning or milling.

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The American Feed Industry Association has opened registration for its biennial Feed Industry Institute (FII), happening June 11-14 in St Louis, Missouri.

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Insects can be a feed ingredient. Over the past decade this statement has gone from fringe proposal to a widely accepted fact.

While research on six-legged feed has been around since the early 1980s, recent academic papers and signs of rapid private sector progress has popularised the concept.

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Industry 5.0: The Power of Symmetrical Innovation for Agri-Food Industry Anything in excess can be toxic.

The famous adage “The dose makes the poison” credited to Paracelsus in the 16th century (1493 - 1541) illustrates this basic principle of toxicology.

But what about “extreme digital connectivity”? Could that be toxic to agri-food innovations and industry?

The worldwide availability of wireless Internet, Big Data, artificial intelligence and embedded sensors are demanding digital connectivity in all industries. The “Industry 4.0” refers to this pervasive and hyper-connected digital environment where not only humans but any object, animate or inanimate, are connected virtually and “talk” to each other through sensors and wireless connectivity, and tracked in real-time. Industry 4.0 enthusiasts hail extreme digital connectivity as the “next big thing” for flow of ideas, goods and business across geographical borders and time zones.

Figure 1 There is an unchecked dark side, however, to Industry 4.0 and its central idea to “connect the unconnected” for extreme automation of factories and retail services. This can best be understood as the “All Eggs in the Same Basket Problem” (Figure 1).

Yes, extreme connectivity by Industry 4.0 can boost productivity and synchronise processes in smart factories. But it also poses a real threat: complete network collapse, when a component in such highly integrated systems fails in a domino effect. Consider, for example, the cyber attack with the WannaCry malicious software in 2017 that nearly collapsed the digital health networks in the UK and the telecommunication sector in Spain.

This begs the following question: If digital connectivity is essential but toxic at large doses, do we need a “digital detox”,

perhaps by occasional safe exits from extreme connectivity?

I propose that the future success of the agri-food industry in the digital age rests on our ability to design “symmetrical innovations”. The latter is also the basis for the next generation innovation paradigm, the Industry 5.0. Importantly, symmetrical innovation approaches such as Industry 5.0 require that we think through digital integration together with “safe exits” from extreme connectivity (Figure 2).

Consider, for example, a fire erupts on the “autobahn”, Germany’s renowned high speed and high connectivity road system. A safe exit from the autobahn would permit fast transportation without compromising road safety.

Similarly, turning off your smart phone when you are out having dinner with your friends might boost your creativity and ability to think outside the box. Absent such safe exits from digital connectivity, extreme and constant connectivity can result in “group thinking”, “entrenchment” in the status quo, and “echo chambers”, not uncommon in social media groups, and thus threaten the Figure 2 possibilities for highly novel innovations.

On the other hand, an agri-food innovation ecosystem that builds on digital extreme connectivity and automation, together with safe exits from innovation ecosystems would be greatly more powerful, sustainable, and cultivate ingenious thinking and artisan creativity.

In all, industry 5.0 promises us the best of both worlds: industrial scale digital smart automation, and boutique, artisan creative spirit co-existing in the making of agri-food innovations.

Professor Vural Özdemir, MD, PhD, DABCP, is currently a writer, researcher and senior advisor for technology governance innovation in Toronto, Editor-in-Chief for OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology in New York and Adjunct Professor at Amrita University in Kerala, India.

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Feed manufacturer director completes New Zealand charity challenge

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orkshire businessmen Chris Brown MBE and Chris I’Anson have raised over £6,000 by cycling the length of New Zealand for mental health charity Claro Enterprises and Parkinson’s UK. Baldersby farmer Chris Brown MBE and Chris I’Anson, Managing Director of Masham-based farm feeds business I’Anson Bros Limited, cycled for 19 consecutive days supported by campervan driver Paul Smith. The team completed their ride at midday on 16 February, reaching the southernmost tip of New Zealand at Bluff having started at the top of the north island at Cape Reinga. They covered over 2,000km and 60,000 feet of ascent, which is over twice the height of Everest.

The money was raised for Claro Enterprises, which helps improve the quality of life and employment prospects for people with mental health problems, and Parkinson’s UK, which supports people living with a progressive neurological condition and funds research into it.

Yorkshire-based Claro Enterprises were awarded the prestigious Duke of York Community Initiative Award during the duo’s cycle ride. This is granted to Yorkshire companies, who are valuable to the community, well run and an inspiration to others.

Chris I’Anson commented, “This ride has been extremely important in raising money for the two charities, which is making a difference in both promoting and supporting research opportunities.

The fact that Claro Enterprises has been awarded the Duke of York Community Initiative Award is a testament to the hard work their members of staff do on a day to day basis.”

Chris Brown MBE said, “Reaching Bluff on the final day and celebrating with fish and chips was a great way to end the trip. There were many challenges along the way including tropical storms, landslides and tyre punctures! We can’t thank everyone enough for their support and generosity to Claro Enterprises and Parkinson’s UK.” 6 | March 2018 - Milling and Grain

In Perendale Headquarters, the office is located in a part of the country where agriculture is in the news for some possibly unprecedented changes PB, (PostBrexit).

It has been reported by the BBC that up to £150 million in support payments could be shifted from the richest farmers to environmental schemes after Brexit, the biggest political upheaval Britain has seen in decades.

The Environment Secretary Michael Gove, has said that he wants to end direct payments based on the amount of land farmed. Instead he said, “Farmers will receive money for 'public goods' such as food production.”

This means in layman terms – funding for access to the countryside or planting meadows. Mr Gove explained that, “The Government would guarantee subsidies at the current EU level until the 2022 election, there would then be a ‘transitional period’ in England.”

The current system is based on the amount of land that farmers own, which is a £3bn payout per year. So this would continue until 2022 when the idea for funding for environmental projects organised by the agricultural community would begin.

Mr Gove in his statement said, “As we leave the EU, we have a historic opportunity to deliver a farming policy which works for the whole industry.”

Asking for feedback on the current plans he probed, “Today we are asking for the views of those who will be affected to make sure we get this right so any future schemes reflect the reality of life for farms and food producers.”

But what does this mean for the food producers in the milling industry? Will farms produce less food because they’re not going to get appropriate funding anymore? Or will they involve themselves in newer technologies, continue their food production output but find their earning potential elsewhere?

Charlie Cadywould, Senior Researcher at Policy Network, argued to the blog of LSE British Politics ad Policy, “The problem is that agricultural activity, without real subsidy, is for the most part a loss-making enterprise in the UK. We can pay farmers to plant trees but it they can’t make a living from farming then they might soon stop bothering.”

He continues, “And remember, our closest neighbours will still be subsidising their farmers through the Common Agricultural Policy, so unless Britain goes down the full protectionist route (tariffs, quotas, etc.), the scales will be tipped against our producers.”

A report by Jim Orson, “Current and future trends in UK arable cropping”, offered the opinion that “Brexit, an unknown ‘spoiler’, but may, along with low market prices offer the opportunity to be managed for environmental benefit. Quality of management paramount.”

He followed this up with the recommendation that the industry, “Keep a look out for new technologies, particularly those that will enable ‘sustainable intensification, i.e., insect control in oilseed rape or new and effective black-grass control methods in winter wheat.”

So it would seem that in Britain, although the Environmental Secretary has just laid out changes to the agricultural policy, this is a new environment all in itself for the country.

We can only speculate in what manner the funding should be given out – in projects or per hectare measurements, but what we can all consider for sure is how important it is to keep this topic on the tip of everybody’s tongue for the next three years at least. This country made an intense decision to go for Brexit, and agriculture was certainly not on the majority of the country’s mind when they voted. But it certainly is the industry that needs to reap considerable rewards from that decision, as we all rely on it to fill the country’s plates.

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ereal processor Silvery Tweed Cereals is continuing to champion the UK’s grain growing capabilities with its newest supply partnership. Working together with County Durham spelt producers Craggs & Co., Silvery Tweed will be able to provide its customers with a reliable supply of competitively priced, locally-grown spelt products – a rarity in the UK grain market.

Based in Sedgefield in the Co. Durham region, commercial wheat growers Craggs & Co. expanded into spelt production after cultivating a test batch for a family friend and finding that conditions on their land were ideal for growing the grain. Craggs & Co.’s range of Red Tractor and TASCC-certified hulled spelt products was launched in March 2017, with customers ranging in size from home bakers up to large commercial bakeries and food manufacturers.

In addition to milling the grain into flour for their own range of products, Craggs & Co.’s spelt will be used in Silvery Tweed’s own processed cereal products such as flakes and kibble, which will then be supplied to the food manufacture and breakfast cereal industries.

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The endeavour also highlights the consistent availability and quality of UK-grown spelt for product development purposes.

Craggs & Co. founder, Stephen Craggs, explains, “To increase the stability of our enterprise, we have secured the backing of a network of spelt growers around the country, who are given specialist support and expertise from our team to maximise consistency between crops.”

This, alongside the cost benefits, should reassure food manufacturers and NPD teams of the UK spelt market’s stability.

Silvery Tweed’s MD, Bob Gladstone, says of the partnership: “We’re very happy to be working so closely with Craggs & Co. The values of the two businesses are incredibly well aligned: We’re two family-owned firms, which are both committed to delivering quality, transparency and longevity in the supply chain.

He continued, “Like Craggs & Co., Silvery Tweed understands the importance of sustainability and longevity, both in terms of environmental impact and stock supply. And we’re both firms which champion local suppliers and promote produce grown in the region: at Silvery Tweed we source most of our grains from within a small radius of Berwick, and it’s great to be able to add British spelt to our product list.”

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The brightest UK example of modern scientific flour milling

The Mills of the Co-operative Wholesale Society Milling journals of the past at The Mills Archive

by Mildred Cookson, The Mills Archive, UK

building on the quayside. The elevator was arranged to rise and fall with the tides. Once received, the wheat passed through a separator Unity is strength, as was demonstrated for preliminary cleaning. It then fell into an elevator and was lifted to the top of the silo house. A hoist in the receiving building allowed at the Silvertown Mills in Essex, the unloading grain arriving by water in sacks. The silo house where the Co-operative Society had 35 bins around 52 ft. deep and capable of holding 50 tons of built one of the best equipped, most wheat. ‘Moir’ patent automatic wheat mixers were set under each perfectly proportioned mills at the of the silo bins, so any desired quantity or proportion could be start of the 20th century. ‘The Miller’ obtained for blending purposes. The wheat could be taken from any of June 2, 1902 describes the mill, silo, delivered into an “airing” worm and moved to another silo, fitted by Thomas Robinson and Son rendering safe long storage when necessary. No exhaust was applied of Rochdale, as arranged “to ensure at the warehouse separators until after the wheat had passed over the proficiency, dispatch and finish in every detail of this huge mill’s sieves. Apparently adopting this method enabled 90 percent of the layout”. The site occupied about five acres of land, with a river dust and other light impurities to be deposited direct into the sack, frontage, and a newly built wharf erected for the mill, while at improving the subsequent aspiration of the wheat. the rear it adjoined the Great Eastern Railway. It boasted what no There were two separate and complete cleaning plants dealing other London mill could claim, having direct road, rail and water with 350 to 400 bushels per hour. The wheat travelled from the communication. silos to four rotary graders, four separators and other graders The building itself was constructed based on impressive designs through to 31 cockle and barley cylinders, four and special attention was paid to the foundations washers and stoners, then to improved dryers to ensure it could withstand the weight of the and Parkinson’s coolers, and finally through building, machinery and wheat when complete.

Robinson’s scourers and brushes, all fitted The outer face bricks were Leicester pressed with revolving cylinders. Four ‘Tornado’ dust brick that would withstand the strong weather collectors were used for collecting the dust from they would encounter. The windowsills and the cleaning machinery and wheat dryers. All window heads were of stone string courses, and shafts and bearings throughout the mill were along with the keystones were all of Derbyshire fitted with self-lubricating bearings. stone. The interior was faced with a glazed brick, The ground floor had four lines of shafting, used around four feet from the floor level salt glazed for driving the two plants, with the usual elevator bricks were used and the remainders were ivory bottoms. white.

The roller floor ran the length of one side and had The wheat arriving by water was discharged by two lines of Robinson’s horizontal rolls. These barge elevator at 40 tonnes per hour to a detached Mr GV Chapman, Mill Manager

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Some of the purifiers

were divided into five double 10 x 36 inch for the breaks and six double 9 x 30 and five double 9 x 24 for the smooth side of the plant. On the opposite side of the room were four double 10/13 x 50 rolls for the four breaks and five double 10/13 x 36 and five double 10/13 x 30 rolls for the reductions. All the rolls ran remarkably quietly, cool and true, which “added to the neatness, for finish and all round excellence�.

The purifiers and Sieves were placed on two floors and comprised 40 machines, 23 of which were purifiers of the well-known Koh-i-Nor types and which worked very well. There were none of the concerns, common at that time, about a little uncertainty in the work of scalpers and sifters coupled up to the feed and discharge spouts with flexible material. Robinson & Son had just brought out a greatly improved and simpler method, which was much admired by the reporter. At one end of the third floor were two automatic weighing machines and two magnetic separators immediately preceding the first break. All the drives were well away from gangways, with all machines guarded

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by almost artistic wire devices, so that the risk of accident and inconvenience was reduced to a minimum.

On the fourth floor were 38 centrifugals, eight inter elevator reels and separating sieves. The centrifugals were built two high, but each had a separate drive, and were easily accessible all round.

The mill throughout was entirely automatic, with suitable elevators, conveyors and spouts arranged to make the necessary connections.

The grain and its products were not touched by hand during the whole process. An improved band conveyor was also provided for transporting finished products in sacks to wagons, railway trucks or barges.

Special arrangement were made for dealing with all the offal made at the mill, with roller mills and sieves being used for grinding up the seeds etc., extracted from the grain during the cleaning process.

The buildings were lit throughout by electricity and protected against fire by sprinklers, the supply tank being positioned situated in the tower.

Mr G. V. Chapman was the clever and able mill manager who

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Milling and Grain supports the aims and objectives of the Mills Archive Trust, based in Reading, England.

The history of milling no matter where it has taken place - is being archived by the Trust.

For well over 100 years milling technology has been global with many magazines serving or having served our industry from flour and food to feed and oilseed processing and now to fish feeds.

A most recent contribution to the Trust’s collection is a complete century of past edition of the now out-of-print ‘NorthWestern Miller’ from the United States.

We are proud to present here, front cover illustrations from this valued and longserving publication as a visual reminder of the importance contribution past magazines provided to our industry.

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oversaw all the processes. It was reported that, “what the mill was in capacity and efficiency, the manager was in practice and ability�! Whereas the guaranteed capacity of the two plants was 25 sacks per hour, they were regularly turning out over 40 without in any way crippling or crowding a single machine and are running 144 hours every week without a single stop.

The geographical and historical spread of our holdings at the Mills Archive mean that I can only provide snapshots; if you would like to know more please email me at mills@millsarchive.org

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The Mills Archive Trust wins National Lottery support he Mills Archive Trust in Reading has received £95,300 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for an exciting project, ‘Succession Breeds Success”. Made possible by money raised

by National Lottery players, the project focuses on transforming the charity in three strategic areas so that the rare UK milling records they care for continue to be preserved and freely available for generations to come.

The project will build on the Mills Archive’s existing successes, focussing on the areas of governance, management, and fundraising. The project will provide the tools to make the organisation resilient so that it can continue to provide educational services for the benefit of the public.

The funding comes from a new HLF grants programme called Resilient Heritage. This programme offers grants of £3,000-£250,000 to help strengthen organisations, and build the capacity of staff and volunteers to improve how heritage is managed in the long term.

The Mills Archive is a charity and accredited archive. It preserves and makes freely available some three million images and documents recording the nation’s important milling heritage. These records capture the whole history of milling, from ancient querns used thousands of years ago, to traditional wind- and watermills and up to presentday modern mills.

Often, these records are all that remain of a mill and without them, this significant part of the UK’s rich heritage and the memories would be lost forever. The Archive depends on volunteers who work tirelessly to catalogue the material. Many of these volunteers are students enrolled on the Archive’s work experience programme, gaining vital skills to help them on their career path into heritage and charity work.

Commenting on the award, Liz Bartram, Director of Programmes & Development commented, “We are delighted to have received this support thanks to National Lottery players. We are confident that with this funding, we will transform what we can achieve as a charity and ensure that these precious records are preserved now and for future generations.”

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by Raghavan (‘Ragha’) Sampathkumar In continuation of my last column, I have recently come across a series of social media posts related to a key food safety issue: i.e. antibiotics in food particularly, their usage in animal production. As I mentioned earlier, genuine concerns are always to be given due consideration and attention by the stakeholders.

But unfortunately, most, if not all that is getting projected in media are negative and any balanced or neutral perspectives never find a place in such skewed and heavily biased discussions.

Similar logic is applied when it comes to usage of pesticides in crops where the industry always supports judicious usage. However, without giving due credits and acknowledging the proactive efforts by the industry to educate the users, these media stories simply throw mud on the industry with an aim to ultimately push for blanket bans on the products.

One must understand depriving the producers of any valuable and research-based tool will only harm the entire food value chain and, particularly, consumers in the end. Through these kinds of scare-mongering and negative propaganda, organisations behind all these stunts are trying to sabotage the regulatory framework that was built based on extensive efforts and research evidence.

In my earlier columns, I have mentioned about “borrowed ideologies” that are simply taken as such from a different part of the world and are applied in another geography with no regard to ground realities. This is what happening with regard to the above issue of antibiotics in meat production. Utopian green concepts are spawned in the media throughout the world in a concerted manner to scare the uninformed public. Most of these media stories are unfounded with probably a supporter or sponsor with ostensible altruism and questionable credibility.

What does not usually get due attention is the other side of the story wherein producers and the input providers who place great emphasis on judicious usage, effective stewardship initiatives like training and capacity building for stakeholders and proactive R&D to develop newer, safer and more effective alternatives. Millions of dollars are spent just to prove something (e.g. a disease or disorder) that has an extremely remote chance of happening due to the use of such inputs, when used judiciously. Of course, those who misuse and abuse any inputs in food production must be dealt with an iron hand through appropriate regulations but it should not penalise the already compliant and quality-focused organised players who do genuine business.

However, what happens due to these kinds of negative publicity, public perception gets awkwardly skewed and influenced to a great extreme. This builds pressure on the policy makers and regulators to think and introduce more regulations that are, in most cases, additional and unnecessary. Hence, cost of compliance for the organised sector in these industries increases and valuable resources, money and time is spent on trivial issues that can be avoided completely.

The bottom-line here is that the industry needs to stand up and raise a unified voice against these scare-mongering tactics with vested interests. Further, policy makers and regulators must put their feet down firmly and decide to take a well-balanced, neutral and science-based perspective while evaluating any tools, or technologies. They should not be bowing down to the forces that have only the objective of unscrupulously disrupting the food industry without any scientific basis.

Media must take a morally correct stand and must verify the facts and truth before publishing such half-truths.

Finally, scientists, researchers and other stakeholders must speak the language of consumers. We must take steps to enhance the consumers’ understanding of how food is really produced and why they shouldn’t believe everything that is projected in media. Again, it is a shared responsibility.

Raghavan Sampathkumar is a food and agribusiness leader with a 360 degree understanding of the complex Geo Political, Environmental, Socio Economic, Techno - Commercial and Cultural perspectives of Agri Food value chain. He worked in various subsectors including agro inputs, international trade, biotech, and animal nutrition across Asia-Pacific and currently he is with Compound Livestock Feed Manufactures Association (CLFMA) of India as its Executive Director. He regularly writes for international publications on agri-food trends, food security and sustainability themes. Also, he pens his poems and thoughts in his personal blog - www.asmalltownkid.wordpress.com.

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Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) recently celebrated the opening of a cutting-edge flavour and ingredient creation, application, development and customer innovation centre at the Biopolis research hub in Singapore.The opening of the 8,900-square foot (825-square meter) space was announced at a ribbon cutting ceremony with the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB).

Donald Chen, ADM’s president, Asia commented, “Consumer tastes and preferences are ,changing as people look to balance busy lifestyles with healthy eating habits. Our goal is to be the first-call ingredient and flavour experts for customers working to meet those consumer needs throughout Southeast Asia.”

The Singapore innovation centre will serve as the gateway to consumers in Southeast Asia and beyond, and enable ADM to create complete flavour and specialty ingredient solutions that meet consumer preferences for taste, nutrition, function and texture. It will be staffed by a team of food scientists, flavourists and applications experts, along with sales, marketing and regulatory personnel.

Lee Eng Keat, Executive Director for International Organisations Programme Office, Logistics and Natural

Resources, EDB explained, “We are heartened that ADM has chosen to locate their innovation centre in Singapore. The opening today demonstrates Singapore’s value as a hub for agri-commodity companies to coinnovate with their downstream customers. With its focus on building consumer market insights, food and agriculture technologies, Singapore is well placed to serve innovative agri-commodity companies in building their capabilities and catering to Asian customers.”

Vince Macciocchi, president of ADM’s WILD Flavours and Specialty Ingredients business said, “Consumers are looking for new, innovative foods and beverages, and ADM invests to ensure that we are the go-to providers for clean labels, sustainable ingredients and great taste.”

The new innovation centre features a wide range of capabilities, including a food and flavour analytic lab; a beverage and dairy applications lab and pilot plant; a bakery and confectionery lab; a meat and savoury lab; a sweet and savoury creation lab; sensory evaluation facilities; and a customer innovation centre.

Singapore is home to approximately 100 ADM employees and has employees throughout the region, where the company operates a range of processing facilities, including several animal feed facilities; a flavour and ingredient facility; a sweetener and soluble fibre complex in China; food and flavour labs in Japan, China, Singapore and Australia; and sales offices in every major market in the region. ADM also owns a 24.9 percent stake in Singapore-based Wilmar Limited, the region’s leading agribusiness and food Oils Company.

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than in years past, with 83 percent of samples from South America testing above recommended threshold levels for deoxynivalenol.

• There has been an increased prevalence of T-2 toxin in cereals and deoxynivalenol in corn versus 2016.

Main trends • Average concentrations of fumonisins in corn (maise) have risen from 993 parts per billion (ppb) in 2015 to 3095 in 2017.

• Mycotoxin contamination of soybean meal is higher

Multiple mycotoxin occurrence A full 71 percent of samples contained two or more mycotoxins. Multiple mycotoxin contamination of feed presents additional problems, as certain combinations of mycotoxins are known to have synergistic effects that aggravate the negative consequences for animals.

Ms Taschl explained, “The reality is that you’re rarely, if ever, dealing with a single mycotoxin contamination.

Mycotoxin contamination typically involves multiple mycotoxins, which can magnify the harm to farm animals” observed Ms Taschl. “The best way to protect your animals is to select a mycotoxin solution that relies on multiple strategies to counteract different types of mycotoxins.”

The annual BIOMIN Mycotoxin Survey constitutes the longest running and most comprehensive survey of its kind, using advanced analytic tools on more than 18,757 samples taken from 72 countries worldwide. The survey results provide insights on the incidence of the six major mycotoxins in the agricultural commodities used for livestock feed. Over 73,692 analyses were conducted to identify the presence and potential risk posed to livestock animal production.

Global Mycotoxin Survey highlights possible threats present in feed

ycotoxin-related threats to the health and performance of farm animals continue to pose a challenge to the industry, according to the newly released annual results of the 2017 BIOMIN Mycotoxin Survey.

Ines Taschl, Mycotoxin Risk Management Product Manager at Biomin cautioned, “While the exact mycotoxin contamination pattern varies from one region to another and from one farm to the next, the results indicate that the mycotoxin threat should not be ignored.”

Of the 18,757 finished feed and raw commodity samples sourced from 72 countries, a full 62 percent of samples contained at least one mycotoxin present in sufficient concentrations to pose a risk to animal health or performance.

She continued, “In light of these contamination levels, it is advisable to regularly test feed ingredients and adopt a robust mycotoxin risk management program.”

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Six new members in one month Tom Blacker, International Milling and Grain Directory Issues of the 2018 IMD we take with us to exhibitions and conferences around the world are being eagerly snatched up. If you don’t have your own copy yet, you can purchase one through our website or contact me directly.

In the past month the directory has welcomed six new companies to its pages: J S Enterprises of Delhi, India, a lab equipment supplier that offers a wide range of products including weighing balances, heating and cooling instruments, analytical instruments and much more.

Grainpro Pty Ltd is a primary grain merchant based in Wagga Wagga NSW, Australia. Grainpro buys, sells, imports and exports quality bulk grains for its customers worldwide through a number of contract carriers and freight forwarders that can deliver quality bulk grain to most International ports worldwide.

Mantracourt Electronics Ltd. is an established technology provider to many major OEM sensor manufacturers. Based near Exeter in the South-West of England, Mantracourt has a product range of over 1000 designs, with measurement technologies including weight, strain gauge, load cell, force measurement, temperature, pressure, voltage, current, potentiometer, rate, flow, LVDT, displacement, inclination, vibration and torque in either analogue, digital or wireless technologies.

Magships Resources is a business venture of Magnate Maritime Pvt. Ltd, a company registered in Mumbai, India. Magships is primarily involved as an agricultural commodity brokers and service provider with a network of buyers and sellers across Asia, Africa, Middle East, Black Sea, Europe, USA, Canada, and Australia.

Modern Process Equipment Cooperation, of Chicago Illinois, USA, supplies process and grinding equipment. Their grinders handle everything from coffee beans to food and chemicals. The company also supplies tubular conveyer systems for transporting food as well as dry process systems.

In March we have a busy travel schedule and will be attending many major shows including VICTAM Asia 2018, the NAMA Spring Conference, and the GEAPS conference on March 24-27, 2018, in Denver, Colorado, USA. The Directory will be attending all events. We are still actively soliciting memberships. Being listed in the Directory raises your profile to potential customers and helps you discover new products and markets. It’s free to join and you only need to supply us with a few key details about your business. Once approved, you are ready to take advantage of the many benefits of being listed.

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odern sows are having more piglets than ever, and feeding those larger litters results in higher body temperatures. Air conditioning farrowing houses isn’t feasible, but Purdue University researchers have a solution: personal pig cooling pads.

Allan Schinckel, Professor in the Department of Animal Sciences explained, “With increased litter size, sows increase milk production, and they have to eat more feed to produce that milk.

That increases body temperature.

Modern sows produce 55 to 70 percent more heat than sows of the early 1980s.”

Fans can only do so much to cool farrowing houses during hot summers, so sows pant to reduce their body temperature. Doing so, however, burns calories needed to produce milk for the litter.

Mr Schinckel continued, “In high humidity, panting employs evaporative cooling in the lungs to reduce body temperature. But when it’s really hot and humid, even panting doesn’t help.”

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by Schinckel and Robert Stwalley, assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, are twofoot-by-four foot aluminium tread plates on top of copper pipes that circulate water.

Since there is only room for the sow on the pad, piglets that need to stay warm are off the edge while they feed. Sensors in the pad can determine if the sow is getting too hot and circulate new water, cooling the pad again.

Mr Stwalley commented, “We have to keep the barns in certain conditions for the piglets or just from an environmental energy standpoint. We can’t air condition pig barns. But we can provide a conductive path under the pad that is enough to cool the animal, but isn’t economically or environmentally counterproductive.”

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luestar Adisseo Company (“Adisseo”) announces that it has completed the acquisition of global feed additives producer Nutriad.

This transaction is part of Adisseo’s strategy to become one of the worldwide leaders of specialty additives in animal nutrition.

Jean-Marc Dublanc, CEO, Adisseo commented, “We are pleased to have quickly brought the Nutriad acquisition to completion and excited to welcome Nutriad talents in the Adisseo team. This complementary combination supports our strategy for accelerating growth of our Specialty products business. Together, we will set up an efficient organisation which should allow us to strengthen our global product portfolio’s competitiveness and its overall efficiency.”

Erik Visser, CEO, Nutriad added, “The announcement of the acquisition of Nutriad by Adisseo has been met with overwhelming enthusiasm by our customers, suppliers, distribution partners and employees across the world. Now that we have confirmed the completion of the transaction, the Adisseo and Nutriad teams will jointly work with

full energy and passion on the integration, committed to bringing further value adding solutions to the market.”

Nutriad’s product range, the species addressed (poultry, swine, aquaculture, dairy and cattle), and its customers are highly complementary to Adisseo’s and will allow the combined business to implement integrated solutions and offer even more value to customers.

A joint Adisseo/Nutriad project group has been set up and is already working on identifying and implementing the synergies.

Symaga Group receives certification for environmental management system

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ymaga Group cements its drive towards the optimisation of its resource and waste management thanks to the award of the UNE-EN ISO 14001 certification for its Environmental Management System.

This certification consolidates the push for the improvement of resource and waste management, a key element in Symaga Group’s social corporate responsibility.

Under Symaga’s Environmental Management System, the company mitigates the negative environmental impact and reduces risks in case of accident, while boosting innovation and productivity.

The environmental certificate adds to the quality re-certifications ISO 9001 and UNE EN 1090 awarded to Symaga. In 2013, Symaga became the first company in the sector to affix the CE marking for metallic structure manufacturing.

These certificates are a recognition of the unabated push for excellence in manufacturing from our corporate quality department and its system for continuous improvement Moreover, they help Symaga to lay down solid foundations to achieve two major goals of the Group: customer satisfaction and continuous product development.

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Interest in the development of drought-tolerant grains is increasing in several developing countries such as India, China, and some countries of Africa because of water scarcity and increasing populations. In addition, the earmarked funds to scientific research, for purposes of improving and increasing their production and utilisation as food have also been increased. In particular the area of an expanding crop feedstock choice and with that the need for dealing with the processing of these crops previously not considered, and the potential range of new products from these crops is one that the industry can profitably address.

My colleague Dr Andrew Ormerod is currently working in this area of research and I saw an email of his about the Fonio grain mill and the inventor’s Rollex Award over 20 years ago. He was asking if Sanoussi Diakite, the inventor was continuing research in relation to developing appropriate technology to process other traditional crops and if there was a network of people in the industry innovating to develop appropriate equipment for postharvest processing.

Fonio is a staple crop in western Africa and because the fonio grains are so small, it is difficult to remove the brittle outer shell.

For hundreds of years, African women have carried out the painstaking task of preparing fonio by pounding and threshing a grain and sand mixture with a pestle and mortar. After one hour of this tedious work, only two kilograms of fonio are available for consumption and 15 litres of precious water are needed to remove the sand. The whole process has been reduced from a one-hour job to a six-minute job. Diakité’s solution was a 50kg device that gently abrades the surface of the seed before passing through a rotating mechanism, which removes the husks.

Another crop, millet is one of the most important drought-resistant crops and has resistance to pests and diseases, a short growing season, and good productivity under drought conditions, compared to the current major cereals. As a result, millet grains are now receiving specific attention from these developing countries in terms of utilisation as food as well as from some developed countries in terms of its good potential in the manufacturing of bioethanol and biofilms.

Millets are not currently an important commodity in the North American and European food basket but they increasingly feature as an ingredient in multigrain and gluten-free cereal products.

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nutritive value, several potential health benefits such as preventing cancer and cardiovascular diseases, reducing tumour incidence, lowering blood pressure, risk of heart disease, cholesterol and rate of fat absorption, delaying gastric emptying, and supplying gastrointestinal bulk have been reported for millet.

Millet is usually processed by traditional processing techniques that include decorticating, malting, fermentation, roasting, flaking, and grinding to improve their edible, nutritional, and sensory properties.

The three most widely available millets in the market place today – Sorghum, Pearl millet and Finger millet – are naked grains, i.e. do not have a husk layer. Processing these for human consumption is essentially a matter of cleaning and grading the grains. They are then ground up to either their flour form or into grits to make them ready for cooking. This initial ease of processing is one of the reasons for these grains to warrant further development.

There are other commonly cultivated millets that have a hard cellulosic husk layer that humans cannot digest and sometimes referred to as small millets. Once removed, we get the respective millets’ rice, i.e. foxtail millet rice, little millet rice, kodo millet rice, proso millet rice, barnyard millet rice and brown top millet rice.

These millet rices are then used in preparations in the same form and method that paddy rice is used in different cuisines.

Large scale processing of small millets currently compromises on the nutritional value of the millet rice output by removing the bran layer completely.

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Also due to lack of plant breeding development the inherent variations in the harvested grains’ characteristics is significant and magnifies when the small millets are aggregated for processing.

Also a big stumbling block in achieving good quality millet output, i.e. clean small millet rices with minimum bran loss, is currently the lack of skilled machine operators.

Negative changes in properties during processing are not avoidable because industrial methods for processing of millets are not currently as well developed as the methods used for processing of wheat and rice. Therefore value-added strategies and appropriate processing technologies will boost demand for millet from large urban populations and non-traditional millet users.

In China, because of their potential contribution to national food security, millet grains as a food resource have been relatively neglected but are now receiving increasing attention from agriculture and food security policymakers.

Several traditional household food processing and preparation methods can also be used to enhance the bioavailability of micronutrients in plant-based diets. These include thermal processing, mechanical processing, soaking, fermentation, and germination/malting. These procedures aim to increase the physicochemical accessibility of micronutrients, decrease the content of anti-nutrients, such as phytates, or increase the content of compounds that improve bioavailability.

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The EU Fertilizer Regulation, which entered into force last year, also played a role in the company opting for this fast method of determining gluten quality.

Ms Wiesneth concludes, “In this regard we anticipate reduced protein values and want to utilise special varietal features to compensate for this deficit.”

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The President of the African Development Bank, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has made a strong case for increased American and global investments to help unlock Africa’s Agriculture potential.

He made the remarks as the Distinguished Guest Speaker, at the USDA’s 94th Agriculture Outlook Forum in Virginia on Thursday, on the theme The Roots of Prosperity.

According to Adesina, ‘‘For too long, Agriculture has been associated with what I call the three Ps - pain, penury, and poverty. The fact though is that agriculture is a huge wealth-creating sector that is primed to unleash new economic opportunities that will lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty.”

Participants at the Forum included the Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue; Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, Stephen Censky; President of the World Food Prize Foundation, Kenneth Quinn; Chief Economist of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Robert Johansson; Deputy Chief Economist, Warren Preston; and several top level government officials and private sector operators.

Adesina appealed to the US private sector to fundamentally change the way it views African agriculture.

He commented, “Think about it, the size of the food and agriculture market in Africa will rise to US$1trillion by 2030. This is the time for US agri-businesses to invest in Africa. And for good reason: Think of a continent where McKinsey projects household consumption is expected to reach nearly US$2.1 trillion and business-tobusiness expenditure will reach US$3.5 trillion by 2025.

Think of a continent brimming with 840 million youth, the youngest population in the world, by 2050.”

The US government was urged to be at the forefront of efforts to encourage fertilizer and seed companies, manufacturers of tractors and equipment, irrigation and ICT farm analytics to ramp up their investments on the continent.

“As the nation that first inspired me and then welcomed me with open arms, permit me to say that I am here to seek a partnership with America: a genuine partnership to help transform agriculture in Africa, and by so doing unlock the full potential of agriculture in Africa, unleash the creation of wealth that will lift millions out of poverty in Africa, while creating wealth and jobs back home right here in America,” the 2017 World Food Prize Laureate told the Forum.

Adesina told more than 2,000 delegates that the African Development Bank is spearheading a number of transformative business and agricultural initiatives, “We are launching the Africa Investment Forum, as a 100 percent transactional platform, to leverage global pension funds and other institutional investors to invest in Africa in Johannesburg, South Africa from November 7-9, 2018.”

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Inter-American Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the Islamic Development Bank, are partnering with the African Investment Forum to de-risk private sector investments.

The African Development Bank is also pioneering the establishment of Staple Crop Processing Zones in 10 African countries, which are expected to transform rural economies into zones of economic prosperity and save African economies billions of dollars in much need foreign reserves.

Adesina went on, “We must now turn the rural areas from zones of economic misery to zones of economic prosperity.

This requires a total transformation of the agriculture sector. At the core of this must be rapid agricultural industrialisation. We must not just focus on primary production but on the development of agricultural value chains. That way, Africa will turn from being at the bottom to the top of global value chains.”

In his keynote address US Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue, said the US Administration has removed more restrictive regulations to agriculture than any other administration, "Our goal is to dismantle restrictions that have eroded agricultural business opportunities.’’

He added, "Agriculture feeds prosperity and accounts for 20 cents of every dollar. As global prosperity grows, it in turn fuels the demand for more nutritious food and business opportunities.”

In his concluding remarks, Adesina informed participants about a new US$1 billion initiative, Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) to unlock Africa’s huge potential in the savannahs.

Expressing strong optimism that the future millionaires and billionaires of Africa will come from agriculture, Adesina stated, “Together, let our roots of prosperity grow downwards and bear fruit upwards. As we do, rural Africa and rural America will brim with new life, much like I witnessed in Indiana, during my time as a graduate student in America. Then, we will have changed the 3 ‘Ps’ to - Prosperity, Prosperity and Prosperity!”

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Adverse weather does not necessarily mean adverse results

by Chris Jackson, Export Manager UK TAG Today I write these notes, winter is taking a hold in the UK rather late as spring approaches with snow and frost - affecting most of our country, which has in recent years had so little winter weather we are not used to or equipped to easily deal with it.

For those people of my age we still remember being frozen solid for most of March so nothing really new. It means a great deal more work for our livestock farmers, who will be looking forward to the spring regrowth and the ability to start grazing again.

Faced with difficult transport conditions logistics for moving food to the farms and stock away becomes yet another problem to be coped with. It is really heartening to see, however, under adverse conditions how communities pool resources for the common good.

As you read these notes with our magazine, I will be attending VICTAM, which incorporates FIAAP and Grapas in Bangkok.

This event outlines the interdependence that our industry relies on; we start all of the food production process with primary production in livestock, crops, fruit and vegetables not to mention arboriculture and fish production. But very little produce is suitable for human consumption until it has undergone some process.

For livestock and fish farming we rely heavily on our milling industries to supply feed that meets all the necessary nutrient requirements for efficient production, delivered in a format that is highly digestible and palatable.

As our industries become more globalised and specialist, then milling and feed formulation for all species takes technology and investment in plant and machinery, making best use of the raw materials that are readily available in the local markets.

In the rapidly developing markets of South East Asia, co-operation is vital to effectively supply farmers with properly formulated rations that would not be available to the 38 | March 2018 - Milling and Grain

small scale individual producers.

With the advanced animal genetics that have been successfully deployed, rations have to be produced to allow the farmers to maximise the genetic potential. Indeed I have seen where the feed is not of sufficient quality the animals are suffering from lack of nutrition, a problem not seen using native breeds that have adapted to low nutrition and consequently low production.

We see increasing demands on our farmers to produce protein crops such as soya bean, with the geneticists developing crops that will grow in more temperate climates, and in sub tropical regions with high rainfalls as just one example with feed scientists looking at some novel new sources of protein.

By holding the three events in one location this presents our industry with an ideal event for the various sectors to come together and exchange views, ideas and discuss ways that we can by working together advantage our industry as a whole.

The influence of high quality feed cannot be sufficiently emphasised to our industry, and the message has to be clearly given and demonstrated to the producers in the developing countries of the world, so that they will see that with higher production comes higher profits.

Thailand, where this exhibition is held, is uniquely positioned to deliver this message, not only does it have advanced technology widely used in its sophisticated industry and can demonstrate success but with its ties both family and business it exerts influence across the region.

This with friendly people, wonderful food and culture, first class hotels and transport infrastructure all contribute to the success of this event and also leading on for us the next world class event to be held in Bangkok VIV Asia in March next year, when it will be the turn of the livestock industry to promote itself.

For our UK readers we will be attending 17 overseas events in the coming year with UK government help. I look forward to meeting some of you at the Milling and Grain Stand at VICTAM. @AgrictecExports

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he Dutch company, Nutreco, a global leader in animal nutrition and aquafeed has turned to AT&T to help grow its global business. In a three-year contract, The company will use virtualised network service “AT&T FlexWareSM”, as well as AT&T VPN and Internet access. These services run across a global network based MPLS infrastructure, which provides a highly secure global network environment.

Henry van der Ven, CIO, Nutreco “Innovation is as important as cost savings and efficiencies. That’s why my team turned to AT&T, which is demonstrating technology leadership with softwaredefined networking.”

The move will help employees connect and share business data. They are doing this in a highly secure way, whether they work from their Dutch headquarters in Amersfoort or from a factory in Vietnam.

Nutreco will use the router function of AT&T FlexWare. It’s a virtual network function, so they don’t need to invest in proprietary hardware. The software offers the ability to use virtualised network functions like routers, firewalls and accelerators.

This will help them adapt and upgrade functions as they grow, and their needs evolve – all designed to deliver a lower total cost of ownership.

John V Slamecka, Region President, EMEA, AT&T Business explained, “We are building a global network that is elegant and future ready. It’s ideal for their global growth strategy. In fact, our customers are turning to us more and more for integrated networking solutions, and we are seeing a lot of momentum for AT&T FlexWare.”

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USDA announce US$1.3 million grant for Council feed industry training programmes

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S Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney addressed the delegates and members of the US Grains Council (USGC) on Monday, updating them on ongoing trade negotiations that will affect grains market access and announcing a US$1.3 million grant for Council feed industry training programmes in North Africa and the Middle East.

Council representatives are meeting as part of the organisation’s 15th International Marketing Conference and 58th Annual Membership Meeting in Houston, Texas.

In his role, Mr McKinney leads the development and implementation of the Department’s trade policy, oversees

Australia’s foremost poultry and milling industry conference is set to return to the Gold Coast in 2018 for the biggest and best event yet!

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Above: USDA Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney Left: Walter von Reding, Seminar Mehlqualität

and facilitates foreign market access, and promotes opportunities for US agriculture through various trade programs and high-level government negotiations.

In Houston, he spoke on the ongoing negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the USKorea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS), potential bilateral trade deals, ethanol exports and the positive reputation of US products globally.

He explained, “USDA is all in for all of you. We have not missed an opportunity to promote your products at the highest levels.”

The Council works closely with McKinney’s team at USDA as well as a broad array of staff at the Department’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) in Washington and around the globe.

The North Africa and Middle East training efforts were recently launched with a memorandum of understanding and initial funding from the US Department of State. It will support a regional training center in Tunisia focused on stimulating feed industry growth in one of the areas of the world with the most potential for increased feed demand.

Deb Keller, USGC chairman and farmer from Iowa commented, “Under Secretary McKinney’s role and efforts are evidence of the USDA’s sharp focus on trade, shared by the Council’s members, delegates and staff in attendance.

He is a longtime friend of the Council, and we are thrilled that he is able to share his work with us in Houston.”

Mr McKinney’s speech was followed by remarks from Deen Kaplan, partner in leading international trade firm Hogan Lovells, on how agriculture relates to global trade conflicts, and Mark Slupek, deputy administrator of the Office of Trade Programs at FAS, on public-private partnerships including that between the Council and his agency through the Market Access Program (MAP) and the Foreign Market Development (FMD) programme.

Ryan LeGrand, USGC director in Mexico, and Bryan Lohmar, USGC director in China, also updated delegates in attendance on critical issues facing their markets, two of the largest grain buyers globally.

Mr Keller said, “The partnership between the USDA and the Council helps support the work we do, cemented by a strong foundation of member support. We appreciate the opportunity to hear from both USDA leadership and our global staff on how our collaborative efforts support US farmers and agribusiness through increased demand for their products.”

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EXPAND by EXPORTING UK Companies

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ith Brexit fast approaching it’s time to pay more attention to export market if you are to increase your sales potential and secure a financial future for your business.

UKTAG can help agri-technical businesses attend the following exhibitions with financial support from the UK Government for 17 world-class exhibitions. UKTAG helps mentor companies from first enquiry through to completion of their presence at these key international, regional and nations agricultural events.

Event Name Livestock Asia

City

Country

Dates

Grants

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

19-21/04/2018

£2,500

China Animal Husbandry Expo

Chongqing

China

18-20/05/2018

£2,500

World Pork Expo

Des Moines

USA

06-08/06/2018

£2,000

Jakarta

Indonesia

04-07/07/2018

£2,500

Porto Alegre

Brazil

26/08-03/09/2018

£2,500

Beijing

China

17-19/09/2018

£2,500

Indo Livestock Expointer VIV CHINA Congreso Nacional de Productores Porcícolas World Dairy Expo

TBA

Mexico

01/10/18

£2,500

Madison

USA

02-06/10/2018

£2,000

Agrilink

Manila

Philippines

04-06/10/2018

£2,000

Vietstock

Saigon

Vietnam

17-19/10/2018

£2,500

Agra Innovate Expo Agroalimentaria EUROTIER Agro tech India

Lagos

Nigeria

01/11/18

£2,500

Irapuato

Mexico

13-15/11/2018

£2,500

Hannover

Germany

13-15 /11/2018

£1,500

Chandigarh

India

01-04/12/2018

£2,500

Grain Tech

Kiev

Ukraine

01/02/19

£2,000

VIV ASIA

Bangkok

Thailand

13-15/03/2019

£2,500

Agrofuturo

Bogata

Columbia

TBA

£2,500

The events listed below have been selected for their potential to expand your businesses.

Our staff have worldwide expertise within agri-technical based industries and are uniquely placed to help deliver success for you.

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Milling News Global licensing agreement for novel seed treatment technology

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Containerised Feed Mill launched in Myanmar

reenfeed Vietnam Corporation launched its new containerised Feed Mill in Myanmar. In addition to the seven existing feed mills, located throughout Vietnam and Cambodia, the company decided to spread its wings to surrounding countries Laos and Myanmar.

The company has ambition to acquire a market share of at least 20 percent in Vietnam for both feed production and pig breeding. In order to achieve this, the growth of the company continues steadily and there are concrete plans to expand the market area.

In 2016, GreenFeed became acquainted with the unique modular solutions of Ottevanger Milling Engineers. The containerised Feed Mill is the ideal solution for starting a business in a country with many economic growth opportunities.

In mid-2017 Ottevanger started with the manufacture of the new Feed Mill. The complete installation is pre-assembled in the modern and well-equipped facilities of Ottevanger in the Netherlands; this resulted in a reduction by 80 percent of installation time on site. The frame of the container has two functions. The frame is not only used for shipment it is also the steel structure of the machine tower.

The new Feed Mill, located in the Yangon region, has a production capacity of 10 tonnes per hour of swine and chicken feed. The installation includes the entire process from the intake of raw materials to bagging off line of meal, pellets and crumbles. The complete process is completely automated and can be automated with the “state of the art” software package Batch Explorer.

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ippon Soda and Syngenta announced today a global seed treatment licensing agreement for PicarbutrazoX, a new active ingredient from a novel chemical class discovered by Nippon Soda.

It shows robust and reliable performance for the control of Pythium damping off and seedling blight diseases under many different cropping systems.

Tackling Pythium allows farmers to adopt reduced or no-tillage cropping systems protecting the soil, avoid the costs of having to replant and get benefits from better germination, strong stand establishment and higher yields.

Ioana Tudor, Global Head of Syngenta Seedcare explained, “We are proud that Nippon Soda has partnered with Syngenta Seedcare to bring this exciting technology to the seed industry and farmers globally. Picarbutrazox, with its novel mode of action will strengthen Syngenta’s leading Pythium control portfolio Mefenoxam and Azoxystrobin Technology in corn, soybeans, canola, oilseed rape, cereals and other crops.”

Chinami Yokota, Nippon Soda Director of Development Department commented, “Nippon Soda has strong research capabilities and it was an excellent decision to choose Syngenta Seedcare as a leader in the seed treatment market to broaden the use beyond foliar application.”

First registrations on seed treatment are expected in the United States and Canada in 2019.

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Training The American Feed Industry Association has opened registration for its biennial Feed Industry Institute (FII), happening June 11-14 in St Louis, Missouri.

Registration opens for AFIA’s Feed Industry Institute The conference, which has been held every other year since merging with the National Feed Ingredients Association in 1992, brings together roughly 125 individuals in the industry to learn the basics of the animal food manufacturing process – from the types of foods used to the animals served to federal polices that shape the output of the industry.

Paul Davis, PhD, AFIA’s director of quality, animal food safety and education explained, “The FII is ideal for people who are new to the livestock feed or pet food industry as it provides a good overview of animal health and nutrition. Throughout the four-day education programme, industry experts share practical information and best practices for attendees. Our goal is that attendees not only understand how to manufacture high

Fundamentals in feed-compounding technology is a five day training course which runs from 9th April until April 13, 2018.

IFF Practical Course “Fundamentals in feedcompounding technology” The feed industry has to meet manifold requirements in its function as reliable partner in the chain for the production of foods of animal origin. In view of the dynamic developments of the market, there are considerable efforts necessary for safeguarding the competitiveness. Based on both class education and practical experiences, updating, extension and refreshment of required knowledge for an economic and safe compound-feed production is given. Furthermore, attention will be paid to the use of various resources and quality control.

This course is intended for advisors, technical staff and other interested personal working in the feed industry. It is also recommended to employees of the supplying industry, nutritionists and policy makers. Learning content will be given in modules:

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quality animal food, but why doing so is so essential for animal productivity and well-being.”

The 2018 FII will include an overview of the US feed industry, animal physiology and nutrition basics, information of the types of ingredients used in animal food and why, the role of medications and other additives in animal food, and various processing techniques. It will also look at agriculture’s role in building consumer trust, the role of international trade and provide an overview of state and federal regulations. The full agenda can be found on the event’s website.

In addition to the educational programme, there will be a reception on Monday, June 11, and a networking outing to a St Louis Cardinals baseball game on Wednesday, June 13. The baseball outing is an additional US$50 and includes a ticket to the game and US$25 worth of “Cardinal bucks” to be used for food and drinks in the stadium.

AFIA encourages people to register between now and March 30 to receive the discounted rate of US$650 for AFIA members an US$800 for non-members. The AFIA member rate includes a US$100 discount for registering online. Fees will increase April 1, 2018.

Module 1: Basic processes in compound feet production Storage, conveying, pelleting, extruding Hygienisation Additives, mixing stability.

Module 2: Lab testing Sample taking and partitioning Pellet quality.

Module 3: Operating feed mills Legal requirements HACCP Energy management Explosion protection.

Module 4: Basics on animal nutrition Feed uptake and conversion Livestock feeding (cattle, pork, poultry).

Imparted knowledge will be deepened in practical experiments in our technical lab. Experiences and knowledge will be imparted in updated lectures by the scientific staff of the institute and practice consultants. Enhanced practical courses on selected subjects shall illustrate the contents brought forward.

Each participant receives a workbook containing all lectures and documents.

The attendance at the course will be attested. The successful participation in a written examination on available and acquired know-how will be certified. The successful graduation can be used as proof of the technical know-how. In Germany: acc. to FuttMV and VO (EG) 183/2005). The lectures will be given in English language. Please consider the special discount for the participation of multiple employees of a company!

For more information visit the website at www.iffbraunschweig.de

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Training A course organised by the CNC Training Centre will be hosting a programming course for two days March 21-22, 2018.

CNC Training - Basic milling The course covers the basics of CNC programming for a three axismilling machine, it will be held in Rugby, Warwickshire, England.

Starting and 0900 and finishing at 1600 over the course of two days, the course costs £250 plus VAT per day, for special price students and private individuals it will be £360 inclusive for the two days – nearly half price!

It is suitable for anyone wanting to learn the most common type of CNC programming sometimes known as ISO. Ideally a basic idea of how milling machines work and a basic understanding of cutting tools are needed. If these skills aren’t possessed then a Beginners Milling Basics for CNC Programming course is recommended.

It will be held on hundreds of machines and it is the best language to learn if you want to become a CNC Programmer.

It is perfect for CNC operators who wish to progress onto programming.

The classroom-training course is designed to cover Fanuc controls and Haas controls. Apply now at: http://www. cnctrainingcentre.com/apply-now/ or call 0333 939 8388.

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Over the course of five days between March 26-30, 2018, there will be a Vertical Milling Machine training course held at the EEF Technology Training Centre – Aston, Birmingham.

Vertical milling training For £778 plus VAT for members and £865 plus VAT for nonmembers, this course gives delegates the skills and knowledge they need to safely operate a vertical milling machine to produce engineering products.

Though so many of today’s industrial manufacturing lines rely heavily on computer controlled electrical and electronic systems to operate, there is still a high need for basic machine tool skills to be able to carry out manufacturing processes effectively. These skills and knowledge also underpin the more advanced techniques used in operating and setting CNC type machines.

Paris Kennard commented, “I found this one week milling course very useful. The teacher was extremely knowledgeable.

By the end, I was equipped with all the basics for milling. EEF also worked to help me find employment after the course.

For this course or future dates follow this link: https://www. eef.org.uk/training/use-of-machinery-and-equipment/verticalmilling, or call: 0845 293 9850.

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PRODUCT FOCUS March 2018 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.

A new FLEXICONÂŽ Mobile Flexible Screw Conveyor with multipurpose hood transfers material discharged from bulk bags and/ or manually dumped from handheld sacks into elevated process equipment or storage vessels dust free.

Mounted on a frame with locking castors for in-plant mobility, the system improves mobility and reduces cost by eliminating heavy frame components typically employed to support bulk bags, relying on the user’s forklift or plant hoist to suspend the bag above the unit during operation.

www.flexicon.co.uk

3D MultiVision Software A software option that uses 3DLevelScanners to identify the location of the centre of gravity, display it graphically, and alert when the centre of gravity falls outside of a predefined area.

The scanner is mounted on the roof of the silo to view the material surface in the silo. Level measurements are used to determine the X, Y, and Z coordinates of the centre of gravity based upon the material topography.

www.binmaster.com

Rotary Batch Mixer with integral lump breaker A new Rotary Batch Mixer with integral lump breaker provides inline de-agglomeration of compacted bulk materials before blending batches gently with total uniformity in one to three minutes.

Inline stacking of the low profile De-Clumper™ model RDC1515-SS atop the stationary inlet of the model 700-TH-50-SS mixer minimises headroom requirements while eliminating the need for flexible connections or hard piping between the units.

Material entering the system is de-lumped by dual rotors with three-point, single-piece, stainless steel breaking heads rotating with minimum clearance inside a curved, perforated bed screen. The synchronised shafts rotate at 120 RPM to prevent heating and degrading of the product.

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RotorCheck contact monitoring system The RotorCheck contact monitoring system provides extra safety and convenience when operating rotary valves.

The system 5.0 registers, evaluates and reports unwanted contact between the rotor and housing in order to be able to prevent metallic abrasion and thus unwanted contact between the rotor and housing in order to be able to prevent metallic abrasion and thus potential contamination of the product being conveyed.

This improves safety and convenience when operating rotary valves.

www.coperion.com

Micro Ingredient Dosing Unit Van Aarsen International supplies specialized dosing systems for feed producers and integrators. The first step in finding an optimum fine dosing solution is to analyse the recipes of the production location in question.

Then, the best combination of dosing systems to realise optimum accuracy is calculated in combination with the highest possible production speed. The final design proposal is based on an integrated system of individual dosing units, consisting of a combination of micro-dosing (up to 20 or 50 kg) and small dosing (up to 75, 100, or 200 kg), with each dosing system being able to dose eight different ingredients. A precision dosing system (up to 1 kg) can also be integrated into the microdosing unit.

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SPECIAL FOCUS The new Vertical Pearler Osiris from BĂźhler sets new standards for pearling durum wheat, barley and other grains. The innovative and sturdy design, revised drive concept and diamond abrasion medium result in more efficient pearling compared to other machines to date.

The product is used for pearling the outermost hull layers from various types of grain. The additional processing step produces more pure and almost speck-free semolina. The result: The semolina quality is improved and the lower portion of hulls means higher yield with a constant ash content. Compared to mills without pearlers, a larger amount of pure semolina is produced. The pearling process is also used to process end products such as barley and sorghum.

Conventional grain pearling machines usually use abrasion stones as grinders, which wear and can break off. The new Vertical Pearler Osiris uses synthetically produced diamonds as a grinding medium, as diamond is known to be the hardest abrasive.

The newly developed grinding wheels are steel that has been coated with diamond particles through a galvanising process.

This construction is resistant to higher pressures and guarantees lifetime constant outer diameter. The coating also makes it possible to optimise the circumferential speed, which increases the pearling effect.

It is used for pearling the outermost hull layers from various types of grain. Conventional grain pearling machines usually use abrasion stones as grinders, which wear and can break off.

This construction is resistant to higher pressures and guarantees lifetime constant outer diameter. The coating also makes it possible to optimise the circumferential speed, which increases

The Vertical Pearler Osiris from BĂźhler

the pearling effect.

The diamond coated rotor is directly driven by the main motor, thereby eliminating the costs and maintenance associated with drive belts as well as a potential source of contamination.

Compared to other grain pearlers with the same throughput and pearling performance up to 20 percent in energy costs can be saved. A new aspiration system creates even aspiration across the complete height of the rotor and prevents an excessive heating of the product.

It can achieve an index performance of eight tons per hour at an eight percent pearling degree when processing durum wheat.

Engineers also gave special attention to the sturdiness and operator friendliness, the housing is casted and the wear parts are very easily accessible by opening the aspiration channel flap. The machine is automatically controlled and can be operated directly or from the command room.

The main motor directly drives the rotor; direct drive means that the costs and maintenance associated with drive belts are eliminated. Plus, there is one less source of possible contamination.

A new aspiration system creates even aspiration across the complete height of the rotor. Fresh air is drawn in directly through the grinding rotor creating optimal removal of the grinding flour.

The new design, new aspiration system and diamond pearling distinctly improve the performance of the machine. For example, the new Vertical Pearler from BĂźhler can achieve an index performance of eight tons per hour at an eight percent pearling degree when processing durum wheat.

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The conference starts at 09:30 and is free to attend. Please pre-register either at https://victamasia.com/registration if you are attending the exhibition or at www.bit.ly/grapas if you wish to attend the conference alone.

Please find the programme here: http://conta.cc/2Fh7wnK Innovations galore at GRAPAS The finalists for the 2018 GRAPAS Innovation Awards This year sees an impressive round up of companies competing for the coveted GRAPAS Innovations Award 2018. For the first time Victam has opened the award to all companies in the milling sector serving the flour, rice and grain processing and handling sectors.

Innovations submitted must be a: • Milling technology development (for flour, rice or other cereal) • Production process or refinement that makes for more efficient and/ or safe production of food • Service (online or otherwise) that helps millers achieve their goals more efficiently To participate a nomination must be an innovation, process or service and comply with the following: • Have been introduced to the market after January 2016 • Be new • Make a contribution to efficiency and/or safety • Demonstrate significant practical value • Applications can be made by both exhibitors and non-exhibitors This year we have received a number of entries that have been reduced to nine finalists. A panel of four experts from around the world have evaluated the nominations and their results will be announced at the Victam Exhibition being held in Bangkok, Thailand from March 27-29, 2018.

To find out more visit

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Double Shaft Paddle Mixers (DPMA) The Wynveen double shaft paddle mixers, realizes high mixing capacity with a relative small mixer content. The mixer has a mixing time, depending on the product type and quantity, from 30 to 60 seconds.

Features • Capacities available from 500 to 20.000 liters • Mixing accuracy of 1:100.000/C.V. < 5% • Short mixing time of approximately 30-60 seconds • Minimum filling degree will be 25% of the nominal content • Extra wide bomb doors.

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The Bühler TUBEX MSDN-L Accurate weighing of raw materials and product at every point in the manufacturing and processing chain is essential for efficient and cost-optimised production in the food and feed industry. TUBEX MSDN-L is a high-capacity hopper scale for accurately weighing a wide range of materials through the entire process, from raw material to finished product.

Launched in June 2017, Tubex is not just the first fully electric hopper scale; it is also the first completely closed scale. The electromechanical drive of the TUBEX hopper scale not only reduces energy costs; it also enables considerably more precise motion and position control. Stateof-the-art Super-Caps provide the basis for intelligent energy management.

The Geelen Counterflow Electrical Dryer The Geelen Counterflow Electrical Dryer will be launched at Victam Asia 2018. It recovers energy and water from the dryer exhaust and uses an electrical heat pump to boost back up the temperature of the drying air. The results: 1) Net reduction of energy consumption for drying of up to 65 percent; 2) Recovery of water of up to 65percent; 3) Significant reduction of odour load of exhaust air; 4) Reduction of CO2 footprint of potentially up to 99 percent.

As dryers are the number one consumers of energy in any petfood or aquafeed extrusion line, the Electrical Dryer will have a very significant impact on the energy intensity and CO2 footprint of the industry. Payback times depend on the ratio of gas to electricity prices per kWh. Optionally an Electrical/Gas Hybrid version with heatpump and gas burners enables optimisation of the drying process dependent on fluctuating prices for electricity and gas.

In markets where the share of renewable electricity is growing, spot prices for electricity tend to fluctuate with the availability of wind and solar power. The Electrical/Gas Hybrid dryer will then run on 100 percent electricity when there is a lot of low cost renewable electricity on the grid, and switch back (partially or fully) to natural gas when electricity prices are high.

Satake Pikasen FMS2000-F optical sorter Satake presents the next generation Pikasen FMS2000-F optical. The Sorter works similar to the human eye and identifies colour differences by combining all the visible wavelengths. New digital image processing and automatic sensitivity creation functions give the added benefit of minimal operator training by utilizing an intuitive full colour user interface touch screen.

Pikasen is also equipped with shape detection technology to enable the removal of defectively shaped product.

This means that the Pikasen can achieve the most complex sorts that have not been possible before in one pass.The Pikasen FMS2000-F has already proven to be a highly effective solution for our customers worldwide across various industries due to its application flexibility and excellent value.

Extruders and Expanders Almex extruders are used for : » Pet Food extrusion » (floating) Aquafeed extrusion » Animal Feed extrusion » Oil seed extraction » Cereal processing extrusion » Compacting » Pre-conditioning prior to other processes

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the grapas award for innovation 2018

Hygienic Round Top Removal (HRT) 3-A Filter The Hygienic Round Top Removal (HRT) 3-A Filter, launched in December 2017 is a dust collector for sanitary applications. This circular bodied 3-A approved pulsejet filter features a convenient and efficient top hinged dome. With top entry there is no need to enter the dirty portion of the filter.

Top removal snap band filter bags require no tools for removal and can quickly be changed out. HRT filters work in lowcapacity pneumatic conveying systems, such as vacuum loading of extruders or refilling minor/micro hoppers. Designed for low air volumes, the HRT can handle higher pressures than a square or rectangular unit.

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The Agentis M007 Grain Dryer M007 Grain Dryer, launched in March 2016 introduces a real time and in line solution for the control of grain moisture as it exits the dryer without the need for manual intervention.

Data from the inline M007 sensor is programmed to control the dryer based on real time moisture readings and can be fitted to existing dryers as well as new installations. Because the M007 Grain dryer system is fitted in the process line at the exit to the drier it removes the need for physical sampling and testing of the grains. The automated control process helps to reduce variation and result in closer to target final grain moisture. This in turn results in lower energy costs associated with the drying process and accurate determination of grain moisture to specific silos, which allows for more accurate temperature control in storage and reduced losses due to spoilage and mould growth.

The TMI Laser integration bagging lines Traditionally, in the industrial bagging lines, the bags are identiďŹ ed in two ways: either with marking (ink or thermal transfer), or with labeling (sewing directly to the bag or with an adhesive label). All these solutions are not without problems. Often the marking or labeling is done in dusty environments, in bags with irregular surfaces, and it is very common to have problems.

Generally, the labels are easily peeled off, or the bags are dirty with dust and this generates many dificulties for ink markings, apart from not being 100 percent clean technologies. In 2017 TMI launched the integration of the laser application into industrial bagging lines. This innovation creates increased reliability (labels do not detach); cost savings; and, no need for maintenance.

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the grapas award for innovation 2018

The Bühler PesaMill™ Atta is whole-wheat flour, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used to make most flatbreads, such as chapati, roti and puri. Most atta flour is milled on stone mills from hard wheat varieties. The annual production capacity of Atta-flour is approximately 70 million tons.

The Atta Process with PesaMill™ Production Process launched in August 2016 was developed for the efficient production of Atta flour. A seamless processing technique has been specially developed – with the PesaMill™ high-compression mill as the key component of the system. The process includes every link of the processing chain: from pre-cleaning and cleaning of the wheat to milling and packaging and quality control of the flour.

The circulation system with the PesaMill™ ensures the production of authentic Atta flour. Taste and mouth feeling are identical with Atta flour produced on traditional Chakki stone mills. The seamless integration and Atta-specific design of all components guarantees reliable functionality, the highest standards of product quality and food safety as well as maximum efficiency.

The Henry Simon Rollermil The Henry Simon Rollermill, launched in April 2017 is a well-equilibrated combination of human touch and autonomous technology of the machines.

That is why, the sensors such as vibrating, thermal, speed, etc will be placed on the machine to digitise the operating conditions and environment conditions of machine. A smart touch panel will be used to improve the operability. The Operator can easily understand and operate. Various sensors will be used to digitize the operating conditions and the environment conditions surrounding the machine. It is to be made with a function to predict a failure.

The Sukup Double-Ended Stud Bolt The Sukup Double-Ended Stud Bolt, released in 2017, is for use on laminated bin sheets and solves the potential problem of water weeping behind the stiffeners and into the bin causing spoiled grain, which can lead to significant financial losses and safety issues.

The patent pending design features a rubber-backed steel washer in the middle of the bolt that is set between the stiffener and sidewall sheets. This provides a tight seal directly to the outer sidewall sheet behind the stiffener, eliminating water infiltration between the sheets and into the grain.

The results of the the grapas award for innovation will be announced at the Victam Exhibition being held in Bangkok, Thailand from March 27-29, 2018.

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Combatting over-fertilisation

by Aiste Baronaite-Lund, Vultus, Sweden

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armers around the world are using different organic or synthetic fertilisers in hopes to boost a healthy growth of their crops and, in turn, produce higher quality plants. However, the fertilisation process can be trickier than it seems. The misuse of fertilisers can cause the irrepearable damage or even death of some crops and create severe problems on a much larger scale.

So what, in fact, are fertilisers? Well, fertiliser is a substance, that is used to provide plants with valuable nutrients. If used properly fertilisers can help farmers achieve the optimal health of the plant and increase the vegetation of their soils. However, the lack of tools and knowledge of how to properly fertilise the crops is common, and very problematic. When used in excess, these fertilisers can cause tremendous damage to the yield, the environment around us and even our health.

The problem affects us all

Many farmers are simply not properly equipped to precisely measure their crops health and, as such, they cannot exactly know how much of the nutrients their plants need. Therefore, they end up guesstimating the dosage of the critical input of the fertilisers and spreading them evenly across the fields. This practice typically results in the drastic misuse of the fertilisers, because the nutritious needs of the plants within those fields can vary significantly.

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This unbalanced nutrient dosage can severely damage or even kill the plants, as the excess amount of the fertilisers makes it very hard for the plants to absorb water. As a result, farmers often find that the crop quality within their fields is highly uneven, which in turn, makes it very difficult to harvest and ensure high quality of a product to a final consumer – all of us.

Due to a lack of knowledge of how much nourishment different plants may need, over 60 percent of nitrogen fertiliser goes to waste. This waste leads to a yield loss of approximately five percent. However, it also creates bigger problems, which affect populations all around the world at a much larger scale.

Over-fertilisation significantly contributes to environmental degradation, increases various risks for animal and human health and creates enormous costs not just for the individual farmers, but also nations worldwide.

Farmers are, of course, aware of these issues. Although, existing methods that would enable them to adopt precision farming practices typically require them to spend extensive amounts of money and time, because in this case, farmers need to scout their fields manually.

Dangers of over-fertilisation

The damage that over-fertilisation causes is not limited just to the farmers’ fields – far from it. The misuse of these substances can have a major negative environmental impact. Nitrogen waste is especially dangerous for aquatic life.

“When nitrogen, which is the primary agent in fertilisers,

F is not utilised by the plants, it either becomes the extremely potent greenhouse gas or eventually runs out into the larger environment, often times polluting our rivers and lakes”- William Håkansson, co-founder of Vultus.

A large amount of nitrogen waste ends up in the water-bodies, causing a host of tremendously harmful issues. Nitrogen waste fills the water with nutrient salts, which in turn, causes structural changes to the ecosystems of our rivers and lakes. Over-fertilisation also increases the production of toxic algae blooms, causes a rapid depletion of fish species and decreases the quality of water. It also significantly contributes to the acidification of water, which is one of the biggest environmental issues that our planet faces today.

Furthermore, this nitrogen waste is causing a huge emission of Nitrous Oxide – a greenhouse gas that is 298 times more potent than CO2 itself. For example, at the moment, seven percent of Sweden’s total CO2 emission is from Nitrous Oxide, which comes directly from the agriculture industry.

These facts can indeed look quite daunting, however, the vast majority of this pollution can be avoided, since so much of it is due to the inefficient practices of farming and the imprecise application of nitrogen fertilisers.

Satellite solution to healthier farming

In the context of constant climatic changes around the world, and overall damage that agriculture industry causes to the environment, green farming becomes increasingly more important. Therefore, the problem of over-fertilisation has become a center of many scientists’ and companies’ attention.

Many of them are willing to invest in new technologies and find ways to improve their agriculture practices. Scientists suggest

that the solution to over-fertilisation lies in precision agriculture processes, more particularly – satellite nitrogen prescriptions.

One of the recent technologies particularly designed to combat the over-use of nitrogen fertilisation involves sophisticated satellite systems, which take pictures of the fields from space. Then these satellite images are divided into smaller units, which allow scientists to look into spectral signatures of different plants and precisely measure each of their nutrient needs. Then farmers are provided with actionable and simple-to-follow recommendations of how to most efficiently fertilise their fields. The satellite technology is estimated to reduce up to 40 percent of nitrogen fertilisers usage and, as such, helps minimise all of the major problems that over-fertilisation causes.

Nitrogen prescriptions to reduce cost

Even though such a high-tech satellite-based technology is rather complicated, it is not pricey at all. As a matter of fact, it actually ends up saving farmers quite a significant amount of money. For example, Vultus, a Swedish company offering such nitrogen prescriptions, provides farmers with the plant analysis, including qualitative satellite images and quantitative fertiliser prescriptions, as a seasonal subscription, for €5 per hectare per year.

As these up-to-date satellite recommendations can cut up to half of the fertilisers usage, for a medium-sized farmer, who works in a field of 250 hectares, the system would save approximately €15,000 per year.

So, these precise and up-to-date nitrogen prescriptions can enable farmers to increase their yield quality, whilst quite significantly decreasing costs of fertilisers and harvesting issues.

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Processed satellite picture of a field in Southern Sweden (June 2017). A vegetation index, the red indicate the lack of nutrients.

The future of agriculture is green

Over-fertilisation is one of the most prevalent problems that so many farmers around the world face. However, preventing this issue does so much more than just help farmers produce healthier plants. The new technologies, like satellite-based nitrogen prescriptions, can help us find a better way to feed the world, and help our planet heal from the damage, that has been already done

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by the agriculture industry. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The technology is there. So, for now, the most important thing is that the farmers would recognise the value that these satellite systems bring to their operations and would be willing to adopt the modern, greener and better way of farmingâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Robert Schmitt, CEO of Vultus. www.vultus.se

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millet ‘smart food of the 21st century’

By Vivian Fernandes, Editor, 'www.smartindianagriculture.in'

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arnataka is dressing them up as “siridanya” or rich grains that should be on every thinking eater’s plate. For Icrisat, the Hyderabadbased international crops research institute for semi-arid tropics, they are “smart foods of the 21st century” which are “good for you – the planet – the farmer”.

Millets are officially classified as coarse cereals or food of the poor. When I was school-going, my mother would frighten me into studying, because the alternative was possible deviancy, a term in jail and daily servings of ‘ragi mudde’ or steamed finger millet balls, which, in her view, was an agony worse than the loss of liberty.

Now, their very coarseness endears them to the city-bred with delicate constitutions and a less squeamish attitude to excess.

With lifestyle diseases like diabetes and hypertension upending communicable ones as major causes of disability and death, millets have wormed their way back into urban diets, after they were banished by the Green Revolution.

Karnataka is plugging millets – ragi and jowar, mainly – at this cohort, hoping that gentrification of the cereals and premium pricing would persuade the state’s farmers with less endowed soils to bring more area under them and give the neglected crops at least a modicum of care for better yields.

“Primarily we are developing markets,” said Krishna Byre

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Gowda, Karnataka’s young Minister for Agriculture, who went to Rome to urge the United Nations through the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to declare 2018 as international year of millets.

“We think farmers will grow what you tell them to grow. It does not work like that. Farmers look at markets. It is more important to drive demand; the supply will follow,” he added.

This is a different tack from that of Sikkim, which the Prime Minister declared as India’s first and only wholly organic state in January last year. No chemical fertilisers are sold in the state; so farmers have to use manure and compost. But the resultant lower yields have not been compensated with higher prices as the state failed to provide them the marketing wherewithal. The produce has to compete with non-organic fruits and vegetables from West Bengal. Local consumers are also reluctant to pay premium prices.

Half of 15,500 mall-goers in seven cities said they were eating millets daily or on a weekly basis, in a survey, based on face-toface interviews, done for Icrisat. It is possible that the interviews were not done randomly, and there was a selection bias towards those who were older, because 42 percent of about 4,000 persons interviewed in Delhi for the survey, cited health complications as a reason for consuming them.

Millets have low glycaemic value, which means they release energy slowly and therefore keep blood sugar levels stable.

Besides, they are nutritious. According to the National Institute of Nutrition’s food composition tables, 100 grams of ragi have 364

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Only eight percent of those interviewed for the survey said they liked the taste; so palatability will have to be improved. Millets like bajra do not keep long; so they cannot be blended. Karnataka has engaged hotels, restaurants and chefs to create novel dishes and put millets on their menus.

Since taste is often acquired, catching them young through mid-day school meals could help. The Karnataka government is offering a bonus of Rs 400 per quintal in addition to the minimum support price of Rs 1,700-1,725 per quintal of jowar and Rs 1,900 for ragi. The procured millets are supplied through ration shops.

Union Agriculture Secretary Shobhana Pattanayak said efforts are being made to supply them to soldiers. If the armed forces agree, a big market would open up.

millets to raise yields, as they are the last crops standing during droughts; bajra, it is said, can tolerate 10 degrees C more heat than wheat.

They are also good for animals. Millet fodder sells for the same price as millets, says Gowda, because they raise milk yield. Since the dairy industry is thriving, millet producers should hitch on to it. In North Karnataka, Gowda adds, it is a practice for farm

Calls for a sustained education and awareness campaign

Recommendation by doctors and trainers was also cited as a reason for consuming millets in the Icrisat survey. Curiously, though 89 percent of the interviewees said they were reasonably or very health conscious, only 31 percent were aware that millets were healthy. This calls for a sustained education and awareness campaign to change the perception.

The consumption of millets has declined in countries that saw the Green Revolution, which gave food security through highyielding varieties of rice and wheat. These and maize are now the big three cereals that, according to Joanna Kane-Potaka, Director, Strategic Marketing at Icrisat, provide about 50 percent of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s protein intake to humans.

Rice alone soaks up about 45 percent of the crop research money. More research money would have to be lavished on

owners to retain the fodder and let tenant cultivators keep the grain for own use or for sale.

Through Icrisat, Karnataka is mapping the genomes of millets of interest to its farmers. Knowing the properties of various genes will help in shortening the time taken to develop new crosses with qualities like better palatability, improved shelflife and higher yield through marker assisted selection. Next January it is organising an international fair in Bengaluru to promote millets and organics.

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Figure 4: 1x5 tons Schulz malting system with the possibility of extension; installed at Wabro Kvarn, Skoeldinge (Sweden)

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by Christoph Remmelberger, Technical Sales Malting, Diploma Brewmaster, Kaspar Schulz, Germany

FROM BEER TO BREAD he needs of consumers and thus also the interest of the processing food industry in innovative products do not stop at the malt industry.

No matter in which aspect: naturalness, aroma, colour or other functionality – malt is in greater demand than ever before, both for use in breweries and in bakeries. The idea of own malted cereals to expand the product portfolio in the direction of baking mixes and “convenience products”, however, seems to be in the starting blocks at the flour mills.

It would be precisely now – at the beginning of this trend – the right moment to secure a competitive edge in the market and to think about the right investments for the future direction based on the consumer’s wishes.

Functionality in all areas

The market development of innovative products in various malt producing and processing industries, undoubtedly also creates new needs in terms of know-how and technology for production.

The batches are getting smaller, the product variety is increasing, the quantities produced are more flexible and more emphasis is put on a user-friendly application, since not all operators are technologists.

In the following, the Schulz malting system of Kaspar Schulz in Bamberg will be examined in more detail and presented on the basis of examples of how it copes with the fulfilment of these new requirements.

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with connected ventilation technology.The switch is designed as a closed vessel with a hood (Figure 1 - overleaf).

This protects against foreign contamination, keeps the dust back and allows automated cleaning of the vessel thanks to builtin spray heads. The removal of the floating barley takes place completely automatically by air being blown in centrally and thus the barley floating on the water surface and a wave motion in a circumferential overflow channel transports goods.

The mixing or circulation of the softened material can be accomplished both by pumping and a return via a distribution screen in the vessel, as well as parallel to the ventilation during the wet switch on screen basket in the cone or through a centered ventilation.

Above this there is a Wild’s pipe through which the soft material rises from the bottom of the vessel together with the air.

The CO2 extraction takes place via the screen basket installed in the cone by means of a fan.

Germination kilning combo drum

The insulated germination kilning drum rests on wheels and inside there is a false floor. To turn the green malt, the drum can be rotated in both directions by a frequency-controlled motor (Figure 2).

Eliminating additional installations or turning devices, which can injure or squeeze the green malt, the malting system guarantees homogenety and at the same time a gentle distribution on the false floor for best malt quality.

For spraying during germination, a humidification bar with several nozzles is installed inside. This operation is possible with a permanent water connection to the drum even with simultaneous rotation, whereby a uniform humidification of all areas is guaranteed.

Through a fully automated coupling and disconnection system

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During germination, the air passes through an air-cooling coil fed with ice water with a downstream humidifying nozzle. The ratio of fresh and re-circulated air can be precisely defined by means of three butterfly valves.

Heating during drying is done by means of an indirect air heater powered by natural gas or LPG (Figure 3). An additional glass tube heat exchanger for energy recovery with an efficiency of 80 percent ensures best energy results. With existing overcapacities of a steam generator, the air heating can also be done on this. The cooling of the malt after completion of the process is done by means of fresh air.

Subsequently, the drum is positioned upside down and the malt is conveyed with a discharge screw into a prefabricated gutter, from where it can be transported by a freely selectable transport system for malt cleaning.

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Production meets design

With temperatures up to 130°C in a closed system, a wide variety of malt varieties can be produced, whether caramel, standard malts or malt cereals or different pseudo grain types, in the drum is much possible. Various malts have already been produced from numerous raw materials, such as barley, millet, rice or soya, and colour intensities of up to 300 EBC have been achieved.

For the production of smoke or peat malt, it is possible to integrate a smoke generator in the existing ventilation system, or to couple an Lactobacteria acid tank to the spray bar of the green malt drum for the production of sour malt. This opportunity not only provides a basis for start-ups, but also for existing businesses. Thus, new product lines, capacity expansions and, above all, an expansion of the product portfolio can be realised.

Constructed according to the latest standards in the food industry in terms of hygienic design, this method of malting removes the mould from the germ buds and not only provides the best foundation for certification requirements in the food sector, but also saves cleaning agents and cleaning time.

It is also the design that makes the Schulz malting system not just any old production facility, but an aesthetic demonstration system. Visitor groups and customers are becoming ever more open-minded about the production processes, the products consumed and processed by them, and they want absolute transparency: It can therefore happen that the germination kilning combo drum finds itself positioned between the sales and the tasting room instead of behind it closed doors.

Figure 3 – Ventitlation technology of a 10 ton Schulz malting system; installed at Mastri Birrai Umbri Coop. ARLl Umbria (Italy)

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Figure 1: 2x10 to steeping vessels

Absolute flexibility

The Schulz malting system is available in sizes of two, five, 10 and, more recently, 25 tons of barley per batch and one batch per week can be produced.

To increase the annual production, the plant can be subsequently extended to up to three Germination kilning drums. Components of the existing system can also be used for the new drums (switch, ventilation technology, glass tube heat exchanger, automatic), thus keeping additional investment costs low.

The single batch quantity can be reduced up to 20 percent of the maximum load. With water consumption of approx. 4.3 - 4.8 m³/to malt and a heat energy consumption of 560-680 kWh/to malt, the Schulz malting system for a small malting plant achieves absolute top values. Gas consumption can be further reduced by insulating the air ducts.

Due to the extremely high level of automation of the system, the personnel costs and thus the costs for operating the system are kept low. The automation is based on the tried-and-tested Braumatik process control system from Pfenning Elektroanlagen, which has also been used at Kaspar Schulz’s brewhouse systems since 2006, has been continuously further developed and is already being used by more than 190 customers worldwide.

The system offers a simple and clear adjustment of the process steps, parameters and recipes - without any programming knowledge.

Contrary to the trend: Career changes and start-ups

The customer base in which the germination kilning combo drum already rotates could not be more different: From farmers from the USA, to millers in Sweden, to Italian brewers and absolute crosscountry skiers, who perceive the potential of malt for a wide range of industries.

Increase in the value chain

An example of the steady increase in the value chain in the grain sector is the Swedish family business Wabro Kvarn, which this year became the first organic malting plant in Sweden with the installation of a Schulz malting system (Figure 4).

The company originally came from agriculture and operates successfully with the organic cultivation of old cereals. The company continued to develop and increased the product value of its grain by acquiring a flourmill, which mainly processes emmer, einkorn, spelled and special wheat and barley varieties.

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Figure 2: Germination-kilning drums

Thomas Björklund, he is certain that the lack of know-how will be compensated for by good plant technology and a developing production experience.

He is also convinced that the general trend towards higher quality regional products will also prevail in the Swedish brewing scene. Wabro Kvarn always keeps its eyes open to the bakery market and is sure that it will soon be able to supply bakeries with custom-made baking mixes.

It would also be conceivable to supply bakers with sour meal flour as a starter culture for sourdoughs. Already the owner of the malting company speaks of desired capacity expansions in the near future.

Direct marketing

The most exciting thing to watch right now is a number of exciting malthouse start-ups. The first Schulz facility in the land of opportunity opened in August 2016 at Root Shoot Malting near Denver, Colorado.

The fourth-generation farm owned by the Olander family has been producing barley for well-known American breweries and malting plants since the 1980s. Since last year Steve Olander and his son Todd now produce their own malt with a Schulz malting system. The steadily growing customer base is currently made up mainly of the large number of local Craft Breweries Colorado, which appreciates the quality in relation to the regional malt.

With an annual capacity of approximately 400 tonnes of finished malt, Root Shoot Malting was already listed among the five largest craft malting plants in the United States at the time of opening. In September 2018, the first expansion step will be realised with the installation of a second drum, thus increasing the malting capacity to 800 ton / year.

The malt market is rotating

More and more alternative cereals are finding their way into the food market and cereals are now being bred and used whose main characteristics are not extract, solubility or yield per hectare, but instead generate flavour components in malt.

A development, which offers the market everything to the manufacturers and the customers, but above all the chance to include other malt-processing industries and passionate producers. The malting technology from Bamberg developed for this purpose can meet the manifold requirements and will support this trend in 2018 with 20 drums.

It remains to be seen how the mill industry reacts to this trend the chance of securing a unique selling proposition with regard to products through its own malting would certainly be given with this resurgent system technology. www.kaspar-Schulz.de

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Improving sustainability with powdered goods How powdered products can solve the world’s food challenges

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by Stephen Harding, Managing Director, Gough Engineering, UK

t the latest estimate, 815 million people were undernourished in 2017, a figure that is increasing year on year. With more food challenges on the horizon, global food experts are now considering powdered food as a way to fulfil the world’s nutritional needs.

Here, Stephen Harding, Managing Director of materials management specialist Gough Engineering, explains how powder manufacturers can maximise efficiency and improve powder output.

There is a huge disparity in the world’s population in terms of nutritional intake. 1.9 billion adults are overweight or obese, while 462 million adults are underweight. But this isn’t just a problem of quantity of food; quality plays an impact.

The World Health Organisation includes inadequate vitamins or minerals as part of its definition of malnutrition.

Micronutrient-treated malnutrition, as it is referred to, means that the body is not able to produce enzymes, hormones or other substances that are essential for growth. A lack of iodine, vitamin A and iron pose the biggest threat to the health of children and pregnant women.

Food poverty will more than likely increase in years to come.

Both the quantity of food available and its nutritional value are expected to decline with the threat of climate change affecting traditional agriculture patterns. According to The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2015, a large majority of the 775 million people in low and middle-income countries that are unable to meet their minimum daily dietary requirements, work in agriculture and fishing themselves.

This means that with increased natural disasters or meteorological events such as flash flooding or increased tropical storms, they could not only lose their livelihood but also their way of feeding themselves and their communities. This means that to sustain populations that are increasingly affected by freak weather conditions due to climate change, alternative ways of feeding these populations need to be considered.

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Powder to the people

The World Food Programme (WFP) lists a range of specialised nutritious foods that it provides to improve nutritional intake in the communities that it assists. These include fortified blended foods (FBFs) that are partially precooked and milled cereals, soya, beans or pulses, all fortified with micronutrients. They are used to prevent and address nutritional deficiencies.

Micronutrient powders are also used, which contain the daily intake of 16 vitamins and minerals for one person. These are sprinkled onto hot meals, usually in school feeding programmes that provide hot meals to children, in cases where nutritional needs cannot be met through these food sources.

From these examples, it is clear to see that powders are commonly used by relief agencies in disaster-hit countries.

People already suffering with the effects of poverty, and therefore poor nutrition, are then impacted further by the loss of food supply following a crisis.

Powders are also being used in more prosperous countries to readdress what powdered meal-replacement manufacturer ‘Huel’ calls “inefficient, inhumane and unsustainable” modern food production methods. Many people in Western countries find themselves too busy to make nutritionally balanced meals and are increasingly turning to powdered meal replacements to fulfil their dietary needs.

With the growth of the powdered food market no longer limited to protein supplements for bodybuilders, manufacturers must consider the quality of their processes to ensure that they can keep up with the demand, from the world’s richest to the world’s poorest people.

While manufacturers in the pharmaceutical and plastics industries have dealt with the challenges of powder handling for years, food manufacturers diversifying into powdered products will now have to reassess their handling processes to ensure that they still output a quality product at a consistent rate.

The key challenge for powdered product handling is screen blinding. This is where the open area of a screen is decreased due to the product coating or plugging the mesh instead of allowing

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it to clear through. Powders such as powdered milk often clump together, which will lead to blockages in the mesh and downtime to remove and clean it, if the equipment is not correctly chosen for the application.

A sieve or screen needs to be used to ensure a quality output of powder, making sure that the granules are the same size. These could vary from 0.2mm to 4mm, so it is essential that the right mesh be used to screen the products.

Not only is the mesh size vital for quality output, using ultrasonic technology can also help to clear blockages from the mesh quicker, before an engineer must stop the process. An ultrasonic screening system will use high frequency vibrations to rapidly shake the powder during the screening process. At up to 20,000 hertz, the vibration will then help the granules to pass through the mesh.

To cope with the increasing demand for powdered products in sectors that may not have previously used them, food manufacturers need to ensure that their product will be handled as efficiently as possible. By rethinking their existing handling systems, or retrofitting ultrasonic screening systems to their existing equipment, they will be able to manage the special demands of powder production.

While powders may not be the way to improve food supply chains for decades to come, they do play an essential role in providing vital supplements to the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s poorest and will continue to grow in use in the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s richest countries as a quick, convenient source of nutrition. It is therefore wise for food manufacturers to take heed of the handling needs of powder production when looking to diversify into emerging markets.

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Rebirth of legendary Henry Simon milling in Australia

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by Craig Doorey, Director, Satake Australia Pty Ltd atake Australia is proud of its history, which came from pioneers of flour milling engineers namely Henry Simon and Thomas Robinson. Over the last two decades our local sales in flour milling have dwindled due to the very competitive international market. In 2015, the worldwide announcement of collaboration between Satake and Alapala brought us a great step forward. Subsequently the announcement last year of bringing back the trusted brand ‘Henry Simon’ through the strategic partnership of the two famed companies has given our presence in the region a gigantic boost.

Today, we are delighted to announce the re-birth of a 125 years old tradition - Henry Simon at Australia’s premier milling conference, PIX/AMC in June 2018 at Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition centre, Queensland. Now we can hold our heads up high and announce with confidence that we are back. Back to where our roots began with the establishment of Henry Simon (Australia) 125 years ago. Back to being able to offer our customers the best equipment and the best solutions!

Henry Simon (1835 – 1899) was born in Poland and immigrated to Manchester, England in 1860. He was a successful engineer in non-flour milling fields, and became more involved in designing flour milling machinery; especially the replacement of stone mills with roller mills, which culminated with him forming Henry Simon Ltd. in 1878. In a short period of time many mills in Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and numerous countries had changed from stone mills to Henry Simon rollers mills. The business continued successfully for over 100 years, but folded by the late 1980s. In England and Australia, key staff from Henry

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Simon’s joined with Thomas Robinsons; another famous milling company, and that business in 1992 was purchased by Satake.

The establishment of this strategic partnership brings together the elite of both Satake & Alapala and our aim is to be best in the world through a strong commitment to R&D, technical back up and our global aftersales support. Henry Simon equipment is manufactured in many places around the world including in a purpose built state-ofthe-art facility next door to Alapala in Çorum, Turkey.

Our innovative designed HS-Roller Mill allows for roll packs change in 20 minutes without a need of a lifting device. It is also equipped with multiple sensors across for optimum and longer performance with pre-alarms aiming to avoid breakdown maintenance.

The feed box level sensor, vibration sensor, main roll rotation sensor, pneumatic actuator position sensor, pneumatic air pressure sensor, feed roll rotation sensor, belt temperature sensor, clogging sensor and main grinding roll thermography sensor comes standard with the HS Roller Mill. On top of all the above, the user-friendly touch screen allows easy operation and change speed in seconds. The touch screen also shows Motor power consumption and any active alarms. All the above is also available in a stainless-steel product contact parts which provides extra hygiene. This model will be exhibited at PIX/AMC 2018.

Henry Simon range available in Australia also includes Purifier, Debranner, Plansifter, Impact Detacher, Grain Separator, Colour Sorter, Packing Machines and many more.

Come and talk to us at the conference where you will meet our local and international experts, or of course you can contact us at any time and our friendly staff will assist you.

Henry Simon, the legend of milling technologies is back! www.henrysimonmilling.com.

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by Martin Zorrilla, Head of R&D, Nutrition Technologies, UK

nsects can be a feed ingredient”. Over the past decade this statement has gone from fringe proposal to a widely accepted fact. While research on sixlegged feed has been around since the early 1980s, recent academic papers and signs of rapid private sector progress has popularised the concept.

However, the focal point of this progress has been narrow, with insects seen mostly as a pure fishmeal replacement, rather than a novel ingredient in their own right, with a range of functional benefits. There is of course a good reason for this. Fishmeal prices have been on an upward trend for the past couple of decades, and currently the market is experiencing extreme volatility and uncertainty. This alone has been enough for many to dedicate time and resources to alternative proteins.

However, a huge area of application that is often overlooked is the potential impact on animal health and performance for swine and poultry, as well as fish and crustaceans.

Insects, such as the Black Soldier Fly Larvae (BSFL), have a well-balanced amino acid profile which is capable of replacing fishmeal in carnivorous fish diets with far greater success than plant proteins. For example, in 2011, Sealey et al. found that BSFL meal can successfully replace up to 50 percent of the fishmeal in Rainbow trout diets.

However, focusing on the amino acid profile of insects understates the novelty of the innovation on our threshold. While traditional insect cultivation dates back 3,200 years, it is only in the past decade that high volume production has coincided with serious research on the effects of diets containing insectmeal.

This is despite the fact that insects make up the natural diet of so many of our livestock and aquaculture species in the wild. In effect, when we add insects to animal feed we are re-introducing our domesticated animals to their historical food sources. If we swap out fishmeal for insectmeal in poultry feed we are not ‘replacing fishmeal’, we are doing away with an insectreplacement and using the real thing.

Unsurprisingly, natural diets make for healthy animals. Recent research on the functional benefits of insect-based feed have confirmed that significant impacts can be had for pig and poultry gut health, growth performance, and disease resistance. In 2015, Park et al. discovered a novel Antimicrobial Peptide (AMP) in the BSFL gut that inhibits a range of bacteria. Follow-up studies have confirmed that these AMPs can inhibit E. coli, S. aureus, and even fungi such as the plant pathogen Rhizoctonia solani. In a 2016 review Jozefiak and coauthors were very positive about the implications: “Insect antimicrobial peptides provide great hope due to the increasing global problem of bacterial resistance to antibiotics.”

In addition to AMPs, Black Soldier Fly Larvae are rich in another antimicrobial compound: Medium-Chain Fatty Acids (MCFAs). MCFAs have garnered attention in the swine and poultry sectors for their ability to disrupt bacterial membranes, but high MCFA fractions are rare in vegetable oils.

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by Spranghers et al. 2017.

The health impacts of insect meal on aquaculture species are understudied, yet early results are exciting. An industry study on Whiteleg Shrimp (L. vannamei) described a challenge test with the pathogen (Vibrio parahemolyticus) and found a 33 percent higher survival rate among shrimp fed mealworm protein. As Vibrio causes the devastating Early Mortality Syndrome (EMS) the implications for this result, particularly in South East Asia, are significant. At Nutrition Technologies we are conducting Australian government-funded trials in collaboration with Curtin University to study the immune modulatory effect of BSFL meal on Whiteleg Shrimp and Marron (Cherax cainii), results are to be released by July of this year.

In poultry, insect meal will do more than improve gut health.

Several recent studies on laying hens have found gains in productivity, even when diets are formulated to replace fishmeal.

In 2012 a paper by Park et al. found that including BSFL meal in layer diets increased egg performance, shell thickness and egg weight. The same year Secci et al. found that BSFL meal decreased cholesterol in eggs by 11 percent. One report by Dr Aidan Leek, 2015, even found that feeding live BSFL to chickens can be used to control outbreaks of pecking, due to the behavioral response of poultry to live insects.

Despite these promising results, it is important to remember that as an industry, our understanding of insectmeal is in its infancy.

We are still learning, for example, what effect the insect shell biopolymer, chitin, has on digestibility. Another area of active research is how the insect diet can be modified to optimise the

fatty acid composition of BSFL meal.

The pace of research has certainly increased.More academic reports on BSFL in aquaculture were published in 2017 than in the previous 11 years combined. Yet even if our understanding of insect based feed significantly advances in coming years, it will only be for the handful of species that are currently used in commercial production (there are over 1 million described insects species on earth).

As insect producers, the vastness of what we still do not know can be overwhelming, just as the scope of what is possible is exhilarating. As insectmeal becomes widely available, understanding its use and context will be key to achieving meaningful change in the animal feed industry.

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by Eloisa Martino, Communications Manager, Ocrim, Italy

ven defining it, as an “avant-garde research centre” does not do it justice, as it is a bona fide container of ideas and proposals, a place where ideas are exchanged, research is conducted and discoveries are made, unifying and making different sectors and competencies work together.

What ideal leads various Italian businesses to rally together for the common good?

The desire to join their energy and best resources for the culture of Italian excellence.

The centre was conceived, designed and built to create a unique synergy between various minds and businesses, which are, in their own right, unique containers of specialised, targeted, and circumscribed competencies, which, when made to work together, create an actual hub of consulting, training, internship, a positively versatile hub for every need.

Providing industry wide opportunities through a campus, high level training, events and conferences – commissioned by Bonifiche Ferraresi and Ocrim

Alberto Antolini and Federico Vecchioni (from left to right)

First project of its kind in Italy

Bonifiche Ferraresi and Ocrim have fully involved, in every aspect, institutional agencies such as ISMEA (Institute of Services for the Agri Food Market) and CNR (National research Council), Ghigi, for the pasta industry, ENEL, for power, the Universities of Parma, Bologna and Florence and Università Cattolica, for high level training, in order to offer the hub

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true independence and to bring a never-before-seen “plan” to completion in Italy.

Various competencies were included in a single research hub, equipped with a large and futuristic auditorium, a mill,

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“History teaches us that when fine minds, looking out for the common good, join and work together, the end result is, without a doubt, fruitful and positive"

fields designed as outdoor areas for precision farming for empirical and cutting-edge training and a campus to stay at, offering participants the possibility of combining training and interpersonal experience, a campus that brings people together, catering to and encouraging on-going exchange.

From as early as the beginning of this year, international events, conferences and debates were organised, with the aim of popularising, creating rapport, providing information and training, especially on agri-food-related themes and the use of advanced technology within the sector, with the presence and the intellectual contribution of the economic and political world.

Of these many initiatives, the “Zootecnia 4.0 (Animal

Husbandry 4.0)” conference held on October 5, 2017, received particular acclaim, with the participation of Health Minister, Beatrice Lorenzin, and the Minister of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies, Maurizio Martina, in addition to figures and experts from the scientific-technological and agri-food sector.

The General Manager of Bonifiche Ferraresi, Federico Vecchioni, and of Ocrim, Alberto Antolini, increasingly believe that this was the right choice, in fact, that it was a necessary investment of which we are only now able to fully appreciate the great opportunity that it offers the engineering-metalworking and mechanical industry as well as the Food sector.

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the punctum and least common multiple that embraces all of the various companies involved in Jolanda di Savoia’s avant-garde hub.

To this regard, on the occasion of the inauguration of the centre, the General Manager of Bonifiche Ferraresi, Federico Vecchioni stated, “History teaches us that when fine minds looking out for the common good, join together, the end result is, without a doubt, fruitful and positive."

He continued “Whether this means bringing together people, politicians or companies, when the intentions are aligned and forces join to build a chain, this chain becomes a true resource, not only for the sector that they work in, but for the entire community. It is our intent, through this union, to represent and

implement the Italian Made culture, hence the culture of Italian excellence.”

Over the course of the same inauguration and referring to the avant-garde hub of Jolanda di Savoia, the General Manager of OCRIM, Alberto Antolini, declared, “As things stand, it is our aim to ‘guide’ our clients, from the first steps of learning about the raw material, to processing it through the advanced technology of our increasingly-automated machines and plants, to the converting of the final product such as pasta, biscuits etc.

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Professional crop cleaning as an essential contribution to grain hygiene management Dr. Heike Knoerzer, PETKUS Academy, Wutha-Farnroda (Germany)

osses begin after the harvest. According to official estimates, about one third of the grain produced for food purposes is lost during post-harvest processes such as storing, drying, cleaning or milling.

This corresponds to approximately 1.3 billion tons with a value of one trillion US dollars per year, as Deepak Kumar and Prasanta Kalita summarised in their report in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Foodsâ&#x20AC;? magazine 6 (1) 2017. Process engineering with regard to optimising post-harvest processes receives little attention from a scientific perspective. Less than five percent of research funding has been allocated to this critical issue in recent years.

Mechanical, aerodynamic and optical sorting technologies

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within grain processing are an essential contribution to hygiene management. However, they are hardly considered as such and thus, far too rarely included. Between grain storage and food processing, there is great potential for minimising losses, ensuring product quality and generating added value.

Many grain lots have to be discarded because they have been attacked in part by insects, contaminated with mycotoxins or because they contain an unacceptable level of critical impurities (e.g. invasive alien species) or closely related species. Already popped popcorn maize, red coloured bran in white rice, sclerotinia in sunflowers or ergot in rye can destroy an entire field production if no adequate processing technology is available.

Bean weevils, ambrosia, cuscuta, deoxynivalenol or aflatoxin lead to post-harvest death if processing is inadequate. By contrast, investments in modern technologies are paying off.

F Hamid Alavi (World Bank) reports that small to medium scale village mills in South-East Asia achieve only 57 percent instead of the theoretical head rice recovery of 70-73 percent. As decisive reasons, he claims inadequate cleaning and calibration as well as insufficient maintenance of the machines. Traditional winnowing causes losses of around four percent of total field production, which according to FAO data (Ø 2012 - 2016) amounts to around 0.2 million tonnes of grain per year in Africa, Central America and South-East Asia alone. In Europe, an estimated one to two percent loss of good grain results in an annual loss of approximately 9500 tonnes within the precleaning process alone. This corresponds to 17 million one kg loaves of bread.

Hygiene begins with professional crop cleaning

It already starts with pre-cleaning as an essential step. A large proportion of dust, soil, stalks, chaff, impurities, and parts of heads, cobs or panicles are removed here.

From a grain trader’s perspective, the primary task of pre-cleaning is to waste as little sellable product as possible and

"The latest development in the area of crop hygiene comes from the Petkus R&D department, the Roeber Institut. The “HySeed bio” process consists of a technically sophisticated steam treatment of grains, which kills pathogens such as fungi or bacteria"

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to sort out as many impurities as necessary in order to sufficiently dry and store the grain afterwards.

Pre-cleaning significantly reduces storage losses.

Inhomogeneous material means inhomogeneous drying and moist spots in storage. If you clean improperly, you will be faced with waste later on.

In addition to capacity, it is important that cleaning is efficient and the loss of good grain is minimised.

Drum cleaners, screening machines or air screen cleaners are used for pre-cleaning.

Petkus Technologie GmbH in WuthaFarnroda, Thuringia, relies primarily on the linear oscillation principle for its screen Corn before HySeed treatment cleaners because this achieves a very precise cleaning performance.

In the linear oscillating system, the screens vibrate horizontally, meaning they carry out a linear oscillating movement driven by an eccentric shaft and unbalance motors. Operation is according to the ejection principle. As a result, the kernels are arranged parallel to the perforated sieve slots, improving flow and sorting accuracy.

Hygiene is achieved mechanically, aerodynamically and optically

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Indented cylinders, air screen cleaners and gravity tables are all classical mechanical and mechanical-aerodynamic cleaners.

They play a decisive role in grain processing. However, the juxtaposition of machines does not yet constitute a technology.

Foremost the proper machine selection, its configuration, feeding and bypass functions as well as the state of the art of the individual machines determine functionality, sorting quality and cost-effectiveness. “That’s why at Petkus engineering, technology and innovation go hand in hand,” emphasises Mark Scholze, CEO of Petkus Technologie GmbH. Practical examples have proven these points. A comparative analysis of the annual return on investment, where a conventional gravity table was compared with a Petkus G 40mid-ex, showed that after the use of the Gmid-ex technology, sales per ton of sorted seeds were around €80 higher than with the previously installed technology.

Using the same input lot with Petkus Gmid-ex, the proportion of sellable seeds increased by 18 percent compared to the conventional table due to its increased sorting efficiency and precision. It separated considerably more reliably into heavy and light material fractions. This represents a 12 percent increase in revenue per year.

In the Petkus test centre, an optimised sorting process for wheat contaminated with Fusarium was evaluated. Analysis of the raw material showed a DON content of 1.65 ppm. The maximum legal content of unprocessed cereals is 1.25 ppm.

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Thoren, Manager Research Department at ROEBER Institut GmbH. “Further processing by the ROEBER OS900, our optical sorter, resulted in a final DON content of less than 0.25 ppm.”

Hygiene without chemistry but active steam technology: HySeed bio

The latest development in the area of crop hygiene comes from the Petkus R&D department, the Roeber Institut. The “HySeed bio” process consists of a technically sophisticated steam treatment of grains, which kills pathogens such as fungi or bacteria. Chemistry is not used, only water and purely biological additives to enhance the effects. “The technology is in the final testing phase,” says Thoren. “Comprehensive laboratory scale tests with seed samples infected artificially, naturally and artificially in-field were more than promising.”

Laboratory infected wheat with Fusarium culmorum resulted in a reduction from 5900 initial colony-forming units (cfu) per grain to 0.2 cfu/grain. In maize, also infected with Fusarium culmorum, 8500 cfu/grain were reduced to 0.6 cfu/grain; in barley, only 0.4 cfu/grain of initially 25000 cfu/grain was detected after treatment. A sample of soybeans showed a natural infestation with Diaporthe phaseolorum of 27.5 percent. The infestation was reduced to 7.5 percent. Field infected wheat with Pseudomonas syringae pv. atrofaciens had 924 cfu/grain and after treatment 2.2 cfu/grain. “With the opportunities of the HySeed bio process, we may well be at the beginning of a truly novel technology for comprehensive hygiene management,” says Scholze.

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Mill brush manufacturers: A family legacy

illing and Grain conducted an interview with mill brush manufacturers, Filip GmbH. Recently the industry leading company has entered into its fourth generation of leaders from the same family. In this article we talk with Tatjana Filip and Mirko Filip, children of previous Director, Dieter Filip, Grandson of the founder Vinzenz Filip who spoke the now famous company motto, “It is always my aim to supply the best of the best.”

Could you tell us about your company’s history - how long has it been in your family?

Tatjana explains, “Our great-grandfather Vincenz Filip founded the company in 1919 in Zeitz (former GDR). Already then, he specialised in the production and sale of brushes, cleaners and brooms for mill needs.

“After the founding of the former GDR, the company had to move to West Germany for political reasons. Here Martin Filip, our grandfather, took over the business. He in turn passed the line on to our father Dieter Filip. He has led the company very successfully over the past 20 years, developed our top sellers and built FILIP into a global player. Now he has handed over the management to me and to my brother.”

“The aim of the company founder was already “to always deliver the best of the best”. This is what it says in its product catalog from 1923, which can be found in our company archive. We have maintained this claim over the years to this day,” she finishes.

Is your father Dieter Filip still regularly involved in business operations?

Mirko smiles and says, “Our father now enjoys his life as a pensioner, but he comes to visit us regularly in the office.

“He has largely withdrawn from the operational business, but is still available to my sister and me as a consultant and advises us in terms of product development and management. Dieter is wellconnected in the mill industry and has an incredible know-how with regard to sieve cleaning. He likes to pass on his extensive knowledge to us.”

He explains, “My sister and I are very proud that we can now continue the company in its fourth generation - competent, cooperative and always customer-oriented.”

How are the responsibilities shared?

“Tatjana handles order processing, purchasing and human resources. I am responsible for marketing, production, business development and product development,” Mirko starts.

He says, “Tatjana has been with the company for 25 years. I joined last year, having previously been responsible for marketing and business development in external companies.”

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Business card of Filip GmbH founder “Vinzenz Filip”, dated 1919

Tatjana takes the floor explaining, “We will move into our new company building in Gütersloh in the near future, which we are very proud of.

Fortunately, our company has grown strongly in recent years.”

She goes on, “We were able to win large mill groups as new customers, convince new distribution partners of our high quality products and significantly increase sales in the process. So we needed a lot more space.

Now we develop, produce and distribute our cleaners on a total of 2,000 square meters: sieve cleaning brushes, sieve cleaners with studs and pan cleaners. The new building symbolises our plans for the future: Growth!”

What makes your products really stand out?

“At FILIP, the topic of security is very important. For example, our sieve cleaning brush housings are made of polyurethane containing only substances that are considered safe and that are intended to come into direct contact with food. With our products we fulfill the corresponding FDA requirements and EU regulations. As our customers also attach great importance to safety, this product feature is extremely important to them,” Tatjana divulges.

“The materials processed by us are resistant even under extreme temperature and humidity conditions and protect the sieves from sticking.

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In addition, they are resistant to fats and enzymes,”she continues.

“FILIP takes into consideration the operational environment of the cleaners in the plansifters: the shape of our cleaners (typically triangular), the way the brushing material is arranged and the weight of the cleaner are aligned so that they clean the sieve cloth and base of the sieve to an optimum – while treating the frame of the sieve and the sieve cloth with care.”

What are you proud of creating in the time that you’ve managed FILIP?

Mirko, “In the recent past, the planning and execution of our new building took a lot of time. In addition, we are currently investing in international brand building. We revise our website, refresh our company logo and our claim and significantly expand our online presence.”

He continues, “We want to make even greater use of the Internet as a communication and sales channel. In addition, we are adapting our internal business processes even more closely to the digital age. All these things will bear fruit in the near future.

“In addition, we constantly develop our products and adapt them to the current requirements in the mills. Here we will soon be able to communicate exciting news.”

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How important is exporting to your business model?

What does the Filip brand stand for?

The name FILIP stands for a very efficient sieve cleaning, long service life of the products and an outstanding service worldwide.

We have focused on making cleaners for all standard types of plansifters - we do not do anything else and are therefore a proven specialist in this field. Our portfolio can be roughly divided into two areas: sieve cleaners for plansifters with and without back wire.

Tatjana, “Even though we are based in Germany, we generate a large part of our sales abroad. We sell our sieve cleaners worldwide - both directly at mill groups and at individual mills as well as through a very well-developed network of foreign representatives.”

She summarised, “In addition, we supply globally renowned mill construction companies as well as large manufacturers of sieve cloths and frames.”

What do you focus on to ensure you remain leaders in this sector?

“In communication, we rely heavily on the topic of “High Quality Made in Germany”. In our case, “quality” means very precisely: perfect workmanship, which leads to a long service life with efficient sieve cleaning - including the cleaning of the corners of the sieve. In the course of this, it is our goal to further expand our quality market leadership,” Mirko explains.

“We sensitise our target group to the fact that high quality sieve cleaners really pay off: Among other things, a high yield in the mill is only possible if excellent sieve cleaning prevails and no unnecessary machine downtimes result from repeated replacement of inferior cleaners.”

He points out, “For what use are cheap, but inferior cleaners that often need to be replaced or cleaners that break early and contaminate the sieved product?”

Your Germany location is important to your identity as a company – is this linked to the sense of family and tradition you hold in your company values?

“Indeed. With “Made in Germany” many of our customers associate a high standard of quality, reliability, tradition, safety and continuity. And these are exactly the values our family business stands for. Our customers can always rely on FILIP. And that for almost 100 years,” they agreed.

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by Robin Travis, Director of Renby Ltd, UK

enby Ltd is the UK’s leading provider of fogging systems, tubular drag conveyors and odour neutralisation.

With over 45 years’ worth of experience, Renby’s background is in heavy bulk materials handling and dust suppression in the quarry, recycling, food and minerals processing industries.

Manufacturing over the years has become a highly refined process. Whether you are producing complex computer technology or constructing simple equipment on a large scale, there are techniques and technology that have been developed to help improve the process. In this piece, bulk materials handling experts Renby Ltd outline 5 easy steps you can take to make your production or assembly line more efficient.

It is worth investing some time into evaluating your weaknesses so that you can accurately address them.

In single, large systems a failure at any point in the line can cause a production bottleneck and repercussions further down the line. Therefore, keeping a system running effectively requires a large amount of coordination between all the line’s parts.

1) Evaluate the line

This is often a common theme of highly productive manufacturing environments. Ensuring that many of your employees are trained or understand the basics of how other parts of the production line work can greatly improve your efficiency.

This does not mean that they must be experts in the highlyskilled areas of the factory; however, if there is an emergency or breakdown of the production line, having someone on site who can step in to keep the line moving is invaluable. This standardisation of your work can mean the time spend where the production line is not profitable is greatly reduced, resulting in possibly thousands of pounds being saved.

This should be your first port of call. Understanding how your production line currently works is necessary before you can start changing the way you work in any drastic way. Even the largest and most experienced manufacturers mismanage orders or processes from time to time. However, it is important to gain as much information on how your production line works and ask yourself some questions.

What areas are highly efficient?

Which areas are not?

How often do sections of the line break down?

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2) Visible work instructions

If your production line includes any human assembly or human interaction, printing out work instructions is a great quick win.

It may sound simple but many employers either disregard or forget to provide visual cues for their staff on a production line. It ensures that people who were not involved in the designing of the product can easily participate in assembly.

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Replacing manpower with a machine is not always the wisest choice. The automation must be effective for your production line to be efficient. As an employer you want a return on investment, therefore you need to make sure each machine doesn’t need constant supervision or maintenance. This will free your staff up to perform value-adding work that cannot be carried out by a machine.

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sound investment to deliver longterm, lasting efficiency from your employees.

It is important to help your team solve problems, answer their questions, share your expertise and motivate them to deliver exceptional results.

Your mission as an employer is to help them fully harness their skills, abilities and potential.

Final thoughts

Ultimately, your goal is to create a habit of actively seeking out small wins that add up over time. Incremental gains that will make your production line more efficient.

It is worth remembering that before you make any of these changes ask yourself how much a solution is going to cost you.

For example, a new multimillion-pound piece of machinery might improve your production line’s efficiency, but could the problem be solved by a cheaper alternative? Is this increased efficiency giving you enough ROI? Don’t use precious capital until you’re forced to and make sure your actions are real and deliverable.

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treamlining the spare and wear parts processing has just been made easier: The myBühler portal provides on-demand access to details of Bühler machines and their relevant parts, together with a fast and simple process for ordering online – anywhere and anytime.

Allied Mills has flourmills in Tilbury, Manchester and Belfast (UK), supplying group bakeries throughout the country and supporting household bread brands such as Kingsmill, Sunblest, Burgen and Allinson.

Bühler and Allied Mills have enjoyed a long partnership, which began half a century ago.

The collaboration has always been forward-looking, so it came as no surprise that AlliedMills was willing to be one of the initial customers worldwide to agree to implement and test the new myBühler portal, which was launched at the beginning of 2016, after one year of intensive development.

Simplifies workload

As the impact of the Internet on everyday life increases constantly and 24/7 access to information becomes the new standard, we at Bühler also strive to provide our customers with up-to-date information and services at anytime and from anywhere (Image 1).

The new portal offers customers easy access to all details of their machines and parts, including documents such as user manuals and spare parts catalogs. myBühler provides its users with an overview of their Bühler equipment and makes it easy to find the parts they are looking for. In addition, the purchasing process is streamlined thanks to direct access to pricing and material information and the ability to directly generate quotations and orders online.

Spare parts order process made easy

Image 1: myBühler is an intuitive tool for easy online spare and wear parts ordering, providing customers on-demand access to details of their Bühler equipment and relevant parts

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In Tilbury, Allied Mills has about 900 machines installed, containing approx. 45,000 parts. In 2017, over 95 percent of the wear and spare parts orders were placed, and 70 percent were a direct order, without a previous quotation, which speeds up business significantly.

Mark Lind, Senior Engineer at Allied Mills, explains, “Before myBühler, our ordering process could be quite time-consuming,

especially when we had to search for the part number. myBühler was very useful: There is nothing in between, it’s end-to-end, everything is right there. The system lists your machines and tells you immediately the spare parts that are available for this specific machine, including 360º images of parts, as well as terms of delivery and price. Also, it is really accurate and reliable – there was not one wrong delivery so far.” (Image 2)

Additional tool, not a replacement

Mark Lind notes that he would miss the personal contact if he were only ordering online. However, with myBühler customers have both options: Quick online ordering anytime and anywhere, or picking up the phone and chatting to someone at Bühler.

“Initially, I was concerned that we would lose touch with our contacts at Bühler, but discovered soon that this was meant as an additional communication tool – giving us the choice to use either, or a combination of both.”

Nowadays, about 1000 customers already use myBühler.

Understandably, it is still a work in progress, but it is a work that goes hand in hand with the users, supporting each other on this learning path. Working closely with its customers is very important for Bühler, since valuable customer feedback can make this portal better.

Short and sweet – from installation to operation

Mark Lind is quick to state that only very little training was needed for the new portal. Navigation is straightforward and intuitive. The start page shows different menus, from where you can navigate to your machines and parts, your previous quotations and orders, your templates, or your calendar. The

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Image 2: By using myBühler on a smartphone, a lot of time can be saved – no more running back and forth between the mill an the workshop; ordering can be done location and time independent

portal is completely individual: from past quotations and deliveries to agreements, everything is specific to each customer.

Customers can just order right away, as they need it – and ordering only takes about five minutes. The tool provides insight into pricing and procedures upfront, e.g. showing information about various possible shipping methods, which allows the customer to choose the right shipment, based on his timeframe and cost range.

Also, the installation time for this tool is quite short: It will vary depending on the age of the plant, the number of machines and the location, but typically it takes around two to three days, it is free of charge.

Newest addition: QR codes

Bühler is constantly working on improving the portal. A large number of images have been uploaded already, and more will be added continually. Allied Mill confirms that pictures help

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Image 4: Mark Lind would wholeheartedly recommend myBühler – because it works.

Image 3: With myBühler, ordering is quick and easy: Customers just scan the QR code instead of searching for and filling in the part’s number manually

tremendously during the ordering process. Also, the system is comprehensive; Allied Mills never missed the listing of any of their machines, for example. Furthermore, Bühler also plans to add a separate page, with the parts ordered most recently, or with the total figure showing how much was spent in a month or year, amongst other things.

All spare parts have a QR code, so you can simply scan instead of having to type it in. (Image 3) Brad Hurr, Mechanical Maintenance Engineer at Allied Mills, is impressed with myBühler, “I am not the type of person who always wants to talk to people on the phone. So having the option to process my order using the portal suits me perfectly.

Also, the QR codes are really useful - they make everything much easier and faster.”

Another recently added feature is the storing of customised templates, or the possibility of using a shopping list: Let’s say Brian needs two screens, Daniel lacks 50 filter socks, and Steven wants to order ten bearings. So, at the end of the week, this shopping list goes into the cart. If the order isn’t urgent, several different people or departments can combine their orders, which will reduce the delivery costs.

Benefits at a glance: • • • •

Online overview of all Bühler equipment Fast identification of parts and part numbers Simple and time-saving ordering process High accuracy: Getting the right part on time, with zero error rate • On-demand access at any time, on any device, and from anywhere Conclusion: Streamlines your purchasing process and reduces downtime in the end

Would Mark Lind recommend the software?

“Yes, I would totally recommend myBühler to anyone. It definitely makes doing business with Bühler easier and speeds up the process of placing orders. It not only saves time, but also money. There is less room for error: We get the right part, right on time, every time. The portal benefits us 100 percent both short-term and long-term.” Image 4

The world of myBühler is waiting for you

If you are interested in learning more or setting up the tool at your plant, please get in touch with the nearest Bühler office, or contact customer.care@mybuhler.com

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Intuitive overview at a glance: myBühler’s start page. Menus and features:

• myMachines (overview of all Bühler machines in your plant, incl. various information and QR codes) • myParts (browse for all specific spare and wear parts required for your machines, incl. pictures and 360 degree view. The parts number is readily available and you can place your order directly.

• myOrders (overview of your quotation and orders. You can also check the progress and status of your order.

• myTemplates (you can create an individual shopping list for parts that you order periodically) • myCalendar (plan maintenance jobs and deliveries) • myServices (overview of services, such as retrofits, consulting and repairs) • myAccount (manage your settings and administrate users within your company) • Additionally, myBühler stores user manuals, spare part catalogs and more

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Allergenic grains can also be separated thanks to SEA CHROMEX technology and the combination of ultimate RGB Full-Colour with InGaAs and NIR technologies. In gluten-free applications, as in any other grain cleaning process, it is very important to obtain a highly concentrated reject. This is why CIMBRIA has focused on and developed a very precise ejection system that provides the highest reject concentration.

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WORLD FEED & GRAIN MARKET REVIEW A focus on India: The agricultural and livestock markets

Intro Zasha Whiteway-Wilkinson, Production Editor, Milling and Grain

Promoting financial inclusiveness and supporting infrastructure investments are two of the most impactful aspects that the livestock sector in India had long been waiting for.

Mr B Soundararajan, Chairman of CLFMA of India explained, “These two are going to be the game-changers in the next few years for further strengthening our competitiveness.”

This month’s commodities feature will be focusing on the Indian agricultural and livestock markets.

It will feature a release from; The Compound Livestock Feed Manufacturers Association of India, based in Mumbai, as well as segments taken from the “IIMB Management Review”, volume 27, Issue 2, June 2016, pages 118-128.

Formed in June 1967 as The Compound Livestock Feed Manufacturers Association, CLFMA now has around 233 members, including all sectors of the livestock industry. CLFMA OF INDIA is recognised not only by livestock farmers, Central and State Governments, Government Departments, Agricultural Universities, Veterinary Colleges and National Research Institutes in the country, but also by related sectors outside the country.

The organisation is the sole, all-India representative of manufacturers of nutritionally balanced and scientifically compounded feed for cattle, poultry, fish, prawns etc., manufacturers and suppliers of feed supplements and raw materials, feed plants and machinery and other service providers business associated with the livestock industry.

The IIMB Management Review (IMR), is produced and hosted by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of the IMR. The website describes the review, “It is a quarterly journal brought out by the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. Addressed to management practitioners, researchers and academics, IMR aims to engage rigorously with practices, concepts and ideas in the field of management, with an emphasis on providing managerial insights, in a reader friendly format.”

It continues, “To this end IMR invites manuscripts that provide novel managerial insights in any of the core business functions. The manuscript should be rigorous, that is, the findings should be supported by either empirical data or a well-justified theoretical model, and well written. While these two requirements are necessary for acceptance, they do not guarantee acceptance. The sole criterion for publication is contribution to the extant management literature. Although all manuscripts are welcome, our special emphasis is on papers that focus on emerging economies throughout the world. Such papers may either improve our understanding of markets in such economies through novel analyses or build models by taking into account the special characteristics of such economies to provide guidance to managers.”

Specifics include, “Full-length research articles (up to 8,000 words) on all the business functions, aspects of policy and management pedagogy form the core of the journal; at present focussed discussion and interview papers, and book reviews are also featured.”

The description was summarised, “IMR is a peer-reviewed journal and follows a ‘double blind’ review process. All papers submitted to IMR go through a preliminary review at the editorial desk and those considered appropriate are sent to an Associate Editor. On the recommendation of the Associate Editor, the article may be rejected or assigned to two reviewers from the editorial board.”

Part one: Financial inclusion and infrastructure: Two big game-changers for India’s livestock sector A report by CLFMA, Compound Livestock Feed Manufacturers India Promoting financial inclusiveness and supporting infrastructure investments are two of the most impactful aspects that the livestock sector in India had long been waiting for.

Mr B Soundararajan, Chairman of CLFMA of India explained, “These two are going to be the game-changers in the next few years for further strengthening our competitiveness.”

In the recent Union Budget 2018 – 19, the Finance Minister announced several proactive initiatives including extension of Kisan Credit Card (KCC) to livestock farmers and also setting up of an Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF).

The animal husbandry sector, which includes poultry, dairy, aquaculture and other livestock, contributes more than a fourth of the Agricultural GDP of the country. Despite the uncertainty in growth in agriculture, which is predominantly dependent on rainfall, share of livestock in the GVA (Gross Value Added) in agriculture actually rose from 22 percent in 2011-12 to 26 percent in 201516.

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Mr Soundararajan commented, “There would be several multidimensional positive impacts of growing the share to 40 percent over the next four to five years in terms of overall economic growth, poverty reduction, improving food and nutritional security and also mitigating malnutrition by enhancing affordability of protein to the consumers.”

As well-documented and acknowledged by eminent social scientists and economists, livestock act as ‘insurance’ for the farmers and save them from taking extreme decisions during difficult times. This stands to prove beyond doubt the critical role livestock industry plays in doubling the farmers’ incomes that it is one of the most impactful means to improve profits of the farmers and most importantly, sustain the growth in future.

KCC will enhance overall financial inclusiveness particularly, the small and marginal farmers who are more vulnerable to distress of multiple kinds. It will help livestock farmers secure finance from formal sources and also save them from exploitation by unscrupulous players.

MR Soundararajan further added, “CLFMA applauds the Government for taking such proactive initiatives and announcing the scheme to build much-needed infrastructure that will take the livestock industry to the next level of growth.”

He continued, “Availability of funding is a crucial factor in a farmer’s life since he has everything at stake. CLFMA welcomes a scheme that is efficient and ensures meeting a farmer’s financial needs for building his or her farm infrastructure at the right time

when he or she needs. Hence we suggest NABARD would be the best way to simplify implementation and administration of the scheme in coordination with the commercial banks that already have wider and deeper reach.”

CLFMA is completely in favour of supporting the most vulnerable sections – small and marginal farmers – to lift them out of distress and potential crises. Hence, we suggest the scheme to have wider reach to as many numbers of such farmers as possible. It is suggested that the subsidy amount may be up to Rs. 5 Lakh or 50 percent of the total project cost. This will not only ensure the most needed ones are served and also has wider reach and greater impact socially and economically.

Further, he opined, “As the livestock farmers are served by an array of input provides such as feed mills, hatcheries, breeder farms, machinery suppliers, processing plants etc., it is important to consider these sub-sectors also to create a holistic and more sustainable socio-economic impact of the fund.”

With appropriate policy support, this will be a great booster to the players involved in the industry to expand their existing capacities as well as attract new investments significantly.

Mr Soundararajan summarised, “Ultimately, the farmers are going to reap the benefits that inputs will become more affordable; wastage in supply chain gets reduced significantly; and farmers’ net incomes will rise as their output volumes and quality are improved. Further, this will pave way for mechanisation and result in improving productivity in agriculture

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and allied sectors, perhaps the most important need for the country currently.”

Part two: Indian agricultural commodity derivatives market From the report written by; Prabina Rajib, Vinod Gupta School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India Full report found: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/ pii/S0970389615000154 To keep this focus of a palatable size, one of the main focuses of the original report has been omitted – but can be found at the above link. This publication discusses the bones of the Indian agricultural commodity derivatives market, and utmost care has been taken to ensure the message behind the original has not been changed.

The abstract begins, “Though the agricultural sector contributes significantly to the Indian economy, it faces several bottlenecks, one of those being the antiquated laws governing agricultural marketing and price discovery, leading to low price realisation

by Indian farmers. In India, six national level exchanges offer commodity derivatives contracts on commodities, with some having electronic spot exchanges to facilitate spot trading of commodities.”

Indian agricultural market The report breaks down the importance of the agricultural market in India and what makes it specifically stand out globally, “India’s agricultural production has improved significantly since independence. India is now a major producer of many agricultural commodities, fruits, and vegetables.

“According to the Ministry of Agriculture annual report (2013–2014), India ranks within top two global producers of rice, wheat, sugarcane, cashew nut, pepper, cotton, jute, spices, potato, tomato, and tea. As per the Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries annual report (2013–2014), India is also the world leader in milk production and ranks third in egg production.”

It continues, “Agriculture contributes to the Indian economy in many significant ways. It provides employment to around 51 percent of the total population. Data provided by the Planning Commission of India indicates that in 2013, agriculture contributed 14 percent of the total GDP, and agricultural exports accounted for 11 percent of the total exports from India.

“According to the Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (Apeda, 2013) report, total export of agricultural commodities and value-added products stood at USD 37,029 million in 2012–13, which grew at 13.6 percent over the previous year. This report also mentioned companies such as Dabur, Godrej, ITC, Parle, Amul, Haldiram, Marico, Alok Industries, Nestle, Cargill, Pepsico, and Danone as major agro exporting companies from India,” she ended.

Moving on she discussed, “Discussing current weaknesses the report explains, “In spite of its significant contributions to the Indian economy, Indian agriculture suffers from several weaknesses. India’s agricultural yield is among the lowest in the world. Timely arrival of monsoon and the quantum and distribution of rainfall are crucial for farm output, as almost 55

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percent of the area under cultivation depends on rain.

“Even areas with irrigation facility are under severe strain as overuse of groundwater has led to fall in groundwater level.

Every year India loses huge amounts of agri-produce due to lack of adequate warehousing and cold storage facilities. Answering a Right to Information (RTI) query in 2013, the Food Corporation of India (FCI), which procures majority of wheat and rice produced in India, reported that as much as 194, 502 tonnes of food grain was wasted during 2005–2013 due to inadequate storage facility (The Economic Times, 2014),” the report summarises.

Warehouse facilities for agricultural commodities in India Storage is of course absolutely vital no matter where in the world your marketing grains and produce, but here the author links specifically how we can break down India’s storage capabilities in relation to market productivity.

It begins, “Availability of warehousing is not only crucial for storage of food grains, but it also provides an opportunity for farmers to get higher price realisation. Lack of adequate warehousing facilities forces farmers to sell during harvest period at low prices. According to a Planning Commission report (2011), the total warehousing capacity in India is about 108.75 million tonnes.”

She continues, “During 2010–11, the total food grains and pulses production stood at 244.49 million tonnes (Reserve Bank of India Statistics2). Even if one were to consider that the total production of food grains and pulses is spread over the Kharif and Rabi seasons, and discounting any storage requirements for fruits and vegetables, there is a gross shortfall in total warehousing capacity.

“To increase warehousing capacity, the Government of India (GoI) introduced the Warehousing (Development & Regulation) Act 2007 and set up the Warehousing Development & Regulatory

Figure 1: Wheat (FAQ) spot price (INR/1000 kg). Data Source: Bloomberg Figure 2: Spot prices of soyabean seed, meal and oil. Data Source: Bloomberg (Soyabean Seed: Ex-Mandi Price at Indore, Soyaoil: India Solvent Extracted Soyabean Oil Price at Indore, Soyameal: Indore Soyameal (FAQ))

Authority (WDRA) in 2010. The GoI also made warehouse receipts negotiable in 2011, under which, ownership of warehouse receipts can be transferred between buyers and sellers without physically transferring the underlying goods. This reduces handling costs by eliminating avoidable additional transportation.

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receipts (NRWs) for 115 agri-commodities and 26 horticulture commodities.”

Summarising the point she elaborates, “In the 2013–14 budget, the GoI allocated INR 5000 crores to the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) for providing loans to companies as well as to individual entrepreneurs for augmenting warehousing, cold storage, and cold chain infrastructure. Recently some private players such as National Bulk Handling Corporation, Star Agriwarehousing and Collateral Management Limited, and Guru Warehousing Corporation have started creating new warehouses. Notwithstanding these positive developments, availability of adequate warehousing facilities continues to be a bottleneck.”

Spot market for agricultural commodities and agricultural produce market committees (APMCs) (Figure 1) “Physical trading of agricultural commodities in India falls under the jurisdiction of the state governments. Each state has its own Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) Act to regulate physical trading of commodities. The APMC Act requires buyers and sellers to assemble at designated places known as regulated market yards. Each regulated market yard is governed by a market committee, which is expected to facilitate competitive price discovery for farmers,” the report begins a new depiction of the spot and produce market committees.

Breaking it down the report says, “Once a state government declares a particular area to be part of a market committee, all wholesale trading in that area has to be undertaken at the designated regulated market yard only.

“However, this system has several lacunae. It is widely believed that most of the market committees have failed to provide a competitive platform to farmers and to develop the necessary physical infrastructure to ensure smooth trading. Farmers often have to travel long distances to bring their produce to the regulated market yards, and during peak season, wait for days to sell their produce. A scientific system of grading is wanting and farmers find that they are not compensated for better quality produce. Weighing is done manually and the farmers’ produce is often underweighed.

Even after selling their produce, farmers have to make frequent trips to the yards to collect their dues,” it continues.

Moving on the author writes, “On account of the APMC Act, farmers cannot sell directly to ultimate buyers such as processors, exporters and retailers, and hence sell their produce to traders or local aggregators. Processors, exporters, and retailers in turn buy from local aggregators.

“This increases the number of intermediaries and leads to higher costs. Besides these non-value-adding transaction costs, there is a lack of standardisation across the regulated market yards, in terms of quality or other costs. Different state governments levy different taxes on transactions carried out at these market yards.

As a result, the spot prices prevailing at these markets vary widely for a commodity. For example, the spot price of “fair average quality (FAQ)” wheat at four different markets can vary up to INR 850 per tonne on a given day,” it clarifies.

Basics of futures, options, and spread contracts (Table 2) Commodity exchanges around the world offer futures, options, and spread contracts. The different dimensions of these contracts are briefly discussed in this section of the report.

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Table 1: Warehouse storage capacities (2010–11). Data Source: Planning Commission of India Report (2011) titled “Report of Working Group on Warehousing Development & Regulation for the Twelfth Plan Period (2012–2017)”.

Table 2: Positions taken by long call and long put option holders.

Source:Rajib P. (2014), Commodity Derivatives & Risk Management (1st ed.), PHI Learning Publications.

It starts, “In a futures contract, a long/short futures position holder agrees to buy/sell a standardised commodity at a fixed price to be delivered at a specific location at a future date. Exchanges achieve standardisation by specifying parameters such as contract maturity date, trading and delivery lot size, delivery centres, delivery norms related to packaging, labelling, crop year, and detailed quality parameters.”

Explaining further the report says, “Exchange traded commodity options have futures contracts as underlying and not the actual commodity. These option contracts give the buyers the option to take futures position at contract expiry date at the option exercise price (Table 2).”

“In commodity-spread contracts, traders simultaneously enter into buy and sell futures contracts. For example, in soyabean crush spread, traders simultaneously buy and sell futures contracts related to soyabean as well as soyaoil and soyameal contracts.,” it summarises.

Commodity derivative exchanges and commodity futures trading in India The report says, “The Indian commodity derivatives market has a long history. India had around 300 commodity exchanges during the 1940s.Till 1952, trading in these exchanges was not regulated by a standard policy or a market regulator “After independence, the GoI formulated the Forward Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1952 and set up the Forward Market Commission (FMC) in 1953 to act as the regulator. In 1966, the GoI imposed a comprehensive ban on futures trading in an effort

to control price volatility. The Forward Market Commission as the regulator formulates rules and regulations to regulate the commodity derivatives market. At different points of time, the FMC has banned futures trading in tur and urad (pulses), rice, wheat, sugar, potato, guar seeds and guar gum, as it was widely perceived that futures trading in these commodities increased their spot price volatility.

“Participation of hedgers in the commodity derivatives market is important as hedgers’ presence in the underlying physical market links physical market fundamentals to the futures market. Without hedgers’ participation, futures prices may deviate significantly from commodity fundamentals. Though the hedgers’ participation is of immense importance, hedgers can hedge only when there are speculators who are willing to take counterparty positions.”

Soyabean, soyaoil and soyameal market in India (Figure 2) Discussing soy products the report describes the business behind the massively exported bean, “Soyabean is considered the most important oilseed produced globally and soyabean production constitutes around 55%–58% of total production of all types of oilseeds (MCX global soybean scenario, 2015).

Soyabean seeds are crushed to extract crude soyaoil. Crude soyaoil is processed further to produce refined soyaoil. In the process of extraction, defatted cake or soyameal is generated.”

It continues, “Though India is one of the largest producers of soyabean, it imports soyaoil to satisfy its edible oil requirements.

In India, soyameal is primarily used as an ingredient in animal feed and is also exported.”

The report describes the “crush margin” and depicts it as an important parameter, “Which many companies consider in deciding whether they should sell soyabean or crush soyabean to sell soyaoil and soyameal. The crush margin is calculated as follows: crush margin = price of soyaoil + price of soyameal – {price of soyabean + crushing cost of soyabean + refining cost of crude soyaoil}.”

It goes on, “On crushing and refining of extracted solvent, soyabean yields about 18 percent refined soyaoil while the rest (82%) constitutes soyameal. If the crush margin is positive, crushing and selling soyaoil and soyameal is beneficial, while with a negative crush margin a crusher would be better off selling soyabean.

“Every year the GoI announces minimum support price (MSP) for soyabean. This, along with a host of factors, determines domestic soya complex prices. Soya complex prices usually remain volatile, as many factors including global production of soyabean, demand for soyaoil and soyameal, price of other edible oil substitutes such as palm oil, sunflower oil, price of biofuels, and minimum support price (MSP) declared by the GoI influence the complex.”

The summarised report ends, “The annualised return volatility of soyabean, soyaoil, and soyameal spot prices in India during 2009–2014 are 30.6 percent, 18.3 percent, and 24.4 percent respectively (Figure 2).”

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09 – 12/04/18 - International Sorghum Conference 2018 South Africa WEB: www.21centurysorghum.com 09 – 13/04/18 - 122nd IAOM Annual Conference& Expo USA WEB: www.iaom.info 19 – 21/04/18 - Livestock Asia 2018 Malaysia WEB: www.livestockasia.com 23 – 26/04/18 - Asian-Pacific Aquaculture 2018 Taiwan WEB: www.was.org 26 – 29/04/18 - TUYEM 12th International Feed Congress and Exhibition Turkey WEB: http://www.yem.org.tr

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Jack Welch to take the stage at ONE: The Alltech Ideas Conference Jack Welch, one of the world’s most respected CEOs, will share his groundbreaking management practices with the attendees of ONE: The Alltech Ideas Conference (ONE18). The celebrated former CEO of General Electric is highly regarded for his track record of success and his commitment to building leaders and teams.

Named as one of the “100 Greatest Living Business Minds” by Forbes magazine in 2017, Welch has been called “The CEO of CEOs.” He began his career with the General Electric Company in 1960 and in 1981 became the company’s eighth chairman and CEO. During his 20-year tenure as CEO, the company’s market capitalisation rose from US$13 billion to over US$400 billion.

In 2000, he was named “Manager of the Century” by Fortune magazine. Today he serves as executive chairman of the Jack Welch Management Institute.

Also featured on ONE18’s main stage will be Professor Robert Wolcott and Dr Rodolphe Barrangou.

Professor Wolcott is clinical professor of innovation and entrepreneurship at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He won Teacher of the Year from Kellogg’s EMBA program in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2017. He is also a managing partner with Clareo, a foresight and growth strategy consultancy serving global corporations.

The author of “Grow from Within: Mastering Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation,” Professor Wolcott is a regular contributor to Forbes on the impact of technology on business, society and humanity. His work appears in MIT Sloan Management Review, strategy+business, the Harvard Business Review (online), the Wall Street Journal, Advertising Age, Businessweek, the Financial Times (European Edition), The New York Times and numerous overseas publications.

Wolcott is an angel investor, and he currently serves on advisory boards for ZF, a US$40 billion German automotive supplier, and H-Farm, the leading technology ecosystem in Italy.

Barrangou is the T. R. Klaenhammer Distinguished Scholar in Probiotics Research

in the Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences at North Carolina State University, where his work focuses on the evolution and function of CRISPRCas systems and their applications in food manufacturing.

Recently, he received the 2016 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize, the 2016 Canada Gairdner International Award, the 2017 NAS Award in Molecular Biology and the 2018 NAS Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences. He is also the former chairman of the board of directors of Caribou Biosciences, a co-founder and member of the scientific advisory board of Intellia Therapeutics, and a co-founder and chairman of the scientific advisory board of Locus Biosciences.

Prior to his position at North Carolina State University, Barrangou spent almost a decade at Danisco and DuPont working on research and development as well as mergers and acquisitions in the food industry.

Aidan Connolly, Vice President of corporate accounts and Chief Innovation Officer at Alltech, commented, “This is the most impressive line-up of mainstage speakers that we have ever had. If you are ready for ideas that could fundamentally change your business, ONE18 in Kentucky is the only place to be this May.” The transformative power of ideas is the underlying focus of over 50 topics slated for discussion at ONE18. 12 sessions, covering all major agriculture sectors, as well as brewing and distilling, business, and health and wellness, will set the stage for an epic exchange of ideas between thought leaders and knowledge seekers.

Held May 20–22, 2018, in Lexington, Kentucky, Alltech’s conference has become known as a nexus of global agriculture.

The event, now in its 34th year, draws 4,000 people from more than 70 countries.

Register before March 31, 2018 for savings of US$400.

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Asia’s largest feed and grain event Your global marketplace – an international event in an international city being held in a country with large home markets What’s on show at VICTAM Asia 2018?

• Feed production technology • Packaging • Energy efficiency • Auxiliary equipment What’s on show at FIAAP Asia 2018?

• Ingredients • Additives • Formulation • Laboratory equipment • Quality control What’s on show at GRAPAS Asia 2018?

• Rice milling and sorting technology • Flour milling technology • Flakers, extruders • Grain processing systems • Additives Industry conferences • The FIAAP Asia Animal Nutrition Conference 2018 • Petfood Forum Asia 2018 • Aquafeed Horizons Asia 2018 • Proagrica Feed Efficiency Conference Asia 2018 • GRAPAS & Global Milling Conference Asia 2018 • GMP+ Seminar

Supported by • The Feedstuff Users Promotion Association • Thai Feed Mill Association • The Animal Husbandry Association of Thailand • Animal Health Products Association • Department of Fisheries • Ministry of Industry • The Thai Chamber of Commerce • Thailand Convention and 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 Please visit our website: www.victam-asia.com See us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+ or scan the QR code

Where the world’s feed, meat and poultry industries meet

ATLANTA A report by Roger Gilbert, Publisher, Milling and Grain

W

hat does the USA’s Super Bowl and the IPPE have in common? They both share similar dates in the annual calendar. Not a problem you’d think, that is until they both turn up in the same town!

In 2019, both events will converge on Atlanta, Georgia in the first week of February. And there is only one winner in this clash of titans and the IPPE, despite being among the top 30 trade exhibitions in the USA and the largest animal feed, meat and poultry industry event of its kind globally, has had to acquiesce and accept a push back in dates to February 12-14, 2019.

Super Bowl LIII, (the 53rd) and the 49th modern-era National Football League (NFL) championship game, will decide its league champion for the 2018 NFL season in Atlanta. The game will be played on Sunday, February 3, 2019, in the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium, which is right next to the Georgia World Congress Centre that will use all three major halls to accommodate the 2019 IPPE event 10 days later.

“They had a little more clout than we did, and they will move in in this week and take over the

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Significant growth

IPPE, the International Production and Processing Exposition, continues its growth trajectory to meet the needs of attendees as well as exhibitors. Over the past six years, since the Expo’s three sponsors - the US Poultry and Egg Association, American Feed Industry Association and North American Meat Institute - came together, the show has grown significantly in size and attendance, says Mr Morris.

As a reflection of this growth, in 2019, IPPE will be expanding the show floor to all three halls - A, B and C - of the Georgia World Congress Center.

“We had 159 exhibitors on our ‘wait’ list that we could not place this year,” he adds.

This will allow IPPE to accommodate increased demand for new and existing exhibitors for additional space as well as allow for more networking opportunities and engaging events on the show floor.

“We’ve had a really good show this year - we have had exhibitors tell us they’ve had the best show in five years. There were over 30,000 visitors, which was at the pace we achieved last year and the weather was good to us and the transportation got our visitors to and from the show floor efficiently,” he adds.

Asked what was different about this year’s event, Mr Morris said visitors responded well the southern hospitality offered. And that southern hospitality was in clear evidence from staff through to security personnel being particularly welcoming to visitors.

“When we survey our attendees they tell us they like the southern hospitality and we have to make sure we show it. We want to be open we want to be friendly and let them coma and enjoy not only the expo but also their experience in Atlanta,” he told Milling and Grain on the last day.

The numbers

The breakdown of visitor and show numbers indicate that this year’s event attracted 30,678 visitors to the 1218 exhibitors showcasing the latest feed, meat and poultry processing technologies over more than 521,000 square feet of exhibition space.

IPPE is the world’s largest annual feed, meat and poultry industry event of its kind and is among the top 30 largest trade shows within the USA. “This year’s event attracted just over 7000 international exhibitors from 124 countries, of which 1759 came from Canada,” says Mr Morris.

This was helped with a weeklong schedule of educational programs that complemented what was available on the exhibition floor. In total there were 140 hours of sessions ranging from a conference on preventing and responding to foreign material contamination, a program on feed production education, to biosecurity for poultry and egg laying operations.

“We are planning to expand our Spanish language to two half-day sessions with a reception and a cultural theme and we’re also going to raise money for research to be done in the Latin American market and partner with the ALA – the Latin American Congress – and we meet with them and will move forward with that next year.”

The future role of the IPPE

When asked if the IPPE will play an increasingly important role in encouraging the uptake of production technology in countries outside the USA, Mr Morris responded positively.

“IPPE represents over 140 countries among its exhibitor base and over 7000 foreign visitors attend.

“Most of these foreign attendees are coming from Mexico and Latin American countries, but we’re seeing growth in all areas which is good as it confirms we are truly an international production and processing show.”

He pointed to a gentleman from Nigeria who had told him earlier that he was “so excited to be here” as an example of the positive response foreign visitors had to the largest display of processing technology from raw material and feed processing through to meat processing and packaging.

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Global Reach - attracting more than 7000 International visitors from 120-plus countries, and Networking - meeting new and rekindling old relationships with leaders across the industries.

The 2019 IPPE will bring together more than 1200 exhibitors and 30,000 visitors in Atlanta, Ga. With the Super Bowl coming to Atlanta in 2019, the IPPE show dates have been moved to February 12-14, 2019.

Mark your calendar to note this change from January to February for the 2019 IPPE trade show only, adds Mr Morris.

Roger Gilbert and Nathan Morris

BANGKOK 2018 Tuesday March 27, 2018

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the interview

Martin Savage, Trade Policy Manager, nabim

Martin Savage, worked with nabim for 11 years where he managed all aspects of policy and influencing functions on issues ranging from plant breeding, wheat production, technical and research issues, food safety and trade. nabim is the trade association representing the UK and Ireland flour-milling sector, which is a significant processor of wheat. He lives in West Berkshire, United Kingdom.

Could you tell me a bit about your career history?

What got you involved in not only flour milling but nabim too?

I spent 20 years at ADAS [a UK environmental consulting agency] in various roles starting as an entomologist and ending up working at headquarters. Then I was selfemployed for a short time doing short-term contracts with various clients including the food and agriculture section of the East of England Development Agency. Next, I spent four years working with the Crop Protection Association and then the last 11 years with nabim, so I’ve had a fair bit of food and agriculture experience over the years.

What do you think are the main challenges flour millers will face over the next five years?

Everyone’s asking that question. At one level we’ve got Brexit and none of us know what that’s going to mean—especially in terms of trading. Another challenge is our reliance upon our external wheat supply. And then Mister Michael Gove (UK Secretary of State for Department of Food, Agriculture and Rural Affairs - DEFRA) in the command paper has emphasisedemphasised a focus upon the environment— perhaps over food production. Obviously, if the European Union (EU) single area payments are removed, the whole farming industry could look very different in a few years, and they are our suppliers. (Although it’s too early to predict what may happen). And of course, millers are going to be faced with many of the same issues. The good news is that our population is growing and will always need food and bread. Perhaps we will have to modify our diet if foods that were easily imported before become restricted due to trade barriers, or even currency issues. We currently enjoy a diversified diet and eat lots of different things such as pizzas and tacos and wraps, but they are still wheat and bread related, so the outlook for our industry is still positive, it’s just the uncertainty of the supply chains.

Food safety is very important in this industry – how do you think we can maintain food safety in an economical manner?

Food safety is central to the food industry and I don’t see that changing. We have our own food safety agency and I don’t see standards being changed at all. If the EU changes any regulation, certainly in the transition period, we’re going to follow suit and will probably always shadow them for two reasons: First, if we want to export anything to Europe we’re going to have to meet their standards; Second, what the government would tell its people: okay you were used to this standard but we’re going to have to lower it. It would not make for an appealing message.

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What makes nabim so important to the milling industry? And how can we make sure it stays a first point of contact for people to seek information regarding flour and milling?

The biggest thing is our representation. We represent more than 99 percent of UK production and there’s only one company who’s not a member. We speak with a united voice because our members are so committed and volunteer to work on many committees. We’re lucky that all wheat varieties are classified using nabim’s own system, which immediately gets us in front of farmers and millers and others in the supply chain. We might be a small organisation, but we have a loud and balanced voice.

Now that you’re retiring, do you plan to stay active in the industry?

It depends on what offers come my way! (laughs). I don’t plan on working full time, but it depends on what opportunities come along.

Who is going to replace you at nabim?

The latest I’ve heard is that I won’t be replaced until the autumn, so there will be a bit of a gap – it depends on the recruiting process.

What advice would you give to the person who may be taking over your previous roles at nabim?

My advice would be to build strong links throughout the whole supply chain. The links I’ve built have come from research – because research is absolutely fundamental to our future – through the farming community, to official UK bodies like the food standards agency DEFRA, the Cereal Liaison Group, the Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board’s (AHDB) Research and Knowledge Exchange Committee, and the various industry trade associations.

We are very much a united processor force, which gives us strength and authority when we serve on any body on any industry subject.

PEOPLE THE INDUSTRY FACES Features Editor of Milling and Grain magazine

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aughn Entwistle has joined the team at Perendale Publishers as the new Features Editor.

Vaughn has a Master’s Degree in English and has lived and worked in both the U.K. and the US. He has enjoyed a varied career as a writer/editor in technology and manufacturing industries including automotive engineering, materials handling systems, medical instruments, and wireless communications.

Vaughn Entwistle

He has had articles published in newspapers, magazines and on Internet blogs. He has also worked as an editor on major newsstand Hobby and Photographic magazines. Throughout his career he has gravitated toward industries that make a positive impact on the planet and on the way people live their lives, which is why he is now excited to be working in an industry devoted to feeding the world’s rapidly expanding population.

Ardent Mills names Chris Meyerpeter as Chief Information Officer

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hris Meyerpeter will join Ardent Mills, a flour-milling and ingredient company as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and member of Ardent Mills’ senior leadership team.

In this role, Chris will lead the Information Technology (IT) function and will be responsible to drive Ardent Mills’ IT strategy, objectives and goals as well as provide innovative enterprise solutions.

Chris Meyerpeter

John Barton, CEO, Ardent Mills commented, “With more than 20 years working with an agricultural company, Chris brings a vast background and skill set along with an innovative approach to technology solutions. His expertise will allow Ardent Mills to drive simplicity, one of our core values, across the company.”

Anpario appoints Technical Sales Manager in Middle East

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sama Al Orjany has been announced as Technical Sales Manager in the Middle East region for Anpario.

Mr Al Orjany is based in Dubai and his key responsibilities include further business development of Orego-Stim, Optomega Plus, Mycostat and Ultrabond with a special focus on GCC and Pakistan.

Osama Al Orjany

He attended AL-Ba’ath University in Syria where he graduated in Veterinary Medicine. Since University he has gained experience as a Veterinarian, poultry consultant, sales manager as well as his most recent role as a Business Manager for Animal Nutrition – GCC.

Feed and Food appoint Executive Vice President

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oger Mann has been appointed as the Executive Vice President for the new business area within Perstorp.

Mr Mann will head up the organisational set-up starting from April 1, 2018.

He is experienced in the Agri-Business and Primary Food production sectors, having held several senior Commercial and General Management positions with global companies such as Unilever and Associated British Foods.

Roger Mann

He commented, “I am delighted to join Perstorp at such an exciting time as the company continues to grow at a double-digit rate. We all know, that with the world’s population set to hit 8.6 billion people by 2030 efficiencies in the global food supply chain will become more and more important. I look forward to leading the feed & food business in Perstorp as it has an important role to play in overcoming the challenges the world will face in the next few years.”

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