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April 2020

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• Milling Hall of Fame Inductees announced • Strategy for flatbread

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42 Lessons learnt from COVID-19

44 Processing wheat - Satake PeriTec System 50 Factors affecting feed pelleting quality and efficiency

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54 Success strategy for flatbread

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60 World Mycotoxin Report 2019

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64 Ancient wheats

78 The challenge of efficient bulk grain sampling for road trains and freight trains

EMEA & APAC

72 The future of feed ingredients

56 grapas

114 People news from the global milling industry

74 Bigger bang for your buck

82 New heat disinfection system

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COVID-19: The importance of maintaining the supply of flour Flour is a staple food throughout the world, and the UK is no different with about 12 million loaves of bread, two million pizzas and 10 million cakes and biscuits made every day. This can be achieved thanks to a daily production of about 14,000 tonnes of flour. Roughly one third of all the food and drink product lines in a typical UK supermarket contain flour, so it really is central to the food production system.

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Since the early outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, nabim has highlighted the milling industry’s desire to play its part in meeting people’s food requirements. To be sure of doing this, we need to ensure that logistical challenges are addressed. Our supply chain operates on something close to a just-in-time basis with around three-to-five days of grain supply at mills; one-to-three days’ worth of flour at mills; one-to-two days’ flour requirement at bakeries and daily deliveries of bread to supermarkets and other retail outlets.

We need a steady supply of wheat to mills and flour to bakeries in order to make this work, so the continuing availability of

key staff including millers, engineers and drivers, flexibility on the hours they can work and delivery times, and the continued availability of fuel and electricity are the most immediate priorities. nabim has been making the case to the government, and we are very hopeful that the critical nature of the industry will be recognised and addressed in various ways so that it can continue to operate at or close to capacity, despite staff absence related to illness or quarantine. Meanwhile, the industry has taken steps to protect its own staff by adapting working practice to minimise personal contact, extend the use of sanitisers and personal protection equipment Ultimately, it is critical that all nations acknowledge the necessity of allowing food production to continue and the importance of trade in both grain and ancillary materials such as packaging in the manufacture of food. Flour is at the heart of the food chain, accounting for 20 percent of the energy and protein in our diets and nearly one third of dietary iron and calcium and an even bigger share of dietary fibre, as well as providing a range of other minerals and vitamins. It is the job of the milling industry to ensure that people get the food they need, and the role of government to facilitate this in difficult circumstances. By working together, we can ensure both that the challenge of coronavirus is addressed, and people are fed.

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Advanced grain sorting technology adds more value to your grain

The challenge of efficient bulk grain sampling for road trains and freight trains

Sometimes a small deficit in grain product quality creates a steep reduction in the product´s economic value.

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In the quest for greater bulk transportation efficiency and reduced emissions, road trains and freight trains are increasing in length.

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Lentil-based snack production simulation

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Product and recipe development of innovative snackfood with lab-scale rheology and extrusion

We talk to feed industry experts from China about the lessons we can learn from the challenges presented by COVID-19.

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In this month’s MAGTV column we would like to highlight our great collection of videos from German milling exerts Brabender GmbH, which provide viewers with more information regarding the intricacies of gluten-free milling.

As humans become more health conscious there has been a surge in the use and production of glutenfree products and many milling companies are starting to take notice of this new trend and establish solutions that cater to this food trend. Brabender is one of these experts who have published five videos on MAGTV concerning their solutions for gluten-free food production.

The first video highlights the brilliant solution that is the Brabender Farinograph that enables users to test the rheological properties of gluten-free flours.

The second video provides some insight into effective sample preparation via use of the Break Mill SM 4 and Quadramat Junior which grind raw materials down into easy sample sizes and particulates.

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In this month’s Milling and Grain magazine, our Managing Editor Vaughn Entwistle takes a look at Biomin’s World Mycotoxin Survey 2019, which is an annual event the renowned mycotoxin experts have conducted on a regular basis for sixteen years now. The survey enables users to better understand the ongoing threat of mycotoxins in food and feed, as well as providing more insight into what areas and products have an increased chance of falling victim to these troublesome toxins.

The webinar once again proved to be very informative, with a focus on the global threat of mycotoxins and, for the first time, also discussed mycotoxins present within the aquaculture industry.

Mycotoxins (from the Greek words ‘mykes’ and ‘toxikon’, meaning ‘fungus’ and ‘poison’ respectively) continue to pose dangerous threats to both human and animal health. There are six main subcategories of mycotoxins: alfatoxins, ochratoxins, ergot alkaloids, citrinins, fusarium toxins and patulin.

The toxins that are most prevalent within food and feed milling are alfatoxins, ergot alkaloids and fusarium toxins, whilst ochratoxins typically reside in beverages such as wine and beer. Citrinin can appear in cheese, miso or sake whilst patulin is a toxin that tends to occur within mouldy fruit and vegetables.

For millers in our sector, alfatoxins are the deadly toxins to watch out for in raw materials such as maize, soybean and barley. Ergot alkaloids are often present in bread products, whilst fusarium can be found within grain and cereals.

The symptoms of falling victim to these toxins vary, but can result in weakened immune systems, diseases, various health problems and even, in extreme cases, death. It is, therefore, imperative that companies take the proper precautionary steps when producing and storing their feed and raw materials.

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The Milling Hall of Fame Inaugural induction of two industry stalwarts

The newly created Milling Hall of Fame (MHoF) inducted its first industry Stalwarts on World Flour Day - March 20th, 2020.

The MHoF inducts individuals who have made a significant contribution to the development of milling from an historical and/or modern perspective. This year, the inaugural induction sees two very different supporters take their places in the MHoF. These two individuals have made considerable contributions to the understanding and appreciation of the role of the milling industries and its historical significance.

Milling and Grain set up the MHoF and had the honour of inducting its first two members.

“This is a great privilege for the oldest magazine still serving millers worldwide to create the MHoF and prescribe its first two members,” says Publisher Roger Gilbert of Perendale Publishers Ltd. “These are two very motivated and driven individuals who have and continue to have significant impact on our understanding of milling and the role it plays in society.”

In future, an independent committee will consider new members from milling industry submissions on World Flour Day each year. Milling and Grain is working with the UK’s Mills Archive to house the MHoF and to give guidance in the longer term development of the hall itself.

Rex Wailes OBE- Recording our milling history Rex Wailes was born in 1901 in Middlesex, England. After leaving school he became an apprentice engineer and joined the family firm George Wailes & Co in 1924. He stayed there until his retirement, taking over as manager in 1940.

In 1923 the Newcomen Society asked Rex to record the windmills in Lincolnshire. By 1929 he was technical adviser to the new Windmill Section of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB). He became the leading British authority on mills and the driving force behind the windmill rescue and repair movement.

His collection, now in the care of the Mills Archive, is a time capsule of photographs, glass plates, large technical drawings, notes and correspondence. It immortalises these fascinating structures, the development of the windmill protection and repair movement, the people involved and the landscape that they shaped.

In 1963 he was appointed as the lead consultant in the UK Government’s survey of all industrial monuments to identify historical sites worthy of preservation.

In his valedictory lecture he advocated a specialist archive for mill drawings and photographs, emphasising the need for proper indexing and storage in suitable conditions. Exactly half-a-century later the Mills Archive became a nationally accredited repository.

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Volkmar Wywiol - From flour standardisation to FlourWorld Museum and World Flour Day Volkmar Wywiol is founder of Stern-Wywiol Gruppe, which specialises in food and feed ingredients and has 12 specialist German companies and 17 foreign subsidiaries with over 100 scientists, technologists, technicians and industry experts.

Mühlenchemie is an important part of the group. It has specialised in flour standardisation and improvement for almost 100 years. The Alphamalt enzyme is the world’s most used enzyme preparation for improving baking quality. Each year 100 million tonnes of flour are improved using Mühlenchemie ingredients.

Mr Wywiol found a flour sack washed up on the beach in Dubai 20 years ago, which led to the creation of the FlourWorld Museum in Wittenburg, Germany. It was developed as an homage to the millers for our daily flour and is the only museum of its kind. The logos of over 3500 flour sacks from over 140 countries show traditions, tell stories and myths around milling, and are works of art that portray the strength of grain.

This collection of “art on the sack” is a world sensation and the keeper of a milling culture that will soon no longer exist in this beauty and expressiveness. Every year 400-500 millers from all parts of the world along with thousands of area visitors and school children visit the museum. Mr Wywiol is also credited with establishing World Flour Day!

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New book aims to provide nutrition guide to swine industry hanks to selective breeding, hyperprolific sows – those capable of birthing 30 or more piglets a year - are gaining in popularity among swine producers. But with their productivity comes challenges: low birth weight and piglet mortality, insufficient lactation, and oxidative stress, to name a few.

Novus International this month released a new book, Nutrition of Hyperprolific Sows, that aims to provide this growing segment of the industry with a guide of best practices to meet the needs of these sows.

Written under the scientific guidance of Dr Antonio Palomo from Universidad Complutense de Madrid, ADM, Spain, the book contains articles from well recognised academics, researchers and practitioners like Xavier Manteca, Josep Gasa, Krzysztof Lipiński, Jean-Yves Dourmad, Pedro E. Urriola, Lee J. Johnston, Gerald C. Shurson, Laura Greiner, Sandra Edwards, Stephanie Matheson, Emma Baxter, Luis Sanjoaquin, as well as Novus’s own swine researchers; providing insight on

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nutrition and management.

Elisabet Rodriguez, senior marketing manager for Novus Europe who spearheaded the book’s creation, said it is a consequence of the company’s commitment to its customers and industry.

“For Novus, it’s crucial to contribute to the industry in ways that will provide better understanding of the real circumstances that our customers are facing,” she said.

“This book is one way that we can help them tackle new or ongoing problems.”

While the book’s focus is on the health challenges and solutions for today’s hyperprolific sow and that of its progeny, Rodriguez said the book should be of interest to more than nutritionists or veterinarians.

“Its content can be quite helpful for several disciplines: animal scientists, geneticists, professors, students and ultimately swine producers. We also believe that media partners can get some insights for developing new themes of interest for their audiences,” she said.

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Royal De Heus strengthens its position in Brazil through the acquisition of Cerrado Nutrição Animal

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oyal De Heus recently signed the agreement for the acquisition of the Brazilian cattle nutrition company Cerrado Nutrição Animal, located in Itaberaí, state of Goiás.

Cerrado Nutrição Animal produces a complete range of high-quality dairy and beef products such as complete feeds, concentrates, nucleus, mineral supplements and mineral protein supplements. With a manufacturing

capacity of 50,000 tonnes-per-year, Cerrado Nutrição Animal has a strong regional position, especially in the market for beef cattle in the Brazilian Midwest.

Rinus Donkers, Director of De Heus Brazil & Latin America says, “Both De Heus and Cerrado Nutrição Animal perform well in the challenging Brazilian animal nutrition market. Therefore, this acquisition allows us to contribute to the growth and professionalisation of existing and new customers especially in the Midwest region.

“By combining forces we make the international knowledge and experience of De Heus accessible to livestock farmers in this region. The acquisition also aligns with the strategy of De Heus Brazil to produce its ruminant products as close to its customers as possible and increasing synergy in the supply chain.”

The acquisition of a pig feed company in 2012, was the starting point for the activities of De Heus in Brazil.

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Kemin Crop Technologies and Laboratoire M2 partner to distribute Thymox Control® in the US

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Thymox Control is an innovative, broad-spectrum, contact fungicidebactericide concentrate designed with Laboratoire M2’s breakthrough patent-pending, proprietary nanoemulsion technology. Thymox Control’s unique formula delivers the highly efficient and stabilised antimicrobial power of thyme oil’s active ingredient to control fungal and bacterial plant pathogens.

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KGFA mourns the passing of Kevin Miles

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he Kansas Grain and Feed Association (KGFA) is mourning the passing of Kevin Miles, President of Rolfes @ Boone. Kevin was a longtime supporter of the Kansas AgriBusiness Expo and Kansas Grain and Feed Association.

Kevin was also very active in the GEAPS, and very involved in the Chamber of Commerce of Boone over the year. Kevin received the Corbett Award in 2001, which is presented by his peers for outstanding service to the grain industry.

Kevin’s family has asked, in lieu of flowers, memorials can be directed to the Des Moines Area Community College Foundation (of which Kevin served on the Board) or to Augustana Lutheran Church.

Our condolences go to his friends and family.

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Milling News Leighton Buzzard Mills looking down stream

William Simmons Leighton Buzzard Mills, Bedfordshire

by Mildred Cookson, The Mills Archive, UK

Milling journals of the past at The Mills Archive

In 1874 Frederick Simmons bought the Leighton Buzzard Flour Mills, extended them and made vast alterations. They had only contained a few pairs of millstones driven by the water of the River Ousel, a tributary of the Bedford Ouse. In around 1880, he ordered his first roller mill plant from Henry Simon and claimed to be one of the first country millers to introduce the roller system.

In addition he had a smaller mill at Eaton Bray and, like many more country millers, was a successful farmer, with farms at Billington, Hockliffs, and 30 acres at the Leighton mill, where he kept a “bachelor’s hall”.

Simon’s Reform purifier

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After his death the mills were run by his son, William, who was at the time of an article in The Miller (October 7th, 1912) working the mills assisted by his nephew, Arthur Buckmaster, the mill manager.

Early in 1911, Henry Simon had remodelled the mill and brought it up to date. A new fireproof screen room was built, equipped with modern washer, emery scourer etc. However, on August 2nd, 1911, just after the improvements had been made, a fire completely destroyed the mill. The new screen room was the only part that was saved. Nothing daunted, even after such a great loss, the mill was rebuilt under the auspices of Henry Simon who designed the new buildings and supplied and installed the new roller mill, plant, silos, etc, on their latest system.

The Reform pressure filter dust collector

The Purifier Floor

The new mill buildings comprised a silo house, provender mill, warehouse, and engine room fronting onto the road, with the screen house and the new roller mill behind. Each was divided from the other buildings by fireproof walls and connected by outside fireproof gangways.

The mill and screen house stood one on either side of the stream flowing to a turbine. The turbine transmitted water power to the main line shaft by means of a belt. At the other end of the building an oil engine provided supplementary power driving on to the same line, or roller shaft. This was a newly installed 100hp diesel engine that ran at 200rpm and transmitted its power by means of four cotton ropes.

The silo house contained nine dirty wheat bins; each had a capacity of nearly 100qrs. Wheat measurers were placed under each hopper to ensure correct proportions of each wheat variety needed for the chosen wheat mixture. The mixture of wheats was chiefly Manitoba Springs, Karachi and English. The mill often ground a mild mixture of nearly all English wheat which did just as well.

The Roller Floor

A large intake elevator lifted the wheat to the top of the building where it passed through an Avery automatic weigher, and then an intake reel with a powerful exhaust to extract rough impurities, dust etc. Another elevator then carried the grain to the silo bins. The provender mill contained two pairs of Peak stones mounted on a neat, strong double hursting built of H girders.

A Simon roller mill that escaped damage in the fire had been installed there for oat crushing. One of Simon’s Reform grinders, which also escaped the fire, was in this building and was used to grind screenings etc. The stones and other machinery in this department were all thoroughly exhausted by a fan, which discharged into a cyclone dust catcher placed outside the building.

From here across a gangway you could enter the wheat cleaning rooms. They contained on the top floor a Simon wheat washer, stoner and whizzer, also a pressure filter dust collector of the Reform type which connected with the emery scourer on the floor below. The head of the wheat drier was on the top floor, so the wheat from the whizzer fell directly into it.

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William Simmons

Arthur Buckmaster

Other machines in the screen room were a double Reform milling separator, emery wheat scourer, wheat brush, cockle cylinders, barley cylinders and six wheat conditioning bins each had an Exact-brand wheat measurer under it and the necessary conveyors.

The cleaned mixture was again elevated to the top of the building to run down an iron spout across into the mill proper.

The mill was four storeys high. In the lofty ground floor a row of columns along the centre supported the floor above and carried the line shaft from which the rolls were driven. The roller floor contained a double row of roller mills, the third and fourth break, all the reduction rolls and the bran flattening rolls. These were all the latest Reform mills with double feed rolls that delivered right into the nip of the grinding rolls.

The breaks were on the roll-scalper system; the first break rolls on the top floor, and the second break rolls on the purifier floor, so that the broken wheat could fall directly from one break to the next.

The roll scalpers were said to work well, thoroughly extracting all the semolina, middlings, dunst and break flour, while the exhaust

eliminated small branny particles to such a degree that the stock was going to the purifiers already half purified.

The second floor contained the germ and bran sieves, the second break rolls and a line of MQ double sieve purifiers. The whole line was exhausted by one powerful fan, which discharged into a Reform pressure sleeve filter dust collector.

On the top floor was a two-high row of Simon three-sheet centrifugals, two being double ended and used for dusting of various stocks. The first break rolls were accompanied by a Reform JN double plansifter. The massive iron pedestal, which contained the driving spindle, crank and balance, spread out at the base in the form of an equilateral triangle, and on each point a load-bearing strut supported the sifter, ensuring that whatever the sort of floor on which it was sited, the machine would run true.

This perfect balancing ensured there was no vibration.

When William Simmons died in 1929, the business passed to Arthur Buckmaster and another nephew, F Tooley. They continued to trade as William Simmons until the 1950s when the name Snowwis was registered. Shortly afterwards, they set up a new bakery plant and began producing bread and cakes for local shops.

They were taken over by Rank Hovis McDougall Ltd in 1964 and the flour mill closed at the end of that year.

Records of the mill were found in an outhouse of the old mill buildings and donated to the Leighton Buzzard and District Archaeological and Historical Society in 2011.

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Kemin strengthens its position in the ruminant industry with ruminant essentialities portfolio

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emin Industries, a global ingredient manufacturer that strives to sustainably transform the quality of life every day for 80 percent of the world with its products and services, has strengthened its position in the ruminant industry with its “Ruminant Essentialities” portfolio of products for the EMENA (Europe, Middle East, North Africa) region.

In October 2019, Kemin completed its Ruminant Essentialities portfolio with its Kessent® product range and CholiGEM™, both a result of the company’s encapsulation technology expertise. With the launch of Kessent, Kemin is the only provider of both Methionine and Lysine in a reliable way. Kemin’s other newly debuted ingredient, CholiGEM, supports animal health improvement, making Ruminant Essentialities a full-range solution for livestock health and nutrition. With these two ingredients, Kemin’s Ruminant Essentialities portfolio now offers a comprehensive set of amino acids for ruminant amino acid nutrition and health.

“Ten years ago, Kemin initiated a strategy to be a major player in the ruminant industry, and we have had great success,” said Javier Mateos, Senior Business Manager – Ruminants, Kemin Animal Nutrition and Health – EMENA. “With the mutual termination of our agreement

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with Adisseo, Kemin’s strategy remains the same, but now on our own strengths. Continuing our strategy in partnership with Adisseo became unfeasible, as both companies’ overall activities in animal nutrition converged significantly and obscured our collaboration in the ruminant market.”

“Kemin pioneered the entire amino acid balancing concept. Today, we are reaching and perfecting the next level in ruminant nutrition through extensive services, solution offerings and technical expertise,” said Mateos.

“Our goal is to continue expanding so we can address the needs of our customers and deliver essential nutrients for their animals as efficiently and effectively as possible.”

One of the key factors that differentiates Kemin’s Ruminant Essentialities is the company’s expertise in encapsulation technology. Over the years, this technology has greatly advanced, resulting in innovations for both monogastric and ruminant markets. Kemin has expanded its production capacity at its encapsulation facilities in Cavriago, Italy, and Iowa, US. The pilot facilities in Cavriago have also undergone significant expansion and can now produce industrial prototypes using more than 10 different encapsulation technologies and pilot plant configurations. These enhanced facilities drive future innovation and enable Kemin to assist customers in the development of new products.

Kemin has also built two entirely new industrial production plants in recent years: a spray tower to encapsulate its pearls and a plant dedicated to producing KESSENT® M. “The entire amino acid balancing concept strongly relies on rumen-protected Lysine, a product fully based on our proprietary technology. By launching KESSENT, we have a complete amino acid balancing solution,” said Mateos.

“At the same time, we continue to invest in research and product development with other limiting amino acids that will become relevant in the future. In recent years, we have invested heavily in our ruminant program and will continue to do so.”

Along with capital investment, Kemin has also substantially broadened and strengthened its team to share expertise, further support customers and service their requirements.

In the past decade, the dairy nutrition industry has realised that a close working partnership between customer and company, in combination with the right solutions and technical expertise, is necessary for successful nutritional implementation.

“We are reaching the market with the best products and services, based on our expertise and acquired knowledge.

Kemin offers the most precise and efficient, profitable, technical and evidence-based solutions for ruminants,” said Mateos.

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Announcement from Turkish Grain Board on the term barley sale

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he Turkish Grain Board Office announced that every precaution has been taken to ensure sustainability in barley and in all other products which is under their responsibility, to prevent speculative price movements that may occur in the markets, especially to protect the feeders and growers. TMO reminded that barley stocks have been on sale since October 2019 in order not to have any problem in the supply of substances.

In this context, TMO, which stated that barley sales prices have not changed since January, has provided information to feeders and breeders that sales are made at 1.275tl per tonne (around US $210) which is under the market prices around 100150tl per tonne (around $16 – 24).

Starting from March, it was decided to apply a 90day maturity stage in barley sales in order to meet the needs of breeders and growers, primarily in regions prone to earthquakes.

In addition, feeder breeders were provided with the opportunity to pay the product prices by bank credits or credit cards. The demanders are required to apply to the branch offices in the region where they are located, together with their documentation showing the number of animals available.

Barentz Pakistan enters into a joint venture with Matco Foods

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arentz international BV and Matco Foods Limited officially announce the start of a new joint venture in Pakistan, following agreement between both parties.

The aim of the new activity is to better serve the rapidly growing Pakistani food processing market with a target group of 200 million citizens.

Matco Foods has built up an extended network within the Pakistan local food industry whilst Barentz International offers the broadest high-quality ingredients portfolio within the global life science markets.

Hidde van der Wal, CEO of Barentz, says, “We already had a good partnership with Matco Foods and we both see complementary business opportunities in the local Pakistan market.

Pakistan has a fast-growing economy with a good variety of multinational and local food manufacturers. Our broad ingredients portfolio in combination with Matco Foods’ strong local network will certainly add value to the local life science markets, starting with Human Nutrition and Pharmaceuticals.”

Khalid Ghori, CEO of Matco Foods, adds, “In our relationship with Barentz we share the same family-business background; our knowledge-rooted sense for business and entrepreneurship. We have invested in processing facilities to produce ingredients such as rice glucose syrup, rice proteins and maltodextrin. Through these activities, we have an excellent insight into and an extended network with the local food industry. We are proud to have set up this joint venture with Barentz and to further explore their strong global ingredient portfolio.”

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he UK’s Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC), report its members across the agricultural supply chain are reacting to and making preparations for the rapid spread of Coronavirus and the resulting impact it will have on the UK’s availability of food and feed.

“Our top priority is to comply with government rules to delay the spread of disease, while at the same time ensuring that feed and food supplies continue uninterrupted,” says the organisation on March 19th, 2020.

“Our part in the supply chain often goes unseen but is nevertheless a critical part of the process. During this difficult time, our member employees will all have a role to play, from mill workers and lorry drivers to lab technicians and agronomists. We must work together to maintain continued supplies of inputs, astute advice to farms, collection of produce from farms, and onward delivery to a range of processing destinations.

To its farmer and grower customers, it asks that they plan ahead and liaise with both their suppliers and those they are supplying.

“It is important at this time to appreciate that flexibility may be required in order to ensure that businesses receive what they need when they need it. The industry needs to be practical in its approach. Whether it is deliveries or collections, we are in the best possible place to keep the UK supply chain functioning smoothly,” it adds.

“We are working with the government to seek maximum flexibility to ensure that supplies from AIC members can continue with the least amount of interruption. We do need support from the government to introduce flexibility on driver hours, working time directive, feed labelling and border checks to name just a few. We also need the government to recognise the critical role that all member employees play in continuing to secure an unbroken supply of food to shop shelves.”

To this end, the AIC has asked for details of how the government would categorise and manage essential worker movements in the event of movement restrictions.

It will communicate to members on this matter when the government’s intentions are clearer.

The AIC is the UK trade association representing the agricultural supply chain sectors of Arable Marketing, Crop Protection and Agronomy, Feed, Fertiliser and Seeds, since its inception in 2003. In all, AIC represents members responsible for some UK £9 billion of farm trade.

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Bühler’s digital security now certified with ISO 27001

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t the end of January 2020, Bühler’s information security management system has been certified with the most respected cyber security standard: ISO 27001:2013.

With this certification, Bühler showcases how important information security is for the company. ISO 27001 protects key areas such as internal business IT, the automation solution Mercury MES, the Bühler Insights platform, and the myBühler customer portal.

“Today, over 85 percent of our solutions can be connected to Bühler Insights. We want to show our customers that their data is as secure with us as it is currently possible. Digital services from Bühler conform to the highest possible security standards,” says Stuart Bashford, Digital Officer at Bühler Group.

Bühler is further digitalising its processes and is offering more solutions based on connected assets powered by its digital platform Bühler Insights. As Bühler and its customers share more and more data, it is also part of the company’s mission to protect the data partners entrusted to Bühler, and to keep those data as secure as possible. Therefore, Bühler has decided to have its relevant processes certified according to the ISO 27001 standard.

Manfred Goetz, CIO at Bühler Group, says, “We now have a certified information security management system with dedicated policies, processes, and controls.

This means that our digital teams must adhere to strict guidelines. Engineering, development, and support of all our current and future digital solutions will benefit from the ISO 27001 certification.”

Bühler acknowledges the value of the digital data it receives and works with, which is why the company has laid this groundwork to protect them. The now fully implemented information security management system also verifies that Bühler’s own IT landscape is maintained and controlled according to the most important IT security standards.

ISO 27001 protects Bühler’s global internal business IT and its advanced digital solutions, both of which are vital for providing secure services for Bühler’s businesses spanning 140 countries. Its five regional IT service centres throughout the world providing global digital support are all certified now.

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DS R A W A S ION INNOVAT GRAPAS: VICTAM Animal Health and Nutrition Asia has now been rescheduled

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Following the publication of the World Health Organisations situation report 39, VICTAM Animal Health and Nutrition Asia has now been rescheduled to take place July 9-11th, 2020 in Bangkok, Thailand. In support of VICTAM and VIV’s decision, we are also rescheduling the GRAPAS Innovations Conference to take place on July 9th, 2020.

The winners of the GRAPAS Innovations Awards will also be announced in July during the GRAPAS Innovations Conference. We are confident that the conference and exhibition will still prove to be a great success!

Our final set of shortlisted applicants for the GRAPAS Innovations Awards is yet another brilliant line-up. Companies from all over the world have joined us this year, including FrigorTec GmbH, Brabender, Yenar, Eye-Grain, Henry Simon, Wingmen Group, Dinnissen, Petkus and Henan Jingu Industry Development Co Ltd. To register to the conference, simply visit the VICTAM Animal

Health and Nutrition Asia official website and register for the exhibition, then add the GRAPAS Conference to your list of conferences you would like to attend.

Tickets for entry into the GRAPAS Innovations Conference are US $99 each, so book your seats now and take advantage of this brilliant deal!

For any enquiries regarding either the GRAPAS Innovations Awards or the Innovations Conference, feel welcome to email me at rebeccas@perendale.co.uk.

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The Rex Wailes Collection Rex as photographer and mill recorder

by Mildred Cookson, The Mills Archive Trust, UK In our digital world, it is easy to forget the debt we owe to photography. Records of our 19th and 20th century milling heritage are enriched by photographs such as those in this issue of the owners of Leighton Buzzard Mills and their mill.

The images are carefully arranged and typical of that period, no doubt requiring large equipment mounted on a tripod.

Rex Wailes demonstrated that the person behind the camera was equally important. Not only was he an engineer interested in mills, he was keen on using his more portable camera to take interior shots highlighting details of mill machinery. These records from the 1920s onwards are often unique and now form an important part of his legacy.

He was a forceful and quite brave character, persuading owners of sometimes quite dangerous structures to allow him access to mills that were already well on the way to disappearing.

Fortunately, he made often detailed accounts of what he had recorded and now we have his collection at the Mills Archive we can start to make these available to the public. They provide a meaningful account of the people and machines of our milling past. They are already proving to be of immense interest. Not only mills in the UK, but also those taken abroad during his many travels. They show us both mills still standing and perhaps even more important for researches, mills that have disappeared, through neglect, demolition, fire etc.

On nearly all the images of Rex he is smiling particularly when meeting people. On those of him recording a mill or piece of machinery he is seen to be concentrating on the task. The camera was his trusty friend, and we must be thankful that he was such a good photographer as we can now see looking at the wealth of

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More than a gut feeling: Adisseo and Novozymes achieve visualisation of in vivo germination

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“For the first time ever, scientists have been able to visualise the germinated active cells of a commercial Bacillus-based probiotic inside the gut of birds. The process, known as germination, is crucial to demonstrate the desired benefits of probiotics for animal production,” explained Damien Prévéraud, Global Technical and Scientific Manager Health by Nutrition at Adisseo. “These include improved health, growth, resilience and feed utilization; which in turn offer a natural alternative to antibiotic growth promoters.”

Adisseo and Novozymes’ joint Bacillus probiotic, Alterion, is a unique, proprietary strain – carefully selected through rigorous screening and developed specifically for improvements of poultry performance across the world.

The use of probiotics, such as Bacilli, has increased considerably in livestock production over the last 25 years.

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TRAINING Creating safe and effective products while following regulation guidelines was the topic of the NGFA–KSU Food Safety Modernisation Act (FSMA) training held at the IGP Institute on February 18–20th, 2020. This training educated industry professionals around the US on the animal food safety regulations set by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Course participants were able to see a complete walk-through for the steps in creating a feed safety plan and implementing them into their companies. The course totalled 52 participants representing 17 states.

Participants of the NGFA–KSU FSMA Training engage in a lecture about the applicability of a food safety plan

IGP Institute hosts Food Safety Modernisation Act Training “This was our largest class ever,” says Cassandra Jones, course instructor and associate professor of animal sciences and industry.

“We have seen participants shift from active writing of the food safety plan to its implementation, so they are bringing different questions.”

She adds, “Some of the participants are even re-taking the class because they have moved to a new role or have new considerations, so it’s fun to see some familiar faces with different perspectives.”

Like Jones, participants gained information from the diverse corporations in attendance.

“My favourite part was the hands-on training in groups,” says Tim Hieger, Location Manager for Mid Kansas Coop. “I learn better by doing and it is always interesting to get viewpoints from different industries.”

The course offered additional components to allow two certificates upon completion — one from the Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance (FSPCA) and the other from the International Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) Alliance. To receive course completion each participant had to fully demonstrate the requirements by a “preventative controls qualified individual” per the FDA’s regulations.

Correctly managing grain quality is of utmost importance for any industry professionals who work in operations, procurement, management and other grain holding roles. Focusing on the idea behind this, the IGP Institute hosted the GEAPS/K-State Grain Elevators Managers course, which was attended by industry professionals from throughout North America.

First offering of GEAPS/K-State Grain Elevator Managers Course for 2020 The course provided grain elevator managers and industry professionals with the information needed to correctly manage grain quality, and the insight required to evaluate practices used in elevators. Participants also had the opportunity to network and learn from each other’s experiences.

“The information given is great and having the ability to get networking and feedback from other people’s experience was the best part of the course,” says course participant Shayne Abele, Grain Elevator Superintendent at Farmers Grain company.

A variety of topics were covered in classroom lectures, which helped participants to focus on the science behind the practices used in grain management. They also had the opportunity to prac- tice grain grading in the classroom and get a better understanding of the factors that play into grain quality.

“We covered a wide range of topics such as inventory management, aeration, human resources, equipment maintenance and grain handling,” says Carlos Campabadal, Course Manager and Grain Storage and Feed Manufacturing Outreach Specialist. “Information 38 | April 2020 - Milling and Grain

covered in the course also gave participants a better understanding of how grain quality is affected through storage.”

The next offering of the GEAPS/K-State Grain Elevator Managers course is May 5-8th, 2020.

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PRODUCT FOCUS April 2020 In every edition of Milling and Grain, we take a look at the products that will save you time and money in the milling process.

The body and covers of IMAS’ range of conveyors are all produced from top-quality galvanised sheet metal. They are mounted externally and ensure that products flow smoothly and without build-up. The solution is flexible and easy to install thanks to the extended drag wings, which are available in a variety of sizes, from big to small.

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Ideal for long length runs, belt conveyors are an extremely efficient and gentle way to move grain, requiring less maintenance than other conveyor types giving you ease and efficiency for your operation. All trough pieces are flanged with structural angles to provide rigidity and accurate alignment.

The trough is a bolted, three-piece construction, rather than a formed U-shape, for increased strength, durability, and ease of service.

Re-lagging doors on both sides of the head allow for easy removal and installation of the slide lags without breaking the belt. Inspection doors are located in the intermediate sections next to both the head and tail. In addition, bolt on trough bottoms make liner replacement easy.

Available in galvanised or powder-coated steel to stand up to the elements and provide you with years of service with superior visual appearance.

The MM Hammermill has the following characteristics boasts excellent results and advanced features that truly showcase Ocrim’s ability to innovate and excel. The MM Hammermill has steel-plate construction with a base frame equipped with antivibration dampers. The rotor has electronically controlled balancing and can rotate both clockwise and anti-clockwise, with central feeding on its adjustable reflecting plate., made of manganese.

The hammers are constructed from specially treated steel placed on offcantered rows. The screens are made of steel plating and are highly resistant to wear and tear, along with having a locking device for rapid substitution.

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Cardesa is an automatic system for the manual dosing for micro-powder components. The system is used for the semiautomatic compilation of recipes. In feed mills, very often a large number of powder ingredients are used, which are added in small quantities and for this, sometimes, it’s not convenient to use automatic dosing systems.

The Cardesa systems allow the products to be stored all in a single space, which is customised according to customer needs. The operator, through a control panel placed on the machine, will be able to automatically call the product requested by the formula.

Cardesa will automatically bring the product in front of the operator, who will be able to extract the sample and weigh it in the scale placed next to the operator panel. When the scale reaches the weight indicated in the formula, it will pause and authorise the operator to proceed to the next phase.

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A deep analysis of every sifting condition moisture, temperature, and particle size distribution led Omas to develop the first machine able to avoid the condensation of moist air building up and causing issues inside the sifting box. Each box is built with four sandwich panels manufactured with an injection of foam between two shells of food grade stainless steel AISI 304. Users need no longer worry about wet flours or lumps inside their sifter and completely avoid any bacterial growth within their flour.

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Erkaya Hammer Type Lab Mill HM 210

The Erkaya Hammer Type Lab Mill HM 210 is the ideal solution for the preparation of your samples for gluten washing and near infra-red (NIR) preparation. The device ensures rapid, concise and reliable sample preparation with little fuss and is easy to use with minimal training required.

The machine is constructed out of rigid, protective and durable metals, with a steel hammer inside that rotates at high speeds.

Upon crushing the samples, they are then released and collected into the easy to remove filter bag at the end of the solution, after being passed through the sieve. The stainless-steel sieve that comes standard with the Hammer Type Lab Mill HM 210 is 0.8mm, but a variety of other sieve sizes are also available as additional accessories.

This device has been proven internationally as a successful solution for all your sample preparation needs and has the Erkaya seal of value. It provides high sample homogeneity and can be used repeatedly without worry of overheating. Samples can be grinded up to 25 percent moisture content.

This solution is suitable for use with grains, pellets, meal, spices, oilseeds, feeds and forages. The high-performance motor minimises the risk of clogging. 300gr can be ground in 30-50 seconds, depending on moisture content and sample type.

Erkaya have been proudly manufacturing high-quality solutions for the milling and feed industries since 2000, ranging from dosing machines, hammer mills, sieve shakers, protein analysers and laboratory mills, to name but a few. They are also renowned for their international scope, exporting 80 percent of their solutions abroad to places such as Italy, Belgium, Russia, Egypt, Indonesia and Colombia.

Erkaya also offer a wide range of other lab mills, that cater to the users own unique requirements, including the Hammer Type Lab Mill 310 and the RM 1300.

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Lessons learnt from COVID-19:

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Experiences from the Chinese feed industry n mid-March Milling and Grain had the opportunity to talk to Dr Defa Li, the President of the Chinese Feed Association about maintaining food supplies to a city of 8.4 million people locked-down for over one month as it faced the reality of an epidemic from COVID-19 and what procedures had to be adopted to support families in their homes.

Dr Defa Li, who is also the Director of Academic Committee of State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Professor of the College of Animal Science and Technology at the China Agricultural University, specialises in research and basic study of China’s feed resources.

Milling and Grain put several questions to him as the government gained control of the COVID-19 virus in Wuhan in particular, as well as its surrounding populated areas in Hubei Province.

Is Wuhan an important livestock/agricultural food production region?

Wuhan is the provincial capital city of Hubei and is located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River which has allowed this area to develop significant agriculture production including livestock production. Hubei is the fifth largest province for swine production and is the top 10 province for feed and poultry production in China. Hubei is also the most important producing area for canola, rapeseed meal, honey and freshwater fish in China.

In regard to managing food supplies, did the government arrange food supplies to families quickly enough and without problems?

Overall, the supplies of food to families went smoothly under the arrangement and supervision of both the central government and the local government in Wuhan.

Firstly, there were abundant goods and materials transported to Wuhan, as well as other areas in Hubei from provinces all over China, to ensure the enough supplies were available during the lockdown.

Secondly, a system of distribution was created in Wuhan, on the basis of residential communities, which meant that all the supplies were directly distributed to each residential community based on the population in that community, and the staff and volunteers in the community sent food and daily necessities to each apartment.

Thirdly, some digital apps were used to help order food and necessities from nearby supermarkets and stores that were still open, and couriers delivered those goods through the above system to communities. With such systems, it can both ensure the supplies to families and help a lockdown control the epidemic.

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Were farmers able to send their animals and agricultural produce to market? How did that food then get to households?

The government opened ‘Green Channels’ (Easy Access) for vehicles sending animals and agricultural products. Because the highway to Wuhan was also closed, the ‘Green Channel’ helped the food and daily necessities arrive in Wuhan in time. The food was then directly sent to the major supermarkets and also to the communities through the system mentioned above.

Did farmers receive a continuous supply of feed from feed mills? Did any feed mills have to close? Were workers tested regularly?

Actually, when the coronavirus broke out, it was the Spring Festival in China, and most workers of feed mills had gone back home to reunite with their families. Therefore, most feed mills closed before the coronavirus broke out. For the livestock producers, they usually store some feed to fulfil the requirement during the Spring Festival, which can normally support between one-to-two month’s usage.

Even though the transportation was not as smooth as usual after the holiday, the Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs had announced several policies to ensure a continuous supply of feed to the livestock producers and settled specialised hotlines to solve the problems related to feed and agricultural goods supply.

Now, more polices have been announced to encourage the factories, including mills, to open and help workers back to their factories, such as finance support, mask support and so on. The workers back at their factories are required to quarantine for some days and report their body temperature every day before going back to their positions and starting work.

What has been the most significant impact on the feed sector? Was that the transportation of feed from factory to farm?

Now the most significant impact on the feed sector in the other provinces outside Hubei is the non-indigenous workers, who are not easy to go back to their positions, especially for those from areas with serious epidemics, such as Wuhan. For the local workers, there is no problem. For the transportation of feed, it is not a big problem now.

How does the future look? What lessons should the feed industry learn from your industry’s experience?

The coronavirus is under control in China, including that in Wuhan, since nearly no case appears outside Wuhan now. It should be attributed to the correct management by the government, the effort of every Chinese person and, especially, to the sacrifice made by the people in Wuhan. For the feed industry, the police support from the government including the local government can help a lot under such epidemics. The industry is certain to have a bright future after this crisis.

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Experiences from a feed equipment supplier tabilising agri-food production and guaranteeing food supply are all the more necessary in the face of risks and challenges. However, how did the manufacturing sector cope with challenges coming from downstream from consumers, via food suppliers, to farmers and feed mills - during the recent crisis surrounding the lockdown of 8.4 million people in Wuhan City in Hubei Province in China?

Milling and Grain asked President of FAMSUN International, Liu Guangdao how his company responded to the crisis.

During the COVID-19 outbreak, China’s central and local governments gave “great priority” to the supply of food, vegetables, medicines and other necessities, including transportation, with the utilities sectors and supermarkets being asked to resume their operations during the Spring Festival holidays, says Mr Liu. “In a joint statement, the Agriculture Ministry and Transport Ministry called on local authorities to give permission for the production and transportation of feed and agriculture products, as well as offer financial support for these companies - such as low tax rates and low interest rates.

“Residents were, after taking strict epidemic prevention and control measures, able to purchase fresh vegetables, meat, food and other necessities from supermarkets. Online purchasing has also become popular. Most supermarkets provided zero-touch online platforms and delivery service for households.”

Adopting strict prevention measures

However, there has been temporary supply disruptions in Hubei Province, the centre of the coronavirus outbreak, from the end of January due to transport restrictions imposed to stop the spread of the virus, says Mr Liu. “Fortunately, the Chinese government reacted quickly and sold 1.32 million tonnes of corn during February 7-11th, 2020 to help 23 feed processing companies located in Hubei Province to maintain raw material supply and resume feed production. The supply to other regions of the country was also adequate and secure.

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industries in China, especially the agri-food supply chain, have been trying to resume production in an orderly way since February 10th, 2020 while strictly implementing epidemic prevention and control measures.

“Like Famsun, all companies and businesses that resuming operation in China are still taking strict prevention and control measures to protect their employees and workers, even though the epidemic is gradually slowing down.

“Such measures include regular access control and management, daily disinfection of working areas and personnel protection from mask wearing to hand disinfection and temperature recording.”

Significant impacts for feed

China’s food service sector and the travel and tourism industry have been hardest hit by the epidemic. Weak food demand from downstream would be the most significant impact on the China feed industry currently.

“However, quick and effective containment of the virus could lead to a rapid bounce back. For transportation, it will no longer be the main restrictive factor. According to the Transport Ministry the transport logistics and express delivery sectors are expected to return to full capacity by the end of March, except in Hubei Province itself.

And for the future

As the epidemic gradually slows down, the feed milling and animal farming sectors are expected to return to normal production early in Q2, with slow growth rate due to the weak food service sector.

“Industry players, however, are optimistic about the recovery, including the recovery of the swine industry from African Swine Fever (ASF). Many manufacturers plan for capacity expansion with new investments. Famsun, for example, has seen a significant increase in order intake at the end of February in China market.

“From ASF to COVID-19, biological threats are the most deadly challenges we have to face, and these will not be the last biosecurity events. As a technical partner, we suggest that animal farms and feed mills should make corresponding upgrades in their facilities and prepare in advance to avoid potential bioinsecurity risks in future,” adds Mr Liu.

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Beyond the Ri’ichi: Part 5: Processing wheat - Satake PeriTec System

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by Hiromi Saita, Senior Staff, International Management Office, Satake Corporation, Japan

ifferent from rice, wheat is not cooked and eaten as grain in its natural form but turned into flour beforehand. The bran within rice is more rigid, so it has to be polished, making it more suitable for consumption as a grain, while wheat is better for consumption as flour because of its softer inner part, yet a tough outer skin. Wheat is edible as grain in some parts of the world, but it is common to use it in the form of flour.

Also, rice and wheat look completely different from their appearance in colour and shape, wheat has a groove (crease) in the grain. However, observations through electronic microscope show that their structures are very similar. Like peeling the skin from a fruit, the seed coat, as well as the glue powder layer, are peeled off during the milling process in the case of rice.

Generally, in the case of wheat, the outer skin is separated while crushing the grains and the endosperm turned into powder which is used to make bread, noodles, confectioneries, etc. Another reason for using wheat in the form of flour is that it is easier to obtain gluten from it.

What is gluten?

Gluten is one of the protein components specific to wheat that is not present in other grains like rice or corn and is the main reason why wheat flour is widely used as food worldwide.

Gluten is formed by two types of protein glutenin and gliadin, contained in wheat flour, in which quantity and balance determine the elasticity and stickiness of flour. Gluten increases proportionately with the amount of proteins in the wheat, so does the stickiness of flour made from it. The quality and quantity of this gluten are also the determinants of the swelling (rising) condition of the bread as well as the chewy sensation of Udon noodles, etc.

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Classification of wheat

Excluding durum wheat (pasta’s raw material), wheat is classified into three types based on the amount of protein contained in it: • Hard wheat: Processed into strong flour, highly viscous and elastic, suitable for bread and Chinese noodles • Semi-hard wheat: Processed into medium flour, with moderate elasticity and viscosity, suitable for dry noodles and boiled noodles • Soft wheat: Processed into thin powder with low viscosity or elasticity, suitable for cakes and biscuits.

Japan relies on import for wheat consumption because Japanese climates and soil conditions make the stabilisation of the quality of products considerably difficult. In addition, the wheat harvesting season falls mostly during the rainy period in Japan and problems such as germination, mold, and fungus are more likely to occur.

However, imported wheat, traveling across the Pacific Ocean to Japan, require application of pesticides before shipment to prevent the multiplication of insects and, quite often, a small amount of these chemicals are left on the wheat skin, and then it can be mixed up with the wheat during the milling process which definitely affects the quality of the derived products such as bread, etc, hence the need of reduction of this type of contamination during the wheat processing stage.

Satake, flour milling and the PeriTec System

The relationship between Satake and wheat goes back to 1946.

At that time, Satake developed and announced the vertical abrasion type debranning machine (D-type debranning machine) and the circulation abrasion type debranning machine (E-type debranning machine) to process wheat, imported as substitutes for insufficient rice production after the end of the war.

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Satake has long been researching and developing applications of rice milling technology for wheat, but the definitive entry into the flour milling business was in 1991, after the acquisition of the Robinson Milling Systems, a British mill manufacturer which had acquired Henry Simon (formerly the world’s largest mill manufacturer) in 1988. Subsequently, it did not take long to fuse rice milling technology with flour milling technology to establish the new flour milling theory: the PeriTec System.

What is the PeriTec System?

Traditional flour milling methods use flour milling machines which gradually mill the wheat with roller mills while the outer skin (bran) is still attached to the grain. In contrast, the PeriTec

system utilises a technique in which the outer skin of wheat is removed first, using a debranning machine in the same way as rice milling, and it is only then when the endosperm part is milled with roller mills. On the other hand, a small amount of water is added right before the wheat is milled to make it easier to remove the outer skin, a specific technique not used for rice.

Debranning machine structures

The debranning machine is divided into an abrasive section and a friction section. The first section is to remove the outer skin from the wheat while the second one is to clean the grain surface once the outer skin is removed.

Depending on the purpose, the propriety of debranning with the abrasive section and the cleaning with the friction section can be adjusted with the pressure and external counterweight the same way as it is performed for rice milling machine. Also, one unique

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Features of PeriTec system wheat flour

Characteristics of the wheat flour obtained with PeriTec system are: • Reduced outer skin • Increased whiteness • Higher mineral content Apart from the above, as the outer skin is removed prior to the milling process, it greatly contributes to the food safety by reducing the residual agricultural chemicals and the number of bacteria present. Also, baking bread using PeriTec flour gives it a rich flavour and soft texture. One British bakery introduced a bread made from PeriTec flour into the market, it became highly popular not only in the UK but all over Europe. In Italy, one of the major flour companies produces a superior quality of semolina with the PeriTec System.

Domestic pasta factories in Italy uses the semolina to produce pasta, exporting them all over the world. https://satake-group.com

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Factors affecting feed pelleting quality and efficiency

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by Zheng Chang, China

he quality of pelleted feed is mainly reflected in the vulnerability of the pellet, the hardness of pellets, the appearance and quality of pellets (whether the surface is cracked, the gloss, the colour, etc), and the length of the pellet. The factors affecting the quality of pellet are various. The influence of raw material quality on pelleting quality and efficiency includes the following aspects: • The influence of particle size of raw materials on pelleting quality and efficiency • Raw materials can be divided into coarse, medium and fine particles. Generally, coarse particles have diameters of 3mm or more. Medium and fine particles have good pelleting properties, involve lower than average energy consumption and less abrasion towards die and rollers.

Steam easily penetrates to the core of small particles and causes physical and chemical changes, which improve the quality of pelleting. As shown in Figure 1, the cores of the medium and fine particles (the two small cubes on the left of Figure 1) are easily penetrated by steam. The steam, however, cannot penetrate through the core of the coarse particle (the larger cube on the right of Figure 1), leaving a dry core.

In addition, coarse-particle raw materials are more likely to crack after pelleting (as shown in Figure 2). Medium and fine materials have a high density of pressed particles (as shown in Figure 3), and are better able to pass through the die holes (as shown in Figure 4), with less abrasion to die holes and higher output.

However, if the materials are crushed too fine then the production cost will be increased. The ideal particle size is a reasonable combination of coarse, medium and fine materials. Taking the production of Ф6mm livestock and poultry pellet feed as an example, the reasonable particle size distribution is shown in Figure 5.

For Ф2mm prawn feed, 85 percent of the raw materials should pass through 40 mesh sieve. Now the minimum

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diameter of ring die hole is 0.8mm, so the maximum diameter of raw materials for pelleting should not be above one-third of the diameter of die hole, that is to say, the raw materials must pass through the 60 mesh sieve (0.267mm) after crushing to meet the particle size requirement

The influence of feed density on pelleting efficiency

The pelleting efficiency is related to the density of raw materials. Light materials have a density of less than 0.33t/m³; heavy materials have a density rating of more than 0.4t/m³. When pelleting, lighter materials have low output, but heavy materials showcase higher output. For example, when using alfalfa with density of 0.22t/m³, the output is 4t/h. When using cottonseed powder with density of 0.53t/m³, the output is 16t/h.

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The influence of protein content on pelleting efficiency

High protein raw materials (generally with high density), such as soybean powder and cottonseed powder, are extruded by die and roller in the process of pelleting, resulting in friction heat, which is conducive to pelleting. However, for high protein feed (such as calf feed and concentrated feed), a large amount of powder or urea should be added during pelleting, to obtain optimised results.

The influence of fat content on pelleting efficiency

Fat is a great lubricant for pelleting. It can increase output, reduce abrasion and prolong the service life of both roller and die. The feed itself contains fat, and we can also add fat before pelleting. Too much fat content, such as sic percent fat content, will affect pelleting, since the particles may become soft and difficult to be shaped. If the particles with high fat content (3% or more) are required, one-to-two percent fat can be added during mixing, and the rest can be added by spraying after pelleting.

The influence of fibre content on pelleting efficiency

Fiber has adverse effects on pelleting. It may reduce the output and accelerate the abrasion of die hole. There are two types of fibres, one is stringy fibre such as alfalfa, sweet bud stem, sweet potato stem, etc, the other is shelled fibre such as oat, soybean, cottonseed, peanut shell, etc. The stringy fibre can absorb steam and soften during conditioning, and play a role of binder in the particles, improving the particle strength; while the fibre with shell cannot absorb steam, and play a role of dispersion in the particles, affecting the particle quality. www.zhengchang.com Figure 4

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Advanced grain sorting technology adds more value to your grain

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by BoMill, Sweden

ometimes a small deficit in grain product quality creates a steep reduction in the product´s economic value. Under the established systems of grading wheat, barley, or durum, even a tiny number of kernels of undesirable quality can easily reduce the value of the total grain batch by 25 percent or even to an almost total loss.

On a conceptual level, there ought to be a better way. If we simply removed the exact amount of offending material, the higher economic value of what is left would presumably justify the effort. Until recently, however, the grain industry has lacked a proven, efficient method of doing so.

The traditional methods of grain sorting are limited to the removal of odd-looking kernels as observed and judged from the visual inspection of their surface properties ie discoloured kernels or kernels with abnormal morphological properties. These methods are, however, unable to judge the quality of the most valuable part of the kernel – its inner part.

The Swedish company BoMill has developed a globally unique grain sorting technology which enables sorting of grains beyond visual surface properties. This proprietary technology makes it possible to analyse and identify each kernel in a batch and grade them according to their internal qualities.

BoMill: A pioneer in grain sorting based on the internal properties of the grains

BoMill’s advanced sorting technology “looks inside every single kernel” to decide its classification: eg into animal feed or human food, by using NIR-light in transmission mode with the capacity of 25,000 kernelsper-second, sorted into three or six quality fractions. This method captures the hidden value in every grain batch, allowing the industry to optimise yield and revenue from every harvest and, thus,

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directly contributing to UN Sustainability Goals for 2030.

This ground-breaking technology has been developed since 2001 and has, so far, resulted in two commercial products (sorting devices): the IQ Sorter for laboratory sorting and the TriQ Sorter – the industrial version.

BoMill’s technology has been recognised internationally by

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TERRA (a global innovation accelerator initiative by Rabo Bank & Rocketspace, which fuels ground-breaking transformations in the food and agriculture industries) as a disruptive technology that can redefine the grain industry.

In order to reach the desired market position, the technology needs further development and upscaling. BoMill has, together with its international owners, created an organisation to pursue this goal. They have cross-disciplinary industry expertise with a specialisation in grain sorting, which means BoMill understands their customersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; needs and are able to drive transformative change across the entire grain sorting value chain.

Today, grain is the second largest traded commodity after oil. The correct grading and sorting of the grain has, thus, a direct impact on global food security and safety.

The solution

The TriQ Sorter is our industrial version. Grains are fed into the machine by the top and enter the cylinder that turns at 60rpm. It can sort up to 25,000 kernels-persecond by internal properties. It can, for example, sort on protein, vitreousness or Deoxynivalenol (DON).

The cylinder, with up to 25,000 pockets adapted to the size of the cereal, singularises each grain and carries them in the pockets by rotating to the NIR-light source. Each pocket has a hole allowing the NIR light beam to pass through each kernel and reach the sensor.

Each kernel is shot by between eight-to-ten beams of NIR-light and, according to how the light passes through, each single grain will be ejected individually into one of the three fractions. Only the analysed kernel will be ejected which gives no ejection losses. Three homogenous fractions will be sorted.

The IQ Sorter is a smaller laboratory scale machine with the same technology enabling it to sort into six fractions. In the example above, we have a real-life case where the machine has sorted on protein.

Different levels of protein alter the suitability for different applications, and we can turn lots with one average protein level into several lots with different homogenous protein levels. This gives the user the possibility to offer different qualities for different applications which increases the value of the total lot. The original sample had an average of 13.2 percent of protein and was separated into six homogenous fractions with protein levels from 10.5 percent to 14.2 percent.

Individual grain sorting is a totally new approach that is attracting increasing interest in the grain industry

Environmental influences will continue to cause fluctuations in quality and price.

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Success strategy for flatbread

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by Andreas Zuber, Publications & Multimedia, Bühler AG, Switzerland

t is not so easy to find the high-quality flour needed to make traditional ‘chapati’ in Germany. Either one buys imported flour from a South Asian grocer, or, one follows a small country road to Elztal in BadenWuerttemberg. Biemer Mühle is the name of the small traditional mill that has secured the chapati flour niche market.

Biemer Mühle was just about to shut down due to hard competition in the German market at the beginning of the 1980’s. The die-out of bakeries made it difficult as a supplier, and it could barely keep pace with the prices offered by the larger mills. Today’s owner, Albert Biemer, recalls how his father wanted to close Biemer Mühle down for good. But Albert resisted. His passion for milling was just too big. The mill had been in the family for 189 years, and the location had an even longer history going back 350 years. Master miller and daughter, Ina, had worked tirelessly to ensure that the tradition of the mill would continue into the seventh generation.

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When Albert Biemer met a guard from a nearby barracks who originally hailed from Pakistan, it was a serendipitous moment.

The man was used to buying flour to make his flatbread from an Asian greengrocer three hours away. He wanted to find a locally produced product very much and, as a test, bought some wholemeal flour from the Biemer Mühle. He was so thrilled with the quality that he told his greengrocer in distant Frankfurt about it.

Albert Biemer decided to visit the merchant in Frankfurt and bring back a sample in the trunk of his car. This gave birth to the idea of dedicating himself to developing this niche product. It was Good Friday when he began remodeling his mill. His flour was too fine and wasn’t even close to his sample. He returned to Frankfurt many times to have the greengrocer test his results, but the feedback was usually “getting close”. Development eventually took ten years.

Albert Biemer’s perfectionism, however, was rewarded, and the chapati flour “Made in Elztal” made the rounds of both

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small and large Asian shopkeepers. Soon, Albert decided to expand his five-tonne mill to a 15-tonne mill, but this needed corresponding upkeep. The family members and assistants worked in three shifts to meet demand.

The price was zero free time, which is not a sustainable way to work in the long run.

Investment needed to be made. Albert Biemer again took a sample in the trunk of his car, only this time to the B端hler company in Switzerland. It was very important to him to not make any compromises with the quality when increasing his efficiency.

B端hler came back with an offer for a total mill modernisation. The small mill was equipped with a WinCos plant automation system - a tool for planning production and controlling yield which is used by very large mills as well. Today, it is hard to think of the mill without the touch PC used for controlling the entire mill. B端hler also helped optimise the cleaning system and the grinding. The latter is done with the Diorit roller mill MDDY which is hardly surpassed when it comes to grinding efficiency and reliability. Today, Albert Biemer produces the same volumes as previously but only needs 10 hours a day for it. In return, he now has a family life again.

Biemer M端hle is currently exporting about 28 percent of its production volume, mostly to European cities. Albert Biemer appreciates the direct contact with his small Asian shopkeepers in Germany, which is why he still likes to deliver the chapati flour to many of them personally.

myMAG.info/e/805 Chapati is an unleavened Indian flatbread that is made with a mixture of wholemeal flour, water and spices. It is a part of almost every meal in Northern India and Pakistan. It is often served with lentils, cumin and coriander. When Indians migrated to the African continent, it became known there as well. The flatbread often serves as a type of spoon when eating. There is also chapati flour made of barley, millet and wheat, or just pure wholemeal flour.

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Our GRAPAS Innovations Awards 2020 applicants

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Following the postponement of VICTAM Animal Health and Nutrition Asia, Milling and Grain have also postponed the GRAPAS Innovations Conference. The conference will now take place on July 9th 2020. We will also announce the winners of the GRAPAS Innovations Awards 2020 during VICTAM Animal Health and Nutrition Asia. Stay tuned to this space for the latest updates regarding the GRAPAS Innovations Conference!

LENTIL-BASED SNACK PRODUCTION SIMULATION - BY BRABENDER

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roduct and recipe development of innovative snackfood with lab-scale rheology and extrusion The demand for food and feed products from alternative protein sources is continuously increasing. Pulses, in particular, have proven to be effective protein suppliers. This confronts producers with new challenges in product and recipe

development.

Often, the processing properties of the new raw materials, how they react together with other materials and the correct mixing ratio between them must first be intensively tested in order to be able to manufacture good quality products.

Instead of having to carry out tests on production machines, with high material input and production downtimes, Brabender equipment offers the possibility to perform these tests with much less resource input. With the help of several Brabender instruments involved, for example, the production of a snack product based on a lentil/wheat flour recipe can be simulated on a laboratory scale. The setup can be used for research and development as well as for product development.

The process consists of the following five phases:

Grinding of the lentils and wheat kernels on a laboratory scale for further analysis of the raw material (Brabender Break Mill SM 4)

The laboratory mill SM 4 not only grinds different types of grain, but also pulses, pasta and more. In addition to current safety features, the mill offers five process advantages that are indispensable for precise sample preparation in the laboratory: • Infinitely adjustable grinding gap/degree of fineness • Reproducible grinding with the desired fineness • Minimised heating of the grinding material • Minimised loss of moisture in the grinding product • Closed system without product losses

This makes the Brabender Break Mill SM 4 ideally suited for sample preparation for subsequent analyses, such as the moisture content of the ground material.

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Measurement of moisture content (Brabender Moisture Tester MT-CA):

In the production of lentil-based snack extrudates on a scientific basis, the total moisture content in the extrusion process is crucial. This is composed of the raw material moisture and the water content added during the extrusion process. The Brabender MT-CA thus supports sample preparation with regard to raw material moisture.

The instrument is an electronic moisture analyser that works on the principle of heat drying in moving air. The weight loss of the sample material resulting from the drying process is determined.

In the MT-CA, the air enriched with moisture is constantly exchanged.

As a result, the drying process is significantly faster than in a classic drying oven without ventilation. Compared to conventional drying, application errors are reduced to a minimum due to the automated work with the MT-CA. The time-consuming work step of cooling in the desiccator, which increases the source of incorrect measurements, is no longer necessary.

When drying is complete, the sample is automatically weighed back in the drying room and the water loss is calculated in grams and percent. The water content can, thus, be determined with an accuracy of 0.1 percent.

Analysis of water absorption and kneading properties (Farinograph-TS):

The Brabender Farinograph measures the water absorption of flour as well as the dough development time, dough stability during kneading and dough softening. By determining and observing these parameters (with regard to the individual raw materials and also to the blends made from them) how later variations during extrusion can be assessed and minimised.

The reliable and reproducible measurement of the processing properties and quality of flours and meals is a basic requirement in the milling and baking industry today to ensure consistent and optimum quality for the production of a wide variety of bakery and pasta products. For decades the Brabender Farinograph has proven its worth for this task, making it the most frequently used instrument worldwide for determining the properties of wheat and rye flour.

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Grinds grains, pulses and other materials to the desired fineness: The Brabender Break Mill SM 4

Precisely determines material moisture, almost fully automatically: The Brabender Moisture Tester MT-CA

The kneading resistance acting on the blades of the measuring kneader according to the sample viscosity is measured as torque by the high-precision measuring electronics and registered and recorded online by the software as a function of time in a clearly arranged colour diagram.

For visco-inelastic doughs made from lentil or other pulses, which do not form an adhesive network of their own accord and have to be “forced to knead”, the FarinoAdd-S300 accessory prevents the dough from pressing on the kneading lid during kneading when measurements are made on the Farinograph-TS. A “stamp” with clamp attachment and integrated water supply (for automatic or manual titration) allows a good mixing of water and flour, which remain within the intended measuring range of the kneading chamber, instead of pushing the material upwards beyond it. This makes it possible to assess the rheological behavior of even such highly plastic doughs under constant conditions and according to the usual standards - always, of

Now also applicable for pulses flours: The Brabender Farinograph, the world’s most frequently used instrument for analyzing flour quality

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course, with a view to the quality characteristics desired or to be aimed for in the end product.

Analysis of starch gelatinisation (Brabender ViscoQuick):

The ViscoQuick is a rheological measuring instrument for the analysis of starch gelatinisation of the raw material before and after extrusion. The measured values provide information about the starch damage caused by shear and heat during the extrusion process, which has a positive effect on the digestibility of the extruded product.

The ViscoQuick is a compact universal measuring instrument with a wide range of applications for fast and uncomplicated measurements of viscosity and gelatinisation properties. With the ViscoQuick it is possible, among other things, to analyse gelatinisation properties of starches and to qualitatively determine alpha-amylase activity in flours. It can be used to measure hot

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and cold viscosities and to check the stability of thickeners and binders.

In comparison to classical measurements for starch gelatinisation, a measuring run with the ViscoQuick can be performed in approximately 15 minutes. The heating rate of the ViscoQuick is up to 20 °C per minute, the cooling rate up to 15 °C per minute. In addition, the integrated heating/ cooling function also reduces possible sources of error in the measurements.

Thanks to the new patented dynamic taring and calibration method and the new precise heating/cooling system, the ViscoQuick has improved reproducibility compared to previous systems. This not only provides reliable measurement results, but also saves customers time by reducing the need for repeat measurements. A further advantage is that, depending on the sample material, only small sample quantities of between 5 and 10 grams are required and temperature ranges between + 10 °C and 98 °C can be covered.

Development of a recipe and definition of the process parameters; extrusion of the recipe on a laboratory scale (Brabender TwinLab-F 20/40):

Tests with laboratory extruders offer advantages such as practical measurement of extrusion conditions with small sample quantities, quick change of test conditions, and easy operation and cleaning. With the Brabender TwinLab-F 20/40 snacks can be produced on a laboratory scale according to different recipes (variable composition of wheat and lentil flour, additional additives if required).

With extrusion as a modern key technology, new developments

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of snack products, breakfast cereals, flat breads, dough or confectionery can be prepared on a laboratory scale. By varying the parameters of screw speed, temperature and shear in their interaction during extrusion, innovative food and feed products can be made.

The Brabender TwinLab-F 20/40 is primarily designed for research and development. Its main field of application is in recipe and product development. In addition, it is used for the production of samples for quality control or for the optimisation of production processes.

The laboratory extruder makes contemporary, flexible product design possible from a wide variety of raw materials: not only “classic” from corn, wheat, rice or soya, but also from other legumes such as peas, lentils and lupines.

In addition, new types of products made from potatoes, vegetables or nuts are being developed, especially in the snack area. Raw material mixtures with fibres, oils, sugar or micronutrients are also feasible.

Application ideas can thus be varied in many ways, in terms of raw materials, recipes, machines and products. Users can establish methods for measuring their quality parameters from the raw material to the end product in advance.

In addition, they need considerably less time for their tests, save material and have hardly any product waste. And last but not least: They do not need to worry about their current quality management system being compromised in the first place.

Snack product with different lentil-wheat compositions can be developed at lab scale with the Brabender TwinLab-F 20/40.

The use of Brabender equipment involved in this process has significant advantages over tests on machines otherwise used in running production: • Highest flexibility: The test conditions can be changed quickly, not only with respect to material composition and the shape of the final product (by using different die heads), but also with respect to temperatures, speed, torque, pressure, etc • Material savings: Only a fraction of the raw material is used compared to tests on production lines • No interruption of the production process: In many companies tests are carried out on production lines. Brabender instruments allow laboratory-scale tests while production continues • The material behavior during the production process can be tested on a large scale before tests are performed • Optimal process parameters can be stored, used for other tests or considered for upscaling to production conditions • Rejects resulting from the use of material of inappropriate quality or composition are therefore reduced to a minimum. www.brabender.com

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World Mycotoxin Report 2019 EMEA & APAC: Biomin Mycotoxin Webinar

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by Vaughn Entwistle, Managing Editor, Milling and Grain

very year since 2004 Biomin has conducted an annual survey of mycotoxins as part of the technical service they provide to their customers.

The worldwide survey reports on which mycotoxins were discovered and where they were found. Biomin maintains that the survey is crucial to helping the company to develop new products for customers as it allows them to us evaluate the mycotoxin risk to animals.

This year’s webinar was moderated by Joshua Davis and featured a panel of mycotoxin experts including: Alexandro Marchioro MSc, Senior Mycotoxin Expert at Biomin Anneliese Müll PhD, Project Manager, Mycotoxin at Biomin Martina Bellasio PhD, Senior Mycotoxin Expert at Romer Labs

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Mycotoxin origins

Mycotoxins produced by fungi contaminate a wide variety of feed ingredients given to ruminants, swine, poultry, fish, and shrimp. These mycotoxins can have many deleterious consequences for animals, including affecting health, growth, welfare and, ultimately, profitability. Biomin’s mycotoxin report covered the major topics surrounding the issue of mycotoxin infection: • Upcoming mycotoxin threats in livestock feed across the globe • Relevant mycotoxin testing tools to ensure proper monitoring in an animal rearing operation • The dangers posed by the presence of multiple mycotoxins and newly emerging mycotoxins • How to establish an effective mycotoxin risk management programme The report was offered as a live streamed webinar and opened

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The risk for North America is considered extreme with risks from both soybean and corn crops. Levels of 90 percent Vomitoxin (DON) are prevalent with a maximum concentration of 8936ppb. For corn, 85 percent of samples were contaminated

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Central and South America

Once again, the risk is extreme. Samples tended to test high in contamination. Fumonisin (FUM) is the most abundant mycotoxin in this region, contaminating 90 percent of samples, followed by DON with 56 percent. All the Americas are subject to high levels of mycotoxin contamination.

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with a world map colour-keyed in terms of the risk threshold.

While all regions are affected by mycotoxins, the risk threshold is based on risk in the field and rated from ‘moderate’ to ‘extreme risk’. Pale yellow denotes ‘moderate’ risk levels which gradually darkens to dark red which represents ‘extreme risk’. A new addition for 2020 was the introduction of mycotoxin risks for aquaculture.

Corn (maize) was one of the first feed crops evaluated and was depicted by a graph recording 10 years of mycotoxin contamination. It was noted that the same strains of mycotoxins have appeared around the world.

Risk in Europe is high-to-severe, mainly DON with 83 and 73 percent FUM. Straw is very high in DON, particularly in Northern Europe. In southern Central Europe wheat had 54 percent DOM.

Asia

In general Asia has seen the same extreme risk as last year.

FUM and DOM are the highest level mycotoxins recorded. 31 percent of corn samples tested positive for Aflatoxin. Over 98 percent of animal feed tested positive for FUM with a maximum concentration of 41471ppb.

Southeast Asia

100 percent of feed tested positive for FUM, which is a great concern for the livestock industry.

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Q&A

The 2019 survey was followed by a live question and answer session.

Q. What is the best simple solution for mycotoxin screening?

Middle East and North Africa

FUM are the most prevalent mycotoxins. There is recorded a 97 percent continuation for FUM and 62 percent for DOM with a maximum concentration of 4324ppb.

Africa (not including North Africa)

A. Strip tests which are fast and easy to use, can also be used in the field. There are also laser tests that allow you to measure samples in parallel.

Risk levels in Africa are extreme with 83 percent for DON followed by FUM at 78 percent, while 77 percent of corn samples were contaminated by more than one mycotoxin. Cocontamination, where commodities are contaminated by more than one mycotoxin, is a serious problem.

A. Mycotoxins can affect poultry production, although we don’t have solid numbers equating mycotoxin feed contamination. This can open the possibility that mycotoxins can weaken the immune system and make poultry more prevalent to disease.

Multiple mycotoxin occurrence

Q. How vulnerable is commercial poultry to mycotoxins?

Q. Is it possible to fix all the mycotoxin levels in feed?

A. Unfortunately not. We have different metabolites that we have just begun to discover the effects of. However, the MYCOfix line can counteract over 200 mycotoxins.

Q. What is the most efficient and accurate way to test for mycotoxins in animal feed?

A. There is no absolute best method, the testing method that should be chosen is a quick testing method such as strips or LCMS analysis.

Q. How will the reduction in pesticide use and climate change affect mycotoxin contamination over the next five years?

A. The reduction in fungicide use in the field will result in increased fungus in the feed. As the climate warms, latitude north of the equator will follow the warming trends.

Mycotoxins will be produced in the field as temperatures warm.

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Emerging mycotoxins are most commonly found in straw (Enniatin A1 97 percent); Maize (Monilformin 92 percent) and finished feed (Enniatin B1 92 percent).

A case study showed that traces of mycotoxin in swine feed slowed body weight gain and reduced body weight. In addition to aflatoxin, the feed was also contaminated by Diacetoxyscirpenol.

Mycotoxin co-occurrence can have additive synergistic or antagonistic effects on animals. In the last year, the scientific community has focused on emerging mycotoxins such as Patulin, Fusaric acid, and Ergot alkaloids, which cause negative effects towards different bodily functions.

So-called masked mycotoxins modify some mycotoxin compounds, which is a defence mechanism of the plant.

The animal ingests contaminated feed and then the parental mycotoxin is released into the animal’s gut.

The solution is Multi-Mycotoxin Analysis, a service offered by Biomin. Biomin’s Spectrum Top 50 Multi Mycotoxin Analysis is able to identify many different metabolites in a single run, which provides insight into the contamination of a sample.

However, there are over 400 metabolites that could be toxic, so the question is: how do we test for them?

Biomin’s Spectrum 380 is the most comprehensive mycotoxin analysis available. 90 percent of samples tested contain 10 or more mycotoxins and metabolites.

Once you have the analysis of your sample, Biomin can provide different responses depending on the mycotoxins present. www.biomin.com

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Some experiences from the project ALTERBAKE: Technological challenges in the processing of ancient wheats

by Melissa Camerlink, University College Ghent, Department of Bio- and Food Sciences, Belgium uring the past two years, the ALTERBAKE-project has investigated the application potential of alternative cereals in the development of innovative bakery products. This project was a collaboration between Ghent University (UGent) and the University College Ghent (HOGENT). The scope of the research project included several ancient grains such as three ancient wheats (einkorn, emmer and khorasan), teff and three pseudo-cereals (quinoa, amaranth and buckwheat). In addition, tritordeum, a relatively new cereal, was studied.

Ancient grains

husk contains just one kernel. Other commonly used names are ‘small spelt’, ‘petit épeautre’ and ‘farro piccolo’. Einkorn was first cultivated 14,000 years ago and knows its origin in Turkey, Iran and Iraq.

Over time, einkorn spread to Europe and, about 10,000 years ago, emmer wheat emerged. Later on, about 8000 years ago, spelt was derived from emmer. Emmer (Triticum dicoccum) contains two kernels in each husk and this crop is still being cultivated in some areas of Europe. Meanwhile spelt (Triticum spelta) is a well-known cereal in Europe.

Einkorn, emmer and spelt are all hulled wheat species that first need to be dehulled before they can be processed into flour.

Because of the low yields and this extra dehulling step, it became less interesting to grow these ancient wheats and more interesting to grow common bread wheat (a high-yielding, disease resistant wheat species with dwarfing genes). Khorasan (Triticum turgidum ssp. turanicum) is also an ancient wheat. Khorasan is a freethreshing cereal and most likely originates from Polish wheat and durum wheat. It is better known as the registered trademark KAMUT® (variety QK-77). Khorasan is mainly cultivated in Canada and North America by KAMUT International.

During the research project milling and functional properties of commercially available samples einkorn (2-3), emmer (5-6) and kamut (1-2) were investigated.

Ancient grains are defined as the populations of primitive grains, which were not subject to modern selection or breeding programs. They sometimes still have characteristics of their wild ancestors such as individual variability and ear length, a fragile ear and a low yield index. Over the course of time, ancient grains were bred towards species with higher yields. Nowadays, 95 percent of the cultivated wheat is bread wheat (or Triticum aestivum), while the other five percent mainly consists of durum wheat (Triticum durum).

However, ancient grains are gaining renewed interest because Milling properties of the increasing demand in organic, traditional or artisanal food Ancient wheats can be milled into flour and whole meal. products. They are considered an highly adaptable species and there Einkorn and emmer need to be dehulled before milling which is a strong demand to preserve genetic diversity in Figure 3: Phylogeny of ancient wheat species the field. Moreover, some ancient grains are being characterised by interesting nutritional properties.

Ancient wheats

Ancient wheats are for example einkorn, emmer, khorasan and spelt. These ancient wheat plants can grow very high (>1 metre), which makes them very susceptible to lodging so yields can be very low compared to modern bread wheat varieties. Ancient wheats are suitable for organic farming since they are considered low input crops.

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F means extra labor and extra costs. It is not always easy to remove the hull of einkorn mechanically, while dehulling emmer is quite similar to spelt. Dehulling results in a 25-30 percent weight reduction.

Einkorn is also very difficult to process on a roller mill.

During milling, sieves easily clog with the sticky, light and inert flour. Flour properties are similar to cookie flour properties. A larger amount of the endosperm sticks to the bran since kernels of einkorn easily disintegrate during milling. Therefore, the fraction of flour that is being extracted by the bran finisher was much higher compared to the milling process of common bread wheat. The amount of damaged starch was also lower (Âą3 percent) compared to common bread wheat (Âą5 percent). Milling of einkorn through stone milling can avoid problems such as clogging. It is important to mention that flour properties will be different when a different milling technique is applied.

In contrast to einkorn, emmer and khorasan can be milled on a roller mill without difficulties. The damaged starch content of the khorasan sample was slightly higher compared to bread wheat which can be explained by the kernel characteristics.

Khorasan wheat kernels are harder than bread wheat kernels.

This is not surprising, since khorasan is related to durum wheat.

Flour extractions for einkorn, emmer and khorasan on a BĂźhler laboratory mill were respectively 58-70 percent, 59-69 percent and 68 percent, compared to a flour extraction of a common bread wheat of about 68-70 percent. Notice that these results were obtained on a laboratory mill and will most likely be higher when tested on an industrial roller mill.

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Figure 2: Farinograph results of ancient wheats and bread wheat

Hagberg falling number, wet gluten content and gluten index were also analysed. Zeleny analysis showed that gluten quality of the ancient wheats samples available on the Belgian market was (very) poor. Einkorn shows Zeleny values below 10ml, while emmer and khorasan show values of about 13ml. Results of the gluten index confirm that gluten in ancient wheats are weak (results are much lower than the recommended 80 percent

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minimum gluten index with common bread wheat).

Samples were also subjected to a standardised Farinograph and Alveograph test to assess the rheological properties of bread dough with ancient wheats. Water absorption of einkorn flour (±52 percent) is low while water absorption of emmer and khorasan flour is similar to bread wheat flour (±60 percent). The dough stability of ancient wheat flours is much lower and the degree of softening is much higher compared to bread wheat flour. Overkneading of the dough will therefore be a problem (See Tables 1, 2 and 3).

Some conclusions

To develop high quality bread with ancient wheats, bakers need background knowledge on the processing properties of these ancient wheats so they can adjust their processing schemes. Our results indicate that breadmaking with ancient wheats available on the Belgian market is a challenge.

Doughs are more difficult to handle and bread volumes are generally lower. There is a need for alternative processing methods such as sourdough, cooled doughs, polish dough

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methods, etc. Our research shows that applying these techniques increases the processability of ancient wheats and improves the quality of the resulting breads.

Despite the many challenges, there is a great potential for these ancient wheats since consumers show a clear interest in these products. A survey, conducted with 300 consumers, showed that one third of the respondents is willing to pay 50 percent extra for a bread with ancient grains.

If these grains are locally grown, more than half of the respondents are willing to pay the extra money. One of the Belgian bakers who started working with these ancient wheats tells us, “Try and keep trying. Do not give up and look for the right processing technique for each ancient wheat. This way you can create tasty and traditional bread”.

For more information please contact: Filip Van Bockstaele – filip.vanbockstaele@ugent.be Melissa Camerlinck - melissa.camerlinck@hogent.be Ingrid De Leyn – ingrid.deleyn@ugent.be www.alterbake.be

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The future of feed ingredients

by Rebecca Sherratt, Features Editor, Milling and Grain

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recent study by Global Market Insights has evaluated the future growth rates of feed ingredients for 2020-2026, following the continued demand for sustainable protein sources as the world’s population continues to rapidly expand.

The study certainly suggests that the industry will only continue to evolve and grow and having premier feed ingredients plays a pivotal role in ensuring the optimal health and wellbeing of all animals and humans on the Earth.

The animal feed protein ingredients sector was worth US $160.95 billion in 2019 and the Global Market Insights study suggests that this number will skyrocket up to $245.06bn by 2026, a 7.3 percent increase. The study, which covers a total of 20 countries worldwide and focusses upon 41 leading companies in the feed ingredients sector also explores what it estimates will be the biggest challenges and growth drivers for the sector in the next six years.

In Europe, the study suggests that a potential issue within the industry could be keeping up with the demand for protein-rich feed sources, following the mass increase in livestock production.

This is a concern that has been plaguing the sector for many moons, but the industry seems to be continuing to handle this relatively well and members of the sector are all taking reasonable and smart steps to cope with the increase in demand.

This will also be a major factor for growth.

The study also notes that key growth drivers include Peru’s fastflourishing aquaculture industry, as well as the renewed emphasis on meat and meat-based products in the Asia-Pacific region (a sector which is expected to exceed $226bn by 2025). On a global scale, pork production has also seen a large increase due to the meat’s high levels of thiamine, selenium, vitamin B-6, niacin, zinc, potassium, phosphorus, riboflavin and protein. Poultry feed is seen to also experience a significant growth, moreso than feed for the aquaculture and livestock sectors.

In terms of restrictions that may slightly hamper the feed ingredient industry, the study highlights strict feed regulatory compliances as well as restrictions on fish farming which may reduce the quantity of farmable protein available.

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Which ingredients will play a pivotal role in the coming years?

• Oilseed meals, produced as a by-product of soybean, copra, sunflower, canola and cottonseed oil extraction, will continue to play a much larger role in feed production. Thanks to oilseed meals’ wide variety of applications within chicken, wine and cattle feeds, this flexible ingredient will increase in use through the next few years • Canola meal is a similarly flexible solution that can be used in a wide variety of feeds. Thanks to its high cystine amino acid content, as well as high levels of methionine, it can also be used as a supplement for sheep feed. Canola meal has also now been recognised more as a safe, natural feed ingredient which can be reliably used to safeguard your livestock from diseases and ailments • Yeast-based probiotics are also seeing a ignificant increase in usage, especially among ruminant feeds. This is due to the impressive recent advancements in yeast-based probiotics which have led to improved gut health in cattle, as well as preventing decreased rumen pH and enhanced fibre digestion.

Dry yeast is expected to be more popular in the coming years than alternatives • Bone meal is expected to gain significant traction, especially so in North America, Asia-Pacific, Africa and Europe • Enzymes, vitamins, prebiotics and organic acids are also expected to be utilised much more frequently within animal feed, in order to ensure the continued health of animals to keep our food chain running at a sustainable and manageable pace.

Experts suggest that, in order to gain a competitive advantage in the feed ingredients market, companies should be developing novel microbial strains and expanding their portfolio of products. Phytase specifically is an enzyme which has been steadily increasing in use in past years. In 2018, phytase sales saw an increase of 3.91 percent up to 25,701 million tonnes and this number is expected to continue its steady increase • Amino acids are become more and more utilised in the market as we become a much more health-conscious population. The Asia-Pacific region is again expected to see the largest growth in use of amino acids owing to their improved economic conditions and an increased demand. In second place to AsiaPacific is South America, who also use a significant amount of amino acids for their feed. China will, it is estimated, continue to be the largest exporters of amino acid solutions.

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by Bradley Jones, PE, AGCO/GSI, USA e have all heard the lines “bigger is better”, “bigger bang for your buck($)” or “everything is bigger in Texas”. But, what do any of these have to do with grain silos?

Well, it seems over the years that customers and manufacturers continue to ask for, and receive, bigger and bigger storage capabilities. It is not uncommon to now see a round steel silo that is more than 135’ (41m) diameter holding more than one million bushels (35,000 tonnes) of grain.

In 1896, Wisconsin boasted one of the largest silos in the world, measuring in at a whopping 62’ diameter by 80’ (24m) tall and holding 3228 tonnes of grain. The impressive silo was built using stone covered in plaster, lots of tar-covered lumber and a big wagonload of nails. The cost of construction was US $2400. At the time, one of the leading silo experts said that “smaller silos are better… it is a mistake to build so large a silo.”

By the 1970’s silos were still relatively small, built out of concrete and steel. Things have changed over the years, with grain bins now built primarily out of steel instead of lumber and stone and the size is continuing to increase at a rapid rate.

There seems to be a competition among manufacturers to boast “mine is bigger than yours” thus, providing benefit to the industry and customers as it pushes the industry to be better and encourages innovation. The latest addition in the last few years is the introduction of the 156’ diameter silo, storing two million bushels (60,000 tonnes). Very few have tackled the engineering endeavour, and even fewer have proved themselves successful.

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The global food market needs to adequately protect and secure as much harvested grain as possible, as too high a percentage of grain is quantitatively and qualitatively lost… much of it due to poor storage choices. As the world continues to position itself for long term sustainability on numerous fronts, the agriculture community should be the leaders in protecting our soil, our environment and our future.

In the past, if one wanted to store massive amounts of grain, he/ she would need to turn to a flat-storage building to accomplish storing 50,000+ tonnes. While flat storage has been the only mega-storage option in the past, the grain losses are less than ideal, generating grain losses of up to 15 percent and the on-site labour requirements can be very high.

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THE CHALLENGE OF EFFICIENT BULK GRAIN SAMPLING for road trains and freight trains

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by TekPro, UK

n the quest for greater bulk transportation efficiency and reduced emissions, road trains and freight trains are increasing in length. This applies in particular to Australia, one of the world leaders in road train bulk transportation, as well as the USA and Canada.

South East Asia and South America are likely to follow suit. However, this increased efficiency is creating a problem at grain storage sitesâ&#x20AC;Ś bulk sampling bottlenecks!

In Australia, where a number of states are now allowing quad trailer configurations, some sites have had to increase the size of their weighbridges to accommodate more trailers in one go. But this has moved the bottleneck onto their bulk sampling activities, as the increased road train length means it needs to be moved along part way through sampling so that all the trailers can be tested.

What is the solution?

To achieve the greater efficiency necessary in Australia, multiple grain storage sites have been working with TekPro, British manufacturers of the class leading Samplex CS6000 bulk grain sampler, to develop a new version that can sample up to four road train trailers without the need to reposition the vehicle during the process.

The CS6000 sampler runs on rails and already offers coverage of 14m, 21m and 28m to sample single, double or triple trailer configurations. To sample quad trailers the maximum coverage has now been extended from 28m to over 35m and the semiautomatic software programme which controls the sampler 78 | April 2020 - Milling and Grain

has also been updated. The quad trailer Samplex CS6000 was officially launched in January 2020.

With this addition to the Samplex range, once the quad road train is in position there is now no need for it to be moved again during sampling. This provides significant advantages for both the transport operator and the grain storage site as less truck movement saves time. So, a typical site can now sample more road trains every day, as well as reduce emissions and increase safety for personnel. These same advantages also apply to freight train sampling too, as the number of times the train may need to be repositioned will be reduced.

What makes Samplex bulk samplers such an attractive proposition?

Samplex first developed their bulk grain sampling machines back in 1987 and the ever popular CS90 has been in continuous production ever-since. The entire range has been carefully refined and developed over the years, to ensure safety, reliability, efficiency and most importantly that samples are truly representative of the entire load. Their key design principles are:

1) Safety

All sampling can be controlled from the safety of the office: â&#x20AC;˘ By using the Samplex high definition observation system with camera mounted on the machine head or their spear cam, ensuring the sample process can be fully monitored.

This means that employees are not exposed to slips and falls or hazardous dust during sampling, thereby meeting current health and safety requirements

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STORAGE

• All Samplex machines are electro-mechanical: They do not use hydraulics, which is important for two reasons • No risk of contaminating load with hydraulic fluid leaks • The sample head features friction wheel rotation: Should a vehicle move before the sample spear has been fully withdrawn from the load, the head will rotate, preventing serious damage. In the same situation, a hydraulic machine can suffer catastrophic failure as well as contaminating the contents of the load with hydraulic fluid.

2) Reliability

• Continuously in production since 1987, their machines are well proven • Their rail systems use a twin rail for stability which reduces wear and stress during use • Bottom of load detection is used to ensure damage to both vehicle and spear is prevented, and full depth is sampled too • For servicing and maintenance requirements, TekPro have worldwide spares distribution to ensure downtime is minimised.

3) Efficiency

• With a number of modes offering manual and automatic operation, Samplex products can minimise the time required to bulk sample • All models can offer dual lane sampling, meaning vehicles in the first lane can change over whilst the sampler is operating in the second lane, saving valuable time • The sample spear aperture can be adjusted for free-flowing

powders as well as grain sizes up to a maximum of 30x16mm • Samples are automatically transported to a reception chamber with a transparent tube to allow for instant viewing and faster turnaround.

4) Representative sampling… nowhere to hide

• Their machines provide consistently accurate and more representative sampling • The Samplex spear uses gravity to obtain a sample as it passes through the load and once captured it uses positive air to transport it through the system rather than suction which can bias the sample with dust, therefore distorting the sample results • By allowing sampling at virtually any point in the load their machine can ensure that all known areas for deposits of substandard bulk products can be checked

But what if you don’t need to sample road trains or freight trains?

The ever-popular Samplex CS90 is the go-to product for those looking for something that will provide efficient and representative sampling of single trailers with its 8.6m coverage.

Just like its big brother the CS6000 it offers many of the above design benefits including telescopic action for improved coverage and positioning of the spear. The main difference is that it’s static, and not track mounted.

And for those who are looking for a more basic sampler, their CS60 and CS30 samplers may be worth a look as they are ideal for smaller volume grain sites. www.samplex.co.uk Milling and Grain - April 2020 | 81

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Cool company runs hot with new heat disinfection system

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by Vaughn Entwistle, Managing Editor, Milling and Grain

erman company FrigorTec GmbH is well known for their excellent line of grain coolers, which help conserve stored grain by killing insect pests and inhibiting the growth of mycotoxins. Now, FrigorTec is tackling insect infestations in mills and bakeries with a new product: Debugger.

Heat treatment of mills (thermal remediation)

Heat treatment is an effective and environmentally benign method of killing insects infesting mills and grain storage facilities by raising the temperature within the facility to between 50° to 60°C and maintaining it for a prolonged period of time.

Some heat remediation systems are powered by diesel generators that must be located outside the facility. Other systems use heating systems that are located outside the mill and then the heated air must be run into the building through large ducts. Both these systems entail high fuel costs and suffer from a high carbon footprint.

By contrast, Frigortec’s Debugger system uses safe, clean electric power in compact units that can be directly plugged into mains power.

Compared to other forms of pest control, heat disinfection has many advantages: • Eliminates the need for pesticides • Kills insect pests at all life stages, from eggs, to larvae, to adults • Kills insects by protein coagulation • Does not pollute or cause toxic fumes

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• Does not corrode or rust metal objects • In mills and bakeries heat disinfection is a food-safe process that supports Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) practices • Is ATEX certified • After heat treatment, dust and deposits are easily removed, reducing potential for mould growth • Room temperature never exceeds 60°C to avoid damage to building or equipment • Portable units can be strategically placed inside a structure • Cost effective and simple to operate • Modular design works in nearly all floorplans FrigorTec manufactures Debuggers in a range of sizes and capacity, and also produces an integrated power distribution system. www.frigortec.com

Industry Profile

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Experts in material handling and conveying xperts in material handling and conveying, Guttridge supply a variety of solutions to the raw materials market, ranging from conveyors, bucket elevators, dischargers, bins and various forms of ancillary equipment such as slide valves, diverters and spouting. The ability to effectively transport bulk materials is vital for every facility and Guttridge are specialists when it comes to these solutions. Guttridge are experienced with handling a wide variety of materials, ranging from feed and grain to soybeans and other raw materials.

Guttridge solutions are produced primarily from mild steel and stainless steel, to

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ensure a quality finish that is corrosion-resistant, strong and durable. Their bespoke designs also emphasis minimal risk of contamination and each solution can be customised to suit each and every individual customer requirement.

Guttridge was founded in 1962, following the design of the Animal Feed Mill by founder Dr David Guttridge. By 1970, over 90 Guttridge Mobile Feed Mills were operating in the UK and Guttridge were growing increasingly popular.

Nineteen years later, in 1989, the company expanded further into the conveying industry, producing their first stainless steel conveyors and elevator systems. This subsequently helped Guttridge gain momentum and presence in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, as well as the food and feed sectors.

Last year, Guttridge were acquired by Mitchells Group. With offices spread internationally across Singapore, China and Europe, the company continues to expand and deliver quality bespoke companies to customers on a global scale.

In terms of feed processing, Guttridge offer a variety of solutions such as chain, roller belt and screw conveyors, dischargers, feeders, bins, hoppers and elevators. Their solutions are uniquely optimised to prevent product build-up and to ensue efficient feed processing and production.

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At Bischoff Mühle Germany owner Johannes Frey, with Andreas Hummel, CTO of Wingmen Group

CASE STUDY

Energy optimised operation of mill pneumatic systems

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The mill pneumatic system is usually the biggest energy consumer in a flour mill

he mill pneumatic system is usually the biggest energy consumer in a flour mill.

In the past, motors had to be oversized due the required torque for direct starting or configured with a star/delta start condition.

Over the past ten years, the star/ delta configuration was increasingly replaced by frequency converters and soft starters. As a result of the smooth starting conditions, the significant torque reserves for motor startup are not required anymore, resulting in smaller motor sizes and increased operational efficiency.

However, a mill pneumatic system still requires reserves, specifically in the following operations conditions:

Short term operational conditions

• During the start/stop procedures of a flour mill, some passages are running empty, resulting in negative operational pressure in the pneumatic system • Throughout a change of the wheat grist or the recipe, the product load of several passages may change • During the change of a sender/tempering bin, the moisture content and tempering time of the wheat is fluctuating temporarily, causing a preliminary change of the product load on several passages.

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Long term operational conditions

According to filter sleeve condition, some reserves are required.

• A flour mill should operate at the same capacity, regardless of filter sleeve condition. Depending on electricity costs, short exchange intervals (every 1-2 months) of the filter sleeves help save energy. However, due to the high required downtime, it is not possible in most flour mills • Roller and sieve wear can cause a shift of the intermediate products to different passages, increasing load of the pneumatic lifts • The surface of the pneumatic pipes, bends and cyclones will become smoother over time, improving product flow.

After six months of operation, the product contact surface changes completely, significantly reducing the required energy consumption • As airlocks wear, false air enters the pneumatic system. This air volume increase also increases the overall energy consumption.

• With the new mill pneumatic energy optimisation service from Wingmen Group, all unnecessary reserves are eliminated, while keeping all required long- and short-term factors mentioned above in mind, to ensure a stable and trouble-free operation.

With our unique adjustments, we deliver significant energy reductions, with full reliability and trouble-free operation of the pneumatic system.

Technical requirements

The minimum requirement to execute our services is to install a frequency converter on the high-pressure fan motor. For

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Bischoff Mühle Germany, with a capacity of 70 tonnes per day

operational convenience, a remote adjustment possibility from the control room/system is recommended.

For higher savings and full operational convenience, we recommend an automatic pressure control system linked to the control system, which adjusts the speed of the frequency converters automatically according to actual conditions.

The specialists of Wingmen Group provide consultation to flour mills, to match systems to their exact requirements.

In October 2019, their complete pneumatic system was newly adjusted by Wingmen Group. Since then, the flour mill has succeeded with trouble-free operation in the production of all products and recipes. Average energy consumption was reduced by 7KW/h (28 percent of the total) consumption.

Thanks to the service of Wingmen Group, energy costs were reduced by several thousand euros per year.

Amortisation

Kerry Flour Mill Thailand, with a capacity of 250 and 270 tonnes per mill, per day

According to our experience, all mill pneumatic systems with a high-pressure fan motor size of 18.5KW or greater can provide economic benefit through adjustment with our unique settings. If your flour mill already meets the basic technical requirements as mentioned above, optimisation costs are amortised after only a few months.

If the installation of a frequency converter and a pressure control system is required, the amortisation period is between 1.5-3 years based on our typical results (depending on operational days and energy costs).

For a preliminary estimate of energy savings potential, Wingmen Group can support you with an initial, free of charge cost and savings potential overview for your flour mill.

These two flour mill lines have been in operation with the new adjustment by Wingmen Group since the end of 2019.

Total energy consumption was reduced by 51KW per hour (24% of the total energy consumption) . Optimisation of two additional Kerry Flour Mill milling lines and their sister company, President Flour, are planned for later this year, following electrical hardware installation.

Positive side effects

With the new adjustments from Wingmen Group, the overall air volume through the mill pneumatic system will be significantly reduced. The filter load per filter surface area will be reduced, increasing filter cleaning efficiency of the filter sleeves. According to client feedback, the exchange intervals can be extended by up to 60 percent, due to the lower filter load. https://wingmengroup.com

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WORLD GRAIN AND FEED MARKET REVIEW

by John Buckley

On the demand side, wheat prices have been further undermined by the general downdraft in commodity and equity markets from the threat of China’s coronavirus crises turning pandemic.

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Wheat price bends under ample supply, virus fears The opening months of 2020 have been a volatile period for global wheat markets, marked by some big swings on bellwether CBOT and Paris futures exchanges as well as the physical export markets. The steep price gains noted in our last review were extended initially, nudging 4½ year highs in Chicago amid Southern Hemisphere crop issues, delayed European and US sowings and the latter’s smallest winter crop area on records going back over 100 years.

Plenty of demand from importers large and small – even at the higher global export prices – added to market strength along with signs that top supplier Russia might start to curb its exports for the remainder of the July/June 2019/20 season.

But it didn’t last and as we go to press, the CBOT market has shed almost 10% of its January peak value to hit 2½ month lows while European and Russian prices have embarked on a fresh slide too. Even though there has been talk of one-time key exporter Australia running out of supplies much earlier than usual (thanks in part to its strong sales to China), markets now seem to be taking a much more relaxed view of the overall supply outlook.

Several factors have weighed in on the bear side for wheat. Russia and Ukraine have had an unusually mild winter and may emerge from dormancy with crops in good condition amid adequate moisture. A yield bonus may compensate for Ukraine’s smaller sown area – and this important supplier still has plenty of grain to export. Russia, which has recently up-rated its 2019 crop estimate may also be inclined now, if the crop weather stays benign - to take a less protective view of its own remaining exportable supply.

European crops, while making mixed progress among the member states, seem to doing a bit better than thought earlier in the winter and exports from the bloc remain far ahead of last year’s – again with a lot more left to sell yet. The US crop also saw its condition rating improved significantly during February. It too has managed to export more this season but will hardly finish the marketing year with tight stocks (apart possibly from soft red winter wheat, which continues to out-price normally more valuable hard red winter breadwheat).

As well as the large global stocks that will be carried into the new season in July, the International Grains Council recently estimated world planted area for wheat would be up for the 2020/21 crop by about 2%, paving the way for a possible record crop, not far off the 770m tonne mark. This season’s crop was recently estimated by the USDA at an all-time high 764m up 32.5m from the previous (2018/19) harvest.

Many months of unknown late-winter, spring and summer growing weather lie ahead before 2020 crop bounty can be proved but the currently promising outlook offers little at this stage to jolt the futures’ market view that prices will be no more than 5% or so higher in the autumn – if that.

On the demand side, wheat prices have been further undermined by the general downdraft in commodity and equity markets from the threat of China’s coronavirus crises turning pandemic. Potential disruption to movement of goods is only one of the more obvious risks.

With financial pundits bracing for a possibly substantial hit to the global economy, questions must also be raised about many developing countries’ ability to finance the commodity imports they depend on. We have already seen a massive hit to the energy sector (and not just through lost demand from top importer China) reflected in crude oil prices slumping to their lowest in over a year – and these may have much further to fall yet.

That casts a pall over the bio-energy sector, not least corn ethanol upon which the US depends for about 45% of its annual maize crop disposal. Maize is also being hammered by fears that global economic stagnation could crimp the demand for meat, growth of which has traditionally been closely linked to consumer spending power.

Where maize prices go, wheat must follow to some extent as a rival animal feed ingredient, albeit one far more dependent

for its demand on human food offtake. As one pundit put it last month, “people will still need to eat, and wheat remains the world’s leading food grain.”

While there seems no real direct threat to wheat consumption commodity markets en masse appear to have had little choice but to jointly react to the sheer uncertainty thrown at them by this (in scale at least) unprecedented ‘putside’ factor. Hopefully, enough may be clarified about the coronavirus spread for things to settle in the coming weeks and months but, in the meantime (and especially if they’re not) grain prices seem likely to experience more volatility across the board.

Key wheat factors going forward Russian analysts this month estimate their next wheat crop could rise to 83/87m tonnes from last year’s (recent upward revised 74.4m) and Ukraine’s to 26/28m (29m tonnes). Russian export prices, after a long period going up, recently dropped sharply with slower exports and are now seen competitive on world markets. That could be a bearish pointer in coming weeks.

• After a brisk couple of months, import demand for wheat slowed in late February, possibly to see how far the slump in prices might go • Will managed funds, recently sellers on the US futures market, turn buyers if low prices appear to offer a lower-risk investment?

• Europe’s wheat market has been under downward pressure from the US/Russian price trend, offset by EU exports so far running 64% higher than last year’s (versus USDA forecasts of a 35-40% increase). US export sales are also up but lagging the official forecast amid EU and ‘Black Sea’ regional competition • Canada is still selling its 2019 wheat crop but has faced problems transporting and loading amid blockades from environmentalists protesting over a new oil pipeline. It’s mainly spring planted crop is yet to be sown under shifting price ration between wheat and main rival canola • Australia’s crop estimate has continued to shrink amid record drought and heatwaves to a 12-year low of 15.2m tonnes and its exports may run out faster than usual • Some low estimates have been circulating recently for Europe’s 2020 crops including France minus 4.7m tonnes on the year and the UK down 5.6m. EU grain lobby Coceral forecast a 5.4% total decline to around 148m tonnes from last year’s which was up 17m to a four-year high 154m. EU prices were supported by the euro recently trading near three-year lows versus the US $, helping export sales • The world’s largest wheat consumer, China, was recently reported to be boosting use, pushing prices to record highs on its own futures market, requiring extra imports from Australia, France and others • US ending stocks are seen falling to a five-year low but not yet tight 25.6m tonnes – though the soft winter wheat component (basis of CBOT futures) will be unusually small. SRW export prices were recently some of their most expensive since 2014/15, supportive for overseas soft wheat producer prices • France has had a stellar export season to date but recently faced disruption from transport strikes. Germany, also with busy order books but a good crop, stands ready to fill any gaps Ocean freight has been unusually cheap recently amid the

collapse of Chinese demand for a whole raft of commodities.

This may help contain importer costs amid US $ strength.

US crop rebound outlook weighs on maize Despite last year’s unusual decline in US maize production – and a consequent 11m tonne slide in world output for the full season – consumers have not run short of the leading coarse grain, nor had to pay exorbitant prices to get all they need.

True, there was a summer spike in costs (up almost one third on CBOT futures at one point) when the US crop suffered almost unprecedented planting delays from excessive rains.

But it didn’t last long as consumers turned instead to ample South American and Ukrainian supplies and drew upon adequate US stocks. Moreover, world demand had levelled off with a

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pause in usage for ethanol and feed demand amid some shifting in the latter sector over to ample feed wheat supplies. Also, the US crop, while down, was no catastrophe, still one of its biggest ever, despite a decline in yields from late planted fields.

As the US gears up for its annual spring planting campaign, how much farmers there will plant emerges as a key issue for prices going forward. At this stage, there seems almost universal expectation that acreage will shoot up, not in response to any bull market but to compensate for last year’s lost production.

Recent forecasts from USDA economists and others suggest an extra 5% to 7% will be down, putting the US on course, normal weather permitting, for a jump of some 40m to 45m tonnes in 2020 production and a resurgence in carryover stocks from under 50m to perhaps 65m or 70m tonnes – which would be the most since 1988.

Does the US need a crop of this size amid the prospective domestic and export demand and the current competition from other supplying countries? The potentially price-depressing stock growth scenario (shared by USDA among others) suggests farmers could be over-reacting to the 2019 weather problems.

Down south, Brazil and Argentina are again expecting huge crops – a combined 150m plus tonnes versus the three-year average (priorto 2018/19) of 117m tonnes. Ukraine, which has moved to the fore with Brazil as chief US rival, will also likely continue to produce a large export supply. Its crops have been averaging 35m tonnes against 25m normally.

Maize factors going forward They are led by the final outcome of Brazilian and Argentine harvests from spring forward. So far these look huge. If there is a caveat over Brazil’s supply, it is increasing domestic feed and ethanol use, raising its overall consumption by 9m tonnes or 15.7% over the past four years alone. That may mean a bit less for export this year than last. In Argentina, the new government’s attempt to tackle an extreme fiscal deficit has resulted in duties on grain and oilseed exports which most analysts think may be raised soon. Latin American maize exports grew over 45% last season and as much as 68% versus the previous marketing year • The US planting outlook described above – if it progresses under normal weather conditions – could put down a powerful bearish marker going forwards • Traders will also be looking to EU, Ukrainian and Russian planting outcomes over coming months for clues to the adequacy of supply outside the Americas • On the demand side, the big bearish concern is the unknown impact of coronavirus on the global economy. Growth of meat consumption is heavily linked to consumer spending power, so could be significantly affected if things turn out badly on the economic front. A hit to feed demand is possible • Virus anxiety has already driven world energy markets down to their lowest in over a year – not an encouraging backdrop for corn ethanol demand, accounting for 45% of this year’s US corn disposals • CBOT maize futures recently traded their lowest since midDecember last year while new crop months offer a relatively modest 5% premium over spot • Traders are not banking on China making an early contribution to US maize trade under the recent ‘phase one’ trade pact between the two – though it did recently buy a lot of US sorghum. US corn exports are running at almost half last year’s 92 | April 2020 - Milling and Grain

level – a bearish weight on the market • Also, the EU, the world’s largest importer, is forecast to take in 17% less this season than last.

More soya coming Like maize, soya can expect a big top up in supplies this year if the US expands planting as much as expected in the wake of last year’s flood losses. Trade and official estimates range from a 6% to an 12% gain to around 85m acres – if still not quite back to the 87.6/89.5 range of the previous two seasons. Assuming a yield bounce back to a more normal level, that could deliver a crop of 115m tonnes versus last year’s 97m and the previous year’s record 120.5m – enough to rebuild stocks drawn down after this season’s unexpectedly smaller crop.

With Latin America now expecting big crops again (Brazil plus 8m tonnes at a record 125m), there should be no shortage of supply on the world market. However, there is currently some uncertainty about top meal exporter Argentina’s role amid reports it will raise its export duties.

The bellwether CBOT futures market for soybeans has come down in prices by about 8.7% for the year to date, despite an earlier resurgence in Chinese imports of US beans after the two sides agreed a ‘phase one’ settlement to their trade dispute.

Initially this reflected a slowdown in China’s resumed purchases and signs that the big Latin American crops would again undercut the US on price.

More recently, anxiety about corona virus and the earlier outbreak of African Swine Fever flattening Chinese pork and soymeal consumption and the bean imports upon which its crush depends, have weighed heavily on sentiment on US and global soya markets – as have fears that a global economic slodwon might hit feed ingredient demand generally.

No-one knows where this situation will lead in the medium term which suggests the demand side of the market may dominate rather bearish sentiment, keeping soya costs down. China had been expected to account for 28% of global soya crush and 58% of imports this season albeit still using significantly less than in the peak period 2017/18.

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Near/medium-term factors for soya and rapeseed Final South American crop results How US planting shapes up, weather there How will corona virus affect China’s – and the world’s meat & feed demand, soya use?

Earlier strength in rapeseed markets went into reverse in late February as traders worried about bearish soya news spilling into other sectors of the oilseed complex. Top canola exporter Canada also worried about coronavirus standing in the way of a normalisation of its trade with China, which plummeted this past year over a political squabble.

European prices had also firmed sharply but amid reports that this season’s tight supply was dragging in far higher imports

(+46% to date). But that trend also backtracked as grain lobby Coceral estimated the bloc’s 2020 crop might actually increase rather than fall, if remaining among the lowest of recent years after last autumn’s rain delays downsized planted area and yield potential, especially in France and the UK (though Germany’s crop could be heading for 10% plus gain).

A mild winter at least minimised frost damage. Canadian canola was also under pressure from ample domestic supplies and weakening crush margins as global vegetable oil markets softened, plus environmental protests threatening canola exports.

Canada’s Grain Commission estimated February stocks at their biggest since autumn 2016 and well up on the year. While Canadian exports are lower this year. Its own crush had risen more but has since come under pressure from collapsing palm oil and energy markets.

Biofuel is a massive outlet for canola which depends far more on oil value than other oilseeds for its income – meal being the loss leader. Among other suppliers, Australia lifted its crop forecast to 2.3m tonnes but this was still well down from normal.

Going forward, pries may be heavily influenced by how much Canada sows this spring in a season of so far better returns from wheat - and how quickly Australia recovers from its droughts, heatwaves and wildfires. Ukraine, which will again need to heavily supplement EU crush, has had a mild winter that should favour its coming crop. Overall, though, while canola has to follow potential losses in the much larger soya market, its own supply looks relatively tight going forward.

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INDUSTRY EVENTS 22 – 24 Ildex Vietnam 2020 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam https://www.ildex-vietnam.com

Several events for the milling and feed industries have been rescheduled as a result of COVID-19. These events will still be taking place at a later date and the Milling and Grain team are sure they will still be a great success!

We will update our events calendar as we receive the latest updates regarding each event.

CONFERENCE

You can visit the events page on our website for all the latest updates regarding exhibition dates.

2020

April

May

10 Build My Feedmill Conference Bangkok, Thailand bit.ly/bmfmbangkok20

28-30 Livestock Philippines 2020 Manila, Philippines www.livestockphilippines.com

2020

23-26 FOOMA Japan 2020 Osaka, Japan www.foomajapan.jp 2020

TBA Livestock Taiwan 2020 Taiwan www.livestocktaiwan.com

June

2020

1-3 NAMA Annual Meeting 2020 White Sulphur Springs, USA www.namamillers.org

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14-16 Vietstock 2020 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam www.vietstock.org

August 31-2 VIV MEA 2020 Abu Dhabi, UAE www.viv.net

10-11 Cereals 2020 Cambridge, UK www.cerealsevent.co.uk

21-23 FIGAP 2020 Guadakajara, Mexico www.figap.com

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2020

Livestock Malaysia will be back for its tenth edition and will continue to play an important role in gathering innovators, thought leaders and experts from around the world to meet, network and discuss the challenges the industry is facing. The 2018 rendition saw 6,286 visitors from 181 participating countries attend.

24-25 Solids Dortmund 2020 Dortmund, Germany www.easyfairs.com

October 1-2 3rd Agrifood International Congress Port Tarragona, Spain www.agrifoodporttarragona.com

8-10 Livestock Malaysia 2020 Malacca, Malaysia www.livestockmalaysia.com

Join farmers, agronomists and industry professionals at Oxford, Cambridgeshire for the arable industry’s leading technical event.

The two-day B2B agricultural event offers visitors a chance to see a variety of products from various areas of the industry, ranging from sprays and sprayers, cultivation, machinery, fertilisers, crop nutrition and protection and so much more.

2020

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9 – 11 ☑ VICTAM and Animal Health and Nutrition Asia 2020 Bangkok, Thailand victamasia.com

27-1 Agrishow 2020 Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil www.agrishow.com.br 2020

15-17 AFIA Liquid Feed Symposium 2020 Chicago, Illinois, USA www.afia.org

23 ☑ The Aqua Feed Extrusion Conference Bangkok, Thailand bit.ly/extasia20 9 GRAPAS Innovations Conference Bangkok, Thailand mymag.info/e/291

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14-16 Agritechnica Asia 2020 Bangkok, Thailand www.agritechnica-asia.com The third edition of AgriTechnica Asia is once again ready to be the agricultural exhibition that covers all of Asia by focussing on Asia’s largest agricultural buyers from across the region.

AgriTechnica Asia emphasises agricultural engineering solutions that are both relevant and important to the development of agriculture in the Asian markets.

31-3 World Mill Tech Antalya, Turkey www.worldmilltech.org

July 2-3 Women in Agriculture Europe 2020 Paris, France www.womeninageurope.com

2020

November TBA TUSAF 2020 Antalya, Turkey http://tusaf2020.org

8-10 Indo Livestock 2020 Jakarta, Indonesia www.indolivestock.com

4-5 JTIC 2020 France www.jtic.eu 2021

January 6-8 16th ICC Cereal and Bread Congress Christchurch, New Zealand www.icbc2020.icc.or.at

16-19 GEAPS Exchange 2020 Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA www.geaps.com/exchange-expo

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2021 15-18 SPACE 2020 France http://uk.space.fr

February 25-3 Interpack 2020 Düsseldorf, Germany www.interpack.com

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EVENT ROUND UP Feed industry gather with IFIF and FAO at 13th International Feed Regulators Meeting (IFRM) The 13th annual International Feed Regulators Meeting (IFRM) organised by the International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF) in cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) brought together feed industry representatives and government officials from around the world to discuss critical issues facing the feed sector with IFIF and the FAO. “I am delighted we had a record number of participants from across the world and from key regulatory bodies join us at the 13th IFRM. This meeting, yet again, proved to be an important opportunity for the global feed industry and feed regulators to discuss key issues for the feed and food chain, including key feed regulatory updates and changes, an update on Codex Alimentarius work with relevance to feed, as well as a session on the implementation of Biosecurity measures at feed mill level in different regions” said Dr Daniel Bercovici, IFIF Chairman.

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Dr Bercovici added, “This dialogue is an important example of the private sector collaborating with the FAO and regulators from around the world and we believe that only by working together can we continue to ensure feed and food safety, while meeting the global demands for food sustainably.”

“The success of this meeting is a proof that FAO efforts to facilitate dialogue between the public and private sector are worthwhile,” said Daniela Battaglia, Animal Production Officer, Animal Production and Health Division of the FAO. Ms Battaglia added, “Feed operators can valuably contribute to make the livestock and food sectors more responsible and sustainable and to achieve other important goals such as food security, public health, and animal health and welfare. The IFRM is an important opportunity to exchange ideas among stakeholders from around the world and to coordinate our efforts towards common goals.”

Other topics discussed at the 13th IFRM included updates on the revision of the IFIF FAO Feed Manual “Good practices for the Feed Industry” and the FAO/WHO report on Hazards associated with animal feed, as well as a session on the work of the International Cooperation for Convergence of Technical Requirements for the Assessment of Feed Ingredients (ICCF), which aims towards convergence of technical requirements specific to feed additive/ingredient authorisation across regions.

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Innovative products and developing enterprises

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n early December 2019, myself along with Milling and Grain’s Publisher, Roger Gilbert, as well as Group President Darren Parris and Events and Circulation Manager Tuti Tan visited Shandong Jintai Roll Co, Ltd in Zibo City of the Shandong province. Zibo is an emerging industrial city. Zibo has a long history and is famed for being an especially historical and cultural city.

Jintai Roll Co Ltd is a key player in the research, development and production of the largest alloy roll manufacturing factory, with over 30 years of production history. It is a high-tech enterprise in Shandong Province.

According to the market demand, the company produce rolls for a multitude of different industries.

The company also attaches great importance to the research and development of new and innovative products. The company has advanced intermediate frequency furnaces, complex centrifugal casting solutions and sophisticated metal cutting equipment, such as corrugation machines, CNC grinders, CNC lathes and advanced modern quality measurement and control equipment. These machines ensure the quality production of alloy rollers with high hardness, high strength, good wear resistance, thermal cracking, peel off and other impressive characteristics.

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The company produces four different dedicated series of rolls, which result in more than 100 varieties of unique roll, including: • Rolls for the grain, oil and food machinery solutions with a variety of rolls for noodle machines, biscuit machine rolls, oil, salt, cotton and linen machinery rolls as well as feed and tobacco machine rolls • Rolls for the chemical industry (ink, paint, paint chemical industry, etc) all kinds of mechanical grinding machine rollers, paper machinery, grease machinery, rubber machinery rollers etc • High chromium, wear-resisting, corrosion-resisting, wet powder rolls (for the beer malt, and/or rice powder industries) • A wide variety of centrifugal alloy rolling rings, centrifugal alloy sleeves, centrifugal ductile iron sleeves and centrifugal gray iron sleeves.

The enterprise has the right to import and export and does so often. In the domestic market the companies have frequent demand for their quality products, as well continual overseas business, and has been exported to Taiwan, South Korea and many European countries and regions.

At present, the enterprise is increasing their investment in both research and development ventures, continuing to develop to meet the industry requirements for their impressive new solutions.

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WHATâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ON SHOW: check Rice milling and sorting technology check Flour milling technology check Flakers, extruders check Grain processing systems check Additives RELATED CONFERENCES: check GRAPAS & Global Milling Conference Asia 2020 check Grain Storage Seminar Technical Seminars by exhibitors SUPPORTED BY: check Thai Rice Millers Association check Ministry of Industry check The Thai Chamber of Commerce check 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: grapas-asia.com See us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn or scan the QR code

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Company visit FrigorTec

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fter six months of building time, FrigorTec has now moved into an additional production hall at their Amtzell headquarters.

The Granifrigor grain cooling units will be manufactured in the new hall, which sees a doubling of the production area at FrigorTec. For more than 15 years, FrigorTec has been growing constantly.

It is this permanent development that has made an additional production hall absolutely necessary.

Since 1963, FrigorTec have produced their grain cooling units.

They protect approximately 80 million tonnes of grain from mould, carcinogenic mycotoxins and insects in 74 countries around the world.

This investment should also lead to significant savings. In particular, the internal material routes are now shorter, and logistics have a clearer structure.

The new two-bay hall boasts an area of 1,300m2 and a height of around 12m. Two highly modern gantry cranes from Konecranes, Finland, which can move weights of up to 10 tonnes, have been installed inside. This means that the operational procedures can be optimised. Particularly noteworthy are also the 15m wide outside gates that allow lorries to be loaded sideways without having to move.

A great deal of work was done in the new hall to help save on energy too. The thermal insulation was implemented thicker as usual and the large gates have been equipped with vacuum elements. Only in this way was it possible to achieve the classification KfW-EG 70 for energy consumption. The floor heating (concrete core activation) in the entire hall also saves further energy. Large windows and skylight strips allow lots of daylight into the hall, and when it is dark, modern LED lighting ensures optimal conditions at the workplace.

In this way, a modern production hall was created with the goal of helping FrigorTec to offer competitive prices on the market well into the future.

The Milling and Grain team recently visited FrigorTec in late 2019 and were very impressed with their state-of-the-art facilities in Amtzell, Germany. CEO Ralph Kolb showcased their latest cooling innovations to Milling and Grainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Roger Gilbert, Tuti Tan and Darren Parris. It was clear that FrigorTec take a lot of pride in their work and this is highlighted in the passion displayed by each member of the business, as well as the brilliant end products they produce.

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Yemmak +90 266 7338363 www.yemmak.com

To be included into the Market Place, please contact Martyna Nobis +44 1242 267700 - martynan@perendale.co.uk

Air products Kaeser Kompressoren +49 9561 6400 www.kaeser.com

Analysis

Yemtar Feed Mill Machines +90 266 733 8550 www.yemtar.com

Elevator buckets 4B Braime +44 113 246 1800 www.go4b.com

Cereal and pulse conditioning Vibrafloor +33 3 85 44 06 78 www.vibrafloor.com

Maxi-Lift Inc +1 972 735 8855 www.maxilift.com

Certification Romer Labs +43 2272 6153310 www.romerlabs.com

Amino acids Evonik Nutrition & Care GmbH +49 618 1596785 www.evonik.com/animal-nutrition

Bagging systems Imeco +39 0372 496826 www.imeco.org Statec Binder +43 3112 38 5800 www.statec-binder.com TMI +34 973 25 70 98 www.tmipal.com

Bakery improvers ERKAYA +90 312 395 2986 www.erkayagida.com.tr Mühlenchemie GmbH & Co KG +49 4102 202 001 www.muehlenchemie.de

Bulk storage NACHI EUROPE GmbH +90 216 688 4457 www.nachi.com

Bulk storage

GMP+ International +31703074120 www.gmpplus.org

Colour sorters Bühler AG +41 71 955 11 11 www.buhlergroup.com Gime Tech Company Limited +86 1351037 2500 www.gimetech.com

Sukup +1 641 892 4222 www.sukup.com TSC Silos +31 543 473979 www.tsc-silos.com

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Henry Simon +44 0161 804 2800 www.henrysimonmilling.com Lambton Conveyor +1 519 627 8228 www.lambtonconveyor.com

Adifo NV +32 50 303 211 www.adifo.com

Maxi-Lift Inc +1 972 735 8855 www.maxilift.com

Inteqnion +31 543 49 44 66 www.inteqnion.com

Petkus +49 36921 980 www.petkus.com

Coolers & driers Chief +1 308 237 3186 agri.chiefind.com

Tapco Inc +1 314 739 9191 www.tapcoinc.com

Consergra s.l +34 938 772207 www.consergra.com

Yemtar Feed Mill Machines +90 266 733 8550 www.yemtar.com

Geelen Counterflow +31 475 592315 www.geelencounterflow.com

Silos Cordoba +34 957 325 165 www.siloscordoba.com

4B Braime +44 113 246 1800 www.go4b.com

Computer software

Chief +1 308 237 3186 agri.chiefind.com

Silo Construction Engineers +32 51723128 www.sce.be

Elevator & conveyor components

Satake +81 82 420 8560 www.satake-group.com

FrigorTec GmbH +49 7520 91482-0 www.frigortec.com

Petkus +49 36921 980 www.petkus.com

Yemtar Feed Mill Machines +90 266 733 8550 www.yemtar.com

Petkus +49 36921 980 www.petkus.com

Bentall Rowlands +44 1724 282828 www.bentallrowlands.com

Lambton Conveyor +1 519 627 8228 www.lambtonconveyor.com

Tapco Inc +1 314 739 9191 www.tapcoinc.com

Enzymes ERKAYA +90 312 395 2986 www.erkayagida.com.tr JEFO +1 450 799 2000 www.jefo.com

Grain technik +91 114608 9500 https://graintechnik.com FAMSUN +86 514 87848880 www.famsungroup.com Manzoni +55 19 3765 9331 www.manzoni.com.br Petkus +49 36921 980 www.petkus.com Soon Strong Machinery +886 3 9901815 www.soonstrong.com.tw Sukup +1 641 892 4222 www.sukup.com Wenger Manufacturing +1 785-284-2133 www.wenger.com

PLP +39 05 23 89 16 29 www.plp-systems.com

Extruders Almex +31 575 572666 www.almex.nl Andritz +45 72 160300 www.andritz.com Extru-Tech Inc. +1 785 284 2153 www.extru-techinc.com Manzoni +55 19 3765 9331 www.manzoni.com.br

Wenger Manufacturing +1 785-284-2133 www.wenger.com

Cimbria A/S +45 96 17 90 00 www.cimbria.com

Yemmak +90 266 7338363 www.yemmak.com

Lambton Conveyor +1 519 627 8228 www.lambtonconveyor.com

Yemtar Feed Mill Machines +90 266 733 8550 www.yemtar.com

Feed nutrition Adisseo + 33 1 46 74 70 00 www.adisseo.com Biomin +43 2782 8030 www.biomin.net Delacon +43 732 6405310 www.delacon.com Evonik Nutrition & Care GmbH +49 618 1596785 www.evonik.com/animal-nutrition JEFO +1 450 799 2000 www.jefo.com Novus +1 314 576 8886 www.novusint.com Nutriad +32 52 40 98 24 www.nutriad.com PHIBRO +1 201 329 7300 www.pahc.com Phileo +33 320 14 80 97 www. phileo-lesaffre.com

Feed milling Christy Turner Ltd +44 1473 742325 www.christy-turner.com Kay Jay Rolls +91 9878 000 859 www.kjrolls.com Ottevanger Milling Engineers +31 79 593 22 21 www.ottevanger.com PLP +39 05 23 89 16 29 www.plp-systems.com

Petkus +49 36921 980 www.petkus.com Sukup Europe +45 75685311 www.sukup-eu.com Tapco Inc +1 314 739 9191 www.tapcoinc.com Yemtar Feed Mill Machines +90 266 733 8550 www.yemtar.com

Hammermills Alapala +90 212 465 60 40 www.alapala.com Aybakar AS +90 312 398 0247 www.aybakar.com.tr Bühler AG +41 71 955 11 11 www.buhlergroup.com Christy Turner Ltd +44 1473 742325 www.christy-turner.com Dinnissen BV +31 77 467 3555 www.dinnissen.nl Ottevanger Milling Engineers +31 79 593 22 21 www.ottevanger.com Selis +90 222 236 12 33 www.selis.com.tr Soon Strong Machinery +886 3 9901815 www.soonstrong.com.tw Viteral +90 332 2390 141 www.viteral.com.tr

Laboratory equipment Bastak +90 312 395 67 87 www.bastak.com.tr Brabender +49 203 7788 0 www.brabender.com ERKAYA +90 312 395 2986 www.erkayagida.com.tr Gime Tech Company Limited +86 1351037 2500 www.gimetech.com Perten Instruments +46 8 505 80 900 www.perten.com Petkus +49 36921 980 www.petkus.com Tekpro +44 1692 403403 www.tekpro.com

Loading/un-loading equipment Golfetto Sangati +39 0422 476 700 www.golfettosangati.com Neuero Industrietechnik +49 5422 95030 www.neuero.de Vigan Engineering +32 67 89 50 41 www.vigan.com

Mill design & installation Alapala +90 212 465 60 40 www.alapala.com Bühler AG +41 71 955 11 11 www.buhlergroup.com Christy Turner Ltd +44 1473 742325 www.christy-turner.com Genç Degirmen +90 444 0894 www.gencdegirmen.com.tr Golfetto Sangati +39 0422 476 700 www.golfettosangati.com

Wynveen +31 26 47 90 699 www.wynveen.com

Van Aarsen International +31 475 579 444 www.aarsen.com

Van Aarsen International +31 475 579 444 www.aarsen.com

Wynveen +31 26 47 90 699 www.wynveen.com

Henry Simon +44 0161 804 2800 www.henrysimonmilling.com

Viteral +90 332 2390 141 www.viteral.com.tr

Yemmak +90 266 7338363 www.yemmak.com

IMAS - Milleral +90 332 2390141 www.milleral.com

Yemmak +90 266 7338363 www.yemmak.com

Grain handling systems Chief +1 308 237 3186 agri.chiefind.com

Yemtar Feed Mill Machines +90 266 733 8550 www.yemtar.com Zheng Chang +86 2164184200 www.zhengchang.com/eng

Ocrim +39 0372 4011 www.ocrim.com Omas +39 049 9330297 www.omasindustries.com

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Ottevanger Milling Engineers +31 79 593 22 21 www.ottevanger.com

Yemmak +90 266 7338363 www.yemmak.com

Petkus +49 36921 980 www.petkus.com

Yemtar Feed Mill Machines +90 266 733 8550 www.yemtar.com

Sangati Berga +85 4008 5000 www.sangatiberga.com.br

Selis +90 222 236 12 33 www.selis.com.tr

Zheng Chang +86 2164184200 www.zhengchang.com/eng

Pingle +86 311 88268111 www.plflourmill.com Selis +90 222 236 12 33 www.selis.com.tr Soon Strong Machinery +886 3 9901815 www.soonstrong.com.tw Tanis +90342337222 www.tanis.com.tr Yemtar Feed Mill Machines +90 266 733 8550 www.yemtar.com

Roll fluting Christy Turner Ltd +44 1473 742325 www.christy-turner.com

Process control Inteqnion +31 543 49 44 66 www.inteqnion.com Ottevanger Milling Engineers +31 79 593 22 21 www.ottevanger.com

Fundiciones Balaguer, S.A. +34 965564075 www.balaguer-rolls.com

Reclaim system Vibrafloor +33 3 85 44 06 78 www.vibrafloor.com

Yemmak +90 266 7338363 www.yemmak.com

Rolls

Scalling Fundiciones Balaguer, S.A. +34 965564075 www.balaguer-rolls.com

Packaging Aybakar AS +90 312 398 0247 www.aybakar.com.tr

Shandong Jintai Rolls Co., Ltd +86 533 3058815 www.jtzg.com.cn

FAWEMA +49 22 63 716 0 www.fawema.com

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Petkus +49 36921 980 www.petkus.com

Yemtar Feed Mill Machines +90 266 733 8550 www.yemtar.com

Neogen Corporation +44 1292 525 600 www.neogen.com

TMI +34 973 25 70 98 www.tmipal.com

Pelleting Technology Netherlands (PTN) +3 73 54 984 72 www.ptn.nl

Plant

Biomin +43 2782 8030 www.biomin.net

Statec Binder +43 3112 38 5800 www.statec-binder.com

Ocrim +39 0372 4011 www.ocrim.com

Yemmak +90 266 7338363 www.yemmak.com

Vibrafloor +33 3 85 44 06 78 www.vibrafloor.com

Imeco +39 0372 496826 www.imeco.org

TMI +34 973 25 70 98 www.tmipal.com

Yemtar Feed Mill Machines +90 266 733 8550 www.yemtar.com

Moisture measurement

Nutriad +32 52 40 98 24 www.nutriad.com

Kay Jay Rolls +91 9878 000 859 www.kjrolls.com

Viteral +90 332 239 01 41 http://viteral.com.tr

Zaccaria +55 19 3404 5700 www.zaccaria.com.br

Adisseo + 33 1 46 74 70 00 www.adisseo.com

Statec Binder +43 3112 38 5800 www.statec-binder.com

Soon Strong Machinery +886 3 9901815 www.soonstrong.com.tw

Yemtar Feed Mill Machines +90 266 733 8550 www.yemtar.com

Mycotoxin management

Henry Simon +44 0161 804 2800 www.henrysimonmilling.com

Pelleting Technology Netherlands (PTN) +3 73 54 984 72 www.ptn.nl

Wynveen +31 26 47 90 699 www.wynveen.com

Hydronix +44 1483 468900 www.hydronix.com

Imeco +39 0372 496826 www.imeco.org

Pellet press

Tanis +90342337222 www.tanis.com.tr

Brabender +49 203 7788 0 www.brabender.com

IMAS - Milleral +90 332 2390141 www.milleral.com

Palletisers

Satake +81 82 420 8560 www.satake-group.com

Silo Construction Engineers +32 51723128 www.sce.be

Genç Degirmen +90 444 0894 www.gencdegirmen.com.tr

Statec Binder +43 3112 38 5800 www.statec-binder.com

Roller mills Alapala +90 212 465 60 40 www.alapala.com Christy Turner Ltd +44 1473 742325 www.christy-turner.com

NorthWind +1 785 284 0080 www.northwindts.com

Sifters Filip GmbH +49 5241 29330 www.filip-gmbh.com Gazel +90 364 2549630 www.gazelmakina.com Petkus +49 36921 980 www.petkus.com Selis +90 222 236 12 33 www.selis.com.tr

Silos Behlen Grain Systems +1 900 553 5520 www.behlengrainsystems.com Bentall Rowlands +44 1724 282828 www.bentallrowlands.com Chief +1 308 237 3186 agri.chiefind.com CSI +90 322 428 3350 www.cukurovasilo.com Lambton Conveyor +1 519 627 8228 www.lambtonconveyor.com MYSILO +90 382 266 2245 www.mysilo.com

Kansas State University +1 785 532 6161 www.grains.k-state.edu

PLP +39 05 23 89 16 29 www.plp-systems.com

nabim +44 2074 932521 www.nabim.org.uk

TMI +34 973 25 70 98 www.tmipal.com

Ocrim +39 0372 4011 www.ocrim.com

Vibrafloor +33 3 85 44 06 78 www.vibrafloor.com

Yeast products

Vibrators Tanis +90342337222 www.tanis.com.tr

Leiber GmbH +49 5461 93030 www.leibergmbh.de

Vibrafloor +33 3 85 44 06 78 www.vibrafloor.com

Phileo +33 320 14 80 97 www. phileo-lesaffre.com

Weighing equipment Imeco +39 0372 496826 www.imeco.org

Contact: martynan@perendale.co.uk

Obial +90 382 2662120 www.obial.com.tr Petkus +49 36921 980 www.petkus.com Silo Construction Engineers +32 51723128 www.sce.be Silos Cordoba +34 957 325 165 www.siloscordoba.com Soon Strong Machinery +886 3 9901815 www.soonstrong.com.tw Sukup +1 641 892 4222 www.sukup.com Symaga +34 91 726 43 04 www.symaga.com Tanis +90342337222 www.tanis.com.tr Top Silo Constructions (TSC) +31 543 473 979 www.tsc-silos.com

Temperature monitoring Inteqnion +31 543 49 44 66 www.inteqnion.com Tanis +90342337222 www.tanis.com.tr

Training BĂźhler AG +41 71 955 11 11 www.buhlergroup.com

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the interview

Mr Ralph E. Kolb, Dipl.-Ing. and Master BM, General Manager, FrigorTec GmbH

Ralph E. Kolb studied Facility Technology at the University of Applied Sciences BraunschweigWolfenbüttel and Technical Sales and Marketing at the Freie Universität Berlin.

After some occupational years in the business field Facility Technology at the company Sulzer AG in Stuttgart and in the field of Environmental Technology at the company Dürr AG in Stuttgart, Mr Kolb changed to Sulzer-Escher Wyss in Lindau and joined the department of Refrigeration Engineering.

Sulzer-Escher Wyss has been taken over by Axima Refrigeration and later FrigorTec GmbH took over the product field Cooling Units. Mr Kolb is the active owner of FrigorTec GmbH. FrigorTec manufactures individual cooling units and heat pumps for industrial applications, like eg grain cooling units and supplies them worldwide.

What led you to work in this industry?

I am happy to work to create natural products that make sense, that are sustainable and environmentally-friendly.

What would you say are the biggest challenges associated with producing grain cooling and pest infestation heating equipment?

The products have to be suitable for reliable use by our customers and must be easy to use. Of course, all variants of our devices are tailor-made to our customer's individual climate conditions. With our new controller, no special know-how about grains and oilseeds on the operator's part is necessary. The controller's logic drives the required process on its own. This was specifically requested by some large-scale grain traders and mills.

One unique feature about FrigorTec’s grain coolers is that you make specific models for different regions such as Europe, the tropics, deserts etc. What key differences are there between all these different models?

On each refrigerator, the individual components such as the compressor, condenser, and evaporator have to be customized to the prevailing climate conditions. For this, special refrigeration know-how is required.

What do you see as a possible challenge that the food/ feed industry may face over the next five years and how will your company play a part in prevention or solving it?

The hygiene standards that must be adhered to in the foodstuffs/feed mill industry keep getting stricter. Parallel to this, effective fumigation gases are increasingly being prohibited.

Society is also forcing companies to rethink their way of doing things. Already today, we have expanded our range to keep up with these changes. Next year will see the market launch of additional sizes that are currently being tested by our technology department.

Do you think it’s important to see more young people coming into the fold of businesses such as yours?

FrigorTec already has a young and dedicated team. The importance of high-quality and healthy foodstuffs and feed is clear to everyone. Our natural processes are especially

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popular. We maintain partnerships with local schools, agricultural universities, technical colleges, and milling schools. We benefit from well-trained personnel from these educational centers.

How do you think food/feed production companies can work together to help create a sustainable food future for the world?

The companies producing foodstuffs and feed must implement their HACCP concept very strictly. Over the course of my many visits in the industry, I often come across defects that would be easy to rectify. How to store grains properly, and the properties a grain store needs to have, are known.

The knowledge just has to be put into practice.

What is your proudest achievement whilst working for FrigorTec?

I am proud that FrigorTec only manufactures in Germany using trained employees (mainly engineers and refrigeration system technicians), and delivers its devices at attractive prices around the whole world.

I am also proud that many renowned domestic and foreign companies ask us for advice, and that we are often already brought on board during the concept stage. An example is the many talks on grain and rice storage given worldwide.

This has come about from our many years of experience, but also from our wide-ranging research work, for example with the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart.

What makes your company stand out from its competitors? Do you have any projects or plans that we should look out for over the coming year from you and your company?

In January 2020, we moved into our new production hall.

The new hall greatly improves our material logistics and help us save on costs. In this way, the prices for our products will remain attractive. Technically, we are way ahead of our competitors with a new refrigerant that has a 64 percent better CO2 equivalent than the one previously used.

It was developed over several years alongside our suppliers for refrigeration components. Furthermore, recently we launched an app that is able to control the GRANIFRIGOR grain cooler. It is also possible to perform remote service diagnostics with this app.

PEOPLE THE INDUSTRY FACES Claudia Gómez joins the US Wheat Associates

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S Wheat Associates (USW), which represents the interests of US wheat farmers in export markets, is pleased to announce that Ms Claudia Gómez recently joined the organisation as a Senior Marketing Specialist in its Santiago, Chile, office.

“Claudia has a strong background in marketing and information analysis that will be a great asset for USW’s mission in the region,” said Miguel Galdos, USW Regional Director, South America.

“She has already proven to be a great addition to the USW Santiago team applying her expertise in ways that will continue helping us be most effective in our regional marketing plan.”

As Senior Marketing Specialist, Gómez’s responsibilities include conducting technical and crop quality seminars, analysing trade data, providing wheat importers with US wheat market data and resolving trade problems that could interfere with US wheat exports to the region.

She will also lead trade delegations to and from the United States.

LDC Group promotes new COO

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ouis Dreyfus Company BV (LDC) has announced the appointment of Michael Gelchie as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Group, with immediate effect, reporting to Chief Executive Officer, Ian McIntosh. Michael will join LDC’s Senior Leadership Team.

Michael Gelchie began his career at LDC in 1990 and worked for the group in different senior trading and management positions in LDC’s sugar, rice and cocoa businesses.

Andrea Maserati has decided to leave the company to pursue other interests.

“I take this opportunity to thank Andrea for his big contribution to the company over the past eight years, and wish him all the best for the future,” said Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, Chairperson of the Supervisory Board of LDC.

Kice appoint Sarah Lawson as Technical Sales Manager

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n Monday 16th March, Kice announced the appointment of Sarah Lawson as its Technical Sales Manager, based out of Ponca City, USA. In this role, Ms Lawson will be responsible for the oversight of sales throughout the Oklahoma and North Texas territories, providing support for this customer base for the diverse product lines offered by Kice.

Ms Lawson is a graduate of Oklahoma State University. Previously to joining Kice, Ms Lawson spent over 14 years with Bliss Industries in their engineering, customer support, and sales departments.

“We are excited to welcome Sarah to Kice Industries, she will be a great asset for us as we support our customers in this region, said Marshall Bird, Vice President of Sales, Kice Industries. Sarah has a proven track record in this industry that will be valuable to our customers. We look forward to her building strong partnerships with customers in this region.”

Calyxt Inc hires Vince Restucci

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alyxt Inc, a plant-based technology company focused on healthy food ingredients, has appointed Vince Restucci in a newly created role as Vice President of Agronomy Services to support the expansion of Calyxt’s grower network and Identity Preserved System.

Mr Restucci has a diverse background in purchasing, marketing and technical expertise across farming, consumer packaged goods, food, and agribusiness environments, making him a versatile addition to help steer the Calyxt agronomy team. His vast experience will guide our growing list of strategic agronomy partners to improve the quality of crops, increase yield and address questions related to chemistry and stewardship practices.

“We expect Vince, with his deep agribusiness knowledge, to have a positive impact in helping us to grow not only our first commercial product, High Oleic Soybean, but also expansion to new crops including wheat, hemp and alfalfa,” said Manoj Sahoo, Chief Business Development and Supply Chain Officer with Calyxt.

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