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120 INTERVIEW Motoharu Yoshimasa

Many great exhibitions to look forward to Due to the worldwide COVID-19 crisis, events are postponed and cancelled all over the world. The management teams from the VICTAM Corporation and VIV worldwide also had to postpone VICTAM and Animal Health and Nutrition Asia 2020 in Bangkok to the second quarter of 2020.

As the worldwide situation is still very critical and a long way from being solved, we cannot take the risk of organizing an event as early as July. COVID-19 is still disrupting businesses around the world and we have concluded that being present at the exhibition is, at the moment, not our client’s priority.

We evaluated an alternative date in the second half of this year, but as both health and financial situations in the world by then are very unclear, we believe postponing the event to 18 – 20 of January 2022, is in the best interest of the market and the participants. This way there is more time to let the situation and business get back to normal.

This brings us to the question on how we will proceed with future events after this pandemic has been contained and life can hopefully return to normal. For now, the outlook seems cautiously positive and we expect to continue with our events as soon as the restrictions are lifted. If necessary, by then, we will implement extra safety rules to ensure all our exhibitors and visitors feel secure at one of our events.

We are also looking into alternative possibilities or other ways

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to offer our marketplace to our visitors and exhibitors, such as an online event, in case a longer period of restrictions is needed.

When we talk about online events, we are analysing the whole spectrum from having a 100 percent virtual event to a physical event with a combination of onsite and online visitors to respect social distancing.

Despite the current situation, we believe events will start up again in their current format and we are looking forward to our future events, as the Victam Corporation has announced several partnerships in the past few months. Together with Parantez International Fairs, we have combined our success and expertise for the IDMA Exhibition. On March 18 – 21st, 2021, the two companies will organise the exhibition under its new name: IDMA AND VICTAM EMEA in Istanbul, Turkey. This will be the 9th edition of this international event for the grain, flour and feed industries.

The Victam Corporation and VIV worldwide will also continue their partnership in 2022 by organizing VICTAM International and VIV Europe together at the Jaarbeurs exhibition grounds in Utrecht, the Netherlands, from May 31 – June 2nd, 2022.

This means that the VICTAM International exhibition will move back from Cologne, Germany to its home country, the Netherlands, where it all started in 1965: the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht. The set-up of the exhibition is different from the set-up in Asia, as VIV Europe and VICTAM International will be colocated but with each exhibition in their own halls.

We do hope everyone stays healthy and safe and hope to greet everyone soon at one of our future events!

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Now that we are all in lockdown, the effects of COVID-19 have reached nearly every aspect of daily life.

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Fire and explosion protection in the grain processing industry

COVID-19 Banding together in times of crisis

The cereal processing industry and, particularly, flour and feed mills are considered to be highly fire-prone due to the occurrence of fine grain and flour dust.

For the first time in recent memory Americans are seeing images of empty store shelves, long lines to get into stores, and closed restaurants.

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Rongorongo Live for Milling and Grain

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e have introduced a new ‘video studio’ to complement our MAG TV Channel at Milling and Grain magazine to allow for interactive discussion around topics that matter to millers and the milling industry most.

‘Rongorongo Live’ is a studio set up in our offices here in Cheltenham but now that a lockdown situation around COVID-19 has overtaken us, we are having to broadcast from our remote ‘offices’ around the country and across the world!

Rongorongo Live will invite leaders and experts from both within and related to our milling industries to discuss matters that concern them and that need to be addressed.

It’s an opportunity for our food production industries to join the debate about food safety, food security, the impact of trade and regulation on food supply and many other aspects that production processes now face in an ever concentrated world.

COVID-19, an extremely hot topic involving us all, has put the focus firmly on how we should plan for, avoid or respond to global food supply challenges.

Keeping our populations supplied with foods they not only enjoy, but are safe and affordable is the aim of us all and to those ends Rongorongo Live will give voice to those issues that challenge us - in fact ‘rongorongo’ is an ancient South Pacific word that means ‘to declaim, to recite and to chant out’ making our newly inaugurate ‘video studio’ a common discussion platform for our industries.

Interview with Vaughn Entwistle, Managing Editor of Milling and Graion

myMAG.info/e/829 Interview with Alex Waugh, Director General of nabim, UK about the COVID-19 pandemic and the milling industry

Milling and Grain’s May issue features a COVID-19 special, wherein we take a look at how the infamous virus is affecting the food and feed industries throughout the world. Speaking to milling organisations, factory managers and machine processing companies from all walks of life, we are happy to say that the food and feed industries are still confident in their abilities to keep producing their quality products despite the threat of coronavirus.

As China begins to recover from the virus and people return to their jobs, companies such as Famsun are receiving record-breaking levels of sales and organisations such as COFCO note that they are able to help the industry recover by distributing masks and various forms of personal protective equipment.

Other companies around the world also aren’t letting the virus impact their business and are continuing to produce quality solutions and export internationally. Food and feed production companies are implementing additional health measures to ensure their produce is sanitary and safe for clients. Farmers still need access to solutions for their harvested materials and so storage companies continue to work hard to produce their silos and grain bins.

Whilst COVID-19 is certainly proving to be a big threat to the world, the food and feed industries are clearly continuing to grow and conduct their work to ensure that everyone has access to the quality food they need. gfmt.blogspot.com

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Paper published in analysis of gluten-free formulations

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hile standard methods for determining water absorption are established for wheat flour, they do not yet exist for gluten-free materials. Up to now, the water addition is adjusted by using trial and error or by calculating the Water Holding Capacity (WHC) of the individual recipe components.

At University College Cork, the Farinograph-TS was used with the Farino-Add-S300 tool to investigate the addition of water for gluten-free raw materials and formulations. Gluten-free formulations using various hydrocolloids were used. Hydrocolloids are usually used in gluten-free recipes to improve the structure.

The addition of water has been optimised, once by calculation on the basis of the WHC determination of the individual recipe components, and experimentally with the Farinograph. The recipes were then baked and the quality of the breads assessed, e.g. by determining volume, texture and cell structure. The effect of the adjustment of the water addition on the quality of the baked goods was then examined.

The results show that the Farinograph is a suitable measuring device to optimise water addition for gluten-free recipes. In addition to the addition of water, it is also possible to examine the kneading properties of the dough and the stability. Furthermore, the influence of all recipe components is taken into account. This can help to optimise the mixing process in the production of gluten-free baked goods and to determine an optimal mixing time. The results are reproducible, which is caused by measurement at a constant temperature kneading chamber amongst others.

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Extended range of applications: The Brabender Farinograph determines the water absorption of gluten-free flours and the kneading properties of the doughs obtained with the help of the FarinoAdd-S300.

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Go West! GEA hygienic centrifugal pumps launch in USA

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o West’ is the slogan for GEA’s range of pumps, which aims to conquer the US market in 2020.

A tough market, according to GEA experts Martin Zickler and Dave Medlar, where it is better to start planning from the back in order to make everything right from the beginning. That’s why they first built up the service network and a local assembly and then made a promise: GEA pumps will bring a new level of quality, efficiency and hygiene to the US dairy, pharmaceutical, food and beverage markets.

GEA acquired Hilge, a leading German pump manufacturer, in June 2015. Since then the company has been integrated into GEA and has benefitted from its engineering experience and global network of customers, suppliers and agents. Now that the pumps have received

3-A certification, the time is right to meet the US market head on.

Martin Zickler is the product manager for hygienic pumps, based in Germany. He worked with Hilge before the GEA acquisition. “The old company had no footprint in the USA,” he said. “But now that we have the backing of GEA and a comprehensive service and distribution network in the country, we are ready to take on the challenge.”

Michael Brandt is the business development manager charged with the job of making the US launch a success. He said that he had never had any doubts about the quality of the pumps and the opportunities for them in the US, but he had to make sure that the service and support structure was up to American standards before introducing them to the market “GEA pumps are strong, reliable workhorses but, for the American market, service is critical,” he explained. “We need to be able to respond quickly to our customers and provide a fast spares service. We also needed a reliable distribution network as customers need to know that if they require assistance, they can get the relevant expertise quickly.”

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“Of course, providing excellent service is always Efficient. Quality. Cleaning. work in progress but I am now confident that we are ready,” he said. “We have a global reputation to maintain; when people buy a GEA product, FILIP GmbH • Müllereibürsten • Anemonenweg 4 • D-33335 Gütersloh they know it’s going to Telephone: +49 (0)5241 29330 • Telefax: +49 (0)5241 20321 be supported well, also SIEVE CLEANERS E-mail: info@filip-gmbh.com • www.filip-gmbh.com during the entire service life of a pump.”

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Vinaseed’s new rice processing plant begins its operation

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atake Corporation recently announced the completion of a rice processing plant in Dong Thap province, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, owned and operated by Vinaseed, Vietnam National Seed Group Joint Stock Company, which now begins full operation.

The Vinaseed’s latest rice processing line is capable of processing 14 tonnes of paddy-per-hour. Satake supplied most of the core processing components such as their VTA abrasive milling machine, KB polisher, and RGBR optical sorter.

Vinaseed selected Satake as the main equipment supplier due to its “total engineering” capabilities. Satake not only designed the system based on time proven know-how but also showcase experience with providing all grain processing-related solutions at great benefit to customers.

“Satake’s expertise and technology have resulted in better appearance and yield of the rice we process. This higher quality rice will help us compete in the overseas market” says Ms Lien.

Vinaseed, a part of Pan Group, is the largest company in the Vietnam seed industry, holding 20 percent of the domestic market share. It also produces and distributes eatable rice for both domestic consumption and exports.

US Wheat Associates statement on major Chinese wheat purchase

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S Wheat Associates (USW) President Vince Peterson issued the following statement about news of Chinese wheat import purchases.

“The USDA report that Chinese buyers have purchased 340,000 metric tonnes, or about 12.5 million bushels, of US hard red winter (HRW) wheat for delivery in the 2020/21 marketing year is very good news for US wheat farmers. This is a significant purchase volume and the largest since China implemented retaliatory tariffs on US wheat in March 2018.

“This purchase falls under China’s 9.64 million metric tonne tariff rate quota (TRQ). China has agreed to work toward filling its TRQ for wheat imports. As USW has noted, if the changes are in fact implemented, and Chinese millers can respond to market signals, most of the TRQ should be used. US wheat farmers are in a good position to help fill the TRQ given current export prices, relatively low freight rates and the ready supply of the wheat classes China needs.

USW appreciates the efforts of both the US and Chinese governments to reach the Phase One trade agreement that has helped re-open the door to US wheat imports by China.

We believe that China’s flour millers and growing baking industry want the opportunity to purchase high-quality US wheat classes again and we hope this is only the beginning of a new, more productive trade relationship.”

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First female Technical Miller to win the ATMA Young Achiever Award

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standout for her passion and forward thinking, Molly Coleman, a Feed Process Engineer at Ridley AgriProducts has taken out the 2020 ATMA Young Achiever Award, becoming the first woman to receive this accolade. Molly becomes only the second stockfeed industry participant to be chosen.

Despite her young years, Molly demonstrated achievement through her award-winning honours thesis where she analysed the correlation between the operating parameters of disc grinders and the resulting particle size.

Molly has completed combined degrees of Chemical Engineering and Food Technology & Nutrition at RMIT in Melbourne.

Since 1992, the Australian Technical Millers Association, along with Buhler AG have provided the award for one young person who has demonstrated their ability, the opportunity to gain international exposure and access to technical knowledge from around the world.

Molly will receive from ATMA US $12,000 worth of world travel and training to pursue any area of interest; plus travel and attendance to the Australasian Milling Conference (PIX/AMC) on the Gold Coast next April.

Buhler will also provide Molly with training at one of their sought-after courses around the world. These courses are a highlight for any miller, and to have Bühler provide this development opportunity to a young Australian miller is a huge part of why this award is keenly contested.

The presentation to Molly will be at the Biennial Australasian Milling Conference, (PIX/AMC 2021) being held at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre from April 11-13th 2021. Molly will see the latest technology and services on display at over 200 exhibition booths. She will also attend two days of educational presentations delivered by international and Australian milling experts. There will be an opportunity to hear sessions on alternative proteins, food production in the future, safe food, ensuring sustainability, tomorrow’s grain food supply chain, intelligent milling and the essentials for feeding the future.

The biennial award is open to ATMA members under the age of 35, plus nabim students studying with ATMA, who are engaged in a technical milling capacity in a cereal milling, stockfeed milling or an associated industry within Australia. The Young Achiever Award is just one award offered by ATMA as part of their Investing in Industry Program. ATMA also run technical seminars and coorganise the Australasian Milling Conference with the Stock Feed Manufacturers Council of Australia and the Feed Ingredients Additives Association of Australia.

ATMA would like to acknowledge the ongoing support given by Bühler AG to the development of young talent in the Australian milling industry. www.atma.asn.au www.pixamc.com.au

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Milling News The Don Mills Mexborough in 1912

The Don Mills of Mexborough

by Mildred Cookson, The Mills Archive, UK

Milling journals of the past at The Mills Archive

My attention was attracted recently to a well-illustrated article on the Don Mills of Mexborough, a town near Doncaster in Yorkshire. The item from The Miller (December 2nd, 1912) relates to the time when the mills were owned and worked by Frederick White. They were conveniently situated on the bank of Sheffield and South Yorkshire Canal, allowing the easy import of foreign grain from the port at Hull and fuel direct from the Yorkshire coal pits.

The late James White, father of the owner, had worked the mills for many years and when the roller system superseded stones in the early 1880s he erected an entirely new building to install the new

The roller floor

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The plansifter floor

process. This was completed in 1884 and he retired some years later, handing over the business to his son.

Frederick built a new screen room around 1904 as well as a warehouse adjoining the old stone mill. He then replaced the old roller plant with an entirely new plansifter mill on the Ageka system. Finding this satisfactory he turned his attention to the wheat cleaning and conditioning plant, and around 1911 gave the order for a complete new outfit to German contractors AGK, Amme, Giesecke and Konegen, (AGK) of 59 Mark Lane, London and Braunschweig, also known as Brunswick. The firm described themselves as the biggest milling construction engineers on the Continent with their works occupying 96,000 square metres (more than one million square feet).

The hoppered bottoms of the dirty wheat bins were on the ground floor of the silo house. Each bin had four outlets, enabling the wheat to be drawn evenly from all parts of the bin and each spout converged to a wheat mixer. These mixers allowed any percentage of wheat, from 5-100 percent to be drawn through each mixer by simply adjusting a series of slides marked with the percentage of wheat which it controlled.

The collecting worms above the mixers were mounted in wrought iron troughs complete with dustproof iron lids. The bevel gears on

Panorama view of the AGK works in Braunschweig

the worms were enclosed in iron cases, worked in oil like all the other gears throughout the mill.

On the ground floor of the screen room the washer and whizzer were fixed in a concrete tank; the waste water was raised by a centrifugal pump to the effluent recovery plant. On the top floor of the screen room an Ageka milling separator “did splendid work” in removing the ordinary loose impurities. The sieves of this machine cleaned by a novel arrangement of travelling brushes, enabling finer meshes to be used and closer separations to be made.

Four cockle and four barley cylinders, together with a recockle and re-barley cylinder thoroughly removed troublesome impurities. The cylinders were driven with bevel gearing and were all exhausted. The air exhaust spouts were connected with the feed spouts as the latter entered the head of the cylinders.

After the wheat had been conditioned and mixed in the desired proportions, it was scoured on an ‘Ageka’ emery scourer. This had a long, revolving emery casing and a strong air current over the whole length of the scouring case, so that all particles scoured off were instantly removed from the wheat. The grain was aspirated as it entered the scourer and again at the outlet so it left the machine

thoroughly cleaned. Specially constructed expansion chambers in the scourer separated the heavier particles of the aspiration, saving the dust collector considerable work. An Ageka brush machine corresponding to the scourer gave a finishing polish to the grain which was then sent to the clean wheat bins.

The ground floor of the mill proper held a line of Star detachers and the main line shaft running through from the engine house.

On the first floor a double row of Ageka four roller mills, gave four breaks. The rolls benefitted from careful arrangement of the air flow. Air from the feed hoppers was drawn in with the feed, and was circulated round both the feed rolls and the grinding rolls

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An Ageka plansifter

AGK wet scourer and rinsing worm

An Ageka roller mill

and passed out of the roll frame with the ground product and then separated from the stock in the specially constructed spouts. This kept all parts of the rolls absolutely free from dust and remarkably cool and, with the double lining inside the roller frame, ensured an entire absence of sweating.

The double feed rolls gave a thin regular feed right into the nip of the rolls, and the massive casing of the roller mills, which were almost entirely all in one piece, ensured perfect rigidity. The adjustment to the rolls was done with a simple accurate ratchet at either end, connected by a hand wheel to set the movable roller closer or otherwise without altering the alignment. The rolls were thrown out of gear by depressing a small lever and this also stopped the feed. The large diameter glass spouts let the roller man see at a glance whether the stock was coming down properly to the whole of the rolls.

On the floor above, a line of Ageka sieve purifiers could be changed instantly. The fans were large and slow running and fitted

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with two pulleys so that the speed could be varied if needed. On the top floor five Ageka plansifters did all the scalping, grading and flour dressing in this 8 sack plant. The plansifters were all of the suspended type, the frame supported by cane rods from trimmers attached to the roof timbers.

The sieves in the plansifters were kept clean by automatic travelling brushes which started working at the same time as the sifters. In addition to these there was a dusting reel and aspirator through which the clean wheat passed on its way to the first break.

An automatic wheat damper was arranged so that wheat could be passed from one clean wheat bin to another and damped en route.

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cobiol®, Evonik’s fast-growing probiotic, is a feed additive which consists of a natural Bacillus amyloliquefaciens. It can improve the animals’ condition and help producers to solve quality, profitability and sustainability challenges.

Nei Arruda, head of Evonik’s Marketing Animal Nutrition and Health unit in Brazil, explains, “The metabolism improvement promoted by Ecobiol® provides better feed digestibility, nutrient utilisation, and consequently, better excreta quality. This allows animals to express their full genetic potential, and results in drier feces, reducing the number of dirty eggs stemming from intestinal conditions.”

Marcos Krüger, Partner of Rio Bonito farm in Santa Maria de Jetibá, state of Espírito Santo, is just one of the Evonik customers in Brazil who uses Ecobiol®. The farm had previously faced issues with litter quality, flock health, and dirty eggs. However, after starting to use Ecobiol® in feed five months ago, Marcos observed a general improvement in the entire production chain. This included higher body weight, better flock uniformity and excreta quality.

Marcos said, “I was able to save about 50 percent of manure treatment cost, and there was a noticeable improvement; respiratory problems were also reduced, which led us to conclude that the immune response was also positive.”

At the nearby Reblin Viana farm, owner Joan Kerlem Reblin has found similar results with Ecobiol®. She highlighted the direct and indirect advantages of routinely applying this solution.

“In addition to reducing the number of dirty eggs, and consequently, contamination, there are many other benefits,” she said. These include “less water used to wash the eggs and environmental improvements, because when the manure is drier, there is less probability of fly infestation, for instance.” Joan says that with drier manure results, the farm obtains a higher yield of the fertiliser produced from fermented manure. “The process is accelerated as the manure contains less water, reducing drying time. This represents a significant productivity advantage,” she explained.

The use of antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) in feed formulation is decreasing around the world. Their absence can cause excessive growth of some pathogenic bacteria in the intestinal tract of animals, causing disorders that directly impact production efficiency and animal welfare.

Probiotics, such as Ecobiol®, can help address this issue.

Ecobiol®’s other benefits include stability under pelleting temperatures and storage conditions, easy handling in the feed mill, and its compatibility with additives such as anticoccidials, AGPs and organic acids, among others.

“The improvements obtained with the use of our probiotic is unmistakable and we are delighted to see that Ecobiol® has helped producers improve the quality of their products and their profitability by making their operations more sustainable and efficient,” said Nei Arruda.

The use of Ecobiol®, associated with adequate nutrition, vaccination programs and management practices, promotes higher profitability in addition of meeting market requirements and ensuring an outstanding product quality to consumers. Marcos adds, “The benefits are clear and fully measurable on any farm, which encourages farmers to use Ecobiol® on a continual basis.”

An assessment of the agenda by TUSAF President Günhan Ulusoy

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urkey’s Industrialists Federation (TUSAF) President Günhan Ulusoy shared his views about the agenda to a private television channel in Turkey. Indicating that the food and agriculture sector is as important as the health sector, Ulusoy stated that if we give the opportunity for a disruption in our food chain to evolve, it may cause larger problems in the future.

Ulusoy noted that Turkey’s flour industry is very strong ad will continue to flourish.

Answering a question about transition to automation, Ulusoy expressed his thoughts as follows, ‘There are 523 enterprises and 20,000 direct jobs in our industry. Very few people are needed during the production phase. The main need is people in the packaging area.’

TUSAF President Ulusoy also added that, even if a decision is made in this direction, it will take at least an average of six months to implement, and that automation in the enterprises depends on the machinery manufacturers.

In his statements, Mr Ulusoy also noted that looking at the flour consumption map per capita, there is more consumption in the east compared to the west, while the average is 160kg per person per year. The situation is now above average, the retail shelves are empty in the west and new products are replaced quickly.

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In a question about COVID-19, he conveyed the knowledge that Europe is now the centre of the pandemic and demands are made for flour. Mr Ulusoy continued his speech as follows, ‘Europe’s normal capacity utilisation rate is 82 percent. In Turkey, there was an increase of demand on flour as previous week 130 percent and last week 82 percent.

We also see an increase of over 20 percent in the bakery channel. A total increase of more than 30 percent is exhibited when we look at it. The same is valid in Europe.’

Expressing that Turkey has no problems with flour production, Ulusoy stated that the main problem is in the crossings at the border gates and the vehicles crossing take four-to-five hours due to the tight control at the border gates. He stated that foreign trade slowed down for this reason and they could not meet the demands from Europe.

TUSAF President Ulusoy completed his speech as follows, ‘There are agricultural products to be planted today. When we come to September, we should have done our planting again. Currently there is no problem in Turkey. But the current favorable conditions are valid until the next harvest period. For the coming period, measures should be taken regarding the sustainability of this production.’

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Kemin Industries partners with Pacific Genetech to bring salmonella vaccine to poultry industry

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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 signed an exclusive agreement with Pacific GeneTech (PGT), a biologics company that develops and commercialises next-generation vaccines for areas of high unmet or underserved needs in food safety and animal health, to license PGT’s Salmonella vaccine for poultry.

PGT’s Salmonella vaccine addresses multiple serovars of Salmonella. It was developed from the company’s proprietary Aegis platform, which is applicable to multiple pathogens, including bacteria, parasites and viruses. Both the platform and Salmonella vaccine were originally developed by the University of Arkansas’s Poultry Health Laboratory, in collaboration with other US and Canadian universities and with support from the United States Department of Agriculture and the Arkansas Economic Development Commission.

“Partnering with PGT on this vaccine will allow Kemin to deliver the technology needed to address Salmonella contamination in poultry, a common pathogen that threatens food safety and the health of consumers,” said Dr Chris Nelson, President and CEO, Kemin. “I am thrilled that we will be able to bring this vaccine to market around the world. This will make the vaccine more accessible which, in turn, may help reduce the incidence rate of Salmonella in consumer poultry products.”

As part of its partnership with PGT, Kemin will focus on developing the Salmonella vaccine and registering it in the United States and other countries, beginning with the European Union. Kemin will also begin expanding the Salmonella vaccine’s availability in Southeast Asia and Africa.

“Kemin has the technology, technical expertise and scientific experience to scale PGT’s Salmonella vaccine and deliver it to a global audience,” said Tim Collard, CEO, PGT. “We are excited to partner with Kemin because we believe that the superiority of our vaccine, coupled with Kemin’s innovation, commitment to animal health and global presence, can make Salmonella prevention more attainable for many.”

Kemin Biologics, a business initiative of Kemin Industries focused on developing vaccines as the first line of defense against disease to reduce the use of antibiotics, entered this partnership with PGT in February 2020, and has begun the product registration process in multiple countries.

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by Mildred Cookson, The Mills Archive Trust, UK Travelling was always part of Rex’s lifestyle, from taking three weeks crossing the Atlantic in 1929 to photographing mills in Finland, Spain, and many other countries. During his visit to Finland in the 1930s Rex took more than a thousand mill photographs, both external and internal. Together with Reading University we have financed an intern to digitise and catalogue 1266 of his Finnish glass plates, negatives and photographic prints. We now care for a unique record of the milling history of Finland, a country that, before the war, was largely an agrarian economy and is now one of the most prosperous in Europe.

The collection has been written up in detail on our website and has attracted considerable international attention; follow this link for more information: https://millsarchive.org/explore/features-andarticles/entry/161886/ Rex recorded many unusual or unique features of the windmills of the country and wrote extensively about them. Personally, I was delighted to discover evidence of the move from stone to rollers at the Vesikoski watermill on the bank of the River Loimijoki in Loimaa, a municipality in Western Finland.

I have selected three of these discoveries for this month’s article: an image of a roller mill built by Turner’s of Ipswich, a circular plansifter and a KML wheat peeler. Each underline an important message: we should not only make records of our milling history; we should also take active steps to preserve them for future generations.

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TRAINING To help state wheat commissioners gain a better understanding of the flour milling process, the IGP Institute hosted the IGP–KSU Flour Milling for State Wheat Commissioners and Staff on February 25–27, 2020. Ten participants representing four different states received an overview of the milling process through hands-on training and classrooms discussions.

Wheat State Commissioners and Staff Flour Milling Course concludes “Many factors play into the milling process and directly affect extraction and quality of the finished flour for baked goods. This all starts with wheat selections and through this course, the participants took an in-depth look at the US wheat classes and how each class reacts differently through the milling and baking processes,” says Shawn Thiele, IGP Institute Associate Director and Flour Milling and Grain Processing Curriculum Manager.

Participants engaged in classroom lectures and interactive discussions about competitor quality for US wheat globally, wheat cleaning and conditioning, the milling systems and equipment used, milling extraction and other math, and flour functionality, among other topics. They also spent time in the Hal Ross Flour Mill and K-State’s Shellenberger Hall milling and baking labs.

Participant Jason Middleton, Regional Manager with United Grain Corporation and Oregon Wheat Commissioners, wanted to get a

Focusing on the countries of Jordan and Egypt, the IGP Institute hosted the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Cochran Egypt and Jordan US Grain Inspection Fellowship Program. Attended by 11 fellows, the program was designed around understanding the US grain inspection process.

USDA Cochran Fellowship Program for Egypt and Jordan US Grain Inspection at the IGP Institute The fellows spent a majority of their time learning about the different grading standards and process for US corn, sorghum, soybeans and wheat. Through this process the fellows learned in depth the role of the federal grain inspection service and what potential impurities to look for that could be in US grain imports.

Elsayed Doshtor, inspector for the Central Administration of Plant Quarantine in Egypt, shares how the program helped to further his knowledge on grains.

“I learned a lot about techniques of inspection for grains like wheat, soybeans, and corn. We also covered trade, and the logistics that go into buying and selling grain,” says Doshtor.

During the two-week program, the fellows had the opportunity to visit the Cargill Westwego export facility and the Russell Marine Group in New Orleans, Louisiana. They also visited the Federal Grain Inspection Service in Kansas City, Missouri. While in Kansas, they toured the Cargill grain elevator in Salina, as well as visiting with the Kansas Wheat Commission and the Kansas Corn Commission in Manhattan.

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better look at the entire milling process so he could better answer questions his customer’s may have.

“Ninety percent of wheat that comes from Oregon goes to export, so when we hear comments about falling numbers, I wanted to learn more about that part of it,” Middleton says.

Another participant Nathan Larson, local farmer and Kansas Wheat Commissioner, felt that he had a broad idea of what goes into flour milling, but didn’t realise the extent of the process.

“You think you know how to grind wheat, but I didn’t realise how many types of grinding there are and how many types of flour you get from different grinding processes,” says Larson.

He adds, “I also knew you used certain wheats for certain products but getting to actually go into the lab and see what you get when you bake different types of wheat into different types of products was an eye-opener.”

inspection efforts to help decrease the rejection rate of US grain and feed shipments,” says Shawn Thiele, IGP Institute Associate Director and Flour Milling and Grain Processing Curriculum Manager.

Participants learned about a variety of topics including the US grain production and market system, the role of FGIS, US grain grading, storage and quality management of US corn and other grains, fumigation techniques, the US grain transportation system, and many others relating to the importing and inspection of US grains.

Shortly after the completion of the course, Egypt reinstated mandatory pre-shipment inspection of grain imports, according to a report by USDA. These new stipulations closely relate to the information and knowledge covered in the Cochran fellowship program, which helped prepare the fellows to correctly follow the new guidelines for inspections of US grain imports.

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PRODUCT FOCUS May 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 Graincam camera system is capable of year-round monitoring and analysis of raw materials, mixtures and pellets in the animal feed industry. This imaging system is based on high frequency image recording and delivers data-driven control information to improve the consistency of your milling quality.

The Graincam is mounted behind a sight glass, inline which ensures even product flow. The camera is built in a sturdy camera box made of 3mm anodised aluminum. Two highpower LED units illuminate the passing product and ensure excellent picture quality. With a pixel size of 18µ even the smallest particles can be detected.

The Graincam offers improved insight in particle size distribution and mixing homogeneity. This greatly diminishes the need for manual sampling. Pellet shape and colour variation can be analysed and batch to batch cross-contamination can be detected.

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Pluto PCS – a Process Control System as simple as a push button control The automation solution Pluto PCS (Process Control System) is specifically designed for the requirements of small to medium size mills. It focuses on making process automation straightforward, intuitive and affordable.

The process control system Pluto PCS is based on future-proof web technology. It is adaptive and usable on any device. All essential controls and settings are displayed on one screen, which provides also a complete plant-overview. The key advantage of Pluto PCS lies in its flexibility and scalability.

Adapting the production process with new equipment and subsequently the control system is straightforward and simple.

Selected modifications can be done remotely or even by a customer automation specialist. Reliability is increased with robust hardware from leading brands. They are designed for rugged environments avoiding damages e.g. from powerfailure. A built-in simulation mode offers a safe environment for training and can even be used before start-up of the plant. Thus, training efforts are minimised and full production is achieved in no time after start-up.

Pluto PCS is able to calculate a milling yield based on the information transmitted by the scales (in/out). This helps to control the production and minimise unaccounted losses. Yield data over a defined period of time or specific signal or sensor data can be visualised.

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CS90 Truck Probe The CS90 truck probe can be used to sample a variety of products and is used in high throughput facilities worldwide.

The patented spear design ensures product enters the spear under gravity, providing a representative sample, which is important for testing. The 340° rotation and extendable arm allows for variable sampling patterns, required to meet ISO 24333:2009 (E) standards. Samples are automatically transported to a reception chamber with a transparent viewing tube to allow for instant viewing.

All Samplex truck probes are made from galvanised steel, meaning they last for a long time without rusting. The CS90 has been on the market since 1989 with some of the original machines still in use today.

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Combined with their Caldwell Aeration, Chief can upgrade your existing system or create an all-inclusive efficient and economical grain facility.

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SPECIAL FOCUS The wide range of Cimbria Screen Cleaners ensure excellent efficiency and purity in the cleaning of all kinds of crops such as grain, grass seeds, corn and leguminous seeds. Depending on the cleaning task, the Cimbria product range offers a number of screen cleaners for pre-cleaning, fine cleaning and grading.

Sophisticated feeding systems guarantee uniform feeding of the screens across the entire working width.

The 100-, 110- and 120-series are a combination of series designed for different specific applications. The 100- and 110-series have been developed for high quality fine cleaning of seed grain, malting barley, legumes, grans and garden seeds. The unique air lifting unit makes the 100 Series ideal for the most difficult separations.

The 120 Series is developed for precise grading of grain and seed, the gentle flow of product through the machine ensures an excellent grading precision. The Cimbria Delta cleaners are constructed of standard modules which can be built together and ensure that specific needs for a particular cleaning process will be met at all times.

Optimal feed over the full width of the cleaner is achieved with a shaker feeder. The shaker feeder is designed to handle all kinds of grain and seed through a gentle and controlled feeding. The feeding rate is controlled through a stepless speed adjustment, ensuring the required capacity for any application.

All Cimbria cleaners are equipped with a two-pass air separation system. The presuction is designed to remove dust and light foreign material at the inlet of the machine to reduce the amount of dust and fines inside the machine. This ensures a nice and even flow of product on the screens. The after-suction is designed to collect remaining husk and fines in the clean grain at the final outlet of the cleaner.

Cimbria Delta cleaners are designed with a flexible flow system which offers the operator the possibility of using the optimum flow for a specific application.

With easy changeable outlets and dividers, the operator can choose between up to 16 different flow options on specific models. The optimum

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The Cimbria screens are designed for highest possible efficiency and are effectively kept clean by rubber balls in special designed ball boxes. A high percentage of open area ensures maximum capacity in the machine. The screens shoes are made in coated marine plywood to ensure a long lifetime.

With its strong and flexible structure, this material is extremely resistant against the constant movement in the machine.

Wear areas inside the screen shoes are protected by easily replaceable plates in hardened steel. Cimbria fine cleaners are supplied with an electronic control system. The system consists of a control panel which operates actuators and motors with integrated frequency control. The actuators operate numerous air gates inside the machine, and with digital adjustment settings ranging from 0-100, the accuracy in the settings are very high.

The airlifting system consist of the airlifting unit providing a positive air flow from below the product and the negative air from the after-suction above. The unit is equipped with two staggered fans which ensures a homogenous air flow through the product on the final air screen. This combined with the electronic control system provides the most precise air separation adjustments on the market.

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COVID 19 GLOBAL UPDATES

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While the COVID-19 virus continues to dominate the news worldwide, our magazine is committed to sharing news on how the food and feed industries are adapting to successfully working in the middle of such an unprecedented pandemic.

In this issue of Milling and Grain, we share many official statements and articles from international companies from all backgrounds within the industry, discussing how millers, machinery manufacturers and farmers are rising to the challenge of coronavirus. We are incredibly proud of our industry members and their dedication to ensuring that everyone has access to safe and ample supplies of food worldwide.

This section features exclusive articles from key milling associations such as nabim in the UK, ITALMOPA in Italy and COFCO in China, as well as stories from the US, Turkey, Finland and the Netherlands.

COVID-19: ANCIENT WATER MILL REJOINS THE DAILY GRIND

by Vaughn Entwistle, Managing Editor, Milling and Grain’ In many parts of the UK COVID-19 has caused a huge upsurge in demand for bags of retail flour. In the county of Dorset this has been a windfall for a national treasure that might have otherwise sat idle during the lockdown. The Sturminster Newton Mill in Dorset is a water mill that draws power from the River Stour to grind flour.

The current mill building was reconstructed in 1826, although there has been a mill on the site since 1016. (The mill was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086.) The mill was last restored 26 years ago by the grandfather of Pete Loosmore, the current miller. It was reopened as a working mill to provide educational and heritage tours during the summer season

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and typically ground enough flour to sell to tourists.

But when the lock down hit, the mill was closed because of social distancing.

So, when the spike in demand for flour for home bakers became apparent, Mr

Loosmore decided to put the mill back into daily production. Where in the past the mill might gone through a tonne of grain in a whole season, it is currently milling a tonne in two to three weeks, and Mr Loosmore is chasing yet more grain.

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COVID-19: CHALLENGES FOR THE MILLING INDUSTRY AROUND THE WORLD

by Chris Jackson, UK TAG I am writing this article as the world grips with the worst disease outbreak ever known. The world that we have grown up in has changed and will never be the same. For farming and, particularly, the livestock sector we all know that this is an industry that runs 365 days of the year and relies on a sustainable climate, regardless of viral diseases that affect the human population. The farming calendar is relentless worldwide, supplying the food that we all need. Everything else, except for water, we can actually live without.

For the livestock industry that relies on an efficient milling industry, feed supply is not as bad as might be there being a shortfall in feed take up due to the devastation caused to the global pig industry by African Swine Fever (ASF) killing some 50 percent of pigs in China alone, which equates to 24 percent of the world population The livestock industry has learned that tracing infected animal movements, isolation and quarantine are all necessary tools to maintain control whilst vaccines are unavailable.

Around the world we are seeing differing scenarios for the livestock industry playing out with feed suppliers doing their best to continue to support the intensive livestock industries with products that fulfil the nutrient requirements in the diets that they supply. For instance, I hear from friends in Thailand that some essential vitamins and amino acids have been subject to very high price rises, which I assume is due to a shortfall in supply from one of their major suppliers in China.

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running outside of country lockdowns. However, there have been some reports of hampering in the smooth movement of essential food related items especially between the states. This has been an issue with animal feeds particularly. Dairy cattle owners are now giving low-quality feed to their cows and buffaloes (fodder is there, in some cases state governments ensuring sufficient fodder reaches dairy farmers, but lack of good quality feed is the issue, which in its turn affects milk output).

There have been reports of steep crashes in poultry prices (linked to a rumor circulating online in February suspecting that consuming chicken can result in coronavirus disease). The Indian Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying issued a press release in early March to reassure the public that consumption of fish, meat or chicken does not lead to contracting the virus. The market demand for these food products, however, is still low. In Australia interstate movement is restricted making it more difficult for the millers to supply product here though it is more a question of managing supplies than lack of supplies but their farmers are looking forward to a brighter future as they are able to produce food for export. The USA seems to be particularly affected due to the virus outbreak, both crop and livestock prices having been driven down.

Corn futures have declined by almost 10 percent, soybean futures more than four percent and wheat futures by nearly two percent in the past few weeks.

Here in the UK there is no shortage of animal feed. There may have been a few local difficulties of supply to some small-scale producers experiencing problems, but where these occurred, they have been very quickly remedied. Millers are acting exceedingly responsibly to ensure that they deliver feed where needed, whilst ensuring that farm staff stay safe with adequate social distancing, and sanitary safeguards in place. These measures have been reinforced, taking into account government advice regarding COVID-19.

Feed supplies here in the UK are fine as we go to press, however the price of Vitamin E supplies has increased dramatically. Some amino acids are also in short supply and there is concern that millers may have some difficulties in acquiring the necessary fats needed for rations as oil seed rape (canola) harvests were light last year and the very wet winter in the UK will have a depressing effect on yields in this coming harvest. Soya has seen a substantial price rise in the UK which is at odds with US farmers seeing a downturn in price.

Markets for meat and dairy products worldwide have been hit hard by the closure of restaurants, schools and works canteens with people in their homes using more pastas, dried and manufactured food.

We in the farming, livestock and the milling industries need to stay positive in these difficult times. People need food and the farmers will supply it. Perhaps we will see more locally produced food consumed, a major plus for the environment and the long term health of the world. This, combined with innovative solutions to produce protein from waste with effective insect farming will have long term global benefits.

Less air miles for food will be a major step forward. With China and other South East Asian countries now returning to normal there is good reason to become optimistic that the western world will follow their example and work with more social distancing measures within companies, which must be helpful in preventing the spread of other diseases and problems in the long run.

Once the lockdown ends, there will be a surge in demand in the livestock sector. Good news for the farming industry and our colleagues that feed our animals from the milling industry.

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COVID-19: UK MILLERS WORKING 24/7 TO MEET FLOUR DEMAND

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ow that we are all in lockdown, the effects of COVID-19 have reached nearly every aspect of daily life. A common experience has been panic-buying and hoarding, leading to empty supermarket shelves. This has even impacted the availability of plain white flour on supermarket shelves in the UK and many other countries.

Unlike many other food stuffs, the UK is self-sufficient in flour, producing about 90,000 tonnes every week. Yet, many people are experiencing shortages in supermarkets and shops.

In the UK, challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic are being answered by the selfless dedication of many disciplines— including the millers who produce the flour to keep us fed.

Every day, the UK bakes up roughly 12 million loaves of bread, two million pizzas, and ten million cakes and biscuits.

Approximately one third of all food and drink products sold in a typical UK supermarket contain flour. When all are combined, this requires a daily production of 14,000 tonnes of flour. This, in turn relies upon an infrastructure of millers, engineers and drivers, not to mention adequate supplies of fuel and electricity.

Panic buying upsets the supermarket trolley

Since the first ominous premonitions of the advent of the coronavirus, many UK consumers responded with a wave of panic buying that emptied supermarket aisles of toilet paper.

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ONLINE MAP SHOWS CONSUMERS WHERE THEY CAN BUY FLOUR A new online map will direct home-baking consumers to retail outlets where they can purchase commercial-sized bags of flour.

The trade association for UK flour millers – the National Association of British and Irish Millers (nabim) – has been working with retailers to create a nationwide “retail flour network” of sellers who can provide the public with bags over 3kg normally supplied to caterers and commercial businesses.

The resulting map means people can now search for local bakeries, wholesalers and supermarkets where the larger bags are available for the general public to buy.

Since the coronavirus lock-down, a shortage of smaller 1.5kg3kg bags on supermarket shelves has led to fears about supplies of flour nationally. However, nabim says that the problem is due to the sudden surge in demand for smaller sized bags, and that supplies of commercial flour have been unaffected.

Director general Alex Waugh says, “The problem, with regard to home-baking flour, is that ordinarily the market share is tiny – just four percent, compared to the commercial sector.

“There is no problem in milling enough flour, but the sudden spike in demand has led to issues in physically being able to pack enough small, household bags for distribution to supermarkets and grocery stores. Retail packing lines are running 24 hours a day, seven days a week and overall output has doubled in the past month.”

Since the outbreak, nabim has set up an early warning system which enables its members to flag emerging problems before they become critical. This provides vital time for issues to be addressed both from the industry’s own resources and, where necessary, with the support of government or other parts of the food chain.

“The message to consumers is that flour is in plentiful supply, and there is now a convenient way of finding places that sell larger bags,” says Mr Waugh.

“On the bright side, it’s good to see so many people rediscovering the joys of baking at home! Hopefully this will continue once the current coronavirus situation is resolved.”

The map can be accessed at http://www.nabim.org.uk/ wholesaler-map. Retailers and other businesses who would like to be included in the network, or would like more details, should contact nabim at info@nabim.org.uk

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F sauce. Nearly everyone it seemed was anticipating a lockdown and responded by hoarding. Unfortunately, this then became a self-fulfilling prophecy, precipitating shortages where there should have been none.

Flour supplies were likewise hit as demand soared, which soon stripped supermarket shelves bare. However, a shortage of flour was not the problem, as foodservice businesses including McDonalds and Greggs were forced to shut, which greatly reduced demand. However, the shortage of flour on supermarket shelves was a result of shortages in the food chain distribution, which has radically altered. In normal times, with most consumers preferring the convenience of bakery-produced bread, only four percent of the total flour milled in the UK is sold to home bakers through shops and supermarkets. This typically equates to shoppers taking home around two million 1.5kg bags a week.

By contrast, since the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for flour skyrocketed, with UK retail sales of flour up by 145 percent compared to the same time last year. The situation quickly turned surreal when one shameless entrepreneur posted a 1.5kg bag of Waitrose plain white flour on eBay for an asking price of UK £70 ($86.32) and attracted a dozen bidders.

The vital role of milling during the COVID-19 pandemic

UK millers have responded to soaring flour demand by adding shifts and working 24/7. nabim (The National Association of British and Irish Millers) President, Mr Alex Waugh explained, “UK millers have been working around the clock—genuinely milling flour 24 hours-a-day, seven days-a-week to double the production of retail flour in an effort to meet demand—some

times for the first time in their history. But merely milling more flour alone has not entirely solved the problem as production has been limited by millers’ ability to pack flour into the small bags sold in retail outlets.”

As demand for flour skyrocketed from both consumers and traditional bakery customers, the UK flour milling industry finds itself facing unprecedented production challenges—while at the same time being subjected to the same rigid COVID-19 precautions faced by all other industries. Fortunately, most modern mills can be operated by a small workforce.

Recently, the dedication and sacrifices made by Britain’s millers to feed our population actually made it onto television news. In particular, Allinson’s mill in Herefordshire was singled out in one broadcast. While as much as 20 percent of mill staff have been sent home to self-isolate, those essential to the production of flour are working 12-hour shifts.

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COVID 19 UPDATES: MILLING ASSOCIATION UPDATES Yu Xubo, President, COFCO Group, China COFCO Group, China’s leading foodstuff producer and grain trader, will consolidate its partnerships with other centrally administrated state-owned enterprises to deliver urgently needed materials on time to fight the novel coronavirus, a senior executive noted.

The Beijing-headquartered group has shipped vegetables, rice, edible oils, meat and other foodstuffs to many locations in central China’s Hubei province and provided over 10,000 metric tonnes of ethanol for disinfection to 25 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions since the start of the epidemic.

COFCO Group President Yu Xubo said all of the business units in the company have resumed work and raised their production volume to meet the market demand across the country, particularly in Hubei province which is the epicentre of the outbreak.

At this time, COFCO Group supplies more than 200 tonnes of rice, 50 tonnes of flour, and about 300 tonnes of edible oil to the city of Wuhan daily. By working with other government branches, it has also tightened the supervision of retailers to prevent speculation in these commodities.

Pia Pohja, CEO, The Federation of Finnish Food Industries

Production in the food industry within Finland is currently operating mostly in a normal capacity, although companies are somewhat concerned about the future of production.

In early April, the Federation of Finnish Food Industries distributed a questionnaire asking member companies to report on the impact of these exceptional circumstances caused by coronavirus on production, labour and future prospects. The survey was answered by 109 food companies operating in Finland, which broadly represented different production directions and companies of different sizes.

In Finland, there are almost 1,800 food companies, most of which employ less than 50 people. The effects of the exceptional situation are very different in varying companies in the sector, says Pia Pohja, CEO of the Federation of Finnish Food Industries.

The results show a dichotomy in the food industry; companies producing food for the grocery trade operate almost normally in conditions of fluctuating demand, but the collapse in demand in the food service sector has led some companies to run out of orders and restructure production. Some companies have been able to relocate production capacity to consumer products, but for most the situation has led to a significant reduction in production.

“I would like to thank all the food workers. Thank you very much for your contribution and commitment, with your help Finns get food and drink every day” Pia Pohja adds.

Peter Rijnhout, NEBAFA, The Netherlands

Members of the association of Dutch manufacturers of bakery and raw materials are taking measurements to prevent the further spread of coronavirus and to protect employees and business relations. At the same time, manufacturers will do everything in their power to continue providing services to customers.

As a member of the Federation of the Dutch Food Industry (FNLI) and VNO-NCW, NEBAFA exchanges information on the state of affairs in the industry and NEBAFA members coordinate the necessary measurements with buyers of bakery raw materials, organisations of buyers and all other organisations with which we are all

working together.

Via FNLI and VNO-NCW, consultations are being held with the Dutch government about the national policy to be pursued and the contributions of the Dutch food industry to controlling the spread of the coronavirus. Also, in collaboration with the European Association of Producers of Bakery Raw Materials (FEDIMA), the advice regarding the prevention of further spread of the coronavirus are being strictly followed.

Measures already in place including extensive travel and meeting restrictions, tightening hygiene measures in mills, guidelines for contacts with employees in the field services such as truck drivers, contractors and visitors to office and production locations.

Companies in the bakery and raw materials industries are paying great attention to establishing an integrated backup plan for production, supply chain and distribution in the national and international distribution network.

Cosimo De Sortis, President of Italmopa, Italy

The Industrial Millers Association of Italy (ITALMOPA), which exclusively represents the national milling industry with common wheat and durum wheat, proudly expresses its appreciation for the dedication and great sense of responsibility that the owners and employees of Italian milling companies are demonstrating in this difficult time.

Their commitment is making it possible to guarantee the supply of flour and semolina, primary ingredients of products at the base of our diet, such as bread and pasta.

“Even in this moment of emergency itis worth remembering that every day, in Italy, 40 thousand tonnes of soft and durum wheat, both Italian and foreign, are transformed into flour and semolina by our milling industries to be destined, among other things, to be used in the pasta industry, the confectionery industry, artisan and industrial bakery or stocked upon supermarket shelves” explains Cosimo De Sortis, President of Italmopa.

“It seems right to me”. De Sortis concludes, “to send a heartfelt thanks to all operators in the milling sector who continue to carry out their work, amid a thousand difficulties, in this delicate moment.”

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Desislava Taneva, Minister, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, Bulgaria Budgets supported by European programs within the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry are to be redirected to vulnerable producers, as support to counteract the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Bulgaria. The proposal was made to the European Commission by the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, Desislava Taneva, during a video conference of the EC Agriculture Ministers Council, which was held in March. The proposal includes the unspent funds to be transferred to a common fund that will be managed as an emergency state aid mechanism.

“This support will help the most vulnerable producers from fruits and vegetables, fisheries and aquaculture sectors, as well as dairy.

This support will enable these producers to compensate the extraordinary costs made in connection with COVID-19, as well to give them possibility of storing their production”, pointed out Minister Taneva. She also added that restaurant industry and tourism are essential sectors for products distribution of the above-mentioned vulnerable producers.

“We propose to redirect unspent funds from the Rural Development Program 2014-2020, the Maritime and Fisheries Program 2014-2020 and the National Program for Support to the Wine and Wine Sector 2019-2023 to stimulate the most vulnerable producers.

During the meeting, it became clear that a mechanism together with the social ministry is being sought for the unemployed people to be engaged with agricultural activities.

Deputy Minister Chavdar Marinov informed that over 5000 profiles are currently activated in the Register of Organic Farming. “There are 220 accounts that are pending and about 500 not yet verified. They will be invited to confirm and activate their profiles in the register,” Marinov explained. According to him, all the information has been uploaded in the control system.

The Minister of Agriculture pointed out that Bulgaria is a major grain producer and trader in the world. Bulgaria takes the 11th position in the world for wheat production. There is enough wheat in stock to last a year, more than two million tonnes of maize in stock, while cooking oil plants had raw material to last three months, and in the latter case, only half of that would be needed for domestic consumption, Taneva announced.

Mariana Kukusheva, chairman of the National Branch Union of Bakers and Confectioners, confirmed that at present there is no bread producer in Bulgaria worried about the raw material.

“The Bulgarian processing industry produces twice as much production as is needed to satisfy the demands of the Bulgarian market,” said Antoaneta Bozhinova of the Union of Fruit and Vegetable Processors.

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Above: Chengyuan Wang, the company’s Deputy Warehouse Manager, is interviewed on how he supervises trucks entering and returning home from the HaiNing flour mill Left: At reception to the flour mill a driver is checked for his temperature before entering and being registered

COVID-19: SUPPLIES OF FLOUR MUST GET THROUGH TO CONSUMERS DURING AN PANDEMIC

Below: All major areas at both the entrance and exit of the mill is sterilised twice per day

by COFCO, China During the prevention and control of COVID-19, the regular supply of emergency goods and materials must be ensured. In the Chinese economic development zone of HaiNing, for example, the COFCO flour industry has a large daily vehicle flow supported by a large number of workers. So, it is very important for the company to do a good job in the service control of each person and each vehicle, in order to win the epidemic war.

At 2pm on February 10th, 2020 in COFCO Flour Industry (HaiNing) Co Ltd, nearly 10 large trucks with out-of-town licenses lined up at the plant. Warehouse workers are busy loading trucks, while the truck drivers are being registered with their real names and workers having their temperatures taken in the company’s duty room one-by-one before their trucks are allowed to enter the plant.

COFCO Flour Industry (HaiNing) Co Ltd is the largest flour processing enterprise in Zhejiang Province and processes 2000 tonnes of wheat-per-day, mainly supplying the food processing enterprises in Eastern China.

To ensure normal supply, the company has been back at work since February 4th, 2020 with just 242 employees on-boarding, accounting for half of the total. The company sterilises each vehicle at both the entrance and exit to the compound, along with the dining-room, workshop and other major places twice a day. At the same time, separate meals are served in the dining-room, besides, each employee has to take a temperature test arriving at work and again when leaving work.

It is not only very important to do a great job of internal epidemic prevention, but also to cut off external virus infection, explains Lijun Zhang, the General Manager of COFCO Flour Industry (HaiNing) Co Ltd. After the company returned to work, an average of about 20 customer pickup trucks enter the plant each day, which is also the company’s top priority in the prevention and control of the epidemic.

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to manage and control non-local vehicles and drivers,” explains Mr Zhang. “However, it is our purpose to continue to supply, without price increase, under the premise of ensuring safety during the outbreak. At the same time, we must also ensure the safety of our employees, and not only the safety of all employees but also the safety of all Haining people and even the safety of all those in Zhejiang province!”

Extra tasks

These days, Chengyuan Wang, the company’s deputy warehouse manager, has an extra task on his hands; that is, supervising drives coming into the Haining economic development zone each afternoon in order to unify the handling procedures of the vehicle permits for the transportation of emergency supplies for the next day of customer pickup trucks to be counted out in the morning.

“Are the traffic permits on your phone for tomorrow?” asks a reporter, interviewing Mr Wang.

“Yes, after getting a vehicle’s permit, we send that vehicle to load flour,” he says.

The reporter asks if the driver is restricted from entering Haining without this permit?

“Yes, without a permit he can’t make it here,” adds Mr Wang.

After each non-local truck is loaded with goods in the plant and leaves the company compound, it is supervised to ensure that it leaves Haining normally.

In mobile conversations with the truck driver Mr Wang asks, “Hello, are you Mr Wen?” ”Yes,” comes the reply. ”You just finished loading flour from us 20 minutes ago. Did you get to the Xiashi crossing and onto the highway OK?” ”Just passed the highway intersection, leaving Haining, now,” the driver replies. ”OK, keep safe,” says Mr Wang who then turns his attention to supervising the next departing truck.

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COVID-19: WE WILL NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS ACCESSING FOOD

by Turkey Milling and Sector Machinery Manufacturers Association (DESMÜD), Turkey The Turkey Milling and Sector Machinery Manufacturers Association (DESMÜD) Chairman Zeki Demirtaşoğlu recently gave a speech concerning the effects of COVID-19 on the Turkish industry.

“Our struggle with COVID-19 continues. As a country, we will give a good example. In this period, we do not stop production.

We will not disrupt the food supply process so that our citizens are not victims.”

DESMÜD Chairman Zeki Demirtaşoğlu made important statements regarding the agenda. Mayor Demirtaşoğlu said that there will be no problems in accessing food products during the epidemic.

“The food crisis in other countries struggling with COVID-19 is not happening in our country. The fertile Anatolian lands have never starved us so far. When we look today, the stocking rate on the market shelves is at normal levels. Also, our state institutions and organisations, especially our Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Mr Bekir Pakdemirli and our Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu, are working seriously.”

Mr Demirtaşoğlu noted that over 1,300 flour factories and 710 feed factories are continuing to run during the virus.

“We do not have any problems in reaching the demand for bakery products, nor

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does the virus mean that our people who are engaged in animal husbandry cannot feed their animals. We continue our work with great care by taking precautionary measures and keeping human health and life the priority over everything.

“Of course, this process does not force us to bring food or machinery production to the domestic market, but we do come across difficulties in exporting. But, we are facing a global threat; we have nothing to worry about for now. We continue to produce our domestic and national devices and machines in order to create added value for our country, as we have done so far.

“We are a sector that maintains the export figures we foresee every year, but we may not reach our target of two-anda-half billion dollars we set for this year. Of course, aside from everything, our priority for now is to rid our country of COVID-19 as soon as possible. Our nation will overcome these bad days by supporting one other, without ignoring the determined rules and applying them literally.”

Speaking about the increase in food consumption, Zeki Demirtaşoğlu said, “Especially in regard to baked products, we are seeing a rapid increase in demand for food; there is a serious increase in products such as bread, pasta and pastry. This is not only true for our country, of course. When we look at Europe, there is an increase of up to 35 percent in the same kids of produce. We are a nation known for its bakery products.

“And I would like to convey this to all our friends in the world, I believe that we will overcome this problem by working together. In this process, we, as DESMÜD and other industry stakeholders in our country are ready to extend our hands to you, any time you need it.”

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COVID-19: NEW ZEALAND FLOUR INDUSTRY ENDURES COVID-19 LOCKDOWN

by Peter Parker, General Manager, Milling and Grain Oceania, New Zealand Auckland - Mauri ANZ (Subsidiary of George Weston Foods) A mill worker wears a PPE mask while working in a flour mill during New Zealand’s level 4 COVID-19 lockdown

Over 200 countries and territories around the world are affected by COVID-19. While all are fighting the virus, each country is faced with its own unique challenges.

New Zealand, an island nation of just five million people with thousands of kilometres of ocean isolating us from the nearest neighbouring countries has the fortunate opportunity to not only ‘flatten the curve’ but to potentially ‘squash out’ COVID-19 entirely.

With the assistance from Paul Fahy, Technical and Project Manager of Champion Flour Milling Ltd and Chairman of New Zealand Flour Millers Association (NZFMA), this article explores the steps taken as a nation to relieve lockdown conditions safely (on April 27th, 2020) so the country can begin to relax restrictions, as well as outlining an inspiring story of how a domestic flour industry has managed to keep consumers supplied with that essential ingredient, flour.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her New Zealand government have received global praise in the past year for: a fast law reform to ban semi-automatic weapons in response to the Christchurch mosque terrorist attack; the volcanic eruption of White Island and now a relatively successful response to COVID-19.

Prime Minister Ardern’s strategy for COVID-19 from the outset has been to respond hard and early with an emphasis on testing, restricting physical interaction and minimising the movement of people and transparency of information.

On February 3rd, 2020 restrictions were put in place banning foreign nationals who had travelled through or from mainland China, and all people entering the country had to self-isolate for two weeks.

On February 28th, 2020 New Zealand reported its first case of COVID-19 from overseas travel. A few days after two suspected cases of community transmission the country moved into alert Level 4 and the entire nation went into self-isolation.

“We have a window of opportunity to stay home, break the chain of transmission and save lives,” said Prime Minister Ardern. “It’s that simple.”

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Tauranga - Champion Flour Milling Ltd x 2 (Part of Nisshin Sefin Group Japan)

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Wellington - Mauri ANZ (Subsidiary of George Weston Foods) Christchurch - Mauri ANZ (Subsidiary of George Weston Foods) Christchurch - Champion Flour Milling Ltd (Part of Nisshin Sefin Group Japan)

While most of the country are staying at home, united under the lockdown order, essential workers continue to work hard for us, this includes those that provide the necessities of life, meaning food, medicine, healthcare, energy, fuel, waste-removal, internet and financial support would continue to be available.”

Getting flour to the people during unusual times

The New Zealand Flour Millers Associationt (NZFMA) comprises of four flour milling organisations with mills located on both the North and South Islands; Champion Flour Milling Ltd (three mills), Mauri ANZ (three mills), NZ Flour Mills Ltd and Farmers Mill.

The New Zealand Flour Milling industry was de-regulated in 1987 with New Zealand continuing to operate in a free market trade relationship with countries.

“New Zealand Flour Mills typically supply approximately 260,000 tonnes of flour per year to the needs of various New Zealand Food Manufacturers such as plant bakeries, hot bread shops, in-store supermarket bakeries, retail domestic use, quick service food industry, wholesale distributors and other food manufacturers for use in confectionary and pasta products,” said Mr Fahy, Manufacturing Manager of Champion Flour Milling Ltd and Chairman of New Zealand Flour Milling Association As the number of COVID-19 cases increased many Kiwis took

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Naturally, flour became a hugely sought-after item in supermarkets, it seemed as though, often when visiting the supermarket, with shoppers swooping in and pick up flour while staff were restocking shelves.

“The flour industry has been working overtime to supply what we, the NZFMA, have estimated to be a 90 percent increase in retail flour demand,” said Mr Fahy.

“New Zealand flour mills are still experiencing strong demand across most market segments, for example plant bakeries, in-store supermarket bakeries, home-bake small packs. This has meant running flour mills and packing 24/7.

“Staff at mills have done a great job in meeting the challenges around running and maintaining plant in to ensure production meets demand.”

Some supermarkets have taken to purchasing the more readily available 20kg sacks of flour and re-packaging them into smaller clear plastic bags (with required labels present). A great example of how ingenuity is taking place in all parts of the supply chain to meet the demands of the people during this unique period.

In its fourth week of lockdown New Zealand flour mills “are still working hard to supply all market segment requirements.

Supermarket small pack flour demand for home use stock is slowly recovering and may take more time to satisfy demand,” said Mr Fahy.

“As other market segments for example, quick restaurant service, start to re-open when Level 3 starts on April 27th, 2020 - limited to take-away capacity only - we will see demand for flour rise in these market segments. As there is still a significant portion of the population staying at home during Level 3 demand for bread and flour will remain strong.”

Mr Fahy explained that the NZFMA compiled letters for employees of flour mills detailing that the employee is an ‘essential worker’ so to allow them a safe travel passage to-andfrom work when engaging with police stops. The wider transport industry has done a great job in supporting and fulfilling logistic requirements for delivery of packed flour to customers.

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proved challenging for flour mills to maintain stock levels, homebake (retail) flour for domestic use has been the most difficult.

“We are at day 23 into our lockdown period and still supermarket shelves are depleted of home-bake flour and bakery mix’s disappear as soon as they are placed on shelves.

“We anticipate that it will take some time after the lockdown period has been completed before stocks are back to normal levels.

“As a nation we remain strong in ‘staying the course’ as directed by our Government to beat this invisible enemy – as an industry we are united in our efforts to ensure we are doing our bit as an essential food industry in keeping New Zealanders fed.

Kia kaha, stay strong,” Mr Fahy concluded.

Wheat supply, not an issue

New Zealand has two main islands. Mills located in the South Islands predominantly mill locally grown wheat and recent harvesting provided favourable results which has ensured good stocks of wheat.

North Island mills however mostly import their wheat from Australia, which is sourced mostly in bulk shipment or in 20-foot containers. Australia’s last wheat harvest tonnage was lower than forecast due to drought conditions, however the relatively small volume required by New Zealand mills has generally not been an issue.

Working safely during COVID-19

According to Mr Fahy throughout the lockdown mills introduced measures in the form of daily health checks, such as ensuring employee’s temperature is within acceptable limits before commencing shifts.

The number of staff allowed on site during the day (including admin staff) has been reduced and working from home has assisted in reducing close contact between staff.

Other measures introduced include extensive hand sanitation procedure, frequent-thorough hygiene and deep cleansing programmes, increase in hand sanitising stations and wearing of PPE such as masks and gloves.

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COVID 19 UPDATES: FOOD A state of the art maize mill established

by Imas & Zaccarıa The new maize plant, produced by the two innovative companies, has a capacity of 300 tonnes per day for our their customer, which is one of the biggest player in Iran and the Middle Eastern region, processing both soft and hard dent yellow maize for many different grits, granulations and flours for international domestic consumption.

Cooperation between Zaccaria and Imas as global partners adds great value into the milling industry and reflects both companies’ unique technologies. It allows them to utilize their unique perspectives into each and every project. The mill has been installed in a completely new six-floor pre-fabricated construction made by Imas, which also is designed and constructed in conformity with high sanitation standards.

The mill is equipped with the latest Imas technology, consisting of Multimilla Roller Mills (MML), Quadro Plansifters with Special design MQP adapted to the maize mill systems, with a very special grinding diagram design. Also integrated into the factory include the latest Zaccaria technology, consisting of DHZ 3 Degerminators, the SRCZ-1 Rotary Continuous Dryer system to dry germ and bran to store in silos. These solutions ensure the easy and precise processing of any type of maize with the perfect efficiency and ensure highest product specifications as standard

and optimised food safety levels to be achieved.

The plant operates with an advanced automation system that allows the centralised monitoring and management of the complete pre-cleaning, cleaning, degerminating, milling, drying and packaging processes. The system enables the generating of detailed production reports, also boasting real-time error diagnosis and long-distance connection functions. With the help of the laboratory system, it is quick and easy to evaluate each and every sample taken randomly from the system. Millers can easily ensure that oil makes up less than one percent of the endosperm and final product microns classifications are matched up with the relevant requirements.

Wudeli return to work with prospering sales figures

Chinese milling experts Wudeli also provided some insight in regard to how they were dealing with the ongoing spread of COVID-19. Wudeli are China’s largest milling company, with an astounding 42,000 tonnes of daily flour production, over 5000 employees and 15 milling subsidiaries throughout northern China.

Once quarantine was established, Wudeli soon discovered themselves with minimal workers able to enter their factories and conduct their work, although the advantage to this was that Wudeli could ensure the safety of their workers. Not one member of Wudeli fell victim to the virus, and remain in good health, to the relief of the company.

Another challenge the company had to deal with was restrictions on truck transport, which resulted in a further delay in February shipments for the company. Due to the closure of restaurants and various other non-essential companies, Wudeli also noted that they experienced a sharp drop in demand for 25kg bags of flour.

Despite this, Wudeli now report that conditions are beginning to return to normal and sales are also increasing. A company spokesperson noted that shipments had mostly recovered to pre-virus levels in the latter half of March and overall capacity utilisation had reached 75 percent.

Wudeli were also pleased to discover that their 5kg and 10kg bags of flour rose in sales three times over. It soon became clear

USW welcomes commitment to continue export grain inspections US Wheat Associates (USW) President Vince Peterson issued the following statement regarding the statement from USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service confirming the agency is prepared to “take all steps necessary” to ensure grain inspections will continue despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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that families, confined to their homes, found baking and making flour-based dishes such as noodles, dumplings and steamed rolls to be a great pastime during time indoors.

The company were pleased to announce that they could resume shipments on January 28th from all plants, and also began operation at one of their newer plants, based in Handan, on February 4th.

Wudeli have also donated over 5.21 million yuan (US $737,000) in both cash and material donations to the COVID-19 response campaign. a reliable supplier. One of the foundations of that earned trust comes from the assurance provided by the official inspection process and certification performed by the Federal Grain Inspection Service that accompanies every cargo exported. We are pleased to see reassurance from USDA that it will do all it can to ensure that the US wheat store will remain open during this time of global uncertainty. US Wheat Associates will continue to monitor supply chains, inspection services and do our part to ensure customers can receive the wheat they need.”

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COVID 19 UPDATES: FOOD Bogasari ensure the continued production of safe wheat flour The COVID-19 pandemic has created a truly unprecedented situation that affects us all. PT Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk, Bogasari Division, as a food producer, keep on producing and making sure that wheat flour is available in every stock point in the markets. We strive to supply this food with the utmost attention to every supply chain point ranging from raw materials, ingredient, processing, warehouse, retail and transport and logistics so that the food can be received by society. We run the process in accordance with the policy issued by the Indonesian government, providing the necessary basic materials for humanity.

We also take steps to maintain the health and safety of our employees in the works. Some of our employees have worked remotely. Some of the others who are still working undertake additional precautionary measures such as conducting body temperature measurements, Bogasari providing health clinics facilities that work for 24 hours a day. Each entry area is equipped with a sterilisation passage, hand sanitiser and hand washing facilities and all employees are obliged to wear masks, in addition to the terms of FSCC and ISO requirements that have been carried out during this time. We have a special M&G_gennaio.pdf

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transportation bus for our employees who do not use private vehicles. This bus works three shifts over a 24-hour period. Strict procedures to sanitise the bus with proper disinfectant and a special seating arrangement inside the bus are both being applied.

Physical and social distancing are carried out in all areas of the plant. We provide food supplements and vitamins for our employees and regularly conduct health monitoring of our employees, supported by the health clinics in our plant area.

This pandemic has also impacted our small-medium enterprise customers. Some of the noodle makers, home bakeries and pastry producers are reducing their production and some even have to stop the business temporarily. It is a call for us, in the milling industry, to support and hel them recover, post-COVID-19.

PT Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk., Bogasari Division continues to support the Indonesian government and society by ensuring the availability of wheat flour during this difficult situation.

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COVID-19: BANDING TOGETHER IN TIMES OF CRISIS

by Constance Cullman, President and CEO, American Feed Industry Association

or the first time in recent memory Americans are seeing images of empty store shelves, long lines to get into stores, and closed restaurants. The novel coronavirus pandemic has created concerns about the stability and safety of the nation’s food supply. Nearly 17 million people who recently lost their jobs are now wondering if they can pay their basic bills. The truth is, Americans have a lot on their plates right now but wondering from where their next meal will come should not be one of them. We in the animal food industry are working to make sure their actual plates are filled with the affordable and nutritious protein, aquaculture and dairy products that they have come to expect.

Like our counterparts in the human food industry, the animal feed and pet food industries are an “essential” business, keeping machines running at roughly 6,200 US manufacturing facilities. Each day these facilities are producing feed for America’s livestock, poultry and fish as well as providing food and treats for our beloved animal companions. While roughly 945,000 employees are working aroundthe-clock to support the production of the US feed and food supply, the companies that employ them are taking extra precautions to keep them healthy so that they can continue reporting for duty.

However, maintaining a strong food supply is not all our industry is doing. I am proud to say that many of the American Feed Industry Association’s (AFIA) members are contributing time, resources and energy to serving Americans and the medical communities in other charitable ways.

For example, Alltech’s Lexington Brewing and Distilling Company in Kentucky is using its own supply of alcohol to make and donate much-needed hand sanitiser to city and state leaders fighting the COVID-19 epidemic. Biofuels producer POET was able to enhance the existing capabilities of its plants to create an all-natural, ethanolbased sanitiser product that will help alleviate the needs of high-risk groups, including assisted living facilities and hospitals, in the Sioux Falls, South Dakota, area.

Meanwhile, Texas Farm Products donated 400 N-95 respirators to its local call centers and testing sites and Animal Science Products donated face shields for emergency workers.

Other AFIA member companies, including ADM, are pledging millions to various organisations, including the United Nations Foundation’s ‘COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for the World Health Organisation’ and various regional and local charities involved in COVID-19 relief and mitigation. ADM is also providing grants to employees facing financial hardships through its Colleague Emergency Fund.

Companies are also picking up the tab to keep Americans fed.

For instance, Smithfield Foods launched the Good Food Challenge, donating millions in cash and in-kind donations, such as four million

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servings of protein, and inviting the public to support them in their efforts to provide up to 10 million meals to Feeding America’s network of 200 food banks. Kalmbach Feeds will donate one meal to Feeding America for every bag of Kalmbach Feeds, Tribute or Formula of Champions branded feed sold. Smithfield Foods also donated funds to the Children of Restaurant Employees (CORE), which supports food and beverage service industry employees and their families in need following a COVID-19 diagnosis, through #TheGreatAmericanTakeout social media campaign.

Tyson Foods is committed to serving the local communities where its plants operate by donating four million pounds in protein products and community grants. Grants will go toward nonprofits providing emergency response efforts, such as rent and utility assistance, food distribution, healthcare, childcare, small business support and other economic recovery services. It is also bolstering its Helping Hands program, which supports employees facing financial hardship.

Foster Farms and Perdue Farms pledged their support to food banks and community organisations in the communities where they operate by way of donating millions of pounds of protein to those in need.

Elanco Animal Health launched the Elanco Foundation, which is pledging to fight rising food insecurity challenges in communities where it operates. In Indiana, where the company is headquartered, it is leading a coalition to raise over a million dollars to feed 10,000 families with children in the Indianapolis Public School System for eight weeks, where roughly four in five children struggle with having enough food to eat at home.

Mountaire Farms donated 40,000 pounds of chicken to the Delaware Food Bank and another 30,000 pounds of chicken to food pantries and the Boys and Girls Clubs. In addition, it has discounted chicken for employees and those shopping at select retailers in the area. Ardent Mills donated flour as part of a partnership with Heidi’s Brooklyn Deli to give away bread at various locations from California to Maine.

Companies are also looking for opportunities to divert food products intended for use by other industries, such as travel. For example, with the decreases in cruise ships sailing out of Florida, Cargill Protein donated 10,000 pounds of frozen beef, pork and chicken to food banks in the Florida Keys.

Our members are also finding ways to give back to the nation’s pets, who are providing so much comfort and solace while we adjust to a life of social distancing. Hill’s Pet Nutrition is donating pet food to pantry partners, animal shelters and other nonprofits caring for pets through its Food, Shelter & Love program, Disaster Relief Network and in conjunction with some of its animal welfare partners. Other members, such as Greenies, Merrick, Nature’s Variety and Wellpet, have taken a different approach, offering discounted prices on pet food and treats, and the amount that is discounted gets donated to COVID-19 relief efforts. This is a win-win situation, allowing people to benefit from more affordable food, while supporting the efforts to curtail this deadly outbreak.

These activities are in addition to our industry’s “hometown heroes,” team members who are giving back in other ways to support the country’s COVID-19 relief efforts - from donating blood, to volunteering to support ambulatory efforts, to delivering groceries to the elderly, to providing pet food to people who have lost their jobs, and more. These philanthropic examples are just a snapshot of the work the animal food industry is doing to support the needs of their local communities, employees and customers during this unprecedented time.

At the end of the day – our industry is one that bands together in good times and in bad to support our two-and-four-legged friends in need. We may not be the country’s largest industry, but we are definitely one of the mightiest as we join together for a common cause. https://www.afia.org

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COVID 19 UPDATES: FEED Risk-free expert assistance with GEA Remote Support With the outbreak of COVID-19, organisations are faced with travel restrictions and quarantine challenges, required to reduce direct contact between employees and service providers. To enable immediate GEA expert assistance for customers during the corona crisis without putting people’s lives at risk, GEA now offers a special remote support solution that is easy-to-set-up.

GEA Remote Support is a service that provides real-time streaming with GEA experts. From their own location in production, customers can use a commercially available mobile device to connect and communicate in real-time with a GEA expert to resolve their issue. With just two elements, a mobile device and internet access, customers can initiate a session by receiving a short email or SMS containing a secure link, followed by a video conversation, with the option to share high-resolution imagery back and forth, send descriptions and instructions via the chat function or take and share notes during the conversation. All of this is possible without the customer having to install a new application.

The remote support solution is based on existing GEA Remote Eye Wear technology, offering customers further possibilities for machine maintenance. The specially designed glasses, which include an integrated high-resolution camera and reliable microphone, allows for hands-free remote support, offering several bidirectional functions. By projecting images onto the GEA Remote Eye Wear screen, repairs, process optimisations or inspections can be carried out immediately.

Hamlet Protein: People and product safety

Hamlet Protein, Horsens headquartered multinational producer of specialty soy ingredients for young animals, is taking steps to secure product supply to customers and guaranteeing feed safety whilst minimising the risk for employees, suppliers and customers.

The coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to cause disruptions across the world, prompting governments to take action to limit the risk of a rapid spread of the virus. Since March 11th, the Danish government has communicated measures that affect most Danes. The Danish borders have now closed, and schools and public offices have shut down.

Erik Visser, Hamlet Protein CEO, stated, “At Hamlet Protein we care about the safety and wellbeing of our stakeholders. So far, none of our colleagues have tested positive for COVID-19, and we are taking the necessary steps to minimise the risk of the virus affecting employees and business partners.

“At the same time, we have commitments to customers around the world that rely on us to feed their animals. That means we are planning our activities in a smart way to make sure our production and supply chain continues to operate normally. Even though borders are closed in several European countries, the free movement of goods remains” Hamlet Protein products, whether in bulk, totes or bags, do

Zheng Chang: Measures taken to better serve customers amidst COVID-19 outbreak Nearly 200 countries and regions have been affected by COVID-19. The epidemic is still ravaging the world as countries roll out measures to curb the virus spread. Through the effective implementation of various epidemic prevention and control measures, Zheng Chang has resumed work and production.

Faced with this severe situation, the company has managed to make use of various resources and means to minimalise the epidemic’s impact.

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not pose any risk for contamination with the coronavirus. The products have been steam-heat treated at a minimum temperature of 96°C for a minimum duration of six minutes and are being produced in a closed system. Hamlet Protein manages clearly defined and strict hygiene guidelines for employees and contractors. Until further notice, external visitors are not allowed to enter the production facilities at the Hamlet Protein plant.

“We continuously monitor the developments and make sure we comply with local and international recommendations and regulations regarding the coronavirus outbreak. We have restricted travel of our staff and promote working from home where possible.

We continue to be available for our customers to answer any questions or concerns they might have,” concluded Visser.

service, they have strictly abided by local epidemic regulations, conscious of their responsibilities and obligations in making a joint effort to fight against the virus.

Governments worldwide are joining the fight against the epidemic as the confirmed COVID-19 cases sharply increase.

Viruses have no nationality. Zheng Chang has been paying close attention to the epidemic since the COVID-19 outbreak.

Ms Hao Yun, chairman of Shanghai Zheng Chang, sent a letter of greetings to the agents and customers affected by the epidemic, expressing sincere thanks and respect for their strong understanding and support.

Zheng Chang has an unremitting pursuit to create value for customers and the mission to fight against the coronavirus with responsibilities and actions.

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COVID-19: WORKING THROUGH THE PANDEMIC

by Christa Britton, Marketing Coordinator, Chief Agri

ADA Farms, dryer model CD7/24 drying 10t/h milling maize 25%>15%, Oil fired, Chief designed and supplied complete project including 100t/h handling and cleaning

Over the years, Chief has developed the reputation of being a handshake, face-to-face, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talk over a cup of coffee kind of company. We acknowledge and embrace the importance of the human element as one of our strongest assets. What is the human element? Simply put, people. Chief incorporates the human element into our business because we are trusted, provide personal attention, and believe in dignity and respect.

Using language such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;weâ&#x20AC;?, displaying our history, our people, and our culture in our offices and online. Although circumstances may keep us apart, we are still here for you.

Necessity is the mother of invention and we honestly never know what we are capable of accomplishing until our feet are held to the fire. Companies, families, and individuals are rising to the challenge, coming together, and contributing their best to keep the world spinning with some sense of normalcy. With feet to the fire, Chief is not missing a beat. We continue to move forward while maintaining an effective approach to work with our customers around the globe. As you read this, somewhere around the world we are delivering on-time quotes, providing customer support, and completing remote start up services.

A prime example is the recent commissioning of two crucial drying projects in Zambia where a string of inadequate harvests has resulted in the decrease of food staples and an increase in cost. Providing efficient and consistent airflow, Chief dryers are being used to safeguard the early cropping of maize, securing the grain quality for food grade milling. Because time is always a factor, Chief dryers are shipped in preassembled modular units for quicker installation, suppling prompt and reliable operation, even in the most extreme of climates. Chief dryers are used for a variety of commodities; 60 | May 2020 - Milling and Grain

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therefore, once the maize harvest is complete, the dryers will be immediately available for the next harvest of soya beans.

Previously, we would have a commissioning engineer on site. However, due to the current lock down in most locations, Chief representatives from the United Kingdom, France, Lithuania, and South Africa, put their heads together to provide all previously expected services. Chief dryer control panels include internet connections, allowing our commissioning engineers remote access to test, control, provide instruction, and troubleshoot. Our Chief on-site supervisor assisted the mechanical installation of both sites offering all services remotely and simultaneously by having our programmers connect directly via internet to the dryer panels, while our supervisors provided advice via WhatsApp. To the utter relief of our valued customers and to whom they serve, the Zambian facilities are successfully finished, fully operational, and collecting the early harvested grains.Now more than ever, global food concerns are forcing Governments to focus on food safety and food security. It is projected the European feed wheat, milling wheat, feed barley, and malting barley will begin mid-July, quickly followed by barley and progress straight through to rapeseed (canola), linseed, maize (corn), oats, peas, and beans. July will be here before we realise. We want you to know Chief is here, we are up, and we are working.

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COVID-19: CHINA HAS TAKEN MEASURES TO IMPROVE THE SECURITY OF ITS FOOD AND MATERIAL RESERVE

by Dr Wu Wenbin, Henan University of Technology, China

China will establish a daily monitoring and reporting system for grain and oil markets, dynamically grasping the status of grain processing, transportation, distribution, supply and price, strengthen the analysis and determination of the situation, improve the early warning mechanism, keep a close eye on the abnormal fluctuations of supply and demand, and constantly optimise the dispatching mode.

Guided by scientific planning, China will focus on strengthening the development of infrastructure and information technologies. China will strengthen the development of the grain market and the grain logistics system, and strive to create an open, transparent, orderly, efficient and dynamic market.

At present, the outbreak of international novel coronavirus is still spreading all over the world. In this troubling period, the international community is highly concerned about the issue of ensuring ample food supply to the population. In particular, we must increase the capacity of food produced to avoid food shortages and prevent people from being subject to panic. In the face of the evolving situation, the Chinese government has the confidence and ability to respond to these risks and challenges, solving the problem of food shortages for the Chinese people and with the aim to defeat coronavirus.

In recent years, Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grain production capacity has been stable, and its output has remained at a high. By implementing the strategy of storing grain on the land sustainably, grain output recently reached over 1.3 trillion tonnes for five consecutive years.

During the outbreak of novel coronavirus in China, the state food administration departments strengthened coordination. Processes have been set up to ensure the joint supply of grain and oil between Hubei and five neighboring provinces, including Hunan, Henan, Anhui and Jiangxi, to ensure the supply of grain and oil In areas subject to a severe epidemic. The stock of rice, flour and edible oil in Hubei province, Wuhan city and other key areas and cities can meet the consumption demand for over a month easily.

At the same time, China will establish a daily monitoring and reporting system for grain and oil markets, dynamically grasping the status of grain processing, transportation, distribution, supply and price, strengthen the analysis and determination of the situation, improve the early warning mechanism, keep a close eye on the abnormal fluctuations of supply and demand, and constantly optimise the dispatching mode.

Guided by scientific planning, China will focus on strengthening the development of infrastructure and information technologies.

China will strengthen the development of the grain market and the grain logistics system, and strive to create an open, transparent, orderly, efficient and dynamic market.

At present, the first stage of the epidemic control in China has ended, and various regions are promoting the continuation of work and production of grain and oil enterprises in a solid and orderly manner, and various regions have introduced policies and measures to accelerate the resumption of work and production of grain and oil enterprises. As of April 1st, all the 37 key processing enterprises under the grain and oil guarantee cooperation had started work, and 4,649 of the 5,388 national grain emergency processing enterprises had resumed work, with a daily processing capacity of 465,000 tonnes of wheat and 487,000 tonnes of rice, meeting the needs of the people and the food industry in China.

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by Msc. Dieter O. Gräf, Milling and Engineering, Vibronet-Gräf GmbH &Co. KG, Germany

he cereal processing industry and, particularly, flour and feed mills are considered to be highly fire-prone due to the occurrence of fine grain and flour dust. In these challenging environmental conditions, it is important to identify potential ignition sources such as the overheating of machines at a very early stage.

Explosion protection is an essential aspect of product safety and one of the main tasks of those responsible for safety and health within a company. Explosions or fires are often severe or fatal. Many are preventable if safety hazards are identified early enough to take protective measures. Many older operations, however, have not yet implemented comprehensive explosion and fire prevention measures. This is why it is necessary to install easy retrofit security surveillance in order to protect both human life as well as to retain the production site. These safety devices should control, alarm and immediately stop the production.

The following measures are absolutely necessary for a safe cereal processing production because they have long proven to be remarkably effective: • Decibels (dB) monitoring in every room and on every floor • Smoke detectors in every room and on every floor • Dust detectors in every room and on every floor • Temperature monitoring on gears and motors • dB detection through vibration absorbers • Temperature control inside the pneumatic filter • Dust detection inside the filter • Dust concentration monitoring at the pneumatic filter output • Temperature monitoring of every roller or sliding bearing • Surface temperature monitoring of the corrugated and smooth roller • Decibel (dB) monitoring of the roller mill frame Temperature (°C) is one of the most frequently measured physical quantities. The temperature, or the temperature difference, is an important indicator of the machine condition, both in production and in preventive maintenance.

Amongst all machines in grain processing, roller mills are the most important grinding units. During the grinding process, large steel or cast surfaces meet high contact pressure and high 66 66 | |May May2020 2020--Milling Millingand andGrain Grain

grinding energy. This multiplies the risk of overheating. If, for example, the grinding gap is not correctly set, the rollers are worn or the contact pressure is too high, steel surfaces run on steel or cast surfaces run directly on cast. This leads to an increased temperature and the formation of sparks. Brushes are attached underneath the rollers. If these are not cleaned regularly, caking material can heat up and thus represents an additional dangerous ignition source.

It is, therefore, very important to continuously monitor the condition of the roller mills by measuring the temperature of the roll and the bearing surfaces.

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by Rebecca Sherratt, Features Editor, Milling and Grain ealth and nutrition experts Novus International, Inc. recently showcased their latest innovations for the poultry industry at the International Production and Processing Expo (IPPE) in Atlanta, US. Novus experts were on hand discussing enzymes, antibiotic alternatives, trace minerals, feed preservatives as well as feed acidifiers.

Novus is a global leader in nutrition and health-based solutions for the animal agriculture industry, renowned for their productive, efficient and sustainable products. With a company portfolio of over 150 products, the company is a well-respected and iconic member of the feed nutrition sector. Founded in 1991, Novus now has over 700 employees based in over 30 countries and produces quality nutritional solutions for poultry, swine, cattle and aquaculture producers.

As IPPE, Novus researchers showcased their latest innovations and findings during the International Poultry Scientific Forum (IPSF), which takes place in conjunction with the exhibition. IPSF serves as an educational forum for leading industry members to present their studies concerning poultry production, health and nutrition, avian diseases, physiology and environmental management.

Three of Novus’s leading scientists were invited to present their findings on phytase and corn-soybean meal feed-based diets, trypsin inhibitors within soybean meal, and a combination of essential oils and organic acids on broiler birds.

“The research presented at IPSF is of vital importance to the poultry industry,” said Mercedes Vázquez-Añón, Novus’s Senior Director of Animal Research. “It provides a platform for our customers to learn new information about bird physiology, how certain feedstuffs can interact with different supplements, or how nutritional supplements can interact with one another. This information can make a real difference in how a poultry producer chooses to run their facility.”

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IPSF presentations

Effect of dietary supplementation of essential oil and organic acid alone or in combination in broilers The following study was led by Novus scientist Dr Frances Yan and evaluated the potential benefits of combining both organic acids and essential oils in feed production. The use of essential oils, as well as organic acids, has been proven to enhance both growth production and gut health of broilers and the Novus team wanted to discover whether combining both solutions could lead to further improved results.

In order to test this hypothesis, a floor-pen study was conducted with 1,728-day-old male broilers which were supplied an essential oil blend (Next Enhance® 150, 1:1 thymol carvacrol) and/or an organic acid blend (Avimatrix®, protected benzoic acid, calcium formate and fumaric acid). The broilers were subject to mild Eimeria challenge. The growth performance, including body weight, feed intake, feed conversion ratio (FCR) and mortality rate, was measured at different stages of the study (days 21, 28, 35 and 41).

A total of nine dietary treatments were utilised in a 3x3 factorial arrangement with three levels of Next Enhance® 150 (0, 15 and 30g/t) and three levels of Avimatrix® (0, 250 and 500g/t). Each diet was fed to eight replicate pens of 24 birds. On day 14 of the study, each bird was orally gavaged with a coccidiosis vaccine at five times the recommended dose.

Besides growth performance, on day 22, jejunal tissue was collected for cytokine mRNA expression. On day 42, footpad dermatitis lesions were also scored. The data was subject to two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) to evaluate the primary effects of the diet supplements and their interaction. Means were also separated by Fisher’s protected LSD test.

The results: FCR was significantly affected by dietary treatments and the best responses were observed on days 28 and 35. There was a significant interaction between Next Enhance® 150 and Avimatrix® in which all treatments (with the exception of Next Enhance® 150 at 15g/t) significantly increased FCR and the most effective solution observed was through combining 15g/t

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Effects of higher doses of microbial phytase on performance and bone ash in broilers fed moderately deficient non-phytase phosphorus using corn-soybean meal-based diets

The study by Novus’s Dr Megharaja Manangi was aimed to identify the effects of varied levels of phytase within cornsoybean meal-based diets. This study served as a follow on from a study conducted by J Pieniazek in 2017.

For this study, a 41-d floor pen housed 1,548 Ross 308 male broiler chicks that were assigned six treatments and were housed 22 chicks per pen.

Treatment 1 consisted of reduced levels of NPP and no added phytase (Negative Control). Treatments 2-5 consisted of 500, 750, 1000 and 1500U of phytase/kg diet added to the pre-existing Treatment 1, respectively. Treatment 6 was supplemented with industry standard levels of non-phytate phosphorus (NPP) (Positive Control).

For starter, grower and finisher diets, the Positive Control NPP levels were maintained at 0.48, 0.45 and 0.42 percent respectively, whilst Ca levels were maintained respectively at 0.93, 0.86 and 0.80 percent. For all three phases, the Negative Control NPP and Ca were reduced by 0.20 percent and 0.15 percent respectively, from the PC. Data were analysed using oneway ANOVA and significance was tested at P£0.05.

Results: D27 results suggested that Negative Control had reduced (P£0.05) gain (1.37 vs 1.62kg per bird) and FI (1.83 vs 2.14kg per bird), but not FCR (1.335 vs 1.322; P³0.05) compared to Positive Control. Phytase levels of 500U or more in the form of Cibenza® Phytaverse® displayed an increase in FCR and gain over Negative Control (P³0.05) and comparable to or better (P<0.05) than the Positive Control. The only group to experience higher gain (56g more) as well as a 2.3 points improvement (P<0.05) in FCR compared to Positive Control was the group fed 1500U phytase in the form of Cibenza® Phytaverse®.

D41 results suggested that the Negative Control had reduced (P£0.05) gain (2.84 vs 3.26kg per bird), FI (4.30 vs 4.87kg per bird), FCR (1.513 vs 1.495), mortality (4.93 vs 1.44 percent) and percent ash (44.84 vs 46.61) compared to Positive Control. Gain for both FI and FCR were similar (P³0.05) for all other doses including Positive Control and higher (P£0.05) compared to Negative Control. This suggests that 500U/kg diets could indeed compensate for phytase deficiency through NPP reduction.

The research implied that 1500U indeed not only compensated 0.2 percent NPP reduction, but, in fact, also improved both FCR and gain beyond Positive Control by end of d27. This study also showcased that, for up to 41 days, although 500U was enough to improve gain and FCR, 750U and above were required for % ash and mortality improvements beyond Negative Control and comparable to Positive Control.

Conventional trypsin inhibitor levels of soybean meal and protease supplementation affect digestibility in broilers

The following study was led by Novus researcher Raquel Araujo. The objective of this study was to analyse the effects of trypsin inhibitors on digestibility in broilers fed soybean

meal-based diet and to evaluate Novus’s own protease enzyme, Cibenza® DP100 as a tool to mitigate unfavourable effects of trypsin inhibitor on digestibility.

Trypsin inhibitor are considered one of the most antinutritional components of soybeans. They are proteins competing to bind to trypsin therefore affecting the digestion process and promoting economic losses. An adequate processing of soybeans will help to avoid the antinutritional effect of trypsin inhibitors by reducing them once they are heat-labile. However, nowadays we still evaluate the processing quality of soybeans through cheaper and less complex indirect methodologies such as urease activity.

In recent Novus ‘studies, it was concluded that there is a poor correlation between these indirect parameters and trypsin inhibitors levels in the current commercial range of trypsin inhibitors found. It can compromise the efficiency in monitoring the processing quality of our soybean-based ingredients leading to losses in digestibility and performance of broilers.

To begin the study, 17 samples of soybean meal were obtained from relevant Brazilian poultry producers and analysed for trypsin inhibitor, five of which were selected for the following in vivo trial. 624 Cobb male broilers were reared in cages and fed a common-corn soybean meal diet, from days 1-21. From days 22-28, the broilers were split into five groups subject to diets (12 replicates each) with soybean meal as their sole food source. Each group was fed soybean meal with varying levels of trypsin inhibitors, ranging from 3.30-4.24mg/g soybean meal.

The soybean meal containing 4.24mg/g of trypsin inhibitor was also supplied Cibenza® DP100 at 500g/mt. Soybean meal samples were ensured to maintain standardised particle size to prevent any influence on digestibility. On day 28 ileal digesta (content undergoing digestion extracted from the lowest section of the small intestine) was collected and analysed through both ANOVA and Tukey tests. Response curves were also fitted using linear, quadratic and broken-line models.

Results: For most amino acids and gross energy, the lowest digestibility was reached between 3.47-3.99 mg/g trypsin inhibitor from soybean meal. The levels of trypsin inhibitors in this trial reduced the digestibility in average in about 4%. The protease CIBENZA® DP100 was effective in mitigating risks related to variations in commercial SBM quality by increasing digestibility of a high trypsin inhibitor-soybean meal in about 5.2% AAs and 7.6% gross energy.

In conclusion, commercial levels trypsin inhibitor in soybean meal certainly affect broiler digestibility. The protease Cibenza® DP100 was effective in mitigating the risks related to variations in commercial soybean meal by increasing the digestibility of high trypsin inhibitor soybean meal.

A bright future for feed

“The world population is growing, and more people want high-quality, safe and affordable chicken. With this in mind, poultry producers are constantly evaluating their operations to find innovative or creative ways to maximise output and maintain or improve quality,” said Scott Hine, Novus’s Vice-President of Productions and Solutions and Chief Innovation Officer.

“Our Pushing Boundaries message exemplifies how we are looking deeply into the long-term benefits of animal nutrition and partnering with our customers, their nutritionists and/or veterinarians to help meet their goals. Our products, solutions and keen desire to help customers goes beyond what the industry has come to expect from a feed additive company.” www.novusint.com Milling and Grain - May 2020 | 71

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Enabling access to better grain

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by Laurie Goodwin, Director Regulatory Affairs and Advocacy, Plant Biotechnology and John McMurdy PhD, Director of Emerging Markets and Development Partnerships, CropLife International, Belgium ccess to innovation is a bedrock of the grain supply chain.

Unfortunately, delays in global regulatory systems, asynchronous approvals of genetically modified (GM) crops, and inflexible lowlevel presence (LLP) policies contribute to farmers not being able to grow some biotech-improved grain varieties. CropLife International, a global federation representing the plant science industry, works to advocate for regulatory frameworks that enable innovation for farmers and support sustainable agriculture.

The basis of CropLife Internationalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work in regularity harmonisation is to enable sound, predictable, science-based regulations that allow farmers to grow food in a more sustainable way. Delays in these processes can impact the global economy and food supply while predictable and timely regulations bring innovation to the marketplace and benefit exporting and importing countries alike.

One of the key hurdles to a globally streamlined regulatory system for GM crops are duplicative safety assessments with differing data requirements. Although submitting more data and undertaking more studies does not increase the level of product safety for consumers or the environment, many regulatory authorities still require submission of studies and data that are unnecessary for a risk-based safety assessment. CropLife International leverages the broad experience and familiarity we now have with GM technology and crops to encourage regulatory streamlining because, more than 25 years after the successful commercialisation of genetically modified (GM) crops, regulatory hurdles are still limiting farmer access to improved seed varieties.

CropLife International also recognises that industry has an important role to play. When product developers submit aligned

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and harmonised data for safety assessments, it is easier for regulators to share science. To encourage further regulatory cooperation, CropLife International is working on a project to suggest the studies and information which, based the available science and experience, should be submitted for a true sciencebased risk assessment for GM crops. The goal of the project is to continue to encourage greater regulatory dialogue and cooperation between jurisdictions at the international level to better enable access to improved GM seed varieties.

Another area of advocacy for CropLife International is supporting the use of different regulatory models as a pathway for regulatory streamlining and reduction of duplicative safety assessments. There are already several successful regulatory models in place around the world that allow for the maximisation of resources while reducing or eliminating duplicate work, and in no way compromises sovereignty or health and safety.

While the main goal is always predictable and timely import approvals for GM crops, there is also value in application of workable Low-Level Presence (LLP) policies that facilitate trade of improved grain when import approvals are not granted in a timely fashion. LLP is defined as the presence of a small amount of biotech grain that has been approved in the country of export, but not the country of import, within a larger commodity shipment. CropLife International and other value chain stakeholders work with governments to promote implementation

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Application of non-zero LLP thresholds for products not yet approved for importation (but which have already been approved by countries of export following international norms) can reduce the risk of trade disruption while also allowing farmers to access new biotech products during periods of regulatory asynchrony. CropLife International and GAABTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work emphasises that, because of the scale of global grain movements and farmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s needing access to better grain, zero, levels are not possible. Further, the coalition

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Why does agriculture need to improve sustainability?

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by Duynie, UK

t’s no surprise that the need for sustainability is at the top of the farming agenda. Feeding the world’s growing population and leaving future generations with a habitable planet depends on action being taken now.

In the simplest terms, a sustainable farming operation is one that maintains or increases yields while also maintaining or improving environmental benefits. The desired outcomes being: • The production of enough food to nourish current and future populations • The protection and restoration of the natural environment and securing of future land productivity • The creation of commercially viable systems that support farming businesses and the quality of life of those involved in them.

Environmental concerns

Anyone working on Britain’s land, and almost 500,000 people do, will have observed the challenges we face. They include: • Climate change and increasingly frequent extreme-weather events • Loss of biodiversity • Reduction in soil fertility • Pollution • Water shortages.

Currently, our use of natural resources outstrips nature’s ability to regenerate them.

Waste of all sorts, including water, food crops and so-called ‘by-products’, is central to this problem.

Changing opinions

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crept up slowly, but now the situation is urgent. A new outlook is needed in our everyday lives, in industry, in government and in agriculture. Looking the other way isn’t an option. There has been a change in the conversation, with everyone, from individuals to global corporations, realising they can and must do their bit. It’s our collective responsibility to safeguard the future.

Pressures on farming businesses

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multinationals. There’s no sustainability silver bullet that has the answer to all of the challenges faced by agriculture. The geographical diversity of the UK and the needs of different sectors make a one-size-fits-all approach to sustainable farming impractical.

By following two guiding principles, use resources efficiently and minimise impact, everyone can make a difference.

A circular food system

In the past, when the world’s population was far smaller than it is today, food production was simpler. People hunted, grew and processed their own food. If they had a surplus, they traded for goods they couldn’t make themselves. Every edible scrap was consumed and what was inedible went towards nourishing livestock or fertilising the land. This is an example of a circular food system, where the end of the cycle (waste) is connected directly with the start (cultivation).

As populations grew and urbanisation spread, food production was reimagined.

Output had to be big and efficient, so processes became specialised. Raw resources were exploited for the production of a single foodstuff and what were known as ‘byproducts’ simply went to waste. This ‘grow à use à throw’ philosophy is an example of a linear food system where the end and beginning of the cycle are unconnected.

Why does Duynie Feed UK support circularity?

At Duynie, we’re striving to make a circular food system the norm again. Why? Because it’s the only sustainable way to feed ourselves and maintain the planet’s natural resources. If we borrow inspiration directly from nature and use resources in a circular manner, waste becomes an input for new growth.

In our business, circularity works like this: arable farmers grow crops (cereals, fruit and vegetables), which are made into products (beer, bread and chips). Co-products left over after production (brewers’ grains, potato peels) become nutritious animal feeds. The animals produce meat and milk, as well as manure. The meat and milk feeds humans, while the manure fertilises the land used by arable famers.

This is a ‘closed-loop’ cycle, with each stage clearly connected to the next. For it to function, each link is critical and has a responsibility to fulfil. Livestock farmers are pivotal in the balance of the cycle. By grazing animals on land not suitable for cultivation and supplementing rations with co-product feeds, they complement human food production rather than competing with it. In turn, Duynie fulfils a critical function by closing the loop between human and animal food production.

How does circularity inspire Duynie’s business?

The Duynie Feed UK process is a simple one: we use ‘co-products’ (which may otherwise go to waste) from the food and beverage industries to make highly effective, palatable and nutritious animal feeds.

This has a range of benefits: • It makes full and efficient use of resources and avoids unnecessary wastage • It reduces energy and inputs required to grow and produce animal feed from scratch • It frees up land to be used for human food production.

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These benefits work together, each acting as a link in a sustainable, circular food system.

The benefits of circularity

Of course, for participants to stay in a circular food system, there have to be benefits. For livestock farmers who have a choice between commercial compound feeds and co-product feeds, these benefits include: • Reduced carbon footprint: Co-product feeds have lower carbon footprints than equivalent compound feeds. This is because CO2 emissions resulting from the cultivation and processing of a crop are attributed to the main product into which that crop is processed. Compound feeds are the ‘main product’ of crops grown specifically for animal nutrition. Co-product feeds are the ‘secondary product’ of crops grown for the human food chain – the emissions generated during their processing are attributed to the ‘main product’, which may be beer, bread or chips, for example • Locality: To further reduce the environmental impact of our products, Duynie works with UK-based food producers who process crops grown in their vicinity.

While many compound feeds include imported ingredients such as soya, we don’t import raw materials • Sustainability: Feeding UK-sourced products with a reduced carbon footprint is a practical way for farmers to show their commitment to sustainable working.

Customers, including supermarkets, increasingly require their suppliers to demonstrate how they meet stringent sustainability goals • Profitability: Duynie’s focus is on complementing the resources our customers have on-farm, with the goal of helping maximise returns from home-grown products. The outcome is a nutritionally balanced, targeted feed regime that optimises profits • Performance: Co-product feeds from Duynie are scrupulously formulated and scientifically analysed to ensure their nutritional value is balanced and consistent.

Palatable blends are readily consumed (minimising wastage), encourage forage intake and are highly digestible. Our nutritionist and sales managers are on hand to advise on the best approach for individual farms, taking into account goals such as an improved calving index or live-weight-gain targets.

Duynie’s place in the circular system

By connecting food producers directly back to farmers, Duynie completes the circle that maximises resource usage. We’ve worked with livestock farmers for over 50 years, demonstrating to them that co-products (which might not seem immediately obvious as animal feeds) are, in fact, highly effective.

For UK farming to become truly sustainable, government policy alone isn’t the solution. Individuals and businesses adopting their own initiatives will count, too. You might feel the difference you could make is small. But what if we all did something? What a powerful force for positive change that would be. www.duynie.com Milling and Grain - May 2020 | 79

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Beyond the Ri’ichi: Part 6:

Flour milling – Added value for the health-conscious market

by Yutaka Kawamoto, Deputy Head of Asia Business Division, Yoshihiro Tokui, Head of Supporting Grain Processing Group, Technical Division, Satake Corporation, Japan

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foods. However, the minerals naturally found in the wheat ommon wheat flour is obtained by grains are not contained much in the flour but will be retained milling the wheat grain and then mostly in the bran and the residual powder after the milling extracting the endosperm out from process. Although the whole grain wheat flour contains fibres and it. The wheat flour obtained is never eaten as it is but added with water and minerals, the small quantity of minerals in the ordinary flour is a widely known fact. kneaded to form gluten in making a dough. It will be then processed into food for consumption such as bread PeriTec flour and noodles. Based on this processing General features of PeriTec flour have been already mentioned of wheat grain, and from the appearance of the finished product, in the previous article in this series. Here, characteristics specific a good quality flour is attributed to the flour with the least bran mixed with it.

These factors, such as degree of whiteness and <Wheat grinding 䠄 break 䠅 Process image> the ash content, are used as a primary method to 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th evaluate the quality of wheat flour. The degree Conventional of whiteness is the quantification of the flour colouring due to the mixture of brown bran in the flour. As for the ash content, it indicates the br an Wheat Se mo lin a Se mo lin a Se mo lin a amount of bran mixed in the flour by measuring Grain Se mo lin a the residual matter after combusting and Endosperm * Semollnawith wheat bran incinerating the flour. This is because only the bran, along with its minerals, will remain after Debranning 1st 2nd 3rd br an incineration, whereas the endosperm is totally combusted.

PeriTec In recent years, a rise in health consciousness Cre ase p o rt i o n has led to a demand for more functional food, ski n Se mo lin a and nutritional content is cited as one of those functionalities. As the body cannot synthesise Se mo lin a br an minerals, it is necessary to intake them from * S e m o l i n a w i t h o u t w h e at br an

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to this flour will be detailed more in-depth. The PeriTec flour is made from wheat whose skin has been peeled off from the grain before the milling process in the same way as rice milling. The wheat grainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s skin is formed with multiple layers, and the layer which contains the most minerals is the layer called Aleurone. This Aleurone layer lies between the skin and the endosperm and has a hue very similar to that of the endosperm.

To obtain flour with more nutritional content with the conventional milling method, where the milling is done with the Aleurone layer still attached to the bran, a large amount of bran is collected with the powder and its hue becomes poorer. But with the PeriTec system, the milling is only done after peeling off the bran up to the Aleurone layer, meaning as there will be no bran layer protecting this Aleurone layer, it will be milled altogether with the endosperm and will be collected with the flour afterward.

PeriTec flour made this way contains more Aleurone layers, but its hue does not differ from the flour made with the traditional milling method since most of the skin is peeled beforehand. However, as it contains many more minerals, it has higher nutritional content and a good hue at the same time, which is its specific feature compared to the usual flour. In other words, PeriTec flour is such that it can be situated between the whole grain wheat flour and the usual flour.

Besides, impurities (viable bacteria, residual agricultural chemicals, etc) adhering to the outer skin are peeled off and will not be brought into the milling process. Although these cannot be reduced to zero contamination, the total number of these impurities is reduced greatly.

Nowadays, facing the rise in demand of whole wheat grain flour due to more healthconscious eating habits, a product with fewer impurities can be produced just by gently peeling off the outer skin of the grain from which an improvement of the shelf-life of the final product can also be expected. PeriTec flour, therefore, gives rise to the production of more hygienic food products.

Through this method, PeriTec flour is containing abundant levels of minerals from wheat grain such as Niacin, Îł-aminobutyric acid, inositol, etc. It has more functionalities than usual flour. It should be also mentioned that the yield increases by about 4 percent since a part of the outer skin layer, the Aleurone layer, is retained with the endosperm to be milled together with it.

Application of PeriTec flour

Bread made with PeriTec flour has a good texture and is not dried out as it does not contain any bran, but it has a higher nutritional content than bread made from conventional flour. Furthermore, the PeriTec System is also used in the milling of durum wheat for semolina, although it is different from other wheat grain, and it contributes very much to the improvement of the quality of the product.

The durum wheat, unlike the usual wheat, is harvested in a condition called coarse grain. When milling durum wheat into semolina with the PeriTec System, there is only one small outer skin protecting the endosperm as they were separated beforehand. Good quality semolina can be produced as early as from the stage of breaking the whole wheat grain.

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GABA rice flour

Flour milling at Satake does not only consist of wheat flour milling. The demand for more functional food due to heightened health consciousness is also the same as in the rice market, leading to the development of GABA rice rich in GABA (γ-aminobutyric acid). GABA, mainly known as an inhibitor of neural transmission, is an agent acting to lower the blood pressure. GABA rice has a GABA content of 5-to-10 times higher than of those in untreated white rice.

GABA rice was primarily developed to be cooked and served at the dining table, but apart from that, a technology that turns broken rice and immature brown rice into GABA rice flour was created. Ten years ago in Japan, a technology to make bread and noodles using rice flour instead of wheat flour was developed to increase rice consumption. Since then, it has become possible to make bread from rice flour mixed with gluten from wheat flour. More recently, the technique has evolved into producing gluten-free bread without using gluten from wheat flour.

When making bread using GABA rice flour added with gluten, compared to the flour without any GABA supplement, bread made with usual rice flour was 1.4mg/100g d.b. against 6.9mg/100g d.b. for bread using GABA rice flour.

This confirmed that levels five times higher for GABA were contained in the bread made with GABA rice flour.

Furthermore, making a gluten-free bread with rice flour without mixing gluten with it will also increase the GABA value contained within the bread. When making products with rice flour, taking into account that GABA is water-soluble and dissolves at temperatures above 150℃, using GABA rice flour with a higher GABA content can affect positively the quality of the finished products.

When baking bread made from rice flour, the crust part (or outer part) is heated at high temperatures, however, the inner temperature does not rise so highly, such that GABA remains inside the baked bread. GABA rice flour is not only a substitute to wheat flour as a gluten-free powdered ingredient but also contributes many more useful functionalities.

The rise of awareness regarding health and quality of life improvements through food consumption, health and wellbeing trends and daily diets are the future consumers’ needs and are expected to expand worldwide. Satake is thriving to develop health-conscious products and provide consumers with products that are healthy, safe and secure. We firmly believe that our flour, with intentionally added functionalities, is helpful to our secondary flour processors and helping them, in turn, to develop health-conscious foods to consumers. https://satake-group.com

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Additives The use of phytogenic feed additives to mitigate the negative impact of heat stress in broilers

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by Manu de Laet, CTS, Delacon Biotechnik GmbH

he demand for poultry meat is increasing globally as a result of increasing population and popularity.

Poultry meat is a very economical source of high-quality protein that is accessible in most regions across the globe. The predominant areas of increased demand, however, are in (sub)tropical regions where not only high temperatures but, also, high humidity levels have negative impacts on the efficiency of poultry production.

The genetic factors that have been selected for growth and metabolic efficiency in broilers make them susceptible to heat stress.

Faster growing breeds are more sensitive than slower growing breeds, males are more prone to reduced performance than females, and the negative effects of heat stress are increased with age.

Heat and humidity reduce performance

Heat stress is characterised as an imbalance between heat production and heat loss. Birds are unable to maintain thermoneutrality due to the environmental impact of both heat and humidity. The duration of heat stress (acute versus chronic,) the nature of heat stress (cyclic versus constant), and temperaturehumidity index (THI) determine the severity of the effect on production performance.

Physiologic thermoregulation mechanisms, both to reduce heat production and to expedite heat loss, can lead to reduced production efficiency and increased mortality. Decreased activity and feed intake can lead to nutrient deficiencies and panting which can lead to respiratory alkalosis and acid/base imbalance.

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Phytogenics can offer comfort under uncomfortable conditions

Many nutritional adjustments, management procedures, and feed additives are used to reduce the negative impacts of heat stress.

The use of phytogenic feed additives (PFA) is becoming increasingly popular as the modes of action of this technology are better understood.

Phytogenic ingredients such as assorted spices, flavonoids, and essential oils have been shown to produce positive effects in mediating the negative impacts of heat stress. A trial was conducted at University of Arkansas to assess the benefits for broiler production performance under heat stress conditions by inclusion of a specific phytogenic feed additive (BiostrongÂŽ Comfort, Delacon Biotechnik GmbH).

A total of 600, three-week-old male Cobb500 broilers were randomly assigned to environmentally controlled chambers in two environmental conditions of 12h/d cyclic heat stress (HS) (35°C) or thermoneutral (TN) (24°C) for three weeks. Relative humidity averaged approximately 27 percent in TN and 24 percent in HS chambers over the course of the experiment.

Three phase, corn/soy diets were fed consisting of a Control (CON): basal diet and Treatment (PFA): basal diet + PFA (400 g/T). Statistical significance was declared at P<0.05. The results of this study indicated an overall reduced feed intake (FI) under HS conditions, when compared to TN conditions, as was expected. However, FI under HS conditions was significantly improved in the PFA group over the CON group resulting in significantly improved bodyweight as shown in Figure 1.

Likewise, the PFA group had a four-point improvement in FCR under heat stress conditions. Overall mortality for the study was approximately 3.6 percent with no significant differences between treatments. The deleterious effects of heat stress on carcass quality and yield are well known in the industry. The results of this study documented this effect between the TN and HS conditions. However, under HS conditions, the PFA group showed numerically higher carcass weight and breast meat yield as compared to the CON group. These results are indicated in Figure 2.

Phytogenics can maintain intestinal integrity

The performance improvements documented in the PFA group under HS conditions result from the underlying benefits of phytogenic ingredients at the cellular level. These benefits include improvement in the antioxidative status of the bird, reduced inflammation, and improved gut integrity. One commonly recognised measure of gut integrity is Transepithelial Electrical Resistance (TER).

As indicated in Figure 3, the TER of the PFA group after heat stress was significantly improved. The results of this study agreed with previous studies and literature of the benefits of phytogenic feed additives in mitigating the negative impacts of heat stress on broiler production.

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STORAGE

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by Naomi Newman, Archaeological Journalist, UK

he history of grain storage is both older than and interlinked to the history of farming. Cooked and uncooked grains have been recovered from the teeth of our Neanderthal cousins, almost 30,000 years before the Agricultural Revolution.

The first farmers are thought to have been the Natufian people, nomads originally from Egypt. They practiced seasonal occupation, which included areas of the Levant; and stored their harvest in leather bags or woven baskets. Approximately three weeks of harvesting could feed a family of four for a year.

The Younger Dryas caused massive climate change, particularly across Europe and the Middle East. This reduced the Steppe land of the Levant, causing humans to settle around lakes and water courses. They planted the last of their grain store and cared for the plants to which they had become accustomed.

A more settled lifestyle allowed for the production of non-transportable storage vessels such as pottery as well as grain-processing technologies such as the sickle or the pestleand-mortar. Grain was stored in grain bins and silos (earliest

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discovered dates to circa 11,300 cal BP in Dhra, Jordan Valley).

Cereal grains had transitioned from a high calorie supplement to be the main food source people depended upon. It allowed for population expansion, providing more people to work the fields, a larger surplus, and the discovery of alcohol. Wheat grains naturally start fermenting when they get wet. What may, at first glance, have appeared to be a ruined store of grain transformed into one of humanities favourite drinks- beer.

The grain surplus, in turn, allowed for the development of elites and the social hierarchy we are accustomed to. In a farming society a surplus is needed to feed artists, artisans, chieftains, accountants, traders and all other non-farmers.

The dependence upon a surplus left people vulnerable to famine via environmental degradation. This was partially resolved by storing grain in multiple silos; in this way, if rot occurs in one silo it cannot spread to the whole supply. It is also a lot more time consuming for grain thieves to break into multiple silos rather than just one. Silos are easy to recognise in the archaeological record as they usually have a circular base and there will be many of them lined up neatly in rows.

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STORAGE against rodents. Only cats of Asian or African origin were able to be domesticated and many rich chieftains kept tamed cheetahs as power symbols.

Cats were later domesticated in Ancient Egypt (they tamed five varieties of cat), where they gained god-like status. The Ancient Romans are credited with the spread of cats across Europe, although many Romans preferred the indigenous weasels and polecats as guards as these did not attack their pet birds.

There are many different storage techniques used by people around the world and at different times. The larger the community, the more extensive the storage facility.

The simplest storage technique was the use of bags, sacks or dung-pots; these are for individual or family supply. Some communities, such as on the Gran Canara Island, north west Africa (from 1000ACE), or along the Iberian Peninsula (circa 12-13th Century ACE), practiced communal granaries where multiple families, and even different communities, stored their bags of grain together, divided into community silos whilst the granary was mutually protected. These granaries were dug into the side of a cliff or built as intercommunity buildings.

Storage pits, also discovered along the Iberian Peninsula (circa 5th millennium BCE), were also effective. The outer layer of

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grain germinates creating anaerobic conditions and keeping the rest of the grain safe. These are also very effective against grain thieves as they cannot be detected above ground.

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So early in the value chain, in milling facilities for both food and feed, we have to take responsibility to ensure a sustainable approach. Challenges will be producing food and feed much more efficiently, significantly lowering the energy consumption usage in production, minimising downtimes, utilising valuable raw materials even better, increasing the nutritional value of food, improving tracking of products and responding faster to changing markets.

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increase the company reputation and invest in a facility built to avoid any form of ‘waste’ Engineering teams will ask for a waste free process that demands less space, time and energy. So they will look for an experienced and innovative building partner that understands their process needs.

Investigating new designs and technologies will increase PM time pressure so they will want to work with reliable partners who can minimise budget and time overruns Construction schedules will demand for new installation methods without compromise on quality and safety, and that’s why more and more companies are choosing the modular ‘kit’ installation of SCE Facility users will ask for ‘cleaner’ plants to show to end customers. Output also needs to be reliable and thanks to the newly patented butterfly hoppers of SCE, they deliver mass flow storage facilities which have a low maintenance process.

Why square silos?

SCE designs, produces and delivers modular square building components with the needs of clients in mind. With these dynamic square parts, you can easily integrate our square silos in any production unit. Tailor-made in function of your building, you choose the components you want and we will create customised pieces of your silo building. And you can always easily expand your building depending on your evolving needs.

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Hoppers are a crucial part of a mass flow silo and thus designed with the greatest care for your product. We will ensure a perfect transfer from the silo to the machine process. Every product requires its own type of hopper, which are always completely tailor-made. The newly patented innovation in SCE has a name: butterfly hopper.

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Upgrade for feed producer AGRI-V by SCE On 22 June 2019, AGRI V celebrated the opening of its new feed plant in north-west Germany. The previous facility was burnt down in a major fire in 2016, so it was crucial for AGRI V to be up and running again as soon as possible. The animal feed producer therefore decided to work with SCE, as its modular square silos can be put up particularly quickly. Detailed project planning and close interaction with the customer, for which SCE has by now built up a reputation, once again ensured that delays were avoided.

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A tight timetable was presented at the start of the project which is still being adhered to today; in this way, an entire new plant has been developed in just nine months. No fewer than 91 brand-new square silos will soon have animal feed pouring into them. AGRI V opted for the butterfly hopper to ensure a smooth outflow. SCE developed and built the entire steel structure of the new feed plant, including floors, stairs and so on, as well as renovating and upgrading the silos that it had built in 2005 and that had survived the fire.

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From its new site in Scotland, MOWI has recently supplied feed for salmon in Ireland, Scotland, Norway and the Faroe Islands. It is a completely new factory, with its own specially adapted jetty and equipped with the most advanced technologies.

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In its search for the location for its new salmon feed factory, MOWI considered its options carefully. Eventually the choice fell on an old quarry in the village of Kyleakin on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. The entire plant is situated just above sea level and, thanks in part to the surrounding hills, this greatly reduces the visual nuisance of the 40-metre-high structure for local residents. MOWIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s custom-built sea-going vessels have a direct connection to the Atlantic Ocean via the converted jetty; the ships supply the salmon farms at sea from here.

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The new MOWI square silos are equipped with the advanced butterfly hoppers. These specially manufactured bulk silos ensure that the pellets do not break (generating dust) under the immense pressure of the mass of product, thanks to a combination of smooth and sheet pile walls. Together with the butterfly hoppers, these walls ensure that the product flows out smoothly and completely. SCE has now built up quite a reputation as a result of this innovative silo technology. The new salmon feed factory, one of the most efficient and sustainable in the world, required an investment of 110 million euros by MOWI. For more information contact: Wim Delameilleure | wim.delameilleure@sce.be http://sce.be

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or over 40 years, the Bliss family has been a trusted supplier of critical equipment for the essential infrastructure industry. In today’s challenging environment, we’re continuing to operate in a “business as usual” fashion to support those critical businesses that produce, provide and deliver necessary goods and services to the public. We remain open and providing our quality products and services to customers.

The role our company plays in keeping essential businesses and services running is an important one, and not one that we take lightly. As a family company, we have always believed that taking care of our customers is the first priority in our business, and that is as true in today’s business environment as ever.

In these uncertain times, we feel that the very best thing we can do for our customers is to continue to operate as we always have. Ensuring that we can continue to provide the highest quality size reduction equipment to those companies that need it, when they need it, is a big deal for organisations that are in the business of producing food, feed, and fuel among other products. We are also making a point to reach out to our customers to let them know that we are still operating and we will take any available measures to help them in any way we can. This includes phone or video support to help with troubleshooting, technical support, or instructions on how to solve common issues.

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CSE Bliss Manufacturing specialises in its industry leading line of hammer mills, rotary feeders, pellet coolers, parts and rebuilds. The Bliss family, owners and operators, are proud to be partners with Bengal Machine.

In 1980, along with Bill Bliss, and Alan Bliss, Rick Bliss founded Bliss Industries. Together, they built and designed the Bliss Hammermill that is still being produced today.

In July of 2007 they sold Bliss Industries and continued to work for the new owners until May of 2016.

Son Jason Bliss founded CSE Bliss Manufacturing LLC in 2016.

CSE Bliss Manufacturing LLC is a new company, but one that has a lot of experience, industry knowledge, and history behind it. Taking care of their customers is the businesses number one priority and is the key to being successful in this industry and in any business. Being a family owned and operated business is a great way to stay connected with customers. ensuring the health, safety, and well-being of our employees.

We realise that this is absolutely necessary in order to provide the support and service that our customers rely on. Rest assured that we are following all guidelines in order to make sure our team stays safe and keeps producing quality size reduction equipment and parts.

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The plant has a capacity of 300 tonnesper-day, processing local semi-hard wheat as well as producing three different types of flour, mainly for domestic consumption in bakeries. The mill was installed in a new, six floors concrete building, which was also designed and constructed in conformity with the highest sanitation standards.

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The mill has been equipped with the latest Alapala technology, consisting of Similago II roller mills (DAVG), Quadro plansifters with larger sieve boxes (GPAK) and control sifters (RKEM). An optical sorter is also used in the plant for the very fine cleaning of wheat before milling, to ensure the highest level of food safety is achieved.

The plant operates efficiently with an advanced automation system, that allows the centralised monitoring and management of complete cleaning, milling and packaging processes. The system enables efficient and simple generating of detailed production reports, with real-time error diagnosis and long-distance connection functions.

Alapala is one of the leading suppliers for milling machinery and turnkey flour mill installations in over 100 countries, with over 650 factories worldwide. Founded in 1954, the company has been taking big strides to fulfil its vision and today is one of the top 1000 exporters in Turkey, exporting 95 percent of its total machinery production lines.

Alapala was also recently accepted into the Turquality Brand Support Program, which is the first and only governmentsponsored brand development program in the world. The purpose of the program is to create Turkish brands that can be a worldwide, truly international brand.

The selection process is conducted by examining various topics such as the company’s strategic planning systems, financial performance, supply chain management, brand management, brand power, product design development, marketing trade management, corporate governance and ınformation systems.

Alapala, the first company in the sector to be accepted into the Turquality Brand Support Program, emphasized that they will surely move forward towards becoming a global brand.

Alapala Group CEO Görgem Alapala expressed his joy at the news, “Today we have become one of the two largest companies in the milling technologies sector worldwide. We have established more than 650 turnkey factories in more than 120 countries across four continents, including developing industrial countries

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Alapala is very active in the African market also, local branches, country offices, and a wide representative network; as well as numerous flour, semolina and maize mill references throughout the region, such as in Senegal, Zambia, Angola, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Ghana. www.alapala.com

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COUNTRY PROFILE: IRAN

Mehmet Ugur Gürkaynak, Regional Director - Turkey, Eurasia and Middle East, Milling and Grain Iran, a country with a long history and culture, borders a total of 15 countries from the land and sea and has served as the junction between Europe and Asia for many years, thanks to the ancient Silk Road. Iran, which has a strategic position in terms of Export and import, has ben crucially important due to the presence of oil within the country. The capital of Iran is Tehran.

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Population and geographical structure, climate and environment Iran has a total area of 1,628,760 km2. According to data from the World Bank, the total population of Iran is 81,800,269 people. 49.4 percent of this population is female and 50.6 percent is male.

In this country, which has a generally arid and semi-arid climate, the shores of the Caspian Sea have a subtropical climate. The average rainfall is 3mm in July, with the average temperature being between 22 - 37 °C during this warmest period of the year. In January, the coldest month, the temperature drops to -3 - -7 ° C and precipitation levels can exceed 46mm.

In Tehran, the temperature varies considerably between summer and winter months. While the summers are hot and dry (typically between 30 - 40 °C), winters are between 0 - 15 °C. Snowfalls are seen in higher sections of the land.

55 percent of the country’s land consists of grassland, 23 percent desert and eight percent consists of forests. 14 percent of the land is arable in Iran. There are also rough and mountainous lands, although these are less prevalent.

Agriculture and livestock One fourth of the workforce is employed in agriculture and animal husbandry in Iran.

Agricultural production is mostly conducted in the north and west of the country.

The main agricultural products of Iran are wheat, corn, barley, rice, sugarcane, various fruits, sugar beet, cotton, peanut, onion and palm. Caviar produced by fishing projects around the Caspian Sea attracts great attention from the world markets. The red and white meat sector has made great progress in the country and proves to be popular.

According to data sourced from the Iran Ministry of Agriculture 80 percent of Iran’s food demand is met by the country’s own production. 20 percent of the country’s land is suitable for agriculture, four percent are wetlands, eight percent is consdiered overly dry for farming and 20 percent is deemed ideal for Iranian agriculture. The agricultural sector employs 23 percent of the population.

Due to climatic difficulties, irrigation problems occur from time to time in Iran. The drought experienced in the last 10 years has negatively affected food production.

While the world rainfall average is 800mm, the rate is around 250mm in Iran.

The Iranian government gives purchase warranties at a certain price for major products such as wheat and supports farmers in the supply of tractors. Despite the scarcity of arable land, a wide variety of products are readily available in Iran. Besides wheat, barley, corn and rice, other important agricultural products include figs, dates, pomegranates, grapes, melons, cotton, beets, sugar, cane sugar, olives, nuts, spices, tea and saffron.

Iran imports red meat and wheat. Animal feed materials used in Iran are heavily reliant on important. On average, 70 percent of animal feed ingredients are imported into the country.

Domestic production increased by 14 percent in March 2016-17 which, as a result, decreased the trade deficit in Iran. According to IRNA, US $1.4b worth of animal feed, $909m of soybeans and $690m of rice were imported in the last year alone. Milk, which is one of the key exported products of Iran, is also an important source of income

for many locals. Exports of milk have reached 387,000 tonnes in recent years.

The Iranian government has aimed at reducing the trade deficit in the agricultural sector by implementing some measures over the past year. Increasing the import tax applied to sugar and rice, controlling the import of vegetable oil and oilseeds to support local producers, supporting the exporters of livestock and fishery products and increasing the wheat reserves are among the main measures to reduce Trade deficit.

Fishery The Arabian and Caspian Seas, as well as the Persian Gulf, are an important area for fish farming in Iran. Approximately one million tonnes of seafood is obtained annually from Iranian seas and fisheries.

Approximately 58 percent of this amount is obtained by sea fishing and 42 percent through farmed aquaculture systems such as fish farms.

The most common fished species in Iran include mackerel, tuna, sailfish, sardine, shrimp, gray mullet and carp. In addition, Rainbow trout, Chinese carp, shrimp, sea bream, sturgeon and Caspian salmon are among the most harvest fish gathered from fish farms.

The most active regions for aquaculture are the northern and western regions of the country. Shrimp is grown in the southern parts of Iran. Most of the required fish feeds fort he Iranian indusry are produced directly in Iran (90% in total),

whilst the remaining 10 percent are imported from France and various Asian countries.

Some 10 percent of the seafood produced in Iran is exported.

Primary exporting countries include Iraq, Thailand, Hong Kong, Vietnam and China. Iran is also famous for caviar. The revenue of exports, which can exceed one tonne per annum, is $2.5m.

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INDUSTRY EVENTS Many of us hadn’t heard of COVID-19 a couple of months ago, but this virus has now spread to 200 countries and territories around the world, meaning that this is now a challenge for all of humanity to overcome.

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2-3 Black Sea Grain 2020 Kyiv, Ukraine www.ukragroconsult.com Postponed from 22-23 April to 2-3 September

Exhibitions, conferences, and workshops are a very effective way of transferring information and building networks to better our industries. The infectious nature of COVID-19 has meant that many event organisers around the world have had to either cancel, postpone, or shift their show from a physical space to a digital one.

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4-5 JTIC 2020 France www.jtic.eu 5-7 Livestock Taiwan 2020 Taiwan www.livestocktaiwan.com

15-17 AFIA Liquid Feed Symposium 2020 Chicago, Illinois, USA www.afia.org 17-19 VIV Qingdao 2020 Qingdao, China www.viv.net

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18 ONE: Alltech ideas Conference Conference will be online https://one.alltech.com/ June 10 IGC Grains Conference 2020 Conference will be online www.igc.int 10-11 Cereals 2020 Event now online www.cerealsevent.co.uk

Livestock Taiwan Expo & Forum is an exclusive trade show representing Taiwan’s premier, international and professional B2B trading platform that focuses on the state-of-the-art technologies in the field of livestock.

With the rising issues of climate change and food safety, the livestock business opportunity has expanded potentially as well as the development of IoT and biological technology. Livestock Taiwan aims to provide diverse solutions which help optimise and upgrade the industrial facility and increase livestock productivity.

As a result, it brings together manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers to showcase animal healthcare products, biogasoriented equipment, technologies for circular economy and automated devices.

The annual Livestock Taiwan is held in conjunction with Aquaculture Taiwan and Asia Agri-Tech. The grand tradeshow contains one-on-one business matchmaking programmes and over 50 thematic seminars and forums. Not only it reveals the strength and competitiveness of Taiwan’s supply chains, but also it enacts a perfect platform to see the world in Taiwan and Taiwan in the world.

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

26-28 IPPE Atlanta, Georgia USA www.ippexpo.org

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

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August 31-2 ☑ VIV MEA 2020 Abu Dhabi, UAE www.viv.net Postponed from 9-11 March to 31 August

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

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22 – 24 ☑ Ildex Vietnam 2020 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam https://www.ildex-vietnam.com Postponed from 18-20 March to 22-24 July

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

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

We at Perendale Publishers Ltd thought it would be appropriate to give an update on each of the events we are involved with, while many still intend to run during their original dates, 24 events have been either cancelled, postponed, or shifted to digital.

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

8-10 Livestock Malaysia 2020 Malacca, Malaysia www.livestockmalaysia.com Postponed from 7-9 April 2020 to 8-10 September

None of the event organisers have made these decisions lightly, with great consideration being given to the current Covid-19 situation in their respective event locations.

Whether directly or indirectly, everyone benefits in some way from exhibitions, conferences, and workshops taking place.

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14-16 Agritechnica Asia 2020 Bangkok, Thailand www.agritechnica-asia.com

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

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17-18 Solids Dortmund 2020 Dortmund, Germany www.easyfairs.com Postponed from 24-25 June to 17-18 March

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PIX AMC 2020 Gold Coast, Australia Postponed from 17-19 May (new date TBC)

Livestock Malaysia 2020 Malacca, Malaysia Postponed from 7-9 April 2020 to 8-10 September 2020 SPACE 2020 Rennes, France Still set to take place 15-18 September 2020 Women in Agribusiness Summit 2020 Nashville, USA Still set to take place 16-18 September 2020 VIV Qingdao 2020 Qingdao, China Still set to take place 17-19 September 2020 3rd Agrifood International Congress 2020 Port of Tarragona, Spain Postponed from 7-8 May to 1-2 October 2020 IAOM 10th Annual Southeast Asia Region Conference & Expo Jakarta, Indonesia Still set to take place 6-8 October 2020

ONE: Alltech ideas Conference Lexington, USA Now taking place online on 18 May 2020

Agritechnica Asia 2020 Bangkok, Thailand Postponed from 7-9 May 2020 to 14-16 October 2020

Livestock Philippines 2020 Manila, Philippines Postponed from 28-30 May 2020 (new date TBC)

Vietstock 2020 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Still set to take place 14-16 October 2020

IGC Grains Conference 2020 London, UK Still set to take place 9-10 June 2020

FIGAP 2020 Jalisco, Mexico Still set to take place 21-23 October 2020

Cereals 2020 Cambridge, UK Now taking place online on 10-11 June 2020

JTIC 2020 Tours, France Still set to take place 4-5 November 2020

FOOMA Japan 2020 Osaka, Japan Cancelled until 2021. Was originally 23-26 June 2020

Equipment Manufacturers Conference 2020 New Orleans, USA Still set to take place 4-6 November 2020

Solids & Recycling-Technik Dortmund 2020 Dortmund, Germany Postponed from 1-2 April to 24-25 June 2020

Livestock Taiwan Expo 2020 Taipei, Taiwan Still set to take place 5-7 November 2020

Women in Agriculture Europe 2020 Paris, France Postponed from 9-10 March to 2-3 July 2020

TUSAF 2020 Antalya, Turkey Postponed from 12-15 March to 9-12 November 2020

Indo Livestock 2020 Jakarta, Indonesia Still set to take place 8-10 July 2020

ALIM 2020 Lima, Peru Still set to take place 15-18 November 2020

VICTAM and Animal Health and Nutrition Asia 2020 Bangkok, Thailand Postponed from 24-26 March to 9-11 July 2020

Eurotier 2020 Hanover, Germany Still set to take place 17-20 November 2020

GEAPS Exchange 2020 Minneapolis, USA Postponed from 21-24 March to 16-19 July 2020 ILDEX Vietnam 2020 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Postponed from 18-20 March to 22-24 July 2020 VIV MEA 2020 Abu Dhabi, UAE Postponed from 9-11 March to 31 August - 2 September 2020 Black Sea Grain 2020 Kyiv, Ukraine Postponed from 22-23 April to 2-3 September 2020

ICBC Conference 2020 Christchurch, New Zealand Postponed from 15-17 April 2020 to 6-8 January 2021 Interpack 2020 Düsseldorf, Germany Postponed from 7-13 May 2020 to 25 February – 3 March 2021 Purchasing and Ingredient Suppliers Conference 2020 Seattle, USA The 2020 edition has been cancelled. The 2021 rendition will take place 9-11 March 2021 124th IAOM Annual Conference and Expo Oregon, USA The 2020 edition has been cancelled. The 2021 rendition will take place 13-16 April 2021

EVENT ROUND UP Director, Mr John Bowes, was present at the stand and discussed the latest Sukup innovations that were on offer.

Looking back at VICTAM 2019

Looking back at VIV Asia 2019 On March 13-15th 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand, the Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Centre (BITEC) played host to VIV Asia, the biannual trade show that brings members of the food and feed industry in from all over the world.

The exhibition was a glorious affair, with hall after hall brimming with companies that specialised in every aspect of the food and feed production industry for poultry, livestock, swine and aquaculture. Over 45,000 visitors were in attendance during the three-day event and dozens of conferences were also held for industry members to attend.

VIV reported a seven percent increase in visits from those outside of Bangkok in 2019, proving that the event is only becoming increasingly more international and gaining a reputation as one of the best-serving events for the sector. Overseas visitors came from over 120 countries, the top ten visiting markets being reported as China, India, the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Bangladesh, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan and Pakistan.

Compared to the 2017 rendition of the event, a remarkable 1,245 exhibitors were confirmed (an 18% increase) and they covered an extra 30 percent of the floorspace at BITEC. At VIV Asia, Milling and Grain also hosted a variety of conferences, including the Aquatic Asia Conference, Build my Feedmill and the Aqua Feed Extrusion Conference.

Zheng Chang’s stand was dominated by their incredible MZLH range pellet mill, which can effectively use by-product wood to assist in the production of pelleted feeds. The capacity in the MZLH range has increased by 15 percent, compared with previous models, and also boasts the ability to produce feed pellets between 6-12mm in size effortlessly.

Chinese machinery company Matador were also showcasing their latest pellet mill, the M-Type, at VIV Asia. Seven varieties of the M-Type Pellet Mill are available from Matador, each one different to suit the user’s ideal needs and requirements.

Grain storage company Sukup were also showcasing various models of their storage solutions. Sukup’s International Sales

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VICTAM International 2019 took place at the KoelnMesse Hall 6 in the beautiful and historic city of Cologne, Germany, on June 12-14th 2019. The show, which welcomed over 5,000 visitors, is run every four years.

VICTAM is one of the world’s largest event for the animal feed processing industries. The show runs concurrently with GRAPAS EMEA, which focuses on the grain, flour and rice milling industries.

In addition to technical conferences and seminars, the large show hall hosted manufacturers from around the world, who brought their latest and greatest equipment to show off to interested buyers.

In 2019, Milling and Grain magazine presented the GRAPAS Innovations Awards for the best in cutting edge technology from food industry manufacturers. There were some amazing innovations on show from both feed and food processors and three winners were crowned; Petkus’ OptoSelector 901t, Selis’ DAPS System and Bühler’s Lümovision.

We were also very proud to host, for the first time, the Animal Feed and Nutrition Awards which saw Van Aarsen, Famsun and Geelen Counterflow take home trophies for their impressive innovations for the feed sector. As well as this we hosted our very first Grain storage and Preservation seminar, featuring a variety of expert industry speakers from organisations such as FrigorTec, GSI, SCAFCO and Eye-Grain.

Many crucial innovations were on show at VICTAM 2019, including Bühler’s brand-new PolyOne single-screw extruder for the petfood and aquafeed industries. Other unique innovations include Lumex Instruments’ new Near-IR Fourier Analyser InfraLUM FT-12 for quick and easy analysis of seeds and grain. Fragola were also promoting their newest mixer, titled the Fragola Continuous Mixer, with processing capacities of up to 100 tonnes-per-hour.

VIV and VICTAM join forces to host VICTAM Animal Health and Nutrition Asia

In 2020, VICTAM and VIV are collaborating to form one truly dedicated event for the animal feed, nutrition and food milling industry. This exhibition was originally due to take place in March 2020, but due to COVID-19 has been postponed to July 9-11th, 2020.

Taking place at BITEC in Bangkok, Thailand, the event promises to be the premier event for ingredients and additives, feed machinery, flour milling, packaging, nutrition and more.

In 2022, VICTAM and VIV are collaborating to form one truly dedicated event for the animal feed, nutrition and food milling industry. This exhibition was originally due to take place in March 2020, but due to COVID-19 has been postponed to January 2022.

The event promises to be the premier event for ingredients and additives, feed machinery, flour milling, packaging, nutrition and more.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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

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

Certification

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

GMP+ International +31703074120 www.gmpplus.org

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

Colour sorters

Analysis 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 Bentall Rowlands +44 1724 282828 www.bentallrowlands.com Chief +1 308 237 3186 agri.chiefind.com Lambton Conveyor +1 519 627 8228 www.lambtonconveyor.com Petkus +49 36921 980 www.petkus.com Silo Construction Engineers +32 51723128 www.sce.be Silos Cordoba +34 957 325 165 www.siloscordoba.com Sukup +1 641 892 4222 www.sukup.com TSC Silos +31 543 473979 www.tsc-silos.com

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

Bühler AG +41 71 955 11 11 www.buhlergroup.com

Elevator & conveyor components 4B Braime +44 113 246 1800 www.go4b.com

Gime Tech Company Limited +86 1351037 2500 www.gimetech.com

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

Petkus +49 36921 980 www.petkus.com

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

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

Computer software

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

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

Petkus +49 36921 980 www.petkus.com

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

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

Coolers & driers Chief +1 308 237 3186 agri.chiefind.com Consergra s.l +34 938 772207 www.consergra.com FrigorTec GmbH +49 7520 91482-0 www.frigortec.com

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

Enzymes ERKAYA +90 312 395 2986 www.erkayagida.com.tr

Geelen Counterflow +31 475 592315 www.geelencounterflow.com

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

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

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

Extru-Tech Inc. +1 785 284 2153 www.extru-techinc.com

Sukup +1 641 892 4222 www.sukup.com

Manzoni +55 19 3765 9331 www.manzoni.com.br

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

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

Yemmak +90 266 7338363 www.yemmak.com

Yemmak +90 266 7338363 www.yemmak.com

Yemtar Feed Mill Machines +90 266 733 8550 www.yemtar.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 Wynveen +31 26 47 90 699 www.wynveen.com Van Aarsen International +31 475 579 444 www.aarsen.com Viteral +90 332 2390 141 www.viteral.com.tr Yemmak +90 266 7338363 www.yemmak.com

Grain handling systems Chief +1 308 237 3186 agri.chiefind.com Cimbria A/S +45 96 17 90 00 www.cimbria.com Lambton Conveyor +1 519 627 8228 www.lambtonconveyor.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

Gime Tech Company Limited +86 1351037 2500 www.gimetech.com Next Instruments +61 2 9771 5444 www.nextinstruments.net 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

Bühler AG +41 71 955 11 11 www.buhlergroup.com

Neuero Industrietechnik +49 5422 95030 www.neuero.de

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

Vigan Engineering +32 67 89 50 41 www.vigan.com

Dinnissen BV +31 77 467 3555 www.dinnissen.nl

Mill design & installation Alapala +90 212 465 60 40 www.alapala.com

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

ASG Group (Değirmen Makine) +90 342 357 01 50 www.degirmen.com

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

Bühler AG +41 71 955 11 11 www.buhlergroup.com

Soon Strong Machinery +886 3 9901815 www.soonstrong.com.tw Viteral +90 332 2390 141 www.viteral.com.tr Van Aarsen International +31 475 579 444 www.aarsen.com Wynveen +31 26 47 90 699 www.wynveen.com Yemmak +90 266 7338363 www.yemmak.com Yemtar Feed Mill Machines +90 266 733 8550 www.yemtar.com Zheng Chang +86 2164184200 www.zhengchang.com/eng

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

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 Henry Simon +44 0161 804 2800 www.henrysimonmilling.com IMAS - Milleral +90 332 2390141 www.milleral.com Ocrim +39 0372 4011 www.ocrim.com Omas +39 049 9330297 www.omasindustries.com Ottevanger Milling Engineers +31 79 593 22 21 www.ottevanger.com Petkus +49 36921 980 www.petkus.com Sangati Berga +85 4008 5000 www.sangatiberga.com.br Satake +81 82 420 8560 www.satake-group.com Selis +90 222 236 12 33 www.selis.com.tr

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Silo Construction Engineers +32 51723128 www.sce.be

Palletisers

Tanis +90342337222 www.tanis.com.tr

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

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

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

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

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

Ottevanger Milling Engineers +31 79 593 22 21 www.ottevanger.com Yemmak +90 266 7338363 www.yemmak.com

Rolls 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.jintai-rolls.jssytm.com

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

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Tanis +90342337222 www.tanis.com.tr

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

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

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

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

Plant

Biomin +43 2782 8030 www.biomin.net

Yemmak +90 266 7338363 www.yemmak.com

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

Yemmak +90 266 7338363 www.yemmak.com

Mycotoxin management

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

Pingle +86 311 88268111 www.plflourmill.com

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

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

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

Petkus +49 36921 980 www.petkus.com

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

Next Instruments +61 2 9771 5444 www.nextinstruments.net

Imeco +39 0372 496826 www.imeco.org

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

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

Brabender +49 203 7788 0 www.brabender.com

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

Ocrim +39 0372 4011 www.ocrim.com

Pellet press

Moisture measurement

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

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

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

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

Hydronix +44 1483 468900 www.hydronix.com

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

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

Wynveen +31 26 47 90 699 www.wynveen.com Yemtar Feed Mill Machines +90 266 733 8550 www.yemtar.com

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

Imeco +39 0372 496826 www.imeco.org

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

Roller mills Alapala +90 212 465 60 40 www.alapala.com ASG Group (Değirmen Makine) +90 342 357 01 50 www.degirmen.com Christy Turner Ltd +44 1473 742325 www.christy-turner.com Genç Degirmen +90 444 0894 www.gencdegirmen.com.tr

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

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

Scalling NorthWind +1 785 284 0080 www.northwindts.com

Sifters ASG Group (Değirmen Makine) +90 342 357 01 50 www.degirmen.com 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

Motoharu Yoshimasa, President and CEO, Satake USA Inc

Motoharu Yoshimasa was born in Hiroshima, Japan. He joined Satake as a sales representative for grain processing plant. After a series of successful projects, in 2010, he was promoted to the manager of Sales Planning Office in the Plant Division, becoming a major player in leading corporate sales strategy. In 2018, he was appointed as Deputy Head of the Corporate Planning Office, followed by Executive Vice President of Satake’s US subsidiary, Satake USA, Inc He became President & CEO of Satake USA, Inc. in January 2020.

How did you come to join Satake?

After graduating from high school in Hiroshima, I went to Kyushu University in Fukuoka prefecture. I chose to study agricultural chemistry because biotechnology was in the limelight at that time. I was leaning towards continuing my research, but something that had huge impact on my life happened.

Right before graduating, my university senior Mr Koichi Wakata began his career as an international astronaut. That really inspired me. I thought it may open the door to a new world, being a player in global stage like him if I got out of the lab and jumped into an international company.

When I looked for a job in my hometown there was Satake, a company with a long history, dedicating to both agriculture and food industry, with a large market share in both the Japanese and international market. I immediately thought I wanted to be a part of it.

What has been your proudest achievement during your time at Satake?

There are two memorable achievements in my career at Satake. One was forming the project for the rice cooking production line. We worked very hard, which eventually led to an order of a rice cooking system, a quite big one, from one of the largest companies in Japan. Since then, we were able to gain share in the industry and start turning it into profit for the company. I would say that was the start of the nowadays rice cooking plant business we are now implementing all over the world.

Another is the development of the non-chemical Continuous Rice Seed Disinfection System. Since it was a new concept and no one else in the industry was doing it, we had to design it from the scratch. It was, again, not easy, but I foresaw the needs in non-chemical environmentally friendly seed disinfection systems and believed we could overcome any difficulties. I truly believed that the system was good, not only for rice consumers, but also for the farmers who were now able to grow truly chemical-free rice, which added value to their product.

Satake began as Japan’s first powered rice milling machine manufacturer and is renowned in the industry for innovative rice processing machinery. How are your time-proven solutions utilised and innovated with current projects?

Our company started its business milling rice to produce Sake (Japanese rice wine) nearly 130 years ago. It was a dramatic change not only in cutting down the intense labour but also improving the taste of the product. Since then, we have been heavily involved with grain producers and processors. It can be safely said that our company contributes to both the agriculture and the food industry.

I believe this is the basis of our company that we should always remind ourselves. As a profit-making corporation, we must make profit in order for the organisation to survive,

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however, we also have to benefit the society, the consumers, and the industry, in order to exist for a long period of time.

In other words, we will be successful if we contribute to the society and they see us as beneficial. With machines such as our rinse-free rice machine or non-chemical Continuous Rice Seed Disinfection System, many first though they would not sell, yet they became major successes because machines benefited the industry by providing safety and added value.

What major challenges do you foresee for the food industry over the next five years and how will Satake face those changes?

As a machine manufacturer, I would like to comment on two topics, hardware and software.

Technological advancements occur at much quicker speed than we think. Day by day, technology is advancing. It is a must for us to incorporate these advancements in order to design our equipment and systems as best we can, to stay a leading manufacturer in the industry. However, we also have to think differently from others to provide innovative solutions to the customers. In other words, we must provide not only the best machines in the market, but also provide best solutions to benefit our customers.

In terms of software, somewhat similar to the hardware I mentioned, added value will be the key. For example, an optical sorter will not be just a sorter. It will be a data collecting device. The sorter will collect incoming product quality data and analyse it for quality improvement. Also, artificial intelligence will be incorporated into many of our systems, resulting in improved output. We are in an exciting era in that we will be able to see something new tomorrow that we did not expect to see yesterday.

How do you see the issue pf sustainability evolving in the food industry and how does this affect Satake?

This industry provides the most important living necessities: staple food for human society. I have a huge respect for the industry and people who are involved in our sector.

We, Satake, have been involved in not only machine development but also many continuous projects that contribute to the sustainability of the agriculture, food, and relating industries.

Development of environmentally friendly machines, building more efficient grain processing facilities for depopulated country areas, funding colleges for youth education or obtaining various related ISOs and other industrial standards, are just part of it. We always consider the economic wellbeing of the industry because that is the key for sustainability.

Please give us your personal comment as a new president of Satake USA.

When I first came to the US, I visited one of the oldest rice milling plant in the country. There, I found Satake machines, built in the 1950’s, still being used. I don’t know how to explain the exact feeling I had, but I was moved, thinking

about the extraordinary efforts of my predecessors who brought them here, and the customer who trusted us and continued utilising our equipment for over half a century.

I know, as part of both agriculture and food industry, that we are facing many challenges now. Hunger, climate changes, and of course, disease. Not just the industry but also the entire population is going through this difficult time. However, I am positive and confident that we will be able to overcome those issues if we all work together as one. Bringing in all the knowledge, wisdom of our forefathers, and all other resources we have, to come up with solutions is the key to the continuous advancement of the industry, and I am proud to be a part of it.

At last, I want to appreciate my family for their full support. They still are unable to join me in the US due to the situation, but they stay positive and take care of each other including my elderly parents. That really keeps me encouraged and motivated.

PEOPLE THE INDUSTRY FACES Dave Braun named President of The Cereals and Grains Association

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he Cereals & Grains Association announced new officers for the association’s board of directors. The announcement was made at the association’s annual meeting, Cereals & Grains 19, in Denver, Colorado, US.

Dave Braun has been named president, succeeding Maureen Olewnik. Braun is a Commercial Manager at Bunge Milling and has been employed in the flour milling industry for 38 years.

Dave has worked in sales, marketing, business development, quality assurance, and various flour mill positions. Dave earned a degree in business administration and an MBA from the University of Findlay in Findlay, OH. Dave has been an active member of the Cereals and Grains Association since joining in 1995.

New Executive Vie-President joins the Wheat Quality Council

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ave Green has been selected as the Wheat Quality Council’s (WQC) new Executive Vice-President Green brings “a wealth of technical expertise and practical knowledge to the position. The Wheat Quality Council is confident that with Dave’s exceptional leadership and comprehensive abilities, the organisation will not only maintain our mission and vision but will further develop the Council to an enhanced level,” said Lee Sanders, Chairman of the WQC.

Green’s previous role at ADM Milling Co was Director of Quality Control and Laboratory Services, where his responsibilities included crop surveys, wheat blends, customer correspondence and specifications. He is a 25-year member of the American Society of Baking and also served as past chairman of the WQC, as well as being a member of several of its technical committees.

Gerard Marneth appointed CEO of Adifo

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difo NV has appointed Gerard Marneth as CEO. He succeeds Alex Roelvink who became interim CEO in July 2017. Mr Marneth has extensive experience in guiding IT-oriented companies in a growth phase and expanding both their market leadership and international expansion. It is Adifo’s ambition to grow its expertise in the food and feed industry together with its customers while helping those customers excel in product leadership.

As new CEO, Mr Marneth sees a ton of opportunities to further built upon the success Adifo software experienced these past years, “generating more revenue is definitely not merely our goal for the coming years. We firmly believe that growth is the result from the good work we perform for our clients.

“The coming years we will, first and foremost, focus on expanding our impact when realising the business goals of our customers. We want to further develop our products BESTMIX® and MILAS® according to the needs of both our customers and the market but also invest in the international deployment of our products. I look forward to start realising our ambitious plans for the coming years with everyone involved in Adifo software.”

ADM Milling hires new president

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edd Kruse has been named President of Daniels Midland Co. Kruse has been Chief Executive Officer of Stratas Foods, a joint venture between ADM and ACH Food Companies, since 2011.

“Tedd’s extensive leadership experience and expertise will help us continue to grow and modernise our milling business as we maintain our focus on expanding our customer value proposition and driving further operational efficiencies,” said Christopher M Cuddy, President of Carbohydrate Solutions, at ADM.

The Stratas Foods joint venture was established in 2008, and supplies fats and oils to the food service, food ingredient and retail private label markets. Kruse has been with ADM since 1993 and before moving to Stratas held leadership positions in the company’s sweetener and food oils business. He holds a bachelor’s degree in agricultural economics from Iowa State University, Ames.

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