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50 Finding the pulse of the protein food boom: How the humble pulse is helping humanity tackle the climate, food and health crises

10-38 56 An advanced, modernised rice mill in Nigeria

62 UniLine Series: Endto-End standardised execution packages

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96 MARKETS John Buckley

120 INTERVIEW Arnaud Petit

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Other forms of food proteins

Roger Gilbert

The OMS Aquafeed Production Course, which held its first of 12 Sessions at the beginning of this month, focused on how aquaculture will have to play a significant role in feeding a growing world population in the decades ahead - and is now identifing where the new raw materials needed will come from.

It’s encouraging to see that industries, such as aquaculture, are taking up the challenge of assessing a future where demand might outstrip supply in terms of sufficient seafood to satisfy that demand, at affordable prices. And it’s not just in the supply of protein for animals, such as fish, that we must find a solution.

We have to find a satisfactory - environmentally friendly and sustainable - supply of protein for human consumption.

That is why, in this edition, Milling and Grain has turned its attention to other forms of food proteins - other than the traditional animal proteins - that may help us address a most likely scenario where our total population by 2050 is likely to have reached 9.5 billion. It appears that plant proteins could offer us a way of filing the expected shortfall that farmed animals and fish cannot satisfy.

We are not suggesting that humans should exclude meat and other animal proteins from their diets, far from it. However, we are suggesting that millers might have a more significant and strategic role to play in providing protein products, in addition to flours and animal feeds, that meet the dietary requirements of humans in future - in much the same way as we have achieved from our domesticated animals fed scientifically formulated diets

in the past.

Our lead feature this month is by our special correspondent James Cooper who looks at the increasing interest not only in cereals with higher nutritional values but more importantly at pulses that contain - after further processing - nutritional levels and altered textures that allow them to perform more like normal meat products. An example of this trend is the company Bühler; opening the Protein Innovation Centre (PIC), its first pilot-plant dedicated to alternative meats, in Singapore this month and clearly pointing us in this direction.

Millers can play a critical role in this approach where alternatives to meat can be developed either from the processing of pulses or the further manufacture of them into the ingredients needed for their manufacturer. I would equate it to the car industry challenged by the prospect of fossil fuels falling out of favour due to their environmental impact and the rise of the battery-powered vehicle.

Most car companies are changing their spots, transitioning from the combustion engine to the battery powered electric motor through a hybrid period. Although completely fuelled engines will always have a place and will always remain.

The milling industry is best placed - with the support of equipment suppliers, its sophisticated processing steps that sort, process, prepare and refine cereals, oilseeds and grains, its digital control systems and its long-standing experience with formulating flours and feeds for health and nutrition - to capitalise on this major shift in world food production.

Maybe by 2050 the milling industry will have proven its continued value in meeting human food needs safely and completely at prices that do not exclude consumers from satisfying their nutritional needs. It’s a prospect worthy of considering - and acting upon.

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Finding the pulse of the protein food boom

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How the humble pulse is helping humanity tackle the climate, food and health crises

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The rice processing industry has been undergoing incremental shifts over a long period of time.

Challenges in measuring and minimising mycotoxins in animal feed

Some anti-nutritional factors (ANF’s) in soybean meal (SBM) compromise the intestinal function and health of chickens. The three most harmful ANF’s for birds are trypsin inhibitors (TI), the antigen beta-conglycinin and the galactosides stachyose and raffinose.

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Welcome to this, the May edition of Milling & Grain magazine in what are becoming increasingly optimistic times here in the UK.

Milling and Grain had the opportunity to host Arnaud Petit, who was appointed Executive Director of the International Grains Council (IGC) in February 2018, in the Rongorongo-Live Video Studio earlier this month. He was keen to talk about the impact of Covid-19 on grain supply and marketing and pointed out several factors that might impact the industry going forward over the next five-year period. He also spoke on other crops than wheat, which he believes are being more sort after in the marketplace by a younger generation in their food products.

The trend towards the production of complimentary, non-meat protein foodstuffs is making itself felt in the supply chain with growing demand for pulses being seen both in the trade and in the marketplace. Mr Petit also highlights the trend in Asia towards wheat and the role rice is now playing. It was an interesting conversation and I’m sure there is more to come in terms of trends and the direction of trade through the analytics that the IGC collects and makes available to its members over the coming years. Let Milling and Grain know if you would like to see more videos along these lines or other topics we should be discussing in the Rongorongo-Live Video Studio - where our name means to: Recite-Declaim-Chant Out. mymag.info/e/ 1095

As the vaccination program continues to push a return to some semblance of normality, the days of lockdowns are hopefully now confined to the past.

On the subject of the global pandemic, we would like to take this opportunity to spare a thought for our colleagues in India, where the pandemic is currently spreading like wildfire and causing unimaginable distress and suffering.

We are one family in our industry and the situation isn’t okay until we are all okay, so it is in all of our interests to do all that we can to help our Indian brothers and sisters through this very difficult time.

Seeing Switzerland express its solidarity with India by projecting its tricolour flag onto the Matterhorn mountain recently was a very touching gesture indeed. One can only hope that seeing the famous green, white and orange of their flag projected on to a Swiss Alp might have just brought a welcome crumb of comfort to all Indians, as they navigate their way through a very difficult time.

Staying in Switzerland, food production machine giant Bühler have unveiled a new protein innovation centre. Located in Singapore, the facility will enable the company to work with partners with the goal of developing alternative protein sources.

This new facility is big news as academic analysis shows that sustaining a predicted global population of 10 billion by 2050 that consumes the amount and type of protein that it does currently will be impossible.

That is if we want to honour the targets set by the 2015 Paris Climate agreement.

Therefore, alternatives such as plant-based burgers, edible insects, labgrown meats and other novel products will need to be both developed en masse and marketed at affordable prices, if our integrity is to be preserved Now few in our industry would deny that Bühler are currently the world leaders in food machinery and where leaders lead others follow - a statement that countless history books will stand testament to.

So, watch this space for similar projects to appear across the globe in the near future - if Bühler are doing it now, others are sure to be doing it soon!

Switching from news reports to annual reports - The Food Fortification Initiative (FFI) has released their annual report since the most previous edition of this column.

Their report finds that the FFI provided technical assistance for grain fortification in 21 countries across four regions including Africa, AsiaPacific, Europe, and India.

By working closely with their partners, the FFI contributed to - or began contributing to - reducing the risk of micronutrient deficiencies for nearly one billion people.

So, despite the ongoing challenges presented by the pandemic, our industry does have much good work to celebrate, as we all continue to contribute towards making a real difference to the health of the global population. gfmt.blogspot.com

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Tyson Foods expands plant-based range

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yson Foods, the largest meat company in the US, has launched three new plant-based protein options, after a previous alternative burger product was discontinued.

The Raised & Rooted range will now include refrigerated burgers, Italian and Bratwurst sausages, and a mince alternative, all produced using pea protein.

The brand was introduced in 2019 and first launched in Europe in November 2020 with five varieties introduced through foodservice customers. Tyson Foods says it is responding to growing demand for plant-based proteins, which, it claims, have increased 148 percent year-on-year from 2019 to 2020.

Not all products in the Raised & Rooted brand will be wholly meat-free. The company has plans to sell blended products, too, that simply use less meat than their traditional counterparts, like a burger made from a combination of beef and pea protein.

The use of pea protein in particular seems like a similar approach to Beyond Meat, which specifically uses pea protein in an effect to avoid adding more soy to people’s diets.

Tyson’s move into the alternative meat market isn’t a surprise: the company previously announced that it would be developing its own plant-based protein products back in early 2019.

Tyson was also an investor in Beyond Meat, before selling its stake in the company earlier this year, which was reported at the time was due to tensions between the two companies after Tyson had announced that it would essentially be looking to compete with Beyond Meat.

In its first year the brand reported strong growth, with availability at more than 10,000 retail stores in the US and online.

“We are excited about the momentum we’ve built over the past year, fuelled by our growth at retail and our ability to continue to meet consumers’ demands,” says David Ervin, vice president of marketing at Raised & Rooted.

“Raised & Rooted was created to provide plant-based options for everyone, and our new products are the next step towards meeting that goal,” he continues.

Speaking at the time of its plant-based launch into Europe, Brett Van de Bovenkamp, president of Tyson Foods Europe states “Our expertise in this category, paired with our European innovation centres, positions us well to serve global markets.

We are leveraging Tyson’s deep capabilities to make plant-based protein more accessible and affordable for more people around the world.”

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by Mehmet Ugur Gürkaynak Welcome to our 29th edition

The pandemic issue, the scale of which we have only previously seen in science fiction movies, has seen the whole world go through a very difficult time n 2020.

Although we struggled at the beginning, we soon developed treatment methods and measures that should be taken to minimise its impact as we gathered new information about the transmission, structure and effect of the virus. A year after it was unleashed on the world, it seems that Covid-19 will be with us for longer than any of us would have expected and will continue to limit our lifestyles for sometime to come.

With that said, all sectors of our industry have been coping with the restrictions encountered.

Whilst companies have not been able to make customer visits, nor participate in fairs, due to the impact of the epidemic, Milling and Grain magazine and the International Milling Directory have become a lifeline for those wanting to connect and expand their businesses.

This year also sees Perendale Publishers Limited initiate a campaign under the slogan "Let Milling and Grain shine a light on your business.” Making it the only publisher in the industry that is continuing to keep up pace with changing circumstances though its own team that is based in all markets, thanks to our 12 offices and representatives based on all continents. This has become an exceptional and critical resource for our customers, readers and others we have engaged and served within the industry during this continuing pandemic.

Milling and Grain, first published back in 1891, remains the oldest magazine still in print in the sector. Today, Milling and Grain magazine is published in six languages including ​​ English, Turkish, Arabic, French, Chinese and Spanish.

Perendale Publishers Limited is proud to have released the 29th edition of the International Milling and Grain Directory, also known as IMD, and I am proud to be managing the print publication and also its digital footprint.

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mproved pellet quality and reduced fines can benefit animal performance and livestock uniformity by decreasing ingredient and nutrient segregation during transportation and through feed auger systems.

The reduction in fines reduces process loss and dust in the mill, which can help improve mill hygiene.

Mastercube is a low inclusion natural pellet binder composed of a synergistic blend of polysaccharide gums, starch and mineral hardener designed to improve the efficiency of the whole milling process, maximise pellet quality, and release nutritional space.

Mastercube is a low inclusion pellet binder that is designed to improve the efficiency of the whole milling process and maximise pellet quality.

The inclusion of Mastercube can help produce a higher quality pellet

compared to pelleting with no binder or with lignosulphonate.

Evidence that supports this claim can be found in the findings of an independent trial to assess the effectiveness of three trial groups on improving pellet quality conducted by the Research Institute of Feed Technology, Germany. The trial sees a commercially available broiler feed, containing 5 percent crude fat, allocated to 1 of 3 trial groups.

The finished mixed feed (including pellet binder) was conditioned with steam and pure water at 75°C, pelleted using a 3.5 x 50mm die at an approximate throughput of 249 kg/h, and pellets were then cooled on a conveyer belt cooler.

Pellet durability index (PDI) was measured at the press, at the end of the cooler and two hours after exiting

the cooler. Pellet hardness was tested two hours after the cooling process and the day after pelleting.

These various testing time points were chosen to demonstrate the effect of the pellet binders on the curing process.

Pellets with Mastercube had the highest PDI, and the highest pellet hardness after 24 hours. A higher PDI is associated with improved palatability and feed intake, and increased pellet hardness can help to reduce pellet breakages, meaning fewer fines. Less fines can result in improved feed efficiency and increased growth rates, as well as helping to improve mill hygiene.

Overall, results showed that the inclusion of Mastercube at one kg/t produced higher quality pellets compared to pelleting with no binder or with lignosulphonate.

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Gulf Biotech and Unibio sign agreement to turn natural gas into sustainable protein

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he large availability of natural gas makes Qatar an ideal location for the conversion of natural gas into protein. So Gulf Biotech, the Doha-based industrial biotech investor, and Unibio, the leading sustainable protein company, have signed a license agreement to produce sustainable and organic protein in Qatar.

The plant will initially have one module consisting of four U-Loop® fermenters, with a total annual capacity of six thousand tonnes of Uniprotein®. The technology is based on a modular design and extra modules can easily be added to expand the production.

Gulf Biotech will now focus on planning for the construction of the facility. The Uniprotein® produced in the plant will be used as a protein supplement in feed for fish and animals to replace unsustainable existing products derived from fishmeal or soy.

The facility will be the region’s first natural gas to protein plant and will be based on Unibio’s U-Loop® technology, where natural gas is converted through continuous fermentation into Uniprotein®.

The production of Uniprotein® is highly resourceefficient and sustainable compared with the production of traditional protein, such as fishmeal and soy. Relative to soy production, Uniprotein® uses 1/300th of the water and 1/25,000th of the land.

With the signing of this agreement, Gulf Biotech, represented by H.E Hitmi Al-Hitmi, has shown the company’s commitment to using innovative technology and Qatar’s natural resources to tackle the highly pressing challenge of producing sustainable food for the world's rapidly growing population.

“The abundance of natural gas in Qatar makes the country an obvious choice for the production of Uniprotein®,” states Henrik Busch-Larsen, CEO of Unibio. “We are delighted to be partnering with Gulf Biotech who are visionary, ambitious, and open to new technologies.

“Together, we can help address one of Qatar and the world's major challenges and sustainably feed the world’s growing population. We look forward to bringing our partnership to the next phase where we will plan the engineering and construction of the new plant.”

“We are extremely pleased to have signed the region’s first license agreement with Unibio for a plant to produce organic and sustainable protein from natural gas,” says H.E Hitmi Al-Hitmi, Founder of Gulf Biotech.

“As the world seeks to feed its ever-growing population in an environmentally sustainable manner, the opportunity for us to produce protein-based on the fermentation of natural gas in Qatar is highly important.

“We see enormous potential for the future sustainable development of our business in Qatar and beyond,” he concludes.

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North Dakota Mill entrusts Ocrim with three milling projects he North Dakota Mill has entrusted Ocrim with the construction of two new milling plants, as well as the revamping of an existing one - a new challenge that Ocrim accepted without hesitation.

Yet another handshake consolidates the historical relationship of esteem and trust that exists between the American company North Dakota Mill and Ocrim. This agreement forges the way forward for these new important projects, which will see the construction of two milling plants, H and I, and the revamping of an existing one.

They are three projects with a high technological profile and particularly tight and highly challenging delivery times. H mill, for durum wheat processing, will have a capacity of 360 T / D, while I mill, for hard wheat, will have a capacity of 250 T / D. For the existing D mill, of 250 T / D, the conversion from durum wheat to hard soft wheat is foreseen, with an increase in capacity and with the integration of Ocrim machines of the latest conception.

In both mills, H and I, the attention towards the restrictive rules related to sanitation will dominate, as a series of particularities are envisaged, including the installation of all the process machines, the pneumatic system and the pipes in stainless steel.

All of this will ensure a safe as well as excellent final product. In both mills, cutting-edge cleaning technology is provided, also through the use of the latest generation colour sorters. In the H mill, the debranning section for

durum grain will be characterised by diamond technology.

An important figure that unites the three mills is the aspect linked to energy saving, through the installation of innovative systems that allow considerable energy optimisation.

“We have chosen Ocrim, because it has always proved to be a loyal and supportive partner. We demanded very short delivery times and Ocrim accepted this challenge, precisely because it is aware of its organisational, management and strategic skills.

“Skills already put to the test even in this severe pandemic period. Together we have already won many challenges and we, at North Dakota Mill, are excited to walk the Italian way again," says Vance Taylor, president and general manager of North Dakota Mill.

Ocrim technology is already widely used in the American Milling industry and it is a level of technology that translates into innovative techniques that aim at results conceptually and qualitatively linked to tradition.

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Givaudan and Bühler open new Protein Innovation Centre in Singapore

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ivaudan, a global leading company in Taste and Wellbeing, and Bühler, the global leader for food processing solutions, jointly announce the official opening of the APAC Protein Innovation Centre.

Located at the Givaudan Woodlands site in Singapore, the Protein Innovation Centre is jointly run and supported by experts from both companies and is connected to a vast network of R&D innovation centres in Switzerland and key hubs across the region. This arrangement enables agile plant-based product development on a global scale.

The Protein Innovation Centre in Singapore welcomes food processing companies, start-ups and university researchers from across the Asia Pacific (APAC) region that are keen to co-create plant-based food experiences that both do good and feel good. The Centre combines the pilot technology of Bühler’s extrusion and processing equipment with Givaudan’s new culinary facilities.

Outfitted with a pilot scale wet and dry extruder, a stateof-the-art product development kitchen, storage facilities, meeting amenities and a viewing area where visitors may tour the 400-square-meter facility and view live demonstrations. The Protein Innovation Centre is constructed with the end-to-end process of plantbased protein production in mind.

Support throughout the cocreation process Businesses will also benefit from support throughout the co-creation process, from raw material selection to product development and research, to application, flavour science, extrusion, and consumer testing.

At the Centre, customers can develop high-quality products suitable for Asian culinary applications at scale. The facility can produce up to 40 kilograms of plant proteins an hour and features dry extrusion, as well as a newer wet extrusion technology that delivers a fibrous structure more akin to muscle, and higher protein content as compared with dry extruded products.

“We are proud to be part of a partnership that will contribute towards a sustainable food future for Singapore and the APAC region,” says Monila Kothari, APAC President, Givaudan Taste & Wellbeing.

“Through the Protein Innovation Centre, we aim to create an ecosystem that supports start-ups and food businesses in an environment of co-creation. The Centre will provide them access to the expertise, networks and technology required to create authentic plant-based protein alternatives that meet consumer needs and expectations.

“By bringing flavour solutions that are vegetarian, vegan, plant-based and natural, as well as technologies such as wet extrusion to Singapore and the region, we are helping to make plant-based foods more delicious, authentic, and accessible to business and consumers.

“We are excited to open our Centre in Singapore, a country that is a hot bed for FoodTech Innovation,” she concludes.

A collaborative and sustainable future “Great tasting and sustainable protein alternatives are an important contributor to feeding 10 billion people sustainably by 2050,” says Ian Roberts, Chief Technology Officer at Bühler.

“The changes that need to happen to our protein value chains prior to that are so deep, they can only be achieved if the various partners of the food ecosystem start working together today.

“The Protein Innovation Centre that we open today with Givaudan at the core of Southeast Asia’s vibrant food ecosystem, is a step towards achieving our vision of a collaborative and sustainable future of food.

“The Protein Innovation Centre will not only enable the development of more plant-based protein products across Asia, it will also ensure delicious products can be scaled to the production volumes required to create a positive environmental impact on our food chains,” he concludes.

Bühler new Protein Innovation Centre at its Givaudan Woodlands site in Singapore can produce up to 40kg of plant proteins an hour and features dry as well as wet extrusion technology

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The Food Fortification Initiative 2020 annual report is now available

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n 2020, Covid-19 exacerbated an already pressing crisis of micronutrient deficiencies. Difficult times often inspire innovation and progress, and the past year was filled with the Food Fortification Initiative’s (FFI) and partners’ creative solutions to serious challenges.

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Food fortification–sometimes referred to as food enrichment– is when food producers add essential vitamins and minerals missing in a population’s diet to food that people eat every day.

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Delacon supports World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2021

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orld Day for Safety and Health at Work on April 28, 2021, sees the Delacon team raise awareness for the importance of health and resilience at work.

Delacon's vision is to unlock the plant universe for better lives. Using nature in its phytogenics, the company has been caring about the resilience in livestock animals for 33 years.

The global pandemic brought resilience back to one of the top priorities on Delacon’s agenda. Covid-19 has challenged the population as a society, as an industry, and as individuals – from an economic, social, and health perspective.

The feed-to-food chain has been under pressure to ensure the food supply for more than 7.9 billion people worldwide, while considering the changing consumer habits due to lockdowns and increased teleworking.

For Delacon, taking responsibility for better lives is linked to the company’s vision and deeply rooted in its core values: make a difference, grow together, impact life.

“Especially in challenging times, values are guiding stars”, explains Delacon CEO Markus Dedl. “We have made a difference with the creativity in serving our customers. The Delacon team has grown together even

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further and ensured close connections with our partners globally – and we have impacted lives through actions of solidarity, within the team and for local communities.”

“I strongly believe that it needs healthy people for a sustainable and healthy organisation”, Markus Dedl continues. According to the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, one-quarter of all employees worldwide name the workplace as a high stressor in life.

"The workplace can have a high impact on people's overall resilience. Therefore, we decided to not only focus on safety and health related aspects, but also to create more awareness on resilience in general.

We recently kicked off our awareness program and decided to take one day off on April 28 for the entire company – to remind ourselves of the importance of health & resilience, and to recharge our batteries," notes Mr Dedl.

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Men in the mill Trials and Tribulations overcome by a Miller (part 1)

by Mildred Cookson, The Mills Archive, UK

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When the history of an established and prosperous firm is looked into you often find it not only started small but overcame many obstacles along its way to prosperity.” This is the opening sentiment of a Christmas present I was given this year: a small booklet entitled RJ Read Ltd City Flour Mills Norwich, 1875-1949.

The booklet looked forward to the dawn of the second half of the 20th century, when private enterprise would be released from its war-time shackles. I thought the story of these early difficulties that led to a durable and steadily increasing business worth sharing, using highlights from our early milling journals.

I will cover the 20th century next month. In this article I will start at the beginning when Robert John Read was born at Wrentham in Suffolk on 5 November 1851. After his education at Halesworth Academy, he spent several years working in various flour mills. This experience was to stand him in good stead for the difficulties and disappointments he was yet to face.

Fire at the windmill in Beccles, Suffolk

Robert had his first set of problems when, in 1875, he bought his windmill in Beccles, Suffolk. The post mill, known as Ingate Mill was destroyed by fire in 1879 – as reported in The Miller (1 September 1879).

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of Saturday 2nd August. Mr Finch, the occupier and his wife were standing at their chamber window, some 20ft. to the north-west of the mill, and saw the whole affair.

“The fly moved quite round and the mill was blown backwards: then a flash of lightning appeared to strike it, and the sails fell forward, followed quickly by the wind shaft, head and tail wheels, and the cap.

“The sails were completely splintered, and the pieces were blown about in all directions. The roof of the roundhouse was broken in by the falling timbers and several adjoining buildings were damaged.

“All the machinery that fell was more or less injured, while the head wheel was rendered quite useless. The mill indeed was a complete wreck.”

Undeterred by this and seeing the transition from millstone milling to roller milling taking place, after careful consideration, he decided to build a new mill, close to where the post mill stood.

He employed Whitmore and Binyon, millwrights from Wickham market, some 30 miles away, to erect his mill and install a four-sack roller plant. The new mill, a steam mill, was completed in 1884, with 5 stories and two 14hp and 8hp engines.

The mill was built adjacent to the roundhouse, which was all that survived after the fire of the post mill, and that was used as a granary and screening house for the steam mill.

By 1889, his business had increased so much that an extension to the mill became a necessity, but things did not go at all smoothly once again. During the great gale

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Milling News of March 1895 his mill chimney blew down and if that was not sufficient, the following year the mill was completely destroyed by fire, again reported in The Miller.

“On Sunday March 15th 1896 in the early morning Ingate Mills on the Ellough Road, about half a mile from Beccles, caught fire and were completely destroyed. The mill consisted of a main building of five stories, with a frontage of 50ft and depth of 35ft Erected in 1884, an engine and boiler house, containing two boilers of recent construction and two engines, one of 14 and the other of 8 horse-power nominal. One of the engines was nearly new.

“Close by the mill stood a building known as the round house, consisting of the body of an old tower mill (MC note: this should be described as the brick building that enclosed the wooden trestle of the post mill). This was used as a granary and screening room. The top floor was used as a stive-room and was connected to the new mill by a shoot. A covered way allowed communication between the new mill and the roundhouse.

“About the premises were stables, piggeries and other outbuildings, including the house of the owner, Mr RJ Read. The fire was first noticed by a policeman at four in the morning. He at once went and alerted Mr Read, who in turn called the Fire Brigade. By the time the engines arrived, at 5:20am the fire had taken so firm a hold, that despite an adequate water supply from a pond, all the firemen could do was to hold off the fire from the house and outbuildings.

“The roundhouse top floor took fire and damage was done. The mill, boiler and engine house were completely destroyed, along with several tons of wheat, and 150 sacks of flour. The damage

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is estimated at £7,000 to £8,000 (US$7500 – US$11,142), part of which would be covered by the Norwich Union and Westminster Fire Offices.

“The cause of the fire appeared to start in the stoke-hole. The mill had been shut down safely, only a fire, as usual, was left in the furnace, but the door had been properly closed and inspection of the ruins after the fire found the door still closed.”

Moving on to Norfolk

According to The Miller (6 April 1896) the Ingate site was sold to Elliott & Garrood, Ironworks, Beccles. Robert, however, was not to be put off by this setback. In 1896 he was offered St Swithins Flour Mills at Norwich, so he took up the challenge once again there.

The Mills Archive has two sketches of St Swithins Mills, one from much earlier in the 19th century. The artist, John Mullins (1916-1987) was the son of a miller and a nephew of his more famous uncle, the artist Sir Alfred Mullings (1978 – 1959).

When Read bought the mill it had a recently installed four-sack plant by Henry Simon of Manchester and later became known as The City Flour Mills. This story will be developed further in next month’s edition of Milling & Grain magazine.

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The Rex Wailes Collection Hallam Ashley and Roller Mills

by Mildred Cookson, The Mills Archive Trust, UK In previous articles in Milling and Grain magazine, I have mentioned Rex’s productive working relationship with the important mill artists Karl Wood, Thomas Hennell and Vincent Lines. Over more than half a century he also built strong, mutually beneficial partnerships with several significant photographers, influencing their work and ensuring an unparalleled record of the decline of traditional mills.

Early photography of mills, fueled by the Victorian and Edwardian appetite for postcards, concentrated on landscape-style images of mill exteriors, the more romantic the better.

This was to change when mill expert Rex Wailes met freelance photographer Hallam Ashley. This was in 1926 when they were both in their mid-20s. It was the beginning of both a lifelong friendship and a lifelong love of wind, water and steam mills. Rex asked Ashley if he could photograph any interesting mills he came across in his journeying.

He went on to take many mill photographs for Rex’s books, and the two often spent short breaks together.

Hallam Ashley’s photographs, along with the drawings of Vincent Lines, ensured the lasting popularity of Rex’s main work “The English Windmill”. As I mentioned last month, The Mills Archive has a few copies of the book available free to any reader prepared to make a small donation to cover post and packing. If you would like to email enquiries@millsarchive.org, we will operate on a first-come, first-served basis!

Rex’s collection contained a significant number of Ashley’s photographs so we have scanned them all and you can inspect a treasure trove of more than 1500 beautifully taken images at https://catalogue.millsarchive.org/ hallam-ashley-mill-photograph-collection.

The glass plates shown here are representative of his focus on interiors and the care he took in setting up photographs. This sample from the 1920s relates to the early introduction of roller mill machinery.

Deben Mill in Wickham Market, Suffolk was naturally equipped with a set of roller mills manufactured by local millwrights and engineers Whitmore and Binyon. Similarly, Walter Green’s Castle Mill in Beccles was equipped by local engineers ER & F Turner.

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Groupe Hajjar consolidates its relationship with Ocrim with mill extension

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5 years on and Ocrim has been re-called to SBCI Industrie in Burkina Faso, North Africa - and which is part of Groupe Hajjar - to provide upto-date plant and equipment expansion for the processing common wheat to produce two types of flour: Boulangerie for baking and patisserie, or beignet, with a low ash content for pastry or special applications.

The new plant has a capacity of 600 tonnes of soft wheat in a 24-hour period.

With regard to patisserie and beignet flours, a single nozzle bagging line is envisaged for 10-to-25-50kg bags.

These flours are mainly destined for patisseries or food laboratories therefore their trade is oriented towards a more limited market.

However, the Boulangerie flour is intended for the large industrial bakeries present throughout Burkina Faso and neighbouring countries. Boulangerie flour is especially important for the agro-food industry and the food needs in this sub-Saharan region.

Bagging is carried out by two high-capacity jigs. The bagging potential for this type of flour is approximately 80 percent, a percentage that tells us how demand is likely to increase in this area.

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The plant was installed during the harshest period of the Covid-19 pandemic and also during a phase of difficult political-social tensions that have been afflicting Burkina Faso for some time. As a result to the versatility of the two companies and with the help of the diplomatic expertise of SBCI Industrie's CEO, maximum safety was always guaranteed for the specialised personnel involved in the installation of the plant.

Groupe Hajjar plans to create a proper agri-food centre, thereby becoming an essential reference point for the entire area.

Ocrim, at the customer's request, has designed the plant for possible future expansion. Supporting this vision, SBCI Industrie has an extensive network of industrial bakeries throughout Burkina Faso showing the farsightedness of a company that represents a tangible economic player in this part of the African continent.

Fifteen years ago, Ocrim supplied the sub-Saharan company with a common wheat processing plant with a capacity of 180 tonnes in a 24-hour period.

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he label Behn + Bates (B + B) has been working on high-quality packaging machines for decades. A few years after the takeover by Haver & Boecker (1994), the company, founded in 1933 in the German city of Krefeld, specialised in the food sector. The upwards development of the last 25 years has validated this step.

Due to its affiliation with the Haver & Boecker Company, the technology subsidiary Behn + Bates are able to draw on current developments within the Company. A metal detector in the filling duct that detects foreign bodies and prevents contamination by metal debris, which can ultimately save lives the food industry, is just one example of this.

Another advantage of concentrating on the food industry is the chance to acquire much more know-how in areas such as hygiene standards.

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This is especially true in view of the fact that the products to be filled are becoming increasingly high quality and yet customers still demand high filling speeds and precise weight accuracy.

Silke Brandt, Head of Commercial and Technical Order Processing at Behn + Bates, notes that customers' requirements are becoming increasingly individualised.

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GEAPS teams up with Safety Made Simple Safety Made Simple will provide a new course every quarter for the next year through the partnership. The first course, Safety Made Simple 105: Lockout Tagout – Complex Procedures is currently available for members.

As one of the agriculture industry’s leading online training providers, Safety Made Simple offers a full range of courses in areas including general industry, grain handling, livestock, agronomy, and food safety, as well as human resource development.

The Company’s learning management system (LMS) allows an administrator to easily assign and track training efforts and generate a wide range of reports. Safety Made Simple also offers a ‘Course Builder’ tool which allows clients to build their own courses within the LMS. Courses are available within an existing LMS with their ‘content only’ option. For more information visit their website at www.safetymadesimple.com “We are very excited to work with Safety Made Simple and to provide this additional training at no cost to our members,” says Steve Records, GEAPS executive director.

“This partnership highlights our mission and work to advance industry knowledge and provides distinct new value for GEAPS membership.

“The team at Safety Made Simple leverage a ton of experience to provide tools to keep the industry safe. The members of their content development team are highly regarded in our industry and

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“This is one more example of new offerings GEAPS is bringing to our members,” Mr Records concludes.

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“We are grateful for the opportunity to offer several of our online courses to GEAPS members,” states Joe Mlynek of Safety Made Simple, “Our partnership with GEAPS aligns with our commitment to the hard-working people in the agriculture industry. Together we will help send them home safely each day.”

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Featuring a sequence of experts that includes OMS regular and well renowned milling industry consultant Mr Jon Ratcliff, Sales Director for SEA Premier Tech Systems and Automation Ltd Mr Didier Nguyen and, Mr Nate Loseke who is the current Regional VP of Sales for BinMaster in the USA. Like all good things, editions of the Online Milling School must come to an end. Worry not though dear reader! With the conclusion of the winter edition of the Online Milling School comes the beginning of the spring edition, with both of these events taking place just a few weeks apart.

Online Milling School: Winter 2020 Edition Round-up of sessions 10, 11 & 12 So, before we embark on an educational adventure into the Spring volumes, our first task is to bring our ongoing summary of the weekly episodes of the Winter edition to a close with a three-for-the-price-ofone bonus report!

Online Milling School | Winter 2020 Edition – Session 10 Feed Mill Management

Energy management and energy reduction plan - Dr Charles Stark PhD

Dr Charles Stark from Kansas State University is the first speaker to address the audience in session 10, which sees him discuss the topic of “Energy management and energy reduction plan”.

This address sees Dr Stark cover several relevant key points including the need to conduct energy audits annually, perform proper maintenance to reduce the loss of power and conduct regular energy conservation meetings.

When tackling the question of whether long term changes in processes and employee's behaviour require monitoring, Dr Stark states that “whatever you monitor, will change.”

Feed mill digitalisation and smart computing technology – Mr Jon Ratcliff

The schedule for this session sees Mr Ratcliff address the audience first. He begins by introducing a trend which he says has been happening for the last decade, which is the move to smart feed mill factories.

Mr Ratcliff then describes the holistic approach to automation which includes measures that relate to improvements in quality, consistency, traceability & inventory control.

He also adds that automation can have a beneficial influence on a variety of topics relevant to milling including raw material receiving, storage and internal transfer, micro dosing and hand additions, the pelleting and cooling stages as well the final finished product loadout and bagging stage of the process.

Auto packagers and palletisers - Mr Didier Nguyen

“Automation and digitalisation isn’t a trend anymore, it is a must” begins Mr Nguyen, adding that they also lead to a reduction of operating costs, whilst also increasing productivity, and optimising performance.

Automation and digitalisation done right can also reduce any risk of closing your factory production during disruptive events similar to the Covid-19 pandemic.

As well as being mindful of the potential improvements in performance and reliability that automation and digitalisation can

Overall equipment effectiveness: How to set and monitor for maximum feed plant efficiency – Mr Ryan Celis

The second speaker of the tenth session sees master of the mill Mr Ryan Celis breakdown the subject of ‘Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) and the process required to set and monitor for maximum feed plant efficiency.’

When discussing this process, Mr Celis describes the significant advantages and benefits of OEE monitoring including granting mill operators the opportunity to determine where bottlenecks occur, receive performance reporting in real time, understand the true potential of machinery and production process, and compare and improve the performance of individual pieces of machinery.

Mill Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) – Mr Jon Ratcliff

According to Mr Ratcliff, a key performance indicator or KPI is a “measurable value that demonstrates how effectively a company is achieving key business objectives.”

High level KPIs are the factors that will determine bottom line company profit, while low level KPIs may focus on processes within departments or teams or individuals.

In the feed mill, KPIs are used to evaluate success at reaching targets and for achieving the longer-term aim of reducing manufacturing costs and improving productivity.

Online Milling School | Winter 2020 Edition – Session 11

Feed mill digitalisation and automation systems March 10, 2021 sees the topics of feed mill digitalisation and automation systems receive the level of scrutiny that only an Online Milling School session can apply.

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bring, a smooth transition more likely to bring success continues Mr Nguyen.

In order to achieve the smoothest transition to automation possible, Mr Nguyen stresses that choosing the right technological partner is of vital importance, whilst also adding that the right partner will not only be able to offer support during transition but also talk the same local language, have great after sales support and always have the right spare parts available when required.

Digital sensor for feed mill plants – Mr Nate Loseke

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One example of technology that features prominently in automation and digitilisation is sensors, and it is this subject that Mr Nate Loseke from Binmaster USA discusses.

Sensors and specifically bin level indicators are great for safety as they remove the need for climbing into bins to check levels.

Mr Loseke also states that bin level indicators improve inventory management due to better accuracy, just-in-time replenishment. This improved accuracy all but eliminates material waste and costly spills, whilst also optimising storage capacity.

As well as using little power and requiring minimal maintenance, bin level indicators are also highly cost effective as they not only reduce shutdowns but like with all forms of automation, they also save both labour and time.

Online Milling School | Winter 2020 Edition – Session 12 Feed mill design and construction The final session in the winter edition of the Online Milling School sees Mr Ryan Celis address the topic of Feed mill design and planning, whilst CEO Grains & Food Bühler Switzerland Mr Johannes Wick examines the challenges that come with designing energy efficient feed plants.

Feed mill design and planning - Mr Ryan Celis

Mr Celis begins by stressing the need to define supply chain objectives or strategic intent at the earliest stage possible when designing and planning a feed mill.

Mr Celis then continues by describing how we need to then determine what specific measures are required if we are to meet our supply chain objectives, with the need to address these specific needs a minimal requirement.

The need to acquire the correct permits and licenses was next on Mr Celis’ agenda, whilst a stringent supplier selection process also features very highly on his list of suggested priorities.

Designing energy efficient feed plants – Mr Johannes Wick

Mr Wick begins by discussing the four steps in energy proficiency when designing energy efficient feed plants, which include understanding and reducing consumption, optimising the layout with energy efficiency in mind, the implementation of energy recovery measures and energy independency.

He then continues by providing an example of these principles in action, which is a Bangladesh based facility called City Group.

Through the elimination of interfaces, the factory has achieved no losses of product, no energy consumption required for transport, direct conversion of biproducts, steam generated for parboiling and dryers generated through the burning of rice husks.

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Certificates of completion

Following the conclusion of the winter edition of OMS, Progressus and Perendale Publishers Limited, who produce Milling and Grain magazine, issue all participants that complete the 12 sessions with a certificate of completion.

All certificates will be awarded within 30 days of the conclusion of the program. If you completed all 12 sessions, 30 days have passed and you have still not received your certificate, then please contact the OMS organisers who will be able to assist you. Limited space is still available on the Online Milling School Spring edition, so for more information visit www.onlinemillingschool.com – good luck!

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The single-spout bagging machine MWPF is designed for manually bagging free-flowing and non-free-flowing products and friable or granular food products. It is modular in design that can either be used as a stand-alone system or as a part of a system.

The machine allows the use of paper bags as well as woven polypropylene bags laminated on either one or both sides. They are individually extracted from the bag magazine by suction cups, then opened and attached with high precision to the filling spout.

The throughput capacity can be increased by about 25 percent compared to manual bagging, thus cutting manpower costs, which also increases the level of automation and process reliability.

The automatic bag attacher is equipped with its own local control system equipped an easy-to-use user interface. Operating parameters can also be monitored via a digital display, whilst the machine is also intelligently controlled.

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The Debugger DB09 ensures guaranteed killing of insects at all stages of development, whilst it is specifically designed for heat treatment in smaller rooms.

For many years, Frigortec have been producing debugger devices for effective heat treatment. This has given them extensive expertise in all aspects of pest control.

The Debugger method (heat treatment) from FrigorTec increases the air temperatures to minimum 45°C without exceeding the upper limit of 60°C. In this temperature range insects, larvae and eggs die by protein coagulation without the additional use of chemical substances.

Beltuza’s lower belt speed can handle a wide range of lighter materials, which affords operators a much wider range of product handling possibilities.

Abnormal shapes and broken grains can be sorted by the built in NIR camera, which can also detect inorganic foreign material such as stone, plastics and glasses having similar colour to good product.

Defective products are rejected from the product stream by air, which causes less damage to product than mechanical separation.

The screen can be operated using the same actions as smart phones, whilst the excellent visual screen design provides userfriendly operation.

The machine’s detachable components are made of stainless steel, whilst its body is also dividable for easy cleaning and maintenance. The belt conveyor is also easy to remove, reducing the risk of cross contamination

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Marot Rotary Drum Cleaner

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The Marot Rotary Drum Cleaner is suitable for an extensive range of crops including wheat, barley, maize, oil seed rape, rice, soya, coffee and cocoa. It can be used for pre-cleaning at a rate of up to 400t/h and grading up to 60t/h (based on wheat at 780kg/m3).

The advantages of using a rotary grain cleaner include a more continuous movement and reduced vibrations, which means that each particle enters more fluently in the screen perforation.

This is why a drum grader is requested for precise grading, as accuracy decreases when grain bounces on a vibrating screen.

Because of this flexibility, a drum is always used to process difficult products or when an installation must be multi-purpose.

Using a similar machine for both precleaning and fine cleaning also reduces maintenance problems.

The innovative online Multifunction Grain Analyser (online MGA) system was developed to meet market requests for the continuous control and management of the grinding process.

Ocrim’s objective was to combine management of the two fundamental phases of the milling process: grain mixing and conditioning.

With this in mind, Ocrim also chose to create a new piece of equipment for the purpose of improving the quality of the end products, whilst also guaranteeing long-term consistency of the flour produced.

This is achieved by ensuring that the chemical parameters on the grain, including the levels of protein and humidity, remain controllable and manageable in the cleaning and conditioning phases.

Ocrim’s new onlineMGA equipment allows for the management of both protein and humidity parameters by one single machine in the production line.

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SPECIAL FOCUS When working with highly corrosive products such as salt, lime, and dical (dicalcium phosphate) in a feed mill, long- lasting and reliable material handling conveyors are needed.

In order to satisfy this requirement, K&S Millwrights, who are an authorised Sweet Manufacturing dealer in Ohio, is providing its local feed mills with a new conveyor option.

The solution that K&S has provided is what they consider to be both reliable and long-lasting, while keeping maintenance requirements to a minimum. Aside from the greasing of the bearings, their Round Bottom Flite-Veyor® allows you to “set it and forget it.”

By utilising the Round Bottom Flite-Veyor®, customers receive a conveyor that has optimal cleanout capabilities.

Constructed of 3/16” thick 304 stainless steel, the RB conveyors can be configured with a stainless steel chain and nylon paddles.

Preventing crosscontamination

“RB” FliteVeyors® feature round bottom “U” trough design for those applications requiring thorough cleaning of the conveyed product from the housing.

This is particularly important when conveying material of different types to prevent cross-contamination from one run to the next.

Round bottom conveyors such as “RB” Flite-Veyors® are designed to operate horizontally or at inclines up to 45°, with some material even able to be handled at as steep an angle as 60°.

These conveyors are built to conceal the corrosive products inside, away from important parts that could be damaged and need costly repairs if neglected.

To this end the conveyors are fitted with lip seals or cinch seals to provide a barrier between the inside and outside environment.

By utilising the seals on the head and tail shafts, the product cannot escape and damage the bearings, a scenario that could end in premature failure of the machine.

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The Flite-Veyor® product line consists of hardworking pieces of equipment that can transfer any product from a truck to silos inside tunnels by keeping the product contained, maintaining a clean work area.

Engineered to provide long life and durability

Sweet Manufacturing's Flite-Veyor® Flat Bottom Drag Conveyors are designed and engineered to provide long life and durability with minimum maintenance.

The all galvanised steel construction resists rust, corrosion, and costly maintenance making it the best value in the industry. Covers are of the hip roof design which help to prevent water or moisture accumulation on the exterior of the machine.

Additional Fliteveyor® features:

The various trough size and chain speed afford a wide range of capacities.

Heavy-duty chain and UHMW polyethylene replaceable flights create positive en masse material flow, with the absence of metal-to-metal contact reducing heat from friction.

UHMW chain return sprockets permit smooth operation.

Sweet partners with its customers to create value through fully integrated and flexible solutions. They also provide customers with a multi-lingual staff who are more than happy to offer their assistance with equipment selection and project layout/design, installation referrals, financing options. This is why many of them already share long standing industry relationships with their customers.

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Finding the pulse of the protein food boom

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How the humble pulse is helping humanity tackle the climate, food and health crises

by James Cooper, MAG Contributor s a child of the 1970s I can remember the day my mum discovered tinned chickpeas on the supermarket shelf, then secreted them into our food. Casually tossed into a curry towards the end of cooking, these yellow blobs hid in plain sight amongst similarly shaped chunks of chicken.

It was a lucky dip, hoping to get the chicken, but the disappointment of getting the whole chickpea was palpable.

They’d end up neatly arranged around the edge of the plate. A dry, floury blandness accompanied by an unwieldy dense mouthfeel put me off this unassuming and nutritious ingredient for probably 20 years. Then a friend introduced me to his national cuisine, a real Israeli felafel, made with the very same humble pea.

For me, it was nothing short of an epiphany and a lesson that these are simple wholefoods that require some preparation, careful seasoning and maybe a bit of love to unlock their inner deliciousness.

Of course, consumption of pulses is nothing new: They have a rich and colorful history of nourishing cultures all over the world.

It’s estimated that humans have been growing and eating pulses for more than 11,000 years. In medieval times, dried beans and peas were a staple food and the main source of protein for most of the UK population, but as meat and dairy products became more widely available pulses fell out of favour in the UK almost completely. All credit to my mum then, with her great instinct for nutrition. She was an early adopter of pulses in her cooking at a time when they had previously been stigmatised as hippy food, or food for the poor.

But in recent decades there has been a steady renaissance of pulses. The UK tastebud seems to have developed a certain cultural maturity. Hummus for example, made from chickpeas, unheard of in the 1980s and 1990s, is now ubiquitous and can be found on the shelf of even the smallest UK supermarket. A

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collective environmental conscience, the recent shift towards socalled “clean label” eating and “meat-free” has meant that pulses, lentils, peas and beans are all undergoing a revival and not just in the UK. It’s easy to see why: These are the most sustainable plant protein source and they're super healthy for you. Not only do they reduce your risk of diabetes, cholesterol, heart disease, obesity, even certain cancers, but for the farmer pulses make perfect sense too. They are drought tolerant, require less irrigation than wheat, corn and soy crops. Plus, pulses supply their own nitrogen, leaving it in the soil for the next crop, saving on the cost of fertiliser and improving soil condition in one hit.

“They are one of the only crops that can do that,” explains James Maguire from UK Pulses, the UK’s only independent trade body. Pulses can be easily rotated around traditional crops and prevent soil degradation associated with excessive deep tilling and mono-culture farming.

The growing global demand for plant protein is also a good opportunity to shift away from mainstream protein crops, such as soybean which is losing popularity due to environmental and allergenic concerns. According to industry sources, pea protein is now poised to replace soy protein in five to 10 years.

The #sustainable push

Google anything to do with sustainability and meat production and expect to be presented with a bewildering array of statistics proving how intensive meat farming is breaking the planet. Consequently, there’s a big consumer push against the environmental cost of meat production, despite the relative affordability and popularity of meat on the supermarket shelf.

The message from the meat industry maintains that eating meat is healthy, we have after all evolved eating meat, but consumer focus is moving towards eating much less: enter the clever vegetarian or ‘flexitarian’, where no hypocrisy is implied.

The new argument is no longer about whether meat is healthy or ethical: it’s about the sustainability of the entire industry.

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responsible for significant deforestation, directly and via animal feed crops. But it’s also vastly inefficient in terms of water, energy and land that could be better used to grow food crops for direct human consumption. Few would argue meat production is sustainable in terms of meeting the food demand for the expected population of nine or 10 billion in 30 years time.

So, has meat had its day?

For the consumer, how to eat sustainably is still very confusing. Sustainable means different things to different people. I may consume only ‘free-range meat’, another may say ‘eat only grass-fed’ meat, others say ‘all meat is bad’. And it can be difficult, if not impossible, to get carnivores and flexitarians to even try plant-based proteins if they don't remotely taste, look or function like the real thing. Especially when real meat is cheaper.

This is where food production technology seems to be changing the game. The anti-meat rhetoric has also changed. Gone are emotive campaigns such as the vegan society’s ‘Meat is murder’.

Instead, we are presented with clever plant-based alternatives that make sense, fresh innovative products that mimic the look and feel of meat, require refrigeration, and have a limited shelf-life.

The market potential is huge. UK sales of meat-free foods are set to exceed UK£1.1 billion by 2024, according to market research published by Mintel in 2020. The numbers show that the sector has seen major growth in recent years, with sales increasing by 40 percent between 2014 and 2019, with producers like Meatless Farm leading the way.

This UK based brand, which claims that its meat-free or fake burgers, mince and sausages (made from pea protein) taste and look like the real thing, is seeking to build on huge growth in the UK as shoppers’ interest in plant-based alternatives rose during the pandemic year.

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The rise of plant power

Plant-based food is one of the biggest trends in the health food segment and it’s here to stay, because it’s not only the vegan and vegetarian population who make it a major trend. The West is eating less meat, and developing countries are eating more plantbased protein.

An increase in global income levels is also driving demand in developing countries where meat consumption is low. The average European, for example, eats around four times as much meat as someone in Africa. As a result, these countries are seeking to expand diets with more protein.

“As incomes rise, consumer preference moves from wheat and grains to legumes, and then to meat, including chicken, pork and beef,” says David Widmar, agricultural economist at Purdue University, USA. "If we’re serious about feeding the world’s growing population healthy food, and not ruining the planet, we need to get used to a new style of eating. This includes cutting our Western meat and sugar intakes by around 50 percent, and doubling the amount of nuts, fruits, vegetables and legumes we consume."

These are the findings of 37 leading experts in nutrition, agriculture, ecology, political sciences and environmental sustainability from 16 countries published in the medical journal The Lancet.

The study begins with the observation that, although global food production of calories has kept pace with population growth, there is an uneven and unhealthy distribution of calorie consumption. The result is that health problems such as malnutrition and morbid obesity proliferate in the world and pulses may, in part, hold key to solving these problems.

The market for plant protein

Ongoing advances in milling and processing technology has rendered the question over whether you find pulses delicious largely irrelevant. Arguments over taste no longer matter because peas, specifically yellow peas, are being formulated into such plethora of products, they’re unavoidable, and often invisible.

Pick up any protein snack or diet product and you’ll see pea

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protein in the ingredients list. Pulses are already playing major role in providing consumers with an alternative protein source, but the potential is underutilised: “In the UK, the oat milks were originally one of the key things that kicked it off. We're also seeing pea snacks and pea flours replacing wheat flour, but the big market is going to be products such as ‘Beyond Meat’, synthetic proteins that are predominantly made from yellow peas.” explains James Maguire from UK Pulses.

It’s a market in which the UK has a long way to go, to synchronise viable home-grown crops with consumer products, but one in which opportunity abounds. The UK should perhaps look at the South east Asian example of using locally grown ingredients and short supply chains to innovate these products.

“The biggest problem I have with pulses in the UK is the fava bean,” said James, “No one eats it, no one processes it, no one does anything with it. We actually ship it to North Africa, where it's a staple foodstuff”.

Despite initiatives such as the British Dal Festival and World Pulses Day (10th February, who knew?), the UK is a net pulse exporter. In a typical year, the country’s pulse output consists of more than 500,000 MT of fava beans and 100,000 MT of peas, including green peas (50 percent of the crop), marrowfat peas (40 percent) and yellow as well as other varieties of peas (10 percent).

The UK pea crop is generally split evenly between the domestic and export markets, exports destined mainly for Asian markets where they are used to make snack products such as Japanese Wasabi peas. Here at home, they are mostly consumed as mushy peas, a side dish that accompanies the English traditional dish of fish and chips, a favorite at seaside resorts.

But the food ingredients business is the growing part of the market “I think people directly eating mushy peas isn't going to be the way,” said James. “It’s going to be protein extrusion into added value products – I mean Burger King has just launched a meat-free burger using protein isolates.”

Protein Isolates

According to Market research company Nielsen, Meatless Farm is the fastest growing UK brand in a sector that is seeing annual growth of about 10 percent. Global demand for plantbased protein – dominated by the USA giants Impossible Burger and Beyond Meat – is predicted to be UK£4.1bn this year, from UK£2.9bn in 2015. It says sales have nearly tripled – up by 179 percent year on year driven by health, environment and welfare reasons, and more than a third of Britons say they have eaten more plant-based food while confined to their homes.

F Other highly developed countries with health-conscious populations are seeing similar trends. According to Buhler, the Swiss-based market leader in pulse processing equipment, total worldwide consumption of pulses is presently growing at 4 times population growth, and significantly, there’s a whopping 16 percent increase in production of pulse flours and protein isolates in South East Asia.

These flours and high value protein concentrates are being used as wheat alternatives in products such as snacks, pasta and noodles and in the high growth sector of plantbased meat alternatives.

Clearly though, the greater the protein extraction, the greater the amount of starch flour left remaining and there must be a market for that to make the process viable: with protein isolates of 85-90 percent, that’s a lot of pulse flour looking for a product.

Research and development is shifting more towards products that actually look and feel like meat textures, rather than mince and burger products. The technology has even given rise to its own name: ‘Textruding’ (a conflation of texture and extruding) simulates the fibrous structure of animal muscle by passing the concentrated protein flour through a nozzle under enough pressure and heat to modify the molecular structure of the protein, rather un-appetisingly known in the industry as ‘wet textrudates’ or ‘meat analogues’.

The opportunity for millers?

Seeking to capitalise on this South-east Asian trend, Buhler, together with flavouring market leader Givaudan, have just opened a plant-based food laboratory in Singapore.

This food innovation centre aims to draw from the vibrant population diversity to develop new innovative products in Asia, for Asian populations, using protein-rich ingredients available in the region.

Buhler assert that plant-based food alternatives will only achieve the desired impact on the environment if their production can be scaled up for mass-market adoption. Their pilot-plant has been uniquely designed with that factor in mind, so new products created at the innovation centre could be replicated on larger industrial lines.

Other countries looking to capitalise on the James Maguire of UK Pulses plant-based protein boom can learn a lot from Canada, now the world’s largest exporter of peas and lentils, which has positioned itself on the forefront of this rapidly growing industry. Protein Industries Canada (PIC) is an industry-led, not-for-profit organisation aimed at positioning Canada as world leader in plant-based protein production. PIC, along with partnering companies including film director James Cameron, has invested a staggering CA$272M (UK£156.5M) into plant protein production, including the processing of pea, lentil and fava bean protein concentrate into high-moisture meat analogues, texturised pulse protein, tofu, pasta and other non-dairy equivalents.

On our doorstep, France is the largest producer of pulses in the European Union.

Speaking at a virtual event on World Pulses Day, France's Minister for Agriculture and Food, Julien Denormandie, said that protein crops, especially pulses, were the crops of the future. He noted that France's objective was to increase areas planted with pulses by 40 percent over the next three years.

Plant to plate

A UK pulse revolution would likely require significant state intervention, perhaps even a cultural epiphany to shift diets away from the traditional ‘meat and two veg’. As James Maguire explains: “The problem in the UK is consumers have a preconception of what a sausage looks, tastes and smells like and they [meat analogues] don't do that.

If we model it as a different product, you wouldn't have that, and you’d probably enjoy it more. I think that’s going to be the major obstacle to be overcome, it’s going to be for the supermarkets to engage directly with the consumers.” We say, watch this space.

Pulses UK and its partner organisations are presently lobbying the UK’s Department for Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) for incentives to help boost the home-grown plant protein business. DEFRA can be successfully lobbied because they are a cross-party organisation, not prone to election short-sightedness: “Our pitch to the government Milling and Grain - May 2021 | 53

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As a crop, pulses can help the UK Government reach its stated aim of carbon neutrality by 2040, not only because pulses require less fertiliser, but because the milling wheat, that can be rotated on the same soil, also requires less. The UK is also well positioned to supply pulses into international supply chains thanks to first class traceability with the Red Tractor scheme. According to James, traceability of UK food is far better than our European counterparts. But at present there no large-scale protein extrusion facilities in the UK, and no plans to diversify.

Peas are the preferred option for high value protein concentrates and the UK has sizeable, viable, growing areas: “It makes sense, geographically to site processing here. Combinable peas, sown with the standard drill, combined in the standard way - the kind of rotation farmers will be used to - there's no new equipment they need.

And that's a real positive because some of these niche crops will require equipment that farmers won't be used to, but peas can be treated just like any other wheat crop.”

James explains. This is a sector where the UK could be capitalising on process technology to boost export revenues with value added products.

If governments can’t see the opportunity to enter the protein food boom there are investors queueing up to capitalise. Syngenta Ventures is just one of many global specialist agriculture venture capital groups seeking to invest in niche enterprises that share its vision of producing more crops with fewer resources, especially those looking to capitalise on the demand for plant-based protein. The company is presently looking to identify and invest in promising startups to accelerate and capitalise on the growth of this sector.

The technology required is some way beyond that of milling grain into flour, but it’s not simply a bolt-on ancillary to the milling process. This not an insurmountable task, far from it. If the automotive industry can diversify from combustion engine to electric motor, the milling industry can diversify its product lines to include pulses.

Indeed, the miller remains in the best position to capitalise on this opportunity. It isn’t a bleak outlook for traditional wheat and meat-based products either as demand for their products will continue to rise to meet demand, however there’s no escaping the fact population growth means there will have to be alternative sources of protein and millers are ideally placed to provide the processing muscle needed to satisfy this emerging market.

Millers will need to tap into specialist knowledge and expertise equipment suppliers, such as Buhler, to redirect the industry and make it fit for purpose for the second half of this century. Large scale capital equipment is needed to convert pulse crops into high value flours and meat analogues, but crucially it requires a kind of joined-up thinking and innovation that only vision and investment can bring.

Humans need alternative and sustainable protein sources to feed our burgeoning population, that much is clear. The plant kingdom and its infinite diversity holds key to the future, but to save the planet, plant-based protein needs to be cheaper and more available. As consumers we’ll need to develop an open mind and a taste for wheat and meat alternatives. That means many more policy-makers of developed countries recognising the potential of the pulse.

How to make meat analogue

There are two major methods of extracting the pulse protein: Dry and wet.

Both methods use the difference in size, shape and density of starch and protein containing particles. Starch particles tend to be larger and heavier than protein, thus air classification, a separation method based on density difference, has been proven efficient to produce flour with concentrated protein and starch.

The protein isolate is obtained by a process including an additional liquid phase.

First, during the dry process, the outer shell of the pea (essentially consisting of insoluble fibres), is removed by mechanical action. After milling, a flour containing soluble fibres, starches and proteins is obtained. Being water soluble, pea proteins are therefore separated from fibre and starch by wet filtration and centrifugation.

The protein is precipitated to its isoelectric point, and then solubilising the dry spray, it forms a white powder of purified protein that can be used in human nutrition.

The obtained isolate has a protein content of about 85 to 90 percent. It is marketed as such or can be modified to optimise its technical or nutritional properties through extrusion cooking process, which allows pea protein to be crisp or texturised.

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An advanced, modernised rice mill in Nigeria

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by Phil Reader, West Africa Sales Manager, Satake Europe Ltd

hen Muhammadu Buhari became president in 2015, he pledged to help Nigeria become self-sufficient in rice within five years, a huge challenge for a country with the largest population in Africa, and one faced with a lack of investment in farming, irrigation, and rice processing over many years.

At the same time as banning the importation of rice, the Federal Government made available through the Central Bank of Nigeria, approximately 40 billion naira (US$110 million) of loans to encourage small holder farmers and companies to invest in rice farming and processing, whist also encouraging the development and modernisation of rice mills.

Without doubt that initiative has encouraged Nigerian farmers to invest and boost production. Actual figures for paddy output vary depending upon the different bodies of research, but every indication is that within the last two years there has been a 15 – 20 percent increase in growing paddy, and the target of eight million tonnes to make the country self-sufficient in rice remains on course.

A shortfall between production and consumption

The highest quality rice is still being produced in Nigeria, and so in this interim period, there remains the facility for traders to continue to import rice through ports, if they pay the much higher tariffs introduced for this purpose.

In August last year, Nigeria closed its land borders altogether to try and stamp out the smuggling of rice, often from neighbouring Benin during the night by Okada riders.

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Small-scale farmers still account for almost 80 percent of Nigeria’s rice production yet for many of them, inadequate irrigation, a lack of fertilisers and poor mechanisation can leave the average yield per hectare at just over two tonnes. However other parts of the country and on larger automated rice farms, that yield can be up to six and seven tonnes per hectare.

For their part, Satake’s first rice mills in Nigeria were purchased by the Federal Government in the mid 1980’s and installed at six different locations throughout the country. Several of these are now undergoing refurbishment and modernisation, whilst others still remain operational, a testament to the quality and durability of Satake machines.

A market dominated by parboiled rice

The Nigerian rice market is approximately 95 percent parboiled rice, although some non-parboiled rice is eaten in the north east of the country, and the more traditional Ofada rice grown and preferred in the south west. In the years between 1990 and 2005 when farmers received little support for growing paddy, many opted to grow other crops such as yam and sorghum. As a result, Nigeria imported rice such as Uncle Bens and Thai parboiled long grain, so over time consumers became used to a higher international quality.

The traditional village way of parboiling in drums still exists but now with greater investment in large capacity rice mills, modern parboiling plants are becoming the norm to produce higher quality parboiled paddy.

In recent years large capacity rice mills in the range 5 – 20 tonnes per hour have become more common, and this has seen an increase in yield and quality of the finished rice, all now processed to international standard.

In 2012 Ebonyi State became the first in the country to install three Satake five tph mills when Governor Martin Elechi

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A select team of Ebonyi engineers subsequently visited Satake Japan to receive in depth training on both machines and rice processing techniques.

Joseph Ezeogo, Satake’s resident Nigerian rice engineer has been paramount in establishing Satake’s leading role as supplier of new modern rice mills to the Nigerian market. A qualified electrical engineer, he spent time working in the Ebonyi rice mills before joining the company back in 2017.

The drive for improved rice quality

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As the drive for better quality rice increased, other major mills such as Umza Farms, BUA and Labana Rice also invested in Satake machines and mills, recognising the benefits of the company’s continued research and development to give them a higher return on their investment.

Africa’s largest combined 8,000 hectare rice farm and mill in Nasarawa State was developed featuring a 12tph Satake Rice mill that was officially opened by then President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015. Olam now produces ‘Mama’s Pride’ one of the most popular and successful brands in Nigeria. More recently in December 2020, Satake Europe completed the successful commissioning of a 16tph parboiled rice mill for Fortune Rice in Kano Nigeria.

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was designed to process parboiled paddy using 4 pass VTA15 whiteners and 2 pass KB80 polishing machines.

This system has been widely adopted in Nigeria following Satake’s continued development to give the optimum yield and the most highly polished rice. Using the latest Satake paddy huskers HR10FHC, a mill tempering system before polishers and large capacity feed bins at each stage of processing, ensures a uniform and balanced product flow throughout the mill.

Overcoming the challenges of 2020

The installation took place over several months in 2020, which brought significant challenges to the team, after strong winds damaged the parboiling plant and the main mill building structure during its construction. These challenges were all overcome, and the mill was installed and commissioned by Satake’s resident

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Chairman Alhaji Dalha and Managing Director Ibrahim, chose Satake as their preferred supplier following many recommendations and visits to other Satake mills in Nigeria.

Recognising the benefits of Satake’s gentle milling system to produce the highest quality parboiled rice with minimum broken content, they were convinced Satake were the ideal partner for their first mill in Nigeria, and they have not been disappointed.

“Fortune Rice is now producing the highest quality rice in Nigeria which is available throughout the country under the main brand name Optimum parboiled rice,” says Managing Director Ibrahim.

Over the next few years, the market expansion is expected to continue with further medium-large scale mills being established.

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he rice processing industry has been undergoing incremental shifts over a long period of time. Given the importance of this staple food, the industry has had to adapt to significant changes and deliver on the expectations of end consumers.

Covid-19 has also forced disruptive and dramatic change across many industries and rice processing has been no different. The requirement for fast project execution methodologies has been magnified in recent times to meet consumer needs.

Bühler has always adopted a ‘customer first’ approach and this has driven yet another step change in the rice processing industry – this time in terms of innovative project execution solutions.

Importance of timely solutions in rice processing

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milling will soon increase and drive-up green field investments.

So even in challenging times, we have been presented with a unique opportunity to shape the rice processing market as there is a clear need for solutions that are not only competitive but timely and quick to execute. The UniLine series is a breakthrough innovation that solves the rice milling industry’s most pressing needs.

Introducing UniLine Series from Bühler

Uni is a prefix that means “one” in Latin, and Bühler Rice Solutions offers the entire package as ONE solution provider.

UniLine embodies the Bühler Group’s strength as a complete provider, simplifying the entire process for customers and encompassing every step from pre-cleaning to sorting and everything in between.

The UniLine series is the perfect solution for customers looking for standardised packages, with Bühler able to offer solutions that can be executed at low cost as well as speed up project execution time.

As an end-to-end solution provider, Bühler can offer the full scope of plant execution, which translates into significant customer benefits including a hassle-free process with none of the switching costs associated with handling multiple suppliers.

UniLine also eliminates the need for hiring the structural

F engineering resources that are typically used for steel design for machine support structures. Its prefabricated structures and ducting/spouting requirements are ready to assemble, which makes the entire installation simple and straightforward. The standardised package means that the installation contractor skill requirements for the UniLine series are far lower than for a regular mill, making it a winner in the rice processing market.

The UniLine series includes various versions to suit customer requirements according to their paddy processing capacity. The solutions are tailor-made for lower capacity customers, starting from two tons per hour to high-capacity requirements of up to ten tons per hour.

Benefits of UniLine

Some of the key customer benefits include: 1. Reduced footprint: Real estate costs have been increasing due to the shortage of land suitable for construction, creating a need for new standards which optimise plant construction. The UniLine design has been significantly simplified with no multiple floors, fewer openings and the additional advantage of a plain foundation. This ensures that the overall footprint of the entire plant is reduced by as much as 40 percent.

2. Reduction in execution time: As they say, “time is money” – delayed construction leads to significant increases in raw material prices while also increasing other process costs. However, the UniLine series’ standardised solutions can be

easily replicated across sites, leading to significant reductions in execution time of up to 35 percent.

3. Energy savings: ‘Sustainability’ is hallmark of any Bühler solution and the UniLine series is a classic example as the optimised construction and processing can lead to energy savings of as much as 15 percent.

4. Cost savings: Competitive innovations are the ones that create long-term impact in any market, and the UniLine series has the potential to generate up to 50 percent cost savings, making it an ideal solution in the ever-dynamic rice processing market.

Helping to realise tangible gains

Ultimately, the UniLine series’ standardised end-toend execution process enables customers to realise tangible gains in the short as well as medium term, as well as streamlining and simplifying the entire process.

A vital aspect to consider when choosing any rice processing equipment supplier is their ability to deliver comprehensive, end-to-end solutions anywhere across the world, and Bühler has “Glocal” brand presence.

In other words, the company operates through manufacturing sites, sales and service centers in over 140 countries across the globe which enables close contact with customers and the delivery of solutions not just as a supplier but as a genuine “solution partner”.

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reliable dryer can cut down on unplanned down time and associated yield losses. Issues that may cause this downtime are belts breaking on the recirculation fans. The installation of direct drive fans completely eliminates this problem.

Also shutting down the feeder to make a bed depth adjustment can take a lot of time if the feeder cannot be adjusted without stopping the dryer. A dryer producing 10 tons per hour that experiences four hours of unplanned downtime in a week is losing 40 tons a week. This missed opportunity may create the need for over-time and result in reduced customer satisfaction if the product isn’t available to restock store shelves.

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collection points. Turning horizontal tube members at a 45 degree angle is an example of a way of decreasing cleaning time. Total access should be provided with doors and hatches all around for inspection. If the dryer is not designed like this, extra downtime could be needed for cleaning.

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There are many factors that affect the dryer’s performance, but if you pay attention to dryer design and operation, your improvement efforts can have a positive effect on your overall performance and product quality.

Improve petfood processing efficiency

If you are looking to improve petfood processing efficiency, you can take an objective look at a production line and determine that the dryer can be a significant source of opportunity. Dryers are a significant source of yield loss, the largest consumer of thermal energy and is often a major source of downtime. Luckily, if you focus on improvement, the process lines overall yield, energy consumption, and operational efficiency can be positively enhanced.

One often overlooked area for yield improvement is overdrying. For example, let’s say your target moisture is 10 percent based on a water activity limit of no greater than 0.65. If the finished product out of the dryer has a variation of +/- 3 percent, you must dry the product to seven percent on average to ensure that no product is over the specified 10 percent moisture limit.

If the 0.65 water activity limit is surpassed then you are at risk of mould growth and an even greater potential for loss. The moisture deviation results are an approximate three percent loss in production. If you are producing 50,000 tons per year, a three percent loss in production from this line represents 1500 tons per year lost. A well designed, maintained and operated dryer is able to dry the product to within a +/- 0.5 percent moisture.

Increasing moisture uniformity

Efforts to improve moisture uniformity can include adjustment of the feeding device. Proper, level feeding is the first key to good moisture uniformity. If a level bed is achieved, then you must check to see if the outgoing bed remains level or if something in the dryer is causing a disturbance to the bed.

After these things are checked a more detailed evaluation must be performed by studying the results and looking for patterns to determine the next steps to take. Another form of over-drying occurs when the average moisture for the entire run is below target.

This form of yield loss can add up quickly, whilst also consuming more energy and a reduced production rate. It typically occurs when the operators are too focused on other matters, especially during very short runs, and are not properly controlling the process parameters.

Downtime is necessary for maintenance and cleaning but it must be a key consideration of the operation that should be broken down into planned and unplanned. Production management often specifies or plans how long the dryer should be down each week for critical items like maintenance, product change-overs and sanitation. But when the actual downtime exceeds the allotted time, then this is considered a run-time loss, which cuts into productivity and plant capacity.

Unplanned downtime often creates the majority of the run- time losses. Consider a dryer fault for example, it not only disrupts the drying operation, it shuts down the entire line. If we were to simply consider how much out of specification material is diverted at every start-up and shutdown of the extruder, only then can the true scope of this opportunity be fully understood, with these potential losses adding up quickly.

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Challenges in measuring and minimising mycotoxins in animal feed

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ycotoxins are toxic fungal metabolites which occur naturally in major cereal constituents as well as minor ingredients of animal feed. Different components of animal feed are liable to contain a variety of different mycotoxins.

Aflatoxin B1 is the only regulated mycotoxin with an EU limit of 5 ppb in dairy feed but there are guidance values for levels of deoxynivalenol (DON), zearalenone (ZON), ochratoxin A (OTA), fumonisins B1 and B2, T-2 and HT-2 toxins making eleven mycotoxins in total if four aflatoxins are included.

Monitoring these mycotoxins in feed components and finished

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products is essential and a well-established method using a multimycotoxin immunoaffinity column followed by LC-MS/MS analysis has been established as a reliable and accurate method.

Origin of mycotoxins in animal feed

Matrix susceptibility to fungal infection is an important factor in determining which mycotoxins can occur in feed components as also is the geographical origin of the feed. This is because climatic conditions are important in fungal infection and subsequent mycotoxin formation.

Thus, hot and humid conditions favour occurrence of aflatoxins, whilst cooler climates can lead to the occurrence of Fusarium toxins such as DON and ZON. Differences in weather conditions during certain stages of growth of cereals can also have a big impact on fungal infection. Wet conditions during the flowering stage for cereals is a risk factor which can mean that some years are significantly worse than others in terms of the presence of DON in wheat.

Some mycotoxins such as fumonisins uniquely occur in maize and are formed pre-harvest, whilst other mycotoxins such as OTA are formed during grain storage but are avoidable if storage conditions are well controlled.

Some mycotoxins such as DON are ubiquitous in wheat and can occur at very high levels, whilst other mycotoxins such as T-2 and HT-2 occur more sporadically and at much lower levels but have a significantly higher toxicity.

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Significant levels of mycotoxins in animal feed can lead to death of livestock although this is a much rarer occurrence nowadays. However, it is worth remembering that it was the deaths of 10,000 turkeys from peanut meal from Brazil in 1960 that led to the original discovery of aflatoxins. Peanut meal remains a ‘risky’ component to use in animal feed as there is a high prevalence of aflatoxin occurrence in peanuts.

The risk assessment for mycotoxins in feed identifies firstly the threshold level at which adverse health effects can affect the animal and secondly whether the mycotoxin or any metabolite can transfer to animal products and present a risk for human consumption.

The levels at which adverse health effects can occur in animals is very species dependant. For example, for some mycotoxins such as OTA and ZON pigs exhibit high sensitivity, whilst poultry can tolerate much higher levels without showing adverse effects. Horses are extremely susceptible to the harmful effects of fumonisins. Regulations controlling mycotoxins in animal feed therefore relate to the intended use of the feed, with different limits being applied for different animal species.

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in dairy cattle feed. OTA can be transferred to meat and offal and this is more of a specific concern in some countries where regulations are in place.

Another concern related to the occurrence of mycotoxins in animal feed is not directly addressed in risk assessment, and that is the potential impact on animal productivity. Small effects on yields such as weight gain or egg production may be evident from exposure of poultry to low levels of mycotoxins from feed with important economic consequences for farmers, for example.

There is therefore a strong motivation to minimise occurrence of mycotoxins in animal feed and routine testing plays an essential role.

Regulatory limits and guidance values for mycotoxins in feed

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F The EU has a regulatory limit of 5 ppb for aflatoxin B1 in dairy feed whereas in the USA the limit is 20 ppb for total aflatoxins.

For feed materials for other animal species a limit of 20 ppb applies in the EU for aflatoxin B1 whilst in the USA this is set at limits from 100 to 300 ppb for total aflatoxins in corn, cottonseed and peanut components of feed.

For other mycotoxins, the EU has guidance values intended to control the presence of DON, ZON, OTA, T-2 and HT-2 toxins and fumonisins in products intended for animal feeding. The guidance values apply either to specified feed components or to the intended end-use of the complementary and complete feedstuffs.

For example, a guidance value of 12 ppm for DON applies to maize whereas for complementary and complete feedstuffs for pigs the limit is 0.9 ppm. ZON and OTA have the strictest guidance values reflecting their greater toxicity compared to DON and fumonisins.

Thus, there is a guidance value of three ppm for ZON in maize by-products whilst this value is set at 0.1 ppm for complementary and complete feedstuffs for piglets and gilts (young sows) reflecting the higher sensitivity of pigs to ZON, for example.

For OTA where pigs have both a sensitivity to OTA and there is a risk of transfer to animal products the guidance value is 50 ppb for complementary and complete feedstuffs.

With regard to T-2 and HT-2 toxins, cats are amongst the most sensitive animal species and in the EU the guidance value for the sum of these two toxins is 50 ppb for pet food intended for cats.

The fact that these mycotoxin guidance values are multi-layered with limits applied both to feed components as well as the finished products means that levels of contamination need to be determined for both raw materials to ensure compliance, as well as an aid to mixing of compound feeds.

The multitude of ingredients used in animal feed from diverse geographical origins necessitates monitoring all of the mycotoxins of potential concern and testing of animal feed requires multi-mycotoxin monitoring.

Multi-mycotoxin analysis of animal feed

There are many multi-mycotoxin methods employing mass spectrometry that advocate what is known as a ‘dilute and shoot’ approach. This involves extracting a feed sample, filtering and

directly analysing.

However, it is widely recognised that this approach is affected by co-extractives from the feed matrix and various measures are essential to correct for the so-called ‘matrix effects’. These measures often include matrix matched calibration and the use of expensive stable isotope-labelled internal standards.

This simplistic approach to feed analysis is essentially a screening method and for accurate quantification, such as in particular analysis of complex feed components - such as distillers dried grain solubles (DDGS) - it is essential to conduct a full clean-up of the feed extract before mass spectrometric analysis.

The most reliable and effective clean-up is achieved using an immunoaffinity column (IAC) when an extract of the feed sample is directly passed through the IAC and the targeted toxins selectively retained.

After washing the column, the toxins can be eluted and then determined by mass spectrometry. Suitable immunoaffinity columns should be designed for the simultaneous analysis of all EU regulated mycotoxins that can occur in animal feed and demonstrate high recoveries and good precision. This course of action will then satisfy the method performance requirements for analytical methods set by EU regulators.

Instrumental analysis of samples is adequate

It has been previously shown that instrumental analysis of samples with no clean-up is adequate for screening, but for definitive measurements IAC clean-up is essential. It has for example been demonstrated that for both HT-2 toxin and DON in samples of pig feed there were significant interferences evident when extracts were analysed without clean-up.

These interferences which impacted on quantification were not present after IAC clean-up. Whilst for surveys conducted largely for academic purposes a ‘rough and ready’ quantification might be acceptable but in the animal feed sector uncertainties around compliance limits cannot be tolerated.

Gold standard methods employing IAC clean-up are essential to adequately assess risks from mycotoxins in animal feed. This is the case whether the analysis is conducted by in-house feed laboratories or externally by contact or official laboratories.

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oy lecithin is a biproduct obtained during the process of extracting soybean oil from soybeans. Commercial lecithin is a naturally occurring mixture of the phosphatides of choline, ethanolamine, and inositol, with smaller amounts of phosphatidic acid, glycolipid, carbohydrate, and vitamin E. As a bioactive substance, soy lecithin has unique physical and chemical properties and nutritional value. Lecithin is an important component of cytomembrane and the membrane skeleton of organelles. It is also an essential component for protein assembly and secretion, whilst it also plays an important role in lipid metabolism and other life activities.

Due to its special nutritional value, physiological function and potential economic value, soy lecithin can be used as an excellent source of dietary phospholipids. The addition of lecithin in animal feed could promote digestive ability, feed utilisation, growth rate, immunity, health, etc. and contributes to the sustainable development of animal husbandry and aquaculture industries.

However, since their high viscosities, it is hard to scale the application of crude soy lecithin or modified soy lecithin into

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commercial animal feed production. By dedicating itself to developing feed processing solutions that address current and future challenges, Famsun introduces extruded corn as a carrier of the sticky soy lecithin in the production of compound soy lecithin powder, which has proven to enable the application of soy lecithin in large-scale commercial feed production.

Corn and its global importance

Corn is one of the most important food crops in the world today.

Its planting area and total output rank the third in the world and only following rice and wheat. About 65 percent of corn is used as animal feed in the world.

The proportion of feed use corn is up to 80 percent in developed countries and 70 percent in China (Li Defa, 2003). Since the content and composition of essential amino acids such as lysine, methionine and tryptophan in corn are not so balanced when compared to soybean and most of the animal protein products that are currently available. Corn is used as a key energy source in feed manufacturing rather than a protein source.

After extrusion, corn extrudate could be expanded to several or even a dozen times its original volume, as porous media with loose texture. On the micro level, the internal structure and molecular structure of chemical components of corn starch are modified.

Hydrogen bonds between starch chains are broken and starch grains are disintegrated, degraded, and gelatinised. In the expansion process, with granular transformation and macromolecular degradation, part of the side chain of amylopectin is cut off. For example if the -1, 6 glycoside bonds are broken, this will result in the increase of the shorter amylose.

The -1, 4 glycoside bonds of amylose are also broken during expansion process and generate small molecules, namely the dextrication of starch. All of these changes cause the original hydroxyl group in the spiral

F ring to become exposed and form hydrogen bonds with water molecules, which increases the water adsorption of extrudate.

In a word, the expanded corn is of a puffed, spongy structure, which makes it more easily to dissolve in water. The moisturised extruded corn is further expanded, with its bonding strength also increased significantly.

The unexpected encounter between liquid soy lecithin and expanded corn successfully solves the problem of the application of soy lecithin in animal feed production. The innovative processing technology provides new business opportunities for soy lecithin producers and feed manufacturers.

The compound soybean lecithin powder has good feeding performance and its ‘true lipid’ and ‘super lipid’ effects as well as the improved nutrition and improved energy of the extruded corn are good for the growth, development, production performance, immunity, reproduction, growth behaviour, carcass quality of the feeding animals.

Farmers who raise their animals with feed made of compound lecithin powder can also get a better feed conversion ratio (FCR). This article introduces the machines, considerations and control points of each step in compound soy lecithin powder manufacturing. It also provides insights into practices on the application of the compound soy lecithin powder in feed manufacturing, with the hope of helping feed and oilseed processing industries grow new business.

Figure 2. Ground particle size of corn processed by Famsun SWFP66 series hammer with screens of 1.5 openings

Figure 3: Extruded corn pellets of high expansion level

Processing technology and production practices

The process flow of compound soy lecithin powder manufacturing is shown in Fig.1. Starting from corn, the processes includes raw material receiving, precleaning, weighing, preconditioning, hulling and germ separation, grinding (corn kernel), conditioning, extrusion, cooling, grinding (expanded corn) and weighing.

While starting from liquid soy lecithin concentrate, the processes include heating, blending, pumping, weighing and application. The carrier (expanded corn powder) and the supplement (liquid soy lecithin) are then mixed uniformly in a mixer with a specific proportion. The mixture is the compound soy lecithin powder product. After weighing and bagging, the product would be ready for sales.

This article introduces the equipment, considerations and production controls in each process of high-quality and efficient compound soy lecithin production.

Receiving and pre-cleaning raw material

After harvesting, drying, transport and storage, corn usually contains the following three kinds of impurities: • Inorganic impurities: mainly refers to soil, sand, stone, metal and so on.

• Organic impurities: including stems, leaves, shells, straw, grass, hemp rope • Other impurities: the defected kernels or that damaged by insects as well as other seeds mixed in it.

The impurities must be removed in raw material receiving and pre-cleaning process section so that the equipment in downstream processes can run stably and safely.

The considerations in choosing cleaning equipment are the nature of the impurities and defects that we intend to remove. High-efficient vibrating sifter, magnets, stoners, and a negative air system with a filter are the necessary and common configurations for removing impurities from corn in raw material receiving and pre-cleaning.

The vibrating sifter is used to remove large impurities and fines. The magnet can remove tramp metal and screws to protect

the equipment in the subsequent processes. It is recommended to adopt a permanent magnet which requires less maintenance, whilst stones and heavy impurities can be removed by the stoner.

For the fines that drop through the sifter as well as the lightdensity material that carried by corn after screening and after stone removing, these can be pulled into a negative air system that corresponding parts are connected to the sifter and the stoner. With a filter, the air system can eliminate dust emission effectively. In brief, pre-cleaning process enables downstream processes safely and stably, and protect environment as well.

Any corn kernels that are mouldy, have been damaged by insects and other defective kernels, should be removed with a colour sorter in pre-cleaning, which will improve extruded product quality and ensure feed safety.

Preconditioning, hulling and germ separation of corn kernels

The corn kernel consists of the hull, germ, endosperm and aleurone. Of these, endosperm is the largest part, which mainly contains starch and protein. From the inside of the kernel to outside, the number of endosperm cells are gradually decreased, while the thickness of cell wall is increased.

Enclosing the outer cell wall of the endosperm is the cell wall of the aleurone layer, which is a layer of sclerenchyma cells. Aleurone cells do not contain starch but are rich in protein and oil.

The new processing technology adopts preconditioning, hulling and germ separation processes to treat the corn kernels after pre-cleaning and before grinding. The cleaned corn, which is moisturised with one-to-two percent water by the dampener, enters the conditioning bin. After conditioning for eight hours, the germ become soften and will not be broken in the following germ separation and germ extraction process.

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F • screening & grading • hull removing (air-aspiration) • flaking • screening • hull removing (air-aspiration) • packaging.

After conditioning, the corn kernels are sent to the germ separator, which is where corn germ and endosperm are separated. Germ and endosperm then are then screened and graded in the square plansifter. Following the removal of the hull, it is carried with a cyclone separator and the endosperm is then collected and conveyed to the hammermill for grinding and the germ would be rolled into flakes, once the hull has been removed.

Then following second screening, the grading and hull removing processes finally produces pure corn germ product, which can be further processed to produce corn germ oil.

Grinding corn kernels

Before extrusion, the corn endosperm must be ground into small particles that will enable better product quality in conditioning and extrusion processes. The finer the particles are ground, the larger surface area obtained and the more around electrons are gathered to absorb more water. This is good for corn gelatinisation in both conditioning and extrusion.

The Famsun SWFP series hammer mill is a good machine choice for grinding corn kernels into corn powder. With screens of 2.0 openings, the machine can produce fines that 80.04 percent pass through a 30mesh sieve, 62.47 percent pass through a 40-mesh sieve, and 46.99 percent pass through a 50- mesh sieve (see Figure 2).

Conditioning and extrusion

During the extrusion process, the combination of moisture, pressure, heat and mechanical shear causes the corn to be gelatinised. The conditioned corn mash is fed into the extruder barrel, then moved forward by the rotating screws along main

shaft. The mechanical friction that is generated occurs amongst the moving material, the screws and the barrel.

This results in strong kneading, mixing and shearing effects on the material. Corn mash are further ground into smaller sizes and mixed more uniformly. The friction also results in elevated product temperatures, gelatinisation of starchy component, denaturisation of proteins, stretching or restructuring of tactile components, bacteria killing and detoxification within the barrel.

Finally, corn extrudate is extruded through die openings at the discharge end of the barrel. At that moment, the instantaneous pressure difference causes exothermic expansion of the extrudate, while the steam “flash off” produces product with a puffed, porous and crisp texture.

Starch gelatinisation level and bulk density are two important measurable quality indicators of an extruded product. The starch gelatinisation level represents its cooking performance, while the bulk density reflects its expansion level. The starch gelatinisation level can be measured by the amyloglucosidase method, whilst the bulk density can be weighed by a volume unit.

The two indicators are interrelated and the product with higher expansion level always has a higher starch gelatinisation level but this does not happen vice versa. When necessary instrument to test the starch gelatinisation in a plant is absent, the bulk density can also be used to indicate the cooking degree of the extruded product.

In compound soy lecithin powder processing, extruded corn (see Figure 3) is a high-expansion product with bulk density usually ranging in 150 ~ 200 g/l. The extruding temperature usually is controlled within the range of 140-170 °C, whilst the moisture content of extruded corn is controlled to 4~8 percent and the product is completely gelatinised.

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F Cooling and grinding

The moisture content of the finished product of extruded corn is typically controlled by the cooling equipment and the cooling process. The moisture content determines the shelf life of the extruded corn and the ability it possesses to absorb liquid soy lecithin. Therefore, it is recommended to choose a tipping-plate type counterflow cooler for cooling the extruded corn.

The cooler must be configurated with a frequency-variable cooling fan and a frequency-variable distributor. The frequency-variable distributor can ensure extruded corn be evenly distributed in the cooler with a same height and obtain uniform moisture level for extruded corn after cooling. The frequency-variable fan will allow the moisture content of extruded corn to be adjusted more easily.

Since the extruded corn is characterised by large volume and low bulk density, the hammer mill for processing it must have a large grinding chamber. Due to its fragile structure, it is recommended to configure the hammer mill with small power motor to process the extruded corn.

When grinding extruded corn with a Famsun SWFP66 series hammermill and screens of Ф1.5 openings, the ground particles sizes are 90.24 percent products passing through a 30-mesh sieve, 73.3 percent product passing through a 40-mesh sieve, and 56.65 percent products passing through a 50-mesh sieve (see Figure 4).

To ensure its wide application in feed industry, the liquid soy lecithin should be flowable. It’s not convenient to handle and process the liquid with high viscosity. It’s likely to adhere on its containers and add load onto the blender. So, to get the liquid soy lecithin a proper viscosity is very important. The main factors affecting the flowability of the liquid soy lecithin concentrate are water content, temperature and acetone soluble substances.

It will get the maximum viscosity when the moisture content of liquid soy lecithin is about 7.5 percent. In order to get a low viscosity for production, the moisture level should be controlled to below two percent.

Usually, we recommended a moisture content at about one percent.

For liquid soy lecithin, temperature is negatively correlated with the viscosity. The higher the temperature, the lower the viscosity.

The liquid soy lecithin, with a moisture level of one percent and with 60 percent acetone-insoluble substances for instance, is very sticky under ambient temperature. The viscosity starts to lower down when the temperature exceeding 60°C. However, the liquid would become deeper in colour when the temperature reaches higher than 95°C. Deep colour is not favourable for feed production and consumption. So, a temperature that makes a good balance between the viscosity and product colour is vital in heating process.

The acetone soluble substances in liquid soy lecithin mainly include glycerol, free fatty acid and other lipids. The higher the content of acetone soluble substance, the lower the viscosity of liquid soy lecithin. Therefore, the viscosity of liquid soy lecithin can be controlled by changing the containing level of acetone soluble substance. Generally, the mass fraction of acetone soluble substances controlled at about 40 percent is favourable. At this level, the liquid soy lecithin is of a low viscosity but can contain more acetone-insoluble substances.

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In summary, the moisture level, temperature and the acetone soluble substances it contains are the key affecting factors to the viscosity of liquid soy lecithin. They can be used independently or combinedly to control the viscosity in different production practices. The optimal solution is: moisture level at about one percent; the mass fraction of acetone soluble substances at 40-45 percent; heating the liquid soy lecithin to a temperature of 4060°C; the dosage of liquid soy lecithin set at 35-55 percent of the

Figure 4: Ground particle size of corn processed by Famsun SWFP66 series hammer with screens of 1.5 openings

Figure 5. The homogeneity of soy lecethin mixed by Famsun SLHSJ mixers

extruded corn powder in the mixer.

After mixing uniformly liquid soy lecithin with extruded corn powder, compound soy lecithin powder product could be weighted and bagged for sales.

Mixing homogeneity & coating

The mixing homogeneity of compound soy lecithin powder and its coating performance in feed manufacturing should be considered in the process design and in the selection of a mixer.

The considerations and controls should focus on both the mixer and the pump.

The chosen mixer should be able to mix the expanded corn powder with liquid soy lecithin uniformly in a short time and without generating any fat ball. Time for adding liquid soy lecithin into the mixer should be controlled at about 60s, and the mixing time should be controlled in a range of 150 - 180s for each batch. Residues in the mixer may cause cross contamination between different batches and different products. So, a mixer with little residues is a good option.

It is recommended to choose Famsun SLHSJ series doubleshaft paddle mixers as the mixing equipment to produce highquality compound soy lecithin powder. This series of mixer is characterized by high mixing homogeneity (see Figure 5) and a residue ratio of no more than 0.1 percent.

The pump chosen for delivering should be able to transfer the sticky liquid soy lecithin into the mixer stably within a specific time. It should choose a high viscosity positive displacement pump for delivery. In addition to that, heat preservation measures should be taken on the application pipelines. It is also worth noting that heating belts should be installed on the pipelines, so that liquid soy lecithin can flow through the pipes in winter.

Impacts of compound soy lecithin on feeding performance

The application of compound soy lecithin to the diet of dairy cow allows more fat to be added into the feed, which provides more energy for cows and help to increase milk yield and milk quality.

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F fats move to the breast and inhibit the resynthesis of short- chain fatty acids in the breast as well, so that cows have more energy to yield milk.

In modern pig production, large-scale pig farms have gradually adopted ultra-early weaning or early weaning to increase sow annual productivity, reduce feeding costs, and increase pig production efficiency.

The early weaned piglets need fat to achieve the maximum growth genetic potential. However, weaned piglets have a small amount of bile secretion and limited fat emulsification ability.

They need a fat emulsification promotor to help them improve the digestion of lipase and thereby improve the utilisation of fat, or the indigestible fat will cause serious diarrhoea.

The application of compound soy lecithin to piglet diet can promote the emulsification of fat in the small intestine, improve the digestion of lipase, improve the utilisation of fat, and significantly increase piglet feed intake and daily weight gain.

In early stage poultry, due to intestinal insufficiency of the liver and insufficient secretion of bile, it leads to some inevitable problems of low digestibility of fat, fibre and vitamins. Therefore, the addition of compound soy lecithin can partially overcome the early physiological defects of poultry and ensure the rapid growth of young birds growing.

The incidence of nutritional fatty liver in aquatic animals is in a growing trend. Fish nutritional fatty liver severely affects its growth, meat quality and disease resistance. Lack of phospholipids is the main physiological reason of fatty liver syndrome. Phospholipids are very important for fat metabolism as the phospholipid molecules have emulsifying properties. The unsaturated fatty acids contained in them can esterify cholesterol and regulate the transport and deposition of fat and cholesterol in the blood.

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Dosages of compound soy lecithin in feed

The amount of compound soy lecithin applied in feed are determined by the animal species to feed, their growth stages, and the feed formulas. The possible application dosages are 4-8 percent for chicks and piglets, larvae: 4-8 percent, calves: 20-20 percent (as milk substitutes), for fattening fish and shrimp: 3-6 lower feed cost and ensure feed production more sustainable, for fattening poultry and pigs: 3-6 percent, sow: 4-6 percent, breeding stocks: 1-3 percent and 0.5-1.0 kg/d for dairy cows.

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Ensuring the safe storage of grain

by SRON Silo Engineering Co., China rain drying is an important link after harvest and also an extremely important condition for safe storage of grain, as water content of grain is generally high during harvest.

In many parts of the world, due to geographical, seasonal, weather, climate and other reasons, relying solely on natural drying cannot guarantee the timely drying of grain. Therefore, grain will not reach the safe moisture content and become mildew and sprout, causing serious economic losses.

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Especially in some areas of Africa, Asia and South America, the proportion of waste caused by improper handling of food after receiving goods is very high.

About 30 percent of Tanzanian grain is lost in the harvest every year, which is equivalent to 1.3 million tons of corn and other food crops. It has become one of the main risks affecting the increase of Tanzanian farmers' income, and also threatens the food security of Tanzanian.

China is a large agricultural country. In the past, China lost up to 15 percent of its grain every year in the process of threshing, drying, storage and transportation after harvest. In the face of losses, after a long period of development, China has developed

F advanced grain drying and storage technology.

The continuous drying tower developed by Henan SRON Silo Engineering Co, Ltd can reduce the water content of corn, rice, wheat and other grains to below the safe water content through the drying system.

At the same time, it is equipped with perfect grain situation monitoring and alarm system and ventilation, fumigation and silo reversing system. We will ensure the safety and efficiency of grain storage, significantly reduce the severe loss of grain after delivery and bring good economic benefits to the country.

How the continuous drying tower works

In the dry section at the top, a higher hot air temperature is used to heat up the grain quickly and take away some of the surface moisture. The middle dry section uses medium hot air temperature to remove a lot of moisture. Following this drying period, the grain temperature increases, with the lower temperature at the bottom of the grain and its naturally strong adsorption capacity removing the excess moisture. This prevents the grain temperature becoming too high, damaging its quality.

Finally, after sufficient cooling in the cooling section, the safe moisture and temperature can be reached, and the grain can be directly stored in the silo.

There are several further advantages of using this method, which includes: • Good quality of grain drying • High efficiency and energy saving, low cost • Wide application range • High degree of automation • Engineering experience

Good quality grain drying

In both downstream and countercurrent grain dryers, good process quality is assured by ensuring that the first contact with the wet corn is of moderate temperature and flowing in the same direction. This will not only make full use of the high temperature hot air at a later stage, but it also exposes every grain to the same temperature during the drying process.

After each drying section that adopts the tempering process, make the grain more balanced and is beneficial to the next stage of drying. The value of crushing rate after drying is less than 0.5 percent.

Using coal, biomass fuel, natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, steam as heat source, converted into clean hot air by heat exchanger, the dried grain particles have no peculiar smell, no

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High efficiency and energy saving

Due to the adoption of multi-stage drying process, the continuous drying tower has a large range of precipitation, and the onetime precipitation rate can be up to 15-18 percent. It has been proven by practice that compared with other drying models, it can save about 2025 percent of energy, which is a huge energy cost saving for its users

Wide application range

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Depending on the material variety of each project, daily processing capacity, drain range, material use, environmental temperature and humidity of the project location and other different needs, SRON can design a system tailored to your specific requirements.

This ensures the highest quality of the dried material, while taking into account the drying cost, whilst the highest daily drying of 3,000 tons of grain.

High degree of automation

This product is highly automated and comes equipped with thermocouple temperature detection, a video monitoring system to monitor the feeding situation, feeding and linkage to the previous process stage. The use of stepless adjustment grain discharge and automatic adjustment of hot air all allow for easy operation.

Engineering experience

Examples of the grain drying tower in operation include two 1200 tons/day corn drying tower in Xinjing District, China.

Equipped with a grain unloading pit, material cleaning, wet grain temporary storage (with ventilation), conveying equipment, dryer, hot blast stove, flue gas desulfurisation, dust removal and purification equipment.

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Warm air treatment for production rooms to silo bins

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by Martin Hofmeir, General Manager and Owner, ThermoNox GmbH, Fahlenbach, Germany

o how does a miller from Bavaria, Germany becomes a successful, alternative pest controller? Well in the 80s and 90s it was common for a small craft miller to keep the flour silos of his bakery customers pest-free as a service, in addition to his own business. Various poisonous preparations were used for this purpose.

The declining effectiveness as well as the constant handling of poisons were reasons for asking the question of why is there no method that is harmless for both the user and the milled products? Shouldn't it be the endeavor simply from a logical point of view not to associate food - that is, our means of life or our ‘fuel’ - with poison? Our answer was and is very clear and evident in the very basis of our company, ThermoNox - warm air treatment without poison.

The principle of heat disinfestation has been known from literature since the ancient Egyptians. As it is almost impossible to use the sun's energy directly for the constructions including the mill building and silos, the ideal implementation has been developed for years.

Our own conviction and the encouragement from industry friends were and remain a constant driving force. Another important point was our qualification as state certified milling technicians at the German Milling School in Braunschweig (DMSB), Germany and that we were able to empathise with the customer.

Would we be able to sell a product with a clear conscience that does not meet our own milling standards? No. After four years of development and countless series of tests in our own mill the first electric ThermoNox ovens came on the market. At first it was intended as a purely individual solution for your own mill, your own bakery customers and possibly two-to-three neighbouring mills.

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Synonymous with warm air treatment for 25 years

Synonymous with warm air treatment for about 25 years, the ThermoNox process can be used for both machine and empty room treatments, with the classic mill building with milling system being one example. Many related application fields have also recognised the advantages of the ThermoNox process over conventional fumigation or poison applications. The good results and sustainability have brought the ThermoNox process to every continent. Whenever it comes to the control of insects and their stages of development, a lethal temperature of > 50°C can be used for their mortification.

Cereal processing plants are increasingly characterised by rational production, with operations continuously switched on for up to 24 hours a day, seven days a week with modern machinery in the tightest of spaces in order to ensure maximum performance. This long-standing trend became largely necessary to meet the quantitative requirements of customers whose structure is also changing. Along with this, product quality and food safety are irrevocably top priority alongside the large mass.

In order to be able to reconcile the pest control measure with the high production volumes, a method is necessary that flexibly exploits the scarce possible production stoppage.

At the same time, it must be in its mode of operation as there is no scope for improvement. The non-toxic solution with maximum penetration force provides the warm air treatment method for this purpose. Whatever distinguishes a reputable pest control provider must be clearly formulated to the customer what makes sense – with a prospect of success – but also clearly demonstrate that there are also physical limits for every procedure.

Constructive and structural conditions as well as approval with regard to explosion protection are the main limitation factors. In the following section of this article, we explain the features and advantages of our ThermoNox system for both production areas and for silo treatments.

F Requirements for a heat disinfestation process

A minimum temperature of 50°C is required to have a lethal effect on insect pests. At the same time, in order to avoid heat damage to the device and the sensitive components, the temperature must not exceed 60°C. In addition, the temperature must be distributed uniformly on walls, floors, machines and in the systems. Flour beetle/Tribolium, moths and the like should be tracked down in all of their hiding places and every possibility of escape should be prevented.

The duration of the temperature exposure is also decisive for success, as many insects can keep themselves alive for a long time with evaporative cooling, such as in damp wooden pallets or cellar walls. The system must also be adaptable to changing conditions and rooms.

A flexible system that can be expanded modularly is required.

The used energy from which the warm air is produced should be used optimally and be within the economic framework.

Another very important point is the suitability of the heaters for the internal conditions of the milling industry, whilst the risk of dust explosion must be reduced to an absolute minimum.

The ThermoNox system

ThermoNox GmbH can now look back on over 25 years of practical heat disinfestation experience. During this time the equipment developed continuously as the problem is always examined from both perspectives - pest control and mill operator - and continuously questioned.

The essential features of the ThermoNox system are the ATEX approval of the heaters WEO 4,5 / 9 and WEO 9/18 which is achieved through a reduced surface temperature. The circulating air process ensures gentle and energy-saving heating of the

treated rooms. The control of the required temperature range takes place through independent clocking.

The modular equipment

The central component of the ThermoNox equipment is the warm air treatment heater WEO. Only the air inside a room or building is heated to approximately 50-55°C, with this temperature level maintained until all stages of the pests have been reliably killed.

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F disinfestation temperatures.

These must be connected by the company electrician either to the transformer to a busbar to a fuse box or to a sub-distribution so that work can be carried out independently.

Furthermore, our power distributors are protected with a circuit breaker and FI. The amount of electricity we use during ThermoNox warm air treatment is around 1.5 to 2.8 kWh per m³ of the room.

Possible uses

of 18 kW. The ThermoNox® devices have been tested by the professional association, by BG-PrüfZert (German Institution), both with regard to general machine safety and for use in Zone 22 with a positive result. The devices bear the sign in accordance with the 11th Ordinance on the Device Safety Act (II 3 D 220°C).

The ThermoNox system uses the BG 3000 ground fan as auxiliary machines for continuous air circulation and targeted warm air distribution. The relation of heater to ground fan depends on the area to treat and the furnishings in the premises.

Further possible criteria include room subdivisions or the angles of the buildings.

A normal high-voltage connection is required for the supply.

If not available on the operational side, the connection can be ensured via a small distributor (KLVT). Our system requires a high-voltage current 400V / 50Hz (440V/60Hz) with sufficient connected load.

If the company cannot provide enough sockets, we supply our own STVT power distribution cabinets in the 15x32A and 6x 32A variants. Both are specially designed for continuous operation at

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The ThermoNox process is suitable for treatments from individual rooms to entire building complexes. The size and nature of the premises play a subordinate role in connection with feasibility.

With ThermoNox, smaller rooms such as a flour silo in a bakery, a sample room or a mill laboratory including equipment can be just as easily heat-treated as larger buildings with several floors and building sections such as silo and storage rooms, production rooms or magazines.

Partial disinfestations such as in small packing machines, wooden pallets or used machines are also possible. A further development of ThermoNox has also been on the market since last year 2020 which makes it possible to unload a single silo up to a silo block, such as one made of reinforced concrete, in the normal time period. More information relating to this particular topic can be found later in this article.

The ThermoNox method is also used outside of the grain and milling industry. Examples include the tobacco industry, the spice and herbal industry, wood processing, the milk, meat and sausage industry as well as the large field of bed bug control in hotels, accommodation and private apartments.

F A holistic control measure

When implementing a ThermoNox heat treatment the following four cost blocks arise: rent for rental equipment, implementation by a specialist, transport to and from the facility and energy consumption.

The possible cleaning costs of the building before and after the disinfestation can be considered neutrally, as these are incurred anyway, regardless of pest control, according to hygiene regulations.

ThermoNox warm air treatment is a holistic control measure aimed at killing all stages of development of the insects. This means that there is a 100 percent eradication of the eggs, larvae and adult pests, so that a “zero line” can be drawn for the pest population after the action.

Furthermore, the customer receives new knowledge for their hygiene management. Since the rooms can be entered at any time during the disinfestation and at the same time the harmful insects thankfully come out of their hiding places due to the warming, the “hotspots” can be easily documented.

For the future, these weak points must be controlled through targeted cleaning measures or even through structural improvements. When heated to 50-55°C they also have a strong drying effect. Cakings or even condensate-dust mixtures with extreme mold potential that can be found in areas such as conveyor elements, pipelines, machines, sifter compartments, aspirations and silo cells, can be easily removed, with significant hygiene improvements being the result which allows for the pest control intervals to be extended.

Differentiation from other methods

The following section compares ThermoNox warm air treatment with fumigation, which is the most commonly used alternative (individual gases and also gas mixtures) and with heat control (tube method with external heating oil or gas burning unit).

Heat vs. fumigation:

- non-toxic for personnel and the environment - no development of resistance - no pressure test necessary - no approval process necessary - Treatment rooms can be entered at any time - Pests become visible - Lethal effect on all stages of development

Warm air (50 – 60°C) vs. heat (>80 °C):

- No heat damage - Flexible and modular system - Steady heat distribution through circulating air - Optimal use of energy - Machines and systems remain closed

New system for silo and flour bin treatments

The demand for silo cell disinfestation, especially for flour silos, has increased at an above-average rate over the past decade. This is no longer just about the necessary pest control against the main opponents, the moth or the flour beetle/ Tribolium but also more and more about hygienic improvement measures.

Dust and condensate in the silos offer the highest potential for mold and caking which can possibly reach the end customer together with the product. Such caking must be removed by manpower in the silo cells, usually mechanically or with high pressure.

In this situation the market demands a simplification or acceleration of the cleaning process. In addition to the customersensitive food sector, this also applies to the pet food and feed sectors.

The large number of different raw materials and end product properties make a narrower cleaning interval in the silo cells necessary. Flour loading silos from which loading is carried out directly into tank trucks or there is no close-meshed control sieving plus entoleter after the flour silo are particularly risky.

From our practical experience these two machines are placed too early in the process chain in some system planning for energy and performance reasons.

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F of various sizes and designs were also treated with the new ThermoNoxilo SO 18 at friendly food and feed mills in the area.

In this instance it also became clear that in addition to the correct and safe silo oven, the user strategy is also decisive for successful treatments. After a delay caused by Covid-19 the first series could be delivered at the end of 2020.

Technical application

Specific requirements for silo disinfestation

The common ThermoNox heater WEO 9/18 has the approval for ATEX Zone 22 which corresponds to the production building of a mill with its closed machinery. Flour silo cells which are seen as tight containers generate a lot of dust especially when they are filled.

Since this happens occasionally (Somewhere between 10 to 1000 times per year) silos are classified as ATEX Zone 21.

If single silo cells in the building are accessible and made of thermally conductive materials such as aluminum or sheet steel, the empty cells can be heated indirectly from zone 22 outside.

For whole silo blocks made of concrete, heating from the inside is necessary due to the insulating effect. Inevitably the heater must have approval for zone 21. This even applies in the situation that the heating unit is outside in zone 22 and the air is brought in with a tube the higher zone 21 is decisive for the entire heater system.

Technical development

Overall, the development time from the first prototype to the market-ready silo treatment system extended to approximately nine years. Initially the development was fully geared towards external heating including a heat exchanger and tube connection to the silo cell.

In the first practical tests, which were all carried out in our own mill, the limits of technical feasibility were determined relatively quickly. In connection with powdery products, water and thermal oil heat exchangers are unsuitable in terms of their tightness.

Exact heat distribution within a tight silo cannot be implemented with tubes either. After a radical change in strategy only the development of an internal circulating air heater with encapsulated heating elements was pursued.

Silo bins can mostly be found in industrial mills in larger numbers. In addition, they are only available empty to a limited extent for a short time. The set-up time, handling, modularity and runtime were therefore optimised and the heater weight could be reduced from 350kg at the beginning to 100kg.

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The ThermoNoxilo SO 18 silo heater can be let into the bin via the manhole and a specially designed silo winch. Depending on the treatment volume and other special local conditions up to four heaters can run at the same time within a silo and on different levels.

The heater unit consists of a robust aluminum cylinder that is connected to the electrical control cabinet via supply and control cables. This always remains outside on the silo ceiling.

The heater itself has a heating output of 18 kW and a powerful axial fan ensures that the air is circulated well.

The progress of the treatment can be followed directly using the automatic temperature monitoring. Like the ThermoNox heater WEO 9/18, the ThermoNoxilo SO 18 silo heater also clocks independently and ensures that the lethal temperature is maintained but that the temperature is not too high due to regulation.

From switching on to switching off a treatment period is set up for 20 to 48 hours per silo. With their own silo winch two devices can be positioned independently of each other within the silo.

All components can be easily transported and dismantled into manageable sizes, with everything potentially able to be stored or transported on a pallet.

Pest prevention always comes before pest control

ThermoNox GmbH is itself a manufacturer, franchisor and service provider for ThermoNox warm air treatments. So far ThermoNox treatments have been carried out directly and via the partner network in over 45 countries worldwide. In fact, ThermoNox partners can be found operating in a list of countries that includes Asia, Mexico, France and Spain.

With extension of the ThermoNoxilo silo heater, an additional type of building in the grain storage and processing industry, which makes up a significant share and risk factor in the operating facilities can also be served.

In addition to its activities, the company provides technical consulting for all aspects of pest control with warm air. Often it is about the technical preparation of conversions or new buildings so that they are future-proof and, if necessary, treatments can be carried out quickly and easily. Pest prevention always comes before pest control. The general decision in favour of the ThermoNox process by large and global corporations can be interpreted as an indication of the high quality.

The ThermoNox family continues to grow and the network among each other as well as our constant exchange with ThermoNox partners guarantees a high standard of performance from the customer's point of view worldwide.

Generally information in advance:

In German language we can very precisely distinguish between “warmth” and “heat”. We have tried to do the same in our following translation. ThermoNox operates between 50 and 60°C, which are in our thinking warm air. Other systems like external heating units with tube systems work with > 80°C, that is hot air = heat.

WORLD GRAIN & FEED MARKET REVIEW

by John Buckley

The main factors driving coarse grains and oilmeals in recent weeks have revolved around US 2021 spring planting outlooks. A few weeks ago, the USDA’s annual outlook forum aired views of a massive rise in soybean area and – despite the implied competition for acres – a much bigger than expected increase in maize planting too.

Mixed cost outlook for raw materials Costs trends for grain and feed commodities have been mixed in the past few weeks and seem likely to continue diverging going forward.

While wheat prices have been heading down – not surprising amid a looser stock scenario – maize and soybeans have been firm on current and forward supply issues, in the process probably helping to put a floor under the wheat descent. But the picture reverses on the forward futures markets with wheat staying mostly steady in the year ahead, with the feed commodities receding to substantially cheaper levels.

That said, so much of the latter prognosis depends on what happens in the all-important US market – where, as yet, nothing is guaranteed supply-wise.

The main factors driving coarse grains and oilmeals in recent weeks have revolved around US 2021 spring planting outlooks. A few weeks ago, the USDA’s annual outlook forum aired views of a massive rise in soybean area and – despite the implied competition for acres – a much bigger than expected increase in maize planting too. Wheat, on the other hand, was expected to accrue a relatively small gain in planted area. In early April, however, the USDA’s first planting intentions report came up with a surprising different set of predictions. These included: MAIZE – US planted acres just 91.1m, only 300,000 more than last year and over 2m acres under the average trade guess. At the same time USDA also estimated lower than expected US March 1 stocks of maize, contributing to consequent steep gains in Chicago maize futures prices.

Yields are also expected to recover from the weather-reduced levels of the past two years. Trend yields imply a 380m-tonnes-plus harvest that might suggest some stock re-building that would help bring about the cheaper trend indicated by forward futures prices. Before the USDA planting report, near CBOT deliveries had shed about five percent of their peak March value, trading down to the equivalent of US$209/tonne. The March stock number also implied US second quarter 2021 use of maize was up about six percent on the year as much bigger exports offset lower domestic use.

Futures responded by jumping back to their recent 2013 peaks. Latterly US export sales have slowed after a recent boom in China business and amid signs of some other importers resisting the (so far) persistent higher corn prices.

SOYA – US planted area 87.6m acres versus last year’s 83.1m – with trend yields, paving the way for a possible 120m tonne crop.

However, trade guesses had earlier been around 89.9m acres, implying a crop closer to 124m tonnes. Even if the USDA had agreed with average analyst guesses, the next US marketing year would have started (September 1) with one of the tightest carry-in stocks in years. So even bumper yields would not have pointed to US glut, more of a less-tight, price-moderating supply improvement.

Not surprisingly, CBOT soya futures also responded to the actual data with steep price gains, pushing up Canadian and European rapeseed and other oilseed markets.

WHEAT – US planted acres plus five percent at 46.4m (18.8mh) including nine percent more winter wheat at 33.1ma, but four percent less spring wheat at 11.7m acres. That the total wheat area was about 1.5m acres higher than expected, some analysts said, partially explained the lower than expected maize and bean acreage estimates.

However, others pointed out that the total corn, bean and wheat planting area estimates were still lower than in some recent past years – and given the land currently available (even before bringing conservation areas back into production), would allow for some further gains in the corn and bean sowings, perhaps nearer the pre-report ideas. The June planting update from USDA will shed more reliable light on this.

Russian wheat risk While the planting estimates made a big splash in early April, a number of other factors have been at play too.

For wheat, these included uncertainty over how largest supplier Russia’s new, more complicated export tax policy would work in practice. Reports indicated levies on its new crop wheat exports would be based on prices submitted by the trade after deals have been done. That, traders said, introduced a risk element that Russian wheat

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exporters could try to cover by putting a premium on prices.

Russia’s current tax is around €50/tonne.

From June, it will be 70 percent of the differential between base prices (determined each week) and US$200/tonne.

Uncertainty over how this would affect new crop sales may be one reason for a sharp decline in Russian base prices recently, export fob milling wheat dropping in just one week of late March by as much as US$20/tonne. The drop was also said to reflect lower CBOT & EU wheat prices in response to a slowdown in export trade and mostly promising crop weather across the Northern Hemisphere.

Here were some caveats to that in the form of some North American and former Soviet crop issues. Ukrainian spring wheat planting, for example, was reportedly lagging the normal pace by about a month in snowy/wet conditions. Russian spring sowing about 70 percent done by early April was also said to be running about 10 days late although some local observers said there was time to catch up. While the lion’s share of Black Sea wheat is autumn-sown and up and running under reasonably normal conditions, this factor needs watching for a while yet.

In the US, the higher quality Minneapolis hard spring wheat futures market was drawing support from reports of ongoing drought in key Northern Plains producer states. US export prices for these quality grades recently came down from as much as US$319 to as little as US$292/tonne. Traders were also monitoring dry conditions in the Canadian Prairies where a mainly spring-sown crop was yet to be planted.

CBOT soft wheat futures showed limited responded to US winter wheat crop ratings stuck around 53 percent ‘good/ excellent’ versus 62 percent this time last year but still much better than a few months ago. Export values of these wheats have also descended by about 9 percent from their early-2021 peaks.

In the Southern hemisphere, Argentina’s farm officials estimated area would increase 4 percent allowing exports as large as 14m versus the past season’s 11m tonnes. Australia, expecting normal weather in the run-up to its planting season over coming months also hopes to produce another big crop – if farmers can overcome reported input shortages.

The drop in wheat prices in recent weeks has coincided with a return of importer buying interest from some big buyers like Egypt, Thailand, Algeria and Saudi Arabia alongside smaller tenders from countries including South Korea, Taiwan and Ethiopia. That may suggest buyers feel prices have bottomed out – at least until the summer harvests in the Northern Hemisphere prove a big 2021 crop is on the way.

EU milling futures recently set a 2021 low of €205.75/tonne on their front month despite the Algerian tender above expected to favour European suppliers. In March, futures were running near eight-year highs around €250. European wheat costs have tended to fall with US and Russian prices and receding trade to former top emerging buyer China. EU seasonal exports are also running 23 percent down on the year versus a USDA forecast of near 30 percent drop but are expected to rise in 2020/21 if the crop recovers as expected.

having relinquished an earlier 10 percent+ lead. Traders say a strengthening dollar has been making US prices there less competitive.

Analyst SovEcon raised its Russian 2021 crop forecast from 76.2m to 79.3m tonnes. Like last year, when the crop started low and finished at 85.4m tonnes this might again be revised up.

Current seaon’s world wheat trade is expected to reach a record high 196m tonnes (plus 2.4 percent) – thanks largely to ballooning Chinese demand.

Ukraine has indicated a freer export policy may be operating next season. It would not be surprising to see Russia follow if its crop meets target.

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a 9 percent gain at 130m. The Commission’s own crop monitoring agency MARS expects yields to rise at least 3 percent.

USDA’s March forecasts upgraded Chinese consumption by 5m tonnes. China was also the main factor in a 3.1m tonne reduction in USDA’s world ending stocks forecast for 2020/21.

The Department also added 3m tonnes to Australia’s crop forecast now a record 33m tonnes.

Rains have helped some US wheat areas but others remain at risk of yield loss from severe/extreme drought.

As we went to press CBOT futures were 23 percent dearer than when the season started and almost 50 percent over lows of 2 years ago.

Russian carryover stocks may be 5m tonnes bigger than last year’s by July – a bit over the average of recent years after its export slowdown to protect domestic supply in the face of current crop challenges and inflation fears.

World wheat supplies may get a boost from forecast larger production in India – a sometime exporter when market conditions are right.

The International Grains Council raised its 2020/21 world crop forecast by 5m tonnes in March and maintained a record 790m 2021/22 forecast.

US stocks at the end of next season could be lowest since 2013/14 while EU stocks are already heading for a seven-year low.

Other Maize News China has been buying US maize like there’s no tomorrow.

After massive daily purchases in March, its seasonal commitments have soared to 23.2m tonnes versus same time last year at just 817,000. In March USDA forecast China’s total seasonal imports (from all sources) at 24m tonnes – a number that must surely be revised up yet again. (At the start of the season, USDA was forecasting a mere 7m tonnes).

The China trade is the main reason for a 39 percent (18.5m tonnes) increase expected in US total maize exports and consequent tight ending stock forecasts.

Global maize output is expected to jump by 20m tonnes this season, masinly due to the USA (+14m), Brazil (+7-11m) and South Africa (+1.2m) offset by Argentina minus 3.5m, Ukraine (-6.5m) and the EU (-3m tonnes).

Brazil’s corn consumption has jumped by about 10m tonnes in the past few years to meet growing demands for feed and, to a lesser extent, ethanol. The crop has so far just about kept pace but this year’s late sowing of the export-oriented Safrinha crop does on puts yields at risk.

Much needed rains in third largest exporter Argentina may have helped salvage a drought threatened crop in Argentina, where estimates range around 47.5m tonnes versus the 51m reached in the past two seasons.

Ukrainian analysts expect a bigger 2021 crop to be sown.

Other Soya News – After an unusually late start to harvest, the now top soya producer Brazil was said to be moving towards a more normal shipping schedule. That should mean price competition with the US, which had dominated sales in the recent months of Brazil/ Argentina’s ‘between-crops’ period. US trade has already slowed

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recently with less hectic demand from top buyer China.

Largest soya meal consumer China’s government was reported to be trying to curb rapidly growing use of the protein in animal feeds in favour of cheaper alternatives. Such edicts often have limited impact, however. The main influence on meal use may remain the extent to which China’s pig industry recovers this year from cutbacks caused by an earlier outbreak of African Swine Fever. China is forecast to crush almost 100m tonnes of mostly imported soybeans against 91.5m last season and just 85m in 2018/19.

Badly needed rains may have stabilised the Argentine soya crop around 44/46m tonnes versus an early-season forecast of 53.5m and last year’s 48.8m.

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the rapeseed market is getting. Canada’s end-season stocks (and next season’s carryover too) had already been predicted to fall to an unusually low 700,000 tonnes (from 1.2m) after a couple of years of inadequate crops.

Latest EU forecasts from its crop monitor body MARS meanwhile suggested the bloc’s average canola yields could rise this year by some 3.3 percent on the year and almost seven percent over the five-year-average. But that would imply limited relief to a market facing its own unusually tight starting stocks for the new 2021/22 season.

German co-ops – key contributors to the EU total, meanwhile expect their own winter-sown crop to be slightly smaller this year.

Along with reports of reductions to Ukrainian winter sowings, it puts more pressure on Canada and Australia to raise crops to relieve global supplies.

Canada is approaching the planting season for its mainly springsown crop which officials think could be sown on a larger, 20.1m acre base. Some traders think the high price might encourage even more. Australia – which had a bumper harvest this season, will be planting the next one in coming months.

Strong Chinese imports of rapeseed oil have reportedly exacerbated a squeeze on supplies of rapeseed/canola, helping to drive Winnipeg and Paris futures markets to record highs in March. European crushers have been filling some of the gap created in Chinese imports by a political spat with the latter’s

usual top source, Canada. The USDA meanwhile estimates Chinese 2020/21 seasonal imports at 3m tonnes for rapeseed and 1.8m for the oil.

Already in deep supply deficit (crop 17.1m, crush forecast 23.4m tonnes) the EU was expected to step up imports to exploit good crush margins and, as Canadian and Ukrainian supplies tighten, turn increasingly to Australia’s current crop (which rose to 4m from last year’s 2.33m tonnes).

Despite the China rift, Canada has still managed to raise total exports of canola by 32 percent to almost seven million tonnes so far this season. The USDA expects it to export 10.7m tonnes in total versus 10m last season and 9.2m in 2018/19.

Analysts expect the rapeseed market to remain tight and more expensive than usual but much will also depend on how competing prices of higher-protein soya meal pan out in the months to come.

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Industry Profile

Modern Milltech and DMY

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From humble beginnings to world recognition

egirmencioglu Machinery of Turkey started production within an area of 100 ​​ square metres in Konya in 1977. Today, its activities are being carried out in a modern production facility of 20,000 square metres.

The company we know today was established in 1999 and its

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DEGPA sales and marketing company were established in 2002 with exports continuing to rise rapidly to hold 98 percent of the production being exported to 42 countries.

By acquiring the registered trademark ‘Milltech’ in 2007, the company quickly become primarily known worldwide under this brand which allowed its long-standing equipment reliability and quality finally recognised.

Today it builds flour mills that can produce flour starting from 25 tonnes per day with capacities up to 1000 tonnes per day, and

are being established on a turnkey basis around the world.

Digitalisation and Export

It successfully continues its digitalisation projects in research and development studies with Government supports through KOSGEB. The ‘Digitalization in Production’ project was shown to be among the top five exemplary projects among 8000 projects considered by the KOSGEB. It’s progress with its digitalisation and automation studies in quality control under Değirmencioğlu Makine are making for smarter, more energy efficient and profitable factories.

Degirmencioglu Makine, which is constantly carrying out research the development work to meet customer expectations, has succeeded in making the brand ‘DMY’ recokgnised in the establishment of feed factories.

“More than 700 projects have been successfully delivered to our customers on turnkey basis from past to present,” says the company.

“These projects include flour mills, corn mills, semolina mills and feedmills,” it adds.

“Our customers' expectations and satisfaction are our top priority. In this context, we are constantly making innovations and revisions in our machines and projects.

“We always prioritise continuous quality improvement and ease of use in our products,” it concludes.

The after-sales service of these projects has also “come to life” and is well managed. For this, the company always keeps a stock of sufficient spare parts to support customers at short notice.

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Vorarlberger Mill, Austria

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Equipping a traditional flour mill for the future

he Vorarlberger Mill in Austria epitomises the successful combination of tradition and cutting-edge technology.

The introduction of Bühler’s Integrated Grinding System (IGS), the Arrius, two years ago has not only improved efficiency and quality, it also future-proofs the mill’s technology, so that it is ready to take advantage of increasing digitalisation.

Located in Austria’s western most community of Feldkirch, the Vorarlberger Mill is nestled in between the sloping foothills at the entry of the Ill Valley, near the border to Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein.

The region is blessed with a rich heritage and is proud of its culture, new and old.

The same goes for the Vorarlberger cuisine which is deeply rooted in tradition. Local specialties include Riebel – a dish based on fried semolina – Spätzle, the famous pasta from the ‘Ländle’, and Vorarlberger Streuselkuchen.

They may have humble origins, but today they form a colourful mélange of traditional rustic recipes and modern ideas and sophistication, diverse but typical and enriched with authenticity and style.

This is the local culture in which the Vorarlberger Mill has its roots and whose needs it strives to meet. It’s not all about size, but about quality and variety, according to Heinz Kollmann, Head of Production and Technology at the mill.

“We are a relatively small mill,” he says. “This is why our employees are all the more challenged to deliver the best products with which our customers can celebrate perfect cooking and baking successes.”

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Founded in 1926, the current business is based on the merger in 1992 of three mills in the Vorarlberger region.

Of the three original joint venture partners, two remain involved in the company today: the Rhomberg family and the Hagen family – both with long milling histories in Vorarlberg. In addition to the flour mill, the company also has a feedmill and a wood pellets production facility in Dornbirn, Austria.

The business prides itself on the continuation of traditions with a modern flavor. Its diverse range of user-friendly flour recipes are all based on Vorarlberger originals.

‘Vorarlberger Kuchenmehl’ (Vorarlberger cake flour) and ‘Vorarlberger Spätzlemehl’ (Vorarlberger spaetzle flour) are household names in the region, for commercial customers and private consumers alike.

“The mill processes around 20,000 tonnes of wheat, durum and spelt annually. These are relatively small quantities in a European context but regionally the mill is one of the larger ones,” says Mr Kollmann.

Mr Kollmann comes from a milling family and has been involved in milling since childhood. After graduating from the milling school and master school for milling in Wels, he continued his career with an apprenticeship as a baker.

He knows the ins and out of milling in minute detail and is committed to providing customers with high-quality products whilst ensuring the highest level of safety and sustainability in production. He also understands the challenges his industry faces.

The ongoing drive for efficiency

“Milling has always been about efficiency – creating the most from the raw material available at minimum cost and of course within quality limits. Efficiency is thus king when it comes to new investments,” says Mr Kollmann.

The Vorarlberger Mill is a five-story swing-mill with a capacity of 110 tonnes of wheat and 90 tonnes of durum

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per 24-hour operation. The mill’s silos hold 8500 tonnes of grain. Five different types of semolina are produced alone.

“What really matters to us are extraction rates, consistent quality, quick recipe swaps and fast product change times.

In comparison to these, pure throughput and capacity are not the most critical factors,” he says.

The range of end-products manufactured at the Vorarlberger Mill is impressive: there are over 30 different flours, semolina and baking mixes.

“Schnell & Gut” is the leading brand in Austria with 10 different product mixes. The products form the basis for many of the new and traditional recipes of the region and beyond. The customers include commercial and industrial bakeries, restaurants, food service providers and large pasta

factories in Austria and neighboring countries. Private households buy the products mainly in grocery stores but also directly through sales via the mill.

Eighty percent of the grain comes from the plains of Lower Austria. The mill has its own railway connection.

“The Vorarlberger Mill is not located in one of the main harvest regions of Austria. That is a competitive disadvantage. As we’re committed to our business here in the Vorarlberg, we need to compensate with product quality, efficiency and innovation,” says Mr Kollmann. And this is where leading-edge technology comes into play.

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roller mills, which had been in service for several decades.

By modern standards these had become outdated both in terms of hygiene and safety, and mechanical components had reached the end of their lifecycle. A complete replacement was necessary.

The millers therefore decided to replace the old system with Bühler’s 0-series Arrius grinding systems. Altogether fourteen MDDC roller mills were replaced with 12 Arrius Integrated Grinding System (IGS).

After the old roller mills were removed, the floors had to be reinforced to bear the additional weight of the new system.

The complete realisation of the project including the necessary building adaptation took approximately one month. Mechanical works started end of July and lasted until August 26, 2018. Commissioning was then completed within a week.

“With the introduction of Arrius we skipped three generations of roller systems,” says Mr Kollmann.

“Not everything went smoothly at the beginning. We knew the set up would be a real stretch for us. Both teams at the mill and Bühler had to rise to the challenges. For example, the control and setting of the feeding module was a task that required good collaboration between Bühler and the Vorarlberger Mill. All parties did a fantastic job which paid out in the end.”

Positive impact - today and tomorrow

The business is seeing the benefits already. The amount of manual work has decreased, there is less need to change machine settings and overall efficiency has increased. “‘Set it and forget it’ is what I like to say – we set the grinding gap once and we know it will remain stable,” says Mr Kollmann.

Arrius not only brings added automation, it also provides the flexibility required to change recipes quickly and to accurately control the starch damage, ensuring a highly stable grinding performance. Safety and ease of maintenance have also improved. The IGS stays closed when it is in operation. When it is not operating, it is easy to access the feeding module and grinding chamber, making it much faster to carry out roller changes and regular maintenance works.

“A nice side effect of Arrius is also the reduced noise emission. It runs really quietly which has improved the working conditions within the mill,” says Mr Kollmann.

“Next to the commercial factors, it really enriches the work experience.”

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Arrius MRRA is the first fully integrated grinding system (IGS). It sets a new benchmark in grinding performance for wheat, durum, rye, barley, corn and spelt. It offers eight distinct advantages that make it suitable to contend with the pressure on milling to come: Energy efficiency - Enabling mechanical energy recovery, the integrated drive unit consisting of motor and gearbox the efficient system allows for energy savings of up to 10% compared to conventional systems using belt drives.

Building investments savings - Direct suction and integrated drive unit allow for installation on one floor reducing building investment costs. An alternative version with outlet hopper is also available.

Fast installation - The plug-and-play design features an integrated drive unit and switch cabinet, significantly reducing installation time. The system setup requires only three connecting cables (power supply, emergency stop, communication) and compressed air and product inlet/outlet.

Best grinding efficiency - The feed module with asymmetrical inlet and distribution screw ensures uniform mixing and distribution of the grain over the entire grinding gap. The pre-stressed rollers allow for up to 10% higher starch damage with the same energy consumption compared to conventional roller mills. The pre-stressed rollers ensure a precise and stable grinding gap.

Maximum food safety - All surfaces in contact with the product are made of stainless steel and other food-grade materials. The entire inlet area of the feeding module is accessible for cleaning through the inlet door. Product deposits are reduced by a simplified grinding chamber design and improves aspiration. Hygienic levelling feet allow for cleaning under the machine.

Highest operational safety - The grinding chamber is secured by an electronic lock. Roller and bearing temperature are continuously monitored, an alert activation and stop function of the drives ensure safe operation. The grinding chamber doors are fitted with hand guards for safe product sampling.

Best-in class usability - An intuitive user-interface simplifies the operation of the Arrius. All main operating parameters of the grinding system are displayed on the main screen.

Operating parameters can be easily monitored and changed via touch screen fitted on each side of the Arrius. The touch screens are mounted on swiveling arms allowing for a direct view even during product sampling.

Improved flexibility - Thanks to the integrated web server, Arrius can be operated by smartphone, tablet or PC within the mill.

The business is now not only well set up to meet today’s requirements in terms of technology, hygiene and safety, it is also ready for the future.

“With the installation of Arrius we can easily increase capacities should the market demand it and grasp the opportunities offered by further digitalisation,” says Mr Kollmann.

“This project has definitely secured the mill’s success for generations to come.”

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Visitors, exhibitors, and all other attendees’ health and safety is a priority, rescheduling the fair to have an even more successful fair in the future is the best decision here.

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16-17 Solids Dortmund 2020 Dortmund, Germany www.easyfairs.com POSTPONED UNTIL 16-17 February, 2022

18-20 IDMA and VICTAM EMEA 2021 Istanbul, Turkey www.idmavictam.com NEW DATE TBC

18-20 Ildex Vietnam 2020 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam https://www.ildex-vietnam.com POSTPONED UNTIL 21-23 July, 2021

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October 13-15 Vietstock 2021 Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam www.vietstock.org

The International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) has been recognised as one of The Trade Show Executive’s ‘Gold 100’ and the fastest 50 growing annual trade shows in the USA. IPPE announced its recognition by The Executive which is ranked by net square feet of exhibit space for 2019. IPPE came in at number 21 on that listing, up from number 31 in 2018.

Trade Show Executive also recognised IPPE as part of their ‘Fastest 50’, ranked by percentage of growth in net square feet, for which IPPE came in at number 26. IPPE is sponsored by the US Poultry & Egg Association, American Feed Industry Association and the North American Meat Institute.

'IPPE's recognition by Trade Show Executive is wonderful news, and we are honoured to be acknowledged for the IPPE's growth.

This recognition is indicative of the synergies gained from our combined efforts and even more so from the commitment of our loyal exhibitors, attendees and members from around the world.

“We are excited about the upcoming 2022 IPPE and are looking forward to an in-person trade show,” say show organisers.

The 2022 IPPE will take place January 25-27 at the Georgia World Congress Centre in Atlanta, USA. 2023

June 8-10 VIV Turkey Istanbul, Turkey www.hkf-fairs.com

The International Trade Fair for Poultry & Technologies, 10th VIV Turkey 2023 will be held on June 8-10, 2023 at halls 1 & 2 of the Istanbul Expo Centre under the license of VNU Exhibitions and with the organisation of HKF Trade Fairs.

In line with the growing poultry demand in this region, VIV Turkey provides a dedicated one-stop platform for the region’s poultry industry to meet, network and understand the intricacies involved in conducting business in such a diverse and challenging territory.

VIV Turkey is the second biggest fair in all of the VIV family and focuses exclusively on the poultry market.

For further details about stand booking, sponsorship options and more, contact Hande ÇakıcıFFF at hande@hkf-fairs.com

INDUSTRY EVENTS The IGC Grains Virtual Conference The IGC Grains Virtual Conference is still due to take place this year. Set to be held from June 8-9, its program features workshops and panellists that will talk through a range of topics such as trade policy, climate change, and strategic risk.

Day One - Tuesday June 8, 2021

There will be six sessions throughout the day: Trade policy, Strategic risk, Trade finance, Climate change, Trade and resilient food systems, and Regional snapshot South East Asia.

Day Two - Wednesday June 9, 2021

This day will be dedicated to six workshops: Rice, Feed demand, Oilseeds, Regional snapshot, Cereals, and Pulses.

A panel of experts will be looking ahead to what can be expected in the upcoming years. An assumed improvement in economic conditions across the board would likely boost demand on food and industrial sectors.

However, will high prices contain the potential for growth? In this regard, much will also depend on crop outcomes and policies in key exporters, spanning the EU, the Black Sea region, the America and Asia.

Alltech One Ideas Conference to launch virtually The Alltech ONE Ideas Conference (ONE) will launch virtually on May 25–27, 2021, featuring tracks that will uncover the challenges and opportunities in the aqua, beef, crop science, dairy, equine, health and wellness, pet, pig and poultry sectors.

Now in its 37th year, Alltech’s global agri-food conference continues to be an invaluable resource, uniting thought-leaders and changemakers in an exploration of the power of science, sustainability and storytelling. Over 40 topics are slated for discussion at ONE, although changes may still be made.

Below are just some of the topics due to appear in the conference, along with their relevant sectors.

Pet Beef Pig Crop science Poultry Dairy Health and wellness The ONE virtual platform will provide access to on-demand tracks, streaming keynote presentations and live Q&A chats with select speakers. This year, it will also offer an interactive networking experience, allowing attendees to connect with their peers from around the world.

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Elevator buckets

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

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

Cimbria Srl +39 0542 361423 www.cimbria.com

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

Maxtex Trading Group Co. Ltd. +66 29488281 www.maxtex.net

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

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

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

Computer software

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

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Inteqnion +31 543 49 44 66 www.inteqnion.com Van Aarsen International +31 475 579 444 www.aarsen.com

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

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Mühlenchemie GmbH & Co KG +49 4102 202 001 www.muehlenchemie.com

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

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

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

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

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

Yemmak +90 266 7338363 www.yemmak.com

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Feed nutrition Adisseo + 33 1 46 74 70 00 www.adisseo.com Anpario +44 1909 537 380 www.anpario.com Biomin +43 2782 8030 www.biomin.net Evonik Nutrition & Care GmbH +49 618 1596785 www.evonik.com/animal-nutrition Hamlet Protein A/S + 45 75 63 10 20 www.hamletprotein.com PHIBRO +1 201 329 7300 www.pahc.com R-Biopharm Rhône Ltd +44 141 945 2924 www.r-biopharm.com Romer Labs Division Holding GmbH +43 2782 803 0 www.romerlabs.com The Anderson Inc +1 419-897-6758 www.andersonsgrain.com

Feed milling Bühler AG +41 71 955 11 11 www.buhlergroup.com Dinnissen BV +31 77 467 3555 www.dinnissen.nl FAMSUN +86 85828888 www.famsungroup.com Friedrich electronic +49 6406 1509 www.friedrich-electronic.de Milltech Tel: +90 332 502 13 00 www.milltech.com.tr Myande +86-514-87849111 www.myandegroup.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 VAV Conveyor Components & Solutions +31 7140 23701 www.vav-nl.com Viteral +90 332 2390 141 www.viteral.com.tr Yemmak +90 266 7338363 www.yemmak.com

Zheng Chang +86 2164184200 www.zhengchang.com

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

Zhengzhou Golden Grain Equipment Engineering Co., Ltd +86 371 68631308 www.g-grain.com

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Feed Mill Automation Bühler AG +41 71 955 11 11 www.buhlergroup.com Van Aarsen International +31 475 579 444 www.aarsen.com

Flour Improvers Mühlenchemie GmbH & Co KG +49 4102 202 001 www.muehlenchemie.com

Grain handling systems Behlen +1 402 564 3111 www.behlengrainsystems.com Brock +1 866 658 4191 www.brockgrain.com Bühler AG +41 71 955 11 11 www.buhlergroup.com Cimbria A/S +45 96 17 90 00 www.cimbria.com Lambton Conveyor +1 519 627 8228 www.lambtonconveyor.com Ozpolat Makina Gida +90 342 337 1217 www.ozpolatmakina.com.tr Port Tarragona +34 977 259 400 www.porttarragona.cat Siwertell AB +46 4285880 www.bruks-siwertell.com Sukup Europe +45 75685311 www.sukup-eu.com Symaga +34 91 726 43 04 www.symaga.com Tapco Inc +1 314 739 9191 www.tapcoinc.com The Essmueller +1 800 325 7175 www.essmueller.com

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Loading/un-loading equipment Bühler AG +41 71 955 11 11 www.buhlergroup.com Dinnissen BV +31 77 467 3555 www.dinnissen.nl MSC +44 1473 277 777 msc.com/sugar

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

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Mill design & installation Alapala +90 212 465 60 40 www.alapala.com ASG Group (Degirmen Makine) +90 342 357 01 50 www.degirmen.com

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

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

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

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Rolls Bühler AG +41 71 955 11 11 www.buhlergroup.com Fundiciones Balaguer, S.A. +34 965564075 www.balaguer-rolls.com Statec Binder +43 3112 38 5800 www.statec-binder.com Yenar Dˆk¸m A.S. +90 332 2391073 www.yenar.com.tr

Roller mills Alapala +90 212 465 60 40 www.alapala.com ASG Group (Degirmen Makine) +90 342 357 01 50 www.degirmen.com

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

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

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

Silo Construction & Engineering +32 51723128 www.sce.be Van Aarsen International +31 475 579 444 www.aarsen.com

Yemmak +90 266 7338363 www.yemmak.com

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

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

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

Pellet press

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

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

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

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

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

Milltech Tel: +90 332 502 13 00 www.milltech.com.tr

Hydronix +44 1483 468900 www.hydronix.com Zaccaria +55 19 3404 5700 www.zaccaria.com.br

Moisture measurement Bühler AG +41 71 955 11 11 www.buhlergroup.com Hydronix +44 1483 468900 www.hydronix.com Vibrafloor +33 3 85 44 06 78 www.vibrafloor.com Vibronet Graef +49 6441 62031 www.vibronet.com

Mycotoxin management Adisseo + 33 1 46 74 70 00 www.adisseo.com Biomin +43 2782 8030 www.biomin.net

Packaging Aybakar AS +90 312 398 0247 www.aybakar.com.tr Bühler AG +41 71 955 11 11 www.buhlergroup.com

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

Pingle +86 311 88268111 www.plflourmill.com

Yemmak +90 266 7338363 www.yemmak.com

Selis +90 222 236 12 33 www.selis.com.tr Yemtar Feed Mill Machines +90 266 733 8550 www.yemtar.com

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

Roll fluting

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

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

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

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

Yenar Dˆk¸m A.S. +90 332 2391073 www.yenar.com.tr

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

Inteqnion +31 543 49 44 66 www.inteqnion.com Ottevanger Milling Engineers +31 79 593 22 21 www.ottevanger.com Van Aarsen International +31 475 579 444 www.aarsen.com

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

Scalling Bühler AG +41 71 955 11 11 www.buhlergroup.com NorthWind +1 785 284 0080 www.northwindts.com

Sukup +1 641 892 4222 www.sukup.com

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

Symaga +34 91 726 43 04 www.symaga.com

Brock +1 866 658 4191 www.brockgrain.com

Top Silo Constructions (TSC) +31 543 473 979 www.tsc-silos.com

Bühler AG +41 71 955 11 11 www.buhlergroup.com Dinnissen BV +31 77 467 3555 www.dinnissen.nl

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

Temperature monitoring

Filip GmbH +49 5241 29330 www.filip-gmbh.com

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

Gazel +90 364 2549630 www.gazelmakina.com

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

Koyuncu Sanayi +91 224 723 92 92 www.koyuncufirca.com

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

Sefar AG +41 898 57 00 www.sefar.com

IAOM +1 913 338 3377 www.iaom.info

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

IFF +495307 92220 www.iff-braunschweig.de

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

Silos

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AGI www.aggrowth.com

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UK Flour Millers +44 2074 932521 www.ukflourmillers.org

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the interview

Arnaud Petit, Executive Director of the International Grains Council (IGC)

Arnaud Petit was appointed Executive Director of the International Grains Council (IGC) in February 2018. IGC is an intergovernmental organisation based in London offering independent analysis on grains, oilseeds, rice and pulses markets to its member governments to promote international trade in grains. It also provides information to non-government subscribers. IGC provides an important international platform for discussions between policy makers and the private sector.

It also serves as the Secretariat for the Food Assistance Committee helping to facilitate networking within the donor community to improve the efficacy of food assistance.

From 2005- 2017 Mr. Petit worked at the European Farmers and agri-cooperatives Union (Copa-Cogeca), as Director for Commodities and Trade. He was also a Member of the Executive Committee of the European Technology Platform “Plants for the future” (2009-2017) and a Member of the Experts Group on EU-US trade negotiations at the European Commission (2014-2017). From 2000 -2005 he served as Policy Advisor for European Affairs at the National Chamber for Agriculture in Paris, and Deputy Member of the European Economic and Social Committee (2000-2005). He holds an MA in Agricultural Economics from the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies, Montpellier, France What made you focus on the grain industry as a career?

The grains industry is a very dynamic one. I’ve never seen two marketing years with similar in trends. The most interesting with the grains industry is to monitor a diversity of activities in food, feed and biofuels sectors.

What issues have shaped the grain sector and IGC over recent decades?

The increased complexity of the grains value chain induced more market transparency on the various grains market.

This is why the IGC’s scope of activities enlarged from wheat in 1945 to more than 17 commodities today, including rice and oilseed complex. The grains sector took also the benefit of the globalisation of the economies involved. The recent development in trade policies as well as the resilience of the sector during the Covid-19 pandemic has shown that the cooperation between countries and between public and private sector is vital.

This is the aim of the International Grains Conference to be held on the June 8-9, 2021.

Is there concern that supplies might fall short of demand at some point?

During the two last decades, the supply has been able to cope with the increased demand of food and industrial usage. This has been predominantly achieved by increased productivity (up by 990 MT) rather than the extension of arable crops area (up 102 million ha). But beyond the global supply, the fact that stocks-to-use ratio of the main exporters is not improving in the short to medium term might be a concern for the grains market stability.

As the IGC’s Executive Director what are the concerns your sector faces in terms meeting future demand?

The Covid-19 pandemic crises highlighted some trends in cereals consumption including in Asia, where the consumption of cereal-based product remain firm. The milling wheat market would expand more quickly in comparison to the last five years. This mean logistics and trade facilitation will be even more relevant in the future.

What are your views on whether grain producers can meet the food demands of a global population that will reach 9.5 billion by 2050?

Yes, grain producers are entrepreneurs and market signals are incentivising them to improve their productivity. Farming activity has been always part of solutions for society, being that starvation, land management and now climate change mitigation. Grain producers need the right toolbox in order to produce efficiently and a grain market that is functioning well.

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PEOPLE THE INDUSTRY FACES Oman Flour Mills announce new CEO of Atyab Food Industries

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man Flour Mills are proud to announce Mr Ali Bakhit Hassan Kashoob as CEO of Atyab Food Industries, which is one of its subsidiaries.

Oman Flour Mills Company was established in 1977 and is a public limited company.

It was the first food manufacturing company in the Sultanate of Oman and is a market leader in flour products, bakery products, and animal feed.

Atyab Food Industries is a fully automated production facility which has acquired the latest baking innovations to produce both fresh and frozen bakery products and confectionery items.

Mr Ali Kashoob holds an MBA from UK based Strathclyde Business School and a BSc from Sultan Qaboos University. He is also a graduate of the IMD Switzerland CEO program.

With more than sixteen years of experience in our industry, Mr Kashoob has led multimillion Dollar projects from initiation to completion. He is also a member of the Oman Business Forum and a speaker at many national and international conferences.

Perendale Publishers Ltd announce new editorial team appointment

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erendale Publishers Ltd, producers of Milling and Grain Magazine, are proud to announce the appointment of Levana Hall to the position of Editorial Assistant.

Born in the county of Shropshire and now based in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Ms Hall studied Fine Art at the University of Gloucestershire with a focus on abstract painting.

“Becoming an Editorial Assistant at Perendale Publishers puts me behind-the-scenes, working on the publishing material. The majority of my input is directed toward putting together blog posts and newsletters.

“Proofreading the magazines has turned out to be a surprising perk of the job; I am always learning new things, the topics in our magazines are interesting to read about,” says Ms Hall.

“Being a member of the team has been a great experience, and I am hoping to meet even more of the group in time,” she concludes.

Wheatsheaf Group announce CEO for new venture

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heatsheaf Group announce that Dr Peter Kristensen is the newly appointed Chief Executive Officer of its new venture Synomics.

Overseen by Dr Kristensen, Wheatsheaf Group’s new venture will be able to uncover deep biological insights from large quantities of data to determine precise biological interventions, in order to improve the yield and resilience of crops and livestock.

Dr Peter Kristensen says that the success of the business will be judged on the quality and biology of the food produced through the insights it can deliver, “Unlocking the power of biology to enable new innovation through the food chain in order to ultimately feed the world's billions in a sustainable way is a gigantic ambition,” he admits, “but I believe we can give the industry the insights to do it.”

The US Department of Agriculture announced two senior appointments

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he USDA are pleased announce the appointment of Dr Dewayne Goldmon as Senior Advisor for Racial Equity to the Secretary of Agriculture. Goldmon has served for the past year as Executive Director of the National Black Growers Council (NBGC).

He has more than 30 years of experience in the agricultural sector and is also a farmer in southeast Arkansas. Before joining the NGBC, he helped to form the organisation and served as its initial advisor.

“We need to accelerate a transformation of our food system, and that begins with embracing a call for racial justice and equity across food, agriculture and rural America,” says Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.

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he USDA also announces the appointment of Andy Green as Senior Advisor for Fair and Competitive Markets. Most recently, Mr Green served as a Senior Fellow for Economic Policy at the Center for American Progress in Washington, DC.

He writes and speaks regularly about subjects that range from financial markets and regulation to the economy and the middle class. Prior to joining CAP, he served as counsel to Kara Stein, commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

“We must create a more level playing field for small and medium producers and a more balanced, equitable economy for everyone working in food and agriculture, including immigrants and seasonal farmworkers,” says Mr Vilsack.

“We are grateful to have Andy join the team to help us build a fairer, more transparent food system.”

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