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42 Mill E3: Unveiling of new high-tech plant is “a transformative moment in the history of flour milling”

46 Feed ingredients: Using antioxidants to manage oxidation and preserve quality

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50 Producing algae proteins for animal feed from CO2

54 China Promoting grain saving & loss reduction strategies 56 Using science to make animal agriculture sustainability possible 58 Coffee degassing

118 People news from the global milling industry

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62 How to adapt manufacturing, service and supply systems to turn stress into success

66 The pelleting process in feed production 70 Pulses: An ancient crop making a comeback 74 A new level of sorting precision

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102 Event listings, reviews and previews

78 Argonauta - continued STORAGE 82

Achieving peak packaging performance

86 Slide gates: Solid state, pressure free grain handling

TRAINING

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COVER IMAGE: Mill E3 - Unveiling of new high-tech plant is “a transformative moment in the history of flour milling” - see more on page 42

Grit and determination

We are creeping closer to the end of the year and must look forward with hope, rather than anxiety, to 2022. We should also be hopeful that the coming year will deliver greater normality and remove this constant worry of Covid-19, which hangs over our heads like a modern-day Sword of Damocles – a reference which happens to date back to an ancient moral parable popularised by the Roman philosopher Cicero in 45 BC.

Roger Gilbert

Working under Covid restrictions, which vary between country and between states within countries, is challenging enough, but trying to drive the business of food production forward with new technologies whilst also adopting new scientific findings, requires some grit and determination on everyone’s part.

The world still needs to be fed and the global community still grows at over 70 million people per year. Food production, its processing and distribution along time-tested supply chains cannot fail us - as we have seen in other industries where interruptions have cause shortages.

Our industry must adapt and evolve with the goal of meeting localised demand for high-quality, safe and affordable foodstuffs.

And nowhere is this adoption more evident that in this the latest edition of Milling and Grain magazine.

The advancement of technology that has resulted in the design and equipping of the revolutionary E3 Flour Mill by Bühler is a case in point. Whilst construction and commissioning may have been interrupted and deflected from its original pre-Covid schedule, the fact remains that this ultra-modern plant has been built and commissioned in record time - for its capacity and at lower cost which in turn has reduced the overall capital investment compared to more traditional builds.

We report on this development from the supplier company’s point-of-view on pages 42-44 in this edition. This follows on from an end-of-October announcement launching the new Whitworth Bros Ltd mill in Wellingborough near Northhampton in the UK to

the milling industry worldwide.

Milling and Grain will be visiting the plant itself in the new year and will report on its operation from a technical and quality control perspective as evidence of our industry embracing greater mechanical and digital technological advances with every new build.

We all had an opportunity in late-October to attend the online launch and to spend the day reviewing what has gone into this new E3 Flour Mill and this created a lot of discussion around how we perceive our industry’s future.

Bühler is not the only company pushing the boundaries of flour mill development however.

Similar to the Ottevanger company of The Netherlands, which has long developed a containerised feedmill, the Italian company Ocrim is achieving a similar approach with a pre-fabricated flour mill that offers modest-capacities for mills in more remote locations.

In our serialised book on ‘The Argonauta’ by Dr Sergio Antolini of Ocrim, Italy, seeks to refresh our memory of the history of grain growing and milling from ancient Greek times (see pages 78-80) and the esteem it was held in for millennia.

If we are to ensure grains and wheat in particular remain the cornerstone of human nutrition (and of course I include rice in that statement), our industry has to think on its feet.

Talking, drawing, building and supporting technical and nutritional improvement is the only way we have of staying ahead of human food demand. Whilst much of the industry is producing just-in-time flour, we should also take the time to look at the overall production chain and identify where we might be vulnerable to ‘Black Swan’ events; happenings that are unlikely to happen and possibly haven’t happened in the past, but appear as potential weak points in our production systems.

The pandemic might be considered a ‘Black Swan’ event - given the lack of preparedness and joined-up government planning, which is impacting us now. Our global wheat supply and production chains might be exposed and may deserve attention to prevent such events from impacting the supply of flour to retailers and consumers.

John Buckley is back in this edition with his commodities report and as a consequence, his observations and fact finding are now available in our additional language editions. Happy reading!

COFFEE DEGASSING

MILL E3

The surprisingly interesting & crucial stage of coffee processing

Unveiling of new high-tech plant is “a transformative moment in the history of flour milling”

Arguably one of the lesser known stages of coffee processing, degassing is a commonly used term to describe a natural reaction that occurs once coffee has been roasted.

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Situated in the north of England at Whitley Bridge in Yorkshire, a new milling plant is being described as a transformative moment in the history of flour milling.

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Welcome to the November edition of Milling and Grain magazine and this its repective Global Miller column. With the year about to wrap up it's probably time that those of us in the northern hemisphere started to follow suit in a clothing sense.

Thomas Kristensen – Cimbria Thomas Kristensen, the Product Manager for Grain and Seed at Cimbria in Denmark - joined the Rongorongo Live video studio recently to talk about sustainability in the milling industry’s production processes. Cimbria has introduced new bamboo flights for chain conveyors, which is food-grade, safe and durable. In addition they are proving advantageous in reducing micro-plastics being generated from plastic flights. Bamboo is just one natural product the industry should be looking to use others should be adopted, says Thomas. See the full interview with Thomas on our homepage! mymag.info/e/1213

Clarissa De Garza de Yta - MAG Clarissa De Garza de Yta is our new Managing Director for Milling and Grain for Latin America.

She is based in Mexico and comes to us with good communications skills, an understanding of nutrition and has excellent connections in the food protein sector in the region.

We had the opportunity to talk to Clarissa in the Rongorongo Live video studio last month and she explained a little about her working background. See her full interview on our hompage.

Milling and Grain values its Spanish-language edition and is keen to ensure that all those who want a printed copy receive one. Due to the on-going consequences of Covid and the interruption to supply chains it’s increasingly important that we make copies freely available to those who want it.

Please contact Clarissa (see our masthead for her contact details) if you would like to be placed on her mailing lists for our magazine.

And as our desk calendars are flipped over for the penultimate occasion in 2021, one could be forgiven for wondering where much of this year has gone, with 2021 feeling like it has been shortened somehow - more of a “clockdown” than a lockdown then, if you like.

As many of you will be well aware, alongside this column there is also an online news service that carries the Global Miller name.

Highlights from this past month include various companies, including Dinnissen, receiving recognition for the maintenance of high standards, whilst other organisations have taken the opportunity to share news of new appointments with our readers, so be sure to visit http://gfmt.blogspot.com/ to find out more.

Should you have any news that you would like our editorial team to share on this unique news service platform, then please send it to: editorial@perendale.co.uk Returning to this edition of the magazine, which contains accounts from companies who through guile and cunning have spun the apparent doom and gloom of the past 18 months into opportunity some even enjoying unprecedented levels of success.

From reading through these accounts, it soon becomes apparent that resilience and adaptability are just two of the buzzwords that feature throughout - resilience to interruption and adaptability to change.

That’s change both in terms of the manner and rate of supply, as well as not only dealing with the current status quo, but discovering opportunities that may arise from a change of demand.

In other words, they have chosen to wear their football boots rather than their diving boots and when it came to making the vital decisions, they have been able to jump rather than be pushed.

There is an old adage that opportunity arises when obligation is abandoned. However, in this case obligation has not been abandoned, more that opportunity has not been recognised and its potential not fully realised.

Perhaps those companies that have not enjoyed success were so focused on maintaining what they had and merely surviving, that their eyes were blinkered to seeing the cloud’s silver lining - one can only speculate at this stage.

That said, it is only human nature to want to survive during a time of crisis, and that was very much what the past 20 or so months has been.

All companies, no matter how large or small, also have employees whose families depend on their salary - so making the wrong decision could be the first pages of several tragic tales of human endeavour.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing and just because the gamble paid off for some, that doesn’t mean that others are failures for holding their cards close to their chests.

Let us not forget that survival is in itself a level of success, one that many companies throughout the world were not able to achieve. gfmt.blogspot.com

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Mühlenchemie announces winner of 2020 Flour Sack of the Year Award

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ach year flour treatment specialist Mühlenchemie recognises a flour sack whose artwork communicates the significance of this most important staple food in a particularly noteworthy way. The 2020 Flour Sack of The Year comes from Indian mill Vivek Agro Foods.

The sacks are exhibited in the FlourWorld Museum, founded in 2008 at the initiative of Mühlenchemie. The museum and the award represent a thanks to millers around the world. The artwork of the Vivek Agro Foods sack is an abstract expression of delight in high-quality flour and the baked goods made from it.

Biren Palani, Managing Director of Stern Ingredients India, presented the 2020 Flour Sack Award to Prashant Jain, Managing Director of Vivek Agro Foods. The meeting of over 1000 grain and flour experts from around the world at the Digital Millers' Conference 2021 provided a worthy setting for the award presentation.

Vivek Agro Foods, a mill in the Apex Mills Group, is one of the leading suppliers of wheat products in India.

The company processes grain for consumers into various products, especially atta, maida, sooji, wheat germ and wheat bran. Vivek Agro Foods operates three processing lines with a total capacity exceeding 700 tonnes per day.

and the myths around this staple food. The exhibition expresses appreciation for all the millers who daily supply people with flour and informs visitors of its history and importance.

“We are very proud that one of our flour sacks was made 2020 Flour Sack of The Year,” says Mr Jain. “For our premium flour we put special effort into the packaging, because a special flour deserves special design. Our customers also appreciate it. This award spurs us on to continue to design creative and unique artwork,” he concludes.

It stands for life, health & prosperity The 2020 flour sack of the year differs from previous award winners by virtue of its abstract colour design, whose energy and colours express the joy that flour as a staple food gives.

It stands for life, health and prosperity. At the same time, the artwork symbolises growth and positive thinking, and thus also the passion millers have for their products. The design reflects the happiness that baked goods bring to consumers, whether through to the enjoyment of eating, or through the life- and heath-giving properties of flour.

The abstract symbolism won over the jury, “Flour sacks are more than just packaging. Vivek Agro Foods demonstrates this particularly impactfully. The artwork communicates a passionate brand message that expresses everything flour stands for,” says jury chairman Volkmar Wywiol. “We wish to recognise this creativity, and so we chose Vivek Agro Foods as the winner of the 2020 Flour Sack Award.”

The tradition, the history and the myths Like the winners of previous years, the Vivek Agro Foods flour sack will receive a place of honour in the Hall of Fame of Mühlenchemie's FlourWorld Musuem. This museum in Wittenburg houses the world's largest collection of flour sacks, with over 3700 sacks from over 140 countries.

The images on the sacks speak of the tradition, the history

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New sustainable supplement provides omega-3 fatty acids

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new, microalgae-derived, omega-3 fatty acid supplement has been launched by Anpario plc.

Optomega Algae, which sits within the independent manufacturer and distributor of feed additives for livestock’s Optomega product range, is a dry, free-flowing powder composed of algae oil, formulated on a unique carrier system and packaged in foil-lined bags for optimum shelf-life and product freshness.

“A specific species of microalgae is used to produce Optomega Algae. Through fermentation processes, the microalgae provide a rich source of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids, specifically docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)”, says David Wilde, Global Innovation Manager at Anpario.

“Our range provides a choice of essential omega-3 fatty acid supplements all from sustainable sources.”

The microalgae production process is highly sustainable and utilises renewable sugarcane production, with waste cane stocks being used as an energy source to power the production facility.

Developed for use in all species Optomega Algae has been developed for use in all species, targeted at breeding animals and producers

supplying enriched meat, milk and eggs containing higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids.

DHA is a recognised, digestible energy source helping to support the energy balance and thus optimise lactation performance, growth rates and productivity. Higher levels of these essential fatty acids can also help to maintain skin and coat condition, as well as feather quality.

“The role of omega-3 fatty acids has been well researched over the past 20 years and increased levels in human diets has been associated with multiple benefits in supporting human health”, explains Mr Wilde.

Increased DHA has been shown to have a role in preventing and managing heart disease and maintaining blood pressure. It is also essential for eye health and vision and contributes to the normal functioning of the brain and nervous system.

“Our new product offers a consistent, high level of DHA, with over 35 percent of total fatty acids coming from this biologically important omega-3,” adds Mr Wilde. “DHA is well documented to support fertility in all classes of livestock and can also assist in elevating omega-3 levels in meat, milk and eggs.”

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In memoriam: Phil Raimondo, Chairman & CEO of Behlen Mfg Co

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t is with great difficulty and with heavy hearts that we share the sad news of the passing of Phil Raimondo, Chairman & CEO of Behlen Mfg Co, on Sunday, October 3, 2021 at the age of 59.

Mr Raimondo’s career with Behlen spanned more than 30 years, and he was committed to growing and nurturing the manufacturing workforce. Located in the American Midwest, Behlen Mfg Co is one of the world-leading manufacturers of farm & ranch equipment, grain storage systems, strip joiners, and metal buildings.

The company also offers precision tooling, machined steel components, and custom fabricated metal parts, whilst its inhouse trucking system, BMC Transportation, delivers product throughout the US and Canada.

Following his graduation from Purdue University with a BSEE in 1984, Mr Raimondo completed an Executive MBA program from Purdue University in 1998, before receiving a Lead Auditor certificate for ISO9000 received in 1996 from Stat-a-Matrix. He was also a founding board member of NPEC organisation that runs the Nebraska State Edgerton Quality Award.

He spent six years working at Control Data Corp as a Test Manufacturing Engineer and Manufacturing Unit Manager, whilst also spending one year at HMT Technology

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in California as Test Manufacturing Engineering Manager.

His 30 years with Behlen Mfg Co Mr Raimondo first joined Behlen as Quality Manager in 1990 and prior to being named Behlen’s Chairman & CEO in 2019, he has held a variety of positions with the company; including President & CEO (2006), COO (2001), President of International and Diversified Products (1999), Director of Quality and Human Resources (1998), Manufacturing Manager (1995), Regional Plan Manger in Goshen, IN (1993).

Mr Raimondo was also on the board of the Nebraska State Chamber, National Association of Manufacturers, the Manufacturing Institute, MBMA – Metal Building Manufacturers Association, as well supporting many community associations and events in Columbus, Nebraska where Behlen is headquartered.

He was married to Mary Raimondo for 37 years, with whom he had five children and three grandchildren. with one more on the way. Phil was an avid fan, participant and coach in a wide range of sports, including handball and baseball. He was also honoured by the number of great relationships he had with so many customers, suppliers, and friends.

The Raimondo family remains committed to Behlen and the long-term growth of the company. Please keep the Raimondo family in your thoughts and prayers.

The goal is to continue to build on the company’s great relationships that result in helping customers grow so we can grow.

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US-EU feed industries welcome the new Global Methane Pledge

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he American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) and the European Compound Feed Manufacturers’ Federation (FEFAC) have joined together in support of the United States-European Union Global Methane Pledge, which calls for the use of scientific innovation to cut methane emissions by 30 percent below 2020 levels by 2030.

US President Joe Biden made the announcement on September 17 during the Major Economic Forum, a virtual meeting attended by leaders from across the globe including European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and South Korean President Moon Jae-in.

Below is a joint statement from AFIA President and CEO Constance Cullman and FEFAC President Asbjørn Børsting regarding the announcement: “The US-EU pledge announced last week is a positive step in the right direction. It gives regulators on both sides of the Atlantic the opportunity to modernise their existing regulatory requirements to incorporate innovative feed ingredients and implement strategies that are proven to significantly minimise methane emissions from enteric fermentation.

“This, together with other mitigation strategies, such as improved farming and grazing techniques, animal genetics and animal husbandry practices, hold the key to further reduce the impact of dairy and beef production globally

and thereby contribute to the success of the US-EU pledge.

“Curbing animal agriculture’s contribution to climate change is a key priority for the U.S. and E.U. feed industries and is one reason why our members have been working together for decades to collect data that allows us to benchmark our carbon footprint and research solutions to reduce it.

Today, there are feed ingredients in use around the world that are helping the beef and dairy sectors optimise the nutrient uptake of their livestock, while reducing their enteric emissions, but the use of these technologies is limited due to inconsistent regulatory regimes.

“We know that achieving meaningful change in reducing global methane emissions will only be realised through the use of science and technology – which is helping today’s farmers feed more people with less – not drastic and unrealistic calls to change dietary consumption patterns.

“The same way modern medicine is innovating to help people live longer lives, we have a duty to evolve so that we can meet the dietary needs of a burgeoning population, while using fewer natural resources.”

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Royal DSM opens new Analytical Centre of Excellence Lab

global purpose-led science-based company, has unveiled its new Analytical Centre of Excellence in Tulln, Lower Austria. The stateof-the-art facilities will be used to conduct nutritional analyses which will form the basis for helping farmers to radically improve the nutrition, health and sustainability of livestock.

Opened by Royal DSM, the Analytical Centre of Excellence consists of 200m2 of new laboratory space and complements the existing R&D facilities on site at the Biomin Research Centre.

Scientists at Biomin, which became part of DSM in October 2020, will use sophisticated tools including liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC-MS) and highperformance liquid chromatography (HPLC) equipment to conduct analyses of the nutritional content of animal feed, premixes and eggs at an unprecedented scale.

Results of this scientific analysis will be used by DSM

and Biomin experts in supporting farmers worldwide in improving the nutrition and health of farm animals and the sustainability of the industry.

DSM recently announced a series of quantifiable commitments aimed at addressing the urgent societal and environmental challenges linked to how the world produces and consumes food. This includes a commitment to enable a double-digit on-farm reduction of livestock emissions by 2030.

The new facilities were officially opened and the one year anniversary as DSM celebrated in ceremonies attended by a number of distinguished guests including Lower Austrian Governor Johanna Mikl-Leitner and Dutch Ambassador Aldrik Gierveld.

“The new footprint including a new Analytical Center of Excellence is an illustration of the strong cooperation between The Netherlands and Austria, where high-level expertise is exchanged in order to drive sustainable innovation,” says Dutch Ambassador Aldrik Gierveld.

“Challenges such as malnutrition and climate change reveal a collective need to rethink how we as a society produce and consume food,” comments DSM Co-CEOs Geraldine Matchett and Dimitri de Vreeze.

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Improving the sustainability of livestock farming Ivo Lansbergen, President DSM Animal Nutrition and Health says, “With this important new addition to the Biomin Research Center, we are sending a strong signal about our commitment to radically improve the sustainability of livestock farming, as well as to the importance of our scientific research in Austria.

Farmers can and should be the heroes of the necessary transformation to a more sustainable and equitable food system, and we want to help them. As part of DSM’s global network, we are a leading provider of sustainable feed and animal health solutions. Together we make it possible.”

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The perseverance flour mills, Elizabethgrad

by Mildred Cookson, The Mills Archive, UK

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Milling journals of the past at The Mills Archive The perseverance flour mills

n 1879 an English engineer, Walter Pridgeon, wrote a report for The Miller (March 3, page 20) describing the Perseverance Flour Mills. He had been working for the engineering firm of Bellino, Fenderich and Co, known for building ships for the Russian Imperial Navy.

Originally based in Odessa, the firm moved deeper into Russia to Rostov on Don. The Perseverance Mills were built in Elizabethgrad, since 2016 known as Kropyvnytskyi. Located about 100 miles north of Odessa, it was an important trade centre on the Inhul River in Ukraine (then part of Russia).

Russia, described in history and public opinion as “unfortunately more prominent as a prosecutor of war on a colossal scale than as a promoter of the arts of peace,” nevertheless was unique with its enormous reserves of grain to export.

Twenty-two-years after the article Elizabethgrad, although in the centre of a fertile region, suffered a severe famine. It was an inconvenience unacknowledged by the Government building up its foreign exports.

The foreign grain trade was the most important economic element locally and across the empire. The quantities involved accounted for 45 percent of all goods conveyed by rail and water.

Rye was at the time the principal element in the home trade, but the exports for 1874 were as follows: Wheat: 6.3 million qrs; Rye: 3.5 million qrs; Oats: 2.8 million qrs and other grains: 2.1 million qrs. Most was exported through the Black Sea, but the White Sea and Baltic ports were also very active.

Footstep and Bridge Tree

The mill was built in 1870 in white brick with iron window frames, its dimensions were 75ft long internally, 36ft wide, and four and a half storeys high. The motive power of the mill was a steam engine housed in the engine room at one end of the mill on the ground floor, and carried as high as the second storey.

The engine was a horizontal compound-condensing engine supplied by steam at 80lbs pressure from tubular boilers and capable of working up to 160 horse power. It was built by Bellino, Fenderich & Co according to Pridgeon’s design.

The power was taken from the fly wheel of the engine by a belt directly to the main lay shaft of the mill. I have left out more detailed information on the motive power, but anyone wanting to know more please get in touch.

The main driving lay shaft ran along the side of the mill wall and made 150 revolutions per minute. It was fitted with driving pulleys, 3ft 6ins diameter. The 4ft diameter of the spindle pulleys was the same as the millstones. They rotated at 125 rpm, driven by a quarter-twist belt arrangement from the lay shaft. The spindle driving pulley was at the lower end of the spindle close under the bed stone.

The mill was intended for twelve pairs of millstones, arranged longitudinally down its centre. Upon a combined brick and stone foundation, a cast iron base plate was placed with planed faces to receive the turned ends of the hurst columns, between which the bridge trees were bolted to planed faces on the columns.

A little higher on the column was a planed facing designed to receive a cast iron girder, with adjustable lignum vitae bearings for the millstone spindle. The main wrought iron girders of the floor above ran over the centre of the columns.

Brackets cast on each side of the column heads supported the iron ribbed plates for the millstones, each being attached to

Section of stone bush arrangement

Fireproof continuous mill frame for stones - longitudinal section

Elevation of Hurst Frames

Driving arrangement - end elevation

short wrought iron girders, binding the whole together.

Entirely closed from dust

At the time of the article the mill had six pairs of French burr millstones, the bed stones resting upon iron ribbed plates with three adjusting screws. This ribbed stone plate had an opening in the centre, two feet nine inches diameter, to allow access to the underside of the bed stone bearing.

The spindle toes were carried on the bridge trees. The latter were fitted with brass footstep bearings, a cast iron sliding sleeve and bridging pot. The footstep arrangement was entirely closed from dust of any kind and required oiling only once in three months.

The stone bush was secured to the bed stone by three bolts passing through the flange of the bush and bottom plate. The bush had three wedges and three tallow chambers, fitted with heckle plates in the usual way. The top end of the spindle was turned conically into the mace with a key let into the spindle.

The centre bar formed the saucer for the silent feed, and was fitted with cast steel cock head, and was renewable in a few minutes without the removal of either spindle or centre bar. An advantage of the radial bar was that the surfaces were protected from grit and were always in line with the centre, whatever the space between the driving surfaces of the mace and centre bar.

The pairs of stones were connected with a 24ft long silk dressing machine arranged longitudinally with the mill. The tailing from the flour silk reels passed into other offal silks placed immediately under them on the floor below. The middlings

from these silks passed to middlings purifiers to complete their cleaning. Around this time arrangements were being made for putting in Wegmann’s porcelain roller mills to work in conjunction with the millstones.

Grain was first screened, separated, and aspirated by revolving six sided reels, with fans attached. Then into a decorticator and lastly a brush machine where it was exposed to a strong blast of air. From here it was conveyed into grain bins over the millstones ready for grinding. A damping apparatus was employed when necessary.

I found the images of the millstone arrangement quite fascinating and hope you enjoyed reading this summary. To date I have not come across any image of the mill itself, or information on when it last worked and what happened to the building and machinery, so if any reader can help with this, I would be so grateful.

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The Rex Wailes Collection

One of the drawings before and after conservation. This shows the corn mill in Carew, Wales, which was powered by the tides (and is still maintained as a visitor attraction).

Conservation of milling drawings

by Nathanael Hodge, The Mills Archive Trust The Rex Wailes collection contains a large number of technical drawings which depict historic milling machinery. Unfortunately, after years of storage in sheds at the bottom of Rex’s garden, mould and insects had done their worst, and many of the items were in a very bad condition when we received them at the Mills Archive.

Thanks to a grant from the National Manuscripts Conservation Trust we were able to fund cleaning and repair work by a professional library and archive conservator, Victoria Stevens. Her pictures show the process of repair and conservation.

An example of the type of damage sustained by some of the drawings due to their years of storage in a garden shed.

Conservator Victoria Stevens cleaning mould and dirt from the surface of two drawings.

Gaps in the paper are filled in with a very pure quality, thin and strong Japanese paper made from long fibred mulberry pulp.

The amount of dust and mould on some of the drawings made a facemask necessary for handling – this was before Covid turned masks into everyday items!

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Three companies establish a pilot plant for cultured meat

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There are many arguments supporting the mass suitability of cultured meat: meat without slaughter or factory farming, a significantly better climate balance, no use of antibiotics, and ensured food security. The Cultured Food Innovation Hub will start operations next year.

The Cultured Food Innovation Hub will be a selfsustained, standalone company wholly owned by Givaudan, Bühler, and Migros, located in The Valley in Kemptthal, a hotbed of innovation and technology just outside of Zurich.

It will provide facilities and knowledge to accelerate other companies on their cultured meat, cultured fish and seafood, and precision fermentation journeys. The Cultured Food Innovation Hub will be equipped with a product development lab as well as cell culture and bio fermentation capabilities to help start-ups develop and go to market with the right product.

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A significant increase in demand The significant increase in demand in recent years for plant-based foods all around the world has shown consumers’ broad concern for the environment, as well as their expectation of producers for healthful foods that are ethical and sustainable.

In a world facing great challenges from climate change, combined with a population expected to exceed 10 billion people by 2050, the need for sustainable food cultivation and sourcing is critical.

Cellular agriculture for cultured meat provides the means for the farming of animal products without raising animals. Animal cells are used as a starting point, and then technologies such as fermentation are employed for the cultivation of meat products.

The result is meat that is identical in structure and in taste to its animal counterpart with vastly reduced environmental impact and no mass farming or slaughter.

“Cellular agriculture offers a solution in several areas from reducing land use and water, to animal welfare, to the safety and quality of the food chain. The three partners in this new venture are each committed to sustainability as individual companies; the combined effort enables the journey to a more sustainable food system,” says Ian Roberts, Chief Technology Officer at Bühler.

A truly unique partnership “Bühler contributes with industry leading solutions that are used in the scale-up and production of thousands of food products around the world; Givaudan brings in centuries of experience and knowledge in every aspect of taste, including all kinds of meat alternatives, and deep expertise in biotechnology, to product development; Migros is known for its competence in customer interaction and market cultivation. The combination of the three partners is remarkable,” says Fabio Campanile, Givaudan’s Global Head of Science and Technology, Taste & Wellbeing.

“This truly unique partnership has the potential to be groundbreaking and to have an incredible, positive impact on the world,” says Matthew Robin, Managing Director Elsa-Mifroma at Migros-Industrie.

“Consumers are beginning to understand the idea of cellular agriculture and the benefits it can provide; the market is poised for exceptional growth. When you put it all together, it is a winning combination for the planet.”

The Cultured Food Innovation Hub will go live in 2022.

Five more schemes pass FEFAC soy sourcing benchmarking process

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EFAC and ITC have announced that five more schemes offering responsible soy to the European feed market have passed the independent benchmarking process against the European Feed Manufacturers' Federation (FEFAC) 2021 Soy Sourcing Guidelines.

The new schemes are ADM Responsible Soy, Amaggi Responsible Soy, ASC from Aapresid, PROFARM Production Standard from Food Chain ID and ProTerra Europe.

Following the first wave of schemes that successfully passed the benchmarking process in June 2021, there are now twelve schemes that are compliant with the FEFAC Soy Sourcing Guidelines 2021.

Compliance with the FEFAC Soy Sourcing Guidelines 2021 means that the schemes meet the criteria for responsible soy production that are included in the FEFAC Guidelines, which were developed in an effort to set a transparent “comparison level” for European compound feed manufacturers requested to source responsible soy.

All twelve benchmarked schemes also complied with the new specific desired criterion on conversion-free soy, meaning they can offer responsibly produced soy grown on land that didn’t come at the expense of any (illegal or legal) conversion of natural eco-systems (including natural forests) as from a certain cut-off date (2020 as the latest possibility).

In the meantime, several other responsible soy schemes & programmes have applied for benchmarking against the FEFAC Soy Sourcing Guidelines 2021, which is currently being facilitated by ITC. “FEFAC is pleased to see the strong response and interest of scheme owners to include the new desired criterion on conversion-free soy, which is considered as a key market driver in Europe for sustainable soy value chains,” says FEFAC President Asbjørn Børsting.

“The growing access to the market offer on conversion-free soy from robust and verified certification schemes is essential to the European feed industry’s capacity to market demand and political expectations on deforestation & conversion-free supply chains”.

An overview of all the schemes that are compliant with the FEFAC Soy Sourcing Guidelines 2021 is available on the FEFAC/ITC Soy Benchmarking Tool, accessible through FEFAC’s webpage on ITC Sustainability Gateway. The Soy Benchmarking Tool also includes a filter system so web users can view which cut-off date the soy schemes include for their conversion-free soy as well as which chain of custody systems.

The Soy Benchmarking Tool is a key element of FEFAC’s ambition to provide market transparency for upstream and downstream value chain partners on responsibly produced conversion-free soy, as laid down in FEFAC Feed Sustainability Charter 2030 released in September 2020.

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Özpolat wins R&D and Innovation Award

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ProPhorce SR celebrates its 10year anniversary

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The innovative application of the esterification process ensured odourless butyric acid that is released where it is of most benefit to the animals. To mark the occasion, the company is organising a series of activities to celebrate and commemorate the product’s accomplishments throughout the decade.

ProPhorce SR is the pioneering tributyrin solution that revolutionised the market; over the course of a decade, it has become one of the weapons of choice to support gut health and performance, with more than 20 billion broilers treated and used in more than 50 countries worldwide.

“I’m happy that we have been able to help so many customers around the world improving their performance thanks to the application of ProPhorce SR,” says Geert Wielsma, Vice President Sales EMEA & Americas and former development team member for the product. “We are about to finalise a new production line in our Dutch feed additives production plant that will facilitate the next decade of growth for our tributyrin solutions.”

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Each installment begins with a welcoming introduction by long time industry publisher and journalist Roger Gilbert and Yiannis Christodoulou, founder/owner of Progressus Agrischools Asia, followed by two hours of live training, with proceedings brought to a close with a very thorough Q & A session.

The two hours of live training cover a broad range of topics from the world of aquafeed production including ingredients, equipment used, how it is operated and the desired final product specifications.

The Online Aquafeed Production school Ingredients: Receiving, storage, batching and mixing Session three, by Giuseppe Bigliani & Joe Kearns

In this session on ingredient receiving, storing, batching and mixing, Mr Giuseppe Bigliani’s opening presentation focuses on a review of the management and storage of raw materials. This faces a number of challenges: such as temperature, relative humidity, insects and contamination, all of which should be considered in relation to the geographical location of the storage.

He stresses the importance of keeping relative humidity and temperature low, to avoid the growth of mould or infestation of insects, all of which depends on the type of raw material being stored.

There are a number of monitoring systems to manage for this.

In the second part of Mr Bigliani’s review, he looks at dosing, batching and mixing, all of which hold equal weight as operations within a mill. It is important to first consider the structure and space available, as well as the possible issues that could happen related to

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Mr Bigliani goes into great depth over the kinds of questions to be asked in relation to the processes of dosing, batching and mixing, such as looking at the type of mixer available, the correct mixing time, and so on.

Mixing accuracy, or mixing homogeneity, is influenced by a number of components, bulk density, for example. Important requirements for a dosing and batching system are high reliability, high dosing accuracy, having no leakage, and many others.

Mr Bigliani concludes his presentation by ending on the importance of avoiding cross-contamination, by avoiding residue in bins and hoppers, equipment and conveying elements.

Coarse grinding through to micro-pulverising Session four, by Joe Kearns & Thomas Runde

Following the introduction, Joe Kearns begins by first outlining the purpose of grinding as preparing the formulation with regards to particle size. In the case of feed production, there are many different existing particle sizes. The smaller feeds, for example, require fine grinding. The aim, Mr Kearns stresses, is to grind the particles to be similar in size, so that they can absorb water and steam consistently and evenly. If grinding is not executed properly, there is the risk of clogging the machines and being forced to halt the extrusion process to clean them; reducing the ability to make money.

Mr Thomas Runde, the CEO of Tietjen, then follows up with a presentation on ultra-fine grinding. With a good appearance and uniformity to the pellets produced, the benefits are a big market advantage, a noticeable reduction in pond roughage, and a reduced amount of feed wasted.

Coarse and fine grinding depends on the industry being referred to – grinding is differently defined compared in aquaculture feed.

Depending on whether the desired feed is very finely ground or needing to be above 500 microns in size; the type of machinery required is different.

For coarse grinding, the machinery available includes the classic hammer mill system, and a cross-yoke sifter or tumble screen, whereas for fine grinding this includes an impact classifier mill and a classifier system which will work with a hammer mill.

It’s not too late to enrol

The Aquafeed Production School is running every Tuesday, from 14 September to the 30 November, 2pm Bangkok time and 9am CET. For those based in the US and Latin America, sessions begin on the 17 September and conclude on the 3 December, 9am Chicago time.

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October 2021 sees the not-so-long awaited return of the Online Milling School - Livestock Feed for its Autumn semester. Also returning once again are the now familiar hosting duo of agribusiness executive Yiannis Christodoulou and industry journalist and publisher Roger Gilbert, who handle proceedings with a now familiar level of panache and professionalism.

Online Milling School | Autumn 2021 Edition Session One: Raw Material Receiving

by Mr Ryan Celis & Dr Claus Braunbeck

Typically comprising of two hours of learning, the weekly sessions offer the best possible place to benefit from the vast experience of the assembled panels of industry professionals. Following this, the virtual audience is also able to ask them any questions at the conclusion of each episode in especially assigned Q&A sessions.

These panel interactions can often go on for a full hour, as each speaker conveys their unique take on how our industry really works, helping you to find all of the pieces of the vast jigsaw puzzle that is feed milling knowledge.

Raw material intake & storage

Following a warm and thorough introduction to this edition, OMS stalwart Ryan Celis gets the series under way by discussing what happens during the various stages of the intake operation.

Topics covered by Mr Celis include the type of materials handled and how they are tested. Attendees were also shown a typical receiving flowchart which looked at how things are handled once they have been received, how they are conveyed and then the manner in which they are stored.

Mr Celis also presented a series of slides which featured examples of both good and bad warehouse practices, whilst he spoke about the advantages of always choosing good practice over bad.

Grain cooling equipment for bulk storage

Completing the duo of speakers for the first session in this edition of the Online Milling School is Dr Claus Braunbeck, Frigortec’s Sales Manager in Asia.

He begins by first discussing what we understand by the phrase grain cooling conservation, which he describes as concerning the grain cooling process and the associated energy consumption.

He then continues by looking at the various ways that grain can be spoiled by poor cooling or storage including kernels baked to the walls of the silo or baked into a monolith-like mass.

Other than avoiding the previously mentioned disasters, Dr Braunbeck states that the advantages of grain conservation by cooling include risk-free long-term storage without quality loss, protection from insects and their damage, protection from fungi and their mycotoxin as well as affording operation that is completely independent of external weather conditions.

Session Two: Grinding Operations

by Mr Ryan Celis & Mr Olaf Naehrig

Basic principles & correct setup of hammer mills The second session in this series sees Mr Ryan Celis introducing the basic principles and correct setup of hammer mills. Whilst also taking a look at hammermill grinding principles and design considerations, Mr Celis also investigates the various factors that affect the grinding process. These factors can be divided into mechanical and product factors - with the latter including material moisture and density, as well as its size and shape.

TRAINING Grinders: roller mills and hammer mill selection

Next to speak to the assembled virtual audience is Mr Olaf Naehrig from Amandus Kahl. Examining the subject of selecting the correct grinders, roller and hammer mills, Mr Naehrig begins by stating that making the right choices leads to a reduction in feed losses due to selective feed intake, as the feed structure will be more homogenous.

Mr Naehrig continues by examining the various available grinding configurations or concepts with the first grinding concept involving single component grinding with roller mill prior batch weighing, whilst the second grinding concept utilises parallel grinding with roller mill and hammer mill. The third grinding concept described by Mr Naehrig uses step grinding with roller mill and hammer mill, whilst the fourth uses step grinding with 2 roller mills for mesh feed.

Mr Naehrig then concludes his talk by introducing a new drive concept, a process that is enabled by single driven rollers that Mr Naehrig describes as being a flexible, compact and energy saving design.

Maintenance & air supply systems for hammer mills

Following the conclusion of Mr Naehrig’s address, Mr Celis returns to discuss hammer mill maintenance procedures and their air supply systems, whilst also covering the topic of how to dynamically balance the hammer mill rotor, as well as looking at the subject of hammer mill screen maintenance.

According to Mr Celis, one set of hammers should wear out between two and four sets of screens. He also states that replacement screens should be equal thickness and open area as the originals and the screen hole stagger should also be correct, whilst screens should also be frequently replaced, with rotation also changed in order to ensure both edges wear evenly.

Mr Celis also states that air filter maintenance is also of key importance, with frequent inspections and maintenance of bag filters and controls especially so. Failure to do this will lead to increased costs, including excessive use of electrical power, and may also lead to machinery malfunctions, he concludes.

Certificates of completion

Following the conclusion of all editions 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, which is awarded within 30 days of the conclusion of the program.

If you complete all 12 sessions, 30 days pass 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 Autumn edition which began on October 6, 2021, with all missed sessions available on demand for two weeks following the completion of this session cycle.

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PRODUCT FOCUS November 2021

In every edition of Milling and Grain magazine, we dedicate this page to taking a look at the products that will save you both time and money in the milling process.

Should you have a new product or service that you would like to feature on this page in a future edition of our magazine over the coming months, then be sure to contact us at editorial@perendale.co.uk The myMAG link will take you directly to the company's product information page

Indented Cylinder Separator by Cimbria The indented cylinder separator is used for grading by length of all granular materials including wheat, oats, fine seeds, lentils, as well as for separating unwanted long or short product impurities.

Depending on the required grading, the incoming product is sorted according to roundness or length. The product passes from the inlet housing into the interior of the rotating cylinder, the cover of which is provided with impressed pockets or socalled indents.

The size of grains can vary between 1.0 mm and 24 mm and those that embed themselves in the indents are carried, and after a certain distance, fall out of the pockets into the trough and are discharged by a screw conveyor.

All grains which are larger than the indents remain inside the shell and are carried to the outlet where the shell empties into the outlet casing.

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Gericke GMS Laboratory Mixer The new GMS Laboratory Mixer brings the superb mixing quality and speed of the GMS family to laboratory and R&D batch sizes, with useable volumes from one to 20 litres.

The GMS laboratory Mixers are based on the mixing principle used in the larger GMS Mixers. With two horizontally arranged, superimposed mixing tools, a fluidised zone is created.

With its low minimal filling volume, the GMS Laboratory Mixer reduces R&D costs. The modular design supports interchangeable mixing chambers and easy dismantling of the mixing tools, whilst the mixing chamber can even be sterilised out of place, making the mixer very easy to clean.

The GMS Laboratory Mixer can be used for many different tasks.

Typical R&D applications include the development of new recipes or as part of a scaling-up process.

The GMS is also available as a mobile unit making it even more flexible.

5X Series Fine Seed Cleaner from Gime Tech A universal machine that is well suited for both pre and fine cleaning many different varieties of grain and seeds, the standard design of the The 5X series Fine Seed Cleaner can be used for both pre and post cleaning.

The quick and easy nature of the screen changing process from pre-cleaning into fine cleaning also serves to reduce the time required to complete cleaning tasks for the operator.

This machine stands up well when compared to its competitors too, both in terms of price and capacity as well as function and operation. Its high cleaning rate and can be used for processing wheat, rice, corn, barley, peas and many other seeds.

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The Horizontal Polisher from Alvan Blanch

BDC Moisture Monitoring System

Part of a complete grain and pulse processing range, the Horizontal Polisher from Alvan Blanch is desxigned for the polishing of peas, beans, rice and other seeds.

A machine that can also be used for de-rooting of malted sorghum, soft leather thongs propel the gentle polishing action from abrasive interaction of seeds and polisher screen.

Further options for this model include oil applicator, inverter-speed control, and aspirator to remove bran/dust, with varying capacities from 400Kgh to 6000Kgh. The materials used and attention to detail during the manufacturing process ensures that the machinery is of robust construction, requiring minimal maintenance.

With 70 years of engineering experience, Alvan Blanch are British manufacturers with a global outlook.

The company specialises in the design, production and installation of innovative, high-quality machines and integrated systems for the processing of agricultural produce and waste materials.

Using bespoke sampling units designed and developed by BDC systems, grain is taken from both the incoming (wet) elevator and outgoing (dry) elevators on a plant.

These samples are then processed through a multi-chamber duct incorporating a Sinar moisture probe specifically designed for this application.

Live readings showing the moisture content of both samples in a percentage format are displayed on a screen along with a graph showing the moisture trend.

An automatic warning for under or over moisture percent, whilst remote viewing from mobile devices available.

It can also be retrofitted to many grain systems.

The MMS, as it is known, can be linked in with BDC’s grain drier control panel and the data can be remotely viewed on devices such as mobile phones. The system can be retrofitted to any grain drying system, subject to a site survey.

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BÜCHI NIR-Online X-SentialTM: a new sensor for essential process control

With the launch of the NIR-Online X-SentialTM, Büchi Labortechnik AG introduces a new process sensor that takes advantage of more than 15 years of in-the-field experience with process NIR technology and applications.

Developed and designed as a cost-effective solution, the X-SentialTM is a fit-for-purpose process sensor. By using diode array technology, the sensor spectrometer does not contain any moving parts, making it both fast and robust.

The industry-proven design has also been shown to withstand rough conditions like vibration, extreme temperatures, wind, dust, and humidity. The new system is certified to IP69/X9K for ingress protection and delivers state-of-the-art monitoring for basic parameters such as moisture, fat, and protein in manufacturing processes.

Like all Büchi NIR-Online process sensors, the newest member of the proven NIR product portfolio features the same superior robustness, combined Swiss and German quality, and ease of use. “No expert knowledge is needed to operate the X-SentialTM with its unique AutoCal functionality,” says Michael Eckert, Product Manager Technology, Development & Support for NIR-Online.

“The X-SentialTM can be easily implemented into existing quality control routines. Consequently, there’s no need to invest in commercial calibration databases or extensive in-house calibration development. With our wide range of process adapters, the sensor can be perfectly integrated into our customers’ production lines.”

A fit-for-purpose process sensor

This compact and robust instrument is the culmination of the company’s extensive process expertise and the X-SentialTM sensor’s solid aluminum, nickel-coated housing, which provides a dust and water jet-protected sensor enclosure (IP69/X9K). Equipped with a temperature-stabilised spectrometer, it can handle a wide range of ambient and product temperatures.

“With the X-SentialTM, you get a turnkey solution for fast, fluctuating, or discontinuous product streams. Furthermore, it can be easily integrated into process control systems,” emphasises Mr Eckert.

Because of its attractive price point, the average payback period is less than one year. For customers, whose applications do not require a premium spectrometer, the X-SentialTM sensor’s fit-for-purpose design delivers the best and most cost-effective choice.

Basic quality parameters for raw materials and end products can be analysed in large quantities and allow for real-time process corrections, which minimises out-of-spec production and rework.

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Mill E3 Unveiling of new high-tech plant is “a transformative moment in the history of flour milling”

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ituated in the north of England at Whitley Bridge in Yorkshire, a new milling plant is being described as a transformative moment in the history of flour milling. Built for the UK’s largest miller Whitworth Bros Ltd, the company is already reaping the benefits of the Mill E3’s technological and digital capabilities.

Touted as being one of the most high-tech mills on the market, at the heart of the Mill E3 lie more than 15,000 data points collecting information on all aspects of the production process.

The opening of the first Mill E3 is a key staging post in the journey to the SmartMill and it is the volume of data being analysed, along with the cutting-edge application of blockchain technology, that will seek to enable the most efficient, transparent, and consistent production possible – with the aim of delivering the highest quality product.

The data generated and analysed at the Whitley Bridge plant will drive the evolution of milling technology from the current data assisted mill into a plant capable of using its own process parameters in a closed loop to optimise production.

MILL E3 – EFFICIENCY O THREE LEVELS Bühler’s Mill E3 is a new and efficient way of engineering, installing and operating a mill. It meets today’s challenges of rising infrastructure costs and stricter labor regulations by being installed faster and more compact.

Substantial energy savings help save costs and the environment.

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Compact mill design, tubular push conveyor TUBO and integrated grinding system Arrius enable energy savings of up to 10%.

From vision to reality

According to Roman Sonderegger, Head of Business Unit Wheat & Rye at Bühler, the Mill E3 has turned from a vision to reality. The Whitworth Bros mill is set to impact the entire milling industry by redefining future digital services.

“This is a very significant project for Bühler that allows us, for the first time, to gather so much new data on the milling process, while also giving us the opportunity to collaborate with Whitworth Bros. as we work closer towards the creation of the SmartMill,” says Mr Sonderegger.

“This is also momentous in working towards our corporate target of cutting energy, water, and food wastage by 50 percent in our customer value chains by 2025.”

The opening of the Mill E3 is the culmination of nearly two decades of close cooperation between Bühler and Whitworth Bros. “Bühler is excellent at building flour mills and we are pretty good at running them,” explains Mike Peters, Managing Director of Whitworth Bros.

“We can feedback observations in real time conditions in which we are dealing with client expectations and production pressures. Running and maintaining a mill is very different from building one.”

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The concept of the Mill E3 centres on the idea of using modular “plug and play” installation of milling equipment to cut the installation time by up to 30 percent. It also cuts building costs by reducing the volume of the mill. Mills can significantly reduce their running costs thanks to energy efficient equipment and making full use of digital services.

The Arrius fully integrated grinding system, a key component of the Mill E3, provides lower energy consumption, faster installation, along with the highest food safety standards, reliability, and optimum grinding performance. At the Whitley Bridge plant, the Arrius grinding technology has been used at scale for the first time.

The wheat coming into the mill is first checked by online sensors to establish its key parameters,” explains Andrew Thomson, Technical Miller for Whitworth Bros. “But then the sensors in the Arrius rechecks and controls the distribution of the feed, which allows the grinding system to adapt again to the changing characteristics of the wheat at the point of milling. It is this unique usage of sensor technology that ensures optimal grinding parameters are achieved at all times.”

The layout of the mill is designed for optimal performance with easy equipment accessibility for maintenance. Preassembled and tested blower modules are designed for quick “plug and play” installation. They are housed in containers outside the building enabling the most efficient pneumatic transfer of product throughout the plant.

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Digital solutions to help deliver targets

Sensors feed data every few seconds to Bühler Mercury Manufacturing Execution System (MES) to facilitate control of every aspect of the mill’s internal workings and to the IoT platform Bühler Insights where algorithms compare past and present production and process parameters. This ensures the mill is always operating at optimal efficiency to achieve the most consistent high-quality product achievable.

“What is most exciting about the technology is that it provides the operator with data in real time, which enables the miller to take key and well-informed decisions about the plant,” explains Mr Peters.

“We feel at Whitworth Bros. that we are pioneering and what we need to understand through

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Arrius integrates drive and control cabinets into the machine housing. This enables a true plug & play installation where only spouting and three cables need to be connected to the machine.

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F the 15,000 data points are the optimum machine parameters required to ensure the continued manufacturing of high-quality products using digital technologies. Once that is defined accurately you can then be more exact in the way you set up your mill process and further push your process capabilities.”

Other service modules used in the Mill E3 include: Temperature and Vibration Management Service (TVM), Yield Management System (YMS), Error and Downtime Analysis (EDA), Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and Replay.

Together these provide continual data feeds on machine and process trends, potential maintenance issues and how machine performance relates to quality and efficiency.

“The SmartMill services are like having a lot of Lego bricks available and you, as a miller, pick whatever you need to deliver against your needs and your targets,” explains Mr Sonderegger.

“What is most exciting about this journey is that we are only at the beginning and all the data we are gathering will allow us to come up with new ideas and with new services to optimise and help our clients around the world.”

A safer & more transparent value chain

Another key feature of the Mill E3 is the development of a seamless interface from laboratory systems to Bühler Mercury MES and Bühler Insights and then on to Whitworth clients through blockchain in the future.

What Bühler has done at the Whitworth’s plant is to connect the laboratory to its Mercury plant control system (MES). With this system the whole plant can be controlled and managed, allowing the operators to know exactly which job is running at which time and which product is needed when an order to deliver a new flour product to one of its customers.

This system also connects other features such as traceability, warehousing and stock management. This system brings all of these together, joining the laboratory with all of the already existing mill features and functions.

This means that the quality information is always there when it is really needed, so for example we know the exact amount of intermediate product in a certain silo, at which state they are in with respect to certain quality parameters.

The system also allows us to know exactly when to take the samples and also adding the online tags to it, so adding a Benefits of traceability & quality management Less manual work

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Due to the automatic data transfer and automatic attachment to an incoming product or during the process, the information is not missed.

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Lab data is available where it is really needed in the process. This ensures a higher level of quality management, ensuring the customer gets what they ask for.

Increased traceability

All relevant information is available in Mercury MES and if needed in Bühler insights. Sharing information is much easier.

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Top Left: (from left to right) Andrew Thomson, Technical Miller for Whitworth Bros Ltd, Mike Peters, Managing Director of Whitworth Bros Ltd, and Roman Sonderegger, Head of Business Unit Wheat & Rye, Bühler Group

combination of offline and online analysis to it, so we know how and where to adjust the process so that the machines etc. The aim being that in the end of the process we always reach for a very high and a constant level of quality.

This is something that Bühler has implemented at the Whitworth’s plant and also two or three other plants, with the aim of getting closer to the Smart Mill. This is why the company takes the information from the laboratory and all of the information that is available on the MES and it transfers this information to Buhler insights, to the IoT Platform, with these data points some of the 15,000 previously mentioned data points that we get every five seconds.

The MES System is compatible with well-known systems like those manufactured by Perten, Brabender, etc. But if there is already a laboratory information system in place, that is already gathering the information then Bühler can directly connect to such a system, affording extra flexibility during the setup stage.

In terms of the long-term analysis the information is stored there and is available for a very long time because we don’t need to buy a computer service it is just available in The Cloud and it does not cost much.

What Buhler is exclusively doing here, it is kind of a prototype now, is a new technology called Bühler blockchain. Currently in development, the blockchain application will enable the secure transfer of data to clients, providing transparency around the exact process parameters being used in the milling of their product.

The vision is that blockchain will reduce the need for such frequent sampling and laboratory testing as clients access production parameters in real time as part of the product certification process.

The key advantage of blockchain is secure data collection and storage allowing for highest data security and transparency. In the end, it will enable a consistent, retraceable and food safe product.

“We are currently working with Bühler to ensure that all the data we are observing on the blockchain system aligns with our laboratory data before we go live with blockchain with our clients in the future,” explains Mr Thomson.

Blockchain has yet undiscovered potential. Future application of blockchain could include using sensors in vehicles to monitor time taken, ambient temperature and other safety processes.

It could be used to monitor equipment performance as a form of smart insurance or to improve traceability.

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Feed ingredients Using antioxidants to manage oxidation and preserve quality

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xidative degradation is a continual process that begins when feed ingredients are used. This process continues during production and storage, and only comes to an end once the feed is consumed (see Figure 1).

These key milestones in the life of the product are where nutrient quality and safety can decline and taking action during these milestones ensures high-quality, safe feed.

Antioxidants are a crucial element of any livestock diet, as they preserve valuable nutrients and protect the diet from oxidation, ensuring optimal animal health, performance and carcass quality.

They are powerful molecules that serve two purposes in livestock diets.

The first is to keep the feed fresh, mainly by preventing the fats and oils from going rancid through a process known as lipid oxidation. The second is to keep the livestock healthy by preventing free radicals in the body from damaging cells and having a deleterious effect on various biological functions.

An efficient antioxidant

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antioxidant, which are applied in order to prevent oxidative degradation.

Oxidation occurs in three stages: initiation, propagation and termination. Each active ingredient in an antioxidant blend helps to slow or prevent a different stage in the chain reaction. As a result, a blend of active ingredients will yield better antioxidant activity than a single ingredient.

Secondly, the complete feed is a complex substrate. The negative effects of oxidation are mitigated when a complete antioxidant program is applied, properly stabilising the fat and oil sources and the valuable nutrients used in the complete feed.

Finally, synergism between antioxidants actives is guaranteed in specific conditions. For example, in a blend of BHA-propyl gallate, after the first antioxidant action of the BHA and propyl gallate molecules, the secondary metabolite of BHA and propyl gallate will combine. This will result in the formation of heterodimers that have an antioxidant activity which is more efficient than the activity of BHA or propyl gallate as such.

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There are many sources and forms of antioxidants and Adisseo offer a diverse portfolio of synthetic antioxidant systems for fats, oils, premixes and complete feeds, as well as natural antioxidant alternatives in both dry and liquid forms.

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Figure 1. The animal feed chain, which covers the entire feed chain, from the production of feed materials to the production of live animals at the farms

Antioxidant blends developed by the company contain synergistic mixes of antioxidants to absorb free radicals, metal chelators to bind metal ions and oil-based carriers to ensure optimal homogeneity in the fat/oil or feed matrix, the combination of which produces a stability solution that is more efficacious than single-component antioxidants.

Given the changing nature of regulations and potential safety concerns, antioxidants are becoming more and more of a specialty business. Consequently, the company has invested and innovated significantly in its antioxidant product line, Oxy-Nil. It is Adisseo’s first priority to guarantee safe and effective feed additives, and to provide valuable solutions to the global feed industry.

One of the proven success stories of our antioxidant portfolio is the synergistic combination of

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F BHA-BHT-propyl gallate antioxidants and chelating agents. This synergistic blend has been available to the animal feed markets for several years now and has proven to offer high levels of efficacy.

Propyl gallate is able to restore and increase the effects of BHA and BHT threefold in some instances, by transferring hydrogen ions from its three active sites to oxidised (spent) BHA or BHT molecules.

In addition, the effectiveness of an antioxidant depends on multiple factors, including the substrate, antioxidant dose, chemistry synergy, and time and place of application.

Considering the wide variability of fats and oils, and the valuable mineral nutrient premix used today, the need for oxidation control solutions designed specifically with variability in mind is increasing (see Figure 2).

In order to meet the emerging need for natural antioxidants, Adisseo continuously tests new possible ingredients with potential antioxidative properties, such as natural plantbased antioxidants consisting of synergistic mixes of natural tocopherols, rosemary extract, chelators and emulsifiers, for complete protection against oxidation.

Mixed tocopherols contain α, b, γ and δ homologues with each a different biological and antioxidant activity. δ homologue is known to have a more superior antioxidant activity while α-tocopherol is known to be easily absorbed in-vivo, hence promoting better vitamin-E activity.

Consequently, the efficacy and value of our natural antioxidant is based on higher delta-gamma ratios, the delta-difference.

The higher ratio of delta tocopherols in combination with a lecithin chelator and rosemary extract support an efficient natural antioxidant blend for the feed industry.

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Figure 2: Efficacy of Oxy-Nil synthetic and natural antioxidants

Unique services

One of Adisseo’s aims is to help its customers use fats, oils, premixes and complete feeds advantageously, while preserving their quality through a coordinated quality management program. This program includes product application advice in each specific situation and laboratory services.

These services include an evaluation of the oxidative quality of feed and feed ingredients, focusing on a complete oxidative profile, future oxidation assessments and antioxidant recovery, to identify the correct and most costeffective solution.

This is part of the strategic approach that is just one of its market differentiators, taking the position that we “don’t just sell products” – we support the products that we produce.

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Producing algae proteins for animal feed from CO2

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by Valerie Schuster, Managing Director, Livalta, UK

ith the world’s population expected to reach 10 billion by 2050, our agri-food industry faces the triple challenge of providing good nutrition to every person on the planet, whilst safeguarding the world’s natural resources and reversing biodiversity loss.

As many as 811 million people are undernourished today.

Although our industry is achieving ever-improving levels of efficiency, incremental improvements will not be sufficient.

We must pioneer new and bold technologies to provide safe, high quality and affordable nutrition, whilst safeguarding our planet for future generations, and ensuring the health and

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wellbeing of our animals. We need to transform the way we feed the world.

Taking CO2 emissions out of the air to grow algae

We believe it is possible to produce safe, high-quality proteins for people and animals by unlocking the potential that already exists in nature. Millennia-old processes such as photosynthesis, where plants take up CO2 from the environment to fuel nutrition and growth, can be harnessed in new ways through pioneering science and technology. The new partnership between Livalta, an AB Agri company, and Pond Technology Holdings Inc will take this one step further.

Together we will pioneer commercial algae-based animal feed ingredients produced from CO2 emissions and we will take CO2 emissions out of the air to produce high value protein - one tonne of algae will absorb two tonnes of CO2.

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Algae, such as spirulina, are gaining increasing attention as they could be game-changing feed and food ingredients, as spirulina is particularly renowned for its nutritional and functional value both in food and animal feed.

Or, to put it differently, it is a superfood that actually deserves the name. It combines 60 percent protein with Omega 6 and essential vitamins and minerals. It nourishes and has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and immune-enhancing properties while lowering cholesterol levels.

So, why are algae not used more widely in food and feed?

Spirulina is already a relatively common health supplement in human nutrition, but it is expensive. It is sold either as powder or tablets in health stores or used as an ingredient in nutrition bars

and smoothies.

For animal feed, the main barrier lies in the access to quality product at an affordable price. Until now, the technology to produce algae, at the scale, quality and cost required for animal feed, has remained elusive. Most algae (mainly spirulina and chlorella) are currently produced in open raceways or ponds.

This makes it difficult to drive productivity as it is challenging to distribute nutrients equally across a pond and production is dependent on natural sunlight. Furthermore, there is a high risk of contamination from heavy metals or pesticides.

The new partnership, which brings together Pond’s groundbreaking technology with our expertise in new proteins for animal feeds, is set to change that. At Livalta, we are here to address the

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F global protein challenge by improving global food systems.

We believe that science and technology are key to turn the challenge into an opportunity. We are very excited about our partnership with Pond and the potential that lies in its technology to produce algae using CO2 emissions.

The technology, plans for a pilot and commercial size plants

Plans are now in place to open our first pilot plant in 2022 to test and further develop Pond’s technology platform for animal feed. According to Grant Smith, President & CEO at Pond, our landmark partnership benefits Pond by increasing its access to the global animal feed market and also provides further validation of its technology platform.

We will work with our colleagues at Pond to transform industrial greenhouse gas emissions into sustainable, high-value animal feed ingredients. The company will also start to produce spirulina using CO2 emissions at British Sugar’s Wissington site in Norfolk by connecting Pond’s bioreactors directly to the smokestacks.

The bioreactors are large water tanks with a specially designed LED lighting system adapted to the specific conditions that spirulina needs like wavelength, colour or timing, etc. Sensors and AI closely monitor and help manage all key parameters from lighting to water quality, CO2 intake, temperature, and pH levels.

This allows productivity to be increased (and at a lower cost) by creating the best possible environment for algae based on data and insight. The system also enables the production of algae of high and stable quality – for example, a constant level of protein – and the close management of any potential contamination.

Much less land is needed than for other comparable crops.

Using CO2 emissions instead of bottled CO2 is not only cheaper, but also more responsible. There’s even potential for this system to be carbon neutral or carbon negative – depending on the energy used and the sources employed in the de-watering and drying of algae to obtain the powder that is needed for animal feed. We are working on solutions for Livalta’s first commercial size plant of 20,000 tons to follow the pilot plant.

If this is successful, Livalta and Pond also intend to collaborate with other third-party CO2 emitters to build a network of plants

across the globe. Our intention is to have regional production sites to be closer to our customers and to minimise our environmental footprint related to transport.

Significant potential for our industry

Spirulina offers significant potential for our industry if we can turn it into a responsible and affordable animal feed ingredient.

So far, its use has been mainly limited to aquaculture and petfood, where certain niches can afford the current high prices of quality algae.

The livestock and aquaculture industry in general rely on soybean meal and other more functional protein sources, such as fishmeal – at a much higher cost to the environment. Our ambition is to make this superfood available consistently, affordably and at scale for animal feed across species, including dairy, pig, broiler and layer chicken, as well as pets and horses.

Will we ever be able to match the cost of soybean meal? Not straight away, but we will aim to and in the meantime, we will start by replacing fishmeal and similar protein sources.

Our starting point will be in aquaculture where an existing library of scientific trials in several species (including trout and tilapia) already shows that protein sources like fishmeal can be (partially) replaced by spirulina while maintaining animal growth performance, feed intake and feed conversion.

There is also evidence of immune benefits and a higher resilience in challenge situations. Similar indications exist for broiler diets. In dairy, trials show improvements of milk quality in terms of the milkfat composition and a reduction of the somatic cell count, suggesting anti-inflammatory properties. The latter are also highly relevant for pets and horses.

We will be conducting our own ongoing series of trials across species with leading universities together with our customers, to further contribute to the scientific evidence about the nutritional and functional benefits of algae in general and of the products we develop.

Through our work with the Global Feed LCA Institute (GFLI), we also aim to provide a full life cycle analysis of our products so we can give our customers the choice of nutritionally-optimised and climate-friendly feed formulations. We believe that we are one step further towards a net-zero agrifood industry.

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China Promoting grain saving & loss reduction strategies

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by Prof Wu Wenbin, Henan university of technology, China

midst the ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic, increasing uncertainties in the international food market, and a long-term tight balance between domestic food supply and demand, China should firmly seize the initiative in food security and keep the Chinese people's livelihood firmly in its own hands.

Therefore, we must attach equal importance to increasing production and reducing expenditure, whilst also taking multiple measures to ensure food security.

To cherish grain, we should not only control the 'waste on the tip of our tongue'- but also reduce the postpartum loss of grain.

Reducing grain loss is equivalent to increasing grain production, which is the so-called 'invisible fertile field' for increasing effective grain supply.

In recent years, the national food industry continued to carry out the farmer science special, 'food security project' construction, grain storage of grain 'wisdom' construction, as well as raw grain and transportation moderately, food processing, food quality

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engineering, and other special operations. On the grain purchase, storage, transportation, processing and consumption link have achieved obvious results.

Solving the grain storage problem for farmers

Since 2007, with the support of the National Development and Reform Commission, a special project has been launched to encourage rural households to store grain in a scientific way.

To this end, about 10 million sets of economical, suitable, insect-resistant and mildew resistant new grain-storage devices will be promoted and built within major grain-producing areas.

It is estimated that a farmer's loss of stored grain can be reduced from eight percent to less than two percent if the equipment is used correctly.

Under the 'Post-production Service System for Grain' sub-item of the Quality Grain Project launched in 2017, more than 5000 post-production service centres have been set up in 26 provinces to provide services such as cleaning, drying, storage, processing and sales, giving full play to the role of promoting the upgrading of grain storage and reducing losses.

F technology of joint transportation, including special trains for railway transportation of grain and special bulk grain truck, and logistics equipment for collecting bulk grain, so as to improve the efficiency of grain circulation and reduce grain loss.

Going forward, China will comprehensively advocate appropriate processing and rational processing, as well as carrying out the research and development and promotion of appropriate processing technologies for bulk grain and oil. The aim of this approach is to avoid excessively low production rates due to excessive processing whilst also effectively reducing unnecessary grain losses and energy consumption.

We will actively explore the comprehensive utilisation potential of rice bran, soybean meal and other processing by-products, and develop and apply value-added utilisation technologies

Promoting nutrition & health education

Storage & transportation loss reduction technology

New mechanical ventilation technology is now widely applied to the storage, cooling, circulation, fumigation and measuring of grain. These relatively new grain storage technologies promote the application of controlled atmosphere storage, low temperature grain storage, in facilities such as state grain reserves warehouses, where comprehensive loss rate fell to one percent. This placed food storage cycle storage technology in China at an international, leading level.

This philosophy has also helped to develop and then apply the

Through a combination of world food day, cycle of science and technology activities, TV, Internet, books and other media, BBS, exhibitions, lectures, etc., China will vigorously foster a social atmosphere in which we practice a strict economy and oppose waste.

Further measures that will be introduced to bolster this policy will include lectures based on relevant knowledge introduced into schools, lectures and literature distributed into the business world, also encouraging the love of healthy food in the community into the family, the barracks and other activities.

A further measure will include increased popularisation of grain technology and a festival of love for food consumption, nutrition, health knowledge – with the aim of actively developing grain saving detract from publicity and education work.

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Feed Using science to make animal agriculture sustainability possible

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by Carlos Saviani, Global Sustainability & Business Solutions Lead, DSM Animal Nutrition and Health, The Netherlands

or so many of us, a sustainable future often seems a distant utopia, undefined and unachievable. But for the team at DSM, it is the only way forward and a challenge worthy of fighting for. They believe that without change, the risks for our environment and therefore, our human presence on the planet, could soon be irreparable.

By 2050, we will see the world reach 9.7 billion people which is driving increased demand for animal protein. At the same time, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from animal agriculture are rising, and currently account for 14.5 percent of all humanderived GHGs. The animal protein industry is under significant pressure, and the current food production system cannot continue as is. To address this urgent issue with future-fit solutions for the entire feed and food value chain, DSM launched a strategic initiative for a robust and achievable worldwide transformation in animal protein sustainability titled We Make It Possible.

Feeding a growing population

Central to this strategic initiative is the goal of achieving enough nutritious food for a growing population, while reducing the environmental costs of farming, and enabling a sustainable transformation of food systems. In direct support of the UN Sustainable Development 2,3,12, 13, and 14, We Make It Possible is underpinned by six areas of focus: • Improving the lifetime performance of farm animals • Improving the quality of animal products (meat, milk, fish, eggs), whilst reducing food loss and waste • Making efficient use of natural resources • Reducing reliance on marine resources • Helping tackle anti-microbial resistance • Reducing emissions from livestock 56 | November 2021 - Milling and Grain

A crucial part of the work is measurement. After all, you cannot improve what you don’t measure and you end up just being judged by the lowest performer. In line with its commitment to its promise, DSM are enabling producers, farmers and businesses alike to measure and improve their environmental footprint with Sustell™, which is an intelligent sustainability service for animal farming.

Enhancing sustainability

Launched this year in partnership with Blonk Consultants, Sustell improves the environmental footprint and profitability of animal protein production by combining an advanced environmental foot-printing calculation tool with expert sustainability, animal production, and nutritional knowledge.

By enabling animal protein companies to enhance the sustainability of their own or supplier´s farms, Sustell indirectly improves the efficiency of production and the profitability for farmers.

A key area of focus and one of the company’s six sustainability platforms is reducing emissions from livestock. Food systems and the climate crisis are intrinsically linked.

Not only is food production and consumption responsible for more than a quarter of all global emissions (IPCC report 2019), it’s also the first to be hit by the disruption of the planet’s natural ecosystems. Therefore, DSM commits to enable double-digit on-farm reduction of livestock emissions by 2030, specifically to enable the following emission reductions: • 20 percent of greenhouse gas in dairy production • 30 percent of ammonia from swine farming • 30 percent of phosphorus from poultry farming The company believes that they can help farmers to make a sizeable reduction in emissions from farms by changing the feed that animals eat every day. For instance, just a quarter teaspoon of its feed additive Bovaer® per cow per day will consistently reduce enteric methane emission by at least 30 percent - enabling a 10-12 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions per kilo of milk.

Feeding Bovaer to one million dairy cows is also equivalent to planting 45 million trees. This September, the product received full market authorisation for beef and dairy in Chile and Brazil.

However, the company’s work does not stop with ruminants.

F For poultry, this year DSM launched ProAct 360™, a new protease market reference, which not only optimises amino acids digestibility, but also supports sustainable animal production by facilitating: The efficient use of natural resources including lower soy use and more alternative (local and by-products) raw materials Reduction of livestock emissions such as lower nitrogen emissions by enabling lower crude protein diets Improving lifetime performance & animal welfare by significantly reducing foot-pad lesions and ammonia in the poultry houses (broilers) Additionally, one of the six core elements of the We Make It Possible initiative is to improve the quality of meat, milk, fish, and eggs while reducing food loss and waste.

As such, the company developed digital YolkFan™ Pro, a tool which helps producers assess the colour of chicken skin and egg yolk and ensures better end product characteristics to match the expectations of food companies and consumers which if not to standard, are often discarded and therefore wasted. A significant amount of food is also wasted due to poor shelf-life of meat and dairy products.

And so, DSM help to preserve the quality and extend the shelf-life of dairy and meat products by lessening spoilage and off-colouring with Optimum Vitamin Nutrition™ - another milestone made possible through the acquisitions of Biomin and next-generation eubiotics platform start-up Midori.

Reducing reliance on marine resources

The aquaculture industry is similarly under strain and is relying heavily on marine resources in order to produce protein at scale.

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Many of the company’s efforts focus on reducing reliance on marine resources to enable more sustainable aquaculture. In line with the UN Sustainable Development Goal 14 – Life Below Water, DSM developed a new solution for easing pressure on fisheries.

Algae-based omega-3 EPA & DHA oil Veramaris® provides one of the first viable alternatives to fish oil. As aquaculture grows, the use of finite fish meal resources comes under pressure and alternative highly digestible protein sources are being sought by the industry.

For this purpose, DSM has also developed an extensive feed enzyme solution that improves the digestibility and nutritional value of raw materials, thus enabling greater flexibility in feed formulation and less reliance on marine resources.

Between reducing emissions from livestock to improving the welfare of animals and the shelf-life of food in order to reduce waste, and many other elements that impact the feed and food value chain, the company put all of its efforts into enhancing the sustainability of our industry, with the hope of creating brighter lives for all.

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The surprisingly interesting & crucial stage of coffee processing

by Andrew Wilkinson, Milling & Grain magazine

rguably one of the lesser known stages of coffee processing, degassing is a commonly used term to describe a natural reaction that occurs once coffee has been roasted. It is at this point that the gases that were formed inside the coffee beans during the roasting process begin to escape.

Far from being an unwelcome anomaly or a side effect of bad practice, the presence of this gas is actually crucial to brewing a great cup of coffee. This is because having the right level of CO2 in your beans enhances flavour extraction, leading to nicer tasting coffee.

However, it is worth noting at this point that this does not mean that more gas equals better flavour. Too much gas can actually spoil the taste of your coffee because if the coffee beans are too fresh and haven’t been degassed properly, they retain too much carbon dioxide. Then during the brewing stage, this gas will then escape in small bubbles and spoil your coffee’s flavour, unless you’re a fan of weak watery coffee of course!

This is because the flavour of coffee comes from a process

called extraction, which occurs when hot water and the coffee grounds touch. So, if there are gas bubbles preventing the water and coffee from touching, then the coffee extraction is poor, leading to an uneven dispersal of the flavour and aroma compounds in the dry coffee.

To put it another way, if you brew coffee that has just been roasted, it can negatively affect the flavour and profile of the coffee. Because of this, it’s a good idea to wait at least a few days after roasting before you brew your coffee, with the process starting immediately after the roasting process is over. The degassing stage can last as long as two-to-three weeks, with this being dependent on the length of time that the coffee was roasted for and the amount of CO2 present.

The amount of CO2 present in our coffee beans is often dependent on how fast we roast them. The fast roasting process takes six minutes and produces coffee that is commonly used for more characterful coffees like espresso, whereas medium roast coffee is typically roasted for nine minutes and is used for speciality espresso. When beans are roasted slowly this takes 12 minutes and produces beans that you would find in filter coffee.

When we roast slowly, we produce more porous beans, whereas when we roast fast we produce a more dense bean structure which is capable of trapping more of the CO2 in still after the roasting. As much as 10mg/g of CO2 is lost through degassing, which means that about one percent of the mass of the coffee beans is lost as gas.

How the gas is created

During roasting, coffee beans undergo many different chemical reactions including the breaking down of complex carbohydrates into smaller molecules. This process also sees the beans begin to brown, whilst a lot of water vapour and carbon dioxide are also created.

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F From soil to sip - 10 steps to coffee 1. Harvesting Depending on the variety, it will take approximately 3 to 4 years for the newly planted coffee trees to bear fruit. The fruit, called the coffee cherry, turns a bright, deep red when it is ripe and ready to be harvested.

2. Processing Once the coffee has been picked, processing must begin as quickly as possible to prevent fruit spoilage. Depending on location and local resources, coffee is processed in one of two ways: The dry method sees the freshly picked cherries are simply spread out on huge surfaces to dry in the sun.

The wet method sees freshly harvested cherries passed through a pulping machine, with the beans then separated by weight as they pass through water channels.

3. Drying If the beans have been processed by the wet method, the pulped and fermented beans must now be dried to approximately 11 percent moisture to properly prepare them for storage.

4. Milling The milling of coffee involves the following stages: Hulling machinery removes the parchment layer (endocarp) from wet processed coffee.

Polishing is an optional process where any silver skin that remains on the beans after hulling is removed by machine.

Grading and Sorting is done by size and weight, and beans are also reviewed for colour flaws or other imperfections.

Beans are sized by being passed through a series of screens. They are also sorted pneumatically by using an air jet to separate heavy from light beans.

Finally, defective beans are removed either by hand or by machinery. Beans that are unsatisfactory due to deficiencies are removed.

5. Exporting The milled beans, now referred to as green coffee, are loaded onto ships in either jute or sisal bags loaded in shipping containers, or bulk-shipped inside plastic-lined containers.

6. Tasting Cupping coffee at originCoffee is repeatedly tested for quality and taste. This process is referred to as cupping and usually takes place in a room specifically designed to facilitate the process.

7. Roasting Batch coffee roasting transforms green coffee into the aromatic brown beans that we purchase in our favorite stores or cafés. When they reach an internal temperature of about 400 degrees Fahrenheit, they begin to turn brown and the caffeol, a fragrant oil locked inside the beans, begins to emerge.

8. Degassing The process of letting your roasted coffee beans rest, so the gas that has built up during the roasting process gets released into the air rather than into your cup.

9. Grinding The objective of a proper grind is to get the most flavor in a cup of coffee. How coarse or fine the coffee is ground depends on your chosen brewing method.

10. Brewing To master how to brew coffee, use our guide for tips and methods on how to make the perfect cup for any preference.

wall, with the development of gases continuing throughout the roast. At the end of the roasting stage, an important chemical reaction takes place that converts the sugar which causes the energy to be released, creating the gas.

As previously stated, this carbon dioxide does have an important role to play in coffee quality and when a coffee has degassed too much, the flavours are much less vibrant. It is also a commonly used indicator for freshness, plays an important role in shelf life and in packaging, impacts the extraction process, is involved in crema formation, and may affect the sensory profile or flavour in the cup.

Although these gases may help produce an impressive-looking crema because they create bubbles, this will cause the flavour to be weaker as these bubbles will have also interrupted extraction.

So, degassing allows for the dispersion of carbon dioxide caused in the roasting process but if you want a flavoursome cup of coffee, we do not want all of this gas to disappear. Instead, we should brew when there is just enough of it present as the right amount of carbon dioxide stops the coffee tasting stale and flat.

The importance of patience

If you buy freshly-roasted beans, you can usually rely on the best before date.

That said, if you’re roasting them yourself you may have to brace yourself for an unspecified period of trial and error.

If, however you prefer to live your life more scientifically, then there are a couple of tricks that you can use to see how fresh your beans are, just a few days after roasting.

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When your dark roast is starting to lose its oily look and is not leaving any residue when you touch it, then you should grind those beans before it’s too late. It can be harder to tell with lighter roasts, a general rule is that you want your beans to be shiny but not oily.

You can also do a quick test by chucking a handful of roasted beans in a resealable plastic bag, pressing out the air and leaving it overnight. If the bag has swollen when you check again in the morning, there is still some carbon dioxide releasing, meaning your beans are still good and fresh.

For reference, remember that coffee degassing takes longer with lightly roasted beans. The shorter the extraction time of your brew method, the longer your beans need to degas.

You may be tempted to grind your roasted beans to speed up the process. Whilst this will get rid of carbon dioxide quickly, you’ll risk having your coffee go stale prematurely.

Coffee grounds have a much shorter shelf life than whole beans, so for the best cup possible, let your coffee degas whole and then grind the beans right before you intend to brew.

Small & large scale coffee processing

When comparing the processes employed by small batch roasters with those who produce coffee en masse for organisations such as supermarkets, one would be forgiven for assuming that the machines used are the same in every aspect other than size, this is very much not the case, however.

Although the need to degas the coffee retains the same level of importance in order to produce a decent standard of coffee, with the larger batches, not doing so safely can lead to hazardous scenarios, such as the exposure of plant employees to carbon dioxide.

Exposure to CO2 can produce a variety of health effects including headaches, dizziness, restlessness, a tingling or pins or needles sensation, difficulty breathing, sweating, tiredness, increased heart rate, elevated blood pressure, coma, asphyxia and convulsions.

It is therefore of great importance that larger scale processing operations are conducted in large well ventilated rooms, or with equipment fitted with an adequate ventilation system, such as the one featured in Image 2.

Poorly considered packaging solutions can also lead to the product losses or quality issues at point of sale, with packaging known to rupture if unsuitably designed.

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How to adapt manufacturing, service and supply systems to turn stress into success

by Lubin Liu, Director and Vice President Famsun Group, China This article is adapted from an interview with Lubin Liu, Director and Vice President Famsun Group that details his views on how the company weathered the disruption caused by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, a detailed introduction to the company’s Project Delivery Management System, and a look at the challenges that he believes our industry will have to navigate over the coming years.

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stomer experience in the whole life circle of our products, including the business sectors of consultation, solution amsun’s contract delivery February esign, product manufacturing, procurement, logistics, project engineering, qualitysecurity control, and customer service.

2020, due to the implementation of a prolonged Chinese New Year Holiday, social distances and travel & transport system delivers a comprehensive for he system is aiming for timely, quality, and efficient contract delivery services with the lowest cost in the delivery ofrestrictions, machines, manufacturing, and supply begins Mr Liu. ojects, solutions and services. Through years of significant innovations andwork, improvements, the security solution.efforts, It links all of the At the company, we know it clearly that the future belongs to stem has become one of our proud advantages operations and the competitiveness of thethroughout customers, partners and suppliers in are able to manage uncertainty and innovate rapidly. those who and activities ur ecosystem. This is confirmed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

That’s why we launched an ecosystem-wide innovation campaign the whole product life cycle; right from learning what the customer demands, right to collect ideas to innovate our manufacture, services and supply s we all known, the pandemic had an unprecedented and disruptive impact on the global manufacturing and system through the delivery of anaffect excellent pply sector since the first cases were reported.

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FASMSUN, we know it clearly that the future belongs to those who are able to manage uncertainty and innovate System that has been developed with Flowless Project Delivery By aiming for timely, quality, and efficient contract delivery pidly. That’s why we launched an ecosystem-wide innovation campaign to collect ideas to innovate our manufacture, system with the lowest cost when delivering machines, projects, rvices and supply system soon after resuming operations in China. Thanks to a wide engagement of our local and in its core. It took us less than a month to compensate solutions and services, the system has been developed the obal employees, suppliers and partners, and the response efforts from local governments, we had successfully delays and regain an ‘enabling’ manufacturing, services and supply system at the end of March 2020. through several years of significant efforts, innovations novated our operating and business mode to rapidly adapt to the pandemic disruptions,and based on a forwardinking Project Delivery Management System that has been developed with Flowless Project Delivery systemInin2020, we had delivered products to over 70 countries and improvements. core. It took us less than month to compensate delays and an ‘enabling’proud manufacturing, services and Thea security system hasthe become oneregain of Famsun’s conducted the construction of over 400 feed mills, grain storage pply system at the end of March 2020. & handling facilities and oilseed processing plants for our advantages and the level of competitiveness maintained by its customers around the world. It was the best ever contract delivery customers, partners and suppliers in our ecosystem during the 2020, we had delivered products to over 70 countries and conducted the construction of over 400 feed mills, grain Covid-19 pandemic, stands as a testament to this point. performance in Famsun’s history despite the pandemic. orage & handling facilities and oilseed processing plants for our customers around the world. It was the best ever The pandemic has thrown the global manufacturing and supply ntract delivery performance in FAMSUN’s history despite the pandemic. chain into chaos by placing constraints on factory activities, or Adapting to pandemic disruptions overwhelming manufacturing firms with demand they cannot Like others, Famsun did have some delays in production, meet, while disrupting their supply chains, squeezing their shipping, and delivery at the very start of the sudden pandemic in margins.

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F surfing on the crest of the waves.

Early this year, the company reported the successful delivery of over 400 feed mills, grain storage & handling facilities and oilseed processing plants in 2020. It also promised to build more regional and local processing capacity for the global food production system in 2021 and the coming ‘new normal’ years, with its well-performed contract delivery security system and in close collaboration with its customers and partners.

Like other well-organised businesses, we have different professional teams perform different business functions at Famsun. In order to become an effective organisation that delivers good results to benefit our customers and the whole value chain, we configure the right capabilities to different functional teams with the right people in the right jobs, getting the business processes right, and deploying effective tools and advanced technologies.

In addition to that, and the upmost importance to Famsun’s success is that we have flexible structural mechanisms that allow it to group and link the professional teams or stuff members across departments to work together for a specific program easily, for example, a project delivery program.

The grouping and linking of work can create great synergy and effectiveness by making coordination easier, improving execution quality, and reducing wasted times as well.

Securing the company’s supplies & deliveries

I have to say our teams, wherever they are around the world, are doing everything in their power to innovate, find new ways, discover new resources, introduce new technologies, apply new tools and establish new partnerships to secure the company’s supplies and deliveries to local, regional, national and global customers.

We have made significant efforts to ensure we are qualified to the local governments’ requirements during restrictions, so that we can apply for priorities and green channels in manufacturing, project construction, logistics, custom clearance, etc.

Our logistics department had also developed in-land train freight and rail-sea intermodal transport to ease the tense situation of freight by sea. We also diversified our project supply by accelerating localisation outside China. We had established new partnerships with about 40 local professional engineering and service teams in Egypt, Ecuador, the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, and other countries.

Whilst by strengthening cooperation with the famous suppliers such as ABB and SEW, we are able to quickly respond to customer demands with the support from their nearest local facilities. More importantly, China’s complete and resilient supply chain is always the company’s firm support.

The pandemic also has accelerated Famsun’s transformation paces in automation, digitalisation, and Industry 4.0. Such equipment as CNC machining centers, welding robots, automatic painting lines, and semi-automatic assembly lines were introduced to produce precise, high-quality works with a reduced number of workers. Our procurement team applies big data tools to schedule purchasing plans in advance to guarantee production continuity with sufficient inventories. Our on-line service platform provides not only guidelines for machine and factory operations but also training courses and biosecurity methods for customers to protect and improve themselves. Our team members start to be familiar with the digital working circumstance and encouraged by a digital culture.

Achieving unimaginable changes in disruptive times

I believe it is the mission and a great corporate culture. As a well-positioned technology solution provider, we know it's clearly the driving roles that the company can play, our capability, and the real impacts we can create in building a sustainable food security system for lives on the earth.

We feel that it’s our responsibility to scale advanced technologies, provide production solutions, and work closely with food producers worldwide to improve the productivity of the system. When it comes to health crisis, the world needs more safe, nutritious, and affordable food to keep people healthy to fight the virus, and we must respond and act quickly.

At Famsun, we are a group of people who hardworking, dedicated, customer- centric and purpose-lead with the spirits of collaboration, innovation and high sense of organisation discipline. These merits enable the company to make breakthroughs in difficulties and address current and future challenges.

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F Challenges facing global manufacturing in the coming years

The most pressing challenges are the current high input costs due to the higher raw material, fuel, and logistics costs. Coarse grain price has increased 143 percent in the first five months of 2021 by compared to the same period of 2020.

While crude oil price is expected to grow by 50.3 percent in 2021. The high inputs cost results in high output charges, and the ongoing difficulties in sourcing inputs place constraints on production, thus disrupt supply.

At the heart of global manufacturing and production sectors is the complex network of supply chains. We have noticed that pandemic has increased the complexity of the network and accelerated other main trends affecting the future of manufacturing supply chains as well.

Other main trends are growing consumer demand for transparency; criticality of enhancing sustainability; and increasingly dynamic/shifting supply chains. While powerful megatrends like global trade tensions, climate change, new technology innovations and the uncertainties of Covid-19 pandemic still exist.

The world is expected to maximise its inclusive growth potential in the coming years. Therefore, businesses and industries must collaboratively address these challenges and risks rapidly to ensure enabling environments.

Challenges spark opportunities

At Famsun, we always believe challenges spark opportunities, and the future belongs to those who are able to quickly react to it. The pandemic gives us a window to rethink how we operate and redefine the company’s strategies. We aim to build a resilienceenabling manufacturing, services, and supply system while addressing current and future challenges simultaneously.

To succeed, we will continue some forward-thinking programs while leveraging the transformation of digitalisation, automation, and intelligence, as well as sustainability in our contract delivery security system to achieve new enablers.

In response to the raising input costs, our procurement department identify potential risks in important suppliers’ delivery, quality control, financial situation regularly and make scientific purchasing plans to create a demand-supply balanced inventory with big data.

By closely working with other teams, the procurement department continues to develop alternative supply resources and expand the network of local, regional and global suppliers. Groupwide, we execute stringent cost management and control mechanism to ensure our competitive in operating cost. So far, the company has successfully managed not to pass the higher input costs on to our customers.

Famsun Project Delivery Management System was upgraded to a next digital level in 2020. The 2.0 version further optimises and standardises our business processes and increases transparency across Famsun’s manufacturing, services and supply system, by including the requirements and standards of our customers, the data of all suppliers and partners of raw materials, logistics, engineering and service, as well as our global and local know-how, experiences, and best project practices into this system 2.0.

The advanced manufacturing technologies we invested into our global production sites previously have already paid us back with improved capacity utilisation and high efficiency. We will further speed up our production flexibility with an investment plan of building several Industry 4.0 manufacturing plants in some strategic markets of the world to increase our local and regional production capabilities.

We encourage all our business sectors and employees to leverage advanced technologies, digital tools, automatic machines as well as AI robots to improve their working efficiency if there is any possibility, so that they can spend more time to innovate solutions, find new resources and develop new partnerships.

Famsun is going to accelerate its actions to sustainable development and climate change, not only by providing sustainable solutions to our customers, but also in building a decarbonising manufacturing, services and supply system.

Besides applying high energy-efficient manufacturing equipment, we are also transforming for green facilities by increasing the usage of green energy in our operations year by year. With more and more of our suppliers engaging in our decarbonised supply chain, we feel the confidence to make Famsun an important and successful sustainable flagship for our customers.

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F suppliers and partners to select the right equipment for work, raw materials and supplies based on local and global knowhow, experience and best practices, principles, standards and requirements - as well as other elements related to the delivery of our products, plants, solutions and services are included in this system.

These elements are well organised into standard operation processes with scientific, optimised algorithm to tell what to do, when to do it, how to do it and how to manage the potential risks to ensure fast, quality and satisfied execution with high efficiency and reduced costs.

With this system, anyone whether they are from Famsun or our local partnering engineering and service teams can deliver high quality work with best executions. It is also the first-ofits-kind in the agri-food industry. We launched the program in collaboration with a leading world management consulting company in 2013, and upgraded it to the 2.0 version in 2020 by introducing advanced digital technologies and leading management concepts and methods.

The new version also provides powerful networking functions with connective interfaces for the Famsun Automatic Quotation System, the Budgeting System, CRM, FS-CAD, SolidWork, PMS, SAP and other yet to develop systems to increase synergy and effectiveness. The Famsun Project Delivery Management System 2.0 provides end-to-end transparency, traceability and visibility, which make the deliveries more controllable.

Over time, we believe the system will be able to capture the advanced information to create a new layer of standardised data that can be used to support a variety of sustainability-related objectives.

Greater resilience to any potential risks and disruptions

I believe that this system will create an advanced manufacturing, services and supply ecosystem with great resilience to address any potential risks and disruptions to ensure timely, quality, and efficient deliveries to our customers.

The company can depend on it to create customer satisfaction while optimising businesses and operations to make a leapfrog. It will be inclusive to all of the company’s customers, suppliers and partners, and will open to more companies and organisations in the global agri-food value chain.

Every stakeholder in the ecosystem can benefit from its information, effectiveness, transparency, visibility and sustainability to gain new growth. We know it clearly that there will be uncertainties and challenges on the way ahead, but with the driving of new technologies and the collaborative efforts of all stakeholders in the ecosystem, I believe it will enjoy success someday, and will create great positive impacts to the global food security and a sustainable food future.

About Lubin Liu, Director and Vice President Famsun Group

Lubin Liu joined the company in 1997 and he has worked in various management positions in the organisation. His growth mindset, strength in leadership and years’ focuses on contract delivery management improvement has helped Famsun build teams that deliver great synergy and strong results in the company’s supplies and project deliveries in agri-food industry.

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n 2018, feed production in the world was approximately 1.1 billion tons, and according to the World Food Organization, this amount will increase by 100 percent in the next 15-20 years and reach approximately 2.2 billion tons.

To meet this uptick in demand, a capacity increase of 55 million tons per year is required. Majority of the feed to be produced will be obtained by pelleting, as can be expected.

Pelleting is the process of compressing or molding a material into pellets. A wide variety of different materials can be pelleted, including chemicals, animal feed, wood chips, straw, organic materials, plastics and more.

Feed pelleting process is the forming of very different feed components (which are well ground and mixed, sometimes in powder form, difficult to digest and process) in larger sizes under temperature, humidity and pressure. Pelleting is an example of agglomeration at medium pressure, whilst a natural binder is used (water-steam).

Pelleting of animal feed is the most common application in animal size enlargement by agglomeration and has the largest volume, followed by the pelletisation of iron ore.

Assessing pellet quality

Economically, pellet quality is very important. For example, one of the most important criteria used to evaluate the efficiency in the poultry industry is FCR (Feed Conversion Rate). In other Image 1: Various products in pellet form.

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words, it is the rate of converting the feed eaten by the animal into meat.

As the pellet quality increases, the amount of feed consumed to obtain 1 kg of meat decreases. Considering that approximately 90 percent of the meat cost comes from the cost of feed production, the importance is easier to understand. While the FCR is about 1.8 in Turkey, it’s 2.4 in Iraq and 1.3 in Brazil.

Pellet quality is measured by the mechanical strength of the pellet. There are standardised measurement methods in the world such as Holmen Method, Tumble-Box Method (just like methods of measuring the hardness of engineering materials). The unit of quality is %PDI (Pellet Durability Index). When PDI is 100 percent, that means the pellet has the highest quality.

The 3 main designs of pelleting are: • Flat • Concave (Yenmak pellet mills are in this category) • Convex

The working principle of the pellet mill

The raw material is pressed into circular holes on the die. The friction force between the raw material and the inner surface of the hole creates the necessary resistance to compress and compact the raw material, and the raw material comes out from the holes on the die as extruded rods. These rods are cut with adjustable blades and turned into pellets.

The feed at ambient temperature with a humidity of 10-12 percent reaches 15-16 percent humidity at 80-90°C in the process.

At the time of pressing, the feed temperature rises to 92°C with the effect of friction. Then, the feed, which is cooled down to the ambient temperature within 10 minutes, is dried so that the moisture content is below 13 percent.

Although many different pellet mills have been designed until today, 95 percent of the pellet mills used in the world today consist of machines with a circular die called a ring die. These pellet mills have almost become the industry standard in the feed and biomass sectors.

In this type, the die is rotated by a drive system and the rollers placed in the die, rotating with the friction force created by the raw material to be pelleted between rollers and the die’s inner

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F surfaces. In this way, it presses the raw material into the holes on the inner surface of the die.

In pellet presses, the roller surfaces are rough to increase drag. If the material is too slippery or the rollers are smooth, the machine will not be able to pick up the product. If this is the case for a particular product/application, presses with beltpulley transmission may be preferred instead of gear-driven transmission.

Slipping on the belts can act as an added safety measure. The rollers are also usually protected by an anti-wear coating. The die material must be resistant to wear, corrosion and breakage.

The extrusion force must be greater than the frictional resistance. Serious pressure occurs in the front parts of the holes.

Therefore, die material and thickness should be well considered.

The inlet and outlet of die holes shouldn’t have sharp edges.

The L/D ratio in the die holes should be increased to obtain a denser product.

Image 2: Pelleting process (schematic).

Image 3: Die and inlet-outlet sections of the die.

Various feed types produced by pelleting

High Grain Feed (50-80% grain, 12-25% protein): Formulas containing high starch. During the conditioning phase, they must reach high humidity and temperature levels.

Heat Sensitive Feed Containing Sugar, Milk Powder and Whey Powder (5-25%): Since sugar and dairy products are caramelised at 60°C, the heat generated by friction should be kept low. For this purpose, it is preferred to use thin die, low speed and to add oil/water as lubricant or coolant.

High Natural Protein (25-45%) Supplement and Concentrate: This type of feed also contains 5-30% molasses. The need for temperature is high while the need for adding humidity is low.

Low Protein (12-16%) Feed: They have a small amount of grain, a large amount of coarse fibers. A small amount of moisture can be added in conditioning. Production of high-quality pellets is difficult as a result of low humidity and low temperature conditioning.

High Urea (6-30%) and High Molasses (5-20%) Feeds: Are difficult to extrude. There is only a little steam or no steam at all. Dies are thin and speed is slow. Drying is required before cooling. Pellets should be dusted to eliminate stickiness.

Advantages of pelleted feed

With the effect of grinding, heat, pressure and steam; the starch in the feed is broken down and the feed becomes more digestible.

Thus, the feed conversion rate increases.

• Since molasses and oil are used, the flavor and energy of the feed increase.

• By making animals less choosy with the feed, it provides homogeneous nutrient intake and a more balanced diet. It also prevents feed residues.

• It prevents diseaf_indent • and energy spent per unit feed decreases.

Factors Affecting Pellet Quality

First of all, we must state that the quality and capacity are inversely proportional in pelleting process. Process engineers are focused on some methods for the optimisation of quality and capacity including steam and pellet die conditioning parameters, bulk density, the retention time of material in the die and the content of the foods.

Conditioning temperature, steam quality and steam pressure and time affect pellet quality. In two separate conditioners, it was observed that the pellet quality increased in slower speed operation. This is because moisture penetrates the food more effectively; it makes the food softer and stickier.

The increasing the conditioning temperature is very important

Table 1: Identifying a good quality pellet No dust

Visually inspectable

No cracks

Visually inspectable

Pellet lengths are equal

Visually inspectable

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Measured by a test

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for increasing quality and reducing energy consumption, whilst PDI increases as the amount of delivered steam (moisture) and retention time increases.

More compact pellets are formed from material with greater bulk density. As the amount of oil in the content increases, the quality of the pellet decreases. Oil covers the outside of the product, preventing moisture from penetrating inside.

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Pulses An ancient crop making a comeback to address modern day challenges

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by Christian Bärenwalde, Business Developer, Müller’s Mühle, Germany

he quest for alternative proteins has never been more intense. With the rising awareness of global warming and other environmental crises, more and more consumers want to do their part and contribute to a sustainable future. A vital pillar in this big picture is the shift from animal-derived to plant-based protein.

As such, the variety of meat, sausage, fish, cheese and other dairy product substitutes continues to rise.

Innovative ingredients that contribute to appealing end products and combine a good nutritional profile, outstanding taste and a clear conscience are very much in demand.

A raw material that seamlessly packages both tradition and

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innovation is pulses. They are among the world’s most ancient commodities; in fact, archaeological excavations suggest that they date back more than 11,000 years.

Yet, they still remain relevant today. Their minimal requirements in terms of cultivation and their excellent nutritional composition makes them a must-have ingredient for contemporary food concepts.

Germany-based Müller’s Mühle focuses on the procurement, processing and refinement of pulses. The company has recently invested €14.5 million (US$16.8 million) in new refining technology for legume concentrates. And, with the help of a modern air separation plant, functional flours with a protein content of up to 65 percent can now be produced, facilitating the enrichment and nutritional optimisation of many foods.

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Cutting-edge technology

Previously using conventional milling equipment to process native legume flours, the company has now installed state-of-theart technology to separate the high-protein from the low-protein fractions. With this process, Müller’s Mühle aims to achieve both the highest possible protein content and high yields. This is a tricky task as the ingredient composition of different legume varieties differ considerably; and there are also harvest-related fluctuations to be considered.

Hence, the experts are continuously adjusting the operational parameters to meet the specific requirements of each batch.

Thanks to a nearly 130-year pedigree of legume experience, though, Müller’s Mühle is well-placed to overcome this challenging task. Depending on the raw material, concentrates with a protein content of 40 to 65 percent can be achieved.

Sustainable raw materials

For its range of SMART Pulses Pro high protein functional flours, Müller’s Mühle uses chickpeas, fava beans, yellow peas and red lentils, making the whole process chain as holistic and sustainable as possible. Regarding cultivation, legumes have very low water requirements. Furthermore, they bind nitrogen from the air into the soil and, as a consequence, naturally increase soil fertility without the need for nitrogenous fertilisers.

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also depends on transport routes; the company attaches great importance to responsible procurement, their raw materials are sourced from Germany and neighbouring European countries whenever possible.

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but the company is working on a European solution. Last but not least, 100 percent of the raw material is utilised during production — from functional and native flours to the food industry to byproducts (such as the legume shell) to the feed sector.

On the subject of nutritional physiology, legume concentrates are true all-rounders. In addition to their high protein content — and being far superior to protein isolates — they also contain fibre and minerals, B vitamins and trace elements.

Furthermore, they are low-glycaemic. Their impressive credentials also have a positive effect on nutri-score labels, which are becoming increasingly valued by health-conscious Europeans.

In addition, they are clean-label ingredients and naturally free from gluten and soy.

An endless list of potential applications

A core application field is alternative products as it can be used as a base for meat substitutes or hybrid products, the company’s flours are converted into texturised vegetable protein (TVP) using an extrusion process. Even in their natural state, though, these flours can be used as emulsifiers and binding agents in the alternative “meat” segment.

They also work well for plant-based dairy-like products such as drinks, yoghurts, desserts and cheese. Thanks to their emulsifying properties, legume flours can also act as egg replacements in baking formulations.

In this context, the company currently conducts trials in collaboration with an independent research service provider (ttz Bremerhaven) and does end product-oriented R&D in the field of egg substitution in different doughs and applications.

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Another lucrative sector is the high protein market. Previously dominated by animal-derived whey ingredients, the demand for 100 percent plant proteins is on the rise according to market research company MarketsandMarkets, the global plant-based protein market is expected to reach a value of US$15.6 billion by 2026 (recording a CAGR of 7.2% from 2020).

So, whether they’re positioned in the sports nutrition or weight management sector, or used to fortify everyday groceries such as yoghurts, baked goods or pasta, legume concentrates offer a convenient way to increase the protein content of a wide variety of foods while also improving technological properties such as texture.

The gluten-free sector is another promising field for pulse-based flours. GlobeNewswire expects this market to be worth US$36 billion by 2026, increasing from approximately US$22 billion in 2019. Legume flours are suitable as a base for baked goods, pasta, snacks, bars, breakfast products and cookies.

The potential for pulses is far from exhausted

Pulses are the perfect example of an ancient crop making a comeback to address modern day challenges. Soon, there will be ten billion people to feed on a fragile planet with finite resources.

Alternative proteins are therefore a crucial component in the quest for sustainability.

There are many routes to take and lots of raw materials that can be used to deliver a more sustainable protein supply. Even though they’ve been part of the human diet for thousands of years, proteins from legumes offer innovative solutions for contemporary food concepts and will enable manufacturers to participate on the booming market for alternative proteins.

The R&D team at Müller’s Mühle conducts extensive work in plant-based cheese and egg substitutes. Compared with meat alternatives, these segments are still in their infancy and offer considerable market potential.

In the long term, Müller’s Mühle intends to further expand their technology and incorporate additional refinement steps to offer customers even more targeted products for specific applications.

The potential for pulses is far from exhausted, and the experts at Müller’s Mühle are eager to further establish raw materials such as beans and peas in this segment and continue to shape the market.

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A new level of sorting precision

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by Nick Ikeda, Manager, Digital Technology Research Office, Satake, Japan

orting technology is an indispensable part of quality control in the food industry. A variety of technologies are used to remove foreign materials from raw materials and to prevent them from entering into the finished product.

Amongst them, X-ray technology is one of the latest food inspection technologies, and its characteristics make it one of the most important devices for the inspection of products after packaging.

X-ray is a type of electromagnetic wave like visible light, but it cannot be seen by the human eye because of its short wavelength and high energy, they can pass through the atoms and electrons that make up matter. This effect is called transmission and is widely used in X-ray photographs at medical institutions and in baggage inspections at airports.

The amount of transmission is determined by the density and thickness of the irradiated object. In the aforementioned postpackaging product inspection, this feature is utilised to detect and remove foreign substances in the package, in a non-destructive manner, thereby maintaining the quality of the product to be shipped to the market.

Removing foreign objects & substances

The principle of detecting foreign objects with X-rays is as follows: X-rays emitted from the X-ray generator (1) pass through the object while attenuating it, which are converted into electrical signals by the camera (2). When an object passes between (1) and (2), the X-rays reaching the camera are attenuated due to object’s thickness and density, and the features of the object are visualised.

In this captured image, the attenuated portions appear dark and the non-attenuated portions appear light. For example, in the case of a packaged grain product, a dense foreign object such as a metal will appear dark in the image because of the large attenuation at the object.

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However, if the foreign object is close in size and density to the product, such as resins, it is difficult to detect them unless the thickness of the packaged product is even, and requires more advanced image processing to detect these slight differences.

Although sorting machinery is widely used in the food industry to remove such foreign substances, there are other types of defective products such as external and internal defects in agricultural products and manufactured food products, with manual visual inspection often relied on to sort them out.

In the case of almonds, there are defects called doubles, partially deformed kernels due to two kernels developed in one shell, and defects called insect damage, which have internal cavities caused by insects and are easily missed even by manual visual inspection.

Compared to normal almond kernels, defective ones with external or internal defects have a wide variety of sizes, positions, and shapes, and it is difficult to detect all of them even with image processing technologies such as binarisation and shape recognition that have been used in conventional optical sorting machines.

The latest and most advanced technology

Beltuza Spectra, Model CSX600BW, is Satake’s latest optical sorter that combines its latest and most advanced X-ray and image processing technology. In addition to inspecting differences in product appearance in colour and shape with visible wavelength cameras, and composition using multiple infrared cameras, the Beltuza Spectra is equipped with an X-ray inspection system that analyses objects with patented sorting algorithm and AI (Artificial Intelligence).

The optical sorter precisely sorts a wide range of previously impossible defective products. On top of detecting foreign objects with density differences from the product like other X-ray sorters such as metal detectors, the Beltuza Spectra also detects physical defects that are difficult to distinguish due to the posture of the object when it passes through the image capturing area, and internal defects such as insect damages.

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AI in the Beltuza Spectra fully utilises training data from an image taken by the machine's X-ray camera system from an object containing a defective product to be detected.

A complex combination of information

This is achieved using a complex combination of information obtained from the image, such as its shape and position, as well as the difference in density and thickness that can be distinguished by X-rays, and it automatically determines the best combination among them to accurately detect defective products.

This is a completely new image processing system that can detect defective products.

By employing a combination of the latest technology in multiple wavelength image processing, Beltuza Spectra is now able to perform a variety of inspections, from external, internal, and material type in one machine. The detection of colour differences using the Satake Smart Sensitivity, which has

already been implemented; the detection of internal damages with combination of X-ray and AI, the detection of complex features of colour and composition using the patented Mix Sensitivity, which combines visible information and the nearinfra-red; and the detection of contour features using Shape Detection.

Safety is also the key feature of Beltuza Spectra. The X-ray used in this sorting system is kept to a minimal energy level so that it does not affect the product characteristics and quality. Also, various safety measures have been taken to ensure that the system is safe to be operated on a product processing line.

Matching the best of interior, exterior, and material-type detection technologies, Beltuza Spectra achieves the highest level in sorting precision as a versatile sorter with a wide range of other potential applications such as packaged foods, in-shell tree-nuts, etc, without compromising neither the quality nor quantity of final product.

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Author - Dr Sergio Antolini, Ocrim & Paglierani of Cremona, Italy

Wheat, in the double meaning of primary and archaic food good and ritualsymbolic sign, is part of the Mediterranean agricultural culture, of which our fertile and generous country of ears is also a metaphor in Greek mythology, as much as in the readings of the Gospel.

The Greek goddesses Demeter and Persephone (Ceres and Proserpina in Roman mythology), mother and daughter united by a fatal destiny of loss and discovery, are inherent in the cyclical alternation of the seasons and in particular the spring regeneration.

Same is the destiny for wheat, a metaphor of life and death, of the passing of time and of periodic reformation, whose seed from the darkness of the earth announces and faces the mystery of life.

In the pagan celebrations of the Eleusinian mysteries, born in Greece, in Eleusis in the seventh century BC, then extended to Rome, the rape of Persephone/Proserpina is told, expressed in art by the pictorial and sculptural masterpieces of Dante Gabriele Rossetti and Gian Lorenzo Bernini respectively.

“First Ceres moved the clods with the hooked plow, first

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gave the world wheat and sweet food, first founded the laws: everything is a gift from Ceres. “(...) There is a large island, Sicily, which sits above the body of a giant (...)

“There is a lake near the walls of Enna, deep, which is called Pergo, and not even the Caistro hears more swan songs on its waves.

“A large forest crowns the waters from all sides (...)

“In these woods Proserpina, while playing to gather violets and white lilies, and fill the baskets and breasts with childish zeal, trying to overcome her companions, she was immediately seen, loved and kidnapped by Dite, so she rushed into the 'love. The terrified goddess calls her companions and her mother in a sad voice, but more her mother.

“She tore her robe at the top hem, and the gathered flowers fell from the loose robe; and there was so much candor in her young years that even this loss caused the virgin pain."

(Ovid, The Metamorphoses) The goddess Ceres was particularly loved by men; protecting the work in the fields, making the fruits ripen and the wheat golden, covering the land with flowers and herbs for all months of the year.

The daughter Proserpina, a blonde and sweet girl, always smiling, beautiful, while collecting flowers on the shores of Lake Pergusa, near Enna, is kidnapped by Dite/Pluto, god of darkness, and becomes his wife and queen of Hades, forced to live underground.

After nine days and nine sleepless nights of dismay, Ceres, the mother, decides to turn to Jupiter begging him to get her daughter back, but without obtaining any result.

Ceres, mad with grief, then decides to cause a great drought ... and after the drought the famine where men and beasts die in large quantities.

Shaken Jupiter sends Mercury to Pluto to order him to return Proserpina to her mother.

Pluto has to obey, but before departing from his beloved Persephone, he offers her to eat the pomegranate, symbol of marriage, engaging her, unbeknownst to him, to Hades forever.

Jupiter, however, moved with compassion, allows Proserpina to spend six months each year together with her mother (Spring and Summer) and the remaining six months together with Pluto.

From the days of the candlestick, the coldest of the year, to

the Spring Equinox, up to the Summer Solstice: about five months during which the wheat is transformed passing from germination, tillering with the formation of lateral shoots, flowering with flower fertilization and the stem raising.

After a lunar cycle of six lunations, the flowering of wheat is expressed, with clustered flowers of white color with reddish reflections. And finally earing, that is the formation of the ears with the consequent ripening, up to the harvest time, variable according to the wheat types and climatic conditions: June for the south, July for the north.

The ancient technique, now surpassed by sophisticated machines guided by satellite instruments, involved harvesting all by hand, with the Messoria Sickle, a curved blade with a wooden handle.

The sheaves, nothing but bundles tied for the first drying, necessary for the wheat to separate more easily from the stem during the subsequent beating phase, changing the fields aspect:

The Abduction of Proserpina Davide Conti

In the work of Davide Conti the female figure plays a fundamental role. Thanks to her intense beauty, understood in the broadest sense of the term and not dictated by predefined aesthetic canons, thanks to her spiritual power and her charismatic strength, she is often the protagonist and the one who moves the ranks of the stories told in the images created by Davide Conti .

She is the one who, both in the guise of deus/dea ex machina, and as a victim, weaves the precious thread of personal destiny and of the world and draws the complex geometries of life, whether she is Amazon, Salome, siren, Proserpina, ondina o Parca.

Bold geometries the intertwining of bodies, caught in the height of the action, makes it visible and physically tangible, carrying a vocabulary of feelings, senses, and emotions into the physical body.

The touch, the bending of a body, the gaze become meanings that are revealed, breaths that become essence, thanks to an elegant mastery in the management of light and shadows that highlight these subtle relationships, and these links between bodies, souls and destinies.

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F from the blonde expanse, in a sensual dance in the wind, to the circularly grouped crop in sheaves, in ritual homage to the Solar Circle, for maturing under the rays of the sun.

The beating follows, to separate the ripe wheat from straws and stalks, and screening, to divide once again the grain from the chaff and the good seeds from the empty ones. The grain, thus cleaned, is divided into a part destined for mill grinding, to be transformed into flour, and in part for the subsequent sowing.

From the technique to the symbologies of the ancient mystery cults, where the sieve as an initiatory instrument is revealed by its use itself in the image of a winged and naked divinity, in the Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii, who beats an initiate, leaning on the legs of another woman, with a whip, recalling the action of beating the grain, a practice of purification.

The neophyte, like Persephone, is compared to a seed, which turns into a sprout, takes root and ‘makes its way’ to realize its potential, chasing its own Ego, its own realization, for the entire first phase of its initiatory life.

He thinks of nothing but himself, to become what he feels he can be, until the time comes when, like the ear, he must be reaped.

So the neophyte dies and the initiate is born, the fruit of the goddess who joins the community of brothers by entering a spiritual dimension, more altruistic.

The initiate, like the harvested ear, therefore, offers himself and his seeds, that is, the richness of his personal experience, which he has matured over time and can still perfect.

“The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while the men slept, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.

“When the grass sprouted and yielded fruit, the weeds also appeared and the householder's servants came and said to him, 'Lord, did you not sow good seed in your field? How is it, then, that there are tares? ' “He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' The servants said to him, 'Do you want us to go and get it?'

“But he replied, 'No, lest, by gathering the tares, you uproot the wheat along with them. Let them both grow together until harvest; and at harvest time I will say to the reapers: first gather the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but the wheat, pick it up in my barn'."

Mt 13, 24-30 The man who sows the good seed, the enemy who sows weeds, the servants, the wheat, the weeds, the time of the harvest, the reapers and at last the respective fate of wheat and weeds.

Then Yahshua (Jesus in Hebrew) left the crowd and went into the house; his disciples approached him to say: 'Tell us the parable of the weeds in the field.' And he replied: “He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. The field is the world.

“The good seeds are the children of the kingdom; the weeds are the daughter of the evil one, and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest represents the end of the world and the reapers are the angels.

“Therefore, as the weeds are gathered and burned

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in fire, so will be at the end of the world. The Son of man will send his angels, who will gather all the scandals and all the workers of iniquity from his kingdom and throw them into the fiery furnace where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in their Father's kingdom."

Mt 13, 36-43 The weeds can get confused with wheat, but in due time the distinction between the two plants will become evident Figurative in purity, it expresses dominion, transmitting, thanks to the legible expressions and positions of each actor, scents of emotions generated by the sensual perception of the senses, overcoming the basic vision suggested by the frontal lobe

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Bagging machines made Austrian machine manufactures Statec Binder are used for the packaging of flour, grains, animal feed and pet food, seeds and other bulk materials all over the world.

Found within its product portfolio, Circupac is a packaging system that can be found throughout the global food sector. This high-performance bagging carousel is developed specifically for flour and powdery products.

The special feature of this particular packaging machine is its continuously rotating carousel, which allows the entire process to be carried out without a start-stop system to achieve a maximum output.

In 2018, one of the world’s largest flour producers granted the company the chance to prove the high-performance capacity of this bagging system. The customer’s requirements of 1200 demanded bags per hour, each bag containing 25kg flour, proved to be quite challenging for many manufacturers.

Therefore, increasing its output significantly was the customer’s main priority, so it needed to move from semi-automatic bagging

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systems to fully automated lines. Several manufacturers were shortlisted as potential partners for the project and following a period of consideration, the flour producer finally made the decision.

High performance & accuracy

Statec Binder was able to win the bidding process, with the high performance of its machines and weighing and dosing accuracy amongst the most decisive factors. Additionally, the technical implementation and the project setup encouraged the company to place its trust in the Austria based specialists.

Three fully automatic Circupac bagging carousels and three high-performance Principal-R robot palletisers were ordered.

Additionally, quality control equipment such as checkweighers and metal detectors were also supplied.

As part of the packaging line, a long conveyor system was installed to guarantee a smooth transition from the bagging to the palletising process. A special feature of this system is the bag detection equipment, which can identify the category of the bag according to the bag’s imprint, and then convey it to the corresponding robot palletiser.

The customer further attached great importance to a clean layer pattern, which is easily achieved with the Principal-R. Moreover, via a control system, the customer can always monitor the performance of each machine along with its productivity and efficiency.

In addition to the Circupac and the Principal-R, other Statec Binder bagging and palletising solutions can also be used in the

F food sector, as well as in the packaging of animal feed and pet food. Depending on the specific product requirements and the desired output, the company offers three open-mouth bagging machines to choose from including the Principac, the Certopac and the Acropac.

Bagging machines from this series are used successfully for the fast packaging of bulk materials successfully used worldwide for the packaging of food and feed products. The fully automatic high-performance bagging machine Certopac can pack any type of free-flowing bulk material in pillow bags and gusset bags with a filling weight between five and 80kg at high speed.

In addition to the standard version, the packaging machine is also available as Certopac- S and Certopac-L, with the differences between the two versions including bag magazines (rotating bag magazine or push magazine) and the different filling weights and sizes of the bags. The Certopac-S, abbreviated for Certopac-Small, has brought great success for Statec Binder in recent years.

The problem with paper

The machine was developed especially for the packaging of maize meal in the South African market. In the past, the dusty product was packaged in large paper bags with a filling weight of up to 80 kg.

However, the packaging requirements for maize meal, including bag sizes and used materials, have changed considerably. As a result, the bagging of the product in large bags, which used to be quite common, was no longer preferred by the purchasing population.

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In addition, using paper as a bagging material became more and more of a problem. This is because producers had to deal with many complaints and returns, as the material often broke during transport.

“As a company, we reacted with the development of the Certopac-S. With the technical features of this machine, we were able to perfectly address these trends in South Africa at the right time," says Josef Lorger, Managing Director at Statec Binder.

The Certopac-S uses polypropylene (PP) as a bag material to ensure sufficient resistance, and at the same time packs maize meal in small bag sizes, usually with a filling weight of only five kilograms. The company was thus the first manufacturer on the South African market to develop a product especially for maize meal.

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F Binder has achieved a great deal of recognition in all of South Africa with our machine. We are now THE supplier for this industry with an extremely high market share for automatic packaging with PP bags," says Josef Lorger.

The potential for the Certopac-S is great, since maize meal is an important product not only in South Africa, but on the entire African continent. The demand is expected to remain high in the future.

However, the company has more packaging solutions to offer.

Standing as the most efficient machine out of the broad product portfolio of Statec Binder, the Principac is a packaging system prepared for a wide range of applications.

This system is designed specifically for those who want to make the move from manual or semi-automatic packaging to fully automatic packaging or require rather low capacity, Statec Binder offers the machine Acropac.

The fast packaging of bulk materials

Moreover, also Form-Fill-Seal (FFS) packaging solutions are offered for these industries. The FFS machine System-T is particularly suitable for the fast packaging of bulk materials and can fabricate pillow bags and gusset bags with a filling weight between five and 50kg. On the other hand, the System-F, a fully automatic vertical FFS machine allows easy and quick adjustability and only requires little space.

Statec Binder further ensures precise weighing and dosing in product feeding by equipping bagging machines with highperformance net weighers. Moreover, the company ensures a secure and precise bag closure through Statec Binder bag closing systems.

For instance, the patented bag closing system “Over Tape Bag Sealer” is especially suitable for PP bags. The hot air of the

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machine, which is produced by a heating unit, seals the bags airtight and makes sure that they are completely odourless.

The packaging process of animal feed and food products is optimally complemented by fully automatic high-performance palletising systems. Besides the robotic palletising solution Principal-R, customers can also choose from high-level and portal palletisers.

Thanks to proven technology as well as continuous developments and optimisations, the company serves as an internationally recognised partner to many. Expert consulting services, a high level of service competence and support for any concern provide additional reasons for this. The fullest satisfaction of the customers has always the highest priority.

Numerous fully automatic bagging and palletising systems for the processing of flour, food products as well as animal feed in woven PP, PE and paper bags have already been installed and commissioned on all five continents.

Providing assistance & answers

The company’s specialists are always available to provide assistance and answers to questions, from dealing with orders of spare parts and their delivery, ongoing inspections and maintenance of machines and individual customer training programs, to tailor-made service agreements.

Statec Binder focuses on a high level of communication, fast availability and proximity to the customer within its partnerships, which is why a large number of the company’s representatives offer not only consultation, but also support customers with maintenance services and inspections directly and immediately on site.

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by Andrew Wilkinson, Milling & Grain magazine

lide gates are designed to shut off product flow from the outlets of storage bins, silos, conveyors, and other discharge points when handling dry bulk materials. As it does, it prevents or allows the flow of material from moving from one stage in the grain handling process to the next.

In order to keep the gate intact, the material used when manufacturing slide gates is extra durable, which is especially important as they must remain closed under the weight of tonnes of solid materials.

Slide valves, also known by the more generic term of gate valves, close off the material movement once a switch is activated, with the gate moving in a straight line to a fully opened or closed position.

One of the advantages of this type of valve is low-pressure changes between the closed and opened settings. This means that

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when the gate is completely opened, the flow of the materials is completely clear, allowing for better movement and less damage to the commodities flowing through it.

Five varieties of slide gates

There are five types of slide gates and a popular choice in the industry for grain handling is the rack and pinion design. Based on physics principles that ensure consistent operation, these gates operate by converting turning motion into lateral motion. In a manually operated rack and pinion gate, when you turn a wheel, the gate slides horizontally over the opening, with the opposite occurring when it is closed.

When it comes to purchasing slide gates for a grain handling facility, there are currently five choices on the market, with them all designed for the operation of a specific type of gate. These variations of slide gate are: • Manual gate: A system that uses hand wheels or chain wheels

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• Gear drive: In commercial applications that require multiple gates to open or close simultaneously, electrically operated gear drive gates are the preferred option.

• Electrically actuated: When automating commercial processes, some facilities use a programmable logic controller (PLC) for opening and closing slide gates. To allow for computer operation, the gates must be electrically actuated with motors that respond to PLC commands.

• Carbon steel or stainless steel valve frame and blade Pneumatic: Adding airpower from pneumatic control provides more force and faster speed for opening and closing commercial-sized slide gates.

• Custom designs: If none of the above is suitable for your facility, then any reputable manufacturer will be able to work with you to find a workable solution.

When it comes to material handling, spills from poorly fitting or functioning valves can lead to significant losses, costing both time and money. Therefore, selecting the right type of valve to match the material you move can help prevent this problem is of key importance.

Whether you need an option for dry grain or wet pulp, a reputable company can help you find the slide gate valve that best fits your needs, with Guttridge, WAM Group and Cetec representing just three of the many companies that offer viable solutions.

Guttridge - Slide valves and diverters

Part of Mitchells Group, Guttridge manufacture a range of robust heavy duty components designed to be compatible with its ranges of screw conveyors & dischargers and chain & flight conveyors.

For additional convenience and peace of mind, the company also offers its clients a one-stop shop for their materials handling needs. Guttridge slide valves are in use in many different industry sectors handling a huge variety of bulk materials.

These valves are designed to handle a variety of different materials in many environments with the materials used in their construction and finish able to be varied in order to suit customer requirements. Some standard features and common options include: • A linear actuator/geared motor with limit of travel microswitches • Hand operation rope or chainwheel & chain and lever operated • The slide plate runs on large diameter nylon rollers mounted on zinc plated hubs with rotective covers are fitted top and bottom.

• A flexible nylon top seal and brush bottom seal clean the slide plate.

• An externally mounted electrical box allows all wiring to be quickly connected.

• Manufactured from mild steel with a painted finish, galvanised or stainless steel.

WAM Group - VG-type Slide Valves

VG-type Slide Valves are entirely manufactured from carbon steel or stainless steel. Safe material interception and excellent durability are guaranteed. This type of valve is designed to meet the most demanding, heavy-duty applications when handling abrasive materials such as sand, gravel and wholegrain.

The ideal equipment for gravity applications, VG-type Slide Valves are available in larger sizes. They are equipped with two replaceable, abrasion-resistant seals and are available in various configurations.

These valves are typically mounted on the outlets of hoppers, tanks, silos, mechanical conveyors, or on the inlet of loading bellows. These valves are suitable for virtually all industrial sectors including the food industry, whilst their broad range of features includes: • Carbon steel or stainless steel valve frame and blade.

• Quick and easy maintenance.

• Painted carbon steel frame prevents rusting.

• Sizes of up to 1000 x 1000 mm (3.3 x 3.3 ft).

• Interchangeable manual, pneumatic or electric gear motor.

• Service inlet to deflect material away from seals and rollers.

Cetec - Pneumatic Slide Gate (PSG)

PSG slide gates from Cetec are used to intercept or cut off the flow of powders or granulates. Their rugged construction makes them ideally suited for heavy-duty applications in diverse industries. To ensure sanitary operation in food plants and maximum protection of the valve, the gate’s blade is equipped with a double seal.

All of these features afford both operators and owners reliable trouble free operation within their production processes, with additional features including: • Easy-to-interface with plant control system.

• Sealed roller bearings for smooth slide operation.

• Detection of slide jamming by foreign objects.

• Selection of operating modes.

• Local operator switch and remote control via plant system.

• Can be combined with product inlet and outlet adapters.

These gates from Cetec are also available with a hand wheel or pneumatic actuator, whilst the gates are available in powder coated carbon steel (light grey colour), or in all stainless steel construction.

Essmueller - Abel Universal Rack & Pinion slide gates

This heavy duty, manually controlled gate can easily be operated by a chain, cable, or hand wheel. Additional features of this product include: • A one inch diameter cold rolled steel control shaft, and slide gate locks to prevent gates from unintentionally opening.

• All rack and pinion gears are precision machined for maximum efficiency. The smaller models (<14 inches) are fitted with a single gear rack, whilst 16” square and larger gates have a double gear rack. roller bearings for smooth slide operation.

• The one inch diameter cold rolled steel shaft rides on selfaligning sealed ball bearings for smooth, non-sticking operation even under severe pressure and adverse conditions.

• Locks prevent gates from opening unintentionally and provide accurate slide positioning for material flow control.

As with all Abel universal frame gates, the Universal Rack & Pinion Slide Gates can easily be converted to any other type of actuator in the future.

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Wheat exporter market shares are shifting - will it affect costs?

Concerns about the adequacy and cost of higher quality grain supplies continue to underpin wheat’s overall value. As detailed in our last review, unusual heat and too little rain in much of North America, too much in parts of Europe have taken a toll on milling quality, especially at the premium end.

However, the situation continues to look salvageable with better

by John Buckley outcomes in other regions, notably Australia and Ukraine, both No major expecting huge, possibly record crops containing plenty of adequate problems have quality grain. Even the US spring yet emerged in wheat crop may not be quite as bad as earlier feared although Canada’s the Northern has recently looked even worse.

Hemisphere’s Around the world, many bread autumn sowing wheat importers have had to lower their specifications for millable campaign, but wheat including some of the some regions biggest customers like China, Algeria and Saudi Arabia. With need to be a bigger crop of its own, another monitored large importer, Morocco, may be closely in the more self-reliant this year.

In the US, consumers and coming weeks. exporters have switched some demand from the top grade, tightest hard spring wheats to hard red winter wheat. It all helps relieve some of the constant upward pressure on prices overall.

That said, bellwether markets like the three giant US futures exchanges and the EU’s own Paris futures market, do not appear in a hurry to relax to cheaper levels. The main Chicago market has recently returned close to the spring’s eight-year highs while Paris futures nearby delivery in late August hit a 13-year high.

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The main changes to the world crop breakdown in the last month or so are led by Canada. The latest official survey there now has output down to just 21.7m tonnes versus last year’s record 35.2m tonnes. Main exporter Russia, whose 2021 crop estimate was earlier slashed by the USDA from 85m to as little as 72.5m tonnes, now seems to be creeping up again according to local estimates ranging to 75.6m tonnes.

Will this be one of those years when that number continues to grow, as we have seen in the past? Possibly not, according to some observers who note that Russia, which normally ‘front loads’ its exports to capture best prices before some rivals’ slightly later harvests, has been a slower seller to date. Current reports also suggest Russia will have less to sell abroad over the season as a whole. (USDA says 35m versus last year’s 38.5m tonnes).

Canada’s export share is meanwhile expected to drop from 27.7m to just 17m tonnes.

Yet gains for Australia (+at least 5m to 24m), Europe (+6m to 35m) and Ukraine (+7m to 23.5m tonnes) should, along with other suppliers, be able to feed world imports at the currently forecast record level of 201m tonnes.

Whilst US, Canadian and Russian wheat exports so far this season running down on the year, the EU’s 2021 crop recovery has enabled a 43 percent increase to date. Australia is also being frequently mentioned as a competitive bidder in ‘optional origin’ and other tenders.

Interestingly, importers seem undeterred by high wheat costs. On the CBOT benchmark, world prices for soft milling wheat are up by about one third from this time last year. Paris at its recent peak was plus over 40 percent. Pn physical markets, US higher protein Dark Northern Spring wheat was, at one point recently, up as much as 55 percent (now closer to 44%). Despite the increases, a number of big tenders have gone through smoothly to buyers including those countries mentioned above.

As well as a strong Dollar – the currency in which most commodities get traded internationally – importers are facing higher ocean freight costs for grain. The Baltic Dry Cargo Index recently reached its highest level since late 2009. A backlog caused by slow cargo movement during the peak of Covid-19 lockdowns has still to be worked through, resulting in lack of vessel space. There is also the impact of a firming US dollar, in which most commodities get traded.

No major problems have yet emerged in the Northern Hemisphere’s autumn sowing campaign, but some regions need to be monitored closely in the coming weeks. The US is planting winter wheat slightly ahead of schedule and may expand area from the past couple of years’ nearrecord lows in response to the rise in wheat’s value.

However, the past year’s droughts have left their mark in lower soil moisture reserves. Parts of Russia face the same problem, possibly dissuading some farmers from sowing

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as much this year, especially amid uncertainty over the extent of their government’s intervention in the marketplace (chiefly the new moving export tax which seems to have interfered at times with the flow of grain).

Recent developments for wheat The USDA in September added 3.4m tonnes to its world crop total for 2021/22 and over four million tonnes to global carryover stocks. The US hard spring wheat crop is seen 42 percent lower than that of last year. Argentine sources estimate their crop 800,000 tonnes under the USDA forecast, making the latter’s global estimate look a tad generous. A surprisingly low US quarterly stock count from the USDA – 2m tonnes under the average trade guess - pulled CBOT wheat futures to six week highs of over US$7.30/bushel at the start of October.

The Department cut 1.3m tonnes off its US 2021 crop estimate, mainly spring wheat and found a two percent gain in total usage for the Jun/Aug quarter.

Despite setbacks in some major exporter countries, the global crop remains one of the largest ever, consumption is growing relatively slowly so end-season stocks should remain larger than normal.

Top supplier Russia’s export prices have been rising with its smaller than expected harvest, a firming rouble and increasing export tax. But Russia at least started this season with bigger carryover stocks (15m versus last year’s 12m tonnes). Ukraine’s larger crop – 60 percent said to be milling quality - is moving rapidly to world markets. Its farmers are meanwhile piling in 9.5 percent more winter wheat acres to harvest next summer.

US 2021/22 seasonal exports are running 21 percent down on the year.

The French crop has shown unusually poor quality (only 35% reaching milling standard). Yet intra-EU competition for foreign custom persists as better quality German, Rumanian and Baltic wheat steps in to feed big importers like Algeria, Egypt, subSaharan Africa. The Commission recently bumped up its EU soft wheat crop estimate to 131m tonnes.

At this stage, US futures promise a sustained relatively firm price for wheat right through 2022 – and beyond while EU futures suggest wheat will be cheaper next year.

Sentiment will be influenced in coming weeks by 2022 winter wheat sowing and crop weather updates - dry soils are an issue in parts of the former Soviet Union and North America. Top exporter Russia’s tax moves could also affect pricing, how it manipulates a moving duty and its general readiness to compete in optional origin tenders. Its restrained participation so far this season has allowed rival Ukraine to step up sales from its own record wheat crop. Along with larger EU and Australian – but lower North American – exports, it highlights the fact that this will be a season of shifting exporter market shares.

Maize price rallies off nine-month low Despite lower US crop ratings than last year, the US Agriculture Department is sticking with a higher yield estimate for 2021 of 176.3 bu/acre which, on this year’s estimated 2.8 percent increase in sown area, is currently expected to produce a 22.5m tonne crop increase, to about 381m and a more modest four million tonne rise in seasonal ending stocks. (Though, at 35.8m tonnes, these

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will still be lower than in earlier recent years).

With the larger harvest now upon them, US markets spent much of the past month or two softening, the prompt month in Chicago futures recently reaching its lowest since early January at under US$5/bushel (about US$197/tonne). Paris corn futures also collapsed in value from around EUR€320 to just EUR€211.50/ tonne recently.

Corn value was also undermined by a larger estimate for the global crop of this grain. The USDA forecasts this at 1.198bn tonnes versus 1.186bn in August and last year’s 1.117bn. As well as the US crop, it raised China’s to 273m (last year 261m), Brazil to 118m (86m), Argentina to 53m (50m) and Ukraine to 39m (30m).

Prices have been a bit steadier recently, CBOT moving back to the US$5.40’s/bu and Paris to around EUR€237/t.

Support for the US market has come from ideas that importer demand will pick up from a slow start now prices are down. The CBOT nearby price has dropped from well over US$7/bushel in first half 2021.

The US was also hoping to benefit from reduced exports in second half 2021 from principal rival Brazil, whose main exportoriented Safrinha or second crop was slashed by drought. Local analyst Anec expected the latter’s September exports to reach only 2.78m tonnes against 6.4m for the same month last year.

But how long an impact this will have on the overall (Sep/Aug) US season is unclear.

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For 2020/21 as a whole, Brazilian sales were expected to drop from over 34m to 28m tonnes (versus an earlier forecast of 40m) but, with if its big crop rebound does arrive first-half of 2022, it should be back as a fierce competitor in the latter part of the US season.

The USDA has been expecting 2021/22 exports to decline by seven million to 62.5m tonnes which would still be better than under 50m for the previous two years. A key component is the past season’s top US customer buyer China, which USDA thinks will repeat 26m tonnes (from all sources) but some Chinese analysts expect to reach only 20m as this second largest consumer switches to cheaper alternatives - wheat, barley and rice.

Along with an expected larger Chinese crop, this has already slashed 13 percent off the record high domestic corn prices China saw earlier this year. China’s corn demand is also being curbed by falling profitability in its huge pig sector, a major corn outlet.

It might be noted, China was the main factor in US 2020/21 season exports jumping by 56.5 percent on-year.

There are also doubts that fourth largest corn importer, Europe will need to import as much this season. USDA expected the bloc to raise demand slightly but the European Commission reports trade to date running 19 down (partly due to Europe’s bigger wheat crop displacing some corn from feed rations).

While the EU is not a significant customer for US corn, its suppliers, like Ukraine, may need to compete more in other US outlets.

US maize export trade has got off to a slower than expected start this season after Hurricane Ida shut down and damaged a lot of Gulf export facilities, through which 60 percent of US maize and soya trade flows. Argentine corn and soya exports have also been slowed by its main outlet, the Parana River, having to cut traffic down due to unusually low water levels.

However, a dredging plan is supposed to improve movement in the next three months and exporters there are reported to have offered maize “aggressively” in recent weeks. Ukraine’s larger 2021 corn crop (39/40m tonnes) meanwhile continues to inspire forecasts of increased 2021/22 exports, the latest from local analyst APK Inform viewing 30m tonnes versus last year’s 23.6m.

On balance, USDA sees some replenishment of relatively low world corn stocks based on additions in the US, China, Brazil and, to smaller extent, Europe, Argentina and South Africa. The Department also surprised the markets at the close of September with its quarterly grain stocks report which found over 2m tonnes more US maize than expected - despite trimming the 2020 crop estimate by 1.8m tonnes – as ‘disappearance’ fell by over five million tonnes.

Another influence on forward corn value will be the impact of volatile but mostly rising, energy markets on ethanol use (over 40% of US domestic maize consumption). USDA expects this to increase by over three percent or four million tonnes to around 132m.

Market attention in the near term will continue to focus on the US harvest and hardening crop numbers when the focus shifts to South American planting and early growing weather. Current ‘price revelation’ from the US futures market suggests corn will

be priced similarly to now, right through to 2023. EU futures have a discount developing from November 2022 onwards.

Soya price trends lower With a bigger US crop now starting harvest, an upward revision to last year’s production and this season’s starting stocks, not to mention Brazil still marketing a record 2021 harvest from earlier this year, the price trend for soya has been lower in recent weeks. CBOT soybeans are down from US$14.50 in late July to the US$12.50’s and less – a low point for the calendar year to date - while the meal market has also softened.

Bigger losses might have been seen, had US carryover stocks not still declined seasonally to their lowest level for years – at some seven million tonnes, about half the previous year’s level.

Rival soya supplier Brazil has been benefiting from dwindling US old crop supplies, posting strong counter-seasonal gains to its exports. Top customer China alone raised imports from the Latin American country by 11 percent in August, compared with the same month last year, as US shipments to this destination slipped by 90 percent.

The US should remain under much stronger competition from Brazil, expected to export as much as 11m tonnes more in 2021/22 – crop weather cooperating. Brazil is also helped by its weakening Real currency, making it cheaper versus the US. Globally, meal production is expected to increase by about 3.5 percent in 2021/22, pacing consumption growth (centred on China and Brazil, Europe steady. USDA sees firmer prices for both beans and meal in the new season, but the futures markets point to fairly stable to only slightly higher costs right through next year.

Rapeseed supplies declining European rapeseed costs have rocketed recently as the full extent of this year’s global crop shortfall has become clear.

Thanks to drought and heat-waves in Canada, the largest producer’s crop has collapsed from last year’s 19.5m to under 13m tonnes (versus an earlier forecast of 20m). Some analysts say it will be even lower. Even with slightly better EU, Australia, Ukrainian and Russia crops, the world total will be 68m or less, down four million and the smallest for several years.

The European benchmark – Paris rapeseed futures - leapt to record EUR€645/tonne recently – a third more than it cost mid-year. Canadian traders have been increasingly warning of the need for prices to rise further to ration supplies there as officials lopped their forecast of the country’s ending stocks to just 500,000 tonnes versus the starting figure of 1.76m.

Canadian exports are already running sharply down on the year.

Although not the prime source for European importers, the fall leaves other customers short and ready to compete with the EU for supplies from other sources like Ukraine, Australia and Russia.

What chance of a supply rebound next year? Canada will not be sowing most of its crop until next spring. These high prices could encourage increased area, but the country will need better rainfall than it’s had recently to lower the risk of a second drought year.

The EU at least may sow more winter rape for harvest 2022.

Top producer France is expected to plant up to 20 percent more (if not quite matching its own five-year average). Other EU countries may also see opportunities in this market, depending on how they see forward prices of its usual main competitor, wheat progressing. Currently analysts see the EU as a whole expanding area by seven percent. Planting here may also be encouraged by one if the EU’s key sources of imports, Ukraine, facing some unfavourably dry sowing weather.

Rapeseed meal prices on the benchmark Hamburg market averaged 43 percent more expensive in the recently ended 2020/21 season than in 2019/20. By August, they had eased by about 23 percent from their (May) peak, largely in response to the easing in soya meal costs. Although further upside is possible, this is likely to be limited by increasing supplies of soya, especially as rape meal is the by-product of crush for far more valuable rapeseed oil. The latter product has shown it move more independently of soya oil, so can offset ever more expensive rapeseed to maintain the crush margin.

A much EU and global sunflowerseed crop (up about 14%) will also help keep meal prices down, raising crush of this (also oil-oriented) oilseed and generating more meal supplies.

Forward futures markets in Europe suggest rapeseed will be 20 percent cheaper by this time next year and continue to drop into 2023. Given the forecast low level of Canadian and European starting stocks by next August, that forecast will require a major crop revival.

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Coping with Covid-19

Ocrim's innovative responses to an increasingly demanding market

hat is the best way to deal with a global socio-economic crisis?

Where and how to direct resources are best placed to ensure stability even in unexpectedly difficult moments? The answer comes from those dynamic companies that have always given innovative answers to the increasingly demanding and evolving agri-food market.

Dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic was easy for no one, especially at the beginning of its appearance. Italy was the first Western country to be hit and served as an example (not to mention guinea pig) for the rest of the world. Overnight, companies began to wonder what would happen, wondering in which direction they would go.

Certainly, in this article we cannot make an excursus of all the Italian milling/agri-food companies, but we do want to talk about Ocrim, which, from the first moment, has rolled up its sleeves and has reorganised itself in an exemplary way in order to cope with the pandemic and to ensure that their team could work safely, either in the company or remotely.

In this past year and a half, Ocrim has demonstrated its constructive stubbornness, presenting to the world many industrial projects and engineering solutions that translate into innovative responses aimed at an agri-food market which has not stopped despite the pandemic.

In 2020, Ocrim started the construction of the new department for

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the management of the grinding rolls, which will feature fluting, grinding, balancing stations and an innovative system for coating the titanium rolls. The Fluting Hub is now a tactile reality.

Improve mill performance characteristics

For some years now, Ocrim has been manufacturing products that aim to improve the performance characteristics of the mill. In 2018, for example, the company launched titanium rolls on the market, while in 2019 the rolls state detector (RSD), a device that accurately calculates the state of wear of the roll fluting.

Success was immediate for both products, a success that translated into a motivating factor that led the company to create the new futuristic Fluting Hub department.

Described as being a real culmination of all Ocrim processes that we have often talked about throughout their articles, this represents a useful process that enables certified quality of the products intended for the customers - under its own control and company responsibility.

The Ocrim Research and Development department has also worked on the engineering the implementation of this project, to make it a functional and highly usable service. An accurate study on the roll processing and on how to improve its performance over time, and then finally, realising the idea of creating an entire department dedicated to its management.

This activity, in addition to completing the production phase of the roller mills, will also further implement the service to customers regarding the management of their own grinding rolls.

Satisfying particular and complex requests That said, 2020 was also the year in which Ocrim was able to satisfy particular and complex requests from some customers.

Requests relating to the use of sieves, another Ocrim product always under the magnifying glass of the company's Research and Development department.

But let us first take a few steps back. It was 2017 when Ocrim officially launched the innovative antimicrobial plastic sieve on the market. A product that represents the result of a sophisticated

QUAT2RO® Monitoring With QUAT²RO® Monitoring you can easily observe your machine in real time and get daily reports of your system´s performance on any digital device you want. biotechnological/engineering study that has brought results that translate into a real breakthrough for those who own and work daily in the mill.

The goal was to ensure a very high level of sanitation to obtain an excellent and safe product for the final consumer and the immediate success of this product led Ocrim to enhance this type of research and to study how to adapt them to non-Ocrim machines.

The "inspiration" precisely came thanks to the requests of some customers, requests that were increasingly directed towards plastic sieves - antimicrobial and non-antimicrobial - as they were considered more effective, resistant, and reliable.

Numerous requests have arrived for interventions on non-Ocrim machines. Works that were then completed through integrated solutions that have fully satisfied customers, improving the quality of the products due to a better sieving configuration which increases the sifting surface. These strategic and innovative solutions have led to a significant improvement in the efficiency of the plants.

Customer care, Italian Made, engineering innovation are, therefore, the real motivational figures that push the whole Ocrim team to always keep up with the times and to create projects, products and solutions that were unthinkable until now.

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nowing that its existing grain drying and storage plant was outdated and would halt plans for future expansion, J A & D Cottrell worked closely with Nash Grain Services and BDC Systems Ltd, to design a state-of-theart plant.

The new plant, with an increased capacity of nearly 16,000 tonnes, enables the Cottrells to store their own grain and contract store for Frontier Agriculture.“Trevor Nash suggested that we talk to BDC as he knew it had a proven track record of successfully designing new plants and delivering high-quality and reliable grain handling equipment,” explains Alan Cottrell of J A & D Cottrell, which farms 866ha at Priors Court Farm, near Wantage in Oxfordshire.

“With an eye on continued expansion, it was important that the first phase of development enabled us to increase our drying capacity to 60tph,” continues Mr Cottrell.

“We needed to store our own grain plus have the capacity to dry and store grain for large grain merchants, such as Frontier, to provide us with an additional revenue stream.”

The three phases of development

The first phase consisted of the machinery building which holds a large volume intake pit, a Skandia Elevator 120tph intake conveyor with self-regulating inlets, additional Skandia conveyors and elevators, and an Aagaard 120tph heavy duty aspiration pre-cleaner, linked to an outside located Svegma SVC9/6 60tph continuous flow grain dryer.

“Skandia conveyors are the only conveyors with selfregulating inlets. With other conveyors you have to regulate the amount of grain entering the conveyor, Skandia’s conveyors have been designed so that whatever amount of grain comes through, they can handle it!” says Andrew Head, BDC’s MD. A 120tph Skandia belt and bucket elevator and 120tph chain and flight top conveyor transport the incoming grain into a 160t capacity hopper bottom wet holding silo.

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impurities, into the Svegma continuous flow grain dryer.

If the grain comes in dry there is an option to bypass the dryer. From the drier outlet the grain can then be transported to various storage areas or bunkers.

“All of the machinery is easily accessible and blockage sensors have been fitted so if there is a problem, everything shuts down until it’s fixed,” says Mr Cottrell.

“An important reason for suggesting that the Cottrells talked to BDC was that it has an extremely well stocked warehouse so, if necessary, we can quickly and easily obtain spares to keep all of our customers up and running during harvest,” adds Mr Nash.

The first phase also included a floor store, which is linked via Skandia conveyors to the machinery building. “To reduce the initial build cost, we chose to install above floor BDC corraduct laterals with mobile ventilation fans,” adds Mr Cottrell.

The second phase of development allowed additional grain storage and was designed with bunkers to enable the storage of different varieties of crops. This grain store houses Skandia 120tph belt conveyors and Skandia 120tph chain and flight store levelling conveyors to ensure maximum fill of the building.

“Listening to advice from BDC and after weighing up the advantages of significantly improving the ventilation of the stored crop against the increased cost, we took the decision to install below floor aeration laterals,” explains Mr Cottrell.

“There is no question that below floor aeration laterals provide a much more even ventilation across each bunker, helping to ensure that grain remains in the best possible condition.

“Plus, there is the added advantage that a below floor solution makes it much easier to transfer the crop from the bunkers using a telescopic fork lift fitted with a bucket onto the lorry when it leaves the plant – there are no above floor obstructions which the vehicle can damage!” adds Mr Cottrell.

The levelling conveyors are suspended on steel rails in the roof of the building and automatically move along the building as it’s being loaded with grain from the belt conveyor to fill the storage bunkers.

The third phase of development provides additional large floor storage with two equal sized bunkers and is fitted with below floor aeration laterals. Currently, the stored grain’s moisture content (mc) and temperature are monitored manually, and the fans are turned off and on as necessary.

“We are now taking a close look at BDC’s Moisture Monitoring Systems (MMS), which takes grain samples from both the incoming and outcoming elevators. If the pre-defined temperature falls or rises a text message alert is sent, allowing us to remotely change the control on the dryer,” says Mr Cottrell. “There would be no need for anyone to be on hand at the plant to manually check levels and make any necessary adjustments.”

Future proofed plant

The Cottrells have future proofed the new plant, in the event that the Environmental Land Management Scheme (ELMS) reduces the amount of grain being grown by ensuring that the plants’ buildings, subject to the necessary planning consent, could be converted into industrial units.

Working closely with Nash Grain Services and BDC the grain handling equipment supplied remained within budget.

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10-12 Livestock Malaysia 2022 Malacca, Malaysia www.livestockmalaysia.com

16-17 SOLIDS Dortmund 2022 Dortmund, Germany www.solids-dortmund.de 2022

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2-6 126th Annual IAOM Conference & Expo Richmond, Virginia, USA https://www.iaom.org/event/126th-annualiaom-conference-expo/

25-25 V-Connect Indonesia 2022 Online https://v-connect-indonesia.net/

3-6 IPACK-IMA 2022 Milan, Italy www.ipackima.com

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25-27 Agritechnica Asia 2022 Bangkok, Thailand www.agritechnica-asia.com

10-12 Agri Livestock 2021 Yangon, Myanmar www.agrilivestock.net

31-2 VIV Europe 2022 Utrecht, The Netherlands www.viveurope.nl

2-4 Taiwan Smart Agriweek 2021 Taipei, Taiwan www.taiwanagriweek.com 18-20 VICTAM and Animal Health and Nutrition Asia 2022 Bangkok, Thailand www.victamasia.com POSTPONED UNTILSEPTEMBER 7-9, 2022 22-27 IPPE Atlanta, USA www.ippexpo.org ☑ = Meet the Milling and Grain team at this event 104 | November 2021 - Milling and Grain

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25-29 Agrishow 2022 São Paulo, Brasil www.agrishow.com.br

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IDMA and VICTAM set to take place in 2022 After two long years of waiting, IDMA and VICTAM EMEA will open their doors at the Istanbul Expo Centre in Istanbul, Turkey, March 10 – 12, 2022.

With the biennial hiatus due to the worldwide pandemic, the team from VICTAM have announced that they are finally ready to welcome you again so that you can meet with your potential customers face to face. They are also very happy to have the opportunity to join forces with IDMA, which is already a wellestablished trade event with nine successful prior editions to their name.

VICTAM and IDMA will organise the biggest international event together in EMEA for the Animal Feed processing industries and flour milling technology. The expertise, the reputation and the effort of the two organisers, will guarantee that this event will have a great number of qualitative buyers not only from Turkey but also Eastern Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and Southwest Asia.

IDMA is seen as the leading national event in the industry. This is confirmed by the broad support of influential associations and institutions for feed and grain from Turkey and surrounding countries like Senegal, Romania, India, Egypt and Morocco.

Approximately 100 companies confirmed their participation for the event among others, leading Turkish companies like Alapros, Aybakar, Ortaş, Akyürek, Yemtar and Mysilo will be attending.

INDUSTRY EVENTS

The Agritechnica Asia & Horti Asia Regional Summit begins soon

The Agritechnica Asia and Horti Asia Regional Summit, to be held as a hybrid online and in-person event on November 16 and 17.

The event will offer both farmers and farming specialists from Thailand and South East Asia innovative farming systems, as well as a wide range of solutions for improving crop production and access to a worldwide network of international companies and experts.

Under the guiding theme of smart production for sustainable food systems, the Regional Summit addresses the challenges of sustainable food production facing farmers from Southeast Asia and especially Thailand.

The Agritechnica Asia and Horti Asia Regional Summit event, which is organised by DLG (German Agricultural Society) and VNU Asia Pacific, takes place at the Imperial Hotel and Convention Centre Korat in Nakhon Ratchasima, at the very heart of rice, cassava and sugarcane production in Thailand.

Complementing the in-person event held in Thailand, DLG's online platform will additionally connect onsite and online international providers, experts and attendees. The summit is officially co-hosted by the Thai Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives.

A vital part of many sustainable food systems

Plant production is a vital part of many sustainable food systems. At the same time, such food systems have to protect natural resources and also contribute to both improving the livelihood of stakeholders and strengthening communities at all levels. In order to cover these challenges simultaneously while ensuring sustainable food production by Southeast Asian and Thai

farmers especially, more innovative methods and smart solutions are required.

“The Agritechnica Asia & Horti Asia Regional Summit offers the opportunity to both gain insights of upcoming international trends in food production and improve local production systems that consider the needs of farmers and markets,” says Project Manager Kamolchanok Nantaburom, summarising what participants can expect.

“We are very happy to present such an international event at the heart of a key production area and are overwhelmed by the local support,' adds Ms Kamolchanok Nantaburom.

A focus on local production systems

The conference with over 50 speakers from Thailand and worldwide will focus on topics such as efficient and sustainable sugarcane, cassava, rice and maize production as well as precision and smart farming, plant protection, water management and cluster farming as well as new markets such as vertical farming and bioeconomy.

“We are collaborating with quality conference partners, who are leading specialist organisations like the International Rice Research Institute and the Thai Society of Sugarcane Technologists,” explains Project Manager Katharina Staske.

“The combination of experts from the Thai Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives and the private sector sharing the latest innovations as well as practitioners demonstrating best practices live from the field will create a unique place for knowledge exchange and networking,” she adds.

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INDUSTRY EVENTS Registration for the 2022 IPPE event begins Attendee registration and general housing for the 2022 International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) has begun.

With more than 520,000 square feet of exhibit space and 1046 exhibitors, the IPPE trade show floor continues to grow with four months remaining to the Expo. Be sure to register online to receive a discounted price of US$75 through January 7, 2022, with this rate increasing to US$125 the following day.

“The US has announced that travel restrictions for international visitors who are vaccinated against Covid-19 will ease in November,” comments IPPE show management. “We look forward to welcoming our domestic and international attendees to the 2022 IPPE!”.

That said, the health and safety of everyone who attends IPPE continues to remain a top priority. IPPE is monitoring the changing protocols based on the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines and will follow state and local government requirements regarding the Covid-19 pandemic.

Regular updates will be provided to all stakeholders as the situation warrants.

Countless hours of dynamic education sessions

The 2022 IPPE will provide a full week of education programs, in addition to new technology, events on the show floor and networking opportunities with key leaders from the animal food, meat and poultry industries. The vast trade show floor will showcase the most current innovations, equipment and services used in the production and processing of animal food, meat and poultry products.

Combining the expertise from the American Feed Industry Association, North American Meat Institute and US Poultry & Egg Association, IPPE will also feature countless hours of dynamic education sessions focused on the latest industry issues.

On January 7, the “Members to Atlanta” (M2A) program will also waive the registration fee for qualified attendees from member companies of all three associations engaged in the production of poultry, eggs and meat for consumption, production of feed, and for pet food manufacturers.

The program is supported through the sponsorship of elite IPPE exhibitors, which include Aviagen, BarnTools, Ceva Animal Health, Cobb-Vantress, Elanco Animal Health, Georgia Poultry Equipment Co., Heat and Control, Huvepharma, Jamesway Incubator Co., Kemin Industries, Soybean Meal Information Centre, Van der Graaf and Zoetis.

“We sincerely thank and appreciate these elite exhibiting companies for participating in and supporting the M2A program. says IPPE show management.

“The program continues to deliver results in increasing attendance and contributing to the success of IPPE.”

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by Caitlin Gittins, Milling & Grain magazine After three days of virtual exhibiting, V-Connect Asia concluded its final day of exhibiting on the September 24, 2021.

The show saw the registration of over 4000 participants, 240 suppliers, and 67 expert speakers. Networking was equally successful, after a total of 1324 meetings were requested among participants.

In his opening of the conference, Heiko M Stutzinger, Director of VIV worldwide, talked about the exhibition’s recognition of the continuously high demand for livestock and animal proteins in Asia, and the subsequent pressure this put on businesses, all of which V-Connect was launched to support.

V-Connect Asia saw over 450 international brands from more than 40 countries worldwide participate, the accumulation of hundreds of selected VIV buyers and thousands of attendees in participation. Echoing his sentiments were Dr Sopat Chavalkul, the Deputy Director General, in recognition of the importance of the agricultural industry to Thailand.

The presentations delivered over the course of three days focused on highly current issues and challenges within the agricultural industry, such as the influence of technology over food production in the future, tackling sustainability within agriculture, and substituting traditional feeds with insect meal.

There were also presentations featured from those involved in the creation of smart technology, representing the overall shift that can be seen towards autonomised processes taking a greater role within agriculture.

The role for pig genetics in sustainability

The greenhouse gas emissions that are produced by the food production industry cannot be ignored. Agriculture, forest loss and land use all contribute to 20 percent of total greenhouse gas emissions. In a session titled, ‘Sustainable from feed to food: keeping up in a greening world’, Dr Rex Walters, genetic advisor to the British Pig Association, delivered his findings on potential ways to reduce these emissions produced by the agricultural sector.

Multiple ways of reduction within the sector were explored, including improved management of farms, better manure systems, better animal management and feeding systems. The most important, Dr Walters stressed, was the utilisation of genetics.

Benefits of genetics included increased productivity and efficiency, which Dr Walters detailed as including fewer animals needed for output, reduction of the finishing period and reduced feed conversion, which means less feed will be required per kilogram.

Along with these were reduced wastage, disease resistance, and improved health.

To evidence this, he drew on data of 40 years of genetic progress, in which he demonstrated that the amount of manure produced by pigs has been halved, and the greenhouse gas emissions per kg of pig has fallen by 17 percent in the last 15 years. Dr Walters concluded by predicting that the use of genetic resources in the future would be huge, and the next stage in this would be gene editing, particularly important in disease resistance.

Best grain storage management practices

First to present in the session, ‘Storage and Handling of Micro Ingredients’, Dr Kenneth Hellevang presented on grain storage and the best management practices. In the context of Southeast Asia and Vietnam, Dr Hellevang stressed the importance of keeping grain dry and below a certain temperature.

This is crucial, to prevent two major problems in grain storage: the growth of mould and insect infestations. Looking at Ho Chi Minh City, in Vietnam, temperatures average around 26 degrees, with a relative humidity of 60 to 80 percent. Therefore, the EMC of the grain needs to be calculated to keep it below that high humidity.

This depends on the type of ingredient being stored, for example, with a temperature of 21 degrees, 60 percent relative humidity with HRS wheat, the EMC is calculated at 13.3 percent moisture.

Beyond calculating the EMC to store the grain at, Dr Hellevang recommended

measuring the moisture content and monitoring the grain at least every two weeks, owing to the fact that noticeable changes take place over the course of three to four weeks, and to prevent outside air from coming into the storage facility. He concluded the presentation by stressing the importance of grain remaining dry before and throughout the storing process.

Effects of insect meal amd oil

Charles Rodde, the Research and Development Manager of Entofood, presented on the third and final day of V-Connect, on the subject of insect-based ingredients in livestock and aquaculture.

He presented his findings on the potential for substituting animal feed with insect meal, both as a sustainably produced protein, and as an alternative for traditional antibiotics.

Antibiotic resistance has only grown, Rodde outlined, with 20-50% use of these antibiotics being questionable in terms of their necessity, and this being the cause of around 700,000 patients a year. Therefore, finding an alternative to antibiotics was a “matter of life or death”.

Insects not only are nutritious and present numerous potentials for animal feed but contain antimicrobial peptides (a peptide being a short chain of amino acids and smaller than a protein). The purpose of these peptides is to bind to a bacterial cell membrane and destroy it, signifying that there is potential for insects and their antimicrobial properties. The insect species Entofood are currently investigating are the black soldier fly and mealworm, using the larvae of both. Their benefits include the promotion of immune mechanisms in livestock such as good gut health, but their part to play in preventing the overuse of antibiotics and growing antibiotic resistance, cannot be overlooked.

Having noted 3355 logins over the three days, V-Connect experienced the coming together of exhibitors, presenters and attendees, to discuss current issues facing the agricultural sector, and explore what possible solutions there are available to meet them.

It was a great show of support, both for the industry and physical exhibitions in the wake of the disruption caused by Covid-19. V-Connect Indonesia edition, the virtual version of ILDEX Indonesia, runs from 24-25 November, 2021.

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Jan. 25 – 27, 2022 Atlanta, GA USA

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INDUSTRY EVENTS Taiwan Smart AgriWeek will be held December 2-4, 2021 With the rising awareness of food safety and environmental protection in recent years, agriculture, livestock and breeding industries are looking for a sustainable balance between development and ecology.

This year's "Taiwan Smart AgriWeek 2021", with the theme of "Go Smart & Grow Together", showcases smart innovation, productivity enhancement and sustainable solutions for environmental protection.

As one of Taiwan's most significant smart livestock exhibitions, we have gathered over 1000 innovative agricultural products in eight countries.

Among the exhibitors, there are many industry benchmark companies, including: Agritalk (5G for Smart Farms) Lagoon International (Aquaponics) Geosat Aerospace & Tech (AI drones for precise spraying) Efarm Global Agri Tech (Mobile plant factory, no additive organic farming one-stop) Jeh-Chow Information (Black Soldier Fly Smart Farm) Innovation Foremost Asia (AIoT Aquaculture System) Next E-commerce Technology (AIoT &Blockchain Integration Service) King's Ground Biotech (NGP Functional Additions) Bioyo Biotech (microbial fertilisers for plants, livestock, poultry)

Rotam Biotechnology (Phytochemicals for Animal Use) Phansco (Pesticide Quick Inspection) Utualpak (RFID ear tag for livestock) TW-3E (Intelligent labelling system) Skyeyes Gps (Intelligent Transport) Union Market (Intelligent Cold Chain Management) Other exclusive R&D exhibits and technologies will also be available for in-depth understanding in TSA online/offline exhibition.

During the exhibition, various conferences will be hosted in cooperation with industry, government, academia, and research institutes: the Smart Agriculture Forum, jointly organised by the Institute of Agricultural Research and Taiwan Economic Research Institute, will promote the ecosystem of smart x agriculture industry chain.

In addition, King's Ground will host the "Animal Precision Nutrition Forum", the Cold Chain Association will host the Cold Chain Logistics International Forum and Media Fair, whilst also co-hosting the IPM + Smart Agriculture: Application of Smart Agriculture in Integrated Crop Pest and Disease Management conference with the Taiwan Society of Agricultural Technology and Resource Management.

Under this challenging circumstance, visitors can also visit the exhibition online. The virtual booths will be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week from December 2 – 31. This is so visitors can connect with Taiwan and the world without travelling.

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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

Zaccaria +55 19 3404 5700 www.zaccaria.com.br Golden Grain Group +86 371 68631308 www.g-grain.com

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

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

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

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

Wynveen +31 26 47 90 699 www.wynveen.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 Sangati Berga +55 11 2663 9990 www.sangatiberga.com.br

Yemmak +90 266 7338363 www.yemmak.com Yemtar Feed Mill Machines +90 266 733 8550 www.yemtar.com Zheng Chang +86 2164184200 www.zhengchang.com/eng

Laboratory equipment

Siwertell AB +46 4285880 www.bruks-siwertell.com

Bastak +90 312 395 67 87 www.bastak.com.tr

Sukup Europe +45 75685311 www.sukup-eu.com

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

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

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

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

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

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Tekpro +44 1692 403403 www.tekpro.com

Hydronix +44 1483 468900 www.hydronix.com

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

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

Loading/un-loading equipment Bühler AG +41 71 955 11 11 www.buhlergroup.com

MSC +44 1473 277 777 msc.com/sugar

Hydronix +44 1483 468900 www.hydronix.com

Neuero Industrietechnik +49 5422 95030 www.neuero.de

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

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

vibronet-Gräf GmbH & Co.KG +49 6441 62031 www.vibronet.com

Biomin +43 2782 8030 www.biomin.net

Plant Bühler AG +41 71 955 11 11 www.buhlergroup.com Sangati Berga +55 11 2663 9990 www.sangatiberga.com.br Yemtar Feed Mill Machines +90 266 733 8550 www.yemtar.com Zheng Chang +86 2164184200 www.zhengchang.com/eng

Process control

Packaging

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Yemmak +90 266 7338363 www.yemmak.com

Rolls

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

Ocrim +39 0372 4011 www.ocrim.com

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

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

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

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

Yemmak +90 266 7338363 www.yemmak.com

Sangati Berga +55 11 2663 9990 www.sangatiberga.com.br

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

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

Palletisers

Selis +90 222 236 12 33 www.selis.com.tr Silo Construction & Engineering +32 51723128 www.sce.be Van Aarsen International +31 475 579 444 www.aarsen.com Wynveen +31 26 47 90 699 www.wynveen.com

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Yemmak +90 266 7338363 www.yemmak.com

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

Alapala +90 212 465 60 40 www.alapala.com

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

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

Mycotoxin management

Mill design & installation

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

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

Moisture measurement

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

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

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

Golden Grain Group +86 371 68631308 www.g-grain.com

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

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

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

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

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

Alapala +90 212 465 60 40 www.alapala.com

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

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

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

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

Golden Grain Group +86 371 68631308 www.g-grain.com

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ocrim +39 0372 4011 www.ocrim.com

Zaccaria +1 5519 34045715 www.zaccaria.com.br

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

Golden Grain Group +86 371 68631308 www.g-grain.com

Pingle +86 311 88268111 www.plflourmill.com Sangati Berga +55 11 2663 9990 www.sangatiberga.com.br Selis +90 222 236 12 33 www.selis.com.tr Yemtar Feed Mill Machines +90 266 733 8550 www.yemtar.com Golden Grain Group +86 371 68631308 www.g-grain.com

Roll fluting Bühler AG +41 71 955 11 11 www.buhlergroup.com Christy Turner +44 1473 742325 www.christy-turner.com Fundiciones Balaguer, S.A. +34 965564075 www.balaguer-rolls.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

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

Sifters ASG Group (Degirmen Makine) +90 342 357 01 50 www.degirmen.com Brock +1 866 658 4191 www.brockgrain.com Bühler AG +41 71 955 11 11 www.buhlergroup.com Dinnissen BV +31 77 467 3555 www.dinnissen.nl Filip GmbH +49 5241 29330 www.filip-gmbh.com Gazel +90 364 2549630 www.gazelmakina.com

Inteqnion +31 543 49 44 66 www.inteqnion.com vibronet-Gräf GmbH & Co.KG +49 6441 62031 www.vibronet.com

Training Bühler AG +41 71 955 11 11 www.buhlergroup.com IAOM +1 913 338 3377 www.iaom.info IFF +495307 92220 www.iff-braunschweig.de

Silos

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

AGI www.aggrowth.com

OMS +441242 267700 www.onlinemillingschool.com

Altinbiliek +90 222 236 13 99 www.abms.com.tr

Ocrim +39 0372 4011 www.ocrim.com

Behlen +1 402 564 3111 www.behlengrainsystems.com Bühler AG +41 71 955 11 11 www.buhlergroup.com A/S Cimbria +45 9617 9000 www.cimbria.com CSI +90 322 428 3350 www.cukurovasilo.com The Essmueller +1 800 325 7175 www.essmueller.com Lambton Conveyor +1 519 627 8228 www.lambtonconveyor.com Obial +90 382 2662120 www.obial.com.tr Ozpolat Makina Gida +90 342 337 1217 www.ozpolatmakina.com.tr Port Tarragona +34 977 259 400 www.porttarragona.cat Silo Construction & Engineering +32 51723128 www.sce.be Silos Cordoba +34 957 325 165 www.siloscordoba.com

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

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

Weighing equipment Bühler AG +41 71 955 11 11 www.buhlergroup.com PLP +39 05 23 89 16 29 www.plp-systems.com TMI +34 973 25 70 98 www.tmipal.com Van Aarsen International +31 475 579 444 www.aarsen.com Vibrafloor +33 3 85 44 06 78 www.vibrafloor.com vibronet-Gräf GmbH & Co.KG +49 6441 62031 www.vibronet.com

Yeast products Leiber GmbH +49 5461 93030 www.leibergmbh.de

Siwertell AB +46 4285880 www.bruks-siwertell.com Sukup +1 641 892 4222 www.sukup.com Symaga +34 91 726 43 04 www.symaga.com Top Silo Constructions (TSC) +31 543 473 979 www.tsc-silos.com Van Aarsen International +31 475 579 444 www.aarsen.com

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

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the interview

Yiannis Christodoulou

Yiannis Christodoulou is the Managing Director of Agentis Innovations, Progressus and Athene Consulting - all companies that he founded himself in 2011. Specialising in the field of leadership, people and business development, Mr Christodoulou is also an expert in the application of digital technology in agriculture. Over the last 25 years, he has also held a number of technical and senior leadership positions in the livestock, aquaculture farming and feed milling industries in Asia. He is a Poultry Production and Management graduate from Scottish Agricultural College and he also holds a BSc in Animal Agriculture from Wye CollageUniversity of London. In 2014, Mr Christodoulou also obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in Leading Innovation and Changes in Organisation from St John University in York, UK. How did you come to set up the AgriSchools?

The story of AgriSchools started over 25 years ago when after a technical support role selling feed additives I realised that there is a need for a ‘school-like place’ where industry professionals could come and over a very short period acquire fundamental knowledge needed to achieve goals they set.

I realised the need for a short school-like education is very much appropriate for the whole supply chain of our industry, livestock and aqua. The assumption made by many employers is that the people hired always come with all the knowledge needed to represent the company’s products and services in the most effective way, something that is mostly not the case. Though the level of knowledge in our industry tends to be high, it also tends to be variable and many times very specific, hence not applicable for all types of activates.

Finally, we see that the industry’s need for ‘non-traditional’ skills and expertise, such as data analysts, automation experts, quality and standard experts and so on. These nonindustry specific skilled employees will need to come from outside our industry and as such, they need a place to go to in order to learn about and the science behind the industry.

Why in Thailand?

For two very important reasons. First, because we received the support we needed to get established. Ten years ago, Progressus AgriSchools started as physical five-day short courses that consisted of classroom-style learning and practical workshops conducted in various commercial farms and facilities.

Kasetsart University was the first official learning institution that embraced the idea of AgriSchools and has supported the idea ever since. Kasetsart has been providing classroom learning facilities, its professors’ valuable knowledge and time and the accreditation support for the course certificates we issue. In addition, a number of progressive Thai companies, including KCF, Manit Farm, Betagro, Bluefalo, VCF and more, have supported AgriSchools by opening up their facilities to participants during the practical days. The second reason is logistics; our industry’s professionals and AgriSchools participant like to come to Thailand as it is a relatively easy country to visit, but also a country that houses advanced farming practices.

At the beginning of the pandemic, in the first quarter of 2020, you established the Online Milling School with Milling and Grain magazine. What was your objective in doing this?

Since the start of AgriSchools, our vision included a digital version of the AgriSchool courses, work that we have started well before the pandemic got to us. Early in the life of AgriSchools we came to realise that what AgriSchools has to offer is something that the industry embraces and supports.

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At the same time, we have been receiving multiple requests to make ourselves available in other parts of the world and at different times of the year. The pandemic expedited that move.

Our collaboration with Milling and Grain magazine is key to making the Online Milling School a success. The magazine has brough the credibility needed to establish the milling school globally and also the means and voice to communicate to the world-wide industry what we are doing.

What has been the response from industry and what more do you think the industry should do with regard to improving an online course such as yours?

I am pleased to say that so far we have successfully brought education and value to over 800 feed millers from over 40 countries. Companies have realised that the Online Milling School is the place to assign their employees to learn and refresh their knowledge on practical and applied milling practices. I hope that more companies see education and learning as part of their growth strategy and embrace initiatives such as the Online Milling School.

How might the OMS develop in future? You have focused on agriculture and aquaculture are there other sectors of the milling industry that you would like to see included?

In collaboration with Perendale, the Milling and Grain magazine and the International Aqua Feed magazine, Progressus AgriSchools has now two milling schools going.

The Online Milling School for Livestock Feeds and the Online Aqua Feed Production School for aqua feed millers. As we go along, we are not only working hard in updating and improving these two courses, we are also working on developing similar style courses for the flour and petfood industries. Additionally, Progressus AgriSchools also offers other online courses, such as Aqua Nutrition, Swine Nutrition, Aqua Marine Culture and so on.

In your view do our agriculture and food producing industries do enough to train and keep their staff up-to-date with new technologies that are being adopted?

There is no doubt, the industry does invest a lot of time and money in training.

The company-own, inhouse training, conferences and training offered by suppliers are some of the most common ways training is delivered. However, very few companies make systematic and regular training part of their bigger strategy, but they should do! The way we go about delivering training today can be better if we move away from a fragmented and spontaneous approach to training.

We ought to be training our people in a more systematic, structured and standardised, repeatable manner.

How important is training in attracting new and younger people to the industry and how does training help to retain staff?

One of the most effective ways for companies to attract new talent is for them to make it clear from the outset that they invest in employee training and care about their career development.

Because of this, they provide the younger hires the opportunity and trust to lead important projects in the company.

But training should go beyond this reason – it is much bigger than just attracting and retaining talent in the company – it is about business growth, profitability and business sustainability. Training is an important tool provided to employees in order to help them succeed in their roles and as a result help the company remain relevant and prosper.

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PEOPLE THE INDUSTRY FACES Zinpro Corporation welcomes new Business Development Director

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inpro Corporation welcomes Christi Brown as their new business development director. Ms Brown will lead the development and launch of new product offerings for ruminant nutrition that are designed to increase the sustainability and profitability of milk production around the world.

“Christi is leading us to a new frontier in ruminant nutrition,” says Rob Sheffer, president and CEO of Zinpro. “Her experience, passion for excellence and deep knowledge of the cattle industry will help her team develop new products.

“Christi is a true champion of our Zinpro core values and will be a key partner to our customers,” Mr Sheffer continues. “Under her direction, our ruminant nutrition team will be able to deliver new, innovative and effective solutions to producers across the globe, helping them responsibly serve a growing population and rapidly increasing demand for high quality protein products.”

Calysta announces appointment of new CFO

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lternative protein producers Calysta are proud to announce the appointment of Keysha Bailey as their new Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

With over 20 years of strategic financial and operational leadership in both the public and private sectors. As part of the Executive team, Ms Bailey will play an integral role in the company’s global growth and commercialisation, ahead of the delivery of the company’s new production facility being developed in China.

“I’m delighted to be joining Calysta as the company begins a significant new chapter in its history,” comments Ms Bailey.

“Keysha joins us at a very exciting time in our development, with the Calysseo facility in China expected to start operation next year,” says Alan Shaw, the company’s President, CEO and Founder.

“Keysha will be an invaluable asset to Calysta as it gears up the commercial launch of FeedKind,” he adds.

Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs|VNU Group appoints new Chief Operating Officer

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eiko M Stutzinger has been appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Member of the Executive Board of international venue and event organiser Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs|VNU Group.

As COO, Mr Stutzinger will be responsible for the Jaarbeurs’ high-profile national shows portfolio, guest and partner events, venue management and strategic business development. He will retain his current position as member of the Board of Directors of VNU Asia Pacific.

“We are thrilled to welcome Heiko. He joins us at an exciting and crucial moment, as we accelerate the implementation of our business strategy in response to the upcoming rapidly changing market,” says Albert Arp, CEO of the Jaarbeurs|VNU Group.

“I’m delighted to join Jaarbeurs at this pivotal time in the business and work full-speed to deliver the visionary roadmap ahead,” adds Mr Stutzinger.

AFIA nominates new Chief Agricultural Negotiator

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he American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) welcomes the nomination of Elaine Trevino as chief agricultural negotiator in the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR).

“Elaine Trevino’s experience with the almond industry— an industry heavily reliant on exports—from the United States’ largest exporting state, makes her an ideal candidate for representing and advocating on behalf of US agricultural interests to expand export opportunities and maintain U.S. competitiveness in the global marketplace. says AFIA President and CEO, Constance Cullman.

“We look forward to working with Ms Trevino to leverage opportunities to create new trade agreements, tackle trade barriers and open new markets for the US animal food industry.”

The US animal food manufacturing industry relies heavily on trade. Exports support thousands of jobs across the feed industry and associated industries.

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