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Futureproofing world flour supplies: World’s largest mill sets milestone in global milling history

Raising intensive meat animals in a postantibiotic era

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Germ retaining rice: Catering for the continually increasing demand for high quality in China Choosing the right machine for pasta

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2022: An opportunity for positive and lasting change

Roger Gilbert

What a relief and what a way to start the New Year with two meaningful reports that will hopefully set the trend for the whole of 2022. First, IPPE confirmed its determination to host the industry’s first major international feed-related exposition so far under Covid conditions. The announcement was made in time for us to focus our

January edition on the event. This is a healthy sign, and is one experience that other event organisers will no doubt be interested in learning from. It is also a positive start to 2022 and the desire among all of us to regain some sort of normality in our workplaces and industries this year. The importance of meeting and greeting colleagues and customers cannot be underestimated with regards to the way business is done and progress is made. Trust and confidence are critical to successful business development and events, such as IPPE held in Atlanta, USA each January, provides the platform for those relationships to begin, to develop and be sustained. We carry a preview report of IPPE on our Events Pages in this issue and we have highlighted products from some of the companies that will be attending on our Product Focus pages. Second, our lead story in this issue is a report focussing on the history-making and newly commissioned flour mill by the Wudeli Flour Mill Group (WFMG) in China, which is designed to produce 6000 tonnes of flour per day. We congratulate Wudeli Group Chairman Dan Zhimin and his company on this momentous occasion that takes his range of flour mills within the group to 35 in total – operating a combined 78 production lines – and processing over 11 million tonnes of wheat per year. This is an astonishing development for an already mega flour producer, and we are very pleased to present images and a report from the company!

The milling industry, millers and all those involved in growing, harvesting, processing and supply of milled and compounded products into the marketplace are universally respected. These industries provide the foodstuffs our modern world relies upon and as our global population grows there can be no room for complacency in meeting the challenge of providing sufficient, safe and affordable food to our communities and livestock farmers. Milling and Grain is recommitting itself on behalf of all those it serves to ensure good communication is maintained and that we continue to address the issues of most concern. And that brings me to the third story of significance in this edition - Part 2 of our feature on antibiotic resistance and the implications for livestock farming and human health. Our report (the first part was published in the December 2021 issue of Milling and Grain) ‘Raising intensive meat animals in a post-antibiotic era’ needs consideration and the understanding of the issues we face. As I’ve stated before, we face three dilemma: climate change, Covid and antibiotic resistance. As major food producing industries, we need to understand these issues and be prepared to take action to moderate their impact. Whether that’s cutting our energy usage, re-designing our work spaces or guarding against the inclusion of medications unnecessarily in our feed formulations for anything other than serious disease control; we have to act. In addition to a number of features on flour and feed, we also cover rice and pasta subjects in this edition plus a range of grain handling and storage reports. Finally, I would once again draw your attention to the serialised book we are publishing in our translated editions called ‘Agronauta’ - authored by Dr Sergio Antolini, President of Ocrim and Paglierani of Italy. This book provides an insight into the growing, harvesting and processing of grains in Europe in an historical context and relates it to the condition of mankind, providing a unique perspective of the importance of milling. I hope you have come through 2021 without loss or injury and that 2022 offers you a new opportunity to bring about positive and lasting change.

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Dr Jared Greenville, Executive Director ABARES - Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences, talked to Roger Gilbert, publisher of Milling and Grain about his country’s expected record wheat crop this winter. The total Australian 2021-22 winter crop is anticipated to come in at a record 58.4 million tonnes. Included in the crop is a record wheat expectation of 34.4 million tonnes – up on last year’s record and double that of 2018-19 drought-stricken 2018-19 and 2019-20 wheat crops – is also projected. “The national record is driven by expected all-time high production in Western Australia and the second highest on record in New South Wales. Production in other states is also well above average,” said Jared Greenville, executive director of ABARES. The report also noted that barley production is forecast at 13.3 million tonnes – the second largest crop ever – and a record canola crop of 5.7 million tonnes is also expected. Watch his entire interview on Rongorongo Live.

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So here we are, once again stepping cautiously into another year, wondering if life will ever be the same again, for longer than what seems 10 minutes. At the time of writing, the Omicron variant of the Covid-19 is getting the exhibition shutters twitching, with the global situation once again spiralling towards empirical oblivion, with IPPE the only bastion of hope. Some event organisers, upon observing the same patterns as 12 months ago repeating themselves, are calling it a day on their 2022 events, before many of us have booked our summer holiday. And who can blame them? So many of these companies got their fingers burnt awaiting government instruction during recent waves, that they have seized the initiative and cut their losses, instead awaiting a return to normality either later in the year or beyond. Now looking into the future is a very tricky business. And most of us would probably be more predisposed to making fortunes rather than telling them, in our own minds at least anyway. Besides, given 2021’s antics, most of us have probably long abandoned our crystal balls, leaving us wishing we’d kept our proof of purchase. So, what do we have to look forward to in 2022? Well, January sees the launch of International Petfood magazine, a sister publication to Milling and Grain magazine and one that will seek to provide information relating to all things petfood formulation. With monthly editions that promise to take you right from the factory floor to the factory door - the entire petfood production process will receive a full and thorough dissection on a monthly basis - with no stone left unturned and no fact unlearned. In addition to the monthly release in print, International Petfood will also be available online and in the form of an app - which is a timely reindeer that the super successful blog which shares its name with this column can still be found at http://gfmt.blogspot.com/ We are always happy to hear about your news, reviews and recent additions to your crews - so feel free to shoot us an email at editoral@perendale.co.uk so we can tell our readers all about what you are up to. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your support throughout the past twelve months, and we are all very much looking forward to continuing with your support over the ensuing weeks and months. So, with some situations changing and others staying very much the same, all that is left to do is wish you all a happy, healthy and prosperous 2022. gfmt.blogspot.com

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Australian agriculture enjoys historic value & volume levels

espite recent flood and rain damage in the eastern states, the ABARES Agricultural Commodities: December Quarter is forecasting a history-making agricultural gross production value of AUS$78 billion – AUS$5.4 billion (AUS$1 = US$0.71) more than predicted just a few months ago. The value of agricultural exports is forecast to hit a record AUS$61 billion. Production is expected to increase year-on-year for every major livestock commodity and almost every major crop commodity – with farmers forecast to produce the largest volume ever. ABARES Executive Director Dr Jared Greenville says Australia was enjoying an extraordinary combination of favourable conditions and 30-year price highs. “It would be the first time in at least half a century that production will increase for so many products at the same time,” Dr Greenville says. “And if these forecasts are realised, 2021–22 will see the largest total volume of agricultural commodities Australia has ever produced.

How to take full advantage of the growing popularity of seeds & grains

s global demand for seeds and grains continues to grow, the situation continues to present an excellent opportunity for food processors to increase their sources of income. However, taking advantage of these expanding markets requires them to overcome certain operational challenges. One of the main reasons for the growing popularity of seeds and grains is rising incomes in heavily populated developing countries. Every year millions of people have more money for goods for immediate consumption, including food. We have already witnessed seismic shifts in global consumption caused by economic growth in the world's most populous country, China. A recent study conducted on 130 countries by the economic analysis company, FocusEconomics concludes that, in the next five years, the world's fastest growing economy will be that of the second most populous country, India. The biggest challenge for processors of these types of products is that this growing demand is likely to take place in markets with little tolerance for product imperfections. Thus, it is more important than ever that processing lines

“Prices are also at multi-year highs for many agricultural commodities. Higher export volumes and higher prices are forecast for almost every major export commodity, with the total value of agricultural exports being revised up US$6.5 billion to US$61 billion, also an all-time high. “This uplift in Australian agricultural production value and volume is unprecedented and the result of exceptional growing conditions here and poor seasons being experienced by key overseas competitors. “There is uncertainty in how long prices will remain at these levels – and supply chain disruptions, higher fertiliser prices and heavy rainfall domestically will continue to be watch points. “This forecast accounts for the unfortunately timed substantial rainfall and localised flooding in east coast growing regions during November.This will delay harvests and result in some crop losses, but this is unlikely to reduce national harvest tonnage significantly," adds Dr Greenville. “The larger impact will be on grain quality, with a higher than usual proportion of the crop being lower-value feedgrade wheat.”

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China introduces new import laws ew Chinese food safety rules that were first published back in April 2021 have now come into force. The new regulations from China's customs authority stipulate that all food manufacturing, processing and storage facilities abroad needed to be registered by the end of 2021, if they wanted their goods to be sold in the country. Foods including unroasted coffee beans, cooking oil, milled grains and nuts are among 14 new categories deemed high risk that were required to be registered by the end of October 2021 by the food authorities of the exporting countries. Experts say it is an effort to better oversee the large volumes of food arriving at Chinese ports, and place responsibility for food safety with manufacturers rather

than the government. China's food imports have surged in recent years amid growing demand from a huge middle class. They were worth US$89 billion in 2019, according to a report by the United States Department of Agriculture, making China the world's sixth largest food importer. The General Administration of Customs of China (GACC), the organisation that is overseeing the latest iteration of the rules, said in a statement sent to Reuters that it had sought public comment on the rules prior to April. A spokesperson for the GACC says it has "fully considered and actively accepted reasonable suggestions" and strictly followed WTO agreements on implementing food safety measures, adding that it has also responded to many company questions.

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Cimbria set to undertake multi-million IT investment

nternational turnkey solution provider and manufacturer of custom-built solutions for agricultural and industrial processing, Cimbria, has announced that it will be at the forefront of a major international IT project. Devised in a bid to increase efficiency and reduce complexity, the project will implement a state-of-the-art SAP-based ERP system across the organisation to optimise business operations and will create about a dozen job opportunities. “We are very excited to announce the launch of this important IT project. The project will modernise the way we work with a single ERP system across our business. It will help our teams work smarter, so they can make our customers’ jobs easier,” explains Vice President at AGCO Grain & Seed, EAME, Gary Rollinson. Cimbria is part of AGCO, global leader in the design, manufacturing and distribution of agricultural machinery and precision ag technology. “We are proud to be implementing this vital ERP system for AGCO’s Grain & Protein business unit throughout the EAME region, Rollinson continues. “We see the investment as a significant vote of confidence from our American owners. It shows Cimbria is an essential component in the growth of our business,” said Mr Rollinson. Grain and Protein is a business unit within the company that includes leading brands such as AP, Cimbria, Cumberland, GSI and Tecno to AGCO’s extensive business portfolio. The company states that these brands drive productivity for customers through smart and reliable grain and protein solutions to ensure food security, sustainability and animal welfare.

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Global growth equals global job opportunities Cimbria has evolved over its 75 year history from its beginnings as a small family run machinery company to a worldwide turnkey and equipment solutions leader. Today, the company has offices in several locations around the world. As the brand continues to grow, as does its need to hire new employees. “Our HR department is busy focusing on talent and competence development among our workforce, retention of current employees and recruitment of prospective employees. “The ERP project alone provides more than a dozen new jobs, and we are constantly expanding our production, project house, and sales capabilities,” explains Stefan Koch, Senior HR Manager, AGCO Grain and Protein, EAME. He adds that Cimbria offers various international career opportunities to prospective employees. “The global operating company AGCO offers many exciting job opportunities across several countries and company divisions. These opportunities directly result from the Covid-19 pandemic, making us more aware that collaborating across countries is more manageable than we originally thought possible. “It’s now simply a matter of creating a decent work-life balance for both the employee and the company to ensure maximum productivity and efficiency, either through internal or external recruitment,” Mr Koch continues. Mr Koch and his team have already recruited six employees for the IT project. They will soon draft a handful of specialists to ensure the project’s development runs smoothly. The project has now launched at Cimbria’s headquarters in Denmark, Thisted.

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Achieving full traceability within the production processes

Dutch system integrator can now track and trace the base material of every part, plate and bolt of all their machines and systems. This includes all associated material certificates. Dinnissen Process Technology has achieved this standard by investing in complete traceability, so that its customers can safely produce food and other products. For the company, product quality and safety are the most important aspects in production. To ensure that these two criteria are met, it then applies full tracking and tracing in the production process. This makes it possible to trace exactly which base material was used for each component. In this way, the

company has complete insight into the origin and quality of all materials used in their production processes. This helps the company's customers to produce food of the highest quality and safety. Especially in the food industry, manufacturers must adhere to strict guidelines. For example, they must be able to justify which base materials have been used for productcontact surfaces in their production processes. As stipulated in European legislation, the origin of those specific materials must also be traceable. By applying strict tracking and tracing measures during the production of all components, Dinnissen can trace exactly which component was made from which base material. This includes all corresponding certificates. To make parts easily traceable, all parts are given a QR code after processing. By scanning the code on a specific part, the material certificates can be retrieved. In the near future, the company plans to add all kinds of other relevant data, such as the technical drawings of each part. Other plans include reordering spare parts by scanning specific QR codes, and retrieving detailed information about parts via tablet or smartphone in the event of a fault. In this way, Dinnissen is constantly striving to make the entire production process smarter, more efficient and more sustainable.

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Alapala completes 2000 TPD flour mill project in Bangladesh

ne of the leading global machinery producer and solution providers in grain milling has successfully completed the installation of a new 2000 TPD capacity milling project in Bangladesh. After the completion of this project in December 2021, Alapala now has five flour mill references in the country, with a total capacity of 3300 TPD milling capacity. The greenfield project has been completed by Alapala on a turnkey basis including project design, process engineering, manufacturing, project management, installation, and commissioning services. Also, the company provides local sales and after-sales services via its strong representative network in Bangladesh. In the milling plant, the complete machinery and equipment for grain cleaning, milling, handling, and packaging has been supplied and built by the company. The milling section consists of four units with each 500 tonnes of daily wheat grinding capacity, to produce high

quality bakery flour for domestic consumption. The flour mill is equipped with latest technological solutions to meet high sanitation standards. In the cleaning section, the combination of both mechanical cleaning processes and optical sorting technology ensures that excellent food safety is achieved. The flour mill is being managed with using latest automation technologies and process monitoring systems combined with Scada software. Enabling centralised monitoring of the entire process from the wheat intake to flour packaging, the system provides integrated process control and traceability advantages. The system also has an advanced report generation ability providing production data, yield, energy efficiency, etc. information. The remote connection feature of the automation system also enables the Alapala after-sales team to access the mill any time for technical assistance including inspection, error diagnosis, calibration, and troubleshooting.

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The Cleveland Anglo-Hungarian Steam Flour

The Cleveland Anglo-Hungarian Steam Flour Mills, Stockton on Tees

by Mildred Cookson, The Mills Archive, UK

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uring a committee meeting of the National Association of British and Irish Millers early in 1884, the then president Mr RH Appleton, of The Cleveland Steam Mill, suggested a convention (see The Miller, 7 July 1884). It was agreed and it proved to be the first of many to take place in future years around the country. At the convention he passed on the presidency to Mr Soundy, of Reading Abbey Mills. Mr Appleton’s mill, situated in the large market town in County Durham, sat on the banks of the River Tees. As can be seen from the engraving, it was a large handsome building, built so that

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grain could be unloaded from barges straight into the mill. As Stockton on Tees was also known as a port town, the site was convenient both for grain deliveries and the shipping of flour. Convention delegates entered the mill by one of the side doors and saw the main line shaft from the engine room, 80 feet long and five inches in diameter, revolving at 150 rpm. There were also three other line shafts the same length as the main one for driving the Seck system and several counter shafts, which drove the rolls and dismembrators of the Nagel and Kaemp’s system. The shafting and pulleys which drove the Seck system were very neat in appearance and were supplied by Crossley of Cleckheaton. The packing of all the flour was also done on this floor by six or seven possers driven by the mill. The drive to the Nagel and Kaemp system was by six cotton ropes, one and three quarter

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inches in diameter travelling at 4000ft per minute. The drives to the Seck system were provided by a 22 inch, and four 12 inch double leather belts which travelled at 3000ft per minute. Underneath this floor was a cellar chiefly used for the storage of grain, with just the elevator bottoms and filters connected to the dismembrators.

Ascending to the next floor you were immediately struck by the long lines of roller mills extending from end to end of the building. There were 24 sets of Seck four-roll mills, 24 x 9 inches, and 13 sets of Fiechter four-roll mills of the same size, 14 sets of Nagel & Kaemp’s double roller mills, 24 x15inches, and four sets of Simon three high mills, 20 x 9 inches for the first breaks. The cast iron bottoms of 12 large wheat bins were also on this floor, underneath which were 12 automatic wheat mixers, which supplied the wheat cleaning machinery. These mixers seemed to have attracted much attention and much admiration. The bins referred to ascended to the attic and contained 500 tons of wheat. The third floor was chiefly occupied by a forest of spouting, which led to the roller mills below. A large number of collecting worms spanned from beam to beam for collecting semolina, middlings and offals, to convey to their destinations. The next floor contained a very extended line of purifiers, the greater number were of the air or gravity type. The fifth floor had all the finishing: four centrifugals, three re-bolting reels, semolina and middlings sizing reels, and several Nagel & Kaemp air and sieve purifiers, as well as two Howarth dust collectors. The floor above had the intermediate reels and centrifugals of both systems, and two re-bolting reels. The seventh floor was fitted out with scalping reels for the breaks, and scalping centrifugals for the reductions. In the attic were the heads of several sets of elevators, a semolina sizing reel and a line of chambers for containing the fibre from the purifiers. Here there were also the arrangements for automatically filling the wheat bins from the granary or ship.

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The wheat cleaning machinery consisted of a Barnard and Leas’ dustless separator, various Howes and Ewell’s zig sag separators, Eureka smutters, ‘Victor’ and Throop brushes, as well as wheat washing and drying appliances. There were also several Van Gelder barley cylinders; their advertisement at the time featured two oat, barley and cockle cylinders to clean the wheat, using either inside or outside indentations. Howes and Ewell featured more complex, framed arrangements. In the warehouse the grain was collected by four lines of worm conveyors, elevated to the top and carried by two other worm conveyors to the bins in the mill. Inside both the screen houses and the mill warehouse was an independent water supply piping system that had been laid in on every floor. It was fed from the fire engine on the wharf, quite independent of the water main up through the mill itself which was fed from the Darlington high pressure water. There was an electric bell on each floor of the mill connected to the office, engine room and foreman’s house to give alarm should a fire break out at any time day or night. All employees were trained to use all the fire precautions should an alarm be given. It appears that on normal practices, which were run every Monday evening, by two and a half minutes the mill fire brigade was in full working order with a plentiful of supply of water. The mill since its conversion to the gradual reduction system produced about 5500 sacks of flour per week, and for this large quantity comparatively few men were employed in the manufacture. They were under the direction of the foreman, Mr Richard Embleton; the mechanical side was in the charge of Mr

Papp, and management with Mr Appleton, was assisted by Mr H Macdonnell. In all of these articles I have found each mill owner adapted different versions of the various processes for creating the best system to work for them. We are privileged at the Mills Archive to have these stories and to be able to bring them to light, delving into to the many catalogues showing us the machinery available at the time. Times moves on and technology does not stand still, making it ever more important that we record the past. I hope you enjoy reading about your predecessors.

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The Rex Wailes Collection Rex Wailes Collection Milling drawings digitised

Milling separator from 1921, manufactured by Joseph J Armfield & Co Ltd. Armfield’s were engineers, millwrights, brass and iron founders and manufacturers of agricultural implements, located in Ringwood, Hampshire, UK.

by Nathanael Hodge, The Mills Archive Trust

The recent grant received by The Mills Archive Trust allowed us to have a number of large drawings from the Rex Wailes collection treated by a professional conservator. This process was able to repair some of the damage caused by their years of storage in sheds in Rex Wailes’ garden. Once the conservation was complete, the drawings were then sent on to our local Record Office for digitisation. Here are some of the images: Drawings of Bourn Windmill, Cambridgeshire, UK, c 1930

Waterwheel from Pembroke Mill, Wales. Sketch by Thomas Hennell (1903-1945)

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Alltech supports new mentorship program for women in agri-food The Women in Food & Agriculture mentorship program will facilitate meaningful conversations and professional development while also providing a valuable networking experience. “Growing up in the family business, every day was a lesson in leadership,” says Dr Mark Lyons, president and CEO of Alltech. “Mentors, including my father (Alltech founder Dr Pearse Lyons), were an invaluable resource in challenging and championing my personal and professional development. "Although the power of mentorship is evident, and even as the future of farm and food becomes more inclusive, nearly 70 percent of women working in agriculture around the world are reporting a lack of access to mentors. "Through this unique agri-food mentorship program, women will have the opportunity to cultivate industry connections that will empower their success.” The application process to join the WFA mentorship program is now open to mentors and mentees. Prospective participants can indicate their preferences, such as language, ag sector and regional location. As male champions are an asset in promoting gender equality, men are invited to apply to be mentors as well. Following the application

phase, organisers will match mentorship pairs, who will meet virtually for one hour each month starting in March. This manageable time commitment is intended to support flexibility and accessibility for busy participants. With Alltech’s support, the program is free. “We are delighted to have Alltech’s support of the WFA mentorship program,” says Ollie Theocharous, head of content at WFA. “Their partnership will allow us to take the program to the next level as we further our mission to support diversity in the industry.” Alltech believes that inclusion cultivates creativity, drives innovation and is essential to the company’s vision of Working Together for a ‘Planet of Plenty’. In 2019, Alltech selected Gender Equality as one of the nine United Nations Sustainable Development Goals to which the company committed to advancing. To help guide a course toward meaningful change, Alltech began by listening. In 2019 and 2020, the Alltech-supported Women in Food & Agriculture Survey gathered real-world insights into the current workplace environment and the outlook for the future. The survey results now serve as a valuable reference tool for the agri-food industry as it strives to become more inclusive and to create tangible solutions for the challenges facing women in agriculture. To find and more information and to apply to be either a mentor or a mentee, you can find the scheme’s website by following this link: www.wfasummit.com/wfa-mentorship-program/#Apply

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Online Milling School | Autumn 2021 Edition Session 5: Steam & conditioning

As we all venture out into the vast expanse of uncertainty that is 2022, we can all be forgiven if we all adopt a 'safe bets only' life strategy, as we navigate the next twelve months. If you are one of those who has decided to play it safe in 2022, then one safe bet that we can all wager is that completing an edition of Online Milling School - Livestock Feed edition, and then including this on your CV, will set you above all other candidates when applying for that vacancy in our industry. Broadcast weekly, each of the 12 two hour sessions in each edition begins with a warm welcome from the reliable and ever professional presenting duo of agribusiness executive Yiannis Christodoulou, and industry journalist and publisher Roger Gilbert. With us now well into the Autumn edition and with the Winter edition set to be upon us very soon, sessions five and six sees the subjects of Steam & conditioning and the Pelleting process dealt with in the thorough and comprehensive fashion that we all expect from these always fruitful weekly sessions.

Steam & Animal Feed Milling (Quality & Principle) – Mr Stephen Bishop

Session five begins with an address from Spirax Sarco’s Divisional Consultant Specialist Mr Stephen Bishop, who discusses the relationship between steam and animal feed milling. Mr Bishop begins by stating that maintaining optimum boiler conditions are key to system health, as good steam condition maximises its key heat transfer benefits. Benefits of distributing at higher pressure can also lead to a reduction in the size of infrastructure required, which in turn leads to savings in the cost of installing it. He also states that distributing at higher pressure also leads to lower losses through radiation, whilst there will be less condensate to remove. Mr Bishop also discusses the subjects of design considerations in terms of distribution, the importance of correct pipe sizing, air venting and safe isolation; adding that all insulation including joint cladding must be secure and in good condition. The next industry expert to address candidates is Mr Daniel Wells, National Consultant Specialist UK & ROI at Spirax Sarco. Addressing the subject of steam distribution and process application, Mr Wells examines the relationship between steam and animal feed overheads, whilst also assessing the effect of

steam injection/humidification on animal feed processing. According to Mr Wells, incorporating this technique into your manufacturing process will maximise uptime, minimise maintenance and improve product quality, whilst also increasing health & safety compliance, productivity and efficiency. Staying on the subject of health and safety, Mr Wells stresses that selecting the correct size and type of safety valve is of critical importance, whilst adjustment or reset should only be made by certified personnel, with annual inspection and testing covered under legislation.

Set up and optimisation of conditioners – Mr Ryan Celis

The third and final section of the fifth session sees the return of Mr Ryan Celis, who examines the procedures employed to set up and optimise conditioners. According to Mr Celis, to set-up your conditioner to the configuration that will best suit your requirements you must first identify which of the five basic feed categories the product you are planning to run belongs to. Next up, you will need to decide on the target conditioning parameters such as temperature and moisture of the product with an awareness of the prevailing conditions such as ambient temperature and initial mash moisture. Mr Celis then goes on to say that once all of the previously listed criteria have been satisfied, he then goes on to describe how we should set-up the conditioning system to adapt to conditions wherein the level of moisture and heat additions can be controlled, though not totally, independently of each other. This list includes more heat, less moisture or less heat, more moisture or more heat, more moisture. This can be achieved by using steam jacketed conditioners or pressure conditioners or by switching to high or low pressure settings as necessary. =

Session 6: Pelleting Process

The sixth session of the Autumn edition of the Online Milling School sees Mr Ryan Celis return to discuss the key considerations that should be taken into account when setting up and operating a pellet mill. Mr Celis divides what is a fairly extensive list into three categories – 'raw material/mash,' 'machine' and 'process control,' with the first of these categories including physical and chemical characteristics, preparation of mash and if any pelleting binder has been used. The second category features machine considerations including die speed and configuration, roll gap and configuration; with machine wear conditions also featuring on the list. Milling and Grain - January 2022 | 35

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The final of the three categories includes conditioning, throughput regulation, fines return and liquid addition. Mr Celis also discusses the importance of good die and roller management with weekly inspections, conscientious record keeping and regular tramp metal and bone chip removal, all included on his list of recommended best practises.

Introducing the Flat Die Pelleting Press – Mr Olaf Naehrig

The next section of the sixth session sees Olaf Naehrig, Senior Area Manager for Amandus Kahl GmbH introduce the flat die pelleting process. In his address, Mr Haehrig discusses the working principle of this technique, which is typically configured with an expander sat on top of the pelleting press. The material flows and forces at the roller head are also examined, whilst the multiple options for roller numbers and sizes are also discussed, as are the benefits of the various roller surface shapes and types of die surfaces. According to Mr Naehrig, the angle of contact within this process creates a mild shearing effect, which is very good for long fibre pelleting, whilst also affording greater pellet shape flexibility. Mr Naehrig also states that the flat die pelleting process is suitable for various types of animal feed including that intended for poultry, pigs and ruminants.

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materials and formulation on pellet quality. According to Dr Stark the amount and type of ingredients will affect pellet quality, but the outcome is not always predetermined as it can often fluctuate drastically. This is because there are further factors to consider that include the conditioning temperature and time, the moisture of the conditioned mash, die specifications and the grind size of the ingredients. Dr Stark also states that the mash needs to be conditioned to 1618 percent moisture and 80- 90°C to improve the pellet durability index (PDI) in most ingredients.

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Limited space is still available on the upcoming edition of Online Milling School - Livestock feed, which begins on March 9, concluding on June 8, 2022. If you are reading this and you have missed the start of the Spring edition then fear not! All of the sessions that have been broadcast so far will be available on demand for two weeks once this edition reaches its conclusion. So, for more information, visit: https://millingandgrain.com/ events/online-milling-school-livestock-feed/gallery/

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Roller Mills He-Serie by Ottevanger The new Roller mills HE (High Efficiency) series is designed to crush or grind various materials, and can handle a range of materials including grain, oilseeds, biomass and other products with low energy requirements. The machinery has one, two or three mounted units on top of each other each with two large independently driven rollers, with all of which designed specifically to ensure an even flow. The top unit can be extended with one or two extra crushing units, each of which consists of two, solid Hartguss breaker rolls to ensure optimum crushing. The HE line is concentrated on better performances, a more hygienic design and lower energy consumption. Its advantages include increased capacity with the same level of energy, easy access for maintenance, and exchangeable rollers.

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Described by US based equipment manufacturer Binmaster as being a comprehensive feed management software package, FeedView is a product package that eliminates the need for spreadsheets and paperwork. The software features a range of beneficial features, including allowing you to automatically measure bin levels, predict consumption by using historical consumption rates, recording medicated feeds and knowing when to schedule deliveries. This software package combines wireless, battery-powered laser level sensors with a cloud-based, easy to use software application. Having listened to what growers need to make monitoring and reporting their farms more efficient, BinMaster believes it has created the solution to all of these issues, which is applicable for poultry hatcheries, broiler operations or the full life cycle. BinMaster offers a comprehensive range of level indicators and inventory management systems used to monitor powders, bulk solids, or liquids.

The W Series’ bulk weighers serve the purpose of receiving and shipping bulk material, as well as being recognised for their accuracy, performance and reliability. The weighers are electronically controlled and are designed for receiving and shipping free-flowing bulk materials typically used in various types of plant including grain silos and mills, as well as in the feed and food industries. The weigher output is dependent on the size of the weigh hopper which can go up to 10 tonnes in capacity, whilst they are also designed from welded steel and are dust-tight. The weigh hopper is equipped with pneumatically operated twin gates and has an inspection door and frame on which calibration weights can be placed. As well as being accurate, well performing and reliable, it is a robust design that ensures continued operation.

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The gear-driven K70 Pellet Mill by Famsun Improving the pelleting line’s yield efficiency is an essential design objective to help feed factories operate more sustainably. The new Famsun K70 Pellet Mill is such a machine using this design principle. The gear-driven mill boosts capacity while also improving energy efficiency and operational reliability, which seeks to minimize line interruptions that can create substantial raw material waste. Designed with the latest innovations, the K70 Pellet Mill is a new member of the K-Series which already includes the K15, K15X, K20, K25, K35 and K50 in its family. Since the initial introduction of the first K-Series model in 2014, over 350 units of this gear-driven pellet mill are now in operation worldwide. The popularity of this line of pellet mills is a result of its excellent reputation to perform reliably, its ability to control product quality and its ease of maintenance.

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The Maxx Series from Maxtex Introducing an innovative and compact rice flour processing platform

On the occasion of Maxtex’s 25th anniversary, the company proudly releases its latest item of innovative rice flour technology (RFPC), utilising a compact wet milling method. The Maxx Series is a rice flour milling platform designed to process and transform various kinds of rice-to-rice flour. Those who invest in this technology will benefit from a short installation lead-time, high quality rice flour, high yields and high profit margins. The company also states that the flour that is processed by the Maxx Series range is of higher quality than the flour produced by dry-milling and semi-milling methods, thereby offering a shelflife of two years and a 100+ mesh. The company works with its customers from start to finish in order to ensure either a smooth beginning with the installations of a new, or the expansion of an existing, rice flour production facility. Traditional rice flour companies utilise large plant operations that require a large land footprint, large capital investment, are labour intensive and require a long period to build-out. Whilst extensive mechanical and electrical works are also expensive and very involved installations. In addition, traditional producers typically focus on white flour and glutinous rice flour.

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The Maxx Series offers operators the ability to produce rice flour varieties such as Japanese, Japanese brown, brown, basmati, riceberry, parboiled, jasmine and Taiwanese rice. With minimal operator labour, the producer can opt to produce lower volumes of production and offer different varieties of rice flour to its customers and distributors and volumes are also scalable to ramp up production by adding new production lines. Installation, commissioning and training, depending on the amount of production lines, can range from two weeks – one month. The technical process involves providing a mix of the chosen rice variety combined with a percentage of broken rice, which is added to the soaking system that softens the solution and provides further removal of impurities.

Once the rice has reached the correct softening point, the slurry solution passes through a milling process that further grinds the slurry so it can be pressed. At this stage the mix has about 40 percent moisture content which is then pressed into circular shapes that are ground further and dried to about 11-to-13 percent moisture content. The final stage is sifting, which is where Maxx Series can achieve 100+ mesh, which is a finely ground rice flour that is of high quality and typically has a shelf-life of two years. Currently, the heater is electrical with the company soon offering LPG and biomass. Quality, support, profitability, sustainability and reliability are key commitments to the company’s customers worldwide. Maxtex is also in the process of completing an R&D center and factory where they will continue to develop processes and equipment for other flours including banana, millet, durian fruit and sweet potato. The facility will be completed end of January this year. RFPC platforms are now available for commercial purchase.

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he Autumn of 2021 saw the Chairman of Wudeli Group, Dan Zhimin push the button to launch the Suiping factory, which with a 6000t/d capacity, is widely considered to be the biggest wheat milling factory in the world. The Suiping is the Wudeli Group’s eighteenth subsidiary corporation, and with that the group’s current total capacity goes to 61000t/d, occupying about 25 percent of the wheat flour market share in China. The factory is located in the Henan province that can be found right in the centre of China, surrounded by an abundance of highquality wheat. The facility boasts a proud total of eight milling lines, seven of

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which are producing general flour with one producing specialised flour. It is also equipped with the very latest machines and automation technology including rollermills, purifiers, and plansifters, which is mostly manufactured by Bühler. It also has the biggest automatic AR/RS warehouse with 22,400t of finished products storage capacity. It will also be most efficient, using the lowest labour as it employs just 266 workers in total. Over the next two years, with the new factory and old factory’s expansion finished, Wudeli’s whole capacity will exceed 80000t/d, making it without a doubt the world’s highest capacity flour mill, but who are Wudeli?

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Founded in 1989, the Wudeli Flour Mill Group (WFMG) is a private enterprise that specialises in flour production. Following 32 years of effort and practice, the once small single factory has now developed into a large-scale flour-producing group that includes 35 large milling workshops, 78 modern flour production lines and more than 5000 staff. The Group invites five parties, including clients, farmers, workers, the state and other enterprises, organically into a profitable community of sorts – a principle that it believes to be at the root of much of its success, and one that closely resembles the co-operatives that were popular in the UK during the twentieth century. Since 2003, when the group targeted becoming the world's leading experts in flour production, it has expanded its product sales all over China, covering 97 percent of the domestic market,

The Suiping is equipped with machines and automation technology which is mostly manufactured by Bühler.

which has increased by as much as 16 percent. The group's share of the Beijing market has reached more than 40 percent, and the Group has been rightfully and continuously ranked number one in flour sales in the domestic market.

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Wudeli Group also has large investments in scientific and technological innovation, the introduction of international advanced equipment and technology and was capable of low-ash and high-precision flour production.The flour production series includes more than 140 varieties, with products of good quality and stability favoured by many customers. The Group's special powder series, which includes products for dumplings, steamed buns and fried sticks, noodles and steamed bread, is predominantly aimed at the market of high-class food factories, large chain restaurants, large steamed bread and noodle processing companies. These special flours, combined with the trend in the development of China's wheat flour sector, meets the needs of different consumer groups and fills a number of special powder production gaps. For example, the high-gluten buns powder has the very good re-steaming abilities and solves the steamed bread from turning black which produces a poor visual effect after cooking; the strong gluten dumpling powder solved the problem of dumpling packaging adhesion after cooking and make dumplings available for take-out packaging. In production technology, for example, the group created a set of scientific and practical wheat auto-weighing system to achieved accurate warehousing and human labour saving; the brush bran machine application improved flour extraction rates. The development of the bran-drying technology also solved the bran's short expiration date and transportation problems in summer months. It has also developed automatic warehousing and online loading systems. It was introduced the world's first-class Bühler pulverising equipment, at high cost, and bought quality inspection equipment from Bühler, and from companies based in Sweden and France, which was also at great expense. Wudeli also set up many stations to supervise the quality of incoming raw materials, ensuring that it uses only the highest quality wheat for the highest quality flour. It established a thorough and advanced online quality control system complete with advanced test equipment, professional baking and steaming experiments, strict quality control procedures and quality control methods. From raw materials to the implementation of a quality monitoring system, WFMG has formed an interlocking quality management system that is tailored specifically to inspect every procedure. Milling and Grain - January 2022 | 45

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The Chairman of Wudeli Group, Dan Zhimin, pushes the button to launch the Suiping factory.

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The Wudeli Flour Mill Group's production scale and product property requires a huge supply of wheat, which helped the farmers of the nearby counties and cities to optimise plantation structure and quality, whilst also being of great benefit to their incomes. In 2017 for example, the group purchased wheat from more than three million farmers, increasing their income by more than 100 million yuan (US$5,706,230.00) each year. The Wudeli Group also currently employs more than 5000 rural workers. Wudeli Group's establishment of a new factory helps drive the local transportation, retailing, catering and other industries in development.

With a 6000t/d capacity, the Suiping factory is considered to be the biggest wheat milling factory in the world

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Over the next two years, with the new factory and old factory’s expansion finished, Wudeli’s whole capacity will exceed 80000t/d, making it the world’s highest capacity flour mill

Other facts and figures include: each subsidiary requires investment of at least 300-500 million yuan (~US$47m– US$78m), which generates huge profits to local building material industries; Wudeli's everyday wheat purchase and product sales reached more than 80,000 tonnes of throughput, which needs 3000 transporting vehicles, meaning nearly one million vehicles are used a year for local transportation industries. Every new company also requires a corresponding staff canteen, supermarkets and other supporting facilities, which benefits the supermarkets, food, clothing and other related companies from nearby counties and cities.

Social responsibilities

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The greater the group develops, the greater is perceives its level of social responsibility to be. The Wudeli Flour Mill Group always always strives to do its best to shoulder its level of obligation to society. As the pioneer of China's flour industry, WFMG always takes food security and the industry's steady development of its social responsibilities seriously. In 2010, influenced by multiple factors, the market prices kept rising and the consumer prices are high. In order to stabilise people's livelihood and lower prices, the state launched a number of measures to control prices. WFMG actively responded to the state's policies and took the

The vast range of equipment featured at the Suiping facility includes purifiers and plansifters supplied by Swiss manufacturing company Bühler

the initiative, allowing the maintenance of a stable flour price in the domestic markets, whilst also completely supporting the state in market regulations. The founders of the Group, who are the descendants of farmers, haven't forgotten their roots. They kept the city supplied with flour during the Covid outbreak, provided free flour to stricken areas suffering the Yellow River flood, the Guangxi Province's snow disaster and funds to the Wenchuan, Yushu earthquake disaster areas, and donated to repair the ancient gate tower reconstruction, amongst many other valuable projects. As part of the food industry chain, WFMG also connects with the upstream and downstream industry from grain cultivation, collection, storage and transportation, to processing, warehousing, transporting and finally to thousands of families. The company's strict requirement as to the quality of raw grain and product has promoted food safety requirements at every stage and made a contribution to national flour industries' healthy and sustainable development. WFMG also takes great pride in contributing towards the food security of every family and to the national food safety of China.

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Raising intensive meat animals in a post-antibiotic era by James Cooper, Milling and Grain Correspondent, UK

In this, the second part of our focus on the use of anitbiotics in feed and farming practices, our regular correspondent James Cooper looks at the changing attitudes in the meat supply chain, why more consumers are beginning to demand antibiotic-free meat, and what action our industry could or should be taking in order to avoid a future where bacteria become resistant to antibiotic treatments

t’s nearly 80 years since an antibiotic was used to treat a patient, and we’re still learning about the effects of antibiotics and their usefulness in human and animal health. Yet, it’s forecast that some 10 million people could die annually from antibiotic resistant infections by 2050 if nothing changes. What has become apparent in recent years is that the systematic overuse of antibiotics both in human and animal medicine is undermining their ability to cure life-threatening infections in people, by creating an army of dangerous bacteria which are resistant to antibiotics. One driver of resistance is the misuse of antibiotics in human healthcare. But the other major factor driving resistance is the widespread use of antibiotics in agriculture and aquaculture, and none more so than in pig and poultry production, where worldwide demand for cheap meat continues at a fast pace. The reality is that antimicrobial resistance (AMR) remains a growing problem, despite concerted efforts in certain countries to deal with the threat associated with routine use of antibiotics in farming systems. And while great progress has been made in some developed countries to reduce consumption, antibiotic consumption is still rising at a steady rate in many more. No one involved in intensive meat production can be unaware of the wider implications of AMR. So, isn’t it time our supply chains seriously consider the practicalities of how to achieve a significant reduction in antibiotics use in intensive farming systems? A big part of the problem in reducing use of antibiotics, as far as the farmer is concerned, is the structural need for disease prevention created by modern fast-growing breeds, a fast turnaround and high stocking rates required to produce meat at the volume and price point demanded by the supermarkets. Whilst AMR has reached epidemic proportions, the complexities of the problem have been largely misunderstood and remain out of sight, with producers still relying on chemicals and antibiotics to work against biology, rather working than with it. But that’s all changing.

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Novel proteins, such as insects and algae, and pro and prebiotics can have an important role to play in terms of providing appropriate nutrition in feed, but producers are increasingly reconsidering their production systems to ensure better husbandry and more natural animal development with the aim of placing less reliance on antibiotics.

Changing attitudes

At the retail end of the supply chain, the consumer is becoming an increasingly interested stakeholder. Whilst the average consumer may not understand the exact mechanisms of how pathogens leave the farm environment to impact human medicine, they nonetheless have a general awareness of the wider problem of AMR, and they are questioning their purchasing habits as a result. Above all, they want to see better welfare in production environments. A recent study looking at consumer attitudes in five EU countries, towards diseases in intensive production systems, found that while the public is largely unfamiliar with modern animal production systems, they none-the-less perceive intensive production systems negatively [1]. Concerns, perceived risks and benefits were identified, and shown to be highly influential regarding attitude formation and subsequent consumer behaviour. In the study, more natural and proactive interventions to control production diseases were preferred. Preferences mainly involved changes to housing, housing-related management and hygiene practices. with more reactive and medicine-based interventions being least preferred, as these linked into general health and welfare concerns associated with intensive livestock production. Given this lack of public understanding, coupled with elevated concern in the media and highly focussed campaigns about AMR featuring celebrity doctors, what has become overwhelmingly apparent is a need for the retail sector to be more proactive in terms of the information they are providing to consumers. Pressure too is building for governments to make laws and policies to bring down the use of antibiotics in both land and aquatic food animals; driven largely by consumer groups, national and global health bodies and worldwide agricultural organisations

F such as WHO and FAO. “Certainly, we don't believe that all antibiotic use is wrong,” says Cóilín Nunan, a scientific adviser to the Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics, “It's not the case of black versus white. It's also not the case that the main issue for the consumer is that there might be residues of antibiotics in the foods that they eat. It's more complicated than that.” Practices such as chlorine washing finished chicken don’t address the root cause of the problem, or significantly reduce AMR. Whilst it is true that, when you administer an antibiotic, it does lead to resistant bacteria developing in the animal's gut, which at slaughter can end up in the meat and transfer to humans. But in many cases, it's far more complex. Those resistant bacteria themselves may not cause an infection; but it’s the resistant genes in those bacteria that then jump into other bacteria in the environment that cause superbugs. “There are certain practices which are absolutely fine and responsible and others which are not in terms of antibiotic use. That's an extra layer of complexity for the consumer to understand,” says Cóilín Nunan.

New EU rules

Let’s be clear. Low (or sub-therapeutic) use of antibiotics for growth promotion has been illegal in the EU since 2006. And it’s also true to say that European countries, by and large, are leading the drive to reduce antibiotic use. But it’s also the case that varying levels of routine and group disease prevention has nonetheless persisted in many EU countries, some a lot more than others. Whilst all remaining licenses for using antibiotics for growth

promotion were removed in 2006, no new law was introduced saying antibiotics could not be used routinely under veterinary prescription. Therefore, following decade-long talks, on January 28, 2022, strong new EU legislation will finally prohibit all forms of routine antibiotic use in farming, including preventative group treatments. Under the new rules, treatment will be allowed for an individual or a restricted number of animals, but only in exceptional cases when the risk of an infection or of an infectious disease is very high and the consequences likely to be severe. It’s a commendable and concerted attempt by the EU to close the ‘back door’ and put an end to irresponsible users with in the industry. In practice this means that for many farmed animals across the EU, their good health will need to be achieved by avoiding routine antibiotic use and using alternative approaches instead. Reductions in stocking rates, improvements in feed quality, the

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F use of probiotics such as lactobacillus bacteria (which serve as a protective barrier against more dangerous bacteria) and improving basic animal husbandry and welfare will all be key. Whilst the new European rules won’t be applying to the UK. In the UK farm antibiotic use has already been cut by about 50 percent between 2014-19 and several factors have contributed to this including voluntary action taken by farmers, the expectation of tighter regulations to come and the introduction of new supermarket policies. “The UK has always been ahead of the curve and a leader in the realms of antibiotics. We aim to continue to lead from the front to preserve the efficacy of our antibiotics and contribute to turning the tide against antimicrobial resistance,” says Kerry Maxwell from the British Poultry Council (BPC). “When it comes to antibiotics, it is not about a ‘race to zero’. It’s all about responsible use. Antibiotics are used, when necessary, as part of our duty of care to protect our birds under the expert supervision of vets. “Just to be clear,” she explains, “there is no chicken out there marketed as ‘antibiotic free’ in UK production. On imports, it all comes back to standards. We must be clear on what our standards are. “Imported food produced to lower quality threatens to dilute the standards we have here in the UK and will not only penalise British producers who have worked hard to achieve these standards, but also create a two-tier food system in which only the affluent will be able to afford to eat British food grown to British standards.” These comments reflect the Brexit trade deal situations that are threatening to lower standards on imports. In contrast to the EU and UK, for example, the US strongly opposes attempts to end preventative group treatments. A similar sentiment on ending routine use is echoed in the pig sector: “We've set ourselves some really tough targets because the industry recognises it’s so important to preserve these antibiotics for the future,” says Dr Zoe Davies of UK’s National Pig Association. “Health and welfare are inextricably linked. You can't separate one out from the other. It's about common-sense biosecurity and making sure you stick to it religiously. “You make sure you only use what you need to, and this is where diagnostic work is so important in terms of identifying exactly what bugs you've got, rather than using a broad-spectrum antibiotic where you can get resistance. “Instead, you only use what is going to work on that specific bug, for the right amount of time. “The vet has to have a very good justification for putting medicines into the diet before the animal starts to exhibit clinical signs,” Dr Zoe Davies explains. So, will this approach be enough? Supermarkets are increasingly being held to account for their policies on antibiotics use in their supply chains, but far more work is required to bring about real change say campaigners. “It tends to be the case that if you just leave it to industry, it will only really go so far,” adds Cóilín Nunan. “And there are major difficulties in getting as comprehensive change as is needed. Particularly when it relies on the consumer understanding and demanding changes. “The consumer is still very confused. When you go to the supermarket, what do you choose? It's not clear in terms of labelling. So, if it's all just left to industry to deal with, then what is the motivation for industry to entirely adopt responsible use? What is the motivation for it to reform certain husbandry practices that are leading to problems? “Unlike some of the practices that can occur in farming, such as the use of hormone growth promotion in some countries, certainly we don't believe that all antibiotic use is wrong." 52 | January 2022 - Milling and Grain

What do ‘antibiotic-free’ broiler systems look like?

Broiler chicken welfare in particular is under increasing scrutiny due to concerns regarding growth rate and stocking density. With 23 billion alive at any given time, chickens are now the most populous bird on the planet - 10 times more than any other bird - an astonishing achievement for a small jungle bird that originated in Southeast Asia. And it's by far the fastest growing meat product and pound-forpound, the price of chicken has fallen sharply. “In the poultry industry, one of the huge changes that has occurred over the last 40 or so years is that chickens have been bred to grow faster and faster. This is widely known to be the number one cause of welfare problems,” points that Mr Nunan explains. He quotes the Netherlands as an example of how industry can adapt and improve when it needs to: This is the tale of the infamous plofkip and a furious campaign from one animal welfare group, ‘Wakker Dier’ which changed hearts and minds across the supply chain. The Netherlands is a country that punches well above its weight in terms of intensive agriculture and food production and it’s the most chicken-dense nation in the world where there’s an average of 47 million broiler chickens alive at any given moment. In the region of Venray, they outnumber people 86 to one. But in 2015, Holland’s three biggest supermarkets, Albert Heijn, Jumbo and Lidl, announced they were going plofkip-free. Plofkip, directly translated, means exploded chicken - the Dutch byword for the fastest growing breeds of meat chickens - typically a bred that takes 42 days to reach a slaughter weight of two kilograms. The highly successful campaign, aimed squarely at the consumer, showing images of ‘normal’ healthy breeds of chickens sitting next to enormous chickens at a particular age, shamed supermarkets into halting sales of this meat. It halves sales of this type of chicken were cut in half, and ultimately Dutch supermarkets committed to only selling chicken from slower growing breeds that consumers was now demanding. Whilst the welfare campaigners didn’t achieve the slowest growing chickens called for, they did move industry to significantly slowergrowing breeds that retained the intensity needed to preserve a viable and profitable product. Whilst the campaign was clearly motivated by welfare standards, there was a knock-on effect; a not entirely co-incidental, but nonetheless dramatic reduction in antibiotics consumption. Both the industry data and the official government data show that there is lower antibiotic use with these slower growing breeds - about six times lower per animal. Ultimately the campaign was a result of voluntary action, therefore not regulated. So, because two-thirds of Dutch poultry meat is exported, what has now emerged is essentially a dual industry where the higher welfare, slow growing birds are produced for domestic consumption, but the majority of production remains the lower welfare breeds for the export market. “What it shows is that industry can, very quickly, change and operate profitably after that change, but if there are no rules the industry will only go so far as it needs to,” says Cóilín Nunan.

The French model

In France, industry insiders have driven up standards and consumers are found to be willing to pay more for a standardised product, once they understand the benefits. Compared to the Dutch example, which remains intensive, at the other end of the quality scale is ’Label Rouge’, the 50 plus-yearold French poultry standard. It’s an industry standard essentially motivated by two factors: One, the sheer will of the agro-livestock sector to re-evaluate the quality of its products, the other, the sheer institutional will to protect smaller co-operative producers from the effects of industrial-scale poultry farming.

F Label Rouge birds are on average twice the age of conventional intensive breeds before slaughter, with nearly double the available space to roam around. That’s a much greater cost for the producer. It doesn't sound like a recipe for mass-market commercial success yet, responding to growing consumer demand, what has emerged is a market model and a quality supply chain that generates confidence among consumers, leading them to prefer the Label Rouge brand over the standard despite a higher average cost of 50 percent. Label Rouge commands 25 percent of chicken sales in France, according to Marie Guyot, director of Synalaf (the National Union of Poultry Labels of France). Quite apart from economics, there’s obviously an ethical and quality dimension here that consumers seem to have understood and embraced. But crucially it’s achieved by informing consumers, maintaining farming transparency, whilst still maintaining a good level of efficiency and making use of new technologies. Antibiotics use is practically zero. Label Rouge birds are still vaccinated for coccidiosis, and given probiotics and de-wormers in their feed, but antibiotics can be used only if prescribed by a veterinarian on a case-by-case basis. Slow-growing genetics and a low-density production system also offer distinct health advantages for the animal; leg problems and sudden death are minimal and birds have good immunity (mortality for conventional broilers in France is six percent during a six-week grow-out; it is half that for Label Rouge production, even during a much longer grow-out of 12 weeks).

The Swedish pig industry

In 1986 Sweden passed legislation to prohibit regular use of antibiotics in their pig industry and worked hard to find measures to

compensate for routine group treatments of animals with antibiotics. The change required the teamwork of the whole production system including farmers, cooperatives, vets and researchers, all engaged in different aspects of animal health. New hygiene routines were established and new types of feed were developed along with vaccines, biosecurity and other precautionary measures. During the first decade after the ban, the effects of the routine treatment became clear. Applied without any real preparations at farm level, pig meat producers and veterinarians had to cope with an increased incidence of infectious diseases and higher mortality among piglets both during the suckling and the weaning periods. But it triggered a systematic development process with disease prevention and biosecurity as key ingredients. Whilst no two farms are exactly alike, one key characteristic that emerged from the new production system is that weaning of piglets is not allowed to take place until 90 poercent of the piglets are more than 26 days old. This period considered most critical in terms of the health of the piglets and associated with high risk of infections such as diarrhea, where there is a greater need for treatment with antibiotics. Whilst the transition was not without problems, the total consumption of antibiotics decreased from about 50mg/PCU before the ban of growth promoters, to the current figure estimated to be 12.5mg/PCU, amongst the lowest in the EU. After gaining membership to the EU in 1995, its pig industry collapsed as an influx of cheaper pig products entered the market. It took a rebranding exercise for ‘Swedish meat’ and a growing awareness of AMR for the industry to be finally compensated for all the hard work done to get rid of antibiotics. As one meat producer

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F An alternative to antibiotics in livestock production

What's more natural than a chicken eating bugs? Insects, such as black soldier fly (BSF) larvae are rich in chitin and proteins and represent a suitable feed ingredient replacement for animals. However, little is known about the effect of administering BSF larvae on intestinal microbiota, bacterial metabolite profiles and mucosal immune status in animals. But experts now believe insects could be part of a multipronged approach to reduce antibiotic use. “In addition to their numerous advantages for animal nutrition, the presence of antimicrobial agents, like chitin and lauric acid in insects has been efficient against pathogens, confirming their high potential to reduce the use of antibiotics in animal farming,” explains Constantin Muraru, Communication and Research Manager at the International Platform of Insects for Food and Feed (IPIFF). “Chitin, found in the exoskeletons of insects, is a fantastic source of insoluble fibre. “In fact, chitin's fiber provides prebiotic properties to the gut flora. This means that it aids in the growth of good bacteria in the body. “Likewise, some chitin derivatives have even been found to have antioxidant properties.” He explains the logic that led to the research hypothesis; “I think it makes sense to look at the idea that led to the concept of insect farming. We have the example of a handful of species that thrive in harsh environments, like the black soldier fly, they grow on decaying organic matter; they're the experts in survival. They also reproduce and develop in those very tough environments. That has developed some characteristics that scientific evidence shows would be helpful in improving health relevant indicators in the target animals. This could be poultry, pigs or fish.” Whilst Constantin Muraru is clear about the limitations, “We're not referring to a to a silver bullet; insects alone will not solve the issue of antimicrobial resistance, but evidence from studies and trials indicates significant immuno-stimulatory and health related benefits of insects and derived ingredients.” Nor is there any suggestion that diets should be just insects, which at present prices of around UK£5000/tonne (US$6,772/tonne), would certainly be cost prohibitive, but insects, with their fantastic protein rich amino acid profile, could be incorporated alongside other ingredients. Mr Muraru suggests between four percent and eight percent to be a realistic inclusion rate in juvenile diets, where the benefits would be most apparent. Or up to a maximum of only five percent to maintain an ‘Organic’ product status, because bizarrely in this context, insects are not yet considered organic. From a sustainability perspective, insect protein also helps reduce the carbon footprint of feed diets by improving the circularity in feed production, whereby waste streams are ultimately used to produce the food on our plate. Chicken and pigs could be getting their protein from insects rather than soy. There's also a clear alignment when it comes to the EU the Farm to Fork strategy, which, although considered by some as ambitious, set some aspirational goals by 2030; one of which is a reduction by 50 percent in the sales of anti-microbials.

now expresses it: “Antibiotic resistance awareness is the best thing that happened to us.” This example brings into sharp contrast other highly antibiotic dependent production systems, like Italy’s Parma ham and salami industry, which is representative of modern animal production practices and where antibiotic use is a core element with consumption estimated to be 244mg/PCU, or the UK’s at around 105mg/PCU [2].

The real price of meat

Many examples can be found, and not just in Europe, that demonstrate how it’s possible to raise commercial pig and poultry breeds profitably, but without routine use of antibiotics. There’s no getting away from the elephant-in-the-room; It’s welfare, it’s the number one adjustable component in the mission to reduce antibiotics consumption in intensive farming. Clearly, there are powerful new drivers that will improve standards as farmers are compelled to adapt and modify practices forged over decades. But we must also trust that farmers want to continue to act as custodians of the land and continue to offer the best possible products to their customers. What lessons can be taken by the supply chain? It’s simple and the sooner supermarkets realise it the better. As an industry, in the drive to produce cheaper meat we must simply bear in mind this question - who are the winners? In the race to the bottom, it’s not the producers and it’s not the consumers, who are largely oblivious of the detail of intensive farming, and it's certainly not the animals themselves. It’s only the supermarkets who gain from a constant cost-shaving exercise of producing cheaper and cheaper meat. But intensive farming is not suddenly going to become free-range and organic, and nor does it need to. If the industry genuinely cares about protecting these valuable medicines for future generations, those who are supposed to adopt a legal ban must first share the concepts and beliefs that the legislation rests on and be willing to invest in structural change. There’s no suggestion here that all meat should be produced to Label Rouge standards, as wonderful as that would be, but if we are serious about reducing antibiotics, the answer is staring us in the face. It’s clear that what is needed is a global and sustained approach, reforming all aspects of antibiotic use, and full transparency in the production systems that are sustaining it. For as long as consumers want cheap and plentiful meat, it will continue to be bred evermore intensively. For the supermarkets, the trick will be properly educating us, the consumer, about the real cost of plentiful meat - that we demand - that reflects the increased cost of higher welfare.

References:

1: Consumer attitudes towards production diseases in intensive production systems. Beth Clark,Luca A. Panzone,Gavin B. Stewart,Ilias Kyriazakis,Jarkko K. Niemi,Terhi Latvala,Richard Tranter,Philip Jones,Lynn J. Frewer. Published: January 10, 2019 2: The mg/PCU can be considered as the average quantity of active ingredient sold per kg bodyweight of food-producing animal

Reading:

The State of the World's Antibiotics 2021 - A Global Analysis of Antimicrobial Resistance and Its Drivers Slow-growing broilers are healthier and express more behavioural indicators of positive welfare. Ann C. Rayner, Ruth C. Newberry, Judit Vas & Siobhan Mullan

Reading:

Chitin metabolism in insects: structure, function and regulation of chitin synthases and chitinase. Hans Merzendorfer, Lars Zimoch

Dr Zoe Davies from the British Pig Association

Cóilín Nunan from The Alliance to Save our Antibiotics

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Interstage dosing completes the pelleting proce process expander

by Yemmak, Turkey

ometimes, when new developments are made, our vocabulary does not have words to define these -so new words are created. Process development specialists have further developed the processes of hygienising, preconditioning and pelleting and completed it with a new process – and a new name – 'interstage dosing.' Feedmill equipment manufacturers have further developed its process technology for hygienising feedstuffs. In short it means an optimal hygienisation and conditioning without adding too much moisture and without pelleting problems. Dosing of temperature sensitive ingredients can now also be done without losses due to high temperatures and without overdosing. As an extra these ingredients are embedded in the pellet core, which results in a cost reduction, because cheaper additives can be used without risk or other disadvantages.

Hygienising

Let’s first take a look at the hygienising process. This process requires a high conditioning temperature to kill pathogens, such as salmonella. When this high temperature is reached only with steam, the raw materials become too wet and pelleting is difficult. When steam is used for hygienising, moisture content in regular feedstuffs increases with about 0.7 percent perspiration water per 10°C temperature increase. Especially moist or – depending on the climate - cold raw materials cannot be 56 | January 2022 - Milling and Grain

preconditioned at the right temperature, without blocking the pellet press. The previous can be illustrated with this example: a feed mix has a moisture content of 13 percent and a temperature of 20°C. The desired conditioning temperature is 85°C, so the temperature difference T = 85°C – 20°C = 65°C. When we calculate a 0.7 percent weight increase with perspiration water per 10°C temperature increase the moisture content of the feed mix will increase with (65°C/10°C) x 0.7 = 4.55 percent to a total of 17.55 percent and that is too moist for a pellet press.

Preconditioning

Feed experts recognise this problem and fully emphasise the use of an expander for preconditioning, saying that an expander hygienises and preconditions the feed mix almost perfectly, because the moisture content can be adjusted to an optimal level before pelleting. The expanded material, or expandate, requires far less energy for pelleting than when a regular conditioned feed mix is used. The electrical energy that was used in the expander can be saved at pelleting, with this process shown in Figure 1. From this it can be concluded that the use of an expander as hygienising tool does not increase electrical energy use; gives an optimal pellet quality, even with high fat addition and has the highest hygienic level because of the high temperature – short time treatment.

Interstage dosing

A number of micro ingredients will be damaged during the feed

F manufacturing process. This occurs relatively more frequently in the pellet press than in the expander (or expander + pellet press), because the actual friction temperature in the die is much higher than the measured temperature after the pellet press. Pellet temperature is a 'mix temperature', which is set at a delayed time (after pelleting) between the cooler pellet core and the overheated pellet wall: 'Burnt on the outside, raw on the inside', whereas temperature in the expander works only for a few seconds and homogenous followed by a rapid 'flash off' cooling. Figure 2 illustrates the effect on microingredient retrieval with short term conditioning – expanding – pelleting versus short term conditioning – pelleting only. As can be seen in this figure, maximum retrieval of the ingredient was ‘only’ 89 percent. This means that an overdose is still needed to find a 100 percent level of the ingredient in the complete feed. This can be achieved by a simple ‘interstage’ dosing system, whereby the temperature sensitive ingredients are added in between expanding and pelleting to the expanded and cooled ‘expandate.' The interstage is nothing less than a crumbler, cooler and mixer, where the temperature sensitive ingredients are intensively mixed with the expanded feed mix. After that the mix can be gently

formed into pellets with the use of minimal energy and without heating anew. Another option is to feed the mix (with the added micro ingredients) directly and unpelleted to the animals, as shown in Figure 3.

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From the vitamin K3 trial in Figure 2, but now with use of the interstage dosing system, 100 percent of the added ingredient could be retrieved after pelleting.

Making use of cheaper ingredients

The interstage system provides the possibility of making use of cheaper ingredients (and less microingredients since there is no overdosing). For example, when we look at poultry feed based on 60 percent wheat and 20 percent soy cake and making full use of the native content of amino acids, the feed recipe can be EUR€8.96 (US$12.13) cheaper per tonne when the interstage dosing system is used. These figures and the relevant calculation can be found in both Table 1 and Table 2. In summary, operators should be mindful that when using the option of interstage dosing there is no need for overdosing of temperature sensitive ingredients amd there is the option to use cheaper recipes. Further factors worthy of consideration are the fact that the sensitive ingredients are incorporated in the core of the pellet and thus protected for abrasion and that there are no uncontrollable losses, such as Maillard reactions.

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Omega-3 Fatty Acids

The Benefits of Feeding Specific Omega-3 Fatty Acids by David Wilde, Product Technical Manager, Ruminants & Laura Corbett, Monogastric Product Technical Manager, Anpario, UK

mega-3 fatty acids are long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids which are essential to animal health, particularly in maintaining the integrity of bodily cell membranes. Essential fatty acids cannot be synthesised by the animal and therefore must be included in the diet. The main omega-3 fatty acids of interest include eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and whilst these can be manufactured from other fatty acids in the diet, such as linoleic acid, the process is highly inefficient.

Figure 1: The effect of EPA and DHA on conception rates of high-yielding dairy cows (Robinson et al., 2018).

Figure 2: The effect of microalgae (Schizochytrium spp.) supplementation on DHA content of eggs (Adapted from Zheng et al., 2017).

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Therefore, dietary supplementation of fish oils or algae can provide rich sources of the main essential fatty acids. EPA and DHA are fundamental for animal health and development and have also been shown to be beneficial for human health in preventing and managing heart disease, supporting normal function of the brain and nervous system, maintenance of eye health and vision and helping to maintain blood pressure.

For the dairy herd

The role of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids has been well researched in the last 20 years and the essential fatty acid DHA has been shown to suppress the production of PGF2α, a hormone that terminates the pregnancy in the early stages. Ensuring optimum fertility is vital to the success of any dairy enterprise. Pregnancy rates of under 15 percent are all too common, whereas a target of 20 -25 percent should be achievable. Cows that do not fall pregnant in a timely manner are one of the biggest reasons for involuntary culling in dairy herds globally and this is associated with significant costs, due to replacement of animals and milk losses. In addition to supporting establishment and maintenance of pregnancy, including EPA and DHA in a dairy cow’s diet also provides a highly digestible energy source, which can help to maintain an optimum energy balance to support lactation performance, and also assists in elevating omega-3 levels in milk. A trial conducted by the University of California Davis in conjunction with Anpario was undertaken to determine the effect of the omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA on the fertility and milk quality of high-yielding dairy cows. 300 multiparous, lactating dairy cows, producing more than 50kg milk/cow/day, were assigned to one of two dietary groups. This was either a control diet, consisting of a basal TMR, or the same base diet supplemented with omega-3 fatty acids (Optomega Plus, Anpario, at 160g/head/day). The cows were artificially inseminated following a doubleOvSync programme for 1st service and, if unsuccessful, a singleOvSync programme for 2nd service. As the cows were from a high performing dairy herd with conception rates above 50 percent to 1st service, a substantial

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F improvement at this point was not expected. However, at 2nd service, the supplementation of TMR with omega-3 fatty acids increased the conception rate by almost 10 percent, as shown in Figure 1. The fatty acid composition from the milk of the high-yielding cows was also assessed in order to determine the benefits that dietary supplementation with omega-3 fatty acids offered. An increased beneficial fatty acid composition in the milk was achieved, while the proportion of unsaturated fats was reduced. In addition, the overall “Health Promoting Index” of the milk was also improved when considering human consumption. Supplementing the dairy herd with omega-3 fatty acids, such as EPA and DHA, has been shown to improve conception rates and overall herd pregnancy rates. In turn, this helps to cost-effectively reduce the involuntary culls due to poor fertility. At the same time, the milk produced is naturally higher in beneficial fats, which have been shown to support human health and are also good for the calf.

For the laying flock

The basal levels of DHA and EPA in eggs vary widely and depend on the breed of the bird, stage of lay, ingredients in the basal diet, housing systems and egg size. Enriched eggs offer multiple benefits to consumer health and sources rich in DHA, such as sustainable fish oils or algae, can help to increase the omega-3 content of eggs. In addition, these omega-3 fatty acids provide a highly digestible energy source for the bird, improving the energy balance and thus supporting overall laying performance. Dietary supplementation of omega-3 from microalgae (Schizochytrium spp.) sources has been shown to elevate the

DHA content of eggs to a level 2.6 times greater than eggs from hens fed diets without algae supplementation, as illustrated in Figure 2

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Anpario’s Optomega Range of powdered supplements provide a sustainable, rich source of omega-3 fatty acids, including EPA and DHA. The omega-3 fatty acids are blended onto specially selected carriers to ensure a free-flowing, easy to use finished product and are packaged in unique foil-lined bags to ensure freshness and a long shelf life for every batch. The products have been developed to support both breeding animals and producers seeking to market meat, milk and eggs containing higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids. The product range includes Optomega Plus, which provides a rich supply of EPA and DHA from sustainably sourced fish oils, and the recently launched Optomega Algae, which is produced from microalgae (Schizochytrium spp.) fermentation and 37 percent of the total fatty acids present are DHA. www.anpario.com

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Grain machinery production in China An analysis of the present situation & potential areas for future development by Prof Wu Wenbin, Henan University of Technology, China

he grain machinery manufacturing industry is not only an important part of its closely related processing industry, it is also a key link in the industrial chain. Through more than 40 years of reform, opening up and further development, the international first-class industry gap is gradually narrowing, with some Chinese technology even reaching the world's leading level. This progress has been widely credited as being the result of China's cooperation with foreign grain producers. Therefore, in order to promote the healthy development of the nation’s grain machinery enterprises, implementing an export focused or 'going out' national strategy is not the only way of triggering growth. It could also be argued that a strategy that promotes an increase in the capacity of the grain machinery production industry via a 'belt and road' philosophy, could also have a beneficial effect.

The current situation

Since the 1970s, China’s grain machinery enterprise has increased in areas of processing such as flour, milling, oil, feed – with the development of products which include full production lines, as well as technology relating to introduction, digestion and absorption. These same companies have also gradually mastered the key technology of grain machinery design and manufacturing, such as how to form complete industrial systems, effectively upgrade technology and how to integrate organisational systems. These same enterprises also attach great importance to the upgrading of existing products, whilst they have also accumulated certain technical experience, due to the use of laser cutting and CNC machine tools and other advanced equipment. This has allowed them to greatly improve the manufacturing standards of food machinery, narrow the technological gap at 64 | January 2022 - Milling and Grain

home and abroad, and reach the world's leading level in some areas. In recent years, China's grain machinery industry has developed rapidly, especially since the 12th Five-Year Plan. The domestic grain machinery industry has reached the world's leading level in structural optimisation design, intelligent manufacturing, cloud image acquisition and analysis and other technical fields, laying a solid foundation for Chinese grain machinery enterprises to 'go global.' Under the conditions of opening up, the advantages of Chinese enterprises' development comes from three aspects: first, cheap and abundant labour force. The second is the huge market and related to the establishment of after-sales service marketing network, with the third being the organisational role of the government.

Rapid development & significantly improved standards

Domestic grain machinery enterprises have made a series of innovative achievements in grain processing (hulling, milling, feed, colour sorting, etc), testing instruments, storage facilities, robots, complete sets of equipment, system engineering design and so on, and the design and manufacturing level of grain machinery is constantly improving. For example, China's Jiesun (colour machine), Famsun (feed engineering), Myondage (grease machinery), Tianrui (food safety testing instrument) have reached or close to the international advanced level, but compared with Buhler, Satake, Ocrim and other world famous food machinery enterprises, there is still a gap in comprehensive technical strength. Grain machinery enterprises such as Taihe (industrial robots, colour sorting machine), Qili and Yongxiang (rice huller, rice milling machine, polishing machine), Pingle and CoFCO Engineering (flour machinery), Gold Grain, Taixing Xiqiao and Jintai Roller have also developed rapidly and are in the forefront of the industry in China

Actively exploring overseas markets

Based on their own technological advantages, Chinese grain machinery enterprises expand overseas markets by investing in factories, setting up agencies or using direct sales and other modes, and actively respond to the country's major initiative of 'One Belt and One Road.' Famsun sells its products and services overseas in 120 countries and regions, accounting for about 78 percent of its sales in 'One Belt and One Road' countries. It has invested about US$30 million dollars to build an industrial park in Myanmar, and jointly develops markets in South America, India, independent countries and regional associations through cooperation with multinational companies such as Cargill. Taihe in Southeast Asia, Central Asia, Russia, South Africa, South America and other countries and regions gradually established a relatively complete sales network, based on India, Brazil, the vast colour sorting application market and enterprise overseas work for many years of valuable experience, Pingle Group products export to more than 40 countries and regions, In September 2015, 2000 sets of 'Zambia Small Solar Complete Corn Project' with a value of 150 million yuan was signed. Jiexun, Tianrui, Qi carp products have also established a wide marketing network in the world, through the establishment of offices in foreign countries, technical service stations marketing products.

High levels of automation

Famsun is committed to building a green and healthy industrial chain from garden to dining table, providing 'turnkey' one-stop

and complete services of consulting, design, civil construction, manufacturing, logistics, installation and commissioning, aftersales service and subsequent upgrade. This company has received orders from multinational companies such as Cargill. Mytech, Pinle, Qili, Yongxiang and CoFco Engineering also provide the 'turnkey' project for grain (oil) machinery and equipment, and Tianrui Instrument provides food testing solutions. With the progress of modern information technology such as Internet of things and cloud computing, while focusing on the development of automation equipment, food machinery manufacturing enterprises have strengthened the application of intelligent control, sensors and other advanced technologies, so as to effectively improve the level of automation and intelligence of products. For example, Jiexun R&D and production of the 'cloud' colour sorting machine, integrated eagle eye technology, cloud image acquisition analysis and processing technology, Internet of things application technology and a key cloud intelligent operation and a number of other high-tech solutions.

Scientific & technological innovation

Technological innovation and progress are the 'engine' and 'catalyst' of enterprise development. Domestic grain machinery enterprises attach great importance to the important role of scientific and technological innovation in enterprise development, attach great importance to enterprise R&D investment and an R&D team construction, and constantly increase R&D investment to achieve core technology breakthroughs and technological breakthroughs.

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F Famsun uses five percent of its sales revenue as research and development funds every year. It has applied for more than 1000 patents, including 150 invention patents and nine international patents, and 12 achievements have been rated as international leading. Amongst them, the project 'Creation and Industrialisation of Large intelligent feed Processing Equipment' won the second prize of National Science and Technology Progress in 2017. Tianrui invested about 10% of its sales revenue in research and development in 2017. In 2017, TAIhe R&D expenses increased by 20.5% compared with the previous year, accounting for 7.4% of sales revenue. It is because of the continuous investment in scientific and technological innovation and the stable development of the R&D team. This means that companies like CoFco Engineering, Famsun, Jixun, Taihe, Maiander, Qi Li, Yongxiang and other domestic grain machinery enterprises can develop rapidly, whilst also maintaining a competitive advantage in the market in the future.

A distinctive talent management system

At present, the development of grain machinery industry is restricted by talents, the overall design level is low is a common phenomenon, really have a high degree of researchers. Therefore, the food machinery industry should vigorously introduce innovative talents, attract high-end talents to join, and train engineers with real design innovation ability. The enterprise 'go out' not only needs the excellent product quality, but also needs the support of talent team. This means that the talents needed for 'going global' not only need to have certain overseas work experience and relevant professional knowledge and skills, but also need to fully understand the relevant laws, policies and cultural customs of the target country, and have an international vision of interdisciplinary talents. In order to achieve this, Famsun has established research institutes in the United States, Denmark and Germany to employ foreign R&D personnel, build an international talent team and lay a solid foundation for innovation and development. At the same time, it cooperates with domestic universities to hold regular training courses for developing countries every year, teaching knowledge of grain reserve, feed processing, livestock and poultry breeding, food processing and so on. In order to motivate and retain core talents, Famsun, Taihe and Tianrui have adopted equity incentives and other measures to make their core talents form a community of interests with the enterprise, so as to achieve the long-term goal of enterprise development. At the same time, it has cooperated extensively with The University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei University of Technology, Jiangnan University, Henan University of Technology and other units to constantly stimulate innovation ability and improve the transformation level of scientific research achievements through the combination of industry-universityresearch-application.

Brand building & promotion

Brand building is the core problem to improve corporate image and competitiveness. With the acceleration of internationalisation, the market economic order is becoming increasingly standardised, the concept of intellectual property rights is deeply rooted in the people's mind, and brand culture has received more attention from enterprises. Famsun pays attention to protecting its own brand in the process 66 | January 2022 - Milling and Grain

of overseas market development. Domestic enterprises such as Jixun and Taihe have also encountered problems of intellectual property rights in the process of overseas sales, althoughthey have taken corresponding measures in brand protection, effectively enhancing the public's recognition of Chinese industry brands. CoFco group has moved into Zhangjiakou, Maosheng and other enterprises, expecting to achieve a great leap forward. At present, China has basically achieved self-sufficiency in the equipment needed to produce high-quality flour, and already has brand-name products worthy of customers' trust. The period of dependence on imported equipment will gradually become history.

Creating higher value for customers

Product specialisation is also an important reason for the rapid development of grain machinery enterprises going out. Jiexun, Taihe and other business areas are more concentrated, the focus of business being in the research and development and production of colour picker. Famsun focuses on system engineering construction and pursues professional business philosophy, not involved in real estate and other industries. Qili and Yongxiang focus on core products such as rice huller, rice milling machine and polishing machine, and improve the professional level of product production by strengthening and refining. With the intensification of the competition in the grain machinery market and the progress of science and technology, the gap between the functional benefits of products of different enterprises is gradually narrowing. Therefore, in order to survive, develop and win market leadership, enterprises must constantly change their marketing strategies and service modes to cater to market changes. They should provide customers with more services than product functions, strive to cultivate their relationship with consumers, and help customers choose products, provide information and provide good services. At the same time, efforts to reduce costs, with excellent product quality and reasonable and fair price to guide customers, maintain customers' trust in us, from which extends the 'create value for customers' artistic conception.

Technology closely integrated with the market

For the grain machinery products of enterprises, the technical level is its competitiveness, and the market effect is the cohesion to attract customers. Technology out of the market, just like fish out of water, can only be a dead end; And the market without the support of technology, like a mirage, will face a fleeting danger. Therefore, in order to further expand the market and make the enterprise invincible, it is necessary to gather superior strength and carry out forward-looking research and development centering on the demand of China and the global market In summary, grain machinery industry to achieve healthy and stable development, first of all, must be clear about their own mission and their own goals, and choose suitable for their own enterprise development mode. Secondly, each enterprise will have its own advantages and opportunities for development, which will be translated into correct strategic decisions and practices, so as to suppress weaknesses and promote strengths and continuously improve core competitiveness. Finally, high-quality performance comes from efficient internal operation and management of an enterprise. Only by taking actions quickly can we successfully develop in the complex and changing competitive market.

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Famsun adds Horizontal Vacuum Coater to its array of feed solutions

oating is an industrial process that consists of applying a liquid onto the surface of a product of any possible shape to convey new properties. The introduction of vacuum coating into feed industry provides more possible ways to improve feed quality and performance, especially for aquafeed. By using vacuum technology to create a sub-atmospheric pressure environment and an atomic or molecular condensable vapour source to deposit thin films and coating, vacuum coating technology allows the application of oil or fat, pigments, flavours, functional improver, vitamins, etc. onto feed pellets more effectively, and brings improved energy, palatability and functionality for feed products.

Feed industry benefits

into the pellets. Along with the completely atomised liquids, the pellets are coated uniformly and bring consistent feed quality. With a heating system, the whole coater can be kept at a constant temperature to eliminate the generation of microorganisms and bacteria on condensate water and produce safer products. This configuration also allows for the cool coating of heat-sensitive substances to remain their actives in finished products.

Safer and more sustainable

Residues always brings cross-contamination risks, especially in the coater where multiple ingredients mixed together to create a new product. Famsun SYPZ series vacuum coater can avoid such problems perfectly. With the fully open discharge gates, product residues could be diminished to 0.05 percent. The unit not only brings safety characteristic to feed, but also for the animals and aquaculture environment. Enclosed oil film covering the pellets provides a protective layer to reduce the leaching of oil and other nutrients in water, which prevents pollution and keeps the aquaculture water healthy. Besides this, Famsun SYPZ series vacuum coater can reduce loss from waste in production. With double scales for dosing, the unit can ensure the remaining pellets at the end of production be coated uniformly in consistent quality.

Feed manufacturing industry benefits from including Famsun’s vacuum coater in production lines to produce better feed and healthier animals since the 1990s. Through years of developing, optimising and innovating, the company has developed an entire range of coaters to enable producers of different feed/food products add desired percentage of functional additives in a scientific, convenient and low-cost way. Famsun PTZL Series Vertical Vacuum Coater, which provided with and/or without vacuum configuration, is very gentle and suitable for Higher efficient and wide application the application of liquid additives onto fragile range Famsun SYPZ Series Horizontal pellets or extrudates, such as low-starch content The double-shaft paddle design ensures Vacuum Coater aquafeed and pet food. high-efficient mixing of pellets and additives. The machine (see Figure1) consists of Most importantly, with a powerful control double- shaft paddles for high-efficient mixing and a powerful, program, the system can optimise all the actions and the quick-reaction vacuum system, plus some thoughtful designs that time intervals in the course of coating to improve production tailored to the characteristics of aquafeeds contain different starch efficiency while maintaining the best performance to produce levels, bringing aquafeed production with following advances: product of desired quality. Famsun SYPZ series vacuum coater is capable of applying six to 36 percent of oil to aquafeed with a production capacity Consistent quality ranging from 4t/h to 10t/h. The processing time of a coating Physically, starch contained extrudates speak for themselves with batch usually is about five minutes. the porous cell structures, allowing oil and other liquid additives However, it is possible to cut the time to four minutes with easily penetrate into the core of extrudates under vacuum. the control program that is based-on artificial intelligence This makes it possible for Famsun to give more focus to the algorithm. innovative designs that can optimise mixing and coating process, The sophisticated control program also allows producers cut production cost, and explore more possibilities for producers to to develop a wide range of premium products by innovating advance their products on the markets with premium quality and or optimising the formulas. The system supports multi-layer better functionalities that meet the changing customer demands. coating. The SYPZ series vacuum coater is built up based on the That means that besides oil, producers can also apply liquid well- known double-shaft paddle mixing principle to provide an improver or liquid-soluble vitamins, flavours, pigments, etc. outstanding mixing homogeneity with CV less than seven percent. The speed of shafts is optimised to protect pellets from being hit to their products to create different products. Usually, the application proportion of such ingredients is not less than one hard by the paddles. The gap between paddle tips and the inner percent. However, Famsun can provides customised solutions wall of coater is adjustable according to pellet size, avoiding and suggestions for the applying rate that less than one percent. damage to the product during coating. In order to benefit more producers and farmers with valueAdditives are applied from spray nozzles that evenly distributed added aquafeed, Famsun also provides the SYPJ series doubleat strategic locations to ensure proper dispersion onto the feed. shaft paddle coater that works under atmosphere pressure to The flexible combinations of different working nozzles promise meet the applications in a wider range of production scenarios. a precisely predetermined quantity of additive be applied on and 68 | January 2022 - Milling and Grain

MAKING THE MOST OF NIR TECHNOLOGY Using near infrared spectroscopy to analyse the content of feed materials

by Evonik, Spain

ith the global population predicted to top nine billion by 2050, farmers have never been under such intense pressure to adopt more efficient and sustainable systems of food production. As well as meeting this increasing demand, they also have to cope with increasingly unpredictable climatic conditions and shrinking natural resources. In recent decades feed technology has emerged as one of

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the key tools at our disposal to meet the global food supply challenge. We have seen rapid advances in our understanding and application of feed technology which have played a central role in increasing the productivity and efficiency of farming practices. Today’s feed industry professionals have to keep up-to-date with and apply, continually emerging technological developments if they are to prosper in this ever-changing sector.

Data is king

An increasingly detailed knowledge of which nutrients produce the best performance in individual animals at different ages and in different systems, is crucial to achieving livestock that is as

F productive and healthy as possible. Producing feeds that can meet those very specific nutritional needs is equally important. In both cases, data is king. The introduction of NIR (near infrared) spectroscopy provided a fast and convenient way of analysing the content of feed materials and has become the analytical method of choice for many feed producers. It can provide precise analysis of raw materials, but only if good calibration and a comprehensive database of samples is available. Maintaining an impressive sample database is a core goal for Evonik to support its feed services such as AminoNIR. The company now has 13 laboratories on five continents and can therefore provide what it describes as being a fast and reliable analysis of feed raw materials based on a huge database collected from around the world. Evonik continuously monitors the performance of all AminoNIR calibrations and updates them with the most current global samples. This means that new processing conditions, genotypes and latest climatic conditions are taken into consideration, and the calibrations are as robust and relevant as possible. For example, the AminoNIR Portable calibrations were extended in July to include grass and hay, rapeseed full fat, bakery meal, cow feed (beef and dairy), and corn products such as bran, germs, de-oiled corn germ meal, hominy feed, and corn feed flour. In addition, Evonik’s extensive list of calibrations were updated, including those for alfalfa meal and alfalfa hay, grass silage, corn, barley, soybean meal, DDGS, bloodmeal and haemoglobin powder, feather meal, fish meal, shrimp,

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F squid and krill meals. These calibrations are achieved using elaborate wet chemical analyses which Evonik has developed over a period of decades.

Insect protein

With insect meals playing an increasingly important role in the feed industry, Evonik has developed new calibrations for its benchtop NIR instruments to ensure the industry can benefit from the most efficient use of raw materials, less variation in feed quality, less waste and lower costs. We can never stand still, in the case of insect meal as an upand-coming raw material, for example, knowing the nutritional composition is essential. Without that knowledge, the integration of new, alternative feed raw materials would not be possible in a precise way. That in turn would mean higher safety margins and therefore economic and ecological inefficiencies. Those new calibrations include black soldier fly, silkworm, earthworm and mealworm. By continually updating and extending our database we can provide the feed industry with new and better sources of protein.

ISO 12099 compliance

Along with the updated and expanded calibrations for feeds and raw materials, Evonik has also implemented the ISO 12099 standard for NIR spectroscopy for feed analysis. ISO 12099 is an important cornerstone for the development and application of NIR services, equipment and calibrations to ensure consistent and well-performing feed raw material and finished feed. It clarifies the interpretation of statistical terms and provides M&G_febbraio_2021_ESP.pdf

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guidelines for the validation of NIR. This means that users can be sure that AminoNIR services are based on validated methods and all equipment monitored to a high standard. Each analytical result is quality checked and all reported values are within the validated calibration range.

Equipment development

The speed and ease of analysing feed components is also a key target for the continual improvement. The aim is to make the process more efficient by reducing the amount of manual work needed at critical steps. For example, AminoNIR Portable enables the reliable determination of energy and nutrients in feed raw materials and feed, as well as amino acids in feed raw materials, on-site and independent of a laboratory. The hand-held device connects with the user’s tablet or cell phone. It only requires mobile signal reception and a handful of feed or raw material without further sample preparation to determine their quality at almost any location within minutes. The latest version of the AminoNIR app for Android and Apple devices has enhanced functionality that enables faster first-time setup and scanning of samples. The new features include barcode scanning capability, voice recognition for the description of scanned material, the option to use GPS for geodata, and a choice of 14 different languages. The application of proven technologies such as NIR, based on regularly updated data, will be crucial if we are to meet market expectations in the future.

Image 1: A sample of germ retaining rice

Germ retaining rice Catering for the continually increasing demand for high quality in China

by Juping Yang, Senior Sales Manager, Satake Manufacturing (Suzhou) Co, China

or close to a thousand years, rice has held a special place in the Chinese diet. Today, almost two-thirds of the entire population (1.4 billion) eat rice as their staple food. As the standard of living improves with social and economic development, consumer demands have shifted from an emphasis on quantity to one for taste and nutrition. Most of the nutrients in overmilled rice are lost. Compared with milled rice, brown rice tends to retain more nutritional value. However, due to phytate, cellulose, and other substances contained in the bran layer, brown rice has a rough taste and is difficult to cook well. As a result, processing technologies which can maintain the germ while removing the bran are becoming more popular with rice millers. These technologies allow millers to maintain the nutrition of brown rice while keeping the taste of milled rice. Millers can now meet consumer demand for rice products which are both nutritious and tasty.

The history of germ retaining rice can be traced back to Japan as early as 1924, when Junjiro Shimazono, a professor of medicine at the University of Tokyo, put forward the theory of 'Common Use of Germ Milled Rice.' This work provided the theoretical support for the consumption of germ milled rice as a staple food. Soon after, Satake Corporation began producing this improved rice by adjusting the design of their ordinary rice mills. However, the rice did not have an ideal taste due to the limitations of the processing technologies at the time. In 2006, Satake Manufacturing (Suzhou) or Satake Suzhou introduced the first generation of germ retaining rice technology to the Chinese market. The problems with taste had been solved after many technical innovations and research. These machines are capable of processing rice to a precise degree which retains its nutritional components while largely maintaining its good flavour. The following magnified image (Picture 1) shows a sample of germ retaining rice processed by Satake Suzhou’s germ retaining rice processing system.

As a staple food

Germ retaining rice (officially called 'germ retaining milled rice') is white rice which retains its germ through a special rice milling method. It is rich in trace elements and physiological components, as well as tasting better and is easier to digest than brown rice. Germ retaining rice maintains the excellent taste of white rice without losing nutritional value. This rice skilfully reflects the value of rice itself, bringing out its best qualities. The nutritional characteristics of germ retaining rice were compared with those of brown rice (See Figures 1 - 3). It was found that the contents of minerals and vitamins in germ retaining rice fell somewhere between those of brown rice and white rice. The magnesium content is higher and easier to absorb than with other foods, and the contents of vitamin B and E are much higher than those in white rice. The germ is attached at the head of each grain of rice like a

Figure 1: Comparison of inorganic matter content

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Definition & nutritional analysis

Figure 2: Comparison of vitamin content

concentrated capsule of vitamins and nutrients. The content of dietary fiber in germ retaining rice is half that of brown rice. In white rice, dietary fibre was found to have a concentration of 0.3g/100g; in germ retaining rice it is 0.8g/100g, nearly three times greater. Because of its high fibre content, germ retaining rice can contribute to reducing constipation, obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases Germ retaining rice also has a large amount of aminobutyric acid, which has been found to help regulate the nervous system, promote metabolism, and maintain a healthy blood pressure. Through the above analysis, the differences in nutritional characteristics between germ retaining rice and ordinary milled rice can be summarised as follows. Germ containing rice contains: a. More tocopherols and triene tocopherols which can prevent oxidative skin damage and vascular sclerosis; b. A high fibre content which can improve gastrointestinal peristalsis and promote the excretion of toxins from the body; c. More antioxidants like ferulic acid, phytic acid, and oryzanol; d. More trace elements like magnesium, potassium, calcium, zinc, and iron. In addition to these qualities, as much as 64 percent of the nutrients of brown rice are concentrated in its aleurone layer which accounts for roughly 10 percent of its total weight. Germ retaining rice maintains this aleurone layer and also improves nutrition due to germination. Germ retaining rice also maintains its natural vitality due to its germination power, as well as being a pure, natural, and functional food. It is of great significance in meeting consumer demands for highly nutritive, value-added rice.

Producing germ retaining rice

Is paddy suitable for processing into germ retaining rice? Presently, there is no national or industry standard for answering this question. The engineers of Satake Suzhou have a special test method to help determine whether rice is suitable to be processed into germ retaining rice: TM value = germ plumule ratio/ milling of degree; Conditions and methods for determining TM value of germ retaining rice: Experimental milled rice machine, type TM05-C With 60# mesh Grinding roller speed: 855 rpm Brown rice sample: 200g Milling of degree:40 (Satake Milling of Meter, type:MM1E) It is found experimentally that the plumule ratio of germ retaining rice is more than 85 percent. The appearance is shiny with no spots or bran powder residue. These criteria can be used to

Figure 3: Comparison of dietary fiber content

judge a variety’s suitability for processing into germ retaining rice. For those varieties which meet these criteria, Satake Suzhou has developed a mature set of germ retaining processing technologies, which have further improved the germ retaining rate and taste quality. In the germ retaining process, paddy cleaning, husking, and separating are the same as in traditional processing. The milling process, however, is significantly different. Satake Suzhou’s professional germ retaining rice milling machine replaces the traditional rice milling unit. This machine uses a vertical grinding method which greatly reduces the pressure of the milling chamber. By mainly grinding the bran around the grains using abrasion and cutting, this milling process rotates and reduces the radius of the rice grain without damaging the germ. The grinding effect is adjusted by changing the mill’s rotary speed and changing the shape of the screen to adapt for different sized grains.

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Image 3: Satake’s small scale processing of germ retaining rice.

Image 2: Working principle of germ retaining rice milling

Depending on the variety of the raw material and its moisture content, the output of a single milling unit can be as large as 1500 kg/hr. For customers with smaller output requirements, a single milling machine can meet the needs for multiple varieties and qualities, reducing equipment investment and space. For rice millers with high output requirements, mass continuous production can be reached by running multiple milling machines in series. Generally, depending on rice variety and moisture content, three-to-six machines are connected in series to produce high quality germ retaining rice. To further improve taste, polishing machines (KB series) can also be used. The working principle of polishing is to first wet the germ retaining rice to meet a certain moisture content, and then send it to a machine which will act on it through a combination of pressure and temperature adjustments. This process removes the bran powder on the surface of the grains and gelatinises the starch, making the rice grain crystal clear and bright.

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The company hopes that in the future Chinese rice millers can utilise a variety of functional rice milling technologies to produce high value-added products. The development of germ retaining rice has brought new progress and development to this important staple. Utilising advanced technologies to produce germ retaining rice can help meet the demand of China’s rice market for high quality and tasty rice products. From field to fork, Satake Suzhou aims to provide a complete solution for producing safe, reassuring, delicious, and healthy rice. From analysis to verifying the suitability of a rice variety for processing into germ retaining rice, to the design and installation of rice production facilities, Satake Suzhou seeks to provide the equipment and expertise necessary to help any rice miller reach higher levels of quality in their final product.

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Choosing the right machine for pasta production

The crucial yet often overlooked factor in producing a consistent level of quality

by Emanuela Tignonsini, Marketing Manager, Itagli srl, Italy he pasta production market is currently very active and is one that continues to grow exponentially. In more recent times, a plethora of new trends have emerged, bringing a new lease of life to an otherwise uneventful market. On the surface at least, it would appear that this pasta renaissance continues to be driven by increasingly demanding and well-informed consumers who are seeking higher standards of quality and more niche specifications. This is especially apparent in terms of the ingredients chosen, with an example of this being the wider availability of varieties of pasta made with ancient grain and legume flours. In addition to new consumer trends, the emergence of new practices such as the 'zero km' concept and the shortening of supply chains are factors that are becoming more and more relevant. The same can also be said for the trend of agricultural pasta factories, which sees farms producing (fresh and dry) pasta using their own flours and semolina. Very few would argue against the proposition that the use of top quality ingredients is surely one of, if not the key requirements to winning in this market. That said, choosing the right machine is also a crucial yet often overlooked element in the process of producing not only excellent, but consistently excellent pasta.

Choosing the right machine

The best solution for producing different types and shapes of pasta, long and short is the extruder. When creating pasta through extrusion, the semolina (or flour) and water dough is driven by the extrusion screw towards the head of the press. This is then forced through a die, with the characteristics of this strongly affecting the appearance of pasta surface. The peculiarity of the extrusion process, due to the high pressure applied on the dough, gives the possibility to work with gluten free flours which are not easily processable with 78 | January 2022 - Milling and Grain

lamination, giving the green light to experimentations with new recipes and new ingredients. When it comes to dies the choice is between Teflon and Bronze, as dies coated in Teflon make pasta more slippery, smooth and shiny, whilst dies entirely made of bronze make pasta rough and more porous. The latter of the two options provides a better surface for sauces to cling in, and, as a plus, in case of subsequent drying, it ensures the retention of the nutrients and the organoleptic qualities of the raw material.

Elements to consider when choosing an extruder

Except for the small machines, it is always necessary to include a cooling system. This is because as the pasta is pressed through the extruder, there is an increase in the product temperature due to the friction of the pasta being forced out. Therefore, it is necessary to keep the head of the press at the right temperature in order to preserve product quality and production efficiency. Adding a chiller cools down the water-cooled extrusion pipe

F to maintain an ideal exit temperature of approximately 45/50 °C. This is because any temperatures warmer than this can lead to poor consistency and may also damage the final product. Ease of cleaning and hygiene are also considerations that must be taken into account. The chosen construction materials (Such as the AISI 304 stainless steel) and other design details must allow a more thorough cleaning. Hence the importance of elements like rounded corners inside the tank, and the possibility to remove and wash easily both extrusion screw and mixing blades. There are several models of extruders in the market, for any kind of requirement, starting from 3kg/h up to more than 1kg/h for big scale productions. Given a specific production need, in order to compare similar models, it is important not to rely only on the name/code of the machine, which could be misleading but you should consider the following elements: • Die diameter: It is strictly related to the productivity and must be aligned to the type and power of the machine. Even just a few centimetres of difference in diameter can lead to significant variations in productivity. • Power: as the pressure during the extrusion process is very high, the machine must be robust and powerful. • Speed of the extrusion screw: a lower speed ensures higher efficiency and better product quality

The P55DV by Italgi

Taken from Italgi range of extruders, the P55DV is a pasta machine suitable for pasta shops, restaurants, hotels, bakeries, big

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communities and supermarkets; with its pleasant aesthetic making it suitable for use in front of the customer. The machine is also easy to use and service, thanks to the simple and reliable mechanics and the compact electronic panel. In order to keep the machine in the best hygienic conditions and make it last longer, the body and all the parts in contact with the dough are made of AISI 304 stainless steel. The absence of grooves where food residuals can hide make it very quick to clean. The extrusion pipe is water-cooled to lower the heat generated by pressure; a stainless steel propeller at the end of the worm gear optimises pressure inside the extruder. The P55DV is equipped with a second hopper which mixes the dough while the main hopper keeps extruding the product, without stopping the production cycle for mixing. For user safety, every potentially harmful part of the machine has suitable safety protections.

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Author - Dr Sergio Antolini, President of Ocrim and Paglierani, Italy

The Song of Ulysses and the Ship of Theseus Consider your seed:

you were not made to live like brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge Dante Alighieri

Thus, as everyone (even the very young) knows, canto XXVI of the Divine Comedy, also known as Canto di Ulisse, is set in the eighth pit of the eighth circle of Hell, where the fraudulent advisers are found and refers to the speech that Ulysses addresses to his companions to encourage them to continue their journey beyond the Pillars of Hercules. Today's life sees us increasingly distant from fields and agriculture, ignoring it and providing a useful scenario for the proliferation of images that lead it back more to commercial suggestions rather than reality. This penalises the perception of innovation and its role in agriculture, where the actors are not only the researchers working in the laboratories, but also the farmers, that are, those who sow and work the land. The farmers

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alone first, with the help of agronomists after, applied the results of the research to work in the fields, transforming the research itself into innovation. They are the pioneers and architects of an extraordinary Italian agriculture, which is the pride of the country both for quality standards and for the diffusion of gastronomic culture and lifestyles, good healthy eating and good living, now a reference for the whole world. Agriculture is the milestone of humanity's evolutionary path, a discovery that divides prehistory from history, long before the historical turning point that occurred with the transformation of spoken language into written language. Domestication of a wild plant is nothing more than an accelerated version of natural selection, the process behind biological evolution. Already in the nineteenth century, Charles Darwin suggested, with the theory of the evolution of species, that all living organisms on our planet could descend from a single common ancestor, through branched phylogenetic trees. With the first agricultural revolution, the Neolithic one, there was an artificial selection among the plants present in the natural population and the first farmers began to reproduce only those species with the desired characteristics (for example larger fruits), then continuing to optimize the process, from generation to generation. In a cultivated plant an attempt is made to increase the size of the edible part; if it is toxic, the edible part must lose the compounds that make it so, even if these defend it from

F herbivores or rodents. The plant with edible seeds must not even disperse them, otherwise it would be too difficult to collect them, thus allowing the grains of wheat to no longer fall from the ear. The seeds must all germinate together, rather than at different times, as is the case in wild varieties of the same plants. And it could go on and on. Such an improving transformation was very slow, being the result of observation, intuition, luck and above all patience, since it was still unknown how the transmission of hereditary characteristics from one generation to another took place. With the passage of time, genetically new plants were generated, often almost impossible to identify for those who knew only their respective wild ancestors. Domesticated plants thus become totally dependent on humans, often to the point of not surviving without the farmer's care. The plants are then exported to new regions, where the climate, the soil, the temperature, the length of the day, the parasites are different. The trend towards demographic increase with the consequent need to increase the volumes of food, the slow change of the climate, the need to fight the new parasites capable of overcoming the defenses of the plants, require the development of new agricultural technologies, such as a plow, to modify the structure of the soil, or irrigation, to increase the availability of water. The second agriculture revolution starts in 1900, with the work rediscovery of a Bohemian monk, Gregor Mendel who, in the mid-19th century, following the transmission of some characters in pea plants, had identified the laws that regulate the transmission of hereditary genetic traits. In a few years a new science was born, genetics, which formulated the concept of gene, the simplest unit of the hereditary patrimony of every organism, to then discover its location in the chromosomes contained in the cell nucleus. The task then passes from farmers to scientists, and genetic improvement no longer takes place in the fields, but in agronomic research centers, where hundreds of varieties from all over the world are collected and studied. The results no longer remain isolated, but are published and quickly disseminated, making them available and usable for everyone. The speed of genetic improvement of cultivated plants begins to increase. Agricultural geneticists can finally produce new varieties in a targeted way, by coupling types that have useful characters, perhaps coming from different continents, trying to ensure that these characters are found united in the progeny. The search and collection of wild ancestors cultivated plants begins, as well as archaic and isolated varieties, still carriers of

useful genes, enhancing the great genetic diversity created over the centuries by farmers. New artificial hybridisation techniques are added to the selection and targeted crossing, which allows the genes to transfer not only between varieties of the same species, but also between some different, closely related species. Furthermore, substances or radiations capable of producing new mutations in the genetic heritage of plants are used. Some varieties of durum wheat, with which pasta is made today, have been obtained using parents produced in this way. Profound changes in agronomic techniques are added to the improvement of the selection and crossing methods. With their characteristics, the new varieties are now integrated into a highly mechanised agriculture based on the systematic use of fertilisers and pesticides. This second turning point in the history of agriculture culminated with the Green Revolution, between the 1960s and 1980s, when crop yields increased dramatically. The benefits are immense and much of the world's population is freed from the nightmare of hunger, but with the risk of seeing the hundreds of less productive varieties disappear, as well as the assortments of genes that could one day come in handy. Precisely in the years in which the Green Revolution achieved its triumphs, molecular biology in the laboratories began to know more and more about DNA and to use the molecular mechanisms underlying the conservation, transmission and expression of genetic characters. The possibilities of the Neolithic Revolution (selection) and the Green Revolution (selection and crossing) are joined by two others: the ability to 'see' characters, previously invisible, through studying the basic sequence in the DNA molecules and the ability to 'Transfer' single genes in a targeted way, between varieties of both the same and different species. Genetic engineering becomes the new technique used to modify plants and, like any new technology, could reveal unforeseen and unwanted consequences. Thanks to this awareness, rigorous safety tests have been developed before the new 'engineered' varieties are placed on the market. We are facing the third agricultural revolution. … It is said that the wooden ship on which the Greek hero Theseus travelled was kept intact over the years, replacing the parts that gradually deteriorated. Although the ship kept exactly its original shape, it was replaced in all its components, but it remained 'the ship of Theseus.' Was the ship of Theseus preserved or not? Modified in its substance, but without affecting its form, is it still exactly the same entity or does it only resemble it? 'Moving from a precise place of departure to an equally precise point of arrival': so any dictionary of the Italian language defines the term 'travel.' The Greek correspondent is 'nostos' which originates the word 'nostalgia', therefore pain, lack. However, the journey should not be understood only as something concrete and realistic, but also in the symbolic meaning of desire, tension of knowledge and research. The itinerary of Ulysses therefore does not consist only in reaching a final port, his native Ithaca, but in overcoming a thousand trials and dangers, enduring natural adversities with tenacity, shrewdness circumventing difficult unexpected events, the audacity in crossing the sphere of the knowable, as well as physical strength.

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From Eschilo to Copernico Prometheus chained to “dominator et possessor mundi”

Ulysses Alessandro La Motta

It is an almost archaeological and highly poetic approach at the same time that distinguishes Alessandro La Motta’s modus operandi. Looking at the past as a means of understanding and understanding our present in a profound way, through the beauty and grandeur of what has been. His sculptures speak of distant worlds, in which we have firm roots. Heroes and divinities capable of enduring terrible battles, privations and long journeys, but are not afraid to show their weaknesses by placing us in front of the limits of their humanity and consequently of ours. Figures that become the mirror of who we are and create echoes that resonate in our deepest part. In this work the artist brings us to the presence of Odysseus, the hero who most of all embodies shrewdness and intelligence, the one whom Athena calls "the best of all mortals for advice and word." Even the way in which the material is worked, in that continuous ripple of its surface on which the light breaks creating multiple reflections, ideally seems to want to confirm the storytelling skills of the hero who in the end, after years, will be able to return home. By finally making that return Odysseus, after having overcome trials and dangers and having shown such audacity as to go beyond the sphere of the knowable, will be able to reunite, return to his beloved wife, astute and prudent like him, finally calming that pain and absence that accompanied him throughout his journey.

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Born in 596 BC, fifth ruler of the Mermnadi Dynasty, Croesus, after the death of his father, King Aliatte II, had a brief struggle with his half-brother Pantaleone. While Aliatte had had Croesus by a Carian woman, Pantaleone was the son of an inhabitant of Ionia. In the fight against his brother, a man with an unspecified name, but very rich, sided in favor of Pantaleone, whose goods were then brought as offerings by Croesus to various temples. The father of historiography, Herodotus, tells of the arrival of Solon, a well-known sage, at the court of Croesus. "Athenian guest, your fame has reached our ears, which is great because of your wisdom and because of your travels, since for the sake of knowledge you have visited much of the world: therefore, now a great desire has taken me to ask you if you've ever met someone who was truly the happiest of all,” Croesus asked, expecting to be mentioned. Solon, the Athenian host, avoiding adulation but expressing himself truthfully, gave two answers that did not please King Croesus, sure that he was the happiest man in the world. For his arrogance, Croesus suffered the revenge of the Gods and after a few days, he had a revealing dream: Atis, the most indomitable of his two sons, would die hit by an iron tip. King Croesus, on awakening, dismayed, decided to prevent his son from participating in any war, confiding through marriage to keep him within the home walls away from any danger. The story tells of a great boar that destroyed the crops of the

F kingdom and that escaped any hunting activity. The exhausted servants urged King Croesus to organise a hunting trip with his worthy men, led by his son Atis. Croesus, still mindful of the dream, denied it, inducing Atis to respond: “Father, once for us the noblest aspiration consisted in deserving glory in war or hunting, but now you forbid me both activities; you certainly did not see any sign of cowardice or fear in me. With what face now may I show myself among the people? What opinion will the citizens have of me, and my wife, who has just married me?” King Croesus then confesses the dream, and Atis replies: “I understand you, father, and I understand the precautions you have towards me after such a dream. But a detail of this dream has escaped you and it is right that I point it out to you. From your story it appears that the dream announced my death caused by

an iron tip: and which hands does a boar have? What iron tip can you be afraid of? (...) Let me go.” Croesus then gave in, but he called Adrastus, son of Gordio and nephew of King Midas (a king known for his ability to transform into gold any object given to him by Dionysus) for help, occasionally a guest of the kingdom, as he was expelled by his family for the accidental killing of his brother. Reminding him of how great a benefactor he had been, he ordered him: “You are indebted to me for equal favors; I want you to watch over my son who is leaving for a hunting trip.” Adrastus grudgingly accepted: “Sovereign, if you didn't ask me, I would never participate in such an undertaking, because it is not decent for me, with the misfortune I have had, to accompany young people of my age with a happy life. “But now, since you are pushing me and towards you I must

Family Luca Giovagnoli

In this work Luca Giovagnoli creates a family portrait by transporting the observer into an ancient temporal dimension, in which recollection and memory play a fundamental role, and bringing attention back to a reality where family rules and roles were defined by conventions which were also certainties. A mental and physical order that the same spatial layout and the disposition of the characters seem to confirm. As usual, the artist starting from a real image recreates it on the pictorial surface transfiguring it according to his personal poetic language, in which the brushstrokes give life to new figures and new stories that ask to be told and remembered. Furthermore, in this painting Giovagnoli through the use of a mixed technique, thanks to the use of powders in the pictorial substance, gives the work a suggestive, warm and enveloping materiality, which leads back to the peasant world and its land.

A triangle where the hypotenuse is the species and the height is the self. The conflict between the subjectivity of the self, where wisdom is the goal, and the subjectivity of the species, where the cycle is the essential end. The conflict between kuklos and timoscope, between the Greek theory "no man and no God made" and the Christian one.

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F show myself courteous, indebted as I am to enormous favours, now I am willing to do so; your son, whom you entrust to my supervision, as far as I’m concerned, you can expect him to return safe and sound.” The expedition, however, had an inauspicious outcome. On Mount Olympus the hunters found the wild boar and after having it surrounded, they tried to shoot it down by throwing their javelins. In an attempt to hit the boar, Adrastus’s javelin missed him, hitting the son of Croesus, who, pierced by the tip, proved the prophetic accuracy of the dream. Prostrated by disaster, King Croesus angrily invoked Zeus as the Purifier of his own home for what he had suffered at the hands of his host, having welcomed him into his home and giving food, without knowing it, to his son’s killer, and as a friendship Protector, having sent the same as defender. Adrastus, standing in front of the corpse, handed himself over to Croesus, holding out his hands, inviting to immolate him on his son's body. Croesus, despite the great pain for the misfortune that fell on his family, seeing this, felt compassion for Adrastus and said: “I already have every satisfaction on your part since you yourself assign death as a punishment. You are not to blame for this disaster if not because you were an involuntary instrument; perhaps the person responsible is a god, who some time ago announced what would happen to me.” King Croesus gave Atis a worthy burial, while Adrastus, recognizing that he was the most wretched man in the world, waited for everyone to leave the tomb and there, right on the tomb, he took his own life. But Creso is also the cultivar (Triticum Durum) that obtained with genetic improvement, with hybridisation and subsequent selection, the result of Italian research. First Neolithic Revolution, then Green Revolution up to genetic engineering with today's Mutagenesis, Transgenesis and Cisgenesis. Creso comes from the crossing of a wheat between hard and soft grains, between a Mexican and Italian variety, the Cappelli, with a mutant line induced by a combined irradiation of neutrons and gamma rays. The dwarfed size of 70 centimetres, compared to the durum wheat existing at the time, made the cultivar resistant to lodging and with harvest yields much higher than those of the previously cultivated Italian cultivars. Much of the world production of durum wheat is obtained from cultivars derived from Croesus, although it has been suspected, without any foundation, of being the cause of an increase in cases of celiac disease due to its gluten content which is said to be higher than normal. These are unsubstantiated allegations and not supported by scientific research; furthermore, the quantity of gluten in Croesus is not different from that of several other varieties of wheat. Genetic modification is not a modern invention, but it is as old as agriculture, with the only difference that compared to 10,000 years ago, the ability to apply it has improved, becoming more precise and faster; in the past selection was only done by farmers, very slow and limited to the mutations that occurred locally. Some farmers, and the general population, reject genetically engineered plants, fearful that allergy-causing substances, as well as invasive, herbicide-resistant 'super weeds' may be produced in a plant. Unfortunately, the commitments are still based on emotions and

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on not knowing. Absolutely avoiding any criticism or suggestion to univocal conclusions on this regard, I consider this task to be managed by other offices. Are men able to upset nature, Aeschylus asks himself in the tragedy Prometheus in chains? Prometheus, friend of men, is the one who gives them the technique and tools such as fire or calculation skills, making them masters of their mind rather than defenceless. The love for knowledge, the meaning of the word philosophy in Greek, pushes the first Greek philosophers to speculate on reality and the Universe then express themselves regarding nature, calling it immutable by inscribing man in it, without the right of domination, but with the advantage of drawing from nature the laws to use its multiple properties, founding cities and governing the soul. “Don't think little man that this universe was created for you. You will be right if you adjust to universal harmony." (Plato) “No man and no god did. It has always been and always will be.” (Heraclitus) In the Jewish culture first, and then in the Christian one, nature does not however have the immutable background that there is 'no man and no God made', but nature is God's creature and as such is not regulated by necessity, it is not regulated by immutable laws, but depends on the will of who created it, who delivered it to the will of man, Adam, under the seal of dominion. God said to Adam "... you will rule over the animals of the earth, over the fish of the waters, over the birds of the sky.” (Genesis) We are around 1470 when Pico della Mirandola, with his De hominis dignitate, reconfirms it, placing the human being at the centre of the universe. 'Already the Supreme Father, God the Creator had fashioned ... this abode of the world as it appears to us ... . But once the work was completed, the Artist wanted there to be someone capable of grasping the reason for such a great work, of loving its beauty, of admiring its vastness.' Giacomo Leopardi in 1824, on the contrary, with his Nature Dialogue and an Icelandic, concludes, with his cosmic pessimism, that nature is exclusively oriented to the mechanism of the existence repetition, without the happiness of individuals being satisfied, underlining the expression of nature that aims only at its conservation. A materialist and mechanistic vision of nature cancels any hypothesis of anthropocentrism, which sees man as the ultimate creation goal, opposing the idea that the universe was generated and exists as a function of man. And the question that arises is: 'Is the technique stronger or is the necessity that binds nature to its laws stronger?' While the question is nonsense according to the Christian thesis, to which the technique is inscribed in the program of domination, but according to Sophocles 'the plow splits the earth, but then the earth is reassembled.' The Greek and Christian theories, compared to the position of man towards nature, are distant and incompatible and become more complicated with Galileo, Copernicus, Descartes and Bacon, when in the 17th century modern science was born with the Copernican revolution which changed substantially the vision of nature. Science now becomes the third element that looks at the

F world to transform it, subjecting nature to experiments which, if confirmed positive, will determine the hypotheses previously formulated, converting them from hypotheses to laws of nature. According to Greek culture, nature has the immutable background that, 'no man and no God made.' In the Jewish culture first, and then in the Christian one, nature is dependent on the will of those who created it and handed it over to the will of man. Nowadays, science and technology dominate, dominating both man and nature. Man is no longer the centre, he is no longer the subject of history, but is reduced to a civil servant of technical instruments that imposes precision and rigour. But what is meant by technique? Technique (not to be confused with technology) is the highest form of rationality achieved by man. It does not foresee redundancies, superfluous dimensions, it does not foresee rhetorical forms, it does not foresee a language, but prefers numbers rather than language, foreseeing the maximum result with the minimum of means. And then transgenesis, mutagenesis and cisgenesis. What are we talking about? Transgenesis is a genetic engineering technique of modifying the genome of a living species, through the insertion from the outside of one or more genes from other species. Mutagenesis, on the other hand, does not require the presence of different species, but is a genetic technique of genome modification that does not involve the insertion of an alien DNA into a living organism, but instead involves the change of the genome of the living species through direct intervention on its genetic makeup, where one or more genes are retouched according to the purposes and needs. Finally, cisgenesis, the genome editing technique, allows to change the bases of DNA (a bit like when we correct the words of a text on the computer), transferring only the genes of closely related organisms, avoiding the introduction of genetic and foreign materials obtaining targeted mutations as could happen in nature. The domestication of plants means genetic modification of their wild ancestors, to make them more useful, more productive of better quality, easier to grow, more resistant to environmental stress, towards a necessary goal to allow nutrition for all. If the genes of a completely different organism were inserted into a plant in the transgenic of the 1990s, with cisgenic and genome editing it is possible to manipulate the DNA of a variety in a targeted way to make it more resistant to parasites, modifying the genome in a targeted way, eliminating unwanted characters and speeding up the whole growth process at the same time. Basically, the process of natural selection is imitated, making it faster and more effective in obtaining plants that protect themselves from viruses, fungus, and parasites. It is a big step forward in the sustainability of agriculture, because it allows to reduce the use of pesticides, water and fertilisers, and to obtain healthier products that last longer. A technicality in favor, paradoxically, of organic, because it drastically reduces the use of chemistry, relying on the plant’s natural defenses. The great challenge of agriculture in the next millennium will be to reduce the use of chemicals as much as possible, while increasing productivity. Therefore, in perspective, an agriculture that is organic and sustainable as much as possible but uses technology to create

this sustainability. Ecologists, however, continue to argue that ecological plant breeding can offer viable alternatives to these genetic engineering methods while respecting plant cycles. These are natural crossings of plants, which would give the same results; the only problem is the timing: crossing the crops would give the desired characteristics after years. In biology, it is known, many characters appear after several generations and crossings, and this leads us to suppose that various combinations of genes and gene variants that follow one another over the generations, can create new characters and new substances produced by the 'newborn' plant, can have possible toxic and unpredictable effects on the environment and food chains. Trust and doubt have always been two antithetical expressions: the first can only arise from the second since both lead to pure reason. It is often thought that trust and doubt are opposed to each other: those who trust would have no doubts and those who have doubts would not trust. But is not so. The opposite of doubt is not trust, but knowledge: those who know with certainty have no doubts, and neither, of course, need to trust. Those who, on the other hand, have not come to know, have doubts about how things actually stand. When there is no certain knowledge, the answer is Yes in the name of trust or No in the name of skepticism. Thus, who trusts and whom doesn’t, base their thinking on doubt, that is, on the impossibility of obtaining incontrovertible knowledge. Positive or negative trust, to exist, needs doubt.

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Simultaneously reducing micro plastic contamination & carbon emissions ith the creation of a new eco-attentive product for multiple usage, one company is taking another step towards aligning itself more closely with the best interests of the environment. As a company with 75 years of experience in the field of high-tech technologies and services applied to seed processing, Cimbria has been focussing the attention of its own internal R&D department keenly on the development of sustainable solutions. This decision has been taken with the aim of harnessing the potential exciting opportunities created by our global industry, which is currently undergoing rapid change. As often happens, innovations are borne out of the need to solve a specific customer need. In this case, for the company it was a question of acting towards more sustainable practices in the supply chain of feed processing. However as there are many other production lines within the feed, food & aqua industry, all of these facets are disrupted by the presence of micro plastics in the finished product.

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an alternative solution to the plastic materials used in chain conveyors. After numerous analysis and product tests, the team picked up the bamboo wood as the perfect material for its tensile and flexural strengths. Thus, plastic components in contact with raw materials during the distribution process, were replaced with bamboo wooden parts (pictured), making this the first conveyor on the market produced with the reduction of micro plastics in the food supply chain in mind. It is worth noting at this point that the replacement of plastic with bamboo does not in any way alter the functionality of the product, as bamboo has been chosen for its incredible resistance, its tensile strength which is higher than steel. Bamboo is also incredibly lightweight. As a matter of fact, the bamboo chain conveyor offers a range of features which make it ideal for these industries, because of its loading capacity, versatility and speed stress resistance. Last but not least the Bamboo Chain conveyor creates a better working wellbeing, thanks to its smoother operation and lower noise. The bamboo chain conveyor is the demonstration that sustainability is not only a good intention or a vision for the future of a company, it is a business approach which is necessary to remain competitive and preserve value in the long-term. The use of bamboo in the feed processing line opens new opportunities for future product developments, showing that sometimes, sustainability is also a key driver of innovation and creativity for businesses.

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Key strategic UK based grain storage facility completes rebuild in time for 2022 harvest

ith the construction of ten new giant metal grain silos, major building works at the UK’s largest grain terminal at the Port of Tilbury reach an important milestone. The works got underway earlier this year following a fire in 2020 which damaged part of the concrete silo. The fire at the grain terminal was in July 2020 and damaged the silo tower and some other equipment. Fortunately, not a single death or injury was reported. Building of the ten silos, each with a height of 30 metres, and with a total combined capacity of 20,000 metric tonnes, was recently completed. The industry leading design has been constructed to the highest health and safety standards and with an independent transfer and reclaim system also now being constructed, these silos will be back in operation in time for the 2022 harvest. Demolition of the damaged concrete silos at the terminal is also now complete and the port will shortly appoint a contractor to replace these concrete silos for a return to full operations in 2023, restoring the original storage capacity. “The sight of the completed ten new grain silos at the grain terminal is great to see. The terminal is a key facility in the South-

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East of England and an essential part of the UK agricultural supply chain for imports and exports," says Peter Ward, Commercial Director at The Port of Tilbury. “These new metal silos will be ready for the 2022 harvest and once the concrete silo is rebuilt, the terminal will be back to full capacity on one site. Although there has been no interruption to our service throughout the rebuild, we would like to thank our customers for supporting us during this difficult period as we rebuild the facility,” he adds.

A key strategic facility

The Tilbury Grain terminal has been in operation for over 50 years and is a key strategic facility in the South-East of the UK for the grain import and export markets handling over 2million tonnes of product from around the world. Grain is a key commodity in the UK food supply chain for a number of uses, most notably within the flour milling and bakery industries. Throughout the works there has been no interruption to customer service as the terminal remains fully open for import and exports and once complete, the terminal will be restored to its full storage capacity of 135,000 m/t and continue to benefit from the full multimodal services at the port including river barge transportation into central London. The terminal also operates a monthly coastal shipping service from Tilbury to its sister port in Kirkcaldy, Scotland for Carr’s Milling.

Wheat closes year on a rollercoaster note Wheat markets were entering the final month of a memorable year in appropriate roller-coaster mode. Over much of latter 2021, consumers had been fretting over shrinking crop estimates around the globe and particular concerns over the by John Buckley adequacy of quality milling wheat, driving prices to their highest levels in a decade (14 years on the EU market). While wheat Going into December, prices have got however, the mood has caught up in the shifted – possibly only briefly – as the spectre of downdraft from Covid-reduced demand the Omicron scare reared its head again to stop speculative investors in – depressing agricultural commodities in prices of most their tracks. commodities – it The bellwether CBOT soft milling contract, for example seems unlikely, plunged from November’s as a basic food US$8.56.5/bu peak to just US$7.70. That’s still way staple, to suffer higher than the average of significant loss recent years during which a dollar either side of US$5 of demand from was the normal range for this covid disruptions. market. By comparison, it hit US$9.45 in 2012 and a record US$13 in 2008, when similar crop worries prevailed (interesting to note that by the end of that year it was back in the US$4.50’s, proving these runaway markets rarely have a long shelf-life. What factors produced the November price rise? The stage was probably set by worries over the uncertain impact of Russia’s changing export tax and quota plans for early 2022. Amid its smaller than expected 2021 crop, domestic food price inflation concerns (and doubtless a recognition that all this would probably boost its grain export income), traders felt the risks now associated with buying Russian (whose exports were already running 30 percent lower on the year), would lead to greater competition for available supplies from the EU and other exporters – and consequent potential for further price rises (which proved correct). Next came some unwelcome crop news. In the US itself, drought was reported to be covering large swathes of the winter wheat belt – not yet a serious threat to 2022 wheat yields but a potential one if the winter stayed drier than usual. At least the US export sales book was underperforming forecasts, offering some leeway in supply. The drought in the US is also less extensive than at this time last year. The US worry was quickly followed by the threat of a rain 92 | January 2022 - Milling and Grain

damaged early harvest in parts of Australia, whose expected near record crop had been counted on to provide a major offset to supply problems elsewhere. Traders were quick to add that news to earlier reports of potential dryness issues in parts of the former Soviet Union and a heatwave that could affect a hoped for record crop in Argentina. Yet as we go to press, the official forecaster Abares has just raised its Aussie estimate to a new record 34.4m tonnes versus last year’s previous peak of 33m. It’s also almost three million tonnes more than forecast by the USDA. At this stage, reaction to that potential bounty remains curbed by fears that a quality hit (extent as yet unknown) remains on the radar – if not for all Aussie wheat areas. That said, the big Abares number has undoubtedly helped prices retreat. Wheat buyers – importers – have two choices in a rapidly rising market: get in quickly to avoid even greater cost later on (if they can afford it) – or delay purchases to avoid contributing to, possibly even helping to reverse the price ascent. Many took the first course in November when top importers – Saudi, Algeria, Turkey, Iraq, Iran etc to take cover, making for a busy month in terms of wheat export trade. Saudi’s 1.26m tonnes purchase was twice what it sought. Before long, the markets were abuzz with talk of exporters facing potential challenges sourcing adequate supplies of suitable milling wheat to meet big tenders filled as ‘optional’ origin. Ukraine had been piling into the Russian supply gap but amid the unknown rain impact on Australia, let alone key exporter Canada’s massive 2021 crop shortfall, concerns were emerging that far more business might come the EU’s way, helping drive prices to record highs on the Paris milling wheat futures market. The biggest notable purchase since the market’s latest retreat has been Egypt, taking 600,000 tonnes at the close of November – its biggest single purchase in years. Clearly Egypt might claim it had paid off to wait. Interestingly Russia is back in the game but expected as they try to beat New Year restrictions. But how is demand developing overall? There are two strands here. On the one hand, the USDA sees global wheat imports reaching a new record high of almost 207m tonnes (versus last year’s 198m and the previous three-year range of 178/195m). A lot of that is down to a second year of unusually large imports by China (forecast 9.5m tonnes) and bigger needs from drought affected Near-Eastern countries including Iran, Turkey and Iraq. On the other hand, USDA has world consumption growing this season to 789m tonnes, up just 7m on the year compared with a 35m tonne increase last season. While wheat prices have got caught up in the downdraft from the Omicron scare – depressing prices of most commodities – it seems unlikely, as a basic food staple, to suffer significant loss of demand from covid disruptions.

Other recent developments

With the euro recently trading 16-month lows versus the US$, the Commission has recently raised its soft wheat export forecast by 2m to 32m tonnes, trimming seasonal ending stocks by 1.2m to 12.7m tonnes. But the strong dollar and high prices have pushed

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US exports down by as much as 23% compared with USDA predictions of a mere 10% decline. US exports usually account for about 45% of its crop but even if these drop, as USDA forecasts, to a four-year low, stocks thgere will still hit a multiyear nadir. French October exports to non-EU countries reached a seven year high for the month, much of that due to China, which has often, in the past, been a big customer for EU soft wheat for its noodle industry. EU wheat consumption in feeds may be lower than expected as high prices cause a shift to maize. Changes to Russia’s export duty calculation formulae may allay some of the trade’s fears of an unknown ‘risk’ premium on the cost of importing grain from this source. USDA has added 3m tonnes to its Russian crop forecast at 75.5m tonnes (versus last year’s 85.4m), absorbing some recent higher estimates from Russian analysts. USDA also raised its export forecast by 1m to 36m. Russian stocks were 12m a the start of this season versus last year’s 7.2 tonnes, partly offsetting the smaller 2021 crop. Russia’s recently-sown 2022 winter wheat crop has meanwhile had favourable rains. Sovecon said it was in its best condition for years, expecting a recovery to 80.7m tonnes. Analysts have raised their estimates of Ukraine’s contribution to this season’s wheat exports to 24.2m tonnes versus last season’s 16.9m and officials have played down chances of a cap on trade for the time being. Canada’s crop forecast has been cut from last year’s 35.2m to just 21.7m tonnes, export forecasts from 27.7m to 15.5m. On the plus side, it’s expected to boost wheat acreage for 2022 by 6%. High quality Dark Northern Spring wheat, recently cost $460/ tonne fob Gulf , its most expensive since mid-2008. Forward CBOT futures continue to send a strong signal, pointing to similar prices right through to 2023 – but at least no

higher yet. Paris milling wheat futures are in descending mode right through to 2023. One potentially helpful development for importers has been some reversals in previously soaring freight costs. Reports that China – by far the world largest wheat producing country - was struggling to plant its winter crop, gave an added frisson to the recent renewed rally in world wheat markets. China’s government is raising purchase prices for the crop and introducing other measures to boost next year’s production, but it could end up having to import more than current forecasts.

Too soon to view settled maize market

Corn production outlook Mn tonnes

20/21

21/22

USA

358.5

382.6 118/124

Brazil

86.0

Argentina

50.5

54.5

Ukraine

30.3

38/40

Europe

64.4

67.9

Russia

13.9

15.0

S Africa

16.9

17.0

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1,119

1,209/1,215

Following an expensive year, corn consumers are offered some comfort by the futures markets, portraying prices right into mid-2023 similar to current levels, i.e. about $2 per bushel or some 26 percent below the summer’s nine-year highs. Corn’s retreat retreat has been fuelled by a decent US crop, a record Ukrainian one and current projections for the biggest Latin American harvest ever. Last year’s boom US customer China has stepped back and taken more from other origins. Not least in the list of bearish factors has been the wheat price retreat from its own multi-year highs – though not yet by enough to shrink the massive corn discount to its sometime competitor in the feed markets (the two grains had been running neck and neck earlier in the year – a highly unusual state of affairs. However, as corn’s recent rally back to four-month highs shows, this market is not entirely out of the woods yet. Brazil and Argentina may have sown potential record crops but in a year of the La Nina climate effect, could yet experience some dryness stress before the recently planted grain is harvested. The US itself is widely expected to reduce sowings next spring in response to rocketing costs of fertilisers and other agro-chemicals, encouraging farmers to shift significant areas to less input-hungry soybeans.

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Ukraine has a lot of corn to export this season but had some harvest weather/drying issues delaying the crop and raising drying costs to the point where its New Year sales programme starts to look unprofitable at current world prices. Like the US (and European) farmers, Ukraine’s may also think twice about how much to sow in the spring of 2022 amid the higher input costs. So forward corn plenty is by no means guaranteed. The rally in Chicago and overseas corn markets has been encouraged to some extent by US exporters’ hopes of winning more market share amid its competitors’ short/medium-term disadvantages. So far, US export sales for the season to date have been lagging last year’s, mainly due to the pullback by China. This now largest importer is still expected to take in a massive 26m tonnes – just 3.5m below last year’s record peak, compared with a more normal 3m to 7m tonnes in recent previous seasons. If it takes much less – and China does have a history of catching the markets out), the US corn price could be under more downward pressure. Corn import demand is also down in Europe – by 27 percent on the year as we go to press – after a bigger crop (Plus about 4.5m at almost 68m tonnes). Yet the USDA is assuming the bloc will import slightly more than last season’s 14.5 before 2021/22 is finished. Second largest importer Mexico meanwhile remains a stalwart buyers, especially for the US. And if prices can resist upward pressures from wheat – or from uncertain 2022 global corn crop prospects, it’s possible the long list of corn importing countries will take more overall at these now lower prices.

Recent corn news

Tuhe US recently saw its best weekly export sales for the marketing year to date – some 1.43m tonnes. Although the seasonal total still lags last year’s, Brazilian competition eased with a near halving on-year in its November exports (to about 2.4m tonnes) as last spring’s smaller crop finally began to work through. The biggest element in a forecast 44% Brazilian crop recovery for 2022 would be weather/yields as planted area is only seen 5.6% bigger. Markets will focus New Year on upcoming USDA updates for US crop and quarterly stocks. Macro-economic factors will also be keenly watched including the reaction of energy markets to Omicron’s economic risk – a potential dampener on demand for bio-fuels including corn ethanol – forecast 42.5% of this season’s estimated US corn consumption. Recent monthly and weekly figures have so far maintained a fairly encouraging demand trend in this sector and USDA has been forecasting a 4.4% increase as Covid shocks to fuel consumption ease. China’s domestic maize market has been on the rise again after another spate of reports highlighting loss of quality and yield from a rain-plagued harvest in some key crop areas. It could mean China’s assumed 20m-tonne-plus supply gap has been under-estimated. China’s demand is uncertain at this stage, however, amid official exhortations to feed users to use less expensive substitutes. A higher US crop estimate from the USDA in November was expected and – even with consumption growth of over six million tonnes will still allow the largest corn producer to partially rebuild this season’s low starting stocks by a similar amount. World carryover maize stocks should also increase by some 96 | January 2022 - Milling and Grain

13m tonnes (to about 306m) even with consumption forecast to increase this season by a hefty 60m tonnes, helping to contain prices.

Rapeseed – Aussie crop rise welcomed in tight year

Rapeseed meal consumers will welcome a larger than expected canola crop from important exporter Australia in this unusually tight season. Local sources now estimate farmers there will finish reaping over five million tonnes – about 18-20 percent or some 900,000 more than last year. Along with the depressing effect of the Omicron virus news across agri markets, it helped check price gains in a month of more bullish news from other suppliers. That was led by top source Canada, trimming its own crop forecast by 200,000 to 12.595m, down 35.3% versus last year’s 19.484 and the smallest since 2007’s 9.611m. Canada’s contribution to global supply was also curbed recently by storm damage to its transport network to main outlet port Vancouver. Despite steep rises in canola/product costs, analysts have, for months, been debating whether the tight fundamentals have been fully factored in, some saying it is over-priced, others that more increases are needed to achieve a steep slowdown in this season’s demand. Canada’s shortfall has eclipsed gains in other key areas including Europe, Russia and Ukraine, leaving world production about five million tonnes lower than last year’s 72.7m. The impact on stocks has been severe, the world inventory expected to drop to a multi-year low of just over four million tonnes by the end of this season compared with over 9.9m in 2018/19. That leaves this market very exposed to any further weather upsets next year. For the current season it will put importdependent consumers like Europe, Asian and MENA countries in fiercer than usual competition for whatever export supplies are offered. Bellwether markets like the Winnipeg and Paris futures contracts have recently risen to new peaks, encouraging European growers to sow seven percent more in 2022 and the former USSR

could follow suit. Canada could make a big positive difference to supply but, not sowing most of its crop till the spring, needs a lot of winter rain to make up for still dry conditions there. There is also the perennial restraint of competition for land from (also expensive) wheat and canola’s susceptibility to disease when repeat-grown on same areas. Other recent news - AgCanada raised its seasonal average price projection for canola by C$20 to C$960/tonne. It also cut 200,000 tonnes off its forecast for ending stocks, now seen just 500,000 tonnes versus last year’s 1.76m and the previous year’s 3.43m. Top EU producer France could plant up to 20 percent more canola this year. Ukraine, a key source of EU imports, has faced some unfavourably dry sowing weather. Still, EU forward futures suggest rapeseed will be cheaper this time next year. Sunflower-seed saw a better than expected global crop this year, rising from just under 50m to over 56m tonnes. The extra supplies are mostly in Europe (10.2versus last year’s 8.9m tonnes) and the mega-producers of the former USSR – Ukraine up from 14.1m to 17m tonnes and Russia from 13.3m to 15m.

Big soya supply next year?

Soya meal prices appear to have stabilised with the soybean futures market in last quarter 2021, expecting larger supplies of the raw material going into next year. As well as this season’s larger US crop (120.4m versus last year’s 114.7m and 2019’s 96.7m tonnes), analysts are now expecting massive supplies from crops recently sown in Brazil (144m v 138m and 128.5m respectively and Argentina (49.5m v 46.2 and 48.6m). Finally, while US carryover stocks are likely to remain lower than usual at the close of this season (next August 31) its farmers are expecting to shift a considerable area of land out of inputhungry maize into less expensive to grow soybeans. So, the former top producer could be in for an even bigger soya crop next year. On the demand side, restraint has come from concerns that top consumer China might not meet expected levels of consumption as its vast hog sector continues to show signs of fluctuating profitability. Chinese crushing and bean imports fell away sharply mid-2021. Based on some improvement in pig numbers and crush margins, the USDA recently forecast China’s soyameal consumption at 76.6m tonnes (about one third of total world demand) for the 2021/22 season compared with 72.7m in 2020/21 and 71.5m in 2019/20. The US-led price of soybeans and meal has also been weighed down by already steeper competition from cheaper Brazilian bean exports, additionally helped by the country’s weaker currency versus the US dollar. There has also been some concern that the emergence of Covid’s Omicron variant might hold back the global economy – meat consumption and feed use being closely linked to consumer spending power. The USDA also recently forecast this season’s average US price of soyameal would be around US$330 per short ton ($364 per metric tonne) compared with the past season’s average US$392 ($432/tonne) and 2019/20’s US$299.50 (US$330) . Futures markets meanwhile point to prices holding quite close to current levels right the way through calendar 2022.

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Industry Profile

Yenar

Yenar delivers its 100th Combined Fluting and Grinding Machine

t is with great pride that Yenar announces the production of its 100th CNC Roll Fluting and Grinding Machine. The company celebrated the achievement of this milestone with a gathering of current employees in December 2021. Yenar, one of the world's largest producers of milling rolls, has produced a total of 100 CNC Fluting and Grinding machines since 2013, which is when it started production by combining with its long date experiences and powers in the roll business. These combined machines are produced in Yenar’s new plant, which is fully equipped with the very latest technology including up-to-date machines, complete with a high-level quality control equipment. The major features of the machines manufactured by Yenar includes grinding the roll to the desired profile according to the flow sheet and additional crane mounted option, as well as local language support and remote access systems. Thanks to this model, Yenar offers the opportunity to flute and grind the rolls up to Ø350 mm and 1.500 mm in length.

25 fluting & grinding machines produced in 2021

Throughout the past twelve months, the company has continued its production without interruption and produced 25 rolls fluting and grinding machines and 22 sandblasting machines, which are used for smoothing rolls. Yenar are able to offer three sizes of machines as either combined fluting and grinding machines or as a single fluting or grinding machine. The range of flowing sizes includes; 350x1500 mm, 450x2100 mm and 600x2100 mm for flour milling rolls, feed milling and oil milling rolls. The machines are designed to work efficiently and in a fashion that is unique when compared to the existing machines on the market, with an emphasis on innovation. Due to Yenar being a manufacturer of rolls and an end user, the 98 | January 2022 - Milling and Grain

company has managed to produce the most ergonomic and flexible machines. In fact, 13 fluting machines are currently under operation in its own facilities.

A marvel of advanced design

Yenar’s CNC fluting and grinding machines, which are very easy for the customer to use themselves, is considered by the company to be a marvel of advanced design, as well as providing a great level of convenience when servicing fluted or sand blasted rolls. The company’s combined fluting and grinding machine presents three options for grinding roll types, which are cylindrical, camber and chamfer – customers only need choose one of the varieties before grinding. For fluting operation, the only requirement is the input of your flow sheet to the touch screen. Then in-house software automatically calculates the cutting depth. Should you encounter any issues then the remote assistance connection is available for help with any problem solving. The Yenar Sandblasting machine allows you to reach the requested roughness on the surface of your rolls. The PLC controlled machine also has a sand recycling system and vacuum suction with filter so dust free environment.

Improving quality & consistency

The targeted number of 45 different types of machines for 2021, was reached by the end of 2020, with 100 percent of the machines produced then being exported. The YF/YFG 35150, 45210, 60210 model machines are exported to more than 30 countries worldwide, with the single fluting, grinding or combined fluting and grinding options produced in the new plant. Yenar continuously improves its technical infrastructure by making high-cost investments and produces the most well-equipped machinery required by the market. The company believes it has achieved great momentum with its rate of machine production, strengthening its position in the

Industry Profile domestic and international markets. “As we have been in our production of rolls for 26 years, we will continue our investments, production and exports in 2022,” says Yenar’s management. “We provide service to our customers not only with our productions but also with our after-sales service. With investments done, our plant is the only one production plant for the combined fluting and grinding machines in the world. “Selling 100 machines in such a short time shows the trust of our customers to our products. In more than 30 countries, especially in America and Asia continents including USA, Japan, Indonesia millers easily re-flute, grind and sandblasted their rolls by themselves. We would like to thank all our employees who contributed to our milestone 100th machine.”

Catering for the needs of the sector

Yenar is trying always to improve the quality and the consistency of the sector by adding new devices and developments. In order to realise this ambition, the design of all of these machines is tailored specifically to cater for the needs of our sector. In the case of the RollCare Profile Measurement device, the company wanted to ensure that the profile of the flutes that it was applying to the rolls the had a machine that was not too complicated and could replicate a laboratory environment. In order to meet this challenge, Yenar’s R&D department developed the new laser profile measurement device. The rollCare Profile Measurement Device is also designed using laser technology that is able to check roll profiles on the roller mills. It also allows the company to compare the roll fluting profile Ad 190x132 MG (4)_fina.pdf

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with the theoretical one and plant operators to plan the optimum maintenance plan. The rollCare does not require any adjustment and automatically overlaps both profiles and reports us the required value. So, you can check what is the sharp and dull angles, land, how many flutes on per/cm, depth of the flutes and how is the flutes wear out already. In addition, you can put it on the fluting machine whilst it is actively fluting and check the status of the process, providing a system to check whether the land and depth which is most important parts of flutes are correct or still need to be fluted further. You can also measure the tool angles after sharping it which you have did perfectly accordingly angles or not. This device is equipped with wireless so no need to carry your laptop to all places. Whilst you are sitting in roller mill control room you can measure all rolls, and it can also be fitted with a battery.

Custom designed

Yenar continues to develop machinery not only for flour mills sector but also for the oil milling sector. Repair of flaker rolls in the oil milling takes too long. To shorten this time, the latest innovation of its R&D center is the flakeCare mobile turning and grinding machine. The flakeCare machine allows you to refurbish the flaking rolls surface on the flaker on site without removing the rolls. This machine is custom designed according to the machine as the linkage points for each machines manufacturer different. It is a different machine from the existing ones on the market as it is a combined turning and grinding machine and CNC controlled.

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Case Study

Ellingham chooses Satake once again Working with local industry specialist Plot Feeds, their latest development, a new processing line, was completed in the autumn of 2021

s the industry is finding itself increasingly challenged by market, consumer and regulatory changes, and volatile weather leads to poor harvest results, the services of grain experts such as Ellingham Grain Store become ever more essential. Over the last fifty years, proprietor Anthony Smith has nurtured, developed and grown Ellingham Grain Store from a greenfield site to the industry respected business we know today. With two primary sectors to their business, the first being 'Pulse Exporters,' which focuses on specialists in the production of top-quality beans and peas for human consumption. The second is 'Agricultural Merchants' – an area that includes grain trading, growing contracts, seed supplies, game cover, maize and small seeds and commercial store keepers. Their products, services and customers rely on the consistency of their high-quality equipment and processes.

The first to be installed in the UK

Embracing new technology, new production processes and innovation is at the heart of their continued success and longevity. Working with local industry specialist Plot

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Feeds, their latest development, a new processing line, was completed in the autumn of 2021. An integral part of the new line is Satake’s latest Optical Sorter - Nirami, the first to be installed in the UK. “We have worked with Satake for a long time and already have another Satake optical sorter,” comments Ellingham’s proprietor. “We knew we could trust that the Nirami would deliver high quality and ease of use but we were genuinely surprised and delighted by the results we have achieved since its installation. “One example is the sort we have achieved removing ergot from malting barley, now many optical sorters can identify and reject ergot, but the Nirami went a step further and was able to reject grains with the pre-germination characteristic black spot, which only have approximately 20 percent viability in germination. “On a recent bean sort, at a glance it looked like too much good product was being rejected, however, on inspection of the rejects we could see that the machine was correctly identifying and rejecting beans with small weevil holes, the operator was so excited to see the results that he ran through to the lab to tell the other staff about it.” “This optical sorter is the first one of its kind to be installed in the UK, making Ellingham the launch site of this new technology,” says Vanessa Schofield, Senior Sales Manager for Satake Europe, when asked about the sorter.

“The Nirami efficiently removes impurities, diseased grains with darkened tips and other defects including immature and brokens." Different grains mixed in the field, harvest or storage which are similar in colour can also be efficiently separated by the Nirami optical sorter. The Nirami features, which include shape recognition technology, infra-red cameras for foreign materials, full colour cameras to see even the slightest colour differences and high-quality ejectors, allow a wide variety of products to be sorted, from small seeds to large beans.”

Quick and easy to set up

The Satake 3S software installed on the user-friendly touch screen makes it quick and easy to set up a sort for new products and up to 50 settings can be saved for future use. As part of this latest plant development, Ellingham Grain Store have made additional special modifications to their traditional feed system, giving them the option to manually feed small batches into a dedicated holding bin creating the facility to sort smaller batches of specialist and high value products. “These modifications to the traditional feed system, coupled with the exceptional results we are achieving on the Nirami, give us the scope to continue to develop our traditional business and the opportunity to expand into new niche food markets,” adds Anthony Smith.

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The International Association of Operative Millers (IAOM) and the Grain Elevator and Processing Society (GEAPS) are pleased to announce an education collaboration. For a limited time, GEAPS members will be able to enrol in IAOM's courses at their member rates; IAOM members are invited to enrol in GEAPS Distance Education classes at the reduced member rate. “We are excited to work with IAOM to further our mission of advancing industry knowledge,' says GEAPS Executive Director Steve Records. “Training Season is the perfect time to take advantage of all of the great courses available through GEAPS and IAOM.” “We are thrilled about the new avenue of cooperation between IAOM and GEAPS. It's a chance for our members to gain access to the extensive catalogue of GEAPS educational offerings, and for GEAPS members to enrol in IAOM's comprehensive online and resident courses, says IAOM President Randy Garvert, Ardent Mills. “We anticipate that this will pave the way for our organisations to increase our collaboration going forward,” he adds. “For two organisations with missions so closely aligned, it makes sense that we would work together to provide all of our members with access to the best educational programming available,” he concludes. This special promotion is planned to run until March 31, 2022.

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2022

19-22 IAOM Eurasia 2022 Istanbul, Turkey www.iaom.org NEW DATE! The International Operational Millers Association (IAOM) Eurasia Management committee announces that this year’s meeting has been postponed. Due to the travel bans and regulations that some countries have started to apply after the Omicron variant of the Covid-19 epidemic, the IAOM Eurasia Management have stated that they have been working for a long time to organise the conference and exhibition which was scheduled for February 10 – 13, 2022. The committee adds that owing to the international nature of the event, and considering the health of the participants, they have reluctantly decided to postpone the conference and exhibition to the dates May 19 – 22, 2022. 25-27 Agritechnica Asia 2022 Bangkok, Thailand www.agritechnica-asia.com

September 13-15 SPACE 2022 Rennes, France https://uk.space.fr

2022

October 5-6 Poultry Africa Kigali, Rwanda www.poultryafricaevent.com

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

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

2022

23-25 Livestock Philippines 2022 Manila, Philippines www.livestockphilippines.com

May 1-3 PIX AMC 2022 Gold Coast, Australia www.pixamc.com.au

31-4 31st Annual Practical Short Course on Feeds and Pet Food Extrusion Texas, USA https://web.cvent.com/event/2801534f0c2f-4646-be9c-1081107c95cf/ summary?RefId=TEES%20Edge%20Website

21-23 Animal Health, Nutrition and Technology Europe 2022 London, UK www.kisacoresearch.com

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

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

22-27 IPPE Atlanta, USA www.ippexpo.org

2022

April

12-14 Vietstock 2022 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam www.vietstock.org 2022

November 9-11 AFIA Equipment Manufacturers Conference 2022 St. Petersburg, Florida, USA www.afia.org 9-11 Ildex Indonesia 2022 Jakarta, Indonesia www.ildex-indonesia.com 15-18 EuroTier 2022 Hannover, Germany www.eurotier.com

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

June 7-8 IGC Grains Conference 2022 London, UK www.igc.int/en/conference/confhome.aspx 8-9 Cereals 2022 Duxford, UK www.cerealsevent.co.uk

2022

July 6-8 16th Indo Livestock Jakarta, Indonesia https://indolivestock.com

2022

August 3-5 Ildex Vietnam 2022 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam www.ildex-vietnam.com

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INDUSTRY EVENTS

IPPE 2022

What to expect

by Levana Hall, Milling and Grain magazine

Come along and meet the Milling and Grain team at IPPE - stand B8304

T YOUR GLOBAL PARTNER

he International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) - being held January 25-27 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA - is a collaboration of three shows; International Feed Expo, International Meat Expo and the International Poultry Expo. Showcasing the latest technology, equipment, supplies and services used in the production and processing of eggs, meat and poultry, the event also serves those involved in animal food manufacturing. The event is sponsored by the American Feed Industry Association, North American Meat Institute, and US Poultry & Egg Association. IPPE is the annual flagship event for the meat, poultry and feed industries. This single event offers the largest variety of education and interactive exhibits for everyone from feed to fork, in the egg, poultry and meat industries. Attendees include representatives from all over the world, including operation and plant managers, purchasing agents, engineers, and researchers from the world's top feed, meat processing and packing, and poultry companies.

Exhibitors are enthusiastic

The 2022 International Production & Processing Expo has already surpassed 507,000 square feet of exhibit space and has secured more than 1000 exhibitors. “We are excited about offering an in-person 2022 IPPE and are encouraged by our strong exhibitor participation,” remarks the show’s organisers. “It demonstrates that our exhibitors are enthusiastic about reconnecting and showcasing the latest technologies and services that will continue to drive the industry forward.” IPPE will feature several forums, conferences, talks, and programs, taking on a wide variety of topics, covering over 160+ hours of educational sessions. There is also the IPPE Station, with new product showcases running every day, providing attendees with an outstanding opportunity to see the newest products or innovations offered by exhibitors. TECHTalks will be taking place each day of the event, where short educational presentations by exhibitors will be delivered 104 | January 2022 - Milling and Grain

throughout the day. These presentations will address topics such as food safety, animal welfare, sustainability, and feed production, to name just a few.

College Student Program

As well as the educational programs, throughout the IPPE event the College Student Program will be taking place, connecting students to professionals in the poultry industry, such as HR managers and recruiters. The three-day program is funded by the USPOULTRY Foundation. Interview sessions will be held Tuesday afternoon, all day Wednesday, and Thursday until noon. In addition to benefiting the industry, the program is an excellent learning opportunity for the students to see the latest technology and advancements in today's production and processing industry.

IPPE Young Leaders Program

With the recent celebration of the 10th year of the annual IPPE Young Leaders Under 30 Program, the launch of the 2022 program is already underway. The IPPE Young Leaders Under 30 Program targets young professionals who work for companies directly involved in the production and processing of poultry and meat or in the production of animal food and pet food who normally would not have the opportunity to attend IPPE. The goal of the program is to engage and invest in the next generation of young professionals, between the ages of 21 and 29, while celebrating their status as up and coming leaders in their companies. To celebrate the Young Leaders there will be a breakfast, plaque presentation, and keynote speaker session for them on the third day of the event. If you are lucky enough to be attending IPPE 2021, then the team from Milling and Grain magazine will be happy to see you at stand B8304. See you there!

Day One – January 24

• International Poultry Scientific Forum, 0800 – 1700 • Latin American Poultry Summit, 0830 – 1900

Day Two – January 25 • • • • •

AFIA Pet Food Conference, 0700 – 1530 International Poultry Scientific Forum, 0800 – 1400 Feed Strategy Conference: Poultry, 0800 – 1200 Animal Agriculture Sustainability Summit, 0900 – 1200 TECHTalks will also be running from 1030 – 1600

Day Three – January 26 • • • •

The Future of Workforce & Workforce Issues, 0830 – 1000 Feed Education Program, 0800 – 1000 Poultry Market Intelligence Forum, 0900 – 1200 Business Continuity in Times of Disruption: Lessons Learned in the Feed Industry, 0930 – 1200 • TECHTalks, run alongside these sessions, 0930 – 1620

Day Four – January 27

• Environmental Commitments & Considerations, 0830-1000 • International Rendering Symposium, 1200 – 1700 • TECHTalks, run throughout the morning, from 0930 – 1220

Day Five – January 28

• International Rendering Symposium, 0800 – 1200

International Association of Operative Millers – Eurasia İçerenköy Mh. Umut Sk. AND Plaza No: 10-12 Kat:18 Kozyatağı, Ataşehir - İSTANBUL /TÜRKİYE T: +90 (216) 594 58 26 • F: +90 (216) 594 57 99 info@iaom-eurasia.info

www.iaom-eurasia.info

INDUSTRY EVENTS

Asia AgriTech Expo & Forum 2021 - Fifth edition delivers outstanding results Above: Mr. Chin-cheng Huang, Deputy Minister of Council of Agriculture, and Mr. Jong-I Hu, Director-General of Agriculture and Food Agency, join the Opening Ceremony

Organised by Informa Markets Taiwan and co-organised by Council of Agriculture, the 5th Asia AgriTech Expo & Forum concluded on November 13, 2021 in Taipei, Taiwan with results exceeding everyone’s expectations. Industry leaders and trade buyers took full advantage of this precious opportunity to gather together and do business. Quality buyers and visitors from the domestic market and from across the world participated in both the online and the in-person events. During the exhibition over 70 percent of space for the 2022 edition was rebooked, underlining the importance of this event for all participants. Serving as a must-attend event, as well as being the only in-person agricultural exhibition to be held under Covid-19 in most of the Asia countries, the exhibition attracted more than 120 exhibitors from nine countries and regions, and

over 16,418 visits from 16 countries and regions. Due to Covid-19 travel restriction, Asia Agritech Expo was held in conjunction with an online exhibition platform called 'Asia Livestock Hub' that featured 295 exhibitors from 20 countries and regions and 608 visitors from 45 countries and regions. The Hub and the official website’s Digital Product Showrooms facilitated 60 matchmaking meetings for exhibitors both online and offline from November 11-13, 2021. "Asia AgriTech Expo is the only three-in-one hybrid B2B agricultural event and sourcing opportunity for Asian agricultural community this year,” says Ms Sabine Liu, General Manager of Informa Markets Taiwan. “Even though visitor turnout was down because of international travel restrictions, we did receive very positive compliments from exhibitors and quality visitors who engaged in serious trading from both the in-person exhibition and Asia Livestock Hub,” she adds. “Over 70 percent space for next year’s exhibition was rebooked onsite. We deeply appreciate the support and trust that our industry partners have placed in us, and we look forward to delivering an even more efficient trading platform for Asian agricultural community next year,” concludes Ms Liu. The next Asia AgrTech Expo & Forum will be held at Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 1, on 10-12 November 2022. To book space, please contact Ms Meiyu Chou at aat.sales@ informa.com Over 30 visitor delegations visited the show during November 11-13, 2021

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INDUSTRY EVENTS V-Connect Indonesia Edition Meeting industry demand and satisfying customer expectations As we step into 2022, the trade fair industry is still feeling the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, which affects the physical trade exhibition. However, VNU Asia Pacific, working together with Permata Kreasi Media, the organiser of ILDEX Indonesia and Aquatica Asia, keeps pushing to create an online event via the 'V-Connect Indonesia Edition' platform. This is the digital platform developed by VIV and ILDEX to enable in-person B2B networking and provide a progressive web base. This smartphone-supported online ecosystem optimises the connection and business opportunities for ASEAN's Feed-to-Food Industry participants. The aim of this event was to connect with the livestock and aquaculture industries for the Indonesian market and international companies and 'V-Connect Indonesia Edition' has shown itself to be the leading digital B2B networking and knowledge-sharing event for ASEAN's Feed to Food Industry. During the event, approximately 2500 virtual exhibition visitors from 50 countries connected with 50 top companies. Nearly 400 potential buyers registered to attend our platform, making up 418 interactive chats and successful business matches with our exhibitors.

Moreover, 14 conference sessions were given by 32 speakers from private companies, government agencies and industry associations who presented about the Newcastle Disease challenge, animal health, training and antimicrobial resistance. In addition, presentations about expanders for higher pellet mill capacity and better pellet quality, cage-free egg producers, eFishery, smart and happy with e-digital, digital transformation, complete solutions for profitable pigs, optimal stress management and black soldier fly meal for fish-shrimp farming were given. In total, 1555 conference delegates showed that the industry's demand for knowledge, innovations, and networking remains high. As such, a digital platform can be a solution to this demand.

Getting back to face-to-face business

2022 is an important year to re-launch the trade exhibitions in full swing after the pandemic and shift to the digital platform. VNU Asia Pacific, together with a local partner, Permata Kreasi Media, confirmed that ILDEX Indonesia and Aquatica Asia will be held November 9-11, 2022 at Hall 3-3A, Indonesia Convention Exhibition (ICE), Jakarta, Indonesia. With the new date on Q4, 2022, the organisers anticipate widespread mass vaccination in Indonesia, and cross-border travel is gradually returning to normal. The event is set at an ideal timing to meet the market demand after a yearlong downturn. ILDEX Vietnam will be organised from August 3-5, 2022 at SECC, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in Q3 of 2022. The organisers will do their best to provide the best trade shows to serve industry demand and meet customer expectations.

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THE BUSINESS NETWORK LINKING PROFESSIONALS FROM FEED TO FOOD

MEAT AND POULTRY INDUSTRY RUSSIA 2022 MOSCOW | MARCH 15-17 VIV EUROPE 2022 co-located with VICTAM International UTRECHT | MAY 31-2 JUNE V-Connect Europe Edition 2022 Digital Event on www.v-connect.net | May 31-2 June ILDEX VIETNAM 2022 HO CHI MINH CITY | AUGUST 3-5

Co-located with

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MOSCOW

co-located with VICTAM Asia

BANGKOK | SEPTEMBER 7-9

UTRECHT

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VIV QINGDAO 2022 QINGDAO | SEPTEMBER 22-24

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To be included into the Market Place, please contact Tuti Tan at tutit@ perendale.co.uk

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

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

Bagging systems Bühler AG +41 71 955 11 11 www.buhlergroup.com FAWEMA +49 2263 716-0 www.fawema.com Maxtex Trading Group Co. Ltd. +66 29488281 www.maxtex.net Statec Binder +43 3112 38 5800 www.statec-binder.com Golden Grain Group +86 371 68631308 www.g-grain.com

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

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

Bulk storage AGI www.aggrowth.com Behlen +1 402 564 3111 www.behlengrainsystems.com

Bruks Siwertell AB +46 4285880 www.bruks-siwertell.com

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

Symaga +34 926640475 www.symaga.com

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

Sukup +1 641 892 4222 www.sukup.com

Yemmak +90 266 7338363 www.yemmak.com

The Essmueller +1 800 325 7175 www.essmueller.com

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

TSC Silos +31 543 473979 www.tsc-silos.com

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

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

Cereal and pulse conditioning Bühler AG +41 71 955 11 11 www.buhlergroup.com

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

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

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

vibronet-Gräf GmbH & Co.KG +49 6441 62031 www.vibronet.com

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

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

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

Cimbria Srl +39 0542 361423 www.cimbria.com Maxtex Trading Group Co. Ltd. +66 29488281 www.maxtex.net

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

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

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

Computer software

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

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

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

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

Coolers & driers

Behn + Bates +49 251 9796 252 www.behnbates.com

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

Brock +1 866 658 4191 www.brockgrain.com

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

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

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

Ozpolat Makina Gida +90 342 337 1217 www.ozpolatmakina.com.tr

FAMSUN +86 85828888 www.famsungroup.com

Port Tarragona +34 977 259 400 www.porttarragona.cat

IDAH +866 39 902701 www.idah.com

Silo Construction & Engineering +32 51723128 www.sce.be

Sukup +1 641 892 4222 www.sukup.com

Almex +31 575 572666 www.almex.nl

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

ThermoNox GmbH +49 8442 8823 www.thermonox.de

Andritz +45 72 160300 www.andritz.com

Enzymes ERKAYA +90 312 395 2986 www.erkayagida.com.tr Mühlenchemie GmbH & Co KG +49 4102 202 001 www.muehlenchemie.com PLP +39 05 23 89 16 29 www.plp-systems.com

Extruders

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

The Essmueller +1 800 325 7175 www.essmueller.com

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

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

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

VAV Conveyor Components & Solutions +31 7140 23701 www.vav-nl.com

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

Yemmak +90 266 7338363 www.yemmak.com

vibronet-Gräf GmbH & Co.KG +49 6441 62031 www.vibronet.com

Golden Grain Group +86 371 68631308 www.g-grain.com

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

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

Bühler AG +41 71 955 11 11 www.buhlergroup.com IDAH +866 39 902701 www.idah.com

Feed nutrition Adisseo + 33 1 46 74 70 00 www.adisseo.com Anpario +44 1909 537 380 www.anpario.com Biomin +43 2782 8030 www.biomin.net

Yemmak +90 266 7338363 www.yemmak.com Zheng Chang +86 2164184200 www.zhengchang.com Golden Grain Group +86 371 68631308 www.g-grain.com

Feed Mill Automation

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

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

Hamlet Protein A/S + 45 75 63 10 20 www.hamletprotein.com

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

PHIBRO +1 201 329 7300 www.pahc.com R-Biopharm Rhône Ltd +44 141 945 2924 www.r-biopharm.com Romer Labs Division Holding GmbH +43 2782 803 0 www.romerlabs.com The Anderson Inc +1 419-897-6758 www.andersonsgrain.com

Feed milling Bühler AG +41 71 955 11 11 www.buhlergroup.com Christy Turner +44 1473 742325 www.christy-turner.com Dinnissen BV +31 77 467 3555 www.dinnissen.nl FAMSUN +86 85828888 www.famsungroup.com Friedrich electronic +49 6406 1509 www.friedrich-electronic.de Myande +86-514-87849111 www.myandegroup.com Ottevanger Milling Engineers +31 79 593 22 21 www.ottevanger.com PLP +39 05 23 89 16 29 www.plp-systems.com Sangati Berga +55 11 2663 9990 www.sangatiberga.com.br

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

Grain handling systems Behlen +1 402 564 3111 www.behlengrainsystems.com Brock +1 866 658 4191 www.brockgrain.com Bühler AG +41 71 955 11 11 www.buhlergroup.com Cimbria A/S +45 96 17 90 00 www.cimbria.com 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 Bruks Siwertell AB +46 4285880 www.bruks-siwertell.com

Hammermills Alapala +90 212 465 60 40 www.alapala.com 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 Van Aarsen International +31 475 579 444 www.aarsen.com Wynveen +31 26 47 90 699 www.wynveen.com Yemmak +90 266 7338363 www.yemmak.com Yemtar Feed Mill Machines +90 266 733 8550 www.yemtar.com Zheng Chang +86 2164184200 www.zhengchang.com/eng

Laboratory equipment Bastak +90 312 395 67 87 www.bastak.com.tr Bühler AG +41 71 955 11 11 www.buhlergroup.com

Sukup Europe +45 75685311 www.sukup-eu.com

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

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

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

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

Tekpro +44 1692 403403 www.tekpro.com

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

Loading/un-loading equipment Bühler AG +41 71 955 11 11 www.buhlergroup.com

Golden Grain Group +86 371 68631308 www.g-grain.com

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ocrim +39 0372 4011 www.ocrim.com

Yemmak +90 266 7338363 www.yemmak.com

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

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

Yemmak +90 266 7338363 www.yemmak.com

Pulverisers IDAH +866 39 902701 www.idah.com

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

Paddle mixer

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

IDAH +866 39 902701 www.idah.com

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

Palletisers

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

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

Silo Construction & Engineering +32 51723128 www.sce.be

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

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

Golden Grain Group +86 371 68631308 www.g-grain.com

Pellet press

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

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

Hydronix +44 1483 468900 www.hydronix.com

IDAH +866 39 902701 www.idah.com

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Plant

Packaging

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

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

Yemmak +90 266 7338363 www.yemmak.com

Biomin +43 2782 8030 www.biomin.net

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

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

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

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

Alapala +90 212 465 60 40 www.alapala.com

Sangati Berga +55 11 2663 9990 www.sangatiberga.com.br

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

Mycotoxin management

Mill design & installation

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

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

Moisture measurement

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

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 Alapala +90 212 465 60 40 www.alapala.com ASG Group (Degirmen Makine) +90 342 357 01 50 www.degirmen.com Bühler AG +41 71 955 11 11 www.buhlergroup.com

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

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

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

Gazel +90 364 2549630 www.gazelmakina.com

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

Henry Simon +44 0161 804 2800 www.henrysimonmilling.com Ocrim +39 0372 4011 www.ocrim.com Pelleting Technology Netherlands (PTN) +3 73 54 984 72 www.ptn.nl

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

Bühler AG +41 71 955 11 11 www.buhlergroup.com Inteqnion +31 543 49 44 66 www.inteqnion.com

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

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

Pingle +86 311 88268111 www.plflourmill.com

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

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Zaccaria +1 5519 34045715 www.zaccaria.com.br

IAOM +1 913 338 3377 www.iaom.info

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IFF +495307 92220 www.iff-braunschweig.de

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AGI www.aggrowth.com

OMS +441242 267700 www.onlinemillingschool.com

Altinbiliek +90 222 236 13 99 www.abms.com.tr

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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 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 Bruks 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

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

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the interview

Zeki Demirtaşoğlu – Chairman – Milling Machinery Manufacturers Association - Desmüd

Zeki Demirtaşoğlu was born in 1971 in Çankırı, Turkey. He graduated from Mehmet Rüştü Uzel Chemistry Technical High School and then Ankara University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Food Engineering. Mr Demirtaşoğlu then received a master's degree in microbiology. As a Chemist, Food Engineer and Biotechnologist, he had theoretical knowledge and command of the sector. In 1999, He founded his company Bastak Instruments, in Ankara. The factory began by producing flour additives. Then over time, flour and wheat quality control laboratory devices such as enzyme metre, humidity device, gluten washing device, sampling device were also added to its product portfolio. Today, 43 kinds of quality control devices and 35 kinds of flour additives are produced. He is also the founder and chairman of the Milling Machinery Manufacturers Association. Thanks to this association, the Turkish milling industry and its achievements were introduced first to Turkey and then, to the rest of the world.

What attracted you to the milling industry as a career?

I picked milling because I enjoy working in agriculture and knew I wanted to pursue it as a profession. Milling was ideal since it is both difficult and gratifying, as well as a good blend of mental and manual effort. I like critical thinking and problem solving, but I also like being able to get my hands dirty with machines and be directly involved in problem solutions. I consider Milling as a profession, rougher than farriery but more delicate than jewellery.

How important has flour – feed milling become in Turkey over the time you have worked in the industry? In the last 40 years, we have become able to sell products even to European countries, which are the heart of the industry, in the production of milling machines which has started in Turkey in the 1970s. Started with sieve production and then moved to machine production, today we sell products to countries such as Germany, Japan, and Italy, which uses industry 4.0 intensively. I would like to underline that the industrialists, who started production in this field in the 1970s, are now exporting to more than 165 countries.

Our total exports in the category including all giant European countries such as England, Germany, France and the USA occupy an important place with US$2.5 billion according to the data of the Turkish Statistical Institute in October this year, and most importantly, our country's exporters, who broke the record by exceeding US$225billion. The fact that we have the largest share in machinery and equipment and milling exports amongst the companies reveals how important the sector is.

world, 184 big companies in Turkey are engaged in this business. As the industry and association, we are very proud of the championships of the Republic of Turkey.

What has Desmüd brought to the Turkish Machinery industry so far?

At Desmüd we aim to carry our Turkish manufacturers and stakeholders, who are in a leading position around the world, to a higher level; also develop market opportunities and cooperation opportunities, follow up new emerging technologies, and support scientific and sectoral research. Since its establishment, Desmüd has united the Turkish milling machinery industry, strengthened its unity and solidarity, and has been carrying out activities before the government in order to overcome some difficulties in front of the industry by meeting with government officials in case of need. It carries out its activities especially in close relations with the ministries of industry and trade. In addition, it has played a major role in the opening of "Milling departments" in three vocational high schools in Turkey regarding the staff needed by the industry and has made great contributions to the Turkish milling industry by providing scholarships, internships and job opportunities to these students. These efforts are also reflected positively on the export figures and brought us one step closer to our 2023 targets, the 100th anniversary of our Republic.

In your role with DESMUD what are your future challenges and goals?

What are two major developments that have had the biggest impact on the industry's progress?

Our main goals are: Increase and sustain the competitiveness of our national industry, it is to develop policies in line with the priorities of our sector in cooperation with all segments of the Machinery Manufacturing Sector and relevant institutions, to contribute to creating the infrastructure and tools to realise these, to play a leading role in creating a culture of solidarity and cooperation by supporting the activities of sectoral organisations.

This culture spread all over the world from Anatolia, so the people living in this geography continued this agricultural mobilisation that they started in the past and brought them together with grinding technology.

To be a leading, participatory and sharing organisation that contributes to the increase in the quality of life of our society and the sustainable development of our country, contributing to the achievement of an internationally competitive structure in quality, technology development and innovation.

We believe that the region where people live determines their destiny. The discovery of the first Milling started after wheat production and people in this region obtained flour related products and spread it all over the world.

Currently, the milling machines produced in Turkey are in the first place in the World. The biggest reason for this is that the quality of Turkish machines is in an upper segment when compared to their counterparts in the world, the importance given to technical support and they create turnkey factories. Whilst there are 14 big companies in the sector all over the

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Although the blue-collar need of the sector is very high, we took the first step in this regard and we aim to meet the blue-collar needs of our sector by giving scholarships to our students in 3 schools within the scope of the protocol we signed with the Ministry of National Education in regions

where milling machine production is intense. We pursue a policy of expanding this education within the scope of the university, and we also intend to bring education to the international arena, and to bring stakeholders to Turkey with the experience of those who want to study.

In your view how important is the flour – feed industry in Turkey in the supply of quality foodstuffs to consumers?

Turkey, which draws attention with the intense interest of European investors due to the recently increasing global shipping prices, stands out with its geographical location, transportation network, demographic structure and the conveniences it offers to investors. The exponential increase in longdistance transportation costs along with the epidemic turns Turkey, which offers location and cost advantages for many foreign international companies, into an attractive investment and production center. Recently, many European-based international companies announced their new investment plans for Turkey, which has strong logistics infrastructure and opportunities. The fact that the global supply chain is turning to Turkey from a network dependent on Asia and especially China due to its production quality and logistics opportunities has brought with it the expectation that investments in Turkey will increase in this field. In the latest analysis of the international rating agency Fitch Ratings, it was stated that Turkey is the country that will gain the most from the change in supply chains in Europe. With Turkey's strategic location, free trade network, strong logistics infrastructure, production diversity, high incentives, cost advantaged qualified workforce, strong industrial cluster and liberal investment climate, the country offers a suitable environment for international companies to connect to the global value chain. With Turkey's strategic location, free trade network, strong logistics infrastructure, production diversity, high incentives, cost advantaged qualified workforce, strong industrial cluster and liberal investment climate, the country offers a suitable environment for international companies to connect to the global value chain. Turkey's strategic location, as a production, export and management centre in the region, has become a magnet that attracts multinational companies and enables them to participate in the global value chain.

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PEOPLE THE INDUSTRY FACES Behlen Mfg Co names “proven strategic and innovative leader” as new President

om Boal began his career with Behlen in June of 2018, where he has served as the President of the Behlen Building Systems division. In August 2021, he was elected to the Behlen Board of Directors.

He is also a member of ASABE (American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers); and NSPE (National Society of Professional Engineers). Mr Boal has proven to be a strategic and innovative leader who energises his team, who creates vision and drives change. “Tom is a key member of our Leadership Team and success, and we are confident in selecting him as President of Behlen,” comments TR Raimondo, Chairman Emeritus.

“Behlen Culture is built on the foundation put in place through our Global Values and Basic Beliefs, which is important to our employees. Tom supports maintaining this culture at Behlen.”

Olmix appoints new head of global plant care

lmix is pleased to anounce the appointment of Catherine Lamboley as its new head of global plant care. She will ensure the international development and visibility of science-based products that are profitable for farmers and kind to the environment.

Ms Lamboley has 25 years of experience in a range of roles across the agricultural industry - and is determined to strengthen Olmix’s position in the soil and plant biosolutions market.

"Food and climate issues are of great importance to me and I am convinced that these new alternative technologies will accelerate the transformation of agriculture to achieve more sustainable and resilient production,” she says. “Catherine’s appointment illustrates the Group’s strong ambitions to develop its plant care business, for which we have innovative solutions in line with the expectations of a fast-changing market,” says Olmix CEO Jean-Christophe Juilliard.

VNU appoints exhibition expert as Managing Director for SE Asia

gor Palka has been appointed as Managing Director for VNU's regional office in South East Asia. With over 18 years of exhibition industry knowledge and leadership, he has spent most of his working life with Messe Muenchen.

His responsibilities in his new role include continuing rapid business expansion following a post-pandemic recovery period and will be executing VNU's regional growth strategy.

“With Igor's international experience, passion and broad knowledge of the exhibition industry, we can guarantee a smooth transition and a successful continuation of the business development and leadership excellence in the region,” says, Albert Arp, the VNU Group and Chairman of the Board of VNU Asia Pacific. “I am truly thankful for the trust offered to me and very excited to be joining VNU Asia Pacific at this point in time,” adds Mr Palka.

Lesaffre appoints its new Chief Executive Officer

esaffre announces the appointment of Brice-Audren Riché as its new Chief Executive Officer.

Brice-Audren Riché will continue Lesaffre's development in the fields of baking and nutrition and health.

"I am honoured by the confidence placed in me by Lesaffre's Board of Directors to continue to drive the company's growth,” adds Brice-Audren Riché, Chief Executive Officer.

“Those solutions meet the needs of nutrition, health and naturalness, which are more than ever at the heart of society's challenges. I am determined to be part of this dynamic with the Group's employees and at the service of our customers" he concludes. “After examining Lesaffre's major challenges for the coming years, the Board of Directors felt that Brice- Audren Riché has all the skills and personal qualities to pursue our development strategy," says Thibaut de Ladoucette, Chairman of the Board of Directors. 118 | January 2022 - Milling and Grain

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