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August 2022 Perendale Publishers Ltd 7 St George’s Terrace St James’ Square, Cheltenham, Glos, GL50 3PT, United Kingdom Tel: +44 1242 267700 Publisher Roger Gilbert rogerg@perendale.co.uk International Marketing Team Darren Parris darrenp@perendale.co.uk Fred Norwood Tel: +1 405 834 2043 fredn@perendale.com Asia Marketing Team Dante Feng Tel: +886 227930286 dantef@perendale.com Latin America Marketing Team Clarissa Garza de Yta Tel: +52 669 120 0140 clarissag@perendale.com Cristina María Roldán Otero Tel: +44 1242 267700 cristinaot@perendale.co.uk Nigeria Marketing Team Nathan Nwosu Tel: +234 8132 478092 nathann@perendale.com Egyptian Marketing Team Mohamed Baromh Tel: +20 100 358 3839 mohamedb@perendale.com Turkey, Eurasia and Middle East Marketing Team Mehmet Ugur Gürkaynak Tel: +90 537 3646457 mehmetg@perendale.com

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COVER IMAGE: The SEA.IQ - Cimbria launches its most advanced optical sorter ever at IPACK-IMA 2022 - see more on page 41

A day to remember!

On the day we finalised the production of our August 2022 edition, the first shipment of Ukrainian grain left the Port of Odesa in the Ukraine for the Mediterranean - that was on Monday evening, August 1, 2022. A date to remember! Hopefully, this will be the first of an ongoing daily schedule of shipping that brings grain from this important growing region to hard-pressed markets and particularly mills and storage facilities in Africa and North Africa in particular that are desperately making plans to mitigate future flour shortages for their populations. In this edition we are privileged to have yet again Dr Riad to inform us of the situation in Egypt that may well be a typical experience being felt in many transitional countries. Mr Stephan Kapskuk of the Ukrainian Grain Association, who spoke on a webinar in early August, outlined the production and exports from his country of both grains and oilseeds. He stressed that exports via alternative routes - namely, by rail and road could only meet 30 percent of normal export demand. While he believed that oil cakes from his sunflower crop - an important material in animal feeds at 35-38 percent protein - was included under the Istanbul Agreement, exports might not satisfy demand from countries who rely on this material in their animal feed sectors. For example, China imports 48 percent of Ukraine’s oil cake production, which is produced from a sunflower harvest of five million tonnes from 7.2 million ha. The EU is another major importer of Ukrainian oil cakes, accounting for 27 percent of Ukraine’s exports. Mr Kapshuk says stocks are having to be disposed of locally as they are deteriorating but early attempts to burn stockpiles have proven difficult due to its acrid smell. So, not only is wheat for human consumption at stake for those in poorer countries, but proteins for animals in developed countries, which rely on Ukraine’s oil cakes, are also at risk. The last words from Mr Kapshuk, through his interpreter, was his comment that Ukraine’s oilseed industry is reliant on the deblocking of the seaways and he called on ‘everyone, everywhere for assistance.’ He says, if labour shortages and factory closures last for two years then this industry ‘may never come back.’

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With animal feed in mind, we focus further on feed milling with a major contribution from the European Feed Manufacturers Federation, FEFAC, and its drive to adopt the circular feed concept as a means of improving sustainability throughout the EU’s industry. We also look at ‘working from height’ and the attention we should be paying to worker safety. This is an important area of concern within our factory operations – be that feed or food - and like grain entrapment, too many workers are needlessly put at risk when maintaining or repairing facilities we rely on every day.

There is much more to this edition to read and enjoy

But let me finish on a lighter note by drawing your attention to our front cover image. It might be a little difficult to interpret but this is a glance at the internal workings of a colour sorter. This image is from a Product News - Special Focus we carry from Crimbia in Italy. The company exhibited its new SEA IQ at the IPACK-IMA 2022 show in Milan, Italy earlier this year which conveys the intention by the our industry that every grain we process is important and has a value. While we carried an in-depth report from that show last month, this month we are focused on the PIX AMC 2022 event held on the Gold Coast in Australia in mid-May. This is an idea event where milling for both food and feed cross over with both exhibitions and conferences, etc taking place together. We are also please to publish a report on the recent co-located shows of Victam International 2022 and VIV Europe 2022, which were held together in Utrecht, Holland from May 31-June 2, 2022. Both the above events show the synergy that is developing between feed and food with Victam strongly promoting the GRAPAS aspect at its exhibition - which focuses on milling of wheat, pasta and rice. This co-location approach - again to take place in Bangkok, Thailand in from September 6-9, 2022 at the IMPACT Centre - will also allow visitors to maximise their opportunities to visit a wider range of interesting companies and attend a broader spectrum of meetings while at the same time saving costs and time. We congratulate these organisations for adopting this approach during a time of unprecedent financial pressures.

Bite into a cup of coffee. The futuristic way of drinking and disposing of a more environmentally friendly coffee in the circular economy of the future. I was fortunate enough to try this first in 2019, prior to the outbreak of Covid-19. We report on the company producing edible coffee cups in our Case Study on the joint Bühler-Bulgarian start-up company Cupffee on page 86 (photo: Roger Gilbert – from Bühler Networking Days, 2019.

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In the Rongorongo Live Video Studio Milling and Grain publisher Roger Gilbert spoke to representatives from the company Cablevey about an unusual and first-time ever survey of conveyor systems being used in industry - and in particular those being used in food processing industries. The 2022 "State of Conveying" study in the USA is based on 214 companies who use various types of conveyors in factory automation. In the Studio discussing the results of the survey with Mr Gilbert are Ms Morgan Bailey-Burford and Scott Berning the Assistant Marketing Director and Processing Manager respectively at Cablevey Conveyors in Oskaloosa, USA. Cablevey is a manufacturer of conveyors used in grain processing. Its survey’s outcomes explore the numbers behind the survey and discusses the future developments in conveying. The study outlines a variety of challenges companies typically have in managing conveying systems, along with what actions they’re taking. The report can be downloaded here: https://cablevey.com/ white-papers-and-guides/ Watch the interview at

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Welcome to this, the August edition of your Global Miller column, we hope that it finds you happy, healthy and that the weather is being kind to you, wherever in the world you happen to be. As the first ship carrying grain leaves a Ukrainian port since February following a landmark breakthrough deal, we begin this month on a more optimistic note than in previous editions. According to Turkish and Ukrainian officials, the Sierra Leoneflagged vessel the Razoni left the southern port of Odesa bound for Lebanon carrying some 26,000 tonnes of corn early on Monday Aug 1, 2022. It is hoped the agreement will ease the global food crisis and lower the price of grain, with a further 16 ships waiting to sail out of ports in southern Ukraine, with Odesa, Chornomorsk and Pivdenny expected to be the main places of export. The blockade of Ukraine's grain has no doubt contributed to the current global food crisis, with wheat-based products like bread and pasta becoming more expensive, and cooking oils and fertiliser also increasing in price. Russia and Ukraine also produce nearly a third of global wheat supplies between them. In 2019 Ukraine accounted for 16 percent of the world's corn supplies and 42 percent of its sunflower oil, according to UN data. Some reports are even forecasting that unlocking ports will provide at least US$1 billion in foreign exchange revenue to the economy and an opportunity for the agricultural sector to plan for next year. Last month's deal - brokered by the UN and Turkey - took two months to reach and was set to last 120 days. Upon the completion of this time frame, the deal can be renewed if both parties agree. Back here in the UK, August is the height of summer. In the farmyards across the countryside, a continuation of activities in the previous month is largely seen. The harvesting of silage remains a priority, with the large hunking combine harvesters now dominating fields, replacing bountiful fields with tracks and stalks. August also sees the weaning of the lambs born in spring, a process that will last through much of next month too. These lambs will also be back out in the fields, where they will be grazing on the grass after the silage process finishes. When it comes to farming, its calendar has not changed for hundreds of years. Although the onward march of technology has brought improvements in quality and efficiency, mother nature will always have the biggest say. Like in all areas of life, time and tide wait for no man on the farm – a sentiment that begins to become especially apparent in the latter days of August. As the month grows old, bold greens start to be tarnished with flecks of golden hues and brilliant oranges and browns – but that will all happen in good time. So for now, let us enjoy the warmth and joy that summer brings as we prepare for what we all hope will be a proud and bountiful harvest. gfmt.blogspot.com

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Belgian oat miller purchases three more Sortex H SpectraVision machines

fter attending Bühler's Networking Days 2022 (NWD) event, Belgium-based Maselis NV was convinced to further strengthen its relationship with Bühler Sortex by investing in more sorters. The European processor recently announced that is has added a further three Sortex H SpectraVision optical sorters to its oat mills, following an initial investment in one machine at the start of the year. From June 27-28, over 1000 decision makers, partners, and start-ups gathered in Uzwil, Switzerland for Bühler's Networking Days 2022 event. Current food trends were discussed in depth, including the recent increase in trials around alternative protein ingredients. One grain with a significantly high protein value is oats, which Belgium-based company Maselis NV is renowned for processing. Maselis has been a major European producer of cereal products for almost two centuries, since 1829. The company's oat mills have a husking plant, several flaking lines, and a cereal extrusion department where oat flakes, breakfast cereal flakes, pre-cooked pearled wheat, and extruded cereals are produced. Since the start of the year, Maselis has been using Bühler's latest Sortex H SpectraVision machine, with five chutes, in its oat processing operations. This sorting machine offers three key benefits for customers – unmatched ease of use, high performance, and enhanced connectivity – all of which contribute to increased sustainability. After attending this year's Networking Days event, and having witnessed the machine's performance firsthand over the past few months, Patrick Maselis, Managing Director at Maselis decided to further strengthen the company's relationship with Bühler Sortex by investing in three more of its optical sorters. “We are very excited to be extending our alliance with Maselis and we can't wait to see the impact this investment will have on their oats line,” states Carmen Schlatter Broger, Head of Digital Technologies at Bühler. “Each time we host the Networking Days event, it provides the perfect landscape to converse with our customers face-to-face, share real solutions, learn from each other, and discuss how to act faster and with more impact among industry colleagues from all over the world,” she adds. “This underlines the fact that our latest innovation meets current market requirements and even exceeds them in many areas. We are very proud of the team behind its launch and look forward to witnessing the long-term impact it makes in the industry,” Ms Broger concludes: ' The Sortex H SpectraVision was also presented with the Best Solution Award 2022 at Networking Days – as decided by the over 1000 guests attending the event. Milling and Grain - August 2022 | 15

McArthur Agriculture offers regenerative farming support

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n a move that aimed at supporting farmers adopting regenerative and agroecological farming practices including intercropping, McArthur Agriculture have announced JK Machinery’s JCM VibroMAX Grader as a key component of its equipment line-up. The company already offer JK Machinery’s range of vibrating sieve cleaners and graders to meet the needs of farmers and operators who are looking to process crops at capacities which range from two to 100tph. Vibration technology works by moving grain across vibrating sieves and separates it based on physical dimensions before it enters an aspirator where it is separated by weight and aerodynamic properties. Farmers have already begun to express interest in the VibroMAX Grader who are beginning to introduce intercropping into rotations. Crops grown together deliver numerous benefits include improved pest and disease resistance, greater water and nutrient utilisation and improved weed suppression. A larger model of the JCM VibroMAX was on display at regenerative agriculture show and conference Groundswell this year. It is equipped with three sieves which clean and separate crops to a high standard at up to 40 tph. Crops are aspirated individually to ensure best results. “Groundswell was the perfect platform from which to introduce the JCM VibroMAX Grader to British and Irish farmers,” explains John McArthur managing director of McArthur Agriculture. “Attendees understand the importance of looking at changing farming practices to work alongside the environment, improve soil health and create value added products.” “The separation of these mixed crops has typically been achieved on old cleaning equipment or second-hand systems pressed into service to support on farm trials,” he adds. “As trials are scaled up, greater investment is often required in the post-harvest processing and separation. The VibroMAX Grader fits the bill for those farmers who now need higher capacity solutions that provide the best cleaning and grading results.”

Meeting the needs of farmers The JCC VibroCompact 08 is designed to meet the needs of farmers beginning to introduce intercropping with a capacity to clean between five to 15 tph. It has two sieve decks which can be used for standard cleaning applications and grading of intercrops. Repeat processing may be necessary to achieve the best results, the company stressed. With the VibroMAX and VibroCompact cleaning and grading can be controlled through the changing of the sieves and adjustment of process variables including machine angle and vibration frequency. “When processing crops the variability that exists within a field and even the ear quickly becomes evident,” explains Mr McArthur. “To give farmers the opportunity to assess the performance of the VibroMAX and the VibroCompact enabling them to select the most suitable specification, we have built a demonstration lab at our Scunthorpe depot. The lab will play a key role in helping farmers to achieve the best possible post-harvest processing results by maximising the value of their crops.” One farmer, James Hopkinson, is already practicing regenerative farming and will be harvesting his first pea barley and spring wheat linseed intercrops this year. “We had already invested in a JCC VibroCompact 08 to clean milling oats and linseed and have also used it for cleaning home saved seed beans, linseed, oats, wheat and barley and it has delivered excellent results,” explains Mr Hopkinson, co-founder of Arable Ventures & Cloud Farming. The VibroCompact enables Mr Hopkinson to avoid financial penalties for delivering grain which does not meet required cleaning specifications. The ability to turn around home saved seed quickly by utilising his own cleaning system has also proved valuable. “Our investment in the VibroCompact will deliver increased returns,” says James Hopkinson. “We will now benefit from its cleaning and grading functionality to separate our post-harvest intercrops, creating added value crops and improving the environmental credentials across our farming businesses.” Milling and Grain - August 2022 | 17

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Robert 'Cowboy Rob' Schutte passes away t is with great sadness that we announce that Robert Gregory Schutte, 63, of Twin Falls, Idaho passed away on July 16, 2022 at Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah, after fighting a lifetime courageous battle with cancer. An active member of the Grain Elevator and Processing Society (GEAPS) for over 32 years, he was a member of the organisation’s Intermountain Chapter, the International Board, and President of the Associates Board from 2007-2008. Mr Scutte took pride in his work & established his own business, White Oil Technologies shortly before his passing with ambition for his family to continue in the oil business and carry on his legacy. Mr Schutte was born on April 5, 1959 in Jerome, Idaho to Robert and Dora Schutte. He attended St Edwards Catholic School, graduated from Filer High School in 1979, and attended the CSI. He married Elaine November 17, 1984. Together, they enjoyed raising their children, participating in their children's activities, camping, riding horses, and being outdoors. Over the years Mr Schutte owned his own custom swathing business, whilst he also worked at Falls Brand Independent Meat Co and was employed with United Oil for just over 28 years. Mr Schutte loved riding and showing his cutting horses. Over several years he bought, trained and sold several horses. If there was a horse show of any kind or someone needed help on their ranch or with the cattle, Mr Schutte was there! He was known as 'Cowboy Rob' and always wore his cowboy hat with a slight tilt to one side. Mr Schutte loved and valued his family and friends. He will be missed by all who knew him. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.

Kemin Industries launches new probiotic solution emin Industries, a global ingredient manufacturer that strives to sustainably transform the quality of life every day for 80 percent of the world with its products and services, has launched Enterosure™ to control the growth of pathogenic bacteria in poultry and livestock. The company unveiled its latest intestinal health product at a global launch event in Dubai. The company's newest probiotic solution promotes a healthy microbiome, drives intestinal resilience, manages gut health challenges and improves animal productivity. Enteric disease challenges are an ever-present pressure on livestock and poultry producers, who are already facing significant performance and economic impact from the global trend toward reduced antimicrobial use and the rising cost of raw materials. These challenges require an effective and comprehensive solution that helps drive intestinal resilience to prevent disease before it develops—all while safeguarding animal health, welfare, growth and performance. “Leveraging the pioneering research that launched Clostat™, our novel solution addresses the changing needs of animal producers,” says GS Ramesh, Worldwide Group President – Animal Nutrition and Health, Kemin Industries. “Enterosure, through its proprietary blend of probiotic Bacillus strains, expands on the scientifically proven efficacy of Clostat's Bacillus subtilis PB6 against Clostridium perfringens by also managing the growth of Escherichia coli and other Enterobacteriaceae, such as Salmonella.” Intestinal resilience is a crucial factor in producers' hierarchy of needs for their animals; up to 80 percent of antimicrobial use is intended to achieve resilience in the gastrointestinal system, a vital component in animal production. Kemin continues to drive innovation through its probiotic research program to support intestinal health management. The company undertook a multiyear, global project to discover advanced solutions to enhance intestinal resilience while maintaining a robust program to improve feed conversion and weight gain and combat pathogens that contribute to dysbiosis, diarrhoea, wet litter issues, foot-pad lesions and mortality. Milling and Grain - August 2022 | 19

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Dr Erfan Shahkar to speak at the next Build my Feedmill conference

ased on a flow chart of a typical feedmill, the Build my Feedmill conference covers many aspects of feedmill operations. Taking attendees through every process within a feed mill, Build my Feed Mill enables attendees to discover the latest innovations that help make your feed mill truly innovative, efficient and profitable. In addition to this, it also provides an excellent opportunity for companies that supply feed manufacturers with advanced equipment and other services, to explain their most technically-advanced innovations and why they offer advantages in the feed production line. During the Build my Feed Mill Conference, 10-12 companies are given the chance to present 10-minute presentations about how their solutions assist feed mills in their everyday processes and practices. Topics being discussed include grinding, feed formulation, extrusion, pelleting, dosing and more. One speaker presenting at the conference in Bangkok is Dr Erfan Shahkar, International Business Development Executive for Agentis Innovations. Dr Shahkar graduated with a Doctoral degree in Aquaculture from Pukyong National University, South Korea. After graduating he moved to Thailand and started working in the aqua feed

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industry before joining Agentis Innovations in 2016 where he operates within today. At Agentis Innovations, Dr Shahkar is working closely with livestock and aqua feed mills across the Asia Pacific region. Dr Shahkar assists feed companies by applying Industry 4.0 and automation solutions that optimise feed milling efficiency through improvements in feed processing, production capacity, shrink loss, feed quality and lowering production costs. He has also devoted a significant amount of time to help develop the latest technology for inline and real-time moisture measurement and moisture control systems. D Shahkar's topic will be ‘Automation & Digitalisation’ and why it is critical for any feedmill. The case for the importance of big data collection, analysis and interpretation is also set to be made, as well as how this interpretation is then converted into actions that help optimise the economical and mechanical performance of a mill and the quality of feed produced. Join us at 10am on Friday September 9, 2022, in Bangkok to hear about the latest feed industry innovations and how they can improve the operation of a feedmill To find out more, visit the conference’s website at: https://express.adobe.com/page/TC1CzYgd6NhsL/

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The Platt Flour Mills by Mildred Cookson, The Mills Archive, UK

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y attention was recently captured by an article on a mill in Kent in the Christmas 1899 edition of ‘Milling’. It told the story of a mill built at Boro’ Green in middle of the county, a region I used to know well 20 years ago, when I was advising the National Lottery on a UK£1million project to repair seven Kent windmills. The mills were located near Wrotham Station, in the village of Platt on the Swanley and Maidstone section of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway. Wrotham itself stands at the foot of the North Downs, which boast the highest point on Kent at 770 feet above sea level. They were built in 1880 by a Mr Jull. At that time the mill was equipped with six pairs of millstones. The firm owned by Jull and his partner Mr Watts gave up the business after working the mill for ten years when Mr Frank West purchased the whole property and made it a commercial success. West, prior to taking on the Boro’ Green mill, was mill manager for Alfred Robinson of Southall. Although he retained the millstones, combined with smooth rolls and purifiers, he was unable to compete with elaborate roller plants. As competition was becoming keener than ever, and rather than allow his reputation for making standard grades suffer, he chose to follow the trend and become a roller miller. He was

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determined that no expense would be spared to stand in the way of the Platt Mill being equal to the best. After careful investigation of the different systems of the various flour mill engineers, his choice fell to E R & F Turner of Ipswich. The firm had a world-wide reputation as always at the The Patent Turner Dustless Purifier

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The system adopted for the breaks was the then fashionable one of three, the first being on a single pair of 18-inch x 9-inch rolls, the second and third were done on one of Turner’s four roller mills with 18-inch x 8-inch rolls. The first and second break chop had the distinction of being treated on Turner’s famous ‘Vibromotors,’ the third break went to a one and a half sheet centrifugal scalper. The Vibromotor scalpers were provided with a second sieve, which was clothed with 36 GG, and which tailed over the coarse semolina which was perfectly dusted. The coarse semolina was sent directly to the purifier, whilst the throughs of these sieves went to a two-sheet centrifugal, when the break flour was dressed out and the overtails had been sent to No 2 purifier. The purifiers consisted of one double and one single and were of the Turner’s latest at that time of the dustless type and did excellent work. Reductions were done on four pairs of Turner’s smooth rolls, two pairs 15-inch x 18-inch., and each reduction had a separate centrifugal one and a half sheets long. Attached to two of these were small Vibromotors, for dividing the overtails, so that at every step in the reduction process low grade material was extracted and sent direct to the place for which it was suited instead of going to the following reduction which would contaminate the flour from the same.

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only, whereas a centrifugal that had a coarse meshed tail sheet in addition to the flour dressing portion of silk, would have had a dividing board between the two sections. No miller had yet been convinced that the dividing boards could be guaranteed to prevent some of the offal stive flying about the tail section when passing through the joints into the flour dressing compartment. The Vibromotor sieves were so small compared to the large amount of work they were required to do that they would make a miller smile on seeing them for the first time. The report claimed that “those for small mills need be no larger than a ‘first violin case’ and a shoelace could drive them; they were indeed a small miller’s friend.” West never lost sight of the three main factors behind his achievements: choice wheats; the best available machinery, and thoroughly trained skills for the operators. The working of the mill was ably supervised by him, with his intimate knowledge of every detail, as well as the main principles that went towards making a successful miller.

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The power plant comprised a Lancashire boiler with a working pressure of 80lbs, a high-pressure horizontal engine, 12 inches cylinder and 24 inches stroke, built by Messrs. Marshall and sons, of Gainsborough in Lincolnshire. Water could be drawn from a 90ft deep well in the mill yard across the road from the mill itself. The mill also had a good provender trade, and opposite the mill stood a large warehouse and the mill offices, the former being exclusively used for the provender business. Hay-chopping machinery was sited in a building on the other side of the mill yard and was driven by a one-inch cotton rope from a counter

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shaft over the well. Adjoining the hay chambers were smartly appointed stables. To complete the picture, Mr West’s residence and garden was across the road and opposite the mill. He was a keen grower of fruit of all kinds, his favourite was “Cox’s orange pippins which grow to perfection in Kent.”

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by Dr Mahmoud Riyad, Secretary-General, Egyptian Milling Association, Egypt

Egypt has been looking to other sources to satisfy its wheat

gypt's General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC), the country's grains buyer, announced on July 17 a tender for an unspecified amount of wheat from the United States, Canada, Australia, Argentina and Brazil. With shipments from Ukraine – traditionally one of Egypt’s largest wheat suppliers – severely limited because of its war with Russia, Egypt has been aggressively looking to other sources to satisfy its wheat needs. In recent weeks, GASC has contracted 1.28 million tonnes of wheat from France, Romania, Russia and Bulgaria, which are scheduled to be shipped to Egypt from July through October. It also has inked trade deals with India, which would have been an unlikely source for imports in years past. Egyptian officials have indicated that the country needs to import at least five million tonnes of wheat in the 2022-23 marketing year. Egypt also is aiming to increase domestic wheat production. According to the US Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), Egypt is projected to produce 9.8 million tonnes in 2022-23, which is 800,000 tonnes more than last year’s record total. Egypt, the world’s leading wheat importer and among the leaders in wheat consumption per capita, currently has enough wheat stocks to last six months, according to government officials. The G7 is standing by its commitment to support Egypt through this crisis caused by Russia’s war. They are enhancing the cooperation with Egypt to meet this crisis, through increased support for: The World Food Program’s activities in Egypt Regional frameworks such as the Global Alliance for Food Security (GAFS) or The Food and Agriculture Resilience Mission (FARM), or Support to the Government of Egypt through bilateral assistance like the EU food facility and national frameworks. Russia has failed to offer such support. The US Embassy declared that they are closely consulting with Egypt and other regional partners on this crisis, for example in 26 | August 2022 - Milling and Grain

the Mediterranean Dialogue on the Food Security Crisis that took place in Rome last week; the May 18 US Secretary of State’s Global Food Security Call to Action Ministerial at the United Nations; the visit to Cairo of European Commission President Ms von der Leyen and the upcoming Uniting for Global Food Security conference in Berlin. On the other hand, Reuters reported that Egypt canceled contracts for 240,000 tonnes of Ukrainian wheat that were booked for delivery in February and March but never loaded because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Egypt's General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) released the trading companies supplying the four unloaded cargoes, Nibulon and Inerco, from the contracts. Earlier, GASC had provided an extension to provide the wheat, if necessary, from other origins. Russia and Ukraine signed an agreement last week to restart Black Sea grain and fertiliser exports. It is unclear if the GASC contracts were canceled before the deal was signed. Egypt is one of the world’s largest wheat importers and relied heavily on Black Sea shipments. Since the war, it has diversified wheat supplies, purchasing more than a million tonnes in July. The four canceled cargoes were bought in December at prices between US$346 and US$360 per tonne, including shipping costs. The fifth loaded cargo is stuck at Ukraine's Chornomorsk Port but is expected to sail once it has the green light from port officials, according to traders. Due to global supply concerns, Egypt, perennially among the world’s largest wheat importers, will allow wheat shipments with a moisture level of up to 14 percent for a year, up from 13.5 percent, Reuters reported, citing a trade ministry document. Egypt usually sources most of its wheat from Russia and Ukraine, where conflict has disrupted its purchases of relatively cheaper Black Sea wheat and inflated global prices. The North African country received 82 percent of its wheat from Ukraine and Russia in 2020, and a March 2022 US Department of Agriculture (USDA) report estimated Egypt would import a total of 12 million tonnes of the staple food crop in 2021-22.

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Hay Ground Mill stands north of the Montauk Highway between Water Mill and Bridgehampton; it was built in 1801 and was last worked in 1919. Although the sails and fan blades were blown off in a storm in 1932, they have been repaired. And the mill, still containing much of its original machinery, is used as a tea-room. Montauk Point Mill was built in 1763 at Southampton where it stood close to the Mill Hill Mill. It was moved to Wain Scott, where it served as a public library, and from there to its present site, where it is joined to a house. Shelter Island Mill was built in 1810 at Southold by Nathaniel Dominy Junr and others for Moses Cleaveland, using some parts of a previous mill, at a cost for labor of US$111.00. It was moved from Southold to Shelter Island and last worked during the [First] World War. At Southampton the Good Ground Mill was brought from Shelter Island in the ‘60’s and removed to Southampton and re-erected as part of a cottage in 1890. The Mill Hill Mill was in existence in 1713 and it may be the same mill to which reference is made as standing on the Parsonage Land in 1697. At one time the Montauk Point mill stood beside it, but in 1889 it was moved to Shinnecock Hills where it is now without sails, fantail or machinery, part of a summerhouse, the whole very dilapidated and neglected. Photographs of the mill in working order show it with a stone base extending to second floor level and a 4-bladed fantail. There is mention of four other mills at Southampton, one on the Parsonage Land, in 1708, two west of Windmill Lane, and one on the lot where a house now stands. There is also reference to a Windmill Hill, near Scuttle Hole. The Windmill at Water-Mill was built in about 1800 on North Haven Neck and moved to its present site in 1813. It has not worked since 1887 and is held by the Town Board of Southampton for the community of Water Mill. It has been repaired, reshingled, a new tailpole has been fixed and it is to be used as a community museum. In addition to the mills already mentioned, two others are referred to in ‘The Southampton Magazine’ of 1912. “At Amagansett was a derelict mill with a damaged fourvaned fantail and a boat shaped cap used as a place for storage, while the second reference runs beside the grist mills there were also a few old sawmills in this section driven by wind. “The last to disappear stood at Seven Ponds until within twenty-five years. Instead of the top revolving, the whole mill pivoted upon the top of a great upright post set in the ground and was moved around bodily to face the wind, after which its four corner posts were blocked up and wedged in position. “The interior mechanism was simply the shaft to which the arms were fastened terminated in a heavy crank, which drove an immense rip saw, which ate its way along a log at each stroke with astonishing rapidity.” 30 | August 2022 - Milling and Grain

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In every edition of Milling and Grain magazine, we dedicate this page to taking a look at the products that will save you both time and money in the food and feed milling process. Should you have a new product or service that you would like to feature on this page in a future edition of our magazine, be sure to contact us at editorial@perendale.co.uk

Glance-N-Go app from Oklahoma State University The best method of tackling pest infestation, the Glance-N-Go app offers producers the ability to establish whether a grain sorghum field needs treating with insecticide, by sampling two leaves from each of three select plants. Once producers have established if a field needs treating, they can then enter into the app the estimated cost of treating the field for aphid infestation and the price they are hoping to get for their crop. The app isn’t exclusive to tackling aphid infestations – with other infestations of grasshoppers, head worms and false chinch bugs on the rise, becoming aware of these infestations becomes all the more important. The Glance-N-Go app is available on the Apple and Google Play stores and is free to download.

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Screw feeder from Concetti Spa With this piece of equipment, the product is conveyed to the weighing container by the screws, which exert an adequate amount of thrust. The screw feed system is designed for products that are not very free flowing and is also ideal for powdery and fluidised products. The feed system can be equipped with a single or double screw depending on the required throughput and the characteristics of the product. Adding to the machine special features such as special mechanical seals help to control and regulate the flow, even with difficult products. Its capacity is up to 600 weighments an hour, with flexibility regarding weighing, with a range of 10 to 50kg. It also has easy cleaning with wide cleaning doors, quick release components and as an option, an automatic cleaning system with air or water nozzles.

The Continuous Mixed Flow grain dryer by Lachenmeier-Monsun The Monsun Mega Dryer is one of the largest mixed flow grain dryers in the world. It is designed to safely dry grain, seeds, maize, coffee beans, soya and more. The grain dryer can be supplied with a line gas burner for natural gas or liquified petroleum gas (LPG). Hot air is mixed in two turns before it enters the drying column. The drying air is taken in through the top of a furnace over a combustion chamber system, ensuring a perfect heat distribution. The benefits of the dryer include a high capacity in one wide column, low energy consumption, and safe drying of oil seeds, whilst the design ensures homogenous drying. This reduces breakage and cracks, whilst also safely maintaining the germination in malting barley and seeds.

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BinMaster BM-25 diaphragm switch is a rugged pressure switch for high or low-level alerts in bins containing non-hazardous, freeflowing dry materials. The BM-25 bin level indicator provides a new way to manage materials in bins or silos. It alerts operators to high or low levels or when chutes or conveyors are clogged. Ideal for bins and silos, the BM-25's simple mechanism activates a sensitive micro-switch to indicate when material reaches the level of the switch in the bin. The pressure switch alerts when it senses high or low levels. Typically, it is wired to a light, horn, or alarm panel. The switch has a silicone diaphragm and is enclosed in a nylon housing, designed to increase durability. The BM-25's goal is to answer the long-asked question, 'is it full yet,' with an affordable and convenient solution.

The Paddy Separator from GEA is designed to separate in three fractions: paddy, brown rice, and a mixture of both, before they are unloaded through three distinct exits where they can proceed to further processing. Paddy is returned to the roller dehusker, the mixture of paddy and brown rice is reconducted to the feeder and brown rice is sent to calibrating and whitening phases. The efficient grading performances of this machinery allows the operator to produce pure white rice without mixtures of paddy, increasing the milling recovery rate with minor rice breakage. Its advantages are a compact design for high capacities, a sampling port for taking product samples, and a direct inspection window for checking grading efficiency.

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SPECIAL FOCUS Always at the forefront of innovation, Cimbria presents a new series of machines using a combined multispectral vision system, allowing you to identify the correct order of elements during production with the best definition. For over half a century, companies of all sizes operating in the field of cereals, seeds, nuts, coffee, recycling and industrial products have used the company’s sorters to complete their quality improvement and product enhancement processes. Many of these companies first came to Cimbria, expressed their production challenges, and requested advanced production solutions, which became the inspiration for a series of optical sorters with dedicated software capable of managing high levels of data. In order to satisfy this demand, Cimbria developed SEA.IQ in its Italian business unit, which produces a range of high-quality sorters known worldwide as SEA.

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Engineered by Cimbria, SEA.IQ is the product of long-standing high level of technical experience, high industry standards, indepth research and meticulous developmental processes. In order to get the best out of an online quality control machine like SEA.IQ, an acute focus on experience, attention to detail and continuous customer assistance are essential and must be guaranteed. Customers also need an ever-increasing final product quality, which requires perfectly sorted raw materials in the right colour, nature and shape. “SEA.IQ is the most technologically advanced solution because it includes the most recent and complex vision systems and combines them, perfects them, and provides the best possible results in terms of purity and reject concentration,” says Michela Pelliconi, business area manager at Cimbria. “SEA.IQ is the result of decades worth of experience in the sector. This experience has allowed us to develop very sophisticated management software, made intuitive and easy to use by the operator,” he continues.

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Cimbria’s full range of optical sorters—well-known as SEA— builds on decades of unique development, feature refinement and obtaining insights into customer needs. Optical sorters have been a part of Cimbria’s wide product range for many years and are developed on the foundation of extensive expertise. SEA.IQ is top of Cimbria’s technological range, with precision and reliability as the main benefits for customers. The optical sorter consists of exceptional multispectral camera technology. This technology works with visible material, ultra-violet and the near-infrared spectrum according to sorting requirements and subsequent configurations. It can identify any material or colour difference based on the exact colour and shape. In this way, it selects visible impurities and foreign elements and excludes bacteria, toxins, fungi and other contaminants with absolute precision and always with the maximum possible waste concentration.

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“SEA.IQ is the ultimate inspection system, with advanced camera and sensor technology combined with tailor-made software. Our excellent service organisation offers support at every stage of the project, during installation and after-sales. We guarantee a solution and a truly tailored service to meet the needs of every customer,” says Mr Pelliconi. A global brand owned by AGCO Group Cimbria is a selfdescribed world leader in industrial processing, handling, and storage of cereals and seeds, as well as animal feed, food, and other bulk products. The company continues to work closely with its customers to design, manufacture, install, and service customised solutions, individual machines, and complete turnkey systems. With its launch taking place at the IPACK-IMA fair in Milan at the beginning of May, 2022, the new SEA.IQ optical sorter is designed and manufactured at the Cimbria Centre of Excellence in Imola, Italy.

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Risks & opportunities Ukraine, Turkey, the UN & Russia sign deal to unblock Ukrainian Grain exports by Suzana Hryhorenko, Executive Director, Seed Association of Ukraine

ince the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the work of farmers has turned into a constant search for solutions to overcome new challenges. Ukrainian farmers completed the sowing campaign despite the danger, shelling, fuel shortages and logistical problems. But this is only part of the job. There is still harvesting, storage, and export of the crop ahead. As for the latter, the situation has become critical. Due to the blocked ports, almost 25 million tonnes of grain could not be exported from the country, and the danger of the world food crisis became more acute than ever. Therefore, the world community actively participated in solving this issue. On July 22, after lengthy negotiations, Ukraine, Turkey, the UN and Russia signed an agreement allowing the ports to be unblocked and Ukrainian grain to be exported. But the very next day, Russia struck the Odesa port. Accordingly, all previous agreements were ‘on hold’ since no one could guarantee the safety of exports. Following these events, Monday August 1, 2022 saw the Sierra Leone-flagged vessel the Razoni leave the southern port of Odesa bound for Lebanon, laden with some 26,000 tonnes of corn. According to Turkish and Ukrainian officials, a further 16 ships were also waiting to sail out of ports in southern Ukraine, with Odesa, Chornomorsk and Pivdenny expected to be the main places of export. It is hoped the agreement will ease the global food crisis and lower the price of grain. At the same time, the situation is becoming more critical every day. Any further dangerous delays in exports, could have dire consequences for Ukraine and the rest of the wider world. Food crisis & price increases The fact is that before the war, Ukraine supplied 46% of the

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world's sunflower oil exports, 17% of barley, 12% of corn, and 9% of wheat. That is, it was a fairly significant player in this market. Although we managed to export a small portion of the crop, its value increased due to supply chain disruptions and logistics changes, leading to higher prices for many products. The same applies to other related areas. For example, suppose farmers do not harvest corn from the field because there is no export and sales. In that case, processing enterprises cannot produce compound feed, and the animal sector (poultry and dairy farms) looks for new ways to supply through another import. As a result, the chain reaction leads to dairy, meat, eggs, and everything derived from it becoming more expensive. So, on the one hand, we have risks of insufficient exports, and on the other, a general increase in the price of products. Such disappointing trends may lead to a food crisis and famine in Africa and the countries of the Middle East. If prices in Europe rise, these countries will face more severe consequences - if not starvation, with many millions of citizens becoming malnourished.

Economic crisis

Due to blocked ports, almost 25 million tonnes of grain could not be sold. The agrarian sector remained without income, and many farmers could not pay loans and salaries to their workers. All of this puts autumn and spring sowing campaigns at risk since the preparation and the sowing itself would once again require significant investments. As seeds, fertilisers, herbicides, and fuel are costly, some farmers strongly consider skipping the next season or significantly reducing production volumes.

F Notably, in 2021 farmers sowed 5.5 million hectares of corn, and this year, the figure decreased to 4.6 million hectares. After recent conversations with market participants, forecasts for the next year fell even more - to three million hectares. That would not only mean that half of the sector and related industries will remain without work, but all of these would also inevitably lead to a chain reaction - the stoppage and stagnation of many sectors. The current situation is a tragedy for the Agrarian sector and the Ukrainian economy since exporting agricultural products was one of the primary sources of foreign exchange for the state budget. Closure of foreign companies As farmers significantly reduce production, the demand for seeds, fertilisers, and protection products will substantially decrease. As a result, many companies will remain without orders. It might seem not as dangerous as, for example, the world food crisis, but there is no doubt that some severe consequences await soon. Consider the example of the seed market: due to low demand, companies specialising in high-quality but expensive seeds will be forced to leave the Ukrainian market or reduce their work. And if we don't experience this conditionally today, the shortage of quality seeds will have negative consequences in the longer run. Among those are low yield and quality of crops, increase in goods' costs, non-competitiveness in foreign markets, and others. It will take at least four-to-five years for the seed segment to recover to the level of February 24. It should be noted that despite its low efficiency, Ukraine does not disregard and continues developing overland routes, mainly through Poland and Romania. The EU governments are also considering providing Ukraine with temporary grain warehouses to avoid crop storage crises. Yet, it is crucial to know that these quick solutions are temporary and do not solve the main problem. Renewing exports is an issue that needs an urgent solution because every day it stays blocked is a direct danger for a large part of the world. We take the grain export deal seriously, and the whole sector is now waiting for quick and effective mechanisms for launching the process. All sides must work as efficiently as possible for the good of the global community, never forgetting that Ukrainian farmers, without any exaggeration, have been feeding a large part of the world for decades.

In memory of Oleksiy Vadaturskiy

In a recent Russian attack on the city of Mykolayiv in southern Ukraine, Oleksiy Vadaturskiy, one of Ukraine’s most successful and important entrepreneurs in the agricultural and shipbuilding sectors, was killed along with his wife when a rocket hit their bedroom.

“He was a titan in the sector and one of those who ensured Ukraine’s leadership in the grain markets with his firm Nibulon,” says Natalie Jaresko, International Financial Executive who first met him and learned of his firm in the mid 1990’s when she led Western NIS Enterprise Fund. “One of the richest persons in Ukraine and older than conscription age, he had every chance to flee, but remained at home in Mykolayiv, working on means to increase grain exports in the face of the Russian chokehold on Ukrainian ports. He stayed with his people and with his country.” A hero of Ukraine in life and now, sadly, in death – Вічная пам’ять!

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The FEFAC circular feed concept Part 1: Optimised nutrient recovery through animal nutrition

by FEFAC, Brussels, Belgium

he European feed industry takes great pride in its knowledge, understanding and technical capacity that it has built up over many years in how to recover nutrients from other (industrial) processes in the food and biofuel chain. This is fundamental to our sector and ensures our contribution of feed production to raising food-producing animals as part of a circular food system, thus keeping nutrients in the food systems which would otherwise be lost. Historically, domestic farm animals were reared with what humans did not eat, either grass or residues from food processing activities. In fact, the very origin of the European feed industry stems from the recovery in a professional way, of wheat bran from flour millers, for which there was no human food market. This ‘historic’ role in the bio-economy gives our sector a key responsibility in driving sustainable food systems by continuing to innovate in the upcycling of nutrients through feed for food producing animals. With five concrete ambitions in its Feed Sustainability Charter 2030 released in September 2020, FEFAC committed to further drive sustainable feed production. The second ambition of the Charter is to Foster Sustainable Food Systems Through Increased Resource & Nutrient Efficiency, which initiated a journey through the concepts of human inedible feed, non-food grade feed ingredients and now ‘circular feed’ as the next level. This brings us back to our origins, as driving circularity in food systems is our license to produce. The concept of circular feed, as presented in this publication, provides the ‘state of the art’ perspective describing the strength of nutrient recovery through animal nutrition. In addition, FEFAC believes that the circular feed concept can co-exist with the feed conversion ratio, which is a more traditional resource efficiency indicator that considers ‘only’ the ‘input-output’ efficiency from a kg feed into a kg animal product. The circular feed approach takes into account how the feed

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ingredient originated and what the level of competition is with direct food production. It could be argued that the feed conversion ratio is an indicator that is more appropriate to describe the resource efficiency of poultry and aquaculture systems, while porcine and ruminant systems have more capacity to absorb ‘low grade – non-human edible’ nutrients emerging from the circular economy. This is the benefit of our highly diverse EU livestock farming systems and species that each of them makes its contribution to optimised resources use, while making the best use of locally and globally available nutrient sources! Circular feed brings us back to our origins, as driving circularity in food systems is our license to produce.

Nutrient recovery through animal nutrition

Although the circular feed concept is a rather recent development, the feed industry has been recovering secondary raw materials from the circular economy for many decades. In this publication FEFAC have therefore included the large range of feed ingredients from its Resource Efficiency Champions publication from 2019 as current day examples of nutrient recovery through animal nutrition, referred to in that publication as ‘co-products.’ At the time FEFAC took the opportunity to showcase these coproduct examples to illustrate how compound feed manufacturing helps to make plant-based and animal production complementary. In raising the profile of the circular feed concept at the EU level, we are also trying to identify solutions to address current and future challenges and ‘bottlenecks’ limiting access to a wider range of circular nutrient sources. The European Commission ‘Farm to Fork Strategy,’ published in May 2020, provided additional stimulus on how we can make more use of alternative feed ingredients and how we can lower the environmental footprint of animal products through increased use of circular feed, as less reliance on agricultural land will result in lower GHG emissions related to feed production. The new dynamics caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine

F in February 2022 reinforce strategic feed security considerations to improve EU feed autonomy by reducing the EU’s feed import reliance, especially on high protein feed sources. FEFAC believes that the impact assessment of the forthcoming EU Sustainable Food Systems Framework must make a critical review of unnecessary measures in the EU regulatory framework that restrict circularity in EU food systems through animal nutrition, as they may stem from legislation-making in times of crisis. In this publication, FEFAC identifies a selection of regulatory obstacles that should be re-assessed in order to facilitate the safe recovery of nutrients that are currently destined for outlets of lower circular economy potential. In addition, the Sustainable Food Systems Framework should also ensure that feed applications of nutrients emerging from the circular economy are not deviated towards bioenergy use because of misguided incentives provided through renewable energy policy-making.

The Circular Feed Concept

Nutrient recovery and reducing nutrient losses lie at the heart of the circular feed concept. It’s about retrieving nutrients in the most sustainable way possible and ensuring nutrient transfer and upcycling from one organism to the next in a way that minimises losses. In this intra-organisms, one-nutrition approach, the feed industry plays a key role in closing nutrient cycles and optimising

the bioavailability of nutrients for human consumption. Products derived from livestock farming such as meat, fish, dairy and eggs are an excellent source of nutrient-dense and highly bioavailable food for humans. The feeds consumed by farm animals do not possess this intrinsic quality necessary for humans. This is particularly the case in dairy production where cows, as ruminant animals, can synthesise their own amino acids within their bodies to fortify the milk, acting as a kind of bioreactor. It is worth noting that in principle the handling of nutrients at livestock farm level is more efficient and certainly less wasteful than is the case with human beings, as the nutrients ‘lost’ through animal manure can still be recovered as fertiliser for crop production.

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F Circularity in feed production is a concept that is still in the process of being defined. It is not always possible to take direct inspiration from existing circular economy models from other industries, where, for example, in plastics production eco-designbased indicators such as recyclability and product lifespan are essential. It is clear though that the concept of countering linear resource depletion through increased circularity and the use of secondary raw materials can work in feed production and can help address the challenge of competition with direct human consumption, which is often referred to in the public debate. FEFAC would therefore propose the following product-based definition for circular feed, as part of the ongoing debate at a scientific and public level on the key sectoral criteria for sustainable food systems; ‘Non-food-grade ingredient recovered as a secondary raw material from the (local) circular economy with a low land-use footprint’ The definition can be broken down into several components, which jointly form the circularity metric. The different dimensions of the components allow for a non-binary approach, where it could be concluded that certain feed ingredients are of a higher circularity level than others.

Food/feed grade status

Food grade means that the quality of the material is of such a nature that it meets the expectations of the human consumption market. The concept of ‘human inedible feed’, as defined by FAO, is linked to this. However, the notion of food/feed grade status provides a better understanding of the quality of the biomass used by the feed industry, rather than what is ‘consumable’ by a human being from a literal point of view. When a product is feed grade, it is not considered suitable for placement on the human consumption market due to quality characteristics or simply because there is no food business operator placing the material on the human consumption market. From FEFAC’s analysis included in the 1st Feed Sustainability Charter Progress Report, it can be concluded that practically none of the raw materials used in feed production in general, are of food grade nature. Typically, ingredients sold for direct human consumption command a higher market price than if they go to feed, so the market drives this direction. However, there are cases that food grade feed ingredients are sold to a feed operator, but this is normally the result of surpluses for which demand from the human consumption market no longer exists. Nonetheless, a feed ingredient of feed grade nature has higher circularity potential than a feed ingredient that is of food grade nature.

Land use ratio

The principles of circular economy point toward the use of secondary raw materials, meaning they are produced from other (industrial) processes that are geared towards the production of a different product. In terms of agronomic resource depletion, the key element here is arable land use. The less arable land that is dedicated to the production of a feed ingredient, the more the feed ingredient is a product of the circular economy and in principle also the lower the carbon footprint. To quantify the low carbon footprint related to respective land use ratio of a feed ingredient, the principles of economic allocation from LCA-based methodologies such as the PEFCR Feed for Food-Producing Animals could help as it will indicate the extent to which the feed component of a crop is the economic driver for cultivation. This does not exclude the fact that even if the feed component is a key driver of crop cultivation, feed production still plays a role in adding value to the bioeconomy and contributes to sustainable arable land use. It is for example known that feed crops are often grown on arable land that cannot deliver the nutrients necessary for food grade production and feed crops have a role as a rotation crop in good agricultural practices.

Nutrient digestibility

When considering the circularity of a feed ingredient, the nutritional characteristics matter. These will determine how digestible the feed ingredient will be and to what extent it can be expected that the nutrients contribute to the nutritional profile of the animal product (while bearing in mind of course that the farm animal plays a crucial role here). In other words, the circularity of a feed ingredient is also determined by the extent to which the nutrients can be absorbed by the farm animal and are not lost through manure. For example, an increasing focus on nitrogen and phosphorus losses will further drive the attention for the digestion and excretion of these key nutrients at livestock level. 48 | August 2022 - Milling and Grain

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F Nutrient recovery practices

The examples of circular feed displayed on the following pages have predominantly been taken from the FEFAC publication Resource Efficiency Champions from 2019. These ‘recovered nutrients’ illustrate how the compound feed sector can maintain a large range of bio-resources in the food chain.

Citrus fruit processing

Billions of litres of juice from citrus fruit such as oranges, lemons and grapefruit are consumed globally. After the juice has been extracted, a solid residue made up of the peel and seeds remains. Called citrus pulp, this is a valuable feed co-product. Fresh pulp can be fed to animals locally, but very often it is pressed and dried into pellets, usually at the fruit pressing facility itself, before being exported globally as a commodity (particularly from Brazil and the United States). Citrus pulp is rich in energy and fibre, with good digestibility for ruminant species. Like sugar beet pulp, its highly digestible fibre content induces good rumination in cows’ stomachs, leading to the production of large quantities of saliva that have a buffering effect on the pH of the rumen. Citrus pulp containing oranges gives a sweet and aromatic flavour to the feed, aiding palatability. When the pulp contains lots of lemon or grapefruit pulp, the taste is usually more bitter. In dairy cattle, citrus pulp is known to maintain milk quality, especially milk fat. It is particularly well suited to ruminants, which are able to digest high-fibre feeds, and is a good example of how an additional element of agricultural crop production can be kept in the food chain. Due to its high fibre content and the presence of the antinutrient limonin, citrus pulp is much less suitable for pigs and is rarely used in poultry. What is meant by palatability? Taste! Farm animals (especially young piglets) can be picky eaters and compound feed manufacturers need to ensure that they create nutritionally balanced diets that will be eaten. Taste is a factor in this process. It is also important to produce homogenised feed, so animals do not go through their feed trough selectively. This is why compound feeds are often created as pellets.

Wheat & rice milling

When discussing the origins of the compound feed industry, it is appropriate to begin with the examples of recovered nutrients that result from wheat milling, as this is where the European compound feed industry has its origins in the early twentieth century. In fact, compound feed manufacturing was initially carried out by flour millers themselves, which is where the term ‘feed mills’ comes from. Surplus particles from grinding grains to produce flour were initially considered to be a waste product, but conserving these and diverting them as co-products for feed has become an integral part of the manufacturing process for one of the biggest industrial food ingredient sectors. During the production of non-whole-wheat bread, breakfast cereals and pasta, only the endosperm (flour) is used, leaving the hard outer layer (bran) behind. Wheat bran can have different definitions and compositions depending on the region where it is produced. Flour millers generally have good links with nearby feed markets, supporting local or regional supply chains. In bread manufacturing wheat bran is used in wholemeal bread, so people are generally aware that bran is richer in protein (14–19%), fibre,

minerals (particularly calcium and phosphorus) and oils than the endosperm. These nutritional traits are also beneficial to the feed industry. Wheat bran can be consumed by all types of farm animals, although the amount fed to poultry should be limited, as the high fibre content can impact digestibility. The inclusion of wheat bran in feed for sows and ruminants is extremely common. It is associated with improved milk fat yield in the latter. Rice grains are also surrounded by bran, human consumption of which is a lot less common than consumption of wheat bran. This is despite claims that roughly 80% of the nutrients are in the bran, even though it only makes up 10% of the grain. Rice bran is separated from the endosperm in a process that converts brown rice to white rice. As with wheat bran, it contains a useful amount of protein and fibre. The oil in rice bran usually still has a role in food production so it is very common to come across defatted rice bran as a feed material. Rice bran is also a good source of B and E vitamins and certain trace minerals such as manganese and zinc. As with wheat bran, rice bran is particularly suitable for dairy cattle due to its high fibre content. Feed safety requirements are applied horizontally across all feed materials, whether they are made from co-products or primary raw materials. Manufacturing processes have to control for good hygiene, hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP) and chemical residues, in line with Regulation (EC) No 183/2015, Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 and Directive 2002/32/EC

Grass bio-refining

With almost a billion tonnes of annual grass production, grass is the number one source of protein consumed by farm animals in Europe, representing almost 30 percent of the total crude protein consumption. It is a well-known fact that this feed material can only be digested by ruminants such as cattle, thanks to their multiple stomachs. The nutritional characteristics of grass (as well as roughage) make its protein and fibres indigestible for monogastric animals, such as pigs and poultry. Thanks to research and innovation in bio-refining, the cultivation of grasses, together with clovers and alfalfa, a solution is provided to diversify the market outlets, beyond the common main purpose as cattle feed. In the bio-refining process, fresh grass is crushed and pressed into two fractions; press cake and grass juice. From these two outputs, a range of products with different nutritional features are produced, serving different sectors of the bio-economy. The bio-refining of grass represents an optimisation of the nutrient use of a plant that plays a key role in carbon sequestration. In the case of conversion from cereals production to permanent pastures, it estimated that a reduction of 1–2 tonnes CO2-eq per hectare is possible, with also a reduction in nitrogen leaching of 30–50kg per hectare. Compared to the consumption of grass in its entirety by cattle, the bio-refining process allows for a better digestibility of the protein still remaining in the fibre fraction that is used as cattle feed, allowing for a reduction in nitrogen and phosphorus excretion. The grass protein concentrate that comes out of the bio-refining process is suitable for consumption by monogastric farm animals such as poultry, pigs and fish. Its nutritional profile is estimated to be of similar composition to soybean meal, meaning it could play a role in boosting the EU (protein) feed autonomy. The expectation is that with the full exploitation of the refining process, there is potential to reach up to 5–15 percent more Milling and Grain - August 2022 | 51

F proteins than present in soy. More research and development is needed to unlock further potential. This includes both the plant breeding aspects of the best suitable varieties for bio-refining purposes as well as the bio-refining process itself to extract the highest level of proteins from the biomass. Bio-refining is also being investigated for other (residual) plant materials, meaning more examples of new protein sources may emerge in the future. Although the representation of the feed outlet in biorefining is not directly comparable with more ‘typical’ cases where the feed industry absorbs a co-product resulting from a process that is geared towards a consumer product of higher value, these kinds of innovative examples illustrate how the feed industry helps animal production to become a more optimised component of the European circular bio-economy.

Oilseed crushing & vegetable oil refining

The oils extracted from soybeans, rapeseed, sunflower seeds and linseed are high-value food ingredients and are also significantly used in the production of biodiesel. The meal that results from oil extraction contains a high concentration of protein. Oilseed meals represent the most important source of proteinaceous feed materials for food-producing farm animals. Traditionally, oil was obtained by mechanically crushing seeds (a process called ‘expelling’), resulting in cakes. Today, crushing followed by solvent extraction has become the most common method as it yields a higher proportion of oil compared with protein meal separation. Toasting is used to reduce the presence of any anti-nutritional factors that could have a negative impact on the digestibility of the protein meals, while also minimising the risk of biological contamination. The oil from soybeans, rapeseed, sunflower seeds and linseed is the product with the highest economic value, but it can be argued that the protein content of soybeans has become a key driver for cultivating them. As a result of market factors, soybean meal has become the principal source of protein for the feed industry worldwide, setting the benchmark for all other vegetable protein sources. In a context of driving the circular economy, it is therefore hard to argue that the feed industry is recovering nutrients through its demand for soybean meal. Although use of sustainably produced soybean meal will always remain a part of industrial compound feed manufacturing, it must be acknowledged that an increased use of circular feed in principle will also help to reduce the of at least imported soybean meal. Rapeseed meal is the most common alternative to soybean meal, as well as the most important EU-grown vegetable protein source. With a higher fibre content and lower amino acid availability than soya, rapeseed meal is more suitable in ruminant feeds than in monogastrics or fish, which is also the case for sunflower meal. The use of sunflower and linseed cakes in feed for ruminants has a long history, dating back to the seventeenth century. One of their beneficial traits is the absence of intrinsic anti-nutritional factors, meaning that they do not need further specific treatment for feed use. Sunflower cake has high levels of the amino acid methionine, making it a very useful feed material for egg-laying birds. Innovation in processing technology has made it possible to develop sunflower meal with higher protein concentrations, allowing for direct replacement of soybean meal in feed formulation. 52 | August 2022 - Milling and Grain

Food manufacturing

During the production of foodstuffs such as bread, biscuits, chocolates, breakfast cereals, crisps and pasta, some of the output typically fails to meet the manufacturer’s required standards and becomes a ’former foodstuff’, destined for use in animal feed. Food can fail to meet the appropriate standards through production errors that lead to items being broken or incorrectly shaped, coloured, flavoured or labelled. Surpluses of unsaleable goods can also occur following seasonal events such as Christmas or Easter, or after a product line is discontinued. Former foodstuffs can also result from the challenges of daily delivery of certain foods. When former foodstuffs cease to be saleable for human consumption, and after the manufacturer or retailer has considered donating them to charity (for instance to a food bank), any remaining stock is typically still suitable and safe for animal feed production. Different foodstuffs can be collected and converted into an energy-rich feed which can take the place of ingredients that are normally selected for their energy value (such as wheat, barley or maize). Some former food products like chocolates, crisps and croissants have an oil content that means they may even be considered as ‘fat-fortified’ compared with cereal grains, offering further nutritional value. Because former foodstuffs have also typically undergone heat processing, the starch and other nutrients are more digestible. In addition, well-preserved former foodstuffs are not troubled by mycotoxins. Former foodstuffs represent a very broad category of feed materials, although as they are destined for food-producing animals they must not contain any meat or fish. It is also important to point out that as they are sourced from food manufacturers and retailers, they are not the same as catering waste. Processed former foodstuffs are used in feed for all species of farm animals, but they are most frequently destined for pig feed. Some people may have concerns about feeding chocolate to farm animals, but fortunately they metabolise theobromine (a compound that can be fatal to dogs) in the same way as humans. In fact, like humans, farm animals find the sweet content that former foodstuffs typically are made up of very tasty. ‘Former foodstuffs resulting from food manufacturing can be processed into a high-quality feed that fits perfectly into a balanced diet for healthy animals. Food producers therefore have a consistent and sustainable outlet for any foodstuffs that are no longer suitable for human consumption, and can thereby reduce food wastage’

About FEFAC

The European Feed Manufacturers’ Federation (FEFAC) was founded in 1959 by five national compound feed associations from France, Belgium, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. FEFAC represents 21 national Associations in 21 EU Member States as well as associate members in the UK, Switzerland, Turkiye and Norway, and the European associations EMFEMA and EFFPA

Low-performing livestock

How to meet the villain… and beat him

by Dr Iris Kröger, Technical Sales Manager, Dr Eckel Animal Nutrition, Germany ndotoxins have a high prevalence in intensive farming, potentially reducing performance and threatening animal health. Problems related to endotoxins occur even in well-managed farms—to the detriment of farmers and producers worldwide. And yet the danger posed by endotoxin contamination is still largely underestimated—although the

solution is close at hand. When high-performing livestock suffers from laminitis, ear or tail necrosis, liver damage, repeated inflammations, impaired immune reactions and diminished performance, it can most often be led back to the same cause: High endotoxin loads. Endotoxins are frequently confused with mycotoxins which occur in contaminated feed. But Endotoxins are something completely different.

It’s not the feed, it’s the gut

Rations high in starch and protein can lead to elevated endotoxin levels. Clearly, these rations are needed to meet energy and protein requirements for high performance. However, such rations lead to a change in the microflora of the gut or rumen toward gram-negative bacteria. As a result, Endotoxins are formed in the digestive tract of animals when these bacteria replicate or die during the digestive process. They occur particularly in intensive livestock production when rations rich in starch and protein are fed to meet energy and protein requirements for high performance. However, such feeding leads to a change in the microflora of the gut or rumen toward gram-negative bacteria. In addition, these intensive feeds damage the intestinal wall of the animals. Thus, 54 | August 2022 - Milling and Grain

the endotoxins in the intestine can be easily absorbed through the intestinal wall and transported to the liver. If the amount of endotoxins exceeds the liver's ability to detoxify them, the endotoxins trigger severe immune responses in the animals. As a result, clinical signs such as inflammation, liver damage and necrosis can occur, decreasing feed efficiency by almost one-third.

Preventing is saving—and gaining

Farmers often puzzle over what may be the cause of such symptoms as health deterioration, fever, lethargy, poor performance, high mortality, digestive problems, liver damage, a frail immune system, reduced fertility, inflammations and necrosis in their livestock. Research on the occurrence of endotoxins reveals that frequently they are the villain behind such damage. Recent studies indicate that young and high-performing animals are particularly susceptible to endotoxins. In swine, studies show that 50 to 100 percent of piglets are affected by tail, ear or claw necrosis from as early as their first day of life, which can be attributed at least in part to high endotoxin levels. And in the case of ruminants, where endotoxins cause laminitis and tail necrosis, as many as 90 percent of slaughtered fattening bulls have tail necrosis. Imagine the tremendous performance and health losses livestock producers could avoid in their animals if they were simply consistent in preventing endotoxins. An investment in endotoxin prevention is therefore always an investment in the farm, having a direct impact on its profitability.

Adressing the endotoxin challenge

To successfully prevent endotoxin damages in high-performing animals, Dr Eckel’s Anta®Catch follows a triple mode of action.

Fig. 1: Anta®Catch: The effective triple mode of action against endotoxin effects

Fig. 2: The innovative activation of Anta®Catch ensures high endotoxin immobilisation

First, it reduces the harmful effects of endotoxins across the board by reducing endotoxins in the digestive tract. In addition, its prebiotic ingredients strengthen the intestinal barrier and, finally, the phytogenic ingredients support the liver, counteracting excessive inflammatory reactions (Figure 1). The product is made from carefully selected raw materials that have been combined to provide the best protection against endotoxin-related problems. The product is activated in a unique process. This is achieved through rectification of the cations on the product’s surface, thus enabling Anta®Catch to immobilise endotoxins over a wide pH range, effectively catching a large amount of endotoxins in the animal’s digestive tract (Figure 2). In addition, the micronisation of the phytogenic ingredients in Anta®Catch improves the efficiency of their release and increases their effectiveness in protecting the liver by counteracting excessive inflammatory responses. Thereby, Anta®Catch protects poultry, ruminants, swine and fish effectively against endotoxin effects. This is an enormous step towards improving animal welfare and farm profitability.

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Rice flour bread The increasing popularity of rice flour as an alternative to wheat flour in Japan

by Mitsutaka Hisada, Planning Section Manager, International Management Office, Satake Corporation, Japan s a result of shortages in wheat supply due to weather conditions and other constraints from major wheat producing countries, the use of rice flour as an alternative to wheat flour is gaining popularity in Japan. These issues have caused price hikes of wheat and wheat-derived products. For example, in Japan where about 90 percent of wheat consumed is imported, the price of wheat has risen by 17.3 percent as of April 2022 and has similarly increased the price of bread and other baked foods made from wheat. Consequently, rice flour emerges as an economical alternative to wheat flour. However, the current size of the rice flour market is still relatively small. The production of rice for direct consumption was over 7million tonnes in 2021, while the production for rice flour was only about 40 thousand tonnes. Accordingly, most Japanese rice flour manufacturers catering to this market are either small or medium sized. On the other hand, advancements in rice milling technology that do not compromise the flavor of rice have led to increased production and utilisation of rice flour. The demand for rice flour has steadily increased up to 41 thousand tonnes in 2021, and is expected to reach 43 thousand tonnes in 2022. In addition, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has targeted to increase rice production for rice flour to 130 thousand tonnes by 2030, triple that of 2021.

Development of rice bread

As mentioned, rice flour is becoming more popular as the main ingredient in bread that can completely substitute wheat flour. However, bread made solely from rice flour has lower dough viscosity than wheat flour bread, resulting in less puffiness, and often wheat-derived gluten has to be added to the dough to make it puff up sufficiently. To address the issue, Satake has developed a new rice flour bread production method. This food product development research resulted in identifying a thickening agent (polysaccharide thickener) that could replace gluten to obtain higher dough viscosity in a rice flour bread. The research also established a manufacturing method that blends the right type and amount of thickening agent into rice flour to produce bread with the same degree of puffiness as wheat-flour bread. A patent for this novel manufacturing method has been applied for and is pending. A step-by-step production process for rice-flour bread is illustrated in Figure 1. First, water is added to the ingredients including rice flour and mixed, this is followed by primary fermentation at a constant temperature for 30 to 60 minutes, and then the mixture is mixed again. The dough is then placed in a mould and subjected to secondary

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In Japan, a wide range of traditional snacks and sweets are made from rice. With its unique fluffy and chunky texture, rice flour products have come to be accepted by a wide range of consumers from young to old. Also, rice flour is widely used in food products, such as batter for Japanese style fried chicken. This is due to its characteristics of less oil absorption, which makes the deep-fried food crunchier than wheat flour. Most recent and increasing usage is as a substitute for the wheat flour due to health problems associated with allergies. Being gluten free, rice flour has gained popularity in school lunches and baby foods. 58 | August 2022 - Milling and Grain

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F fermentation at a constant temperature for 30 to 60 minutes, the fermentation is stopped when the dough has expanded to a certain extent, roughly doubling in size (as shown in Figure 2). The exterior and interior of rice-flour bread after the baking process is shown in Figure 3. In general, gluten-free rice-flour bread does not form gluten as compared to regular wheat bread, resulting in weaker puffiness and inferior quality, including texture. However, the newly developed rice-flour bread, despite being gluten-free, puffs up well and is not inferior in its sensory quality when compared to wheat bread.

Figure 2: Rice-flour bread before and after fermentation

Rice bread is free of food allergens

The foremost benefit of a rice-flour bread is its absence of food allergens. In making the rice bread, rice flour, sugar, salt, fat (canola oil), yeast, thickener (polysaccharide thickener), and water were the only ingredients used. There is no wheat-derived gluten, butter, eggs, or any of the other 28 allergenic ingredients, making the newly developed rice bread a safe, healthy and enjoyable option for those with food allergies.

Halving baking time

Rice-flour bread dough is softer than wheat-flour bread dough and expands in a shorter fermentation time, resulting in a breadmaking time of 120 minutes, about half the time required for wheat-flour bread. During baking, the dough expands to the same degree as wheat-flour bread when baked, resulting in a fluffy, light, and delicious bread texture. This makes it possible to offer rice-flour bread to general households, the food industry, and hospitality industry without food allergy concerns.

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Working safely at height How to avoid personal injury & financial loss when completing tasks that require leaving the ground

by Andrew Wilkinson, Milling and Grain magazine

ccording to the latest Health and Safety Executive statistics, falls are the second leading cause of accidental or unintentional injury deaths worldwide. In 2019/20, falls from height accounted for 29 out of 111 workplace deaths (26%), in the UK. In the period 2015-19 there was an average of 36 fatalities per year due to falls from height (24% of all workplace fatalities). An operative is considered to be working at height if they are completing a task using a ladder or a flat roof, a situation where if there were no precautions in place, they could fall a distance liable to cause personal injury. Although it is described in the Work at Height Regulations 2005 (WAHR) as being an avoidable practice, there are occasions when working at height in a food storage or preparation facility is the only viable option when completing tasks such as cleaning or maintenance. In the USA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires that fall protection be provided at elevations of four feet in general industry workplaces. The Working at height, PPE and the European Directive 89/656/CEE, which forms the greater part of the legislation relevant in Europe, providing a similar definition. Working hours lost to injury is not only bad news for the injured 62 | August 2022 - Milling and Grain

party, it can also be very detrimental to a business. With the current financial climate being as it is, even losing a small number of staff to avoidable injury could soon see your once proud and functional team replaced with an inexperienced and poorly motivated underperforming monolith. Set out with the aim of avoiding this, the following guide describes what employers, operatives and other industry employees should be aware of in order to protect themselves from physical injury and/or financial loss.

Risk assessment

In the USA the OSHA states that whether conducting a hazard assessment or developing a comprehensive fall protection plan, thinking about fall hazards before the work begins will help the employer to manage fall hazards and focus attention on prevention efforts. In the UK, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) says risk should be assessed "every time there are new machines, substances and procedures, which could lead to new hazards." An example of this includes whenever a new task brings in significant new hazards, such as the need to complete a task whilst working at height. In this instance, the first course of action is to complete a full risk assessment. An employer is always responsible for completing a risk assessment whenever anyone will be working at height and then keeping this on file for future reference.

F This process should look at: - The complexity of the work being done - Who is doing the work their level of training, knowledge, skills and experience. - The weather and surface conditions - such as wet or sloping roofs. - How materials will be raised to the working area, and where they will be stored. - The equipment that will be needed.

Step 2: Prevent falls from occurring

If there is no choice but to work from height, the next step is to prevent falls from occurring. If there is an existing safe place to work, it should be used. Locations including parapet walls, defined access points, or a flat roof with existing edge protection is likely to be safer than more temporary options.

Step 3: Prevent falls by providing collective protection

The risk assessment should also provide details of emergency arrangements including properly developed rescue plans, the people trained in rescue procedures and a list of suitable rescue equipment.

Scaffolding, edge protection, handrails, podium steps, mobile towers and mobile elevating work platforms (MEWP’s) are all collective protection methods as they protect more than one person at a time. They’re used where there is no option but to work at height, and the location doesn’t offer an existing safe place to work.

Controlling the risks

Step 4: Prevent falls by providing personal protection

In order to ensure the level of risk is kept to a minimum, the HSE states that the employer should follow the hierarchy of control described below when planning any work at height. The organisation adds that following the framework outlined below will help to ensure that the necessary precautions are in place, so long as the steps at the top are always considered prior to moving down the list.

Step 1: Avoid working at height

Where possible, working at height should be avoided. Sometimes it is possible to assemble the work on the ground and lift it into position using a crane, or removed and brought down to the floor when conducting maintenance and cleaning. Alternatively, guard rails can be fixed to structural steelwork on the ground, before lifting and fixing at height.

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If collective protection measures cannot be used, maybe as a result of space restrictions, the next step is to prevent falls with personal protection methods. Using a work restraint (or travel restriction) system keeps operatives anchored to a safe point. It stops them getting into a position where they could fall.

Step 5: Minimise the distance and/or consequences of a fall using collective protection

If personal protection methods cannot be used, then the employer should plan to minimise the distance and/or consequences of a fall using collective protection. Safety netting, airbags or soft landing systems can save a life if the worst happens and someone falls from height.

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F Step 6: Minimise the distance / effect of a fall using personal protection (the last resort)

The last resort of fall protection is to minimise the distance and/ or consequences of a fall using personal protection. This might be needed if you are working on the external wall of a silo or hopper for example, where there’s no platform to stand on, or collective protection cannot be used due to the potential fall distance. Industrial rope access or a fall-arrest system that uses a harness and a fall arrest lanyard would be used. These secure operatives to a suitable, high level anchor point.

Fragile surfaces

People are often killed or injured by falling through a roof that they didn’t realise was unsafe. Many people don’t know that parts of a roof are fragile. Some surfaces are obviously fragile, whilst others may go unnoticed until it’s too late. Surfaces that could be fragile include: - Roof lights - Glass (including wired glass) - Old liner panels or built-up sheeted roofs - Chipboard and plywood boards - Asbestos and fibre cement sheets - Slates and tiles - Metal sheets

Using a safety harness safely

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last resort as this precaution possesses its own unique dangers. When deciding what sort of fall-arrest harness and lanyard you need, the employer should take into account where it’s being used, how far the operative might fall, as well as any obstructions they could strike. They’ll also need to consider the pendulum effect, a term used to describe how far the falling person might swing from side to side as the fall is being arrested. The choice of materials used in fall protection PPE can also be particularly important in heavy industry maintenance and inspection works. Certain hostile or corrosive environmental conditions may call for specific performance characteristics. If this is the case, then the advice of a reputable fall protection equipment manufacturer should be sought.

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Training is essential

Like with any new piece of equipment, operatives should never use a harness to work at height unless they have been trained. This is because like with most safety equipment, not knowing how to use it effectively will render using it either futile or in some cases. This is because it's unlikely that they will know how to fit it properly and inspect it for damage. It is also critical for them to know the difference between the right and the wrong locations and materials to attach it to. Using and understanding PPE correctly is clearly critical, thus the importance of user manuals in the Regulation (EU) 2016/425, as they are not only mandatory, but also supervised and approved by the notified body in responsible for PPE certification. Point 5 talks to the need for instruction documentation: ‘Adequate information on each item of personal protective equipment, required under paragraphs 1 and 2, shall be provided and made available within the undertaking and/or establishment.’ PPER 2016/425 requires manufacturers of fall protection PPE to provide printed instructions with each item of PPE. Instructions may additionally also be provided in a downloadable format, but only subject to printed instructions packaged with each item of PPE. Users and those responsible for their safety should always ensure that fall protection equipment is being used in line with manufacturers’ guidelines and that all instructional material has been read and understood before use.

from a suitably qualified person must be called as the casualty will require a full medical assessment. Although the HSE does refer to the use of fall arrest lanyards and harnesses as being a last resort, the cold hard fact is this these devices could be all that protects you from falling to your death. So, make sure that when using one, you clip onto a suitable anchorage point at all times.

The consequences of non-compliance

If a worker is injured because a company has failed to undertake appropriate risk assessments or effectively apply the hierarchy of control and/or provision appropriate PPE, the consequences can be grave. Every injury that results in a loss of working time if is thoroughly investigated, and any breach of regulations, whether in the UK, USA or Europe will likely be cited as evidence of negligence in a court of law. It’s also important to remember industrial settings are constantly evolving due to new processes and/or machinery etc. As such, so are potential risks. This, coupled with the introduction of new standards and product advancements, means that regular reviews of risk assessments and PPE should be undertaken. Companies coming under scrutiny for safety failings in light of the regulations will not only incur a fine, which can be very severe, but face significant and potentially long-term reputational damage.

Have a rescue plan in place

Before a task at height can be completed using a harness, a rescue plan must always be in place. The rescue plan is a term to describe the safety document that details the procedures and protocols that should be enacted if someone falls while wearing a harness. Although seeing your workmate dangling from a harness is probably something that a lot of would find quite amusing, they will need to be rescued quickly. This is because aside from injuries they might have sustained from falling, people in this situation can experience a condition called suspension syncope where the suspended person faints, causing further complications and injury. It is also worth bearing in mind that if someone has been suspended in a harness for any amount of time, then assistance 66 | August 2022 - Milling and Grain

Working at height - five things you should know

Working at height should always be avoided Employers must provide suitable fall protection whenever anyone is working at height. Employers should also follow a clear hierarchy to decide the right type of safety measures to use. Operatives should only use equipment that they have been specifically trained to use. The type of access equipment used will always be determined by the outcome of a risk assessment.

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Tubular drag conveyors The petfood processing handling system with double the capacity of belt or bucket systems

by Del Williams, Cablevey Conveyors, USA

n addition to fewer spillages, breakages or downtime due to necessary cleaning and maintenance, petfood processors have long sought a safer, more energy-efficient means of conveying their product. Although tubular drag conveyors have offered these desired attributes compared to belt, bucket, or pneumatic systems, many in the industry selected these traditional options to move higher volumes or larger-sized products. However, eight-inch diameter tubular drag conveyors have now become widely available that essentially double the volumes of smaller six-inch units. This provides comparable volumes and pricing to conventional industrial systems and enables the transport of much larger product sizes than previously possible. These systems can safely and gently convey volumes comparable to belt or bucket systems with the use of much less power, product loss, damage or downtime. This is achieved by gently moving the product through a sealed tube using a coated, flexible stainless-steel drag cable pulled through on a loop. Solid circular discs (flights) are attached to the cable, which push the product through the tube without the use of air, enabling them to excel in transporting delicate, precise blends for a wide variety of food types in versatile layouts and configurations. “Today, eight-inch tubular drag cable conveyors can move up to 2,000ft³ and 80,000lb/h depending on the bulk density of materials. The units can transport product as large as whole potatoes and midsized grapefruit, and are increasingly used to convey pet food, cereal, nuts, and whole fruit,” says Clint Hudson, Engineering Manager at Cablevey Conveyors – a mechanical conveyor manufacturer that serves the petfood, specialty food, coffee, nut, powder and produce markets. According to Bob Owen, Director of Product Performance at Cablevey, the primary reasons why industry professionals are turning to the higher volume tubular drag cable conveyors include improved power use, safety, product preservation, product quality, and production uptime.

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Reduced energy bills

As energy prices continue to rise, pet food processors are paying more attention to reducing the power required to convey materials. Within plants, the motors needed to convey large volumes of food materials can vary greatly in power consumption. At the high end are pneumatic conveyors that utilise air to move product at high velocity through an enclosed line by creating air pressure above or below the atmospheric level. High-volume pneumatic conveyors generally require larger, power-hungry motors up to 20-50hp or more that run fans, blowers, and rotary valves. At the mid-range of power consumption are belt conveyors and bucket elevators. In a typical conveyor belt system, a belt forms a closed loop and stretches across two or more pulleys with a drive pulley that enables it to rotate continually. Bucket elevators move material using buckets attached to a rotating belt or chain. The buckets pick up material, move it to an endpoint, discharge material, and return to the starting point to pick up a new load. To convey a similar, high-volume amount of material, belt conveyors and bucket elevators would typically utilise approximately 25hp motors, says Owen. At the low end of power consumption are eight-inch tubular drag cable conveyors, which would usually use a 7.5hp motor to move a comparable, voluminous amount of material. “The drag cable pulls the solid circular discs (flights) attached to the cable at low speed through a loop, which requires less energy than conventional methods. The ample size and number of the discs on eight-inch units enable conveying a similar amount of material as traditional belt, bucket, or pneumatic units,” comments Mr Owen.

Improved safety standards

Open systems such as bucket elevators and belt conveyors are common in the pet food industry but have substantial drawbacks in terms of the potential for contamination. With either type of system, any product that is left uncovered can potentially expose

F it to contaminants and moisture in the surrounding environment. Open systems also allow product spillage onto the plant floor, which can present a slip and fall hazard if not promptly addressed. Unlike open systems, closed systems like tubular drag cable conveyors and pneumatic units effectively seal off product from the outside environment and any potential contamination from that source. The enclosed nature of the systems ensures no dust escapes that could lead to an unsanitary and potentially dangerous coating of dust on the floor or process equipment. The result is a safer, cleaner, dust-free work environment and reduced risk of dust explosions if the product is in powdered form. The enclosed systems also eliminate the inherent risk of slip and fall incidents due to product discharge onto the processing area floor.

Increased product preservation

Enclosed conveyors prevent the product loss intrinsic to open systems such as belt or bucket utilising units. Once food product is in the enclosed tube, it cannot fall out, and no powdered product is lost in the form of escaped dust. Preventing product loss can offer considerable benefits to the food processor’s profitability with surprisingly quick return on investment (ROI) in some cases. In the example of an international pet food manufacturer processing dog kibble, a bucket elevator was allowing excessive product loss due to spillage. “When the pet food manufacturer switched to an eight-inch tubular drag cable conveyor, they minimised product spillage and reported a one-year ROI for the system,” says Mr Owen.

Improved product quality

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F form, preserving product integrity is important. However, the rough mechanical action of scooping/dumping product from buckets can cause incidental damage, lowering value. So can the high-velocity conveyance of pneumatic systems through vertical/ horizontal tubing, turns, and sweeps, which can batter product during the process. In contrast, tubular cable conveyors offer a gentler alternative. When the systems move product through a sealed tube using a coated, flexible stainless-steel drag cable pulled through on a loop, the solid circular discs attached to the cable push the product at low speed through the tube without the use of air, preserving product integrity and minimising waste. “After a cereal manufacturer turned to a high-volume tubular cable conveyor it was able to reduce product damage,” he says. The premium for processing high-value products whole and unblemished can be even greater for some products like nuts. “One food processor that used almonds in its recipe was only able to sell its product for 40 cents a pound if the almonds were damaged. The same product sold for US$4/lb if the almonds were whole and undamaged,” adds Mr Owen. He notes that the processor chose to use a tubular cable conveyor to minimise product damage and optimise the sales price.

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and cleaned inside and out to remove accumulated residue. Belt conveyors are usually cleaned with scrapers, but this can still leave product residue that must be removed with a more thorough method. If not cleaned properly, the food product conveyed must be discarded due to contamination, which equates to lost profit. Or worse, consumers could be harmed, resulting in costly recalls, damage to brand and reputation, or even potential litigation and liability. With closed conveyors, cleaning is also a mixed bag. Pneumatic conveyors can still be relatively time consuming to clean and sanitise if any manual procedures are involved. With regard to maintaining cleanliness, tubular drag cable conveyor systems generally offer more options for dry and wet tube conveyor cleaning. These include brush boxes, urethane wipers, air knives, inline sponges, inline bristle brushes, and multi-step, essentially automated Clean-In-Place (CIP) wet cleaning. “Using more automated forms of cleaning like inline wipers, sponges, and air knives or CIP wet cleaning can result in hours of additional production uptime after every product change, compared to conventional manual methods,” states Mr Owen. Pet food processors are generally more familiar with traditional belt, bucket, or pneumatic systems than with tubular drag cable conveyor systems. Previously, processors had selected these familiar systems when they required higher capacity. Today, however, eight-inch tubular drag cable units can basically match the high-volume output of the traditional systems but with significant advantages in power consumption, safety, product preservation/quality, and production uptime.

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by Andrew Wilkinson, Milling and Grain

June 7-8, 2022 sees the focus of the world’s grain and raw materials experts switch to the International Grains Council (IGC) Grains Conference 2022 in London, UK. Don’t forget to pencil in 13th and 14th June 2023 for IGC Grains Conference 2023 in London and register your interest in advance.

The 2022 edition of the two day International Grains Conference (IGC) saw in excess of 300 delegates from more than 60 countries, enjoy the networking opportunities, with many of them forming huddles all around the second floor of the proud and historic Savoy Place hotel on the banks of the famous old River Thames. Presented in coordination with the Grain and Feed Trade Association (GAFTA) and the International Grain Trade Coalition (IGTC), the IGC Grains Conference forms part of a series of industry events which will be held in London, under the banner ‘London Grains Week 2022.’ This year’s conference addresses the ever-pressing issue of ‘resilience to vulnerabilities in global food systems’ requires policy makers and private enterprise to share knowledge, expertise and opinions. This is why IGC is uniquely positioned; it has long been regarded as a global forum where such discussions can take place, with the annual conference bringing together key players from the public and private sectors. In addition to expressions of concern regarding the immediate future of world food prices, much of the discussions over the two days related to the situation in Ukraine and how the potential lasting damage resulting from it could be mitigated. As well as the heated discussions in the breakout rooms, the live Q&A sessions were also filled with interesting and lively debate, with many members of the virtual and in-person audience able to ask questions to the 60 international speakers directly. Building resilience to global market vulnerabilities Recent history has demonstrated that disruptive events can pose significant challenges to global supply chains. As the world emerges from the turmoil inflicted by the Covid-19 pandemic, and as the focus increasingly turns to climate change, building resilience to future shocks is at the top of the agenda. This is particularly true when discussing life-vital systems, of which food is paramount. Furthermore, efforts to boost resilience at a national level may have consequences for global markets, which are vital for food security in deficit regions. This year’s conference featured contributions from speakers in pre-recorded format and live, the event will focus on a number of key topics, including supply chain vulnerabilities, sustainability as well as related climate change mitigation policies, and will be centred around four main sessions: - Economic growth with a special focus on infrastructure and logistical investments required to cope with shocks throughout the supply chain - Sustainability criteria and new trade policies in agricultural commodities - Carbon trading schemes and their potential use as a tool to incentivise climate change mitigation measures in the grains trade sector The future of biofuels within the context of renewable energy policy, particularly in the transport. Although much of the discussion did focus on the situation neighbouring the Black Sea, Asia formed the regional focus of the conference, including an examination of trends in food demand, particularly the substitution between rice and wheat. In addition to this, day two of the event included a number of commodity-specific workshops covering topical issues affecting markets for wheat, rice, oilseeds and pulses. Prior to the event, the IGC’s Executive Director Arnaud Petit addressed attendees, “I wish to thank our partners USSEC, US Grains Council, Bayer, IGTC, Euronext, Control Union, Refinitiv

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and Argus Media for their continued support and contributions. Their regular support helped us to bring you a truly international conference in a nice environment!” This year delegates and attendees alike were able to keep track of all events and developments using a specifically designed and easy to use conference app. Accessible for the next six months, this portal enabled us to access video presentations and recordings of the live Q&A sessions. For your convenience, a summary of all of these presentations is included below 1.1 Regional snapshot: substitution potential in food-grain markets in Asia Asia is one of the most dynamic regional markets for grains and oilseeds. Amid changing dietary patterns and consumer preferences, asymmetric market disruptions and price movements between wheat and rice provide some margin of manoeuvre for substitution. This session will address economic factors and trends within food-grain (wheat and rice) markets in key consuming countries. Moderated by Nigel Hunt (Senior Correspondent, Thomson Reuters), this presentation’s panel consists of JY Chow (Executive Director, Agrifood & Retail Sector Coverage Lead Asia Oceania, Mizuho Bank, Singapore), Joseph Sowers (Regional Vice President, South and Southeast Asia US Wheat Associates), Alejandra Danielson Castillo (Regional Director for South Asia, US Grains Council), Timothy Loh (Regional Director

for Southeast Asia, U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC) and Yulia Koroleva, (Director, FSI Centre of Grain Quality Assurance, Russia). 1.2 Economic outlook: bottlenecks and investments in logistics and infrastructure Logistics and freight have risen to the top of the news agenda due to Covid-19 linked turmoil, while prospects for extreme climate events have generated fears of further disruption to trade. The session addresses the main drivers of the shipping sector and discusses future investments needed to improve its resilience and explore forecast of the maritime freight. Moreover, at COP26, an initiative emerged from the shipping sector on green corridors, a development which may generate new opportunities for grains trade. Moderated by Philip Hampsheir (Chief Executive, Rochester Productions, Former BBC Business Presenter), this presentation’s panel consists of Raveen Guliani (Director of Trade Development and logistics, DP World, UAE), Richeng Luan (President, COFCO Corporation) Markiyan Dmytrasevych (Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, Ukraine), Laura Wellesley (Senior Research Fellow, Environment and Society Programme, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House) and Hartmut van Lengerich (Senior Vice President, Head of Crop Protection Asset Management, Bayer).

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1.3 Food security and trade This session seeks to provide an informal space for dialogue on trade and food security among experts from international organisations and policymakers. It enables participants to explore the linkages between food security, policy frameworks, and trade and markets. Participants are therefore able to look holistically at the relationship between trade and the multiple dimensions of food security, including access, availability, stability and use, in light of existing and future challenges. In doing so, this session will contribute to deepening understanding among participants of the main drivers behind food insecurity, and how policies and rules affect grains trade and markets. Moderated by Philip Hampsheir (Chief Executive, Rochester Productions, Former BBC Business Presenter), this presentation’s panel consists of Victoria Prentis MP (Minister for Farming, Fisheries and Food), Taras Kachka (IGC Chairman, Deputy Minister for Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture, Trade Representative of Ukraine), David Nabarro, (Co-lead, UN Global Crisis Response Group) and Frédéric Lambert (Head of the Europe and International Service, Ministry of Agriculture and Food, France). 1.4 Supporting and advancing our common Grain Trade interests Grain trade and food systems around the world are responding to a number of dramatic and fundamental forces. The International Grains Council seeks to further international cooperation in grains trade; promote expansion, openness and fairness in the grains sector; contribute to grain market stability and to enhance world food security. The International Grain Trade Coalition Association (IGTC) is successfully serving our common interests by promoting and facilitating the performance of the supply chain for grains, oilseeds, pulses and derived products. This session presents an opportunity for the group to share its views on how today’s geo-political risks, grain and oilseed

market opportunities, innovation and insights gained will help the value chain and policymakers to provide for more coherent, effective, and context-appropriate actions. Through this panel session the organisation aims to promote global grain trade, sustainable food systems and food security. Our shared understandings and joint actions will contribute to the global grain trade and food system’s ability to respond to today’s environment whilst promoting efficiency and profitability for value chain actors. Moderated by Gary C Martin, (President, IGTC), this presentation’s panel consists of Jeremy Cheon (Senior Director, Global Trade Execution Bunge), Sorin Albeanu (Head of Commercial, Covantis SA), Manuel Teijeiro (Managing Director, Control Union Collateral Services) and Pat O’Shannassy (CEO, Grain Trade Australia). 1.5 Trade finance: the future of carbon trading Carbon sequestration is the process of capturing and storing atmospheric carbon dioxide. It is one method of reducing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere with the goal of reducing global climate change.Alongside carbon markets, these measures are essential to achieving the goal of net-zero emissions. As businesses increasingly commit to reducing emissions, it is anticipated that carbon sequestration practices and carbon trading will need to scale up by 15- to 160-fold in order to meet growing demand. This session addresses the development of carbon credit markets and the potential for regenerative agriculture and farming within the supply chain. Moderated by Arnaud Petit (Executive Director, IGC), this presentation’s panel consists of Alyssa Whitcraft (NASA Harvest Deputy Director & Manager, University of Maryland, Department of Geographical Sciences), Thomas J Erickson (Erickson Law & Consulting, PLLC, USA), Ramiro Costa (Deputy Executive Director, Buenos Aires Grain Exchange, Argentina) and Ryan Sirolli (Global Row Crop Sustainability Director, Cargill, USA).

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1.6 Trade policy: sustainability criteria and trade policy Sustainability criteria are among the tools developed to support the grains, oilseeds and rice industry to respond to consumer demands for climate-friendly food systems. However, there is a danger that, amid multiple initiatives, markets may become less efficient. Moderated by Nigel Hunt (Senior Correspondent, Thomson Reuters), this session addresses ways to improve consistency across competing schemes, thereby providing the greatest benefit to trade. This presentation’s panel consists of Laurent Martel (Director of Bioline by InVivo, France), Jean-Marie Paugam (Deputy Director General, World Trade Organization), Mamati Tembe (Head of Public Affairs Science and Sustainability, Africa, Bayer), Michel HR Santos (Senior Director, Global Sustainability, Bunge), Gary Litman (Senior Vice President for Global Initiatives, U.S. Chamber of Commerce), Rosalind R Leeck (Senior Director for Market Access/Northeast Asia Regional, US Soybean Export Council). 1.8 Climate change: future of the biofuels sector amid decarbonisation policies In the past two decades, biofuels sectors have developed quickly and sizeably in efforts to reduce harmful emissions and provide a more sustainable future in supplying various segments of the market. However, with the fast expansion of the electric vehicle sector in developed regions increasingly in focus, this raises questions as to the future utilisation of biofuels, notably, ethanol and biodiesel. This session also considers developments in the context of the broader policy backdrop surrounding decarbonisation and the applications for the use of raw materials in future years. Moderated by Arnaud Petit (Executive Director, IGC), the panel for this presentation consists of Nicolas Broutin (President, Yara France), André Nassar (Executive President, ABIOVE - Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries), Ryan LeGrand (President and CEO, US Grains Council), Seth Meyer (Chief Economist, US Department of Agriculture - USDA) and Benjamin Jasserand (Crush margins Manager, Saipol, Groupe Avril). 2.1 Rice: Perspectives on logistical disruption to trade amid turbulence in container freight markets Global rice trade reached a record in 2021 (Jan/Dec), with a significant increase in demand from African and Asian buyers. However, exporters and importers faced substantial logistical challenges in completing orders due to disruption in shipping markets, with a widespread shortage of containers underpinning a surge in freight rates. Unlike other bulk-agricultural commodities, a significant portion of rice is shipped in containers in small volumes, notably high-valued speciality grades, such as fragrant and basmati rice. Furthermore, reports indicated that container shipping lines were reluctant to carry rice, with priority instead given to commercial goods, demand for which was robust. Consequently, buyers switched to shipping volumes on a bulk vessel, either alone or in unison with other importers, although

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this caused other issues, including related to warehouse space. Moderated by Peter Clubb (Market Analyst, IGC), this session focuses on the logistical difficulties facing the international rice sector, highlighting ways in which traders adapted to disruption in the container market, as well as future prospects. The panel for this presentation consists of Richard Watts (Director, HR Maritime, Berlin), Rajiv Kumar (Executive Director, The Rice Exporters Association, India), Amadou Abdoulaye Fall (Agricultural Economist/Researcher, ISRA SaintLouis, Senegal), Gerald Masila (Executive Director, East African Grain Council - EAGC) and Alexander Waugh (Director, UK Rice Association). 2.2 Maize: 2022/23 trade prospects, with a special focus on infrastructure and logistics in key exporters Global grains and oilseeds supply chains, which proved resilient during the Covid-19 pandemic, continue to be challenged by supply disruptions due to geopolitical tensions in the Black Sea region. Amid heightened concerns about a potentially protracted conflict and the impact on global trade, the focus is now firmly on capacity and logistics in other key exporters as importers look to other origins to meet requirements. Moderated by Miriam Morath (Economist, IGC), this workshop discusses opportunities and challenges for the main exporters in addressing the shortfall in global maize market availability, with a particular emphasis on logistics and transportation costs against the backdrop of elevated fuel and commodity prices. The panel of experts also assesses infrastructure projects at key origins, aimed at increasing export capacity and ensuring the resilience of local and international supply chains. These experts are Marcos Gomes de Amorim (Chair of the External Contracts Committee, ANEC - Association of National Grains Exporters), Brazil), Mykola Gorbachov (President of the Ukrainian Grain Association), Reece Cannady (Assistant Director for Europe and Middle East, US Grains Council), Javier Preciado Patiño (Under Secretary for Agricultural Markets, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Argentina) and Agustin Larralde (Director of Market Planning and Analysis, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Argentina). 2.3 Wheat: What’s in store for the disrupted market? The global wheat market has been roiled by the Black Sea conflict. The resulting disruption to trade flows from the region has fuelled worries about already tight exporter stocks and triggered a spike in global export prices which, coupled with elevated freight costs, contributed to increased food security threats in some regions. While Black Sea exports will ultimately be shaped by the duration of military action, significant downside risks for 2022/23 grain production in Ukraine stress the importance of harvests and availabilities in other key exporters. Aside from exportable surpluses outside the Black Sea region, the trade matrix for the year ahead will be shaped by logistical capacity at alternative origins, including in India and Australia. Price considerations will also be key as sustained high import costs could prompt further demand rationing.

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Moderated by Alexander Karavaytsev (Senior Economist, IGC), this workshop discusses global wheat supply and trade prospects in the face of potentially protracted Black Sea hostilities, focusing on deliveries to Near East Asia and Africa. The discussion also covers possible export and import policy developments, which might influence global trade flows in the near-term. The panel for this session consists of Fahad Vaipel (Vice President, Olam, Switzerland), Carlos Mera (Head of Agri Commodities Market Research, Rabobank London), Eren Günhan Ulusoy (Chairman, IAOM Eurasia and CEO for Ulusoy & Söke Milling Companies), Sergey Feofilov (General Director, UkrAgroConsult), Laurent Crastre (Senior Research Analyst, Refinitiv), Nathan Cordier (Grain Analyst, Agritel – an Argus Media Company) and Fiona Poynter (Agricultural Lead, Business Development, Agritel). 2.4 Soyabeans: Domestic and international demand requirements – priorities among key global suppliers With growing populations and rising incomes boosting demand, global soybean utilisation has expanded strongly in the past decade, with traded volumes rising by about 80 percent. As a consequence, planting decisions in key producers have become ever more closely linked to prospects for international sales. While recent years have seen growth moderate, the Council expects trade to advance in future. But what about domestic requirements in the world’s leading producers and exporters? Moreover, the countries of the US, Brazil and Argentina are home to sizeable feed sectors, while food and industrial segments are important in shaping local demand. Moderated by Nathan Kemp (Senior Economist, IGC), this workshop, featuring a panel of international experts, assesses prospects for domestic and global demand in future years, highlighting how existing and emerging trends will likely shape growth potential, while the role of policy will be discussed. This panel of international experts consists of Louis Gourbin (Head of Commodities, B3 - Brasil, Bolsa Balcão), Gustavo Idígoras (President, Argentine Edible Oil Association Grain Exporters Association, Argentina), Scott Gerlt (Economist, American Soybean Association), Dong Soon Choi (Senior Analyst, Supply Chain & Commodities Research, Refinitiv) and Darren Cooper (Senior Economist, IGC). 2.5 Rapeseed/Canola: Mitigating trade risks in a market that is heavily reliant on a small number of exporters. Global rapeseed/canola trade is forecast to fall markedly in 2021/22, reflecting the impact of a plunge in availabilities in Canada. With the shortfall in supplies resulting in a spike in international prices, importers have rationed demand. The situation comes in the face of a sizeable expansion of processing in major producers and exporters in recent years in response to growing demand for shipments of rapeseed/canola products. Furthermore, the EU has become increasingly reliant on the world market. More recently, the ongoing Black Sea conflict has added to uncertainties about future supplies of oilseeds and products more generally, especially given Ukraine’s position as a dominant exporter of sunflower products. Moderated by Darren Cooper (Senior Economist, IGC), this

workshop will discuss the risks associated with markets where global shipments of oilseeds and products are concentrated in a small number of suppliers. A key theme will be to explore ways in which consumers mitigate risk and adapt to periods of excessive price volatility. Given what appears to be somewhat limited potential for growth in world rapeseed/canola production, and with supplies of sunflower products expected to remain tight for the foreseeable future, experts will assess the options available to consumers of oilseeds and products in food, feed and industrial sectors. The panel of assembled experts for this session consists of Stephan Arens (Managing Director of UFOP eV, Berlin), Nick Goddard (Executive Officer, Australian Oilseeds Federation), Svitlana Synkovska (Founder & Managing Director of AGRISS), Jim Everson (President, Canola Council of Canada) and Peter Clubb (Market Analyst, IGC). 2.6 Pulses: Will Asia continue to drive world trade in the future? World pulses trade has expanded by 30 percent in the past ten years, with most regions contributing to the uptrend in demand. Nevertheless, Asia is by far the most important consuming region, with shipments typically accounting for more than half of traded volumes, shaped by increasing populations, rising incomes and evolving food consumption trends. Given the market’s sheer size, changes in the policy backdrop can have a profound impact on global import demand: moreover, volumes fell sharply in 2018 after India – the world’s biggest consumer – imposed restrictions on arrivals as a means of protecting the local market. Other key buyers in the region include Bangladesh, Pakistan, Turkey and China. Moderated by Diana Sarungbam (Market Analyst, IGC), this workshop discusses the prospects for global trade in 2022 and beyond, highlighting existing and emerging trends that will likely shape volumes moving forward. Panellists will also touch upon potential risks, as well as the role of government policy. The panel for this session was made up of Guruswamy Chandrashekhar (Economist, Senior Editor and Policy Commentator, Hindu Business line, India) Nick Poutney (Director, Pulse Australia), Andac Kolukisa (NATURAL GIDA SAN. VE TIC. A.S) and Randy Duckworth (Executive Director, Global Pulse Confederation).

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Industry Profile

Guttridge

When experience matters Guttridge celebrates six decades of serving our industry

ocated a stone’s throw away from the UK’s easternmost seaboard, the English town of Spalding sits upon some of the flattest landscape that the country has to offer. Huddled amongst the town’s pancake flat skyline, punctuated only by the imposing twin chimneys of the local power station, you will find the light blue clad British headquarters of Guttridge. Built upon a solid foundation of six decades of industry experience, Guttridge remains globally respected for delivering well-engineered, reliable material handling solutions whilst continuing to anticipate the market’s dramatically changing needs. In addition to supplying everything from single machines to fully integrated handling solutions, the company also manufactures in both stainless steel and mild steel, producing durable equipment for every material whilst eliminating the risk of contamination. Guttridge isn't just an offthe-shelf supplier, and it is its ability to design and build bespoke solutions for specific applications that truly sets it apart.

From tractor store to factory floor

August 1, 2022 marks the 60th anniversary of Dr David Guttridge first registering his organisation with Company’s House, with Guttridge Feed Services Ltd established at 80 | August 2022 - Milling and Grain

his family home in Spalding, Lincolnshire, UK. Now we all love a great origin story and Guttridge has a good one. The cogs started turning for the company when the late Dr David Guttridge designed the first feed mill and built it himself in the workshop of his local Ford tractor dealer (FOMOCO). This early machine was a complex but effective design with many chain and belt drives from the main 165 hp Perkins V8 diesel engine. Following Dr Guttridge’s eureka moment, the company began its life operating primarily as a mobile feed milling service, assisting the many local farmers to process their feed. Its first mobile feed mill was completed in October of 1962, with its very first sales invoice addressed to Atkinson Bros, Poultry Farmers. By 1973 over 200 Grindamix and Cubamix mobile feed mills were in operation, producing over a million tonnes of animal feed per year. The company was to sell all feed milling interests to Tindalls of Holbeach the following year. Then in 1975, the company was renamed Guttridge Services Ltd and drawing on knowledge acquired from the mobile mill days, it launched a new range of bucket elevators, screw conveyors and dischargers. These days, the company employs 94 people in the UK alone, including 10 design engineers, 12 in sales with 54 employed on the shop floor, with the bulk of the team focusing on production. Although the company’s speciality is bulk material handling, the other main areas that it covers within this are animal feed, oilseed crushing and distilling brewing/malting. That said, the company’s turnover is 45-50 percent animal feed, with its adaptable and specifically tailored solutions created for its customers, who are primarily located in the UK and Ireland. To date, the versatile and inventive nature of the company’s processes and ethos means that it has been involved in the processing of 623 different materials, with projects completed in 60

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different countries.

The MHA Group is born

2019 sees Guttridge join the Mitchells Group, with the Mitchells Holding Asia Group (MHA) formed as a result. This pooling of resources created an organisation that has two headquarters, the one that Milling and Grain magazine recently visited in Spalding and a further location in Nanjing, China. “WeAdare delighted with 1the 20/4/2565 acquisitionBEand14:42 joining Mitchells 190x132 MG.pdf

Group marks a culmination of 50 years of hard-work and continued high-quality design and build of bespoke handling solutions,” says Chairman Peter Guttridge, son of company founder Dr David Guttridge, speaking at the time. “The deal will allow us to support both new and existing customers with a greater range and scope of products and materials, ensuring we provide the highest quality to meet their needs. Mr Guttridge’s sentiment was shared by Mitchells Group CEO, Mic Mittasch, who adds, “The acquisition of Guttridge is a significant

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Industry Profile milestone in the continued growth of Mitchells and our forever expanding bulk handling capacities.” Although the person in the company’s top job no longer bears the Guttridge name, the predictions of the last man to do so and his predecessor have rung true. Doug Anderson, Sales and Marketing Manager at Guttridge, states that although the company is still technically family owned, adding that since 2019, the company has won UK£5million/US$6.119 in new business. In this time, Mr Anderson also adds that the shop floor has also enjoyed noticeable investments, including new equipment that has seen the scope for manufacturing increase from 500-800-1000 tph, helping the team to produce the next generation of machines that boast the very best of what both Mitchells and Guttridge have to offer. Included in this huge influx of new business is the company’s successful winning bid for the contracts of three phases of the rebuild of badly explosion damaged Tilbury Docks, as well as the development of a new greenfield site nearby. These new developments will be serviced by the company’s newly developed hybrid dockside technology.

What’s so special about Guttridge?

The company believes that every project that it undertakes is unique, with each solution tailored to the client’s individual business needs. With Guttridge’s knowledge and resources, it can also handle any project from conceptual design, right through to final use. This superior level of knowledge is also complemented by the wider MHA group’s ability to supply a broad variety of machines, ranging from standard models to those designed specifically to cater for the bespoke requirements of customers - ranging from a few kilos to 2000tph. The company strives to manufacture equipment that lasts, with low installation costs that use readily available industry leading

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components, with ease of maintenance also forming one of its key priorities. In addition to this, working towards a better environment forms one of the group’s other main goals. In order to achieve this target, the MHA Group ensures that its components are sourced ethically, whilst also maximising the recycled content within its machines. In addition to this, the group always looks for solutions that offer the fullest potential to be recycled. These environmental considerations extend beyond recycling, with prolonging the life of components and reducing noise levels forming two further company targets. These goals are achieved through the use of wear strips and plastic flights in its chain conveyors, for example, with the plastic flights connected to drop forge chains on a Hardox wear strip. The plastic used is by no means flimsy either, which simultaneously prevents both wear and reducing the risk of contamination. The chosen material is high molecular weight plastic, which is extremely hard wearing. In some cases, this material has been known to last longer than the steel that it is fitted to. The layout of the tension end also stops the chain from moving from side to side, although it is able to move freely on the chain link as well as on the flight. The tension ends are also self-cleaning, as they immediately follow the sprocket, avoiding build-up of material within the casing as the construction that bears the weight of the moving parts is also able to move backwards and forwards. The quality of the company’s craftsmanship is also evident in its partnership with both the Materials Handling Engineers' Association (MHEA) and Solids Handling and Processing Association (SHAPA). The company is also fully compliant with the Conformite Europeenne (CE), ATmosphere EXplosible (ATEX), Eurasian Conformity (EAC) standards, as well as being accredited to ISO9001, with all of these measures ensuring that the company are doing the right thing, all of the time.

Industry Profile Sparing is caring

2019 - Mitchells Holdings purchases Guttridge, forming a group of companies which could now supply conveying materials for all capacities from farm to port.

MHA Group’s currently active projects: Peddars pigs - new feed mill in collaboration with Ottevanger

In addition to sustainable and reliable craftsmanship, 2004 – Guttridge acquires Carier Bulk Handling Wynnstay - replacing intake and Guttridge can also provide increasing throughput 2000 – Manufacturing is relocated from its original home to its spares for both its own and Mole Valley Farmers - raw material and current site - a new purpose built engineering factory set in a grain bin storage solutions Carier machines- not just four acre site in Spalding’s Wardentree Lane industrial area. 1979 – Dr David Guttridge’s son, Peter Guttridge, joins the chains and sprockets - but all ForFarmers - New bucket elevators family business bringing professional engineering skills. parts including vent covers, Investment in a CNC Punching machine significantly Duffields - Increasing throughput and improved sheet metal manufacturing facilities. ATEX panels, a new head replacing valves or boot for bucket conveyor, Almerai - Working in partnership to create 1976 – The original Feedmill was redeveloped as a Straw animal feed solutions although the availability of Processing Plant to manufacture nutritionally improved straw pellets using a Caustic Soda treatment process. some of the larger parts are limited by space restrictions. 1975 - Company is renamed Guttridge Services Ltd. The Guttridge range of bulk materials The brain of David Ardron, 1974 - Pea cleaning plant installed to clean freshly harvested handling equipment includes: Spares Manager at Guttridge, dried peas for the mushy pea and snack food markets. - Bucket elevators contains (amongst other - Screw conveyors and dischargers 1989 - Launch of stainless steel range of conveyors takes things) four decades of the company into the food, chemical and pharmaceutical - Chain conveyors and dischargers industry experience, having industries for the first time. - Belt conveyors previously been employed - Load and discharge hoppers 1962 - The late Dr David Guttridge designs the first Animal by Carier, a company whose Feed Mill and builds it himself in the workshops of the local - Vertical blenders and live bins Ford Tractor Dealer (FoMoCo). It was a complex, but intellectual property and - Ancillary equipment such as spoutings effective design with many chain and belt drives from the and fittings, slide valves and diverters. key assets were acquired by main 165hp Perkins V8 diesel engine. Guttridge in 2004. Mr Ardron’s level of experience is something of an increasing rarity. This is because within there is a scarcity way that Guttridge is aiming to bridge the previously mentioned of individuals with a wealth of knowledge and experience in our skills gap is through its blossoming apprenticeship scheme. industry, as a large number of these people have retired over the past Each year the company takes on people to undertake full time, few years. accredited apprentice courses in various disciplines including Guttridge aims to bridge this skills gap by providing the knowledge fabricator/welder, assembly fitter and technician. The company also and experience that the company has accumulated over the past six offers training packages in non-manufacturing based disciplines such decades, placing the company in the fortuitous position of being able as design, finance, IT, purchasing and sales. to draw on this bank of wisdom and tell the customer what they need The scheme has received a great deal positive feedback over the and when they are going to need it. years, with the company proudly taking home two awards at SHAPA By sharing this wealth of knowledge and experience, Guttridge AGM and Solids Handling Awards Dinner. is able to help its customers to make use of the space that they Held in April 2022, Aiden Heyes, the company’s apprentice in have available, as well as advising them how their equipment can welding/fabrication won the ‘Apprentice of the Year’ award. Aiden be adjusted in order to make processes more efficient - as well as Heyes joined Guttridge in 2019 at the age of 16, showing his assisting with critical issues such as ATEX compliance. enthusiasm and talent from his very first day. The ‘Best Newcomer Award’ was won by Sam Matthews, Internal Sales Engineer at Guttridge, who was incredibly surprised when he Nurturing the green shoots was nominated; “I'm really thankful and wasn't expecting it in the Experience and knowledge are not qualities that happen by slightest!” accident, they require nurturing as they develop over time. Another

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oday, around 400 million tons of plastic waste are produced every year – that’s according to a 2021 report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). As much as 36 percent of all plastics produced are used in packaging, including single-use plastic products for food and beverage containers,

according to UNEP. In response to this, Swiss food tech specialists Bühler Group and Bulgarian start-up Cupffee have been joining forces to address the urgent problem of plastic waste with innovation since 2016. Now, supported by Bühler solutions and knowhow, Cupffee is ready to double the production volume of its edible, crispy wafer cups, increasing its impact for a sustainable future. Cupffee has been producing edible cups since 2014. It all started with a dream. The Bulgarian entrepreneur Miroslav

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Zapryanov aspired to see the company’s biodegradable cups replace the single-use coffee cups. In his hometown, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, the numerous cafes and restaurants created plastic waste that Miroslav Zapryanov, CEO and Founder of Cupffee, craved to see replaced by a sustainable alternative. That is how the idea of Cupffee was born. “I had the idea for edible coffee cups back in my early school years. I was inspired by the fact that a green solution was urgently needed to combat the billions of plastic cups generated daily around the world,” says Mr Zapryanov. “The Cupffee company was founded in 2014 and was quickly recognised as a pioneer by other like-minded people and companies who helped us with our rapid growth and expansion.”

Crispy coffee cups

Whilst searching for the perfect recipe for the cups, Cupffee made many trials adjusting the ingredients and modifying the mix, the proportions, and the temperature. “It took us a few years to reach the final version of the recipe,” says Miroslav Zapryanov. “It was extremely important to us that the cup does not leak for hours as well as stays crunchy for at least 40 minutes. Another essential factor that we considered when creating Cupffee cups was the neutrality of their taste that would not alter the taste of the beverage inside.”

CS Edible cups gain popularity

The Cupffee cups are available in two sizes: 110ml and 220ml. They are made from natural oat bran and wheat flour and their lightweight turns them into the perfect snack with just 56 or 105kcal, respectively. They are made with entirely natural ingredients, they are not coated with chocolate or sugar, and they have a neutral taste. The company’s cups quickly gained momentum and became popular with big customers worldwide who strive to be at the forefront with their green practices and sustainable initiatives. Amongst Cupffee’s visionary partners in its environmental mission is the leading global coffee company Lavazza, which serves its espresso in ‘cookie cups’ in a number of markets and prominent events such as Wimbledon, at which Giuseppe Lavazza, Vice President of the Board of Directors of Luigi Lavazza SpA, and Queen Elizabeth II enjoyed their coffee in the company’s cups. The first ever single-use plastic-free flight of Etihad Airways on Earth Day served hot beverages in Cupffee cups onboard as part of their commitment to sustainability. Lidl, the German international discount retailer chain, is another important client that supports the company’s mission of reducing plastic waste.

Growth with Bühler solutions

The Bühler team in Sofia, Bulgaria, contacted Miroslav Zapryanov at Cupffee six years ago to let him know about the benefits of testing products in its Wafer Innovation Center in Leobendorf, Austria. Bühler has a specially modified moulded cones and cups solution that would enable Cupffee to produce on an industrial scale to meet its growing customer demand. Miroslav Zapryanov knew it was exactly what he was looking for when he heard about it. “Our first contact with Bühler was in 2016 and that was

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Sustainable production using side streams

Miroslav Zapryanov says Bühler is the natural choice for Cupffee due to its quality, technological drive, and market leadership. Bühler and its Wafer Innovation Center are constantly trying to develop new solutions, especially when it comes to sustainable products. “Cupffee uses oat bran in its formulation of the edible cups. Since oat bran is a byproduct of the milling process, it is a great way to make the cups even more sustainable and to upcycle this side stream from the milling process. It also makes the cups even healthier,” says Andreas Clemenz, Head of Bühler Wafer Innovation Center in Leobendorf, Austria.

Similar side streams arise from other food production processes such as nut shells from nut processing or apricot kernels from the jam and juice production. Some of them have already been tested for use in cups and Bühler is exploring many more.” Cupffee plans to increase its production to 10 million cups per month and ultimately wants to replace at least one percent of the global supply of disposable plastic/carton coffee cups. The company believes that with Bühler at its side, it are ready to take on the challenge.

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25-28 32nd IAOM MEA Annual Conference & Expo Zanzibar, Tanzania https://www.iaom-mea.com

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17-21 127th Annual IAOM Conference and Expo Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA www.iaom.org/annualmeeting

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31-4 31st Annual Practical Short Course on Feeds and Petfood Extrusion Texas, USA https://mymag.info/e/1477

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INDUSTRY EVENTS Livestock Philippines opens with support of the country’s Department of Agriculture With the support from the Phillipines’ Department of Agriculture, organisers Informa Markets announce that the live event of Livestock Philippines will take place on August 24-22, 2022 at the World Trade Center Metro Manila, Pasay City, Philippines. Described as being the international trade fair for innovative production and processing for poultry and livestock, Livestock Philippines brings together local and international exhibitors, and trade visitors with profiles such as industry professionals, key stakeholders, owners, and decision-makers integrators, farmers, feed millers, pre-mixers, meat processors, slaughterhouses, veterinarians, distributors, retailers and others. The event is a B2B show where you can see cutting-edge technology and solutions available in the global market, attend educational technical seminars and conferences, and experience quality face-to-face networking with the potential market in the livestock industry. The country’s Department of Agriculture has recently expressed its support to Livestock Philippines, five years after its most recent edition back in 2017. Together with the Livestock Philippines team, the said government agency creates a working committee to discuss and plan a collaboration which includes hosting an exclusive conference during the show, which will be attended by key important people within the livestock industry. Livestock Philippines 2022 features new show highlights such as the Eggcellent Corner, Sustainability Square, and Innovation Zone to educate the visitors about certain causes that would help boost the livestock industry in the Philippines which is aligned with the programs of the Department of Agriculture. Furthermore, the event highlights different initiatives and approaches toward a more sustainable event that would inspire and encourage exhibitors and visitors to be more environmentally and socially responsible.

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“With the situation of pressuring on climate changes, this Livestock Philippines 2022 will return to markets after five years effect by ASF and Pandemic with a stronger position. More than 150 international suppliers are confirmed to join the event,” says Ms Rungphech Chitanuwat, the Regional Portfolio Director - ASEAN. “With collaboration and official support from the Department of Agriculture, we will make sure that visiting the show will be safe and no concern about ASF when you go back to your places. “We will set up the biosecurity for all visitors at our best effort and practical for trade visitors. One of our highlights we will also focus on innovation how to make sustainable livestock farming covering both swine, Poultry and Dairy sector.” This year, Livestock Philippines assures the stakeholders a safer, more convenient, and efficient trade show experience. Informa Markets has launched Informa AllSecure to provide enhanced health and safety standards following Covid-19 on top of the government and with the guidance of local authorities. The Informa AllSecure standard guidelines raise the bar of a safer, hygienic, and well-organised event to give everyone the confidence in doing business during the show. “I hope with the return of Livestock Philippines to the market, we'd be able to provide opportunities for technological updates, expert sharing, and get the livestock sector achieve high productivity with sustainability approach in production,” Ms Chitanuwat adds. Livestock Philippines expects more than 200 exhibitors and at least 10,000 trade visitors from various sectors of the livestock industry to attend in August. The event is also supported and endorsed by some industry associations like the Batangas Egg Producers Cooperative (BEPCO), Cold Chain Association of the Philippines (CCAP), and the Philippine Association of Meat Processors, Inc (PAMPI).

INDUSTRY EVENTS

Feeding the future

by Peter Parker, Milling and Grain magazine The 2022 Poultry Information Exchange (PIX) and Australasian Milling Conference (AMC), PIX/AMC 2022, was held at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre from May 15-17, 2022 in Broadbeach, Gold Coast, Australia. It was recently announced that the SunPork Group of Companies had joined AMC 2022, which meant this was an opportunity for attendees to engage and support the pig, poultry and milling industries all at the one event in Australia. This was the 16th edition of the Australasian Milling Conference and it drew over 350 delegates from the flour and feed milling companies and service providers. AMC 2022 was a combined initiative of various Australian industry associations: Australian Technical Millers’ Association (ATMA), Feed Ingredients and Additives Association of Australia (FIAAA) and Stock Feed Manufacturers’ Council of Australia (SFMCA). It is worth noting that this bi-yearly show was originally planned for May 2020, but due to Covid-19 it was forced to be postponed to April 2021, then again until May 2022. As the most important and largest show of its kind in Australasia, it would be an understatement to say attendees were pleased to be back together in person after such a long wait. The theme for the conference was ‘Beyond 2020 – Feeding the

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Future.’ It delivered a comprehensive program with the latest in innovation, featuring knowledgeable industry experts from Australia, New Zealand and overseas. Whilst the program was streamed into chicken meat, egg production, free range and organic farming, flour milling and feed milling for all livestock species – the focus of this report will solely be on the feed and flour stream. The opening Sunday was a dedicated trade show day, followed by the AMC Welcome dinner, Monday was day one of the conference followed by the Conference dinner and Tuesday was the second day of the conference and saw the end of the show.

Australian Industry’s Challenges

Upon arriving at the venue, I was fortunate to speak with David Bray, Chair of the AMC 2022 Organising Committee, he was kind enough to share his thoughts on what the greatest challenges facing the Australian milling and grain industries were, the situation was complicated but to sum the event up in a nutshell, the most pressing issues were employment, transport and logistics. “Australia has the cheapest grain in the world at around AUS$100 (AUS$1 ~ US$0.69) a tonne, so all exports are open,

INDUSTRY EVENTS we try fill those ships and send it, but they are paying much higher rates than we can afford domestically,” Mr Bray comments. “This means a lot of grains are by-passing domestic markets and tying up transport, so even getting drivers to pick up the supplies is becoming a major issue. “The cost of shipping has gone up five-fold in the past two years. You used to be able to get a container out of Europe for about AUS$2500, it peaked at AUS$25,000 a container and has now dropped down to somewhere between AUS$15,000 and AUS$19,000 a container. This is just one of the costs that has impacted us and we have no control over these costs,” adds Mr Bray. “We have the sanctions with Russia and the problems in Ukraine, this means that feed ingredients like phosphate, zinc oxide, copper sulphates, etc, 90 percent of which come out of Russia, that becomes a logistical issue, how do we deal with this for animal production but also Peter Parker, politically, we are talking with governments about this,” Milling and Grain he continues. magazine “The cost of steel, energy and labour, they are all going up and trying to pass this on sensibly to end-users is very difficult. A lot of those margins are absorbed by the middlemen, the end user doesn’t see it all. “We can also look at the disruptions in China, in particular getting containers out of there, again, a lot of our vitamins, minerals, amino acids, enzymes, anything that is fermented and energy intensive generally sits in China. The Covid-19 shutdowns in Beijing and Shanghai, there are a lot of containers sitting on water not moving, it has a huge impact on everyone – that entire supply chain is condensed.” Mr Bray also acknowledges that exciting new technologies are coming all the time, both in animal production and in milling. “The main focus in milling innovation appears to be in energy reduction, there is also technology to improve the vitamins and minerals being fed to the animals, controlling the gut biome from a nutritional basis flows into milling, which flows into animal production.”

Beyond 2020 – Feeding the Future

Before the conference split into its various focused streams, on Monday morning we were treated with two forward thinking keynote speakers, Michael McQueen, a nine-time bestselling author and trend forecaster who has shared the stage with the likes of Bill Gates and Tony Hunter, a Global Food Futurist with over 30 years’ experience who consults to many companies in animal agriculture. Mr McQueen’s presentation, ‘Preparing now for what’s next’ was focused on the future of our industry, he emphasised the importance of paying attention to the ‘tidal trends, rather than waves.’ The three major trends he suggested industry should be paying attention to are: 1. The acceleration of AI development and how AI, robotics and blockchain will shape the industry. 2. The age of empowerment we are entering in regard to the amount of power a customer has in effecting a brand and industry. 3. Post-millennial era and how important learning to engage with the new generation. Mr McQueen’s talk was very engaging with fascinating examples given; the crowd was quite divided by Milling and Grain - August 2022 | 95

the end when asked which of these three tides would most affect the Australian food industry – what was clear was that all three will significantly change our industry and it is our responsibility to keep tabs and respond to these. Mr Hunter’s presentation, ‘Welcome to our TECHXponential™ food future,’ was equally fascinating, although his suggestions could have been viewed as more challenging. Essentially, he was making a case that food should be thought of as a technology and that we should recognise that technology develops at an exponential rate, whereas humans are linear creatures. Due to the limitation of time Mr Hunter focused his attention to the technological developments in genomics, microbiome research and synthetic biology. An overarching theme of his presentation was food will not be immune to the personalisation trend which is currently taking over in industries such as fashion and retail, suggesting that we are already seeing examples of this. In the future it might also be possible for someone to have their biology analysed on the spot and for a food specifically designed to match their tastes and benefit their health. He presented the Youtube Video ‘Sushi Singularity Tokyo’, as an example of how this might look one day in the future: https://mymag.info/e/1509 96 | August 2022 - Milling and Grain

Tradeshow

A highlight of the show was the trade exhibition which was the largest to date with over 200 exhibitor booths on display, many of which showcasing their products. Top notch catering and a spacious layout attracted many attendees to the show hall. Many of the exhibitors informed me that this was more than just an opportunity to meet new customers, it was also a chance to meet in person for the first time with those they had done business with virtually throughout the pandemic and to reconnect with those from other exhibiting companies. As previously mentioned, employment was frequently cited as a present challenge for the industry. I managed to speak to a few of the employment agencies who were exhibiting. One such conversation was with Geoff Dudley, a member of the SFMA with a passion for agriculture, who works in sales recruitment for Salexo Consulting, he helped me better understand what was causing the staffing concerns and what the industry is doing about it. “The challenges facing transport/logistics are intertwined with employment. If you have five drivers, but need 10 and for ease of numbers sake they are being paid AUS$40 per hour, you are now paying those five drivers AUS$60 per hour for around 70 percent of their paycheque due to overtime – and that is driving the costs of transport up, not having a steady flow of juniors coming into the industry,”

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INDUSTRY EVENTS says Mr Dudley. I raised the discussion I had with Peter Nash, Executive Officer of the Grain Industry Association of Western Australia (WA), about the record harvest WA had experienced in 2021 and the challenges that brought with it. “WA is a sphere of its own, they closed their boarders due to Covid-19 to the rest of Australia for so long,” comments Mr Dudley. “The majority of mining companies are in WA and around 50 percent of their labour force was fly-in-fly-out. “When this was immediately cut off, the mining companies turned to the rest of WA and offered exorbitant pay rates for lowskill workers in order to keep the mines running. This put strain on every other industry in WA,” he adds. “Covid-19 didn’t cause a two month shut down, it has been two years and so people have had to re-evaluate what they are doing. Many people who would typically fly back and forth between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres have been forced to find new careers due to travel limitations.”

With the next edition of this event expected to draw even more delegates than the 350 who attended from the flour and feed milling companies and service providers this year, the dates and information for the 17th edition of this event are set to be released in due course. In the meantime, if you would like to receive notifications when information does become available, then you can register your interest by following this link: https://mymag.info/e/1510

Described as an opportunity to engage and support the pig, poultry and milling industries all at the one event in Australia, the 2022 Poultry Information Exchange (PIX) and Australasian Milling Conference (AMC), PIX/AMC 2022, was the 16th edition of the Australasian Milling Conference.

Jim Hughes, Commercial Director Australasia, Anpario, Australia At this poultry and pig focused show, we have been pushing our phytogenic range, which is based on essential oregano oil, the product is known as Orego-Stim. Orego-Stim, and another of our organic acid blend products PHorce, is beginning to attract good brand awareness in this region. Our mandate for the food chain going forward is responsible use of antibiotics, as there is a global trend of moving away from antibiotic use due to antimicrobial resistance in the food chain. Phytogenics such as Orego-Stim have active phenols that are antioxidant, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory that can support an animal’s gut health to hopefully not require antibiotics. We last attended PIX AMC in 2018 and did not have a display, but I am very happy we did this year. I think we committed in 2019 when the show was supposed to be taking place in 2020, but it has turned out to be a really good show. Whether this is because we have now been around long enough to have some brand awareness, but I think Covid-19 has meant that people are keen to get out and about and see what is happening, everyone has been couped up for a while now. There has been a good turn out in terms of number of delegates. My main concern about these things is return on investment and the supply to actual customer ratio, but we have been pleased with the number of customers and traffic we have had by the stand.

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Tim Curtis, Regional Sales Manager NSW, and Henry Dong, Industry Sales Manager ANZ, Foss Pacific, Australia FOSS is a Danish company that provides analytical solutions and instrumentation, Nearinfrared spectroscopy makes up the bulk of the instrumentation we provide for this space. This is for raw ingredient quality control, right through to finished products. We are tied into every part of the supply chain, from the farm, all the way up to receival, and product release. We allow the capacity to analyse on the spot, rather than having to send product to a lab. We cover something like 95 percent of the market, if you visit a weigh bridge or laboratory it would be common to find our instruments. Such instrumentation is critical for the industry for payment and product release, therefore if our product was to break down it pretty much stop the production. At this show we are promoting our flagship device, within one minute of putting product into it you can receive an accurate and repeatable analysis.

Kenji Yamashita, President and CEO, Satake Australia Satake has been active in the Oceania market for over 100 years, most of the flour mills in Australia will have some Henry Simon or Robinson Mill Systems equipment in. Five years ago, Henry Simon was reborn in cooperation with Alapala Turkey, since then we entered the Oceania Flour Milling Market with the Henry Simon brand. At this show we have been introducing the Henry Simon In-Line Flow Meter. If we consider an old flour mill, you are able to see the starting through-put and the end through-put, if a customer wants to modernise their mill and collect more data, these compact units can be easily installed into critical pipes to measure the throughput. In the Australian market, there is strong competition when it comes to milling machinery. One of our greatest strengths is our flexibility, we work to understand exactly what a customer’s requirement is and tailor our solutions to fulfil that, reducing their costs in the process. After four years wait everyone is very excited to be at this show, it isn’t just about meeting with customers, but also meeting face-to-face with suppliers.

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THE EVENT FOR GRAIN, RICE, FLOUR MILLING AND PROCESSING

SEPTEMBER 7 - 9, 2022

@ IMPACT EXHIBITION CENTER, BANGKOK, THAILAND Visit grapas-asia.com for more information

Roger Gilbert, Perendale Publishers, Jérôme Dubuc, Amandus Kahl; Sebas van den Ende, General Manager, Victam International; H.E. Chatri Archjananun, Ambassador Royal Thai Embassy, The Netherlands; H.E. Assistant; Heiko Stutzinger, VIV worldwide Director and Chief Operating Officer, Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs; Anuj Arora, Amorvet and Greg Liu, General Manager, Famsun

Total Animal Feed and Health for Asia

The industry’s first face-to-face event in Bangkok Victam Asia 2022, presented in co-location with VIV Health & Nutrition Asia 2022, will open its doors from September 7-9, 2022 at the IMPACT Exhibition Halls 9 and 10, in Bangkok, Thailand. Following a brace of postponements due to the pandemic, International trade show organisers Victam International and VIV Worldwide are finally staging its co-located event for the muchawaited Animal Feed and Health Event for Asia. The Press Conference making the announcement was honoured by the presence of HE Mr Chatri Archjananun, Ambassador in the Hague, The Netherlands for the Royal Thai Embassy, showed unfeigned support to this first, in-person animal health and feed event for Asia. He reassured the audience on Thailand’s relaxed Covid-19 measures for travellers: Fully vaccinated travellers will no longer need to book a quarantine hotel or show a pre-post departure PCR test. For non-vaccinated travellers, PCR test 72 hours before arrival is mandatory, but no quarantine required. The Ambassador also focused on a few key industry insights and highlighted that statistically for Thailand, the feed additives market is projected to reach US$2.56 billion by 2025, with the poultry market and compound feed industry as the major growth drivers. “There are many international as well as local companies in the Thai feed additive market, which are adopting various strategies, like expansions and partnerships to increase their market presence” he says.“To sum up, you have made the right choice choosing Thailand to host this event.”

The Gateway to ASEAN

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the 50-plus press representatives attending gained insights about the show from panellists – Heiko Stutzinger, VIV Worldwide Director and Chief Operating Officer, Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs; Sebas van den Ende, General Manager Victam International; Anuj Arora, Amorvet; Jérôme Dubuc, Amandus Kahl; Greg Liu, Famsun and Roger Gilbert, Perendale Publishers Limited. “We are finally ready to present to the Asian markets, a complete Animal Feed and Health event that we have been working on for the last couple of years. Booth confirmations are well under way and we will be able to jointly present a total of 300 exhibitors at the modern IMPACT venue in Bangkok. “We expect professional visitors from the whole ASEAN region and the rest of Asia with the main profiles being CEOs, feed formulators, mill managers, nutritionists, operation directors, transportation managers, and veterinarians,” says Sebas van den Ende. “VIV and Victam are committed in serving Asia’s feed and animal protein industries by jointly developing business opportunities within the feed ingredients and additives segments, which is the fastest growing sector of the feed to food supply chain. “After more than two years without a dedicated show in the region, the market needs a face-to-face show to get back to action,” adds Heiko Stutzinger. Nutrition-related illnesses that affect livestock animals are daily struggles for the industry. Deficiencies and malnutrition severely impact animal growth, development and production. The tropical environment of many regions in Asia, represents a high-risk element for pathogen growth in livestock. At the same time, drug residue and bacteria resistance in animals are concerning issues that require attention, he adds. Victam Asia, in co-location with Health & Nutrition Asia,

Moderator Ms Panadda Kongma, the Director of Agribusiness and Operations for VNU Asia Pacific, holds a press conference to give journalists an insights into the upcoming event in Bangkok, Thailand

wants to serve as the business stage where top supplier solutions, innovations and expert knowledge are presented to this booming and growing market.

A wide range of topics

An elaborate conference and technical seminar program is also being organised alongside the exhibition halls. A wide range of topics will be discussed including feed milling and formulation, feed safety, aquafeed, petfood, grain and rice milling, high-tech animal health technology, genetics, pharmaceutical solutions for Asia, veterinary equipment, feed additives, bio-energy and biomass pelleting technology and much more. As one of the main partners the Federation of Asian Veterinary Associations (FAVA) will hold the Asian Animal Health Award 2022 during the event with two award categories open for

qualified veterinarians – field practitioner and academician/ researcher – to recognise their involvement and engagement in animal health. Victam International and VIV Worldwide are confident that the co-location in Bangkok will mark another milestone in this winwin cooperation. Registration for professional buyers and visitors is now open on the official websites: www.victamasia.com and www.vivhealthandnutrition.nl.

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Rather than ‘cutting the ribbon’ to open an exhibition this was a first - a ceremony where the focus was on ‘tying the knot.’ Two international exhibition organisers, which slightly overlap in their representation of the livestock sector, came together to host a co-located event in Utrecht, Europe in late May-early June 2022 to celebrate their long-awaited return to welcoming the world’s animal feed and food processing industries and farming communities to their first co-located exhibition, following three years of delays and postponements due to disruption caused by the Covid pandemic. Victam International and GRAPAS Europe, co-located with VIV Europe, was the first large animal feed technology and grain milling event organised after the Covid pandemic. The exhibition and series of accompanying conferences were successfully held at Jaarbeurs in Utrecht. Both Victam and VIV are setting out on a path whereby they plan to share joint venues to host their respective events so that visitors and exhibitors alike can benefit from more efficient travel and attendance in coming years. "It was an anxious time in the lead-up to the exhibition due to the uncertain progress of the Covid pandemic around the world," says general manager of the Victam Corporation, Sebas van de Ende. "Due to this long-lasting uncertainty, a number of exhibitors, unfortunately, did not participate. The war in Ukraine also influenced the participation of a number of exhibitors and visitors. “On the other hand, the participating exhibitors came with exciting stands, machinery, and innovations. We were also able to welcome a number of new exhibitors. The fact that we were able to organise a trade exhibition where people could meet each other in person again was, of course, great. “We are very satisfied with the result! The next edition will be held in 2025 and we have already received numerous stand applications. It will also be a special edition as we will celebrate 102 | August 2022 - Milling and Grain

F the 60th anniversary of Victam International!” The visitors of the 2022 edition were pleased with the number of exhibitors and the wide range of products on display. Especially impressive were the newly launched products and the large quantity of pieces of machinery at the different stands. In total there were 246 exhibitors from 27 countries present at Victam Inernational and GRAPAS Europe. Likewise, the exhibitors were very satisfied with the visitors, adds Mr van de Ende. Several stated that it was great to meet their clients and prospects face-to-face again. The exhibitors also commented on the very high quality of the visitors and the wide range of countries from which they came. Over the three show days, there were over 7000 visitors attending the exhibition, a significantly higher number compared to 2019. Most of the visitors were from Europe, and the organisation was also happy to welcome visitors from other parts of the world. Unfortunately, there was a decline in visitors from Asia and Russia due to Covid and the war in Ukraine. The International Feed Technology Conference (IFTC) was held for the second time; a cooperation between the University of Wageningen and the Victam Foundation. The conference attracted 90 delegates who listened to presentations by Ruurd Zijlstra (University of Alberta), Birger Svihus (University of Life Sciences), Volker Heinz (CEO DIL) and Mia Eeckhout (Ghent University). Victam International also host edseveral other conferences and meetings including: Network event of the Royal Dutch Grain and Feed Trade Association; GRAPAS and AFTAN Innovations Seminars; PetXpert Processing Conference; 6th Annual Aquafeed Extrusion Conference; 66th FEFAC Annual Public Meeting; Young Feed Professionals Congress and the Grain storage seminar. In addition, several exhibitors like Amandus Kahl, Bühler, KSE, Van Aarsen, PremierTech, Clextral, Promtek, Seid, and Atline presented technical seminars, in the purposely built theatre on the exhibition floor. To put all the innovations presented at the event in the spotlight there were two innovation awards presented at the event: The Animal Feed Technology & Nutrition Awards (AFTAN) and the GRAPAS Innovation Awards. GRAPAS Award winners included: - The GRAPAS Award was won by Bühler with the Arrius Integrated Grinding System. - The GRAPAS Distinction Award was given to Henry Simon for their HSPU Purifier. - The Highly Commended was awarded to RollCare Profile Measurement by Yenar The AFTAN Award winners were: Winner awarded to The M007 Cooler by Agentis Innovations Distinction awarded to Dryer Heat Recovery by Famsun Highly Commended awarded to Lube for Life Rolls by CPM Winner - Aquafeed awarded to SJPS156 Twin-screw Extruder by Famsun - Distinction - Aquafeed awarded to The Extruder Microfeed System by Andritz -

A strong platform for B2B international business

VIV Europe has proven once again to be the preferred meeting point for global suppliers and buyers when it successfully closed its 2022 edition after three days of networking, face-to-face business, knowledge sharing and a buzzing expo floor at the Milling and Grain - August 2022 | 103

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Jaarbeurs in Utrecht, Holland. The show proved to with smiling faces walking the floor ground with confidence. Visitors numbered 19,024 from 142 countries, a slight increase on its numbers over the previous edition. Western Europe counted for the 68 percent of the show audience, followed by Middle East and Africa with 14 percent, Eastern Europe 10 percent, Asia four percent and rest of the world with another four percent. Despite the lower attendance from the Asian country, with travels from China and other Southeast Asian countries still affected by Covid quarantine restrictions, the overall international appeal of this World Expo from Feed to Food confirmed its relevance once again. There were 435 exhibitors from 44 countries. Additionally, the co-location with Victam, the two shows showcased the feed to food industry under one roof. The animal protein sector responded to such a powerful platform with a high attendance, despite the current economic situation which is particularly challenging the feed sector in Europe. For the first time, The Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality of The Netherlands honoured VIV Europe with an important visit on the second day. HE Mr Henk Staghouwer explored with interest the new concepts displayed in the Welcome Hall. Inspired by the new ways of production presented by several entrepreneurs, the Minister expressed his enthusiasm and said: “VIV Europe is a showroom for leading technology for the livestock sector. “I can only be impressed by that. With my background in business, I was fascinated to see how companies tap into new creativity. What appears rather alternative and local today, may well be part of the global mainstream in a few years' time.” VIV Europe is by definition the place where sector leaders launch their latest developments. Some of the innovations presented covered safe and effective in-ovo vaccination and nutrition, disease control programs and effective broilers house cleaning and disinfection, circular chain concept making egg production a co-creation project that brings sustainability to the tables, climate control systems for all weather conditions with minimal energy use and superior air quality, new farming approaches to drastically reduce the need for antibiotics while increasing animal health and sustainability. Among the knowledge programs, the Feed Congress that took place the day before the show brought key speakers who explored how the European animal feed industry and its additive suppliers strengthen Europe’s global competitiveness through high-quality production. Another big highlight was the full conference room that presented the opportunities of using insects for feed as a real trend in Europe. Dairy farmers also gathered on the second show day to celebrate the World Milk Day, while the aquaculture world attended a technical program on feedextrusion technology. Last but not least, the second Poultry Marketing Round Table was successfully held at VIV Europe with four groups of discussion exploring the after-crisis management and perspectives. Looking back to this show edition, the Senior Project Manager Renate Wiendels says, “In a world which is vulnerable, the entire feed to food Industry has shown resilience by gathering for the first time live in Europe. “It is not only a true pleasure to reunite buyers and suppliers again in our hometown Utrecht, but is also crucial to have conversations about the many topics that the animal husbandry industry needs to tackle to have a secure future.

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

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

Bulk storage AGI www.aggrowth.com Behlen +1 402 564 3111 www.behlengrainsystems.com Behn + Bates +49 251 9796 252 www.behnbates.com Brock +1 866 658 4191 www.brockgrain.com Bühler AG +41 71 955 11 11 www.buhlergroup.com Ozpolat Makina Gida +90 342 337 1217 www.ozpolatmakina.com.tr 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 Symaga +34 926640475 www.symaga.com Sukup +1 641 892 4222 www.sukup.com

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

TSC Silos +31 543 473979 www.tsc-silos.com Van Aarsen International +31 475 579 444 www.aarsen.com

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

Elevator buckets

Cereal and pulse conditioning

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

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

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

Vibrafloor +33 3 85 44 06 78 www.vibrafloor.com vibronet-Gräf GmbH & Co.KG +49 6441 62031 www.vibronet.com

Colour sorters

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

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

Bühler AG +41 71 955 11 11 www.buhlergroup.com Cimbria Srl +39 0542 361423 www.cimbria.com

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

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

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

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

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

Computer software

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

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

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

Coolers & driers

Enzymes

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

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

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

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

FrigorTec GmbH +49 7520 91482-0 www.frigortec.com FAMSUN +86 85828888 www.famsungroup.com

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

Extruders

Sukup +1 641 892 4222 www.sukup.com

Almex +31 575 572666 www.almex.nl

ThermoNox GmbH +49 8442 8823 www.thermonox.de

Andritz +45 72 160300 www.andritz.com

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

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

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

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

Yemmak +90 266 7338363 www.yemmak.com

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

Feed nutrition

Yemmak +90 266 7338363 www.yemmak.com

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

Zheng Chang +86 2164184200 www.zhengchang.com

Anpario +44 1909 537 380 www.anpario.com

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

Biomin +43 2782 8030 www.biomin.net DSM +44 1452 306129 www.dsm.com

Feed Mill Automation Bühler AG +41 71 955 11 11 www.buhlergroup.com

Evonik Nutrition & Care GmbH +49 618 1596785 www.evonik.com/animal-nutrition 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 milltech +90 332 5021300 www.milltech.com.tr Dinnissen BV +31 77 467 3555 www.dinnissen.nl FAMSUN +86 85828888 www.famsungroup.com Friedrich electronic +49 6406 1509 www.friedrich-electronic.de 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 Van Aarsen International +31 475 579 444 www.aarsen.com VAV Conveyor Components & Solutions +31 7140 23701 www.vav-nl.com vibronet-Gräf GmbH & Co.KG +49 6441 62031 www.vibronet.com Viteral +90 332 2390 141 www.viteral.com.tr

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

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

Flour milling milltech +90 332 5021300 www.milltech.com.tr

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

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

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

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

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

Tekpro +44 1692 403403 www.tekpro.com

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

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

Sukup Europe +45 75685311 www.sukup-eu.com Symaga +34 91 726 43 04 www.symaga.com Tapco Inc +1 314 739 9191 www.tapcoinc.com The Essmueller +1 800 325 7175 www.essmueller.com Yemtar Feed Mill Machines +90 266 733 8550 www.yemtar.com Zaccaria +55 19 3404 5700 www.zaccaria.com.br Golden Grain Group +86 371 68631308 www.g-grain.com

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

Loading/un-loading equipment Bühler AG +41 71 955 11 11 www.buhlergroup.com Dinnissen BV +31 77 467 3555 www.dinnissen.nl MSC +44 1473 277 777 msc.com/sugar Neuero Industrietechnik +49 5422 95030 www.neuero.de Van Aarsen International +31 475 579 444 www.aarsen.com Vigan Engineering +32 67 89 50 41 www.vigan.com

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

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

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

Bühler AG +41 71 955 11 11 www.buhlergroup.com Genç Degirmen +90 444 0894 www.gencdegirmen.com.tr Henry Simon +44 0161 804 2800 www.henrysimonmilling.com IMAS - Milleral +90 332 2390141 www.milleral.com Ocrim +39 0372 4011 www.ocrim.com Ottevanger Milling Engineers +31 79 593 22 21 www.ottevanger.com

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Yemmak +90 266 7338363 www.yemmak.com

Pulverisers IDAH +866 39 902701 www.idah.com

Rolls

Paddle mixer

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

IDAH +866 39 902701 www.idah.com

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

Palletisers

Van Aarsen International +31 475 579 444 www.aarsen.com Yemtar Feed Mill Machines +90 266 733 8550 www.yemtar.com Hydronix +44 1483 468900 www.hydronix.com

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

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

Selis +90 222 236 12 33 www.selis.com.tr Silo Construction & Engineering +32 51723128 www.sce.be

Process control

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

Yemmak +90 266 7338363 www.yemmak.com

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pellet press

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

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

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

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

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

IDAH +866 39 902701 www.idah.com

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

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

milltech +90 332 5021300 www.milltech.com.tr

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

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

Hydronix +44 1483 468900 www.hydronix.com

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

Vibrafloor +33 3 85 44 06 78 www.vibrafloor.com vibronet-Gräf GmbH & Co.KG +49 6441 62031 www.vibronet.com

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

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

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

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

Yemmak +90 266 7338363 www.yemmak.com

Ocrim +39 0372 4011 www.ocrim.com

Plant Bühler AG +41 71 955 11 11 www.buhlergroup.com Sangati Berga +55 11 2663 9990 www.sangatiberga.com.br Yemtar Feed Mill Machines +90 266 733 8550 www.yemtar.com

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

Pelleting Technology Netherlands (PTN) +3 73 54 984 72 www.ptn.nl Pingle +86 311 88268111 www.plflourmill.com Sangati Berga +55 11 2663 9990 www.sangatiberga.com.br

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

Behlen +1 402 564 3111 www.behlengrainsystems.com

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

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

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

A/S Cimbria +45 9617 9000 www.cimbria.com

Roll fluting Bühler AG +41 71 955 11 11 www.buhlergroup.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

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

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

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

MySilo +90 382 266 22 45 www.mysilo.com

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

Obial +90 382 2662120 www.obial.com.tr

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gazel +90 364 2549630 www.gazelmakina.com

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

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

IAOM +1 913 338 3377 www.iaom.info

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

IFF +495307 92220 www.iff-braunschweig.de

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

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

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

For where ever you are!

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

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

AGI www.aggrowth.com

Leiber GmbH +49 5461 93030 www.leibergmbh.de

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

Brock +1 866 658 4191 www.brockgrain.com

Silos

Yeast products

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

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

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

Weighing equipment

Sukup +1 641 892 4222 www.sukup.com

Sifters

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

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

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

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

NorthWind +1 785 284 0080 www.northwindts.com

Vibrators

CSI +90 322 428 3350 www.cukurovasilo.com

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

Scalling

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

OMS +441242 267700 www.onlinemillingschool.com Ocrim +39 0372 4011 www.ocrim.com

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the interview

Alexander Döring, Secretary General of the European Feed Manufacturers Federation (FEFAC)

Alexander Döring graduated as an Agricultural Economist at the University of Bonn in 1991. He has been the Secretary General of the European Feed Manufacturers Federation (FEFAC) for over 25 years. Through his work at FEFAC he has been a regular participant to European Commission Advisory and Civil Society Dialogue Groups; EFSA stakeholder platforms meetings; EC seminars and training workshops on Feed Hygiene; EU- TAIEX workshops on Feed Safety Management as well as meetings of International Organisations including Codex Alimentarius, FAO, OIE and IFIF. Here re recalls the challenges the feed industry has faced in Europe and outlines immediate issues his organisation is coping with. You have had a rich 25-year career within the feed industry, what initially lead you to get into the animal feed sector?

Before joining FEFAC I worked for the European flour miller’s association, called GAM at the time. We had some joint projects with FEFAC and other grain processing industries, in particular seeking to exclude valuable milling co-products from the scope of the new EU Waste Shipment Regulation, which we ultimately succeeded to achieve. At some point I was approached to apply for the position of Secretary General, following the retirement of my predecessor, André Namur.

Throughout your extensive career what are key changes have you observed regarding the production of animal feed within the European Union?

Soon after my engagement at FEFAC, the European feed industry faced a major public health challenge, namely the contamination of meat and bone meal with prions transmitting BSE to cattle and humans, which led to the EU Feed Ban (of MBM), which was partially removed in 2021 for pig and poultry feed (and farmed fish in 2013). This triggered a major overhaul of feed safety management approaches by our companies who invested in the implementation of HACCP-based auto-control systems. This move was further accelerated by the Dioxin (PCB) contamination of used cooking oils, eventually leading to the overhaul of the EU feed and food safety legislation (General Food Law), obliging industry and official controls to set up risk-based approaches to ensure feed safety, which have become the ‘norm’ for our industry globally, via respective CODEX Alimentarius and International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF) guidance. Almost in parallel to the BSE crisis, the EU imposed a moratorium on GM authorisations for crops and for food and feed imports, in place over five long years (1998 - 2003), again leading to significant adaptations in key EU feed markets which needed to cater for ‘GMO-free’ feed supplies, in order to provide choice to the consumers, although the EU never legally defined the concept of ‘non-GM’ feeding to farm animals.

What aspects of feed and/or livestock production would you like to see addressed in the immediate future?

FEFAC published its Feed Sustainability Charter 2030 in 2020, containing five key feed industry ambitions ranging from responsible sourcing of soy to animal feeding innovations reducing GHG emissions and the need for antibiotics at farm level. This was done in anticipation of the EU's Green Deal communication, setting out clear aspirational targets to accelerate the transition of the whole EU economy addressing climate change and related biodiversity and circular bioeconmy objectives. The livestock sector is generally perceived as a ‘problem area’ in the new EU sustainable food systems approach, as a key emission source for certain GHG emissions and pollutants and as a ‘driver’ for biodiversity loss (Deforestation) . We do know since our involvement in the FAO LEAP programme (Livestock Environmental Assessment Partnership) and the EU's own PEF (Product Environmental Footprint) pilot projects for dairy and feed that feed material supplies are

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among that largest contributor for these emissions. So our main game plan and responsibility is to reposition innovative animal nutrition and feeding systems as part of the solution on the way towards zero-net livestock and aquaculture production systems. FEFAC members have heavily invested in the development of new tools to calculate the environmental footprint of feed (PEF Feed Category Rules and the Global Feed LCA Institute (GFLI) - feed LCA database), together with the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) and other feed chain partners. These are now fully operational, and we hope that the EU legislator will recognise these efforts through its announced Sustainable Products Labelling Initiative. In fact our current feed labelling legislation already allows in principle for the use of voluntary ‘green feed labelling’ to communicate on environmental benefits of our feed solutions - if supported by scientific evidence - so we aim at submitting to the EU a joint code of good labelling practice for compound feed, together with our partners at COPA/COGECA (EU Farmers and Cooperatives Union) and FEFANA (on feed additives) before the end of 2022.

What are the barriers you feel our industry must overcome to ensure we are meeting the demands of the market and meeting consumer expectations?

Indeed it is always challenging for any industry to serve two masters, that is the ‘consumer and markets’ on the one hand, calling for affordable and regular supplies of safe feed and foodstuffs of animal origin and the ‘citizens’ on the other, who express their societal expectations mainly via calls by NGO's for legislative action and constraints (for example, the Green Deal), which tend to increase production cost for our farmer customers, via increased animal welfare and certain sustainability requirements (environmental standards). Industry efforts to address both sets of demands are often hampered by a certain reluctance from national and EU legislators to pave the way for some of the new technology and scientific innovations (such as breeding technologies), compounded by ever rising risk evaluation demands and timelines linked to product authorisations, which are very costly and constantly raising the bar for new market entries, limiting availability of innovative products and solutions to our farming community and value chain partners to address above challenges.

What has been the most critical technological development taking place in the livestock feed sector in recent years from your perspective?

We have seen ground-breaking innovations in the plant breeding sector (new genomic techniques), which could open the way to better vegetable protein crops, both from a yield potential and quality perspective, making such plants more attractive to grow by the farming community. We are also pleased to see major innovations in the feed additive sector, which clearly can make a significant contribution to tackle the above-mentioned sustainability challenges (reduction of GHG emissions, such as methane), but also in the area of animal welfare and gut health, which

are key drivers for consumer and market acceptance for products of animal origin. I also want to highlight significant progress in feed processing technology, which is often overlooked, but has allowed our sector to improve digestibility of key feed materials such as rapeseed meal and sunflower meal, increasing its use also in monogastric diets and widening the access to other valuable co-products from the food and biofuel sector.

How might the industry engage with consumers to ensure advances made based on sound science are accepted in our animal production systems?

Current discussions with consumer organisations on the role of sustainably produced animal products in sustainable diets tend to be highly emotional, as EU consumer unions main focus is on fostering a general reduction of consumption of animal products, both for health and climate change reasons. Our industry needs to better highlight the credentials of animal production as an essential part of circular food systems, as we keep nutrients from non-human edible sources in the food production cycle, which otherwise would be lost, not to mention that manure is required to replace synthetic fertilisers in vegetable production systems, thus closing nutrient cycles and reducing primary energy use. This is what FEFAC tries to achieve by its contribution to the public debate with its new circular feed report. We consider the report as a first significant step to developing a robust circular feed indicator, which should become the main EU sustainable food systems indicator for measuring sustainability of our feed production, in our view. We hope it can demonstrate to consumers, on a fact-based approach, that animal production systems are an integral part of sustainable food systems, basically by increasing the share of circular nutrient sources. For this reason, we are seeking to convince the EU to set up an open One Nutrition dialogue between plant, animal and human nutritionists in order to discuss optimisation strategies to improve circularity of our food systems and our consumer diets.

Finally, are we in good shape to feed a world population that continues to grow and is expected to rise above 9.6 billion by 2050?

Yes, in principle - we have all the knowledge and means of production to ensure adequate and nutritionally balanced food supplies to the growing world population, which will hit the eight billion mark even before the end of this year. However, both the COVID crisis and the recent Russian military aggression in the Ukraine have shown our global vulnerabilities to ensure food security as our supply chains have come under huge strain. We must therefore reconsider how, what and where to produce our feed and food to increase our resilience to exogene shocks, be it wars or pandemics, including animal diseases, or indeed to respond to the growing climate change impacts and natural disasters. This will lead to a full review of our own value chain cooperation, which requires a mentality change to move away from just-in-time to just-in-case approaches - but also with our competent authorities on topics like strategic stocks and reshoring/prioritisation of critical industrial activities linked to feed and food production to reduce or strategic reliance on only one or two key suppliers but also on prioritisation of food and feed production in case of supply chain shortages. FEFAC is fully involved in respective joint actions and discussions, with other value chain partners, the EU Commission and all 27 Member States, seeking to increase the resilience of our feed and food production systems and the EU's contribution to global food security, as a member of the new European Food Security Crisis preparedness and response Mechanism (EFSCM).

PEOPLE THE INDUSTRY FACES LeMar Industries promotes new Engineering Manager

lex Carnahan has been promoted to Engineering Manager for LeMar Industries, a subsidiary of Brock Grain Systems, according to Nicholas Kiederlen, Plant Manager for the CTB, Inc business unit.

In his new position, Mr Carnahan will be responsible for leading the engineering team in designing towers, catwalks, and other grain structures for large, complex grain storage systems.

Mr Carnahan had been named Senior Structures Engineer for LeMar Industries in July 2021. Prior to his employment with CTB, Mr Carnahan worked 13 years as a Senior Structural Engineer for a national engineering and design company, where he led numerous large projects from design through completion. He graduated from the University of Illinois in Urbana, Illinois, earning a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering with a focus on structures.

FEFAC recognises “exceptional” contributor

ngela Booth, director of responsibility at AB Agri, has been awarded honorary membership of FEFAC, the European Compound Feed Manufacturers’ Federation. The presentation was made at the recent 67th FEFAC General Assembly in the Netherlands.

This award is in recognition of Ms Booth’s exceptional contribution to the FEFAC Sustainability Charter 2030, which includes the FEFAC Soy Sourcing Guidelines and the Product Environment Footprint Category Rules (PEFCR) as key components.

Ms Booth was the first elected chairperson of the FEFAC Sustainability Committee from 2013 – 2018. She is current chair of FEFAC’s Feed Safety Management Committee and also chairs the Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC) in the UK. “All I ever hope to do through FEFAC and AIC is to benefit our industry in whatever way I can,” says Ms Booth, upon receiving the award. “Receiving this honour was somewhat unexpected but a lovely gesture which I will treasure.”

International Grains Council appoints new Chairperson for 2022/23

ollowing on from Ukraine's Chairmanship, the International Grains Council appoints Dr Florence Kaibi, Minister Counsellor and Agriculture Attaché, Kenya Embassy to Belgium, Mission to the EU, OACPS and WCO, as its Chairperson for 2022/23.

The Secretariat will support the chair's efforts by continuing to organise regular webinars between the public and private sectors on the main issues affecting the grains value chain during her chairmanship.

“Kenya's chairmanship comes at a time when the global trade and food systems are facing challenges that require innovation, resilience and partnership in order to promote stability and sustainability," says Dr Florence Kaibi on her appointment. During its chairmanship, Kenya is particularly interested in working with the Secretariat and IGC's members to broaden market information and trade cooperation in the global grains, oilseeds, rice and pulses markets which are essential in addressing market uncertainty and food security concerns.

New appointments strengthen Protix’s team

rotix currently supplies insect ingredients on an industrial scale to a number of industries. With current pressure on the availability of raw materials and the need to produce more sustainably, Protix’s sourcing and in-house production helps to alleviate this. The company is now investing in its mission to bring the future closer.

To this end, the company has appointed Barry Greyling as Corporate Treasurer ahead of a planned major scale-up of its business. He will be joining recent hires Jeroen van der Staay, Chief Growth Officer and Aneeke van de Geijin, Chief Commercial Officer, in the company’s expansion of its team. Mr Greyling brings over 15 years of experience in corporate finance, banking and treasury with one at the big four professional services firm. He is a member of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments, with a diploma in Management Accounting from the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.

Jeroen van der Staay is a business leader with experience as a strategy consultant, investment manager, corporate business developer, marketing director and commercial director. Anneke van de Geijin is a business executive with past roles as Global Marketing Director, Global Sales Director and Commercial Director of large divisions. “As the only supplier of commercial products in a substantial volume, Protix has forged strong relationships with feed and food manufacturers,” says Kees Aarts, Founder and CEO of Protix.

“Since the opening of our large-scale production facility in 2019 we have been working closely with our customers to understand their needs and are now at the exciting stage of further ramping up our production to meet increasing demand.”

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