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Looking back and looking forward

Events - expos and conferences

- are a great source of valuable information.

Roger Gilbert

They are not only valuable for providing an opportunity to catch up on the latest developments in a region or globally, but also accommodate an exchange of ideas and provide the impetus for us to take action.

Two events that have taken place in the recent past include among others, IAOM’s 127th Annual Convention and the 2023 World Nutrition Forum.

We were able to include a timely but brief reference to IAOM’s USA event in our May 2023 edition, but we have re-visited the event in our show report section in more detail this month. This was a significant coming together for the flour milling industry in North America in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the end of April and had an extending attendance that include delegates from 21 countries among its 1100 attendees (see page 92).

The focus was clearly on inclusion for all involved in milling and this was reflected in the keynote presentation made by Meredith Nelson from the General Mills company when she referred to the success of IAOM’s Women in Milling group.

We congratulate Steve Matson, director of operations at Bay State Milling, on becoming the 2023-24 IAOM President and who intends to support greater diversity and inclusion along with industry recruitment and education during his tenure.

It was a vibrant and engaging event that conveys a message of strength within our industry at both nation and international level.

The second event, the 2023 World Nutrition Forum (see page 48), took place in Cancun, Mexico, in the second week of May from the 8-10. It attracted over 800 attendees from around the world.

This was the fifth outing for the WNF following a two-year interruption due to the Covid pandemic. Despite this delay and the fact that its organisation has transferred from the former Biomin company to DSM, when the former was taken over by the latter, it has lost none of its focus and appeal under new management.

A number of keynote speakers dealt with topics ranging from data gathering, to sustainability, to climate change, to industry image challenges from those critical of the intensive livestock and aquaculture industries.

Our report from page 48 in this edition goes some way to

highlighting key aspects of the event although ‘being there’ delivered more than expected for discerning delegates.

It is clear our industry needs both these types of events - those arranged by organisations such as IAOM, as well as those offered by companies.

Milling and Grain was fortunate to have the opportunity at the event to talk with Ivo Lansbergen, Executive Vice-President for Animal Nutrition and Health at the newly named dsm-firmenich, which you can see on our MAGTV Channel; Mr Lansbergen made the announcement of the merger on the second day of the conference that DSM had merged with Firmenich of Switzerland and hence creating the new name dsm-firmenich! see page 13.

Also in this issue

This month our columnist Mildred Cookson (see page 20) recounts the first mill to be driven by electricity - and it was a mill operated by Matarazzo and Co of Saõ Paulo, Brazil - funded by a British bank in 1900. Mr Matarazzo had emigrated to Brazil from Italy and was destined to become the fifth richest man in the world by 1937. This is an intriguing insight into the history of our milling industry and our thanks go to Mildred for unearthing this international historic gem.

Another ‘gem’ is highlighted by her colleague Nathanael Hodge who manages the Rex Wailes Collection at the Mills Archive. He features a conical lump of rock that is believed to be over 2000 years old and was once used in the production of flour by hand, another fine feature (see page 28).

Our cover

You may be forgiven for not being able to figure out our cover image this month.

Don’t worry it’s part of a colour sorter that is not often seen as its internal structure is hidden below its casing.

This unit is being displayed in the ’new room’ recently opened at the FlourWorld Museum in Wittenberg, Germany - that illuminates a further chapter in human history - dedicated to the industrial revolution and which has allowed the world’s population to grow.

The creation of new technical solutions has been critical in supporting population growth with the foodstuffs needed, particularly around bread and other milled flour-based foods that have come to sustain almost all societies on the planet.

The room is dedicated to the Industrial Revolution and was conceived by Dr Oliver Seifert of the museum in co-operation with the Bühler Group and Mühlenchemie. The optical sorter is just one of the working models on display. Others include a roller mill and a plansifter.

World Nutrition Forum 2023 – Interview with Ivo Lansbergen

In this months magazine we have two interviews with Ivo Lansbergen, you can read the first interview on page 104, and view the second on the MAGTV page of our website.

“It’s a big theme, sustainability. We need to take it seriously as it’s going to be a theme driving this value chain. The good news is we have the power and the means, but now we need to join forces and start acting on it.”

To see more of this interview, go to our MAGTV YouTube Channel, at: https:// millingandgrain.com/category/mag-tv/

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Hello and welcome everyone to the June edition of Milling and Grain magazine and to the Global Miller. The seasons have begun to change this month and we’re moving onto hotter weather here in the Northern Hemisphere.

Greg Liu - Famsun

Greg Liu, Vice President of Famsun, talks to Roger Gilbert, Publisher of Milling and Grain magazine, whilst attending VIV Asia 2023, held over three days in Bangkok, Thailand from March 8-10, 2023.

The Famsun stand displayed its impressive automation systems, as Greg Liu told Milling and Grain magazine about the important of automation and storage due to the high price of raw materials. This year’s VIV Asia has proved incredibly valuable to Famsun, who’s imports/ exports have been impacted alongside everyone else from Covid 19. Mr Liu tells us how helpful and productive it is to now be able to have the opportunity to meet with customers, old and new, face-to-face.

BK Chew

BK Chew, Vice President of Feed Additives, Ingredients & Amino Acids, APAC, ADM, talks to Roger Gilbert, Publisher of Milling and Grain, whilst attending VIV Asia 2023, held over three days in Bangkok, Thailand from 8 –10 March, 2023.

BK emphasises the opportunity the event has provided to reconnect with customers and industry partners and discuss ongoing challenges such as supply chain disruption, increasing prices of raw materials and microbial resistance. He addresses ADM’s holistic approach to their services and how they keep in mind the importance of sustainability. Sustainability is a core area for ADM, and it always strives to give the best nutrition to animals whilst lessening negative environmental impacts. ADM has many specialists covering areas of nutrition, formulators, veterinarians and experts in analytical work, with every ingredient and feed additive trialled in-house. Regarding microbial resistance, ADM seeks to lessen the impact antibiotics have on people and livestock production, looking at solutions and programs to assist customers in restricting their use and ultimately providing alternatives which are more beneficial

Summer begins on June 21 which is also the longest day of the year for the Northern Hemisphere (sorry Southerners, you’ll have to wait till December 21). This day is also known as the Summer solstice, or Winter solstice for the Southern Hemisphere. The specific date for the solstice changes over the years but tends to stay between June 20 – 23 whereas Midsummer is on June 24 this year. The difference in the days for these holidays’ stems from the Julian and Gregorian calendars.

The summer solstice has been a celebrated holiday for centuries in Northern and Central European Neolithic cultures with the holiday relating to the timing of crop cycles as it is the high point of summer. The solstice was ordinarily marked by Celtic, Slavic, and Germanic people by lighting bonfires and hosting festivals to both celebrate and boost the sun’s strength for the remainder of the crop season and ensures a healthy harvest.

The solstice also sits in a wider celestial framework that compliments the seasonal equinoxes that mark spring and autumn, as well as daily, monthly, and annual cycles. These helped to track the timings of the harvests and planting of crops by acting as the midpoint between these two events. Farmers, recognising this day as the half-way point towards harvesting their crop, would celebrate at the Midsummer festivals.

Midsummer is the holiday period of the solstice originating from Celtic, Slavic, and Germanic people with Pagan preChristian roots. Once the Christian Church was established, solstice and midsummer celebrations were tied with the commemoration of John the Baptist, St Johns Day.

Due to the varying origins of Midsummer, the methods of celebration between the solstice and Midsummer tends to be some form of festival with bonfires, large feasts, and rituals and prayers. In Viking tradition, Nordic communities would use the longest day as a method to maximise their productivity by hunting, settling disputes and conducting raids.

Mentioning productivity, DSM is now dsm-firmenich, having merged with Firmenich, launching a new company together. Along with this, CPM have announced the acquisition of IDAH and Alltech and Agolin partner to provide eco-friendly solutions for supporting cattle production. This is quite the month for companies getting together, let’s hope for more successful partnering and mergers in the future. For more detailed information on all this news then read on as we have it all in our magazine.

For news on the events around the world, we will have some detailed reports on the DSM World Nutrition Forum and the 127th Annual IAOM, two events that members of our team will have visited. We also have an interesting preview for Cereals 2023 that we plan to attend.

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information on novel processes enabling the generation of ingredients for manufacture of bread, cakes, confectionary, pasta and a plethora of applications for diverse types of breakfast cereals, beverages and the infant formula markets. We also consider papers on complete animal feed manufacture as a core topic. These usually require pre-grinding and milling/flaking of grain and cereals for terrestrial animal feeds such as for poultry, swine, ruminants and equine. Animal feed production can involve drying, milling, pelleting, steam and pressure conditioning, shaping and texturisation dependent on specific machinery. Processes such as extrusion, cooking and expansion are of paramount importance with much research being undertaken on engineering, both mechanical and electrical. Effective storing and preservation methods offer opportunities for papers.

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dsm-firmenich launches as innovators in nutrition, health, and beauty

dsm-firmenich is excited to confirm the successful merger of DSM and Firmenich and the resulting launch of a new company that brings together one of the largest innovation and creation communities in nutrition, health, and beauty. With a nearly 30,000 strong team and unparalleled capabilities built on more than a century of cutting-edge science, dsm-firmenich will be a trailblazer in the reinvention, manufacturing, and combination of vital nutrients, flavours, and fragrances.

Combining the essential, desirable, and sustainable

By creatively applying proven science and drawing on data-driven innovation capabilities as well as exceptional standards of operational excellence, dsm-firmenich seeks to tackle the tension between what society needs, what people individually want, and what the planet demands in the areas of nutrition, health, and beauty. By working closely together with customers to create what is essential for life as well as desirable for consumers yet simultaneously more sustainable for the planet, dsm-firmenich is poised to bring progress to life for billions of people around the world.

Geraldine Matchett and Dimitri de Vreeze, Co-CEOs of dsm-firmenich, comments, “Today marks a new beginning for us all that is the culmination of more than a century of ground-breaking science from two great companies. dsm-firmenich now stands out as a category of one, uniquely working at the intersection between what people individually want and what we collectively need, without costing the Earth. After all, what is essential has limited impact if it is not desirable, and that impact is not positive if it is not sustainable. And sustainable things that people don’t want or need don’t help much! We are truly global, built on an incredible foundation of proven world-class science with the broadest portfolio of nutrients, flavors, and fragrances. We are delighted to embark on this journey together as a single force for good as innovators in nutrition, health, and beauty.”

Structured for success

dsm-firmenich is organised in four distinct high-performing businesses, rooted in complementary world-class scientific research and manufacturing excellence. Together they are uniquely positioned to help our customers realise their ambitions and address evolving consumer needs and wants.

Perfumery & Beauty creates superior scents with proven benefits – always with the consumer in mind. Creating fragrances that smell amazing and make people feel even better, using the best and largest palette of natural, synthetic, and biotech ingredients.

Taste, Texture & Health helps customers create food and beverage products that are delicious, nutritious, affordable, and sustainable. Providing enjoyment and nourishment for consumers, business success for customers, and better health for people and planet.

Health, Nutrition & Care provides people

a way to look after their health by adding critical nutrients to diet. Driving medical innovation forward, speeding up recovery, and enhancing quality of life.

Animal Nutrition & Health delivers healthy animal proteins efficiently and sustainably, harnessing power of data to make animal farming practices more sustainable, productive, and transparent.

Delivering for all stakeholders

dsm-firmenich is a purpose-led company where people and planet as well as financial success are at the core of its strategy. As a company formed of two growth companies that are also global sustainability leaders, dsm-firmenich is determined to keep growing its positive impact and keep raising the bar in helping to tackle climate change, protect nature, and care for people all along the value chain. Working together with customers and partners, the company strives to tackle the challenges of today and tomorrow while making a positive difference for the planet and enhancing the lives of millions.

A new name and identity

To mark the launch of the new company, dsm-firmenich has revealed a new brand that captures the spirit of bringing two iconic organisations together in a merger of equals. The brand reflects the company’s purpose and values and is the expression of a shared identity. The brand symbolises the company’s mission to combine what is essential for life, desirable for consumers, and more sustainable for the planet. The purpose of dsm-firmenich is to bring progress to life, together with customers and partners, to achieve positive change and make a difference in the world.

Geraldine Matchett and Dimitri de Vreeze, Co-CEOs of dsm-firmenich, adds, “We honour the legacy of DSM and Firmenich by taking the best of both companies in creating a fresh, new identity. It’s lively. It’s vibrant. It’s led by our purpose. Just like dsm-firmenich. This is the beginning of an exciting new time for our employees, our customers, and our partners as we go above and beyond in shaping a positive future for all and as we bring progress to life.”

Following the successful completion of the merger, Geraldine Matchett has decided this is the right time to further her career elsewhere and will move on, as of September 1, in full alignment and with the thanks of the Board of Directors. Dimitri de Vreeze will be the dsmfirmenich CEO.

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İmas Receives ‘Product Showcase 2023’ Award by IAOM

Multimilla Roller Mill, offering higher operational reliability and extended long term durability with its new Polymer Base Construction®, has been awarded in Product Showcase 2023 innovation awards during IAOM USA event in Minnesota, USA.

The 127th of annual IAOM USA Conference & Exhibition was held in Hyatt Regency Minneapolis Hotel between 17-21 April 2023, as three days of education, networking and fellowship meeting for all North and South American milling professionals. In addition, the show gives opportunity milling equipment producers to introduce their innovations each year.

İmas team excited to announce that this year Multimilla Roller Mill with its new Polymer Base Construction® receives Product Showcase 2023 innovation award by IAOM USA.

The presentation of Multimilla Roller Mill was given at the İmas booth by Mr Diwakar Modakam – General Manager of İmas North America. And after the selection of jury, he also received the award on behalf of the İmas team.

Polymer Base Construction®

İmas R&D and Engineering team has developed an alternative roller mill chassis construction material to the steel or cast iron, with the use of polymeric composites as being the first application in milling industry.

The major advantage of using patented polymeric composites in the roller mill chassis is that they have a great vibration resistance, enabling a more reliable operation and extended long term durability of the machine.

The new Polymer Base Construction® material has actually ten times better vibration damping ability than the cast iron, and even 20 times better than the welded steel chassis. Moreover, it has comparatively lower thermal conductivity, higher rigidity and corrosion resistance, and better production flexibility advantages with reduced production time, cost, and footprint.

CPM announces the acquisition of IDAH

CPM, a leading solutions provider of process equipment and engineered technologies, has announced the acquisition of IDAH, a move that unites two industry leaders behind a shared mission to sustainably feed, fuel and build a better world.

“The joining of these two successful enterprises will bring a new dimension of solution and service offerings to our customers thanks to the perfectly complementary nature of our product portfolios,” says David Webster, CPM President & CEO. “We look forward to utilising the strong team and capabilities of the IDAH business to expand our global position in the aqua feed, petfood and plant-based protein processing markets. We are very excited to welcome the IDAH team to CPM.”

Founded in 1974 by James Chang, IDAH has grown from a small plant in rural Taiwan to six global offices serving more than 21 countries. IDAH specialises in pelleting, extruding and drying equipment, most notably for aqua feed, petfood, snack food, and plant-based protein markets. The IDAH brand has a reputation for high-quality spare parts, machines and services and today is the number one shrimp feed machine solution provider in the world and the number one provider of aquafeed equipment in Southeast Asia.

celebrate this milestone of joining CPM,” says Mr Chang. “Today, two industry leaders unite as one, accelerating our shared vision to sustainably feed, fuel, and build a better world and driven by our passion to innovate and create robust solutions that meet the evolving needs of our global customers.”

Integration activities are already underway with IDAH joining the CPM Process Solutions business unit, a centre of excellence focused on innovative solutions for the consumer food, animal feed and advanced materials industries. CPM Process Solutions is led by Charlie Spearing, General Manager, and comprises the following product brands: Century Extrusion, Extricom, Ruiya, Wolverine Proctor, Planet Dryers, TSA Griddle Systems and IDAH.

Customers and business partners will continue to be served through their current contacts. CPM and IDAH remain committed to delivering the highest level of service

Alltech and Agolin partner to provide eco-friendly nutrition solutions

As a global leader in animal nutrition, Alltech is proud to partner with companies that share its commitment to Working Together for a Planet of Plenty™. Today, Alltech announced it has acquired a majority interest in Agolin. Founded in 2006 in Switzerland, Agolin has developed and produced plant-based nutrition solutions that improve herd performance, profitability and sustainability, according to a 2020 meta-analysis in the journal Animals.

Agolin’s high-quality essential oil blends are scientifically proven to optimise feed intake and performance, including improved milk and meat production. Furthermore, Agolin® Ruminant was the first feed additive certified by The Carbon Trust for methane reduction in ruminants (2018). Today, organisations such as Verra and Gold Standard are including it in their major international climate protection projects.

“Agolin’s essential oil blends are a complement to Alltech’s proven nutritional technologies, such as Yea-Sacc® and Optigen®,” says Dr Mark Lyons, Alltech’s president and CEO. “Governments, consumer brands and retailers are making important commitments to reduce their environmental impact. These commitments rely upon farmers and ranchers, and we are dedicated to supporting them with the best available nutritional technologies to achieve more milk and meat while reducing their environmental footprint.”

The alliance between Alltech and Agolin will empower farmers and ranchers to reach their sustainability goals while also supporting the performance and profitability of the cattle in their herds and supply chains. The synergistic use of Alltech and Agolin nutritional technologies leads to benefits such as improved animal welfare, greater feed efficiency and conversion, enhanced milk and meat production, increased profitability, and a reduced environmental footprint, including a boost in nitrogen efficiency. The partners will also be exploring opportunities to develop new technologies that bring together the best of Alltech’s proven nutrition and Agolin’s essential oil blends. Agolin has a presence in Europe, Asia and North America. Alltech’s majority interest in the company will expand the availability of Agolin to additional markets.

“We at Agolin are delighted with this strategic alliance to grow synergistically through the added technical expertise and global reach of Alltech,” says Kurt Schaller, managing director of Agolin SA. “This represents a new era for our business, and we look forward to breaking new ground in our industry.”

Agolin focuses on research and development to produce and market innovative feed additives based on plant active ingredients, which are effective and easy to use. Its essential oil blends are backed by a strong quality management system (FAMI-QS), which ensures safety and guarantees traceability.

Andritz introduces comprehensive solutions to produce alternative proteins

International technology group Andritz is expanding its role in the food and feed industries with solutions to produce alternative proteins. The company will help customers scale up alternative protein production to a commercial level and provide support over the entire equipment life. The new project will initially focus on alternative protein sources such as peas, pulses, lentils, insects, and animal residues, with more to come soon.

ANDRITZ experts are working side-by-side with customers to find the optimal solution for their alternative protein production needs based on wet or dry processing. The tailored end-to-end solutions include concept design, process engineering, realisation, automation, and service. Andritz has proven technologies for all key process steps available in the group, including milling, conditioning, dewatering, drying, extrusion, and pelleting – all backed by innovative process automation and proven global service. To produce alternative proteins, Andritz will draw upon the broadest product portfolio worldwide as well as its expertise in project management by dedicated and experienced teams.

“We are thrilled to officially announce the birth of this new offering,” says Christian Kling, Head of Alternative Protein Solutions at Andritz. “The field of alternative proteins is an exciting market but moving from lab to industrial scale can be challenging. Andritz – as the trusted partner on your side – not only has the production technology but also helps customers speed up commercialisation and bridge the gap to full-scale production. With a history of 170 years, we have been engineering and implementing solutions for many industries including food and feed for decades.”

To support customers in realising their ideas, Andritz is also building an innovative test centre at Waddinxveen, The Netherlands. The “Food Innovation Xperience” will open in the 4th quarter this year, enabling customers to validate their concepts by scaling up production and testing quality, consistency, and energy efficiency at industrial levels.

The First Mill to be driven by Electricity: Matarazzo & Co’s Mill, São Paulo

by Mildred Cookson, The Mills Archive, UK

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by Mildred Cookson, Mills Archive Trust, UK

This title headed an article in the Christmas edition of Milling in 1902. Twenty years earlier Francesco Matarazzo had emigrated to Brazil from Italy and was destined to become the fifth richest man in the world by 1937, the year he died. In 1900 a British bank had provided the finance for him to build a modern mill in Sao Paulo and by 1902 electricity was becoming more and more used for running machinery. It was not so surprising that the whole plant in a large flour mill would come to be powered this way and Matarazzo & Co were early adaptors.

Originally the setup was driven by steam, and although coal was abnormally expensive in Brazil, the mill was still a great success. It used “Monitor” wheat separators and scourers, “Simon” patent wheat washing, stoning, and drying machines, a ventilated whizzer and “Cyclone” dust collectors, cylinders, graders, sieves, and fans. The roller plant of the first mill had 50inx10in Simon 4-roller mills for the breaks, and smooth 4-roller mills for the reductions, with a full complement of scalpers, purifiers, graders, and centrifugal dressing machines. Band conveyors were also installed for conveying grain from the railway cars to the silos.

During 1902 Henry Simon of Manchester had erected the firm’s second roller plant of 20 sacks capacity, comprising a complete set of machines for cleaning the wheat, as well as for grinding, purifying the middlings and dressing the flour. As a result of this success, Mr. Matarazzo called in the Manchester firm to erect a

duplicate twenty sack plant bringing the total up to 40 sacks per hour. In addition, a splendid range of steel storage silos for grain were made in England, put together, marked, then taken apart to be shipped to Brazil where they were erected by Simon’s own superintendent mill erectors.

The silos were 76ft, high from the outlets at the bottom to the tops of the domes and held 15,000 quarters. Band conveyors were provided which ran parallel to the railway siding by which the grain could be transferred direct from the cars to the silos at the rate of 50 tons an hour. The high tower seen in the illustration contained a main elevator for lifting the wheat at the same rate as band conveyors moved it from the railway cars. Other bands were located below the silos for transporting the grain to the cleaning house.

The mill manager was Mr H Rishworth, scion of the wellknown firm Rishworth, Ingleby & Lofthouse of Hull UK, and was trained on Henry Simon’s staff. He was not only general manager for the mill from the first but had the responsibility of supervising the various engineering problems that took place.

The whole of the premises formed one of the finest properties of the kind in Brazil. They constituted the second largest mill in the country, the largest being those of the Rio de Janeiro flour Mills and Granaries Ltd., situated at Rio de Janeiro, which were also built and equipped by Henry Simon.

The city of Sao Paulo is fifty miles from the port of Santos, resulting in a very high price of coal for deliveries up-country. This was the prime motivation to move to electrical power.

Fortunately for Mr. Matarazzo, the Light and Power Company

The grain silos viewed from the railway at the rear of the mill

of Sao Paulo had developed a power station by a waterfall in the adjacent mountains, and by means of turbines, dynamos and electric cables, were able to supply the milling firm with electric current to drive their mill at a much lower cost than could have been done by steam power. The journalist believed that price negotiated was UK£17 per horsepower, per annum, with a discount of 5 percent if 250 hp was consumed, and 10 percent

for over 300 hp. The charge for the use in 1902 for lighting the premises and for the electric oven amounted to £300 per year. One large motor of 2-300 hp was arranged for each of the two roller plants. The power was transmitted from them to the main line shafts of the mills by means of cotton ropes. The speeds did not vary even when switching off the cleaning plant. Although the motors were close together there was no vibration, and

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the bearings gave no trouble. Financially they proved their worth by saving between UK£3,000 and UK£4,000 per year compared with the cost of working with a steam plant.

Milling considered that there were many sites in Britain and Ireland where electrical power could be adopted to advantage. As coal was cheaper, the economy of steam engines was difficult to beat for mills and factories where their machinery was near the main engine. The point where it paid to transmit power by wire, instead of by belt depended on this distance. The heavy drag of a mill running empty with widely spread, ill placed machinery, contrasted starkly with the light power load required to run a more compact mill. Shafting alone in some mills took considerable power, and a wire would never get out of line like shafting, nor would it need oiling!

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A good start to the Egyptian wheat season

The Egyptian government has purchased 1.2 million tonnes of wheat from local farmers in this season since mid-April 2023, according to a report filed to Minister of Supply Ali Al Meselhi on Saturday 6 May 2023.

The purchased amount of wheat was sent to 420 places nationwide, the report said, noting that the wheat quality of this season is superior, besides the increase in the rates of supply this year compared to last year at the same time, the report said, indicated that the payment takes place 48 hours after the supply.

Hussein Abdul Rahman Abu Saddam, Head of the General Syndicate of Farmers, said in a statement that the authorities aim to purchase a total of four million tonnes of wheat from the local farmers.

He added that the supply of wheat will continue until the end of next September, and about 50 percent of the cultivated areas have been harvested so far, while about 25 percent of the harvested quantities have been threshed.

Abdul Rahman added that the high rate of supply is attributed to several reasons, the most important of which are the increase in the price, the high number of wheat receiving points (430 nationwide), and the ban on sealing wheat to another place without approval from the Ministry of Supply.

In April 2023, the Egyptian Ministry of Finance allocated 45 billion EGP to purchase local wheat from farmers this year, with an increase of more than 19 billion EGP compared to the last year, said Minister Mohamed Maait in a statement.

The government has started to buy the local wheat from the beginning of this April to the mid-August, with an additional cost to increase the price of one ardab (150 kilograms) by 74 percent from 865 EGP (US$ 27.90) to 1,500 EGP (US$ 48.39), Maait added.

This year’s wheat harvest will be one of the best in terms of area under cultivation, according to the head of the Egyptian Farmers Syndicate Hussein Abu Saddam. Some 3,650,000 feddans (a feddan is slightly larger than an acre) were cultivated this season, the largest area ever, according to Abu Saddam. Wheat is a priority crop because the more abundant the local crop, the less wheat the country needs to import.

The government has also taken a number of measures to make it easier for farmers to deliver wheat to government silos. “It has set up 439 collection points for wheat close to harvest areas in order to ease the transport and freight burden on farmers,” said Abu Saddam. “Also, it has accelerated the payment process so that now farmers can receive their payments within 48 hours. Obstacles have been minimised, and farmers are given encouragement through guidance seminars.”

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

The Ministry of Supply had taken better decisions this year than last year, he said. Last year it required farmers to deliver a minimum of 12 ardabs of wheat, whereas this year delivery is optional. The government has also prohibited using wheat in fodder manufacture and to feed livestock and fish, and it has cautioned against shipping wheat from one governorate to another without notifying and receiving approval from the Ministry of Supply. The purpose is to curb stockpiling and monopolistic practices on the part of some traders.

Haj Galal, a wheat farmer from Upper Egypt, agreed that LE1,500 (US$ 48.39) per ardab was a fair price for wheat this year when compared to LE850 (US$ 27.90) last year, especially for farmers who had large areas of land under cultivation. He also approved of the government’s decisions regarding the distribution of subsided coarse bran, a milling by-product.

Minister of Supply Ali Moselhi has announced that the government will disburse 10 kg of coarse bran from the ministry’s wheat mills for every ardab of local wheat received at collection points. The farmer or trader will be required to submit a photocopy of the document that certifies the delivery of the harvested wheat to the collection point, stating the quantity, place, and date.

According to Ashraf Kamal, professor of Agricultural Economy at the Academy of Agricultural Research, one of the greatest problems farmers face, apart from bad weather conditions, is the fragmented structure of land tenure. “A small farmer, with only a quarter or even three-quarters of a feddan of land, finds it hard to afford to hire a special truck to take his harvest to the silos. So, his only option is to sell it to a trader to deliver it for him even though he will receive a smaller amount of money for his wheat than he would directly from the government.”

Mohsen, a small farmer from Qalioubiya who owns half a feddan of land, is in the position Kamal described. He told Al-Ahram Weekly that “I’ll sell my crop to a trader who’ll pay me LE1,430 (US$ 46.13) per ardab, which is less than the government rate, to deliver it to the government silo. But then, I’ll have a problem getting the coarse bran to use for animal feed because the government gives the bran directly to the people who deliver the wheat.”

“I’m not sure how the trader is going to deal with us. Will he agree to give me the subsidised bran? Normally, it costs LE11 a kg in the market.”

On 7 May, Moselhi cautioned traders and anyone else who delivered wheat on behalf of small farmers against trading in the subsidised bran that the government distributes in exchange for local wheat deliveries. The intermediaries are obliged to turn over the bran to the farmers and could be subject to legal action if they fail to do so, he said.

Richard Sellers Receives AFIA’s Distinguished Service Award

The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) honored Richard Sellers, formerly of the AFIA, with its 2023 Distinguished Service Award for his contributions to the feed industry. Leah Wilkinson, AFIA’s vice president of public policy and education, presented the award to Sellers at the AFIA’s May Board of Directors meeting on Wednesday evening.

The Distinguished Service Award is AFIA’s highest honor and is typically given to the elite members of the U.S. animal food industry who have provided outstanding support to the AFIA and the entire animal food industry throughout their careers.

“Richard played a major role in shaping the AFIA into the successful organization that it is today,” said Wilkinson. “Richard prided himself on ensuring that our industry’s voice was heard and considered during several shifts in regulatory programs. No one has provided as much expert advice to the animal food industry over their career as Richard Sellers.”

Prior to retiring in 2018, Sellers joined the AFIA in 1991 and throughout his tenure at the association, he oversaw the AFIA’s legislative and regulatory efforts, growing the team from a team of two to the seven individuals it is today. He was the industry’s advocate before the Food and Drug Administration, state feed control agencies, the Association

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of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) and Congress, and relayed information to AFIA’s membership to help them comply with all state and federal feed laws and regulations. Sellers served as the staff contact for the AFIA Aquaculture, Nutrition and Feed Regulatory Committees during his tenure, impacting many individuals through those roughly 160 committee meetings he staffed over the years.

During his career, he was a part of or advocated for industry during several monumental changes and shifts in authorities and regulation of the industry, including: the Animal Drug Availability Act, which overhauled animal drug approvals, medicated feed mill licensing, Veterinary Feed Directive and the Food Safety Modernization Act and its regulations. He guided the industry through the finding of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in Europe, the resulting feed ban regulations and inspections and then the finding of BSE in the United States in 2003. He helped develop the current model pet food regulations by AAFCO and oversaw the updates of numerous state commercial feed laws.

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Ÿnsect and the LOTTE R&D Centre sign Memorandum of Understanding

Ÿnsect, the world leader in insect production, signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the LOTTE R&D centre, a Korean leader in the Tech industry. The MOU was signed by Guillaume Daoulas, Ÿnsect Food & Plant Sales Director, in the presence of Cho Juhyeon, Korean Vice-Minister for SMEs and Startups, at the “France – Korea” event organised by French Tech and the French Embassy in Korea on April 26th.

The agreement includes conducting joint research to develop insect-based food products, working together to increase knowledge of edible insects’ health claims, and conducting and sharing surveys on “insects in human food” among consumers in Europe and South Korea. This partnership will enable Ÿnsect to accelerate its development in human food and expand its activity in Asia.

The MOU between Ÿnsect and the LOTTE R&D centre represents a significant milestone in the development of insect-based food products and highlights the importance of cooperation between France and Korea in the Tech industry.

“The signing of this MOU with the LOTTE R&D centre, the Korean leader, is a major step forward in Ynsect’s development. We aim to accelerate our presence in high value-added markets, with natural, healthy and sustainable ingredients. Through LOTTE R&D centre, we now benefit from the support of a key player to better understand the different markets in which we are establishing ourselves across

the Asian continent and thus be able to meet the demand for local proteins,” says Guillaume Daoulas, Ÿnsect Food & Plant Sales Director.

Ÿnsect aims to accelerate its presence in high value-added markets with natural, healthy, and sustainable ingredients –this partnership is a clear step in this direction. Lee Gyeong Hweon, president at the LOTTE R&D centre, believes that insect proteins are a key option to meet the food and climate challenges of our time, and Asia is already keen on insectbased foods for human nutrition.

In a 2011 report, the FAO highlighted that to feed the planet by 2050 we will have to produce 70 percent more ingredients with only five percent of available land. The FAO already mentioned insects as a solution. Ten years later, with its industrial know-how and scientific knowledge, Ÿnsect began developing the human food market.

Insects are an environmentally sustainable and healthy protein source that can meet the world’s food and climate challenges. Studies conducted by Maastricht University show that mealworm proteins are as beneficial as milk proteins in terms of digestion, nutrition, absorption, and muscle production. Additionally, the protein content of insects is naturally high, requires 30 times less land, emits 40 times fewer CO2 emissions than beef, and uses 40 times less water than pork.

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Gems from the Mills Archive An ancient milling revolution

by Nathanael Hodge, Rex Wailes Collection, Mills Archive, UK

It’s the oldest item in our collections – a heavy, smooth, conical lump of rock, about nine inches across and four and a half inches high. Known as a beehive quern (due its similarity in shape to a traditional dome-shaped wicker beehive), it was found in north west Essex in the Stansted area and is made of Hertfordshire puddingstone. Although this ancient artefact is probably over 2000 years old, in its day it was a revolutionary new form of technology, both literally and metaphorically.

Today we are so familiar with each new year bringing new technological advances, we can hardly imagine what it was like to live in a time when most of the tools people used as part of their everyday lives were the ones they had inherited from their parents and grandparents before them, and when a new form of technology would have seemed wholly unprecedented. For thousands of years, from perhaps as early as 4000 BC or before, the form of millstone used the world over was the saddle quern, consisting of a large flat stone with a smaller upper stone which would be rubbed back and forth across it. Grinding enough flour for the daily bread at a saddle quern was very strenuous work. Research from the University of Cambridge in 2017 indicates that Neolithic women had stronger arms than today’s elite rowers due to spending up to five hours a day grinding wheat.

In the Iron Age, for the first time in thousands of years a completely new type of mill appeared – the rotary quern. It was significantly more efficient, taking perhaps only hour to grind the wheat for the day’s bread, and made de-husking the grain much easier. The new type of mill was only made possible by the introduction of iron, enabling the creation of both the iron tools used to shape the stone and the iron spindle around which the upper stone rotates. Grain was fed into the ‘eye’ in the centre of the upper

stone, which was turned using a wooden handle inserted into a hole at the side. Grain is crushed between the rotating upper stone and the stationary lower one, exiting as meal all around the rim.

The exact time and place of the rotary quern’s origin is not certain; however they seem to have arrived in Britain in around 400-300 BC. We can only guess at the effects the new type of mill had on society, but in providing a means to produce flour much more quickly and in greater amounts, it must have led to significant social changes, comparable to the effects of the introduction of the even more efficient water powered mills in the Roman period, and the development of modern roller milling technology in the 1800s. Beehive querns continued to be used into the Roman period, gradually being replaced by larger and thinner stones. Even with wind and water powered mills, handmills still continued in use into the Middle Ages, and for grinding oats in the Scottish isles into the 20th century.

The Mills Archive is a permanent repository for the documentary and photographic records of traditional and contemporary mills and milling, as well as similar structures dependent on traditional power sources. It makes that material freely available for public inspection and use in research and learning.

The Mills Archive is one of the world’s great mill collections. It has rescued over 3 million documents and images that might otherwise have ended up in a landfill site. It is an Aladdin’s cave filled with memories and free to users. The collections show the rich and diverse crafts, buildings, machinery, equipment and people involved with mills in the UK and around the world.

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Food Extrusion Workshop

The workshop will take place at Extrusion Application Centre, Bühler, Uzwil, Switzerland, on 13 - 16 June 2023. The course, conducted in English, will cover an introduction on the basics of extrusion technology using hands-on workshop teaching. This will encompass:

• The principles of extrusion technology: Extrusion Basics, function of screw elements, effects of mechanical and thermal energy input, screw configurations for direct and indirect expanded food products.

• Extrusion process related equipment: Steam addition into extruder and preconditioning as a means of thermal energy addition, de-gassing and application of vacuum as a means of thermal energy removal, co-extrusion process and remotecut technology, colouring and coating of extruded products, drying and toasting technology.

• Presentations of various extruded food products: Direct and indirect expanded RTE breakfast cereals and snacks, dry and wet texturised plant-based proteins, modified flours, and extruded breadcrumbs.

• Analytical methods to analyse raw materials and final products: Conversion of starch and proteins during extrusion cooking process, and a demonstration in Bühler’s Analytical Laboratory.

Between the theoretical sessions there will be live demonstrations of various extruded products in Bühler’s stateof-the-art extrusion pilot plant. Those attending need to be actively involved in the technological aspects and feasibility of extrusion production for food.

The cost of the training course is CHF 4’900, which includes:

• Hands-on training with our experienced extrusion experts

• Training documentations

• Lunch on all full training days

• Transportation between hotel and training facilities (hotel fees not included)

• Certificate of participation

• Invitation letter for visa application

For more details, visit: https://www.buhlergroup.com/content/ buhlergroup/global/en/training/Extruded-products-workshopfor-food.html

Ocrim milling school

A company, and in general any industrial reality, is well balanced and competitive when profound technical knowledge is combined with the indispensable entrepreneurial skills of intuition and imagination.

The task of our school is precisely to help milling companies enrich their human resources, placing the most advanced technical know-how at their disposal as a company that designs and manufactures the machines and systems it teaches, through its dedicated courses, functions, use and maintenance. All the teachers at our school, including technicians, engineers, technologists, skilled workers and chief erector, are part of the OCRIM team. OCRIM's International Milling Technology School has been providing training to students from all over the world for over 58 years, as evidenced by the different courses that take place every year.

In March and April, for example, we hosted respectively students from "La Pasta S.A." company (Cameroon) and Cargill Deutschland GmbH (Germany), who attended a course with theoretical and practical courses in milling technology. The school courses’ agenda does not stop there. In fact, other dedicated courses are already scheduled for September and October.

Furthermore, basic training is provided for beginners in the sector - who desire to have a concrete approach with the milling reality - upon reaching a minimum number of members, to have the best training experience. For more information, please send an email. Let's retrace together the historical stages of the most important International Milling School

1965 – OCRIM sets up training courses for its customers aimed essentially at learning the maintenance techniques of the mill machines. For the theoretical lessons, the classrooms of the Industrial Technical Institute of Cremona were used; the company's assembly and maintenance departments were used for the practical lessons.

1979 – OCRIM physically creates the school in Cavatigozzi, Cremona province, equipping an area with classrooms, laboratories, a workshop and a pilot mill.

1995 – The school, almost completely renovated, was transferred from the suburbs to the headquarters (where it is still located), becoming its flagship.

2018 – Bonifiche Ferraresi, OCRIM and other realities, including research institutions and universities, sets up a training center at Jolanda di Savoia (Italy) which offers training courses and masters on agriculture 4.0.

2020 – Establishment of the futuristic Milling Hub Masterclass milling academy, whose courses focus on knowledge of seeds up to the marketing of the finished product.

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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.

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The speed, accuracy and flexibility of the STORM PRO seed treater provides the ultimate seed treating solution for your operation. Industry leading speed and capacity propels your business to the next level, allowing true just-in-time treating. The STORM PRO is a completely selfcontained, turn-key seed treater that uses an auto-calibration system and is safe enough to use on all seed types, including soybean, pulse and cereals. The STORM PRO offers the versatility of treating seed when you need it, where you need and can be controlled by the easy-touse touchscreen controls or by phone or tablet. It also meets the new industry requirements for commercial application.

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NEW SIMILAGO II by Alapala

Alapala’s NEW SIMILAGO II roller mill is equipped with high technology electronic control systems for a continuous and consistent performance in the grinding of cereals, such as wheat, maize (corn), rye, spelt, barley and sorghum. The product level at the inlet bunker is controlled by using load cells, which sends signals via PLC to adjust the feed roll speed accordingly. Rotational speed of feed rolls is monitored against an unexpected stop due to belt problem, etc. Manual feeding gap adjustment mechanism ensures a uniform flow on feed rolls. The main motor load is constantly measured for protection against any possible damage, and the rotational speed of grinding rolls is monitored against an unexpected stop due to belt problem, etc.

The NEW SIMILAGO II is built to comply with the high sanitation standards and ensure food safety. The roller mill’s all front structure is isolated and smoothened against adhering and condensation risk.

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Absograph 500 by Bastak

Absograph 500 measures water absorption capacity of dough and transfers the data to graphic, besides it prepares the dough sample for the next test (resistograph test). It gives information about flour properties if it is suitable for bread, pasta, biscuits.

It is easy to use with an ergonomic design, it has a touchable screen, internal computer system, and saves data. If required possible to use with mouse and keypad. It has connection ports RS232 and Ethernet. The software can be updated with remote connection. Absograph also complies with World standards. It has standard 300 gr dough mixing capacity and it is possible to record the results as PDF File. The results of Absograph comparable and equivalent with the Farinograph device and the temperature of dough mixing container is adjustable

ETI Batch Coating System by Extru-Tech

The ETI Batch Coating System was designed to handle up to 40,000 lbs/ hour at batch sizes of 2,500 pounds at 63 percent fill level. Even at this high rate, the batch coater provides 3.75 minutes of product retention time, which far exceeds the retention time of a traditional, continuous coating system. Batch retention times of up to 5 minutes are seen when operating near 24,000 lbs/hour production rates.

A multi-functional time/pressure spray design provides optimal liquid application uniformity across the entire batch. The automated control system determines the optimal spray time for each liquid and then sets the spray pressure for each of the pressure supply tanks. This allows the spray time to be extended to the maximum length of time, thereby providing the most even and accurate coating possible. Since 1985, the Extru-Tech name has been synonymous with versatility and efficiency among food and feed manufacturers.

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AgroLog The Ultimate Wireless Crop Moisture and Temperature Probe

The industry has longed for an accurate crop moisture and temperature probe that combines precision and ease of use in a single package. Addressing this demand, crop storage specialists Martin Lishman Ltd have introduced the AgroLog moisture and temperature probe to their comprehensive line-up of crop quality equipment. Timed perfectly for the 2023 season, this cutting-edge 2-metre probe offers instant temperature and moisture readings, serving as the ultimate portable monitoring solution. Equipped with five on-board sensors and an extensive calibration process, it can accurately determine the moisture content of stored grain.

The probe's standout feature is its seamless wireless capabilities. Once positioned in the crop, it automatically collects moisture and temperature data and sends it via the cellular network to the cloud for further analysis. The data can be conveniently accessed and manipulated using the AgroLog app, available for iOS and Android. Additionally, a web-app version is accessible on any internet-enabled device.

"The AgroLog probe is an exciting addition to our crop quality range," explains Joel Capper, Managing Director for Martin Lishman Ltd. "We believe this probe fills a gap in the market, and we are confident that farmers across the UK will find it a valuable tool to use in their stores."

With its advanced sensor technology, the AgroLog probe provides users with crucial knowledge of the equilibrium moisture content (EMC) specific to their grain. Understanding the EMC is essential for effective grain drying. Farmers and grain handlers can ensure

safe storage conditions while avoiding unnecessary energy consumption and economic losses associated with over-drying. The multiple sensors inside the AgroLog Probe assist in identifying the location of the drying front. By confirming when the lower levels of grain have reached their target moisture content, the probe helps users decide when to turn off heaters so that fresh airflow can be utilised, reducing the risk of over-drying and saving energy.

Pete Waudby, Farm Manager for J.E. Atkinson & Son, trialled the new AgroLog probe earlier this year. "I was fortunate enough to trial this probe during the testing stage. I was surprised at how easy it was to set up and use, and the unit's accuracy coincided with our moisture metres. This will be a handy tool for any farmer looking for an instant guideline moisture reading."

Constructed from the highest quality materials, the AgroLog probe is designed to withstand the rigours of farm use. Its construction incorporates aluminium, fibreglass, and ABS, ensuring its durability, and it is weatherproof to withstand the harshest storage conditions.

Flour is art

FlourWorld Museum opens a new chapter

The FlourWorld Museum in Wittenburg illuminates a further chapter in human history, opening a new room dedicated to the Industrial Revolution. An epoch that allowed the world population to grow, while at the same time creating new technical solutions to provide for it. The modern industrial milling presentation was conceived and designed by museum curator Dr. Oliver Seifert, in cooperation with Bühler Group, a worldleading Swiss technology leader in grain processing, and Mühlenchemie GmbH & Co. KG. An audiovisual installation and working models of an optical sorter, roller mill and plansifter show interested visitors the individual steps in the industrial production of flour, the worldwide staple food.

The “Flour.Power.Life” exhibit concept at the FlourWorld Museum revolves around the importance of flour as a staple food in the history of humanity. This history reaches from the first cultivation of grain 10,000 years ago during the neolithic revolution, when humans became sedentary, until today. The new “Milling Room” addresses the other major revolution in human history –the industrial revolution of the 19th century. It changed the world even more radically than the neolithic revolution of 10,000 years ago. What is remarkable is that both revolutions were intimately associated with grain.

Before the Industrial Revolution there were over 60,000 mills in Germany. Today there are only about 200, although the population has quadrupled. The story in other parts of the world is similar. The new exhibition shows the technical achievements and devices that led to the development of the modern industrial mill. Three machine models are centrepieces and take visitors through the process of flour production. An optical sorter, roller mill and

The “Flour.Power.Life” exhibit concept at the FlourWorld Museum revolves around the importance of flour as a staple food in the history of humanity

Plansifter and multimedia installation wall.

plansifter demonstrate the mechanical processes of cleaning, grinding and sifting. The models were developed and built during the last three years by 37 apprentices of the deep-rooted Swiss company Bühler in Uzwil. They give a detailed look at the functioning of a modern mill. In addition, a schematic presentation shows all the fully automated work steps in today’s industrial milling.

“The room is designed to present the technology of modern flour milling, the power and the dimensions that make industrial manufacturing processes so revolutionary. When you visit a modern mill today, even with its steel machinery, high tech and sealedoff cleanrooms, it’s hard to comprehend the quantities that are processed every second to get a consistently high-quality product like flour,” said Volkmar Wywiol, founder of the FlourWorld Museum.

The art of milling!

The exhibit designers used artistic means to make these energies tangible. The link to art was obvious. In the 17th century, due to the technical sophistication of mills, mill construction was called “the art of milling.” A multimedia grid wall with 80 moving panels that slowly turn around – almost like the blades of an old-style windmill – transforms into a mysterious machine. Crystalline objects appear, first a few, then more and more, and the machine starts to eject the objects from the grid. Sorting, grinding, and then the dancing movements of the particles on the screens of the plansifter – the grid wall shows the processes demonstrated by the models in modified, highly reductive visual and acoustic form. The apparently irrational change of the aggregate state from crystalline to fluid stands for the transformation of indigestible grains in the mill to the pure white product we call flour. A

transformation that still has something magical to it, despite all the science.

When Volkmar Wywiol, the former owner of Mühlenchemie, stumbled over an empty flour sack washed up on the beach in Dubai in 1998 there was no way he could guess the consequences this encounter would have. But he could not get the idea of the flour sack as part of our international cultural heritage out of his mind, and so the collection grew and grew until it comprised over 3,600 flour sacks from more than 140 countries. This was due above all to the enthusiasm of Mühlenchemie’s customers and employees; it was their many contributions that ultimately raised the flour sack to the level of a real art form, with a museum of its own.

But the FlourWorld Museum is more than just an exhibition building. It is the first institution to study flour sack motifs for their cultural significance and reveal their symbolism.

The new Milling Room can be viewed during a visit to the museum in Wittenburg every other Saturday and every Sunday from 12:00 to 17:00. An audioguide explains all the displays and exhibits. The FlourWorld Museum in Wittenburg is an initiative of Mühlenchemie.

https://mehlwelten.de

The new Milling Room in the FlourWorld Museum in Wittenburg

Flour pic 1 - The new Milling Room is opened by sponsors and initiators. Left to right: Peter Steiner, Global Head of BU Mühlenchemie GmbH & Co. KG; Alexander Schnelle, Sales Director Europe Bühler AG; Flavio Diaz, President Europe Bühler AG; Volkmar Wywiol, founder of the FlourWorld Museum and the Stern-Wywiol Gruppe; Dr. Matthias Moser, CEO Food Ingredients Division of the Stern-Wywiol Gruppe

The World Nutrition Forum 2023

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The World Nutrition Forum (WNF), hosted by dsm-firmenich, saw more than 800 delegates gathered for this the fifth hosting of this unique, biannual international event, which served as a platform to discuss modern advances in intensive livestock production, its trends and challenges.

The theme for this year’s WNF was ‘GENiUS’, which specifically focused on the need for new technologies and research.

First launched by Biominn in 2004, WNF has become more than just a company-sponsored conference. Introduced by Biomin as a platform for critical thinking, opinions and addressing challenges, it has become widely regarded as a much-attend event by leading decision makers in animal nutrition and related fields.

It is a global opportunity for industry professionals to engage with each other, address important issues, and look to create a successful future which addresses a growing global population and has been fully embraced by dsm-firmenich which acquired Biomin in October 2020.

Previous editions have taken place across the globe, from places

such as Salzburg and Munich in Europe, Singapore in Asia and prior to the Covid pandemic in Cape Town South Africa. This year’s three-day event took place in Cancun, Mexico from May 8-10, 2023.

The event, located in a picturesque spot overlooking the Caribbean Sea, at the Cancun International Convention Centre, was dsm-firmenich’s first opportunity to host the event and presented a thought-captivating conference with significant opportunities for delegates to meet and exchange views - what a phenomenal job it achieved. All this while as DSM announcing on day two its merger with the Swiss company Firmenich, which operates in the fragrance and flavour business, to become dsmfirmenich.

Firmenich employs 10,000 people across 46 manufacturing plants and has six research and development centres. The company has created perfumes for over 125 years and produced a number of well-known flavours.

Big data on Day 1

The Forum started with a one question survey for delegates (participating by scanning the QR code on their name badges) to identify in a word what attendees felt was the most impactful area

Ivo Lansbergen presenting the four sectors of innovation and focus for the new company dsmfirmenich

Professor Qendrim Zebeli received the DSM-Firmenich BRAIN award for outstanding contribution to animal nutrition.

Roger Gilbert and Niamh Cassidy, Milling and Grain

directing agriculture development – and the result was a clear focus on ‘data’.

Ivo Lansbergen, Executive Vice-President for Animal Nutrition and Health at dsm-firmenich opened the Day 1 with a clear message that the livestock industries could make the impossible possible but only with the gathering and use of data.

While climate change, reducing the production of greenhouse gasses would continue to be positively impacted by developments within the agriculture and aquaculture sectors, sustainability and meeting the food needs of a growing world population were also upper most in the minds of delegates.

In fact, the whole two days kept reflecting the importance of gathering and the use of data and how it has become central in all areas of progress occurring in the livestock sectors.

The first conference presentation was made by Mr Bob Langert, McDonalds Corp’s retired VP of CSR and Sustainability who spoke on ‘The Evolution of Corporate Sustainability and What it Means for You.’

In this he highlights for delegates from across the intensive livestock sector including the aquaculture industry, how corporate sustainability is central to growing a business.

He encouraged businesses to be proactive in reaching this

goal, as it provides many benefits to a company. Roger Gilbert, Publisher of Milling and Grain Magazine, spoke with Mr Langert about aspects of his presentation which is available to view on MAGTV YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ MillingandGrain

Frank Mitloehner spoke on ‘Meeting the Grand Challenges of Animal Agriculture on the Environment and World Food Security’. He covered how eating habits can affect climate change and the benefits of feed additives in methane reduction. He states that feed additives have the greatest potential sectorwide in methane reduction and can be feasibly implemented in existing operations. His firm view is the dairy industry can meet methane reduction goals with ease.

Talking on ‘The economics of Sustainability in Animal Protein – A Banker’s perspective’ was Brenda De Swart. Talking on behalf of RaboBank of The Netherlands, she believes that respecting planetary boundaries when doing business has become a precondition for long term commercial success and told delegates that it’s in the finance sector’s ‘best interest’ to commit to decarbonisation in various agriculture sectors.

Timo Küntzle, a journalist and author, gave a talk on ‘Agribusiness and the Media: What’s the Story?’. In his

Lisa Laprade, Senior Manager Microbiome Sciences, at DSM

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presentation he demonstrated how the public image of the industry can be volatile and shaped by misconceptions.

To create a better understanding for consumers it’s important to talk, taking concerns and beliefs seriously. He says industry should keep its messages simple and use trusted experts to explain the facts.

Following the presentations, Professor Qendrim Zebeli received the dsm-firmenich BRAIN award for his outstanding contributions to animal nutrition. The award was presented by Dr Gerd Schatzmayr, Dr Eva Maria Binder and Dr Aaron Cowieson.

Professor Zebeli is the 7th person to receive this award, with the committee referring to his lifetime achievements in the field of research in ruminant nutrition with a focus on mycotoxins and gut/rumen health.

The afternoon held various livstock and aqua breakout sessions, delving into the more specific categories of poultry, swine, livestock and aquaculture issues.

Alexandre Berndt from Abrapa gave an insightful presentation on ‘Sustainability Actions for Low Carbon Meat’, specifying

actions that could be taken, including emission reduction technologies for carbon balance and methane mitigation strategies. He warns that sustainable production systems should not exclude smaller producers from livestock activity.

The merger on Day 2

On the second day of the conference, Ivo Lansbergen announced the merger of DSM with Firmenich, creating a company called dsm-firmenich that brings together a 30,000-strong team in nutrition, health and beauty.

Milling and Grain Magazine sat down with Ivo Lansbergen, during the day, to talk about his reflections on the event and the company (which is available to view on our MAGTV YouTube channel and on our website at: https://millingandgrain.com/ world-nutrition-forum-2023-interview-with-ivo-lansbergen/ )

The metrics of sustainability

Metrics must be established if we are to measure our progress towards sustainability, Louise Buttle, dsm-firmenich’s aquaculture lead for SustellTM told Milling and Grain during the World Nutrition Forum 2023.

“When it comes to sustainability, the three key points I raised at the World Nutrition Forum, were first metrics; can you measure it? Second, are farmers willing to pay for it? And third who in the value chain are you prepared to work with?”

Dr Buttle says ‘storytelling’ is no longer enough when it comes to deciding how industries must develop sustainability and the animal protein industry needs metrics in place to establish today’s baseline and importantly set targets for future reduction.

“A lot of companies have set science-based targets (www. sciencebasedtargets.org) on their greenhouse gas emissions, based on Scope 1, 2, and 3, of between 30-39 percent reductions. But

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how are you going to measure reductions towards those targets without credible baselines?”

That’s were Sustell comes in, she says.

It’s a comprehensive sustainability service aimed at all animal protein producers, that measures full lifecycle assessment (including carbon footprint and feed used) so customers can look at ways to reduce the impact by identifying hotspots, evaluating all farm inputs, and using interventions, therefore reducing environmental impact to help achieve targets.

“Everybody in the stakeholder chain is interested in that. Whether its consumers wanting more sustainable seafood, or farmers wanting more efficient production systems, or bankers and investors looking to credit their green loans. There’s lots of interest and engagement in improved transparency, but also in a uniform way to measure environmental impact,” she adds.

“There needs to be more active communication, but we have to keep the messaging simple.

“A lot of sustainability is driven by reputation issues, and we’ve

heard here from a journalist’s presentation, how the strategy for bad news travels fast.

“Using a winning reputation within sustainability is a good way forward. On top of that if we think about eco-labelling at retail level, where a consumer can get a food product, such as salmon, that is graded ‘A’ on a score from ‘A to E,’ I think that message, if it’s done correctly, gives the consumer a good benchmark on where that salmon is from, giving an environmental perspective in their purchasing decision.

Beside Sustell having established land-based farming platform, dsm-firminech launched its salmon and cage farming module of SustellTM in June 2022, of which there is a lot of interest. It is probably the only solution of its kind developed specifically for the salmon industry. We were very lucky to have Bakkafrost, a Faroese producer from the Faroe Islands, as the development partner in the salmon module.

“We are also working on a marine fish module, so that’ll be for sea bass/sea bream and then also very soon we’re going to deliver

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a shrimp module,” says Dr Buttle.

And just to close, remember you can only manage what you measure!

Lost yields to mycotoxins

Mycotoxins cost the food industry billions of dollars each year. This is not only due to crop losses or disposal of contaminated food or feed, but also the main effects mycotoxins have on animal production and increased animal health care costs. They are also a trigger factor for development of multifactorial diseases.

“The mycotoxins topic is a very complex one,” says Ursula Hofstetter, Global Head of Mycotoxin Risk Management at dsmfirmenich.

“Often subclinical, the effects we see involve impaired livestock performance, increased feed conversion rates and decreased egg and milk yields,” says Mrs Hofstetter.

It's difficult to estimate the amount producers spend on additional health care as mycotoxins decrease the immune system and make animals more susceptible to many diseases, she says.

“What we do know is that mycotoxins are always occurring together. Depending on the analytical method you use, you hardly ever find a ‘clean sample’ free of toxins.”

For example, the LCMS mass spectrometer method, can analyse more than 700 mycotoxins.

“We analyse a couple of thousand samples using this method every year, and on average we have found around 40 different mycotoxins in one sample on average.”

“Our approaches are unique and specific, using the help of enzymes. Enzymes can break up the chemical structure of mycotoxins, resulting in a non-toxic metabolite.”

The effect of climate change on the occurrence of mycotoxins was mentioned during the World Nutrition Forum in Cancun, Mexico.

“Since aflatoxins need a humid and warm climate, they were rarely found in western Europe - except in warmer areas such as Spain and Italy. However, we see now with climate change a shift in occurrence of aflatoxins, moving north due to warmer climates.”

When asked what options feed manufacturers and formulators had to help reduce mycotoxins in raw materials, Mrs. Hofstetter responded, “First, it's important to regularly check your raw materials.

“It's also important to check that prevention measures were taken during crop production.

“You cannot destroy mycotoxins which are already there from the field, but you can avoid further formation. For example, there’s a ‘no tillage’ approach. If you plough your field, you bring in the residues from the field into the soil so there is a lower risk of mycotoxins.

“Proper preservation of the feed can help avoid further growth of mould and the further production of mycotoxins. We also recommend using a mycotoxin deactivating product as a kind of prevention or insurance,” she concludes.

Blood talks through big data

Drawing the two intensive days of conference presentations together, Dr Aaron Cowieson, spoke on ‘Blood Talks: Signatures, Patterns and Themes’ which are being revealed by big data analysis of biomarkers from commercial broiler chickens.

He stressed the importance of digital tools, data handling and biomarkers in providing insights for development.

Dr Cowieson mentioned the launch of dsm-firmenich’s new digital precision farming platform – which has started in broilers and is now expanding to laying hens, swine and ruminants.

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The role of mills and food producers in sustainable supply chain REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE

by Matthew Guinness, Head of MRV Solutions, Agreena

There is growing acknowledgement across both the farming industry and the scientific community of the potential for regenerative agriculture and soil conservation principles in creating a more sustainable global grain industry. With increasing adoption of key practices such as reduced tillage and cover crop establishment, there is now clear evidence that farmers can maintain yields in the long run whilst improving soil health and resilience. And now that pioneering regenerative farmers have shown what’s possible, the rest of the industry is taking note – particularly of their bottom lines.

But if regenerative agriculture is to go truly mainstream, global grain supply chains need to demonstrate that farmers will benefit from the positive ecosystem outcomes they generate – improved biodiversity, soil preservation, carbon sequestration and water quality – and help to mitigate the implementation risks that come with system change and the “regenerative transition”. Thus, regenerative agriculture implementation can become not so much a leap of faith as a hard-nosed commercial imperative for farmers looking to enhance their livelihoods.

The fact that the benefits from soil conservation practices are so multifaceted is both an obvious benefit and a less obvious challenge with regenerative agriculture adoption; the costs of implementation are borne entirely by farmers whereas the benefits – widespread as they are – accrue to a wide range of stakeholders. It would radically increase take-up of key practices among growers if they could (i) socialise some of the costs / risks, for example through capital support or insurance for regenerative agriculture implementation; and (ii) privatise some of the benefits

to farmers, such as through financial incentives for clean water, healthy soil and thriving ecosystems.

Practises to drive change

An emerging landscape of farmer incentive programmes is bringing this idea into reality, and there are four main mechanisms driving management practice change. First, there are supply chain reward initiatives, whereby commodity buyers or food companies nudge farmers to adopt regenerative principles, generally by offering a premium price for such products. Secondly, there are markets for ecosystem outcomes or naturebased solutions. Farmers can enrol in a programme, commit to certain practices under the terms of the programme and after demonstrating the outcomes they are generating they can sell carbon credits to corporate buyers who wish to offset their emissions.

The most well-known and mature are the carbon markets, but markets for water quality and biodiversity credits exist as well, albeit with less liquidity and standardisation. Thirdly, there are emerging programmes by financial institutions – banks, insurers and investors – who have exposure to agricultural assets in their portfolios. Whether it is a loan, an insurance policy or an investment, there are ways for these stakeholders to encourage or enable regenerative agriculture in the form of so-called “green finance”, or simply as part of their sustainability ambitions. Finally, there are of course government subsidies directed towards agriculture, globally worth around US$ 540 billion per year. In many regions – including the US, the EU and the UK –there are regulatory reforms at various stages of implementation which will tie subsidy payments to environmental outcomes (climate change, soil health, water quality etc). Given how many farms are dependent on subsidies to maintain profitability, these

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In practice there is some overlap between the four different mechanisms outlined above, for example where food conglomerates or agricultural banks partner with carbon programmes to deliver their own bespoke solutions. But all of these mechanisms have in common their underlying objective: to enable farmers to monetise the positive impacts they can deliver for the planet, for their customers and for their communities. Of course, corporate stakeholders such as the banks, insurers and food companies are not doing this out of altruism for their farmer suppliers but there is meaningful buy-in across these industries because they in turn face pressure from governments and regulators (in the form of greenhouse gas emissions reporting requirements), from their investors and the wider capital markets, and finally from consumers and the wider public. The pressure on these companies – from consumers, shareholders and voters – to demonstrate meaningful progress is the force that is ultimately driving the creation of these new systems and the opportunities they represent for farmers.

The need for MRV Sytems

Another key feature these programmes and initiatives have in common is that they require scalable and scientifically rigorous tools to deliver Measurement, Reporting & Verification (MRV). For farmers to get paid for the practices they implement (e.g. reduced tillage, cover crops etc.) or the outcomes they deliver (carbon sequestration, improved biodiversity, and enhanced water quality), these deliverables need to be measured and verified independently before a payment will be unlocked. And doing this at a national or

global level requires a high degree of scalability. Manual systems, spot checks and on-farm audits are too expensive, time-consuming and labour-intensive to offer a real scalable solution.

This is where automated satellite based MRV systems come into play. By combining satellite imagery with machine learning techniques, it is possible to detect farm management practices accurately and thereby give farmer reward programmes the rigour and validation they need.

Of course, not everything can be detected from satellites – you can’t see pesticide applications from 500 miles in the sky – but features such as field boundaries, crop types, cover crops and even tillage practices can be monitored and verified. Packaging and bundling these into an automated, synchronous and ultrascalable MRV engine gives the industry and all its stakeholders an answer to the question of how to reward farmers for the positive externalities they generate.

A positive future ahead!

For farmers, it remains challenging to navigate the new and evolving landscape. Many are frustrated by a lack of clarity from regulators and customers about what is expected from them and how. Farming is a highly capital intensive business with a multitude of exogenous risk factors and thin profit margins, so clarity and the ability to plan for the future are absolutely critical.

But from the current disruption, some wonderful opportunities are likely to emerge for pioneering farmers who wish to embrace regenerative systems and get rewarded appropriately for doing so. The excitement among so many entrepreneurial farmers is a reflection of the fact that they will be able to tie their livelihoods and profitability to a positive impact for their land and the wider planet.

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THE CONSTRAINS OF GRAIN STORAGE Prevention of Respiration Loss

Grain continues to respire after being harvested. Losses in freshly harvested grain are primarily caused by its cellular respiration and heating. The rate of the activity is dependent on the grain’s moisture content and temperature as shown in Figure 1 which cause exponential increase of respiration the higher they are.

The respiration leads to loss of grain weight, increases the

heat of grain and rises its water content by oxidation of grain carbohydrates or fats. The heat results in higher temperature which accelerates the respiration and damages grain quality as well. High water content reduces the storage life of the grain by favor the infestation of bacteria, mites, insects and fungi. A low temperature reduces respiration and therefore the chances of grains being damaged during storage.

Authors: Dr. Claus M Braunbeck & Ralph E Kolb, Frigor Tec GmbH, Germany.

Figure 1: Heat generation during grain storage

Figure 2: Weevil development according to the temperature

Prevention of weevil development

Weevils and other insects can damage stored grain and their activity and development is influenced by the temperature of their environment. At temperature above 20 to 32 °C the development of the insects is in optimum. However, temperature less than 10 to 18°C reduce the activity. Therefore, the grain is protected when it is chilled. The Figure 2 shows the details.

Prevention of fungi and mycotoxins

The development of fungi depends on the temperature, the relative humidity and the grain’s moisture content. Their growth is prevented in the storage facility by drying and cooling of grain. The respiration activity of the grain affects the condition and lead to fungus growth. Thereby the danger of fungal contamination is not only the deterioration of the grain but the increase of mycotoxin which affect the health of human and animals. Grain cooling decrease fungal growth at low temperature even if grain’s moisture content is above 14 percent as shown in Figure 3.

The way of grain cooling

The grain cooler is connected to the grain storage and the conditioned air is blown into the grain bulk. The air flow passes the grain and removes the heat of the grain. The air takes heat from the grain and exits the storage. The grain cooling continues until the entire bulk is cooled to the desired temperature of around 10 to 18°C depending on the intended storage time. Then the grain cooler is turned off and the air inlet and vent openings

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Figure 3: Fungi development according to the temperature, relative humidity and grain’s moisture content

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The basics for efficient operation of the grain cooler

In order, to achieve the full advantages of the grain cooling process the operator has to consider several basics. The grain type is an essential part as well as the condition of the grain and the properties. All of them and the use of them will determine how the setup of the programming must be set. The storage site in reference to its geographic location and climate condition lead to the way the operation will take place. The type of storage like capacity and dimension do influence the operation and the outcome of the grain cooling result. Last but not least the model size and type of grain cooler play an essential role. All that leads to the requirement of an experienced grain manager to achieve best results. That expertise is not given and many start with bulk handling as newcomer. Therefore, FrigorTec did develop the fully automatic control for the grain cooler

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Antibiotics in weaned piglets and dietary protein’s role in reducing it

by Jessika van Leeuwen, Global Category Manager Swine, Hamlet Protein, Denmark

Increasing awareness about the risk of antibiotic resistance threatening human health has led to the ban of antibiotic growth promoters (AGP) in animal feed in the European Union and to a more responsible use in many other countries. Removal of antibiotics from feed effectively reduces on-farm antibiotic resistance, but negatively affects the incidence of enteric diseases, which then increases the need for therapeutic antibiotics. This article aims at describing how quality of dietary protein can play a role to reduce the need for antimicrobials used on farm to cure enteric diseases.

Over the past decades the animal feed industry has been using different techniques to improve the digestibility of the feed ingredients to maintain feed costs affordable for meat producers. Feed cost is without a doubt the biggest contribution to total production costs. One of the most successful techniques to keep digestibility and feed efficiency has been the use of antibiotic growth promoters (AGP). When these antibiotics are mixed at

subtherapeutic inclusion levels with the feed, animal performance improves resulting in better feed efficiency and overall health. The mode of action of subtherapeutic antimicrobials to improve growth is not completely understood (Kim et al., 2012). Potential mechanisms include: (1) reduction of bacteria that compete with the host animal for nutrients; (2) reduction of the inflammatory response (Niewold 2007) and (3) modulation of metabolic activity or shifting the balance to a more beneficial microbial population (McEwen and Fedorka-Cray, 2002; Kim et al., 2012; Looft et al.,2012).

The use of AGP has led to increased antibiotic resistance on farms

The fact that AGP have been used at such enormous scale and at subtherapeutic levels has led to the development of antibiotic resistance on farm (Doyle and Erickson, 2006), which reduces feed efficiency through decreased sensitivity to the antibiotic. This may also pose a threat for human health as antibiotic resistance may be passed on in the food chain. This is not unique

to farming; wherever antimicrobials are used, some resistant bacteria can survive and multiply and eventually, they will spread their resistance genes (Dewulf, 2018). Antimicrobial resistance can be developed by any bacteria, including pathogens and commensal flora. It is unclear how much the use of AGP in animal feed contributes to antibiotic resistance in bacteria causing health problems in humans, but it is a fact that antibiotic resistance is high among bacteria causing health problems in swine. A recent study from EFSA showed that over 66 percent of all the E. coli and B. hyodysenteriae samples taken from swine farms in the EU were resistant to one or more antibiotic(s). However, carrying extra resistance ‘genes’ comes with a metabolic cost for the bacteria, so the good news is that it can also disappear (Dewulf, 2018). In absence of the antibiotic the ones not carrying the resistance in the genetic code have an advantage over their resistant peers and so the resistance can disappear over time.

The challenge when removing AGP

Removal of AGP from feed indeed reduces the occurrence of on-farm resistance but has led to a high variation in performance with some reporting no detrimental effect (Emborg et al., 2001) while others showed reduced performance after AGP removal increasing the production cost (McEwen and Fedorka-Cray, 2002). As a result of AGP removal enteric diseases like E coli or Lawsonia Intracellularis infections have become more prevalent. Also, the risk of (antibiotic resistant) zoonoses has increased as Salmonella and Campylobacter prevalence also increased (Hao et

al., 2014). Therefore, it is not only important to reduce antibiotic resistance to keep good animal performance but also because it poses a threat to human health. To be able to do this well there is something important to consider: there is no magic bullet that replaces AGP; the most successful approach is a holistic one where farm management, biosecurity, vaccination, data analysis and quality of dietary ingredients become increasingly more important (Rostagno 2017).

High levels of antinutritional factors contribute to the use of antibiotics

The industry has presented different solutions to reduce enteric bacterial infections. Most solutions are based upon an on top inclusion in the diet (feed additives) and focus on either having antimicrobial effect (organic acids), anti-inflammatory effect (phytogenic compounds) or a combination of both (so-called black box feed additives with multiple ingredients).

Table 1: growth performance and incidence of postweaning diarrhea of piglets fed a soybean meal based diet with or without antibiotics in the feed or fed a HP 300 based diet without antibiotics

mean values within a row with different letters differ at P<0.05

= soybean meal based diet without antibiotics, PC = NC diet with 75mg/kg CTC, HP300 = HP300 based diet without antibiotics. Adapted from Ma et al., 2019

However, mostly these additives are used to ‘cover up’ mistakes in management, (feed)hygiene or formulation and aim at reducing the pathogenic threat and reduce the inflammatory response as result of exposure to pathogens or low-quality diets.

Low quality diets can provoke intestinal inflammation as they contain protein sources with high levels of so-called antinutritional factors (ANF’s). ANF’s cover a range of substances that provide plants important protection against mold, bacteria, and over-consumption by wild animals. Especially soy (the protein source for most animal diets due to its unique amino acid profile) has high ANF’s levels. While being beneficial for the plant, in the gut and especially the gut of young animals, ANF’s reduce the digestibility of the diet, irritate the gut lining, and so facilitate the (over) growth of pathogenic bacteria. This results in poor animal performance and higher prevalence of post weaning diarrhoea. So, when in response the symptoms (diarrhea) are treated instead of removing the cause (ANF’s), the consequence is an increased need for gut health improving feed additives or antibiotics.

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At Hamlet Protein, we believe it is important to start with the best quality protein available for piglets to preserve intestinal health and to ensure optimal protein availability for the fast-growing organs and muscles. We have made it our core-business to produce safe, premium quality soy protein for young animals by identifying ANF’s which are most critical to the health and gut development of piglets. Our production process is designed to inactivate these ANF’s gently and effectively to optimise the availability of the essential amino acids in our specialty soy proteins. As a result, our customers have healthy and resilient piglets with less need of antibiotic treatment when using for instance HP 300 as main protein source.

Ma et al. (2019) showed that when soybean meal is replaced by HP 300 in nursery diets growth performance significantly improves (Table 1 + Figure 1). As a matter of fact, their results indicate that replacing soybean meal by HP 300 was as effective as adding AGP to the soybean meal diet (Table 1+ Figure 1). Interestingly their findings also showed that the incidence of diarrhea was reduced by half when soybean meal was replaced by HP 300 (Table 1). As a lower incidence of diarrhea also means fewer animals that get sick, this contributes to the aim of overall

reduction of on farm antibiotic usage to reduce the spread of antibiotic resistance from livestock to humans.

So, in conclusion, as antibiotic resistance is becoming of increasing concern for human health it is important to address this subject also from within the animal feed business. Even though the exact contribution of antibiotic resistance in farm animals to antibiotic resistance in human medicine is unclear it must be acknowledged that there is overlap. We should therefore make an effort to reduce the need for antimicrobials on farm using diets which are well digestible and low in anti-nutritional factors to decrease intestinal distress in weaned piglets. The quality of dietary proteins therefore plays a crucial role in improving animal health and performance after weaning.

1 - Illustration of the fitness cost where susceptible bacteria are killed by antibiotics and a few resistant bacteria survive and become dominant. In absence of the antibiotic however the susceptible bacteria gradually return as they have the advantage of not having to support the resistance genes; the fitness cost. Figure adapted from Dewulf, 2018.

Seed cleaning

Crop value increase when cleaning standards met

How to increase the value of crops on farm is a key consideration for many arable farmers. Andrew Stovin who farms 500ha alongside his father Alan and brother Mathew, at N M Stovin Farms near Alford on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds, has achieved just that by cleaning their grass seed on farm. JK Machinery’s JCM VibroMAX vibrating sieve cleaner, from McArthur Agriculture, allows the Stovins to meet the exacting cleaning standards of their grass seed merchants and is also used to clean home saved seed.

“As well as growing wheat, barley and spring beans and having around 60 suckler cattle, we grow around 160ha of grass seed. Before we had the JCM VibroMAX we had to pay our seed merchants to clean the seed for us,” explained Andrew Stovin.

“They would come and take a sample and anything below 98 percent pure seed had to be cleaned. It is not hard to see that paying for cleaning quickly eroded our profit margin.”

Recognising the capacity!

A couple of years ago Stovin saw one of his university friends using a JCM VibroMAX to clean grain and immediately saw its potential to clean grass seed. “Following discussions with Scott McArthur, Director at McArthur Agriculture, my father, brother and I took a sample of our grass seed to McArthur’s Flixborough depot to conduct a trial with the JCM VibroMAX,” said Stovin “Seed cleaning of any kind has a lot of variables that can affect the quality of the outcome and predicting the quality of the cleaned seed can be difficult. However, the results achieved with the JCM VibroMAX gave us the confidence that it would deliver the high standard required by our seed merchants.”

The Stovins’ JCM VibroMAX 10122 moves the grass seed

across two vibrating sieves and the impurities are separated based on physical dimensions, before entering an aspirator where they are separated by weight and aerodynamic properties. The VibroMAX’s vibration technology delivers simple to control high-output processing with low energy requirements, on a small footprint. For harvest 2021 the Stovins used the JCM VibroMAX cleaner as a stand-alone machine. Before making any additional investment in handling equipment, they wanted the cleaner to prove that it would deliver as expected.

“The JCM VibroMAX performed extremely well so we asked McArthur Agriculture to design a handling system to further streamline the processing of our grass seed in time for harvest 2022,” added Stovin.

Grass seed is now tipped into a Skandia Elevator AB KTG above ground intake which feeds one of two Skandia SE140

belt and bucket elevators transporting the grain to the JCM VibroMAX. Once cleaned, the seed is taken by the second belt and bucket elevator to feed a Skandia KTF horizontal chain and flight conveyor which carries the seed to one of three bunkers housed in the same shed as the cleaner. One outlet allows filling directly into a trailer, whilst another has been fitted with ducting designed for filling bulk bags.

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“The JCM VibroMAX plays a key role in helping to drive up the all-important bottom line. We have reduced what we pay for grass seed to be cleaned by our seed merchants, plus as we can now clean our home-saved seed on farm, we are no longer having to pay for a mobile seed cleaning lorry to clean it for us. We don’t have to wait for the mobile seed cleaning team to fit us in, we can clean the seed as and when we need to, which helps speed up our entire seed handling process,” continued Stovin.

McArthur Agriculture has designed the current seed handling system so that it is easy for the Stovins to extend their cleaning or handling capability. “We are hoping to generate another revenue stream by offering neighbouring farmers the opportunity to take advantage of the benefits which the JCM VibroMAX has delivered for us, by allowing them to reduce their costs by producing their own cleaned home saved seed, regardless of the crop.

“Looking at the big picture around how we have been able to successfully utilise the JCM VibroMAX, I anticipate that we will meet our expectation of achieving a return on our investment within three to four years,” said Stovin. “Anyone considering on farm cleaning would do well to talk to McArthur Agriculture about JK Machinery’s range of vibrating sieve cleaners.”

Grain market report

At 2,252 million tonnes, total grains (wheat and coarse grains) production in 2022/23 has increased by two million tonnes from March Grain Market report, says IGC.

Almost entirely due to a larger wheat estimate, the forecast for 2022/23 global total grains (wheat and coarse grains) production is 2 million tonnes (mt) higher month-on-month(m/m), at 2,252 million. The outlook for consumption is raised by 3 mt, mainly on an upward revision for wheat, with end-season inventories (aggregate of respective local marketing years) placed 1m lower than before, at 584 million. The Council's trade estimate is increased slightly on stronger than expected maize shipments. Despite a significant increase in production projected in the 2023-24 marketing year, global totals grains ending stocks are expected to decline for the seventh straight year.

The projection for 2023/24 total grains production is up by 7 mt from previously, to 2,291m, including increases for maize and barley. The supply boost is mainly absorbed by larger use, mostly for feed, but still allows for a slightly larger projection for ending stocks, pegged at 581 mt. Including cuts for wheat, maize and sorghum, total trade is revised lower m/m.

Reflecting adjustments for South American producers, world soyabean output is seen unchanged m/m. With a further downgrading of consumption, carryovers are raised by 2 mt m/m, while trade is pegged marginally higher. The 2023/24 production outlook is uprated by 2 mt, with availabilities also boosted by a higher opening stocks figures – channelled to increased projections for uptake and inventories. Trade is predicted fractionally higher m/m, at 174 mt (+3 percent). Tied to potentially large shipments to Indonesia, rice trade in 2023 (Jan/Dec) is forecast slightly higher m/m, at almost 53 mt. Prospects for 2023/24 are littlechanged compared to March; with a modest reduction in carry-in stocks, aggregate end-season inventories are seen just a fraction lower m/m, at 174 mt, up by 2m year-on-year (y/y). Expectations for an uplift in traded volumes are maintained. With declines across most constituent components, apart from rice, the IGC Grains and Oilseeds Index (GOI) dropped by 3 percent m/m, down by more than one fifth compared to a year ago.

Mixed trends in total grains

There were mixed trends total grains (wheat and coarse grains) output in 2022/23, seen at 2,252m t, 2 percent lower y/y, as declines in maize (-71m) and sorghum (-3m) outweighed larger wheat (+22m), barley (+8m) and oats (+4m) crops. Despite softer overall demand, primarily for maize, a comparatively steeper fall in supply means closing stocks are expected to tighten for a sixth consecutive year, to 584m t (-2 percent).

Boosted primarily by a projected solid recovery in maize, 2023/24 grains production is forecast to reach 2,291m t (+2 percent), more or less equalling the 2021/22 record. Total use is anticipated to rise to 2,293 mt, with y/y growth of 1 percent broadly similar to the recent average. Led by some tightening in wheat, global stockpiles are set to edge lower, to 581m t, potentially the smallest since 2014/15. Total trade is seen down for a third year in a row, to 407m t (-1 percent). With a huge Brazilian crop more than offsetting declines elsewhere, 2022/23 world soyabean output is forecast to expand by 4 percent y/y. While record uptake is seen in some key consumers, a sharp contraction in Argentina – in spite of heavy imports – means that utilisation

is placed steady y/y, at 366m t. Trade is forecast to expand solidly (+8% y/y). With gains predicted for the three majors, a record world outturn is foreseen in 2023/24, with total use projected at a new high on gains in Asia and the Americas. Stock accumulation is anticipated, while trade could advance to a new peak.

Reflecting smaller harvests in Asia and the Americas, global rice output in 2022/23 is seen contracting by 6 mt y/y. While consumption is also set to recede slightly, stocks are expected to tighten – in large part due to smaller carry-ins. Projections for 2023/24 point to a rebound in world production to a new peak, linked to potentially bigger outturns in Asian growers. While expanded food demand is set to affect a rebound in total use, the bigger crop will still enable modest inventory gains, including in major exporters. Trade is predicted to increase by 1m t y/y on African demand.

Tied to a bigger global crop and improved availabilities, world lentils uptake is seen recovering solidly in 2022/23, with trade pegged at 4.3m t (4.1m) on firmer Asian demand. Linked to potential increases in Canada and India, global output is projected some 5 percent higher y/y in 2023/24. While gains in consumption are anticipated, traded volumes could retreat slightly.

Market summary

Weighed primarily by a pullback in average soyabean export values, but with barley, wheat and maize also softer, the IGC GOI

dropped by 3 percent, touching a near-16 month low in late March. With most export prices weakening in April, the IGC GOI wheat sub-Index eased by a net 2 percent over the past five weeks, down by 29 percent y/y. World wheat end-season stocks in 2023/24 are set to drop slightly from the prior year's peak, but inventories outside China are forecast to be the lowest in a decade.

The IGC GOI maize sub-Index dipped by 1 percent m/m. While US values advanced, partly on renewed Chinese demand, quotations in Ukraine and Argentina were softer overall. Farmers in the EU are estimated to have expanded planting of rapeseed for the 2023/24 season, with area seen reaching a multi-season high. Reports suggest crops have emerged from winter in generally good conditions, and output is seen rising y/y.

Largely on prospects for stronger demand from Indonesia, the IGC GOI rice sub-Index advanced by 3 percent m/m, with net gains across Asia. Amid little scope for expansion of acreage, and with yields anticipated to be broadly unchanged from the prior season, world production of rye is seen largely steady y/y.

The IGC GOI soyabeans sub-Index retreated by a net 5 percent, pulled lower by weaker export quotations in South America, particularly in Brazil.

AGI EMEA

With over 30 years of experience in grain storage and handling, AGI EMEA is one of Europe’s largest and most respected manufactures of all types of corrugated steel silos for commercial and agricultural applications. Their complete catalog includes, catwalks, ladders, platforms, as well bucket elevators, chain conveyors, temperature sensing, sweeps, weighing, bagging and dryers. From the first design, to manufacturing and installation, customers trust AGI EMEA to partner with on their projects around the world. With three modern and highly efficient, state of the art facilities in Italy, AGI EMEA is home to some of the most recognised brands, AGI FRAME, AGI PTM, AGI Tramco, and AGI Hi Roller. AGI EMEA’s experience and skilled team of in-house engineers make for the right partner, from the first design, to manufacturing and the final installation. AGI delivers custom

See AGI's profile on the market place for more information, news, product information and video content

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systems and solutions across a range of applications and industries, from small farms to industry grain traders, millers, feed mills and large port facilities. AGI EMEA has installations in over 34 countries with various climate conditions from Africa to Ukraine.

AGI EMEA’s standard engineering services include configuration drawings of every piece of equipment in both cad and pdf to demonstrate the arrangement of a single machine together with a clear comprehensive list of all main dimensions, connection interfaces and features. They provide all necessary documentation of drawings and manuals for assembly, operation and maintenance, all coded and labelled to smoothly guide your assembly through the installation process.

Additional engineering services are available to suit the

An integrated solution provider

costumers project needs. These include process flow diagrams, complete with all equipment, sensors, power and compressed air requirements, layouts and general arrangement drawings of the plant. Architectural civil works and reservation drawings are also included to guide the design and calculation of the local civil engineering team.

AGI FRAME

FRAME is one of Europe's leading designers and manufacturers of agricultural steel silos including round and rectangular hoppers, sweep and discharge augers, mechanical handling equipment ranging from chain and flight conveyors to bucket elevators, cleaning, drying and other equipment associated with both commercial and cereal storage systems.

AGI TRAMCO

Founded in 1967, TRAMCO manufactures premier bulk material handling equipment primarily for the grain and oilseed processing industry. For over 50 years, TRAMCO has held a reputation for designing and producing reliable heavy-duty equipment that can withstand severe processing applications at competitive industry prices in both the United States and the United Kingdom. TRAMCO has developed a complete line of products including the Model RB, Model G, Bulk-Flo, Bucket Elevator, and Tramroll has recently expanded their focus into the biomass sector.

TRAMCO conveyors meet the criteria for delivering product for various industries such as chemical, coal, food and grain, mining, plastic, pulp, rubber and paper, or solid waste and recycling.

AGI Hi Roller

Hi Roller,® manufactures a line of premier commercial enclosed, dust-tight and self-reloading conveyors, designed for installation in grain handling facilities, soy and corn processing operations and industrial operations.

They specialize exclusively in the design and application of conveyors which will not only contain dust and spilled materials but will also automatically reload that material back on the carrying surface of the belt.

In the late 1970’s, the need for a conveyor which would eliminate the emission of explosive grain dust and greatly reduce housekeeping and maintenance costs was recognized. Also, the dust reduction would decrease the need for costly dust collection systems and costs associated with the operation and upkeep of these systems. As a result, Hi Roller® was founded in 1982.

AGI PTM

Based in Italy, PTM Technology is a leader in design and manufacturing of grain handling equipment, including chain or belt conveyors, bucket elevators and filters for intake pits. It s engineered designs can be customized to specific projects and PTM's highly qualified engineers have the ability to incorporate its systems into existing project layouts.

PTM strives for excellence in its products, services and project solutions. Our success in the global market is due to a commitment to quality, efficiency, and competence in the face of customer globalization and competition, which act as an incentive to continuous improvements in our operations.

Case Study

Harashima Electric Machine Industry Expanding

by Eiji Sasayama, President and CEO, Harashima Electric Machine Industry, Japan

Harashima Electric Machine Industry Co.,Ltd. was founded in 1974 in Chiba, Japan. With its new production facility built in 1985 and the international standard "ISO9001" certification obtained in 1999, it continues to further improve its product quality. In June, 2022, Harashima became a subsidiary of SATAKE.

Harashima’s main business is the design, manufacture, and sales of various physical sorting machines, labor-saving

equipment, and conveyors for agricultural and recycle material industry. In the early days of its establishment, it started manufacturing and selling pneumatic separators and gravity separators mainly for peanut processors and sellers in Chiba. After that, it increased the range of machines to such as cleaning machine, sieve grader, and multiple roll separator, and is now manufactures more than 60 models, expanding its sales from the agricultural field to the industrial field. In addition, their manufacturing plant uses a large number of machine tools such as laser processing machines, benders, shears, presses, various welding machines, and lathes, and produces all machine processing parts from small parts to sheet metal processing such as frames except for some commercially available products. Therefore, real-time modifications and changes in design and production are possible.

The sorting machines by Harashima have been highly evaluated in the market for their performance and durability. When customers consider purchasing a sorting machine, they conduct sorting tests, and based on the test results, they often receive high praise from customers, stating that the machines can remove items that could not be sorted with their existing machines. In addition, many of the sorting machines Harashima sold have been used by customers for over 20 years.

Popular sorting machines

There are two types of sorting machines that have been highly accepted and evaluated in the market. First is the

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Gravity Separator. Harashima offers four different series of this machine, each with a different selection of table shape, and each designed for specific sorting purposes and types of incoming materials. With over 1100 units sold to date, more than half of these machines are the MH-510 series, which feature a rectangular table (long type). These machines are mainly used to remove immature grains, insect-damaged grains, and other lightweight impurities from raw materials such as rice, seed rice, barley, wheat, soybeans, and red beans. They are also used for a wide range of other materials, including soba, millet, oats, coffee beans, beet seeds, and vegetable seeds as well.

Another popular gravity separator is popularly known as destoner, which is mainly used to remove heavy impurities such as stones, glass fragments, and metal fragments from raw materials such as grains. It is also used to recover copper (wire) from crushed electrical wires. For this purpose, Harashima offers the MH-550 series, which feature a triangular-shaped sorting table. In large-scale plant facilities, the destoner is sometimes used in combination with pneumatic sorting and sift sorting machines.

Second most commonly used sorting machine manufactured by Harashima after the gravity separator is the Pneumatic Separator. Harashima offers three types of Pneumatic Separator: the upward blowing type, the suction type, and the circulation type. The upward blowing type blows air upward from a fan installed below the main body in the sorting column (cylindrical tube), which blows away and removes light foreign objects when raw materials are fed into the column. This machine has the highest maximum wind speed in the column among the three types, making it possible to remove relatively heavy foreign objects.

The suction type creates a flow of air from the bottom to the top in the sorting column (cylindrical or square tube) using a suction blower installed above the main body and removes light foreign objects by sucking them up when raw materials are fed into the column from the middle. Although this machine has the lowest maximum wind speed in the column among the three types, it is suitable for sorting raw materials with little difference in specific gravity or small particle size up to approximately 1 mm.

The circulation type blows air upward from a fan installed near the center of the main body inside the sorting column (cylindrical tube) and removes light foreign objects when raw materials are fed into the column. Unlike the previously mentioned updraft and suction models, this machine circulates the air by taking in and blowing out the air inside the machine using the built-in fan. This machine has a relatively high maximum wind speed in the column (slightly lower than that of the updraft model) among the three types, making it possible to remove relatively heavy foreign objects. It also has a mechanism to circulate the air inside the machine and minimise exhaust, making it suitable for use in environments where exhaust air treatment is difficult.

In addition to the two types of machines primarily distinguished by weight, there are also sorting machines that classify materials based on size, shape, and thickness. Harashima also offers sorting machines with varying processing capacities, ranging from small to large.

At Harashima, their sorting machines utilise mainly vibration, pneumatic, and rotation, either separately or in combination, to perform the sorting process. Furthermore, they improve sorting accuracy by combining these methods with screens (punching metal, wire mesh) and belts with various specifications (material, size, shape, etc.). To achieve the desired sorting results, it is necessary to combine different sorting machines, rather than relying on a single machine. For example, in a gravity separator, selecting the appropriate screen mesh size (opening size) that matches the input material is crucial for improving sorting accuracy. Additionally, as a pretreatment for gravity sorting, fluidised bed sorting is performed to remove coarse particles and narrow the particle size range, followed by adjusting the appropriate vibration and pneumatic settings. With these conditions in place, they have been able to sort with a difference in bulk density of as little as 0.1.

Although many things have changed over the past 50 years, Harashima continues to hold onto its sorting expertise and manufacturing techniques for producing quality products. Now being a part of Satake Group, Harashima is willing to expand its business into the food industry and increase sales overseas fully utilising business synergy with the group companies.

INDUSTRY EVENTS

2023 June

5-7

ISF World Seed Conference

Cape Town, South Africa

https://worldseed.org

7-9

Philippine Poultry Show & ILDEX Philippines

Manila, Philippines ildex-philippines.com

12-13

IGC Grains Conference 2023

London, United kingdom www.igc.int

13-14

Cereals 2023

Thoresby Estate, Nottinghamshire, UK www.cerealsevent.co.uk

31-2

Taiwan Smart Agriweek

Taipei, Taiwan www.taiwanagriweek.com

2023 September

12-13

SPACE 2023

Rennes, France https://uk.space.fr

20-22

Ildex Indonesia

Jakarta, Indonesia

https://ildexindonesia.merebo.com

2023 October

3-5

VICTAM LATAM

São Paulo, Brazil

https://victamlatam.com

3-5

Pet-Aqua Conference

São Paulo, Brazil https://victamlatam.com

11-13

Vietstock 2023

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

https://vietstock.org

2023 November

1-3

Livestock Taiwan

Taipei, Taiwan

www.livestocktaiwan.com

8-9

JTIC 2023

Auxerre, France

www.jtic.eu

12-15

IAOM MEA

Cairo, Egypt

www.iaom-mea.com

2023 July

5-7

Livestock Philippines 2023

Pasay City, Philippines www.livestockphilippines.com

6-8

VIV Turkey

Instabul, Turkey www.vivturkey.com

26 – 28

Indo Livestock 2023

Surabaya, Indonesia

https://indolivestock.com

October 3-4, 2023 São Paulo Brazil

Two half-day conferences for millers

4-5

Grain & Milling Expo

Salon International des Industries Céréalières http://expo.grainmillingexpo.ma

5

FEED MILLING MAXIMISED Conference

São Paulo, Brazil millingandgrain.com/event /feed-milling-maximised-2023

FEED MILLING 20 23

October 5th, 2023

A CONFERENCE FOR FEED MILLERS São Paulo, Brazil

2023 August

30 – 1

IAOM Eurasia Conference

Istanbul, Turkey

https://iaom-eurasia.info

The annual IAOM MEA Conference and expo happen alternately between the Middle East and Africa, and gather more than 600 delegates from 50 countries yearly and around 100 exhibiting companies.

The 3-day conference program consists of Management, Technical/ What’s New, Feed Milling Technology & Trends, and Trading sessions presented by International and National top-notch speakers.

12-18

Agritechnica 2023

Hannover, Germany

www.agritechnica-asia.com

20-22

VIV MEA 2023

Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.

www.vivmea.nl

29-01

Livestock Malaysia 2023

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

www.livestockmalaysia.com

NEW CEREALS LOCATION ATTRACTS EXHIBITORS AROUND THE GLOBE

Cereals will host nearly 400 exhibitors and sponsors, ranging from companies that have attended the event for years to those exhibiting for the first time or returning after a few years' break.

The wide range of exhibitors means that, whether visitors are looking for the latest min-till drills, sprayers, harvesting or baling kit, the stands and demos will have plenty of high-tech machinery to choose from.

Centre stage at the John Deere stand will be its HarvestLab 3000, now available on S-Series and T-Series combines. It has expanded the use of near-infrared sensors to allow arable farmers to measure important quality parameters in wheat, barley and oilseed rape continuously, and in real time. The technology also gives farmers a granular view of field performance, laying the foundations for decisions on inputs for the following season.

“This up-to-the-second analysis delivers numerous benefits,” says Chris Wiltshire, John Deere's tactical marketing manager.

“These include being able to know for certain whether wheat has met milling quality specifications, the grain quality at an individual point of a field and gaining an overall picture of which soils have converted nutrients into yield and protein.

“This greater level of detail and analysis is all part of the progression to site-specific farming; targeting inputs where they are needed, reducing unnecessary expenditure, and paving the way for a more productive and profitable future.”

Cereals' core focus on combinable crops is what attracted Warren Rivers-Scott, UK and ROI managing director at Bednar, to the event for the first time. “As a premium supplier of modern, wide, fast and shallow cultivation equipment with a full portfolio for controlled traffic farming (CTF), the importance of attending was obvious,” he says. “Along with our UK marketing partner, we will be working closely with Case IH, with a selection of high horsepower machines on display.

“During the event, we will also host an exciting 'arrive and ride' demonstration, allowing visitors to get up close and personal with 550hp+ tractors and 12m cultivators, reaching speeds of over 20kph. This will help farmers and their operators to understand the future of cultivations – efficiency while minimising labour inputs.”

On display at the Bednar stand will be an Efecta CE12000, a SwifterDisc XE12400 Profi and a Swifter SE12000. For root and vegetable growers, there will also be the Terraland TN_Profi.

Eyre Trailers is back at Cereals after a four-year break and plans to exhibit a new trailer for draper headers. Managing director, Bob Eyre, manufactures trailers for New Holland, Case IH, John Deere, Agco, Deutz and MacDon headers. “We are not manufacturing on licence for them but act as an independent supplier,' he explains.

“The marketplace has changed significantly from a rigid header to bigger combines using draper headers. Many trailers are made abroad but we are geared up to make them here in the UK, and interest is growing. We have come to Cereals to re-establish ourselves in this market. We are also developing a patented harvesting technique but that is for future shows.”

Chafer is a loyal supporter of Cereals and takes part in the Syngenta Sprays & Sprayers demos. “It offers farmers who are thinking of changing machines the first opportunity to see them in action,” says Joe Allen, sales and marketing manager at Chafer. “We expect to be showing the Interceptor self-propelled model, and the trailed Guardian and Sentry models.

“We are also involved in a three-year Innovate UK project with BASF, Rothamsted Research and Bosch Rexroth, looking at targeted application of chemicals to blackgrass. Bosch Rexroth has a camera system that could be used to identify

weeds in the growing crop, allowing herbicides to be targeted specifically at them. We will have a machine with cameras mounted on it at Cereals and will be talking about the project with visitors.”

Weaving is returning to Cereals after a four-year break, and director Simon Weaving is hopeful that the new location of the event, near Newark in Nottinghamshire, will be a boon for visitors. “It is nearly bang in the middle of the country and means people in Scotland and the North can come straight down, and people from the South can come up, easily, too.”

A highlight at Weaving's stand will be a new mounted GD 4m drill. “We've put on a plastic hopper which will make it easier to use,” says director Simon Weaving. “It is aimed at medium-sized farms.”

B&B Tractors, which supplies the host farm, Thoresby Farming, is delighted to be exhibiting at the event for the firs t time, says group marketing manager Sara Paoloni. “While we are new to Cereals, we have over 30 years of experience within the farming industry, and we are proud to have four depots across the East Midlands which sell both new and used machinery.”

Ireland-based McHale is exhibiting its new Fusion 4 range of integrated baler wrappers, comprising the McHale Fusion 4, McHale Fusion 4 Pro and McHale Fusion 4 Plus with film binding technology.

The company has created its highest output pick-up for the Fusion 4 range, explains McHale UK sales manager, Kieran Hughes. “The new Profi-Flo pick-up has been designed to increase crop intake through more efficient crop flow and has been engineered to ensure end users are operating with a highperformance pick-up that is designed to suit various working conditions. We have also focused on operator comfort.”

INDUSTRY EVENTS

127th IAOM Conference and Expo Millers convene in “Mill City”

Nearly 1,100 milling professionals from 21 countries attended IAOM’s 127th Annual Conference & Expo in Minneapolis, Minnesota in April.

The expo hall was sold out with 134 exhibitors at 198 booths.

“We knew that we were likely to have a good turnout for this year’s conference based on the long-standing importance that Minneapolis has to milling,” stated IAOM President Ron Galle, Miller Milling. “The milling companies did a great job getting their people to IAOM.

“The message that Meredith Nelson from General Mills shared in the keynote address on allyship and belonging really resonated with our group,” Galle continued. “IAOM has been working on a diversity and inclusion initiative for several years now and our Women in Milling group seems to have gained some momentum. I think that the keynote may have helped us hone in on what IAOM is trying to accomplish – create a feeling of belonging for everyone in the industry.”

The conference began with an Early Bird social, sponsored by Douglas Products and IFC, for those already in Minneapolis on Monday night. The welcome reception, sponsored by Alapros, signaled the official opening of the three-day conference, where attendees were able to reconnect in the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis hotel.

Leadership Elected

The membership elected new international officers led by President Steve Matson, Bay State Milling; Vice President Fran

Churchill, Kansas State University; Treasurer Jennifer Harnish, PHM Brands; and Immediate Past President Ron Galle, Miller Milling.

Steve Matson, director of operations at Bay State Milling, became the 2023-24 IAOM president. During his incoming presidential remarks at the closing banquet, Matson said he intends to focus on the pillars of the strategic plan during his term, including industry recruitment, diversity and inclusion, and education. Matson has been an active member of IAOM since 1992.

Fran Churchill, professor of practice at Kansas State University, was unanimously elected 2023-24 vice president. In this role, she will be responsible for overseeing preparations for the Association’s 2024 conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. She is in line to serve as the Association’s president from 20242025.

Jennifer Harnish, chief human resources officer at PHM Brands in Denver, Colorado, was unanimously elected 2023-24 treasurer. As treasurer, Harnish will be responsible for overseeing preparations for the Association’s 2024 and 2025 conferences in Salt Lake City, Utah and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, respectively. She is also in line to serve as the Association’s president from 2025-26.

Awards Ceremony

Six individuals were recognized at the IAOM Annual Banquet and Awards Ceremony. Jack Keltz, Grain Craft, was named Milling Operative of the Year. From ADM Milling, Ramsey Hundley received the Aspiring Miller award. Randy Garvert, Ardent Mills, was recognized with the Thaddeus B. Bownik

Award for his years of outstanding service to IAOM. Tony Petersen, Ardent Mills, received the George B. Wagner Award for his contributions to the industry in food safety and sanitation.

Enzo Galluzzo, Molinos San Miguel, received the Arlin B. Ward Commendation for Excellence in Milling Education. Steve Humphreys, CETEC Cereal Technologies, Inc., received the Allied Trades Technology Award.

Education

Workforce issues took center stage during the education sessions. Topics included work flexibility, enhancing the employee experience, recruiting the next generation, new hire safety orientation, building better supervisors to drive your safety culture, PMing your people, and a look at why leadership development is critical for business success.

The Product Protection track featured an hourlong panel with suppliers discussing the various wheat temper treatment technologies available to mitigate pathogens. They also had a presentation on dry cleaning, maintenance and inspection of bulk food grade railcars.

The Technical Operations track included presentations on a new mill building experience (Ardent Mills’ Port Redwing facility), seasonal variables in the milling process, and pulse milling processes.

Product Showcase

Six exhibitors introduced their new, innovative and redesigned products at this year’s expo. Conference-goers who attended all of the presentations were given the chance to vote for Best of Show. Those products featured in the Product Showcase were:

Expo Ribbon-cutting with IAOM executive committee (from left: IAOM CEO Melinda Farris, IAOM Immediate Past President Randy Garvert, Ardent Mills, IAOM President Ron Galle, Miller Milling, IAOM Vice President Steve Matson, Bay State Milling, IAOM Treasurer Fran Churchill, Kansas State University)

Milling Operative of the Year Jack Keltz, Grain Craft (yellow jacket) with Fran Churchill, Tim Carroll, Grain Craft, and Dan Flavin, Sosland Publishing Co.

INDUSTRY EVENTS

• Henry Simon’s purifier

• IMAS North America’s vibration dampening MML roller mill

• Intermilling/Kastenmüller’s Vario-S system

• Premier Tech’s depalletizer

Networking and Fellowship

The week was laced with receptions and networking events, providing ample opportunity for fellowship outside the education sessions and off the expo floor.

Members of the IAOM board of directors and standing committees attending a Women in Milling networking reception on Tuesday afternoon.

An ambassador program was implemented for first-time attendees. They were paired up with veteran IAOM conference attendees, who introduced the newbies to suppliers and others at the show.

Just over one-third of all conference attendees turned out at the Punch Bowl Social club on Wednesday night to join in the Allied Trades Event.

The first-ever IAOM curling outing was held on Friday morning. The nearly 90 curlers showed up early to get a quick lesson in the finer points of curling before taking to the sheets to enjoy a few ends on the ice.

Best of Show

IMAS North America’s Product Showcase presentation of their new vibration dampening MML roller mill was voted Best of Show in Minneapolis.

The other exhibitors that participated were Central Life Sciences, Cordano Packaging – Technipes USA, Henry Simon, Intermillling/Kastenmüller and Premier Tech. The ten-minute presentations offer exhibitors the chance to promote one of their

products, and attendees the opportunity to watch a demonstration and learn about the industry’s latest innovations. Those who attended all six presentations were eligible to cast a vote for Best of Show.

Mills recognised for Safety Excellence

Three ADM Milling facilities were recognized for ten consecutive years of receiving the IAOM Safety Award: Belize Mills, Overland Park lab, and the Spokane mix plant.

They were joined by 49 other facilities from 11 companies in achieving a recordable injury/illness rate of zero in 2022.

The IAOM Safety Award Program was established in 2001 to foster improved safety performance in the industry through recognition of the achievement of excellence and the promotion of proven, effective work practices.

Since the IAOM Safety Award Program’s inception, over

Meredith Nelson, keynote speaker

IGC GRAINS CONFERENCE 2023

12 - 13 June 2023

geopolitical tensions. Results from the 2022/23 harvest were mixed. Maize (corn) and rice crops were smaller compared to the year before, but the wheat outturn was a new record, while there was a recovery too, in barley and oats output. With results in the southern hemisphere still far from assured, 2022/23 global soyabean production is currently seen advancing by almost 30m t y/y to a new high, mainly on a sizeable Brazilian harvest.

volumes and looming economic recessions in various regions. The International Grains Council Conference 2023, to be held in London on 12th and 13th June 2023, will address the challenges for importing countries in this volatile market. A large share of the conference programme will be devoted to importing countries in order to explore new trade finance tools and e-commerce solutions. In high-level dialogue between

1,550 mill locations have been recognized for their achievements – many for consecutive years even as more rigorous qualifying criteria has been implemented.

IMEF Auctions

Nearly US$70,000 was raised, through silent and live auctions, to support IAOM’s philanthropic partner, the International Milling Education Foundation (IMEF). IMEF was established in 2003 to strengthen the grain milling industry through educational programs, professional development efforts and research projects. It has awarded over US$100,000 in scholarships to university students and professionals since 2010.

Achieving food security for importers in volatile world markets

producing and importing countries, discussions will also be held with the private sector to outline the strategies needed to enhance food security and trade. The second day will see the culmination of dialogue and knowledge sharing between world class experts and forecasters, with discussions centred on the main 2023/2024 market drivers.

The International Grains Conference will be held in the framework of the London Grains Week, supported by AHDB, GAFTA and IGTC.

Technological developments and innovations in the feed processing industry

There are many developments globally in the animal feed industry that are helping to transform animal farming. Some of these innovations include the use of precision nutrition, nutrigenomics, alternative protein sources, automation and blockchain.

1. Precision feeding: This involves using sensors and data analysis to adjust feed intake for individual animals based on their needs. This can help to reduce waste and improve feed efficiency.

2. Nutrigenomics: This involves using genetic information to develop more personalised feed formulations for individual animals. This can help to optimise animal health and performance.

3. Alternative protein sources: There is growing interest in using alternative protein sources, such as insect meal, algae, and singlecell proteins, to reduce reliance on traditional feed ingredients like fishmeal and soy.

4. Automation: Automation technologies, such as robotics and artificial intelligence, can help to improve efficiency and reduce labour costs in feed production.

5. Blockchain: Blockchain technology can help to improve transparency and traceability in the feed supply chain, which can help to ensure that feed ingredients are produced in an environmentally responsible manner.

Advances in technology have made it possible to produce highquality feed more efficiently and cost-effectively than ever before. For example, new grinding and pelleting techniques can produce feed that is easier for animals to digest, which can lead to better growth rates and feed conversion.

The use of automation and robotics is helping to streamline the feed production process and reduce labour costs. Another area of innovation is the use of precision farming techniques to optimise animal health and performance. This involves using sensors, data analytics, and other technologies to monitor animal behaviour, health, and productivity in real-time. By collecting and analysing this data, farmers can make more informed decisions about feed management, health interventions, and other aspects of animal care. Finally, there has been a lot of innovation in the area of feed additives. These are substances that are added to animal feed to improve its nutritional value or to enhance animal health and performance. For example, probiotics and prebiotics and amino acids, can help to improve feed efficiency and reduce waste.

Victam LatAm

The first Victam LatAm and Grapas LatAm 2023 is approaching! This event will take place from 3-5 October, 2023 at the Expo Centre Norte, São Paulo, Brazil and is the place to be to network with industry professionals, learn about the latest trends and technologies, and explore new business opportunities.

- Only complete event for the animal feed industry (Beef, Pig, Poultry, Aqua and Pets);

- Estimated number of exhibitors will be over 150, already more than 3000m² sold;

- New innovations and launches will be displayed;

- Extensive conference programs and technical seminars on developments, optimization and sustainable incentives with key speakers sharing their insights.

Interview Hydronix

In this issue, we are excited to feature an interview with Hydronix. They will be joining us on our Victam LatAm journey and we think you will find their insights to be incredibly valuable. Hydronix is a UK based manufacturer of high-quality microwave moisture sensors which use a unique measurement technique. Established in 1982, Hydronix has over 95,000 installations in over 90 different countries worldwide.

In recent years what are the technological developments that you have seen that could be applied in the feed sector?

The recent development of Industrial Internet of Things, allowing the collection and processing of data, is becoming more prevalent in many industries.

Gathering more data on many areas of process plants allows fine-tuning the process control to give higher quality products, optimising the use of raw materials whilst reducing input costs such as energy and maintenance.

A side effect of this optimisation is often also seen as a reduction in embodied carbon in a product which is becoming an important issue for many producers.

What is your vision on the evolving aquafeed industry?

More and more aquafeed producers are integrating their automated control systems from separate processes allowing them to control their plants from beginning to end. Automation lets them view and optimise their whole plant with detailed operator interfaces.

In order to provide complete control, much data needs to be collected from reliable and accurate sources specific for the materials which is monitored.

Sometimes expensive NIR systems are necessary due to the material mix being adjusted, but more often, the only change which needs monitoring is moisture. Digital microwave moisture sensors allow high accuracy

and precision while being cost-effective and low maintenance.

Can you tell us a little bit more about your latest innovations or technologies?

Hydronix has been developing for over 40 years its proven sensor technology to allow installations in many new industries, including aquafeed.

The sensors are designed to be installed in the flow of the material to give an online measurement which can then be used to control processes such as conditioners, dryers, weighing and dosing systems and mixers.

All these processes are highly influenced by the natural variation of the moisture in the material.

The latest innovations from Hydronix allow sensor installations in even more demanding dusty environments such as those at risk of explosive atmosphere.

What are your expectations of Latin America?

Latin America is a quickly emerging market of high-quality affordable products. There is an excellent industrial process base with innovative techniques and engineers that could benefit from the ability to measure moisture precisely and accurately in their plants.

Hydronix sees Latin America as an exciting growth area for our products which have already been extensively used and installed successfully in other locations such as Northern Europe, South-East Asia and China.

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Pellet press

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Yemtar Feed Mill Machines

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www.yemtar.com

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Yemmak

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Plant

Bühler AG

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www.buhlergroup.com

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Sangati Berga +55 11 2663 9990

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Zheng Chang +86 2164184200

www.zhengchang.com/eng

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Process control

Bühler AG +41 71 955 11 11

www.buhlergroup.com

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Inteqnion +31 543 49 44 66

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Yemmak +90 266 7338363

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Roller mills

Alapala +90 212 465 60 40

www.alapala.com

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Bühler AG +41 71 955 11 11

www.buhlergroup.com

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milltech +90 332 5021300

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IMAS - Milleral +90 332 2390141

www.milleral.com

PROFILE: mymag.info/e/754

Henry Simon

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www.henrysimonmilling.com

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www.ocrim.com

PROFILE: mymag.info/e/632

Pelleting Technology Netherlands

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www.ptn.nl

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LATIN AMERICA’S LARGEST DEDICATED EVENT FOR THE ANIMAL FEED AND GRAIN PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

• Animal Feed

• Agua Feed

• Pet food

• Poultry feed

• Flour milling

• Grain processing, handling & storage

3-5 OCTOBER 2023

MORE INFORMATION

the interview

Ivo Lansbergen is the President of Animal Nutrition & Health at dsm-firmenich. He holds a master’s in science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Enschede, Netherlands. He joined DSM in 1997 and has held various positions within the company. In 2019, he took over the leadership of the Animal Nutrition & Health business, transforming it into a leading solutions provider. Under his guidance, strategic acquisitions strengthened the firm’s expertise in animal health and nutrition. Mr. Lansbergen is committed to driving sustainable animal protein production and reducing on-farm livestock emissions by 2030, aligned with the company’s Food System Commitments.

How long have you worked at DSM and has all that time been devoted to Animal Nutrition & Health? Why did you decide that DSM was a career choice for yourself?

I’ve grown up with DSM, having been with the company now for 26 years. I have a degree in chemical engineering and started my career as a Process Engineer at DSM Resins. I have held a variety of roles in many of the different business lines, including chemicals, materials, human nutrition and most recently Animal Nutrition & Health. One thing that strongly appealed to me is the company’s ability to transform itself repeatedly over time, along with a clear dedication to sustainability which is also a core tenet of dsm-firmenich.

In the time you have worked in the livestock sector, what are some of the key standout developments that have advanced the industry both within Europe and internationally?

The agrifood industry has made tremendous gains in productivity through continual improvement. There have been significant strides made in reducing the use of antimicrobials. There is still more work to be done, and I am hopeful that we will continue in this direction to effectively combat antimicrobial resistance. Furthermore, we have seen a shift in mindset from prioritising the least-cost formulation to embracing a more holistic approach that considers health, welfare, and sustainability. Companies across the value chain have made firm science-based commitments to substantially decrease greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, sequencing technologies and big data techniques have yielded remarkable insights into how innovation can support animal nutrition and health. Microbiome modulation and precision livestock farming are poised to take the industry to the next level in terms of productivity and sustainability. Lastly, during my tenure I have seen a marked step-up in labelling of consumer goods and food products, especially in Europe, which I am convinced will generate demand further down the value chain. Environmental foot printing coupled with nutrition labelling makes this an area to watch as it will have consequences for feed and food production regarding transparency and data— and ultimately boost recognition of environmental performance on a farm level.

The industry in the Europe has set high standards when it comes to food safety especially in the area of mycotoxins, etc. Do you believe the rest of the world is capable of reaching these same food safety standards or will we have to settle for various and different requirements from countryto-country?

Mycotoxins jeopardise both animal and human health and pose a direct threat to food safety and food

security. Not all mycotoxins are regulated, and even contamination levels below legal limits can still cause problems for farm animals and producers. Food safety standards vary per jurisdiction and continually evolve. Expanding scientific knowledge on mycotoxins and other contaminants contribute to enhancing food safety standards not only in Europe but also on a worldwide basis. Higher standards help ensure that every person has access to safe, healthy, and nutritious food.

In your view what will be the benefits from a more sustainable livestock industry given that the world population continues to grow and the demand for animal proteins in particular is unlikely to reduce? By embracing sustainable practices, the industry can minimise its environmental impact, enhance resource efficiency, promote animal welfare, safeguard public health, and contribute to economic and social well-being. Ultimately, it's not a‘nice- to-have' but a necessity. Our world has finite resources, including agricultural land. We have to find ways to be more efficient and reduce our environmental impact.

We have seen, and we are still experiencing disruption to the international markets for raw materials, energy and transportation. Do you see an alternative to globalisation in terms of meeting food demand or is free trade still our best approach to feed a growing world?

Free trade is key to meeting global food demand, but disruptions highlight the importance of resilient supply chains. To enhance food security, we should strengthen local and regional food systems, promote sustainable agriculture, and invest in infrastructure. Maintaining international trade is vital for accessing diverse food products, supporting economies, and ensuring market stability. Technological innovations can further improve agricultural productivity and resource efficiency, promoting sustainable food production. And developments in the alternative proteins space for feed application, e.g.,single cell proteins, could help fill the protein gap.

Finally what does the future hold for us in terms of food production? Do we have to double down on scientific research and development, that is invest more in these areas or will we in the developed world have to change our attitudes towards eating and diet?

The future of food production requires a multi-faceted approach. We must address both the widespread vitamin and mineral deficiency affecting 2 billion people and the over 2 billion adults who are overweight or obese. This involves investing in scientific research and development while also changing our attitudes

Ivo Lansbergen, President of Animal Nutrition & Health, dsm-firmenich, Switzerland

towards eating and diet. Additionally, without significant changes to our food system, we will face climate catastrophe. To achieve a better future, we need to improve management and nutrition, embrace innovation and precision technologies, and collaborate with stakeholders such as governments, researchers, farmers, and consumers. And we need to ensure that farmers who do a good job are getting rewarded for their efforts, by pricing in externalities like CO2 and nitrogen emissions—creating a virtuous cycle of sustainable food.

New UK Flour Millers President elected

Gary Sharkey was elected as the new President of UK Flour Millers at its annual meeting in Cambridge. Mr Sharkey, who is procurement director for Hovis, is a veteran of the grain business and a former President of the European Flour Millers Association.

In accepting the nomination, he says, “I am delighted to take on the role of leading an industry that plays a crucial part in the UK’s food supply. Flour is the source of about 20 percent of the energy in our diet. It is often described as a carbohydrate food, but it also supplies 20 percent of dietary protein, a third of our fibre and around 30 percent of calcium, iron and crucial B vitamins along with smaller proportion of other essential nutrients. The industry that delivers this, and the chain of which it is part, is a critical part of our food infrastructure.”

AFIA welcomes staff changes

The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) is pleased to announce several staff changes. The AFIA welcomes Kim Atkins as its new manager of membership and engagement and Emma Bower as its summer communications intern and has made title adjustments for two of its policy staff.

Ms Atkins will be responsible for prospecting, attaining, retaining and servicing AFIA member companies. She will work to develop and continuously improve a system of involving members in the association and retain members through recognition of the value they bring to the AFIA.

Previously, Ms Atkins served as vice president of public affairs and policy for LWP Consulting and as the vice president and COO for the U.S. Grains Council. She holds a bachelor’s degree in political science, with an emphasis in American politics and public law, and a minor in communications studies from the University of Montana. Ms Atkins is originally from Sunburst, Mont.

Emma Bower, a senior at The Ohio State University, joins the AFIA as its communications intern, where she’ll be supporting the communications team with drafting and editing content for distribution to members and other target audiences via AFIA’s and the Institute for Feed Education and Research’s multimedia communications channels. Ms Bower, originally from Jenera, Ohio, is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in agriculture communications with a minor in farm management.

In addition, the AFIA adapted the titles of two of its policy staff to better reflect the depth and breadth of work they do for members on a global scale. Gina Tumbarello, who has been with the association since 2011, has been named senior director of global strategies, policy and trade, and Mallory Gaines, who has been with the association since 2019, has been named director of market access and multilateral affairs. Ms Tumbarello currently sits on the U.S. Agricultural Trade Advisory Committee for Grains, Feed, Oilseeds and Planting Seeds and serves as the staff contact for the AFIA International Trade Committee.

Ardent Mills

A mill to feed millions

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The 800 ton per day mill, equipped with Bühler’s latest grinding system Arrius, ensures food security for an ever-growing population by increasing efficiency and transparency with each grain processed. Did we get your attention?

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