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Why Crop Diversification needs to be given a priority?

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n view of the water table going deeper by each passing year, especially in northern states of India, where, paddy

is followed by wheat under two-crop

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system, crop diversification is gaining lot of momentum. It has been suggested that part of cropped area devoted to rice cultivation, which has a very high water consumption, need to

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be replaced by maize cultivation. There is one more valid

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justification for this kind of crop diversification, from the animal production point of view, which has been often overlooked. In recent times the demand for foods of animal origin is

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purchasing power in India and the developing world. Obviously, this demand can be fulfilled only by enhancing the availability

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India has been facing a severe shortage of feed resources since long. Crop diversification in favour producing more of soybean

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and maize crops could ease out the situation with regard to

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feed resource availability, especially in poultry and fish sector.

Under the crop diversification programme, the State Departments of Agriculture are supposed to provide critical

EDITORIAL COMMITTEE Dr. Dinesh T. Bhosale Former Chairman, CLFMA of India Mr. Amit Sachdev Indian Representative, US Grain Council Dr. P.E. Vijay Anand US Soybean Export Council Dr. Suhas Amrutkar Subject Matter Specialist, Animal Nutrition, MAFSU, Parbhani

inputs (hybrid seed, medicine and fertilizer) to attract the farmers. So, if paddy has to be replaced by maize, we have to be sure that the farmers get more money and higher production than the competitive crop. But generally it happens that farmers are asked to do the sowing, and then only the subsidy is given to them. The subsidy does not attract farmers until they get good quality seed at their doorsteps and assured minimum support price for their produce. Farmers have a well

Dr. SN Mohanty Former Principal Scientist, CIFA Dr. Meeta Punjabi Mehta Agricultural Economist Dr. Swamy Haladi Feed Additive Expert Dr. R Gnana Sekar Lead Consultant, GS Dairy Farm Consulting Dr. Suraj Amrutkar Assistant Professor, Dept. of ILFC, SKUAST-J, Jammu

developed market for paddy, but don't have such well developed market for maize. So, the state governments and the central government need to take cognizance of this lacuna and create attractive conditions for the farmers so that they divert part of their cropped area for the cultivation of maize and soybean crop, using good quality seeds which can boost up the crop production and ultimately lead to higher animal production.

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08 RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

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05 Microalgae to replace fish oil for sustainable fish diets

14 Problems Encountered during Feed Milling in Tropics

INDUSTRY THOUGHTS 08 Need for Effective Feed Premix Formulations to Unlock Livestock Potential

INTERVIEW 16 Asia Subcontinent shows increasing preference for U.S Soy

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12 Emerging Commercial Poultry Sector in Bangladesh 20 MORINGA: Indian perspective of an alternative source for fodder

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Microalgae to replace fish oil for sustainable fish diets US researchers found that replacing fish (partial or complete) for maximum growth of Nile oil with Schizochytrium in Tilapia feed

tilapia. When fish oil was fully replaced with

actually improved the feed for the fish

Schizochytrium (Sc100 diet), the researchers noticed

and also increased certain healthy

significantly higher weight gain and protein efficiency

compounds in the fish.

ratio (PER), and lower (improved) feed conversion ratio

Between 1980 and 2010, aquaculture contribution to global fishery output for human consumption rose from nine percent to 47 percent and its use of artificial feeds rose from 50 to 66 percent of production. Responsible expansion of aquafeeds, inter alia,

(FCR) and feed intake compared to a control diet containing fish oil (Sc0); and no significant change in SGR and survival rate among all diets. The Sc100 diet had the highest contents of 22:6n3 DHA, led to the highest DHA content in fillets, and consequently led to the highest DHA:EPA ratios in tilapia fillets.

It was therefore concluded that Schizochytrium sp. is a

requires finding sustainable alternatives high quality candidate for complete substitution of fish oil in juvenile Nile tilapia feeds, providing an innovative

which aquaculture is the largest user.

means to formulate and optimise the composition of

Aquaculture feeds currently use over

tilapia juvenile feed while simultaneously raising feed

80% of the world's fishmeal and fish oil, efficiency of tilapia aquaculture and to further develop which are extracted from small ocean-

environmentally and socially sustainable aquafeeds.

caught fish.

Results show that replacing fish oil with DHA-rich

To find suitable alternative to fish oil, a 84-day nutritional feeding experiment with dried whole cells of DHA-rich marine microalgaSchizochytrium sp.

(Sc) was carried out to determine the optimum level of fish-oil substitution

marine Sc improves the deposition of n3 LC PUFA levels in tilapia fillet. These results support further studies to lowerSchizochytrium production costs and to combine different marine microalgae to replace fish oil and fishmeal into aquafeeds.

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Technologies demand for food waste conversion to animal feed Key emerging opportunities will be in the conversion of food waste to products such as plastics, fruit juices, food ingredients, and liquid fuels, finds Frost & Sullivan

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The concept of food waste management (FMW) has gained traction with the declaration of food waste reduction as a target in the UN Sustainable Development Goals in 2015. Countries across the globe are showing greater interest in reducing as well as managing food wastage. The present gap between the amount of food waste generated globally and the number of storage and recycling facilities in operation translates to significant opportunities for the development of effective FWM technologies.

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New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Emerging Trends and Opportunities in Food Waste Management finds that policies favouring food waste reduction

in Europe and North America and the setting of global targets greatly aid the development of FWM technologies. The most popular methods for FWM at present are composting and anaerobic digestion. However, they do not help salvage unspoilt food from the food waste. These processes can also be energy intensive, substantially reducing the overall environmental benefits of FWM. “Currently, there is a demand for technologies that can convert food unfit for human consumption to animal feed," said TechVision Research Analyst Lekshmy Ravi. "Technology developers are simultaneously working on repackaging or repurposing food waste to food for human consumption using less energy-intensive solutions and employing novel management models."

Additionally, innovative FWM companies are trying to convert food waste to valuable products such as liquid fuels.

While technology developers are looking to eliminate inefficiencies in FWM, it is also necessary to form strategic partnerships along the various links of the food supply chain. These synergies can help improve the efficiency of FWM and facilitate the exchange of technologies and techniques.

"Eventually, companies are likely to adopt models that enable the efficient and cost-effective extraction of valuable products from food waste," noted Ravi.

"Overall, key emerging opportunities are expected to be in the extraction of edible ingredients from food waste, There are considerable research and conversion of misshapen fruits to industry initiatives for the conversion of saleable products, and conversion of food waste to products such as plastics, byproducts from food production.� fruit juices and food ingredients.

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New animal-feed centers in Rajahmundry The district administration of Rajahmundry has proposed 23 different works as part of various activities to be taken up, towards the State achieving double-digit growth rate in the current financial year.

The district administration is laying special emphasis on primary sectors like agriculture, horticulture, fisheries,

dairy and rural development to achieve the targets set by the State government. According to district Collector H Arun Kumar, Rs 10 crore has been sanctioned by the State government for implementing these projects. “The district administration would set up 42 animal-feed centers with an

estimated cost of Rs 1.05 crore. DWCRA women groups would be involved in the preparation of integrated animal feed as suggested by the animal husbandry department," said the Collector. He said one centre has been established at Peddapuram mandal and the remaining 41centres would set up soon.

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Need for Effective Feed Premix Formulations to Unlock Livestock Potential B.Narendran, Markets & Markets

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Feed premixes – En route to attain global acceptance

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Feed premixes are added as supplements with the concentrate feed to provide a wholesome nutritional diet for animals. The feed premix market is driven by global factors such as increased demand in compound feed consumption. The strict and transparent regulatory policies on livestock and livestock related products have resulted in market getting more organized and structured. The companies with the required quality monitoring and compliance infra-structure have been able to promote the growth in this segment by creating awareness and ensuring the supply of quality premix formulations.The market for feed premix wasestimated as USD 8.84 billion in 2015, and is projected to reach USD 10.27 billion by 2020, growing at a CAGR of 3% during the forecast period.

Owing to recent disease outbreaks, the ingredients used in feed premixes have come under the lens with efforts going towards strengthening the immunity of livestock. With advancements in

technology and increasing awareness among dairy farmers, emerging markets are now obtaining more localized premix products and services. Furthermore, the feed premix market is also expected to gain effective support by the gradual shift from unorganized to organized livestock farming in the developing regions of Asia-Pacific and Latin America.

Developed nations such as the U.S., Canada, and Western European countries (France, U.K., Spain, Italy, Germany, and the Netherlands) had captured only one-third of the global feed premix market in 2014.

Emerging markets – Suitable avenues desired for future investments The demand from emerging markets such as Asia-Pacific and Latin America accounted for a combined global share of ~47% in 2014. According to the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) report on “World Agriculture: Towards 2015/2030”, the population of developing countries in the Asia Pacific region is expected to see an annual growth rate of 2.4% till 2030 in meat consumption. This has stimulated the growth of commercial livestock farming activities and has also increased the demand for highquality feed concentrates and premixes to enhance meat weight and quality of the animals. Key players in the premix market have sensed this opportunity and started premix production plants in these regions. For instance in Vietnam, 34 compound feed and premix manufacturing plants have been established by the global players over

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as limit environmental effects due to non-bioavailability of inorganic minerals.The demand for feed premixes in the poultry segment is projected to grow at the fastest rate as compared to ruminants, goat, and swine.

Premix ingredients with strong market opportunities After livestock-specific assessments, the inclusion of both nutritive and non-nutritive ingredients in feed premixes is considered important to gain effective results. Nutritive ingredients such as vitamins, minerals, amino acids, gut health promoters (yeast products and probiotics), and organic acids are provided in specific formulations to complement the livestock feed whereas non-nutritive ingredients such as enzymes, flavors, antibiotics, binders, antioxidants, feed attractants, and colorants are required in minute quantities but effectively supports in maintaining product shelf-life/feed uptake.

A large portion of the feed premix market in the Asia-Pacific region is dominated by China. The growing consciousness about farm maintenance and nutrient quality in order to increase livestock productive efficiency has shifted the demand toward high-quality feed premixes in these regions.

Efficient formulation methods and technology would play an effective role in market dominance Although the regional network to reach customers such as compound feed mixers and integrators are established through distributors, the feed premix market has been shifting towards a service-based requirement. Companies such as Koninklijke DSM N.V. (The Netherlands), Cargill, Inc. (U.S.), Nutreco N.V. (The Netherlands), and Archer Daniels Midland Company (U.S.) are some of the players that have also been developing customized offerings to suit the demands of livestock of different types, breed, sex, and growth and breeding phase.These solutions would be an important factor not only to uncover the full potential of animal productivity but also improve the company's brand portfolio. Novel concepts are also being developed by these companies such as introducing organic chelate minerals with vitamins to reduce the latter's deterioration as well

Regulatory concerns over unscrupulous usage of certain ingredients Antibiotics have been a serious concern in the global regulatory environment on feed and meat products due to the excessive usage of these additives. Many developing countriesincluding Brazil and China, which export meat products to Europe and the U.S.do not have such strict regulations against the usage of antibiotics in feed premixes. The EU regulatory framework has been stringent on meat imports, andin 2006,they ensured the region compulsorily ban the use of antibiotics as growth promoters in animals. In the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration devised methods to slowly phase out the unsupervised use of drugs as a feed additive, so that it is used only for therapeutic purpose. However, its application has been prevalent in the Asia-Pacific region.

Such disparities in regulations have adverse effects on the global meat trade, especially between developed and developing economies in the form of standard issues such as meat quality, animal welfare, and environment protection. Producers of feed premixes are required to follow strict regulations related to regional and national health and safety for product approvals in developed nations; which ultimately affects the cost of the final product.

Among the developing countries, Brazil and China have recognized the need to control additional premix ingredients such as antibiotics, which has paved way for setting up their own regulatory framework for feed premixes. Though the implementation of regulations has been slower, the quality of premix ingredients throughout the supply chain would gain importance in the forthcoming years in order to satisfy all stakeholders from regulators to clients in these markets.

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the past decade.

The vitamins segment accounted for the largest market share in 2014 followed by the minerals segment in the feed premix market. Vitamins are considered as important nutrient supplements for the growth of farm animals.

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INDUSTRY NEWS

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Sustainable specialty feed ingredient for Aquaculture industry

inputs used extensively in aquaculture feed, with fish oil and fish meal being the main sources. The demand for omega-3s is growing, but the availability of omegaU.S. corn fell to a near two-year low in 3s from wild-caught ocean fish is limited first week of August, slipping for a in nature. second session after the U.S. Department of Agriculture pegged the condition of the crop at above market expectations. Soybeans fell more than 0.5 percent to hit a three-and-a-half month low, while wheat was little changed.

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TerraVia and Bunge Ltd. announced about the launch of native, whole-algae docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) as a sustainable specialty feed ingredient, prioritizing the aquaculture market, which currently uses approximately $3

Corn falls to near two-year low as USDA reports

DHA, a long-chain omega-3 fatty acid, is a critical element for humans, animals and fish to promote healthy growth and development.

TerraVia and Bunge also announced that a definitive commercial supply agreement is finalized with one of the world's largest aquaculture feed suppliers and DHA is slated to begin incorporation into fish feed for salmonids in the July to August 2016 time frame.

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“We're excited to build on our experience in the food and feed ingredients industries to bring a new sustainable and value-added source of DHA to the market at the quality, cost and scale the global aquaculture industry needs,” Bunge chief executive officer Soren Schroder said.

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“The new product can be a real game changer in keeping our oceans healthy by offering a non-marine based, sustainable source of omega-3s to help address the growing 'fish in/fish out' problem today," TerraVia CEO Jonathan Wolfson added. "It provides a far more sustainable, non-fish-based source of DHA to help maintain healthy oceans while improving the nutritional value of seafood for our families.”

Long-chain omega-3s such as DHA and EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) are critical

Aquaculture is one of the fastestgrowing food production systems in the world, and the market is estimated to reach $200 billion annually by 2020. This growth is helping drive increasing demand for long-chain omega-3s, particularly as global supplies of the traditional sources are under serious and increasing pressure from overfishing, quotas and rising demand for human and animal nutrition.

“Aquaculture is becoming an increasingly important contributor to the global food system. To meet the continuing growth in demand for fish oil and fish meal, sustainable alternatives are needed,” said Piers Hart, aquaculture policy officer at World Wildlife Fund in the U.K. “We are eager to see sustainable sources of omega-3-rich oils come to market at scale and reduce pressure on scarce marine resources. The high yield and potentially reduced environmental footprint of algae products produced at SB Renewable Oils in Brazil could make this a more sustainable source of fish feed ingredients.”

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billion in omega-3 ingredients.

Analysts said corn was coming under pressure as any lingering weather related supply concerns ease. "The proportion of U.S corn rated in good to excellent condition added to the bearish tone," said Tobin Gorey, director of agricultural strategy, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, adding that updated weather models are also favourable.

"While corn is not yet totally in the clear, the window for significant weather related losses is quickly closing."

The USDA rated 76 percent of the corn crop as good to excellent, unchanged from the week before and ahead of analyst forecasts. The outlook is increasing market confidence of bumper U.S. corn production.

Commodity brokerage INTL FCStone projected U.S. 2016 corn production at 15.146 billion bushels, a record high if realized, with an average yield of 175.0 bushels per acre.

The SB Renewable Oils facility adheres to the principles of sustainable production to produce algae-based products with low carbon, water and land use impacts.

This is enabled partly by the use of Bonsucro-certified sugarcane as the feedstock.

The U.S. weather outlook also continues to pressure soybeans, analysts said. The USDA rated 72 percent of the U.S. soybean crop as good to excellent and above market expectations.

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Emerging Commercial Poultry Sector in Bangladesh Ankaj Sharma, Creative Agri Solutions The major players in the poultry industry are largely conglomerates, who are leading business players in the country. Global leaders in the poultry and Feed industry have also entered the Bangladesh poultry sector. These include CP Foods from Thailand and New Hope from China. To capitalize on economies of scale, most commercial poultry players have vertically integrated operations. All players are involved in hatchery operations, broiler and layer production, poultry processing and supply of feed and other inputs. Some players have also forward linked to retailing of processed The growth and development of the sector is critical from the protein demand meat items through supermarkets or setting up their own and supply situation in Bangladesh. The chains like the Kazi Kitchen Farms. meat consumption including Poultry and Apart from private sector players social enterprises like Ruminant is about 4 kg per capita and BRAC are also involved in poultry sector. Brief description fish consumption is more than 15kg per of key players in poultry industry in Bangladesh: capita. There is a large demand and The challenges posed to the poultry industry are: supply gap of protein in Bangladesh .  High fluctuation in poultry feed prices in country.

The country suffers from an acute  High fluctuations in the price of DOC which ranged shortage of livestock products like milk, from 25-85 taka/doc meat and eggs. The shortage accounts  Threat of epidemics like avian influenza which leads for 85.9%, 88.1% and 70.7% for milk, to huge economic losses to poultry farms. meat and eggs, respectively. Table 1 Lack of infrastructure for storage of feed ingredients shows the demand supply mismatch for  and in terms of roads electricity etc., meat and eggs very clearly.  Prevalence of wet markets like in the case of India With the increase in the price of beef, which constrain the growth of the processed meat chicken is the only affordable meat segment. available to the people. Current per Commercial poultry sector in Bangladesh started in 1995 and is a relatively new and emerging sector in the country. The annual average growth rate of poultry industry over past two decades has been more than 20 percent in volume terms, which shows huge scope in poultry industry. Currently there are about 100,000 small and large poultry farms in Bangladesh.

capita egg consumption is about 35-38 eggs per annum.

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Highly concentrated industry in hands of few conglomerates only.

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Unplanned growth of poultry farms around cities and no biosecurity guidelines is leading to various environmental hazards.

Major poultry players in Bangladesh National conglomerates: Kazi Farm Group, Paragon group, Aftab Hatcheries Ltd., Quality Feed Ltd. These all groups are very large group and invest their own capital.

The policy framework for poultry development should have following points for developing poultry sector in Bangladesh: 

Promotion of young entrepreneurs in poultry sector by providing support in terms of some subsidy.

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Focus towards price stabilization of various inputs mainly poultry feed (Maize).

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Introduce some legal measures for the quality control/ quality checks of feed and poultry products.

International conglomerates: CP Foods (Thai group) and New Hope Group (Chinese group). These are international conglomerates and started operations in Bangladesh by investing their own resources.

Social Enterprises: BRAC Social Enterprise. The enterprise is working with objective of eradication poverty by poultry intervention.

Table 1: Demand and Supply status of Meat and Eggs in Bangladesh

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Development of environment friendly commercial farms.

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Major focus should be on preventive  health measures (vaccination) against major diseses. Availability of vaccines in country should not be a constraint. Infact, the country should be well prepared to face any  challenge of avian flue.

Products Production Need per capita Demand Deficit (Million (Million m ton) (Million m ton) m ton) Meat 4.52 120 g/ day 6.73 2.21 Eggs

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Supporting the poultry industry by favourable policies like tax holidays to new players, reduced import duties on import of equipment and inputs, infrastructure support like electricity and roads.

Organized meat market, including the processing facilities need to be promoted in country.

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Problems Encountered during Feed Milling in Tropics Dr Naveen Kumar, Delst Asia

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eed processing is becoming a more challenging task than ever with coming newer raw materials and technologies, and growing advance research to control increasing feed cost. Ignorance about the feed processing in tropics is making these challenges more intense. There is a need of deep knowledge about the three aspects of feed milling including feed chemistry, feed engineering, and nutrition.

Feed mills are facing various issues, some of these are listed below:  Poor production efficiency i.e. increased cost per MT pellet  Poor moistening of meal in the conditioner  Wrong selection of conditioners (mostly short time conditioners)  Poor steam management – poor maintenance of broiler, steam pipeline, PRV, steam inlets position and design  Excessively dried ingredients, forming dry and hard pellets which results in reduced feed intake  Poor digestibility of feed and wet litter problem  Moisture loss after pelleting process causes 1-3% of moisture

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shrink. (0.5% moisture shrink is worth USD 9 at today's feed cost ) Reduce die life adding replacement cost

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Poor pellet quality which affects growth performance

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Problem of “fines”, the analysis shows that most of the fat,

minerals like Ca and P, and micro minerals like Zn are present in these fines  Lack of proper training to mill operators In this sub-continent nutrient loss during feed processing is another silent issue, as the miller first wants to address various physical issues of pelleting.

Some of issues include:  Damage and wastage of nutrients like vitamins, amino acids & enzymes . 

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Poor feeding value due to improper cooking of starch which affects digestibility and available energy value Over compensation of nutrient and energy in the feed formulation Poor feed processing which affects immunity and growth performance of poultry

 Increased medication cost at farm level Loss of nutrient value in processed feed Poor steam conditioning end up in a badly hydrolyzed mash resulting in difficulties at the press. Pushing poor hydrolysed and conditioned mash through the die is like “roasting” the meal, which result in maillard reaction (amino acid reacting with reducing sugar from the friction heat) and dextrinization (burnt to a certain extent via thick die passage). These problems are more noticeable with the use of thicker die (for a high die compression rate). During the passage of poor hydrolyzed meal through the die, temperature inside the die holes reach around 160° Celsius which degrades (or destroys) many enzymes and vital nutrients in fraction of seconds. This has a detrimental impact on livestock immune, health, and productivity.

Now, the major concern is increasing trend of producing broilers without using AGPs (antibiotic growth promoters), where Europe is leading the way.

The continent is encouraging supplements which are comparatively expensive, new generation alternative feed additives like secondary plant compound products, probiotics, prebiotics, organic acids, and enzymes (claiming its wide use in Europe), as a replacements to AGPs, but are they being processed correctly?

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parameters need to be addressed: Compounded mash temperature in tropics ranges

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from 38°C to 44°C. It causes a setback in steam/mash interaction and moisture transfer from steam 

Managing mash moisture before and after steam conditioning

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Steam management

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Steam temperature and steam volume deployed in the conditioner

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Sufficient conditioning residence time

Water added in the mixer and water from the condensing steam in the conditioner must be effectively hydrolyzed (infused) in the mash.

Conclusions Feed industry is losing lot of money without even realizing about the wastage of nutrient value of a well formulated feed due to poor feed processing and inefficient cooked starch. Adding more cost to mask the problems is not the right answer to face future challenges of feed processing.

It is high time to understand the importance of feed processing in producing quality pellet with all nutrients intact and hence better livestock performance. A large feed mill (especially those integrated with livestock operation) can save back multi-million using these facts.

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Feed processing in right manner Poor mash hydrolyzation in the conditioner, poor steam management, and insufficient conditioning time greatly affect starch cooking. While amylase enzyme can digest gelatinized starch much better in the gut, and hence enhancing the energy value. But nutritionist can also lower energy value in feed formulation, if they understand how to cook raw starch effectively.

The main objective of feed pelleting is well cooked raw starch (especially the amylose fraction which provides the gelling effect), to achieve high degree of starch gelatinisation resulting in good intra-particles bonding and excellent feeding value. However, due to the lack of understanding about raw starch cooking in a dry medium, the industry is not able to manage well cooking of raw starch which finally affects feed production efficiency as well as quality of produced feed.

To address this issue, a methodological approach is developed to manage various parameters in tropical feed pelleting process, which contributes to the effective mash hydration. For effective raw starch cooking these

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Asia Subcontinent shows increasing preference for U.S Soy At the Gold Coin feed mill, Colombo, Sri Lanka

USSEC (U.S Soybean Export Council) is well known for driving significant industry changes across the world by working

T

he QSSB mission to the Asia Subcontinent (ASC)

from July 29 to August 6, included formal

interactions with industry leaders from Sri Lanka,

Bangladesh and India, and field activities for a greater understanding about the differences and similarities

collaboratively with customers in among the markets in these three countries. the soy value chain. It recently Opportunities & Potential in Sri Lanka Market hosted the Qualified State Soybean Board (QSSBs) Mission to the Asia Subcontinent (ASC).

QSSB is a volunteer farmerleaders group responsible for

In its first activity in Sri Lanka, the QSSB team met Sri Lankan industry players and also visited a feed mill, layer farms, broiler farms, and chicken outlets. The team inspected stocks of U.S soy meal at the feed mill and discussed how trade and tech aspects could be better addressed in future. About 55 participants attended

marketing, research and

“Lanka – U.S. Soy Alliance,” a trade networking meeting

commercialization programs in

where two leading industry members discussed the Sri

present and prospective markets for soybean consumption in

Lankan industry's progress and growth.

USSEC CEO Jim Sutter emphasized and assured USSEC's and the U.S. Soy industry's support to the Sri Lankan

various industries. Think Grain

industry. He compared Sri Lanka's market to India's and

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said that Iowa is 2.2 times the size of Sri Lanka. He said

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know about their learning, experiences in the ASC region including the perspectives of this market, and to know further

Sri Lanka which is expected to grow.

Industry representatives shared that per capita consumption of chicken in Sri Lanka touched close to 10 kg. By contrasting many small “mom and pop” grocery stores, the delegation had the opportunity to compare

viewpoint of experts from Asian

modern retailing and customer preferences to various

Region. The main objective of

food and grocery products. 95 percent of the country's

this mission was to understand market behavior in Asian Subcontinent, rather its constraints and opportunities.

poultry industry relies on processed, chilled and/or frozen chicken.

Bangladesh: Price is still a concern Next, USSEC's QSSB mission landed in Kolkata to meet who's who of Bangladesh industry, including Moshiur

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Rehman, the managing director of the

In Delhi, the team was taken to McDonalds for lunch,

Paragon Group. Five Indian crushers /

which provided them an insight on changing food

soy traders also met the QSSB team

preferences of customers, trends with the young

and learned about developments

population in India, and price comparisons.

taking place in Bangladesh.

On the last day of the mission, Mr. Sindelar and his team

Interestingly Dr. Vijay Anand (Deputy

welcomed the group to the embassy, and presented

Regional Director of USSEC for the ASC

USDA's perspectives on the Indian market. He stressed

region) noted that Bangladesh

that it pays to be patient to be able to derive benefits

accounted for 95% share for the U.S of

from the Indian market.

the total soybean imported into the country in 2015.

The mission visited Hi-Tech feed mill

USSEC made two presentations to the QSSB group, one of the presentations focused on the market assessment recently put together for the ASC region. The second

and learned about poultry growth and

presentation centered on ASC's program management,

consumer demand in East India, also

mission and goals; return on investment (ROI) for

noted that there is plenty of room for

dollars invested, and how the funds are distributed

growth as the per capita consumption

against projects/activities among other topics.

of chicken in India is still very low.

The Iowa soybean group was especially glad to note

About 33 participants attended the

that initiatives were taken to send an Indian government

“Bangla-U.S Soy Alliance” in Kolkata,

delegation to the Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa

which was an exclusive interactive

on August 31 and September 1. Drew Klein, Regional

session with the Bangladesh feed

Representative – ASC will accompany the team once

industry. There will soon be four crush

they reach the U.S.

plants and several full fat soybean meal (FFSBM) production units, which will add to more of the U.S whole bean consumption in Bangladesh.

Mr. Rehman stressed that it was more important to conduct in-country activities to demonstrate technologies to the Bangladeshi people in order to reach technologies and knowledge to their country people.

Kazi Hassan, a key industry leader managing the Kazi group, gave his positive impressions on U.S. Soy and mentioned that his group would need some assistance on how to improve their port' infrastructure to handle bulk as well as containerized shipments.

Delhi: Interaction with food & feed The QSSB team attended a reception hosted by Scott Sindelar, Minister Counselor of Agricultural Affairs, Foreign Agriculture Services (FAS)/U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Embassy of the United States, New Delhi at his residence. About 65 participants attended the event, including ADM, Cargill, Poultry Federation of India, U.S. Grains Council (USGC), and U.S food grade soybean

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PERSPECTIVE OF SOME MEMBERS OF QSSB ON ASIAN SUBCONTINENT MARKET “With each of these trade visits, I am amazed at the breadth and depth of the technical services.

They are building relationships by helping people with their businesses, not just moving soybeans. Helping companies build loyalty for U.S. soybeans.”

Kathy Maurer, Financial and International Marketing Director, Michigan Soybean Promotion Committee “I'm very excited to see that the marketing efforts that USSEC initiated long ago is working exactly how it was planned. It's not possible to really have an idea of what is going on in India without seeing it firsthand.”

Park Wells, Executive Director, Tennessee Soybean Promotion Council “The [Indian] government could really affect change for its people if they would remove barriers such inadequate roads and if they would take advantage of farming technologies that are available.”

Ken Moore, Grower, Tennessee “Sri Lanka presents such immediate potential. They want their farmers to be progressive and they want to import U.S. Soy. They have a much more sophisticated marketing and processing system than India does. In Bangladesh, based on the comments that we heard, they recognize the quality of U.S. Soy but still make purchasing decisions wholly on price.”

Tony Stafford, Director of Business Development and New Markets, Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council “The meetings at the U.S. Embassy really gave me a great understanding of all of the forces that work together to move my soy. When Jonn (Slette), the senior attaché, emphasized the value of our visits to the market, it really drove home how important these interpersonal relationships are.”

Mike Bellar, Grower, Kansas “Feeding the world is so far from just how we can increase yield. There are so many market access issues that need to be addressed in order to get our commodity to the people that need protein.”

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Dr. P.E Vijay Anand

Asian Experts' Perspective on Asian

The change that is about 4.0 times higher is indicative of

Subcontinent market

increasing demand and rapidly developing industries that

Dr. P.E Vijay Anand, USSEC said that

need more soy meal as a consistent protein source in the

there is much international focus onto

ASC. The forecast for soy meal utilization in the ASC is 8.69

ASC region especially due to its emerging

MMT by 2015/16 as per USDA. To produce this meal about

status as a favorable, developing

10.66 MMT of soybeans are required.

destination for various commodities and

The consumption front in the region has been driving a

products. He provided following market

significant demand for soy meal in between 2010 and 2015.

update/assessment which was based on

India's neighboring countries (Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri

the USDA data as of February 2016 and

Lanka and Nepal) show the highest change in their meal

U.S soy import figures were updated into

consumption pattern during the same corresponding

ASC as of June 2016.

period with a + 101.18 %. India's internal consumption also

World's soy meal dependence increased

shows a positive change of +39.69%. These two positive

by 24.63 million tons between 2011/12

changes put ASC on a consumption spot light and thus are

and 2014/15 and the corresponding

attracting attention from other countries.

increment for the Asia Subcontinent (ASC) Since the past five years, there has been a steady growth of is 2.60 million tons. The change

U.S soy imports into Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and more

percentage for the former is 13.84 % while recently (from 2015) into Pakistan and Nepal. A total of for the later it is 57.01% indicating that the 394,000 MT of U.S soy meal valued at $ 213 million has change is very rapid in the ASC region.

been imported in the last three years. On the same lines

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Pawan Kumar giving an industry overview and broiler feed milling processes

1.13 million tons of U.S soybeans have been imported into India's neighboring countries in the past three years.

Import trends for U.S soy continue into Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal even in the current oil year (October 2015-September 2016). With three more months

consider to import SBM to address raw material security, sustained supply and price corrections and thus saving the livestock industry of the country.

to go, the ASC region has already imported 799,268 MT of

A huge credit of the success story of

U.S soybeans and 253,247 MT of U.S soy meal into the

Indian Poultry sector goes to these

region.

international experts who invested their

Interestingly Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal which were initially meal markets have now turned into soybean markets while Sri Lanka is a steady meal market. Countries

time and money. I really hope that both the countries will mutually benefit from each other in near future.

that are rapidly taking to soybean crushing perhaps realize that demand for protein and energy (oil) is the need of the hour to support nutritional security for their population. For the first time, India also imported corn and soy meal in 2015/16 as Indian meal was out priced as compared to international prices. Indian demand for soy meal is bound to grow as the poultry, aquaculture and human consumption sectors grow.

Mr. Shabbir Ahmad Khan, another expert from Indian Poultry industry shared about historical relations between Indian industry and US Agriculture industry which started way back in 1967, when two grandparent stocks were imported from US and In 1980's USSEC started to Shabbir Ahmad Khan

conduct various seminars to teach the industry about the

usage of soy meal in poultry feed which started at 10% inclusion and soon reached 25-35%.

Since starting its office in 1996, USSEC invested lots of funds to educate the industry about the usage and benefits of SBM in Poultry, dairy, fish and food sector. As they believe that Indian industry is a mighty one and will surely recognize the benefits.

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MORINGA: Indian perspective of an alternative source for fodder Subrahmanya D.J., Malu Ram Yadav, Dr. Rakesh Kumar & Dr. Hardev Ram, NDRI, Karnal

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India possesses the highest livestock population in the world, which is growing at the rate of 4.8% per year.

Accordingly, the country's feed requirement to feed such a large livestock population is also increasing.

Regular supply of adequate and nutritious feed and fodder is essential for the development of livestock sector.

Fodder crops are the main and cheapest source of roughage feed for livestock. However, shortage of quality fodder, particularly during lean periods is major factor contributing to lower livestock productivity. Currently, the country faces a net deficit of 35.6% green fodder, 10.95% dry fodder and 44% concentrate feed ingredients. The demand for green and dry fodder will reach to 1012 and 631 million tonnes by 2050. Therefore, to meet out this deficit, fodder supply has to grow at 1.69% annually to sustain livestock husbandry. Since last two decades, static area under cultivated fodder is only 8.4 m ha (less than 5%). Forage have an important role to play in

ruminant nutrition in providing energy, protein and minerals and fiber for chewing. Tree fodders could be a good option to meet the fodder demand of livestock in areas having a perennial shortage of green fodder.

Research efforts have confirmed the potentiality of browsing plants to provide alternate source of nutrition for ruminants in tropics. There is a huge list of such browse trees and shrubs with potential use as fodder, which may go even up to more than 300 species.

One such tree which gives fodder for ruminants is Moringa, popularly known as “drumstick tree” for its pods that are used by drummers, and also known as “horseradish tree” for the flavor of its roots. Drumstick scientifically called as Moringa oleifera and is called Saijan in Hindi. This fast-growing tree is grown throughout the tropics for multi-purpose use viz. human food, livestock forage, medicine values, dye, water purification, and for its wide adaptability and ease of establishment. Moringa leaves contain a good amount of beta-carotene, protein, vitamin C, calcium, magnesium and iron. Since Moringa leaves are rich in protein, so can be used as a supplemental fodder for milch animals. Rather, its leaves contain much higher protein than conventional protein supplements like coconut meal, cotton seed cake, ground nut cake, sesame cake, sunflower cake etc. Besides these, the leaves posses antioxidant and antimicrobial properties against several fungal species such as E. Coli, S. Arous,

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Table: Nutritional quality of M. oleifera

P. Aeruginosa, and B. Cereus. Moringa can be grown as hedge, fence, and multi-cut forage, etc.

Nutritional Profile Macronutrients like P, K, Ca, and Mg play key roles in balancing the physiological, metabolic, and biochemical processes of livestock.

Cattle suffer from low blood Mg during lactation, which causes low milk yield due to deficiency of mg. Moringa leaves contain high amount of macronutrients Mg and K, and can be effectively used to fulfill the dietary and nutritional requirements of livestock animals by mixing of moringa leaves with other fodders or grasses.

Particulars

Content

Metabolizable energy (MJ/kg DM)

9.30

Organic matter digestibility (%)

72.0

Ash (%)

13.2

Crude fiber (%)

10.0

Crude protein (%)

28.9

Fat (%)

6.73

Nitrogen free extracts (NFE) (%)

45

Neutral detergent fiber (NDF) (%)

16.7

Non fiber carbohydrate (NFC) (%)

38.4

Acid detergent lignin (%)

6.49

Cellulose (%)

5.59

Hemicelluloses (%)

4.66

Calcium (%)

2.62

Phosphorous (%)

0.43

Magnesium (%)

0.56

potassium (%)

2.0

Sodium(%)

0.03

Adapted from: Gebregiorgis et al.,2012

Moringa fresh foliage can be included into the dietary roughage component for ruminants. It has shown positive effects on feeding behavior of goat, increased growth rate in sheep and increased milk yield in dual

The biomass production of moringa is affected by climatic condition, spacing, cutting height, planting pattern, geometry and cutting frequencies.

Highest Crop growth rate (CGR) was in narrow spacing. Highest fodder yields of moringa from plants is obtained when spaced at 30 x 40 cm. In the rainy season, harvesting the crop at an interval of 4 to 6 weeks at a height of 150 cm gives the highest yields. In the dry season 12 week harvest interval gives highest biomass yields with a cutting height of 100cm. On an average 4.2 to 8.3 t ha-1 dry matter yield can be obtained.

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purpose cows. MLM (moringa leaf meal) can be included into the diet of fish, laying hens and cross-bred dairy cows. Moringa supplementation resulted in a highest average weight gain of 20.83 g/animal/day in goats feed and protein was efficiently utilized by animals when moringa leaves was used as a fodder supplement. Moringa contains 0.20 g P and Na /100 g DM, which is higher than diet requirements of goats viz. (0.07 g/100 g DM).

Moringa diet had the highest efficiency of protein utilization, nutrient digestibility, nitrogen utilization. It improves the milk yield of ruminants as it has a good rumen bypass protein characteristics. In fact, MLM can be used as a substitute for other oil cakes.

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Dry lands offer a good scope for development of agro forestry, social forestry, horti-silvi-pasture and other similar systems which will not only supply food, fuel to the village people and fodder to the cattle also a suitable vegetative cover for ecological maintenance. These fodder trees are gaining more attention due to low maintenance and less input requirements and their capability to provide good quality forage during the periods of food scarcity. Moringa is one of the best nutritious trees which can provide sufficient fodder for livestock during dry season. Once their roots have developed and established it is even resistant to frequent cuttings in drought situations.

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areas of southern India.

In Degraded & Desertified Lands Land degradation and desertification are complex phenomena caused by both natural and anthropogenic factors. Silvipastoral system is the most prominent agro forestry system suitable for these degraded and desertified areas. The system is characterized by integrating trees with forage and livestock production. Moringa is the best protein rich multipurpose tree can be planted on these areas for cut and carry fodder production to meet the fodder requirements of livestock during the fodder deficit periods.

Salt Affected Soils In arid and semi arid regions annual rainfall is not sufficient to leach down salt to the deeper layers of soil. Moringa is a drought tolerant plant that can be grown in diverse soils, except those that are waterlogged. Slightly alkaline clay and sandy loam soils are considered the best media for this species due to their good drainage. Moringa can be introduced as a fodder crop in these salt affected areas.

Low Fertility Soils The major limiting factor of fodder production in the tropics is the deficiency of soil nutrients which affects the growth, nutrient content, and uptake of the plant, Due to low levels of nitrogen, phosphorus, and organic carbon. Fodder production in these areas mainly dependent on application of high amount NPK based fertilizers. Moringa can be grown as a fodder crop on marginal lands with high temperatures and low water availability. It requires fertilizer application only during initial stages of growth. Moringa can be grown in versatile conditions including hot, humid, dry tropical and subtropical regions, except waterlogged soils. It can perform better under marginal conditions with ample nutritional quality.

Conclusions

Moringa being rich source of nutrients and It is a fast growing tree with efficient metabolizable energy can be considered as capability of re-growth after pruning alternative fodder for livestock. It can be grown in and capacity to produce good quality most of the tropical climatic zones and have low higher leaf biomass per unit area and demand of soil nutrients and water. In dairy farming system it can sustain green fodder availability round can tolerate long dry spells up to 6 the year without extra efforts. Its versatile nature months during dry season and grow makes it fit in various cropping systems, because it well with annual rainfall between can be grown as crop or tree fences in alley cropping 250‒1500 mm per year and systems, in agroforestry systems, and even on temperature ranging from 19 to 28 ºC. It is best suitable for agro forestry marginal lands with high temperatures and low water availabilities where it is difficult to cultivate other system such as Home garden and agricultural crops. multi-storied cropping system with plantation crops in dry land farming

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Damaged wheat crop use as animal feed From the heart of the U.S. big farm belt to Colombia, Vietnam and Indonesia, livestock producers are snapping up wheat damaged by bad weather or low in protein, providing pigs and poultry with grain more often milled for making bread.

prices. Now wheat is eating into demand for corn - also a staple animal feed and already under pressure from its own ample global supplies.

The USDA recently hiked its estimate for global wheat consumption in the coming year by 13.3 million tonnes to the highest ever, "primarily on The increased global purchases of increased feed use" which the agency cheap, poor quality wheat for animal feed come as a combination of bumper estimated at 144.42 million tonnes. The crops and low prices increase its appeal USDA cut its forecast for global compared to alternatives like corn. consumption of coarse grains, including "There's a massive amount of wheat out corn, by 3.3 million tonnes.

"Wheat's a great substitute for corn, there that didn't make the grade," said one U.S. grain merchandiser. "The next there's plenty of it, and it's at $7 or $8 a tonne discount (to corn)," said a U.S. best option is to either carry it or find grain export trader. "I've had some another mouth for it as feed."

Colombians take it, and I'd love to sell Farms in the United States, the Black them more."

Sea region, Europe and Australia have had bumper harvests, which are likely to push global wheat stocks to record levels for the third consecutive year in 2016/17, according to the USDA. But quality problems have weighed on

Colombia's neighbor, Brazil, is an exception. It had its own feed wheat frenzy earlier this year when hog and poultry producers used wheat for the first time in a decade as corn prices

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soared following a severe drought.

Now, with a huge corn harvest rolling in, Brazil no longer needs to use feed wheat. “You cannot substitute corn 100 percent, but I think the animal feed manufacturers and importers will take wheat content to the limit," said a German trader.

Another German trader, said demand for feed wheat has risen sharply from some of the big Asian importers, such as South Korea and Indonesia. The latter has already slapped controls on imports in a bid to encourage feed mills to use domestic corn.

"Korean importers have told me that, in the present price constellation, they will switch to more feed wheat tenders from corn in coming weeks," this German trader said. "In South Korea alone, this could result in about 150,000 tonnes a month of corn imports being switched to feed wheat."

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Tour of NIR analysis in Feed Industry Mr. Alejandro Criado, AB Vista

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Over the years food and feed production has changed significantly.

The pursuit of a sustainable agriculture and to make food available to ever increasing world population is a huge challenge. This leads to increase in the feed cost and variations in the feed raw material availability for global feed industry.

The feed represents up to 80% of the total cost of animal production, therefore feed formulation is one of the most important areas to focus. A deficiency and an excess of nutrients as a result of lower performance and/or higher costs, lead to economic losses. The nutritionists are more conscious about the necessity of better quality control practices. It is important to know both the nutritional composition and the cost of each raw material, as well to make least cost formulation using routine analysis of finished feeds Historically, proximate analysis has been used for the estimation of the nutritional content of feedstuffs and complete feeds. Wet chemistry or routine analytical methods usually involve many steps, which have errors in them, that limits the precision of the method being used resulting in

less accuracy. Hence, NIR Spectroscopy, an alternative and robust analytical tool, is adopted in modern and automated feed milling industry. NIR technology has improved significantly for last 50 years; the development in computing is the main reason for its acceptance and expansion within the global feed sector. Big databases and complex mathematical algorithms have allowed extracting much more comprehensive information from the NIR spectrum.

It cannot be forgotten that NIR is a secondary method of analysis, relying on the mathematical association between wet chemistry (primary method) analysis and a spectrum. With complex and highly variable natural products from all around the world, the ability to collect a representative set of samples to replicate the characteristic variability within the overall population (harvest year, varieties, geography, etc.) is highly necessary.

Advantages of Using NIR 1.

Capable of providing accurate rapid analysis of samples

2.

Non-destructive analysis, after analysis samples could still be used for other purposes

3.

No need of toxic/corrosive and expensive chemicals and their disposal

4.

Easy to analyze large numbers and heterogeneous samples

5.

Multiple components of each sample can be determined from a single measurement of the sample's spectrum, which reduces analytical cost per sample

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limitations like cost of instrumentation, its calibration (need to calibrate the instrument for each component and each type of ingredient), need to have fairly complex training and calibration procedures. Nonetheless success of NIR is dependent on instrument specification, modelling tools and the accuracy and variability of the laboratory analysis being studied.

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maturity stage of feedstuffs and its suitability for use in feed.

Mixer efficiency assessment is another area of application of NIR. A number of samples can be taken at the discharge point of a mixer machine for analysis of CV (Coefficient of variance). By calculating CV of the absorbance for each wavelength, the optimal mixing time for a finished feed can be calculated.

NIR can also be used to analyse some of the feed antinutrients like phytate. Phosphorus is the third most expensive feed raw material after energy and protein.

NIR applications in the feed Feed manufacturers are increasingly replacing added industry inorganic phosphates with phytases due to the high Feed quality is very important and has price of phosphate, environmental issues and the a critical role on performance. Quality availability of more efficient enzyme products. As includes nutritional contents and phytate found within raw materials can vary, it is hygiene parameters. Nutritional value complicated to estimate the total phytate content of a is maintained by analyzing ingredients finished feed from published values. Many laboratory with conventional instruments which methods exist for phytate determination which are may have some fluctuations and result expensive and time- consuming, hence NIR can be an in nutrients variation in feed and alternate real-time phytate analysis method. performance is compromised. To Future of NIR reduce the chances of fluctuation in The manufacture of smaller, more robust, portable, nutrient contents in finished feed, NIR low-priced equipment has been possible thanks to the is being used. latest developments in engineering. That allows a big In the feed industry, NIR spectrometry advantages against laboratory-based systems as the can be used for a significant amount analysis can be perform at the most convenient of different applications, from location, for example at the grain silo or feed mill proximate to high quality analysis as intake. amino acids or Non Starch Widely used in many other applications, these truly Polysacchrides (NSPs). NIR is the best portable instruments are lightweight yet of extremely tool to predict animal performance robust construction which can be found in multiple and many calibrations for in vivo locations in a feed mill including raw material digestibility. NIR technology will help reception and product dispatch; which will allow for economic feed formulation to accepting or rejecting products based on the NIR reduce cost based on balanced result. This would save unnecessary transportation of nutrients especially energy (ME), below specification material, and increase time protein (Amino Acid), minerals efficiency. NlR could bridge the gap between (Calcium & Phosphorus) which are the advanced nutritional scientific knowledge generated real drivers of feed formulation. and application to practical feed formulation and NIR can also measure a wide range of rationing. NlR technology is a reality which sufficiently physical characteristics which make it proved its value as a powerful tool for multiple a comprehensive tool for quality product constituent quality controls in different points assessment. Some of these physical at the feed industry and as an essential support for properties analysis are particle size, providing an integral advisory service to farmers. hardness and starch damage amongst For further information, please contact cparihar@abvista.com others. NIR can be used to confirm the

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Poultry Federation Moves Hyderabad to commemorate its 28th AGM Poultry Federation of India (PFI) celebrated its 28th Annual meeting at Hyderabad which was a 2 day event, AGM on July 15, next day followed by National Seminar. Both the AGM and seminar was attended by high spirited gathering.

The Chief Guest for the event was Honorable Minister of Agriculture Sh. Radha Mohan Singh, Government of India who was accompanied by special dignitaries like Dr. Lakhsman, BJP President and MLA, Mr. Dharma Rao, Vice President(State) BJP, exMLA Warangaland Poultry farmer, Sh. Mahipal Dhanda, MLA, Panipat Gramin and Poultry Farmer.

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Mr. Ramesh Chander Khatri, President of PFI, highlighted the significance and stake of poultry industry in the country's economy. By presenting the statistics, he represented the importance of Poultry among its allied industries like equipment, pharmaceuticals, feed milling etc. To make the Indian Poultry competitive globally, he appealed to Honorable Minister to support the industry and further share the role of egg and other poultry products in Food Security, being cheap and affordable protein sources which cannot be adulterated.

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According to Vijay Sardana, Advisor, PFI, Poultry is an ATM machine for farmers. Out of 365 days, it gives income for 300 days. This is the fastest crop, a farmer can sell 30 days onwards after placement. Poultry can be an economic source for BPL families. Rural families can start business with less than Rs. 1000.

These farmers also support rural economy, as almost 60% of total maize produced and 80% soya DOC is consumed by poultry sector. It should be an integral part of midday meal programs.

Poultry sector & its economic significance 

Supports Food Security and

Sh. Radha Mohan Singh, Minister of Agriculture with PFI Office Bearers lightening the lamp in 28th AGM of PFI

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Nutrition for 125 crore people

first time that a cabinet minister has

Rural and Urban Employment –

attended the AGM. He asked PFI to

about 10 crore people

meet him with a delegation to

Rural and urban Income – about

discuss issues related to

INR 100,000 crores Import Policy For end users of Poultry ingredients which are imported to India, there should be concessional duty as it is used to improve efficiency and reduce cost of production No domestic industry will suffer because no one is making these products in India Tax loss will be a fraction of the total additional value created by poultry sector GST and its implication Poultry should be at par with other agriculture sectors like corn and soybean Further on Mr. Mahipal Dhanda who is a sitting MLA and a poultry farmer highlighted actual problems faced by a farmer such as pollution to harass farmer and asked the honorable cabinet minister to support the industry.

transportation and pollution in details.

In the 2nd session, the President, PFI shared about the activities of PFI with its members like the Protein Awareness Campaign-an effort to increase the consumption of poultry products. It will not only open more markets but will also help the country to deplete the magnitude of malnutrition in India. The World Egg Day celebrations were also discussed.

Mr. Ranpal Dhanda expressed his sincere gratitude for making the AGM such a grand success. He also thanked the sponsoring companies for supporting PFI. The following day was dedicated to technical know-how, practical sessions, e-marketing sessions which was well attended by industry audience. This seminar session was followed by Panel Discussion as on how to go about the challenges and issues of the industry.

The first session concluded with Chief The 2-day event concluded with Guest's address in which he promised felicitations of all the sponsors, special invitees, guests and support to the industry and dignitaries. expressed his gratitude as it was the

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Oilseed and Grain Trade Summit Date: 14-16 November 2016 Venue: Hyatt Regency, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. Email: ogts-info@highquestgroup.com Web: www.oilseedandgrain.com

EuroTier Date: 15-18 November 2016 Venue: Hanover, Germany Email: expo@dlg.org Web: www.eurotier.com

Poultry India Date: 23-25 November 2016 Venue: HITEX, Exhibition Centre, Hyderabad, India Email: info@poultryindia.co.in Web: www.poultryindia.co.in

JANUARY International Feed Expo Date: 31 Jan - 2 Feb 2017 Venue: Georgia World Congress Center, 285 Andrew Young International Blvd NW, Atlanta, Georgia USA Email: info@ippexpo.org Web: www.ippexpo.com

FEBRUARY Feed Tech Expo Date: 23-25 February 2017 Venue: New Grain Market, Karnal, India Email: feedtechexpo@gmail.com Web: www.feedtechexpo.com

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Layer Feed Quality Conference Date: 17-18 October 2016 Venue: Jakarta, Indonesia Email: events@asian-agribiz.com Web: www.asian-agribiz.com

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Vietstock Date: 19-21 October 2016 Venue: Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center (SECC, HCMC, Vietnam Email: vietstock@ubm.com Web: www.vietstock.org

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