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The impact of feed enzymes on diet digestibility and animal profitability

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Rospen Industries’ range of continuous weighing equipment

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Going the distance: - Training the Milling Workforce in the Twenty-first Century

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How to select the proper plastic resin replacement elevator bucket

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Using paddy husk as the replacement of gas & fuel for drying grains

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BinMaster® introduces horizontal rotary extension for thick bin walls EDME Limited appoints new sales director Best year for Mathews Company: dealers recognized for high volume sales Cargill invests in new animal feed mill in Ukraine How onboard weighing is a real plus for ‘goods in/out’ operations Braby’s unique Vacatex System: Living with Vacatex two years on 4B Braime Elevator Components opens new subsidiary in Australia Complete grain handling solutions from BDC Systems at Lamma Tapco Adds Grade 5 Norway Countersunk Head Elevator Bolt Lallemand opens new TITAN® Yeast production facility to face soaring demand for protected active yeasts Rospen launch new fibc/big bag discharge range Scott Bonine joins BinMaster® Level Controls Dioxin in feed fats in Germany: FEFAC President calls for full investigation of the contamination source and better control in the fat supply chain Dr Eckel extends its position in East Europe further Lallemand and Jebsen & Jessen enter strategic alliance in South East Asia Two new products launched by Optivite Hubbard Feeds Named 2010 Feed Mill of the Year

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The impact of feed enzymes on diet digestibility and animal profitability Rospen Industries’ range of continuous weighing equipment for the grain and feed milling sector Going the distance - Training the Milling Workforce in the Twenty-first Century Using paddy husk as the replacement of gas & fuel for drying grains

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Guest - EDITOR’S OBSERVATIONS

Guest editor - Roger Gilbert

he floods that hit the northern state of Queensland in Australia this past Christmas, and more recently the southern state of Victoria, have been widely reported for their impact on peoples’ lives and their livelihoods. 35 lives have been lost to these deadliest of floods.

The impact of the Australian disaster However, the impact of the disaster goes much further than the human lives lost and the costs to individuals and their possessions. Farmers have been impacted significantly and their stories will be slow to emerge. Crops have been wiped out and animals lost. All sectors of agriculture have been caught up in the deluge and the resulting raising flood waters that created ‘lakes’ of unimaginable proportions. We hear many cattle, for instance, drowned - and in one case a milking cow was washed down a water course, and a river and carried out to sea where Vietnamese fishermen tried unsuccessfully to save it! I was personally in the Dalby-Toowoomba and the Warrick-Ipswich area of Queensland, between Christmas and New Year when flooding was beginning to occur and was forced to spend much of one night

stranded by flood waters after a frightening day’s drive. Only afterwards were all these places completely inundated with water. Where we were caught so to were a couple of hundred motorists and in paddocks nearby the highway some 20 horses on what little high ground they were able to find. The international impact of the disaster will be felt by not only farmers and their animals, but acutely by those providing services to them such as feed millers who may be struggling to source raw materials, run plants and equipment and get supplies to those farms that need them. We also see that markets for grain are starting to respond to the disaster as normal shipments of cereals out of Australia become fractured. Indonesia for example, relies entirely on imports for its wheat of around 5.2 million tonnes. Australia traditionally provided over half that, but a fresh setback from the country’s floods disaster saw a key grain port shutting down overnight at the end of January, further restricting exports. The floods will cost US$1 billion or more in agricultural losses alone. GFMT extends its deepest sympathy to all those who have lost loved-ones in this deadliest of disasters and to those grain farmers and grain and feed milling operations trying to recover.

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Limagrain UK’s rebranding of seeds portfolio highlights R & D investment

imagrain UK has re-branded its professional seeds portfolio as ‘LG’ (Limagrain Genetics), reflecting the global nature of its parent company’s business.

Replacing the former Advanta, Nickerson and Sharpes ranges, the LG brand now encompasses varieties of cereals, maize, oilseed rape, peas and beans, vining peas, sugar beet, forage, root and leaf varieties, together w i t h e nv i r o n m e n t a l a n d conservation crops. The country’s leading plant breeder and seed producer, Limagrain UK, is the local agricultural and amenity seeds operating company of Group Limagr ain, a f ast- growing international co - operative group which specialises in agricultural and horticultural seeds, together with cereal products. The largest plant breeder and seeds producer in the European Union, and the fourth largest in the world, Group Limagrain employs more than 60 0 0 people, including over 1200 in research, has subsidiaries in 38 countries, sells in over 100 countries and has an annual turnover exceeding €1.35 billion. Owned by its 3700 farmer members, the cooperative has achieved its strong position in the global agricultural industry by focusing on creating varieties which meet the expectations of farmers and growers, agri-food industrialists and consumers.

Unrivalled Limagrain UK has an unrivalled heritage of seedsmanship, combining more than 24 famous

names such as Nickerson, Sharpes, Advanta, Hurst, Milne Masters and Sinclair McGill. Formed in 2005 following the amalgamation of Nickerson, Advanta and Innoseeds, Limagrain UK embarked on a f ive -year, UK£ 3 million investment programme which has modernised the company’s systems and production facilities, together with its bre e ding a nd t e c hnolog y systems. Due to be completed this year, the investment has ensured that Limagrain UK is well equipped for the future, structured to create and deliver ever-improving genetics for the British agricultural and amenity industries. In the UK, Limagrain is the market-leader in cereals, field beans, field peas, vining peas, maize and root/fodder crops, second equal in amenity grass and third in sugar beet and agricultural grass. With the resources to continue to develop innovative new varieties, the company is intent on maintaining its position as the UK’s leading plant breeder and seed producer. A key component in its strateg y is an extensive Research & Development programme, the largest of its type in the UK. This includes plant breeding and testing operations at four main locations in the UK - Docking in Norfolk (peas/beans and fodder crops), Rothwell in Lincolnshire (barley/oilseeds), Witham St. Hughs in Lincolnshire (maize and grasses) and Woolpit in Suffolk (wheat). The company invests over UK£3.5 million annually in these R&D sites, which are responsible for more than 65,000 trial plots covering

250 hectares at 66 locations throughout the UK. Early adoption of technology, from advanced trials design, to doubled-haploids and molecular biolog y, enables Limagrain UK to produce ever-better varieties and achieve stepchanges in performance. The development of genome mapping is a key area of the company’s R & D activities which is helping to make current programmes wider in their scope and more precise by greatly increasing the plant breeder’s understanding of cereal genetics, together with the structure and behaviour of genomes. Genetic markers, for example, make the selection process more precise, efficient, quicker and independent of the outside environment by allowing plant breeders to directly examine plant DNA in the laboratory and then use this information to determine whether desired traits are present in a new variety at an early stage. In addition to significantly reducing the average time taken to breed new varieties and for them to reach the farmer, these techniques play an essential role in ensuring good end-user grain characteristics and farmer-friendly agronomic performance. Currently, Limagrain UK’s por tfolio of ‘near-market’ developments includes Stigg, a break-through winter wheat which offers the best-ever combination of untreated yield and disease resistance. The first variety with competitive yield to achieve a rating of eight for Septoria tritici, Stigg is a high-yielding hard milling

feed type which combines very stiff straw with high levels of disease resistance, offering the potential for early sowing and for growers to reduce inputs without significant yield penalty. The exceptional spring malting barley Concerto, which gained full approval for brewing and malt distilling from the Institute of Brewing & Distilling in 2010, has subsequently led to the development of four other potential Recommended List varieties. Concerto x Quench crosses, they combine the former variety’s quality with the latter’s disease resistance, and all are 3% -4% higher yielding than Concerto. The company’s ‘near-market’ ad v a nce s in ot he r c ro ps sectors include Madrid Amenity Perennial Ryegrass for winter spor ts pitches, Ambition, an early (9) silage maize with excellent starch and dry matter yields for higher milk production and improved profitability, together with Gowrie, a new swede which generates an additional 2.1 tonnes per hectare of dry matter yield worth UK£229/ ha. Lim agr ain’s high leve l of investment in R&D will help farmers to meet the agricultural demands of the future. More

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The Stern-Wywiol Gruppe continues its strategy of

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stablishment of Stern I n g re d ie n t s B r a z i l – the new affiliate offers individual system solutions for the local milling and baking industries – the South American food market is becoming more and more important for the family business in Hamburg, Germany.

Cheerful opening of the new Stern-Wywiol affiliate in Brazil The independent Stern-Wywiol Gruppe, based in Hamburg, is continuing its strategy of worldwide expansion. On November 1, 2010 the specialist in functional ingredients for food and animal nutrition opened a new branch in Brazil. Under the name Stern Ingredients do Brasil (SIBRA) the group’s member companies M ühlenchemie and DeutscheBack will initially be offering solutions for the production of flour and baked goods. Further industries will be approached at a later date. Brazil has a highly developed food industry with dynamic growth rates. “There is a great demand,

in this country, for solutions that permit the economical production of high-quality foods and beverages”, says Lennart Kutschinski, Mühlenchemie’s managing director. “Since we offer our customers added value in the form of individual system solutions as well as supplying raw materials, local know-how and intensive consultancy in close contact with customers are essential for our business.” It was this that led the SternWywiol Gruppe to establish a company in Brazil, Kutschinski explains. The establishment of the new company underlines the importance of the South American market for the enterprise as a whole. Brazil is the second market in this continent, after Mexico, to be served through a branch of its own. Stern Ingredients do Brasil is based in Sao Paulo City. The company is managed by Leonardo Aguero, who looks back on more than fifteen years of experience in the Brazilian and Latin American food industry. Fabio Groth Benfatto is part of the local team; he is a food technologist and highly experienced in the milling and baking industry.

“We are very enthusiastic about the Stern-Wywiol Gruppe’s decision to invest in Brazil, one of the world’s biggest markets and ‘the country of the future’, whose economic and political importance will continue to increase in coming decades,” says Leonardo Aguero, managing director of Stern Ingredients do Brasil. Further enlargement of the company is planned in order to achieve rapid growth. Lennart Kutschinski feels it is possible to open up market potential of US$10 million in the medium term. As a next step towards achieving this, the company will carry out development work of its own in Brazil. The owner-managed SternWywiol Gruppe, a medium-sized group of companies that has been among the successful enterprises operating internationally in the world of food and feed ingredients for 30 years, now plays a significant role in the global ingredients market that is largely dominated by the big multinationals. With its 11 specialist firms in Germany, the group has a broad footing in the global ingredients market. Besides Mühlenchemie, the dynamic enterprise includes such well-known companies as DeutscheBack for baking ingredients; SternVitamin for vitamin and mineral premixes; SternEnzym with enzymes for

Cargill invests in new animal feed mill in Ukraine

argill has announced plans to invest US $7 million in Ukraine to construct a new animal feedmill. The feedmill, which will be built in Kutsovka, marks the company’s entry into the animal nutrition market in Ukraine. The mill has the capacity to produce, mix and pellet approximately 50,000 metric tonnes of bagged and bulk animal feeds per year. Construction is expected to begin in January 2011, and it is anticipated that the facility will be operational by the end of 2011. The new facility is expected to employ up to 40 6 | January - February 2011

full-time positions. “ By entering the animal nutrition market in Ukraine, we are expanding Cargill’s existing network of animal feed plants globally in order to meet the growing demands of the livestock industry,” says Dan Burke, head of Cargill’s animal nutrition business in Europe. “In recent years, we have seen a significant increase in meat consumption and meat production in Eastern Europe. This investment will enable us to leverage our global expertise, technology and knowledge to support the growth of this renewed livestock sector in Ukraine.”

Once operational, the mill will distribute feed, under the Purina brand, to local dairy, swine and poultry livestock farmers through a dealer network. Cargill expects this network will be made up of over 10 0 dealers in three years’ time. While the mill is being built, Cargill intends to explore opportunities to help meet current local demand for animal feed. Cargill has been based in Ukraine since 1991, and it has a significant presence mainly in the food and agricultural sectors, including grain and oilseeds origination and processing. With over 700

baking, sugar confectionery and the production of alcohol and beer; Hydrosol for stabilizing systems; HERZA Schokolade for functional chocolate pieces; SternArom for food flavourings and Sternchemie for food lipids, in particular lecithin, MCT oil, red palm oil and spraydried coconut milk. In the contract production of powdered foods and food supplements the Stern-Wywiol Gruppe operates under the trademark SternMaid. All the firms’ activities revolve around applications research at the modern Technology Centre in Ahrensburg, near Hamburg, with an area of more than 2000m². With the new company in Brazil, the group now runs ten foreign affiliates, for example in Russia, Mexico, Singapore, Malaysia, India and China, to ensure international growth in over 100 countries around the world. The enterprise has achieved two-digit growth rates for many years. In spite of the global economic crisis, the annual turnover rose to Euro220 million in 2009. For 2010, too, the group is expecting an increase of 10 percent over the previous year. More

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Nicole Schulze (Marketing) Mühlenchemie GmbH & Co KG , Kurt-Fischer-Strasse 55 22926 Ahrensburg, Germany Tel: +49 41 02202001 Fax: +49 41 02202010 Email: nschulze@ muehlenchemie.de Website: www.muehlenchemie.de

Ukraine-based employees, Cargill is one of the leading foreign investors in Ukraine. “With significant operations on the ground, we plan to draw on synergies from our established grain and oilseed business and to leverage valuable contacts and existing relationships built up by our long-term commitment to Ukraine,” says Malcolm Sayer, general manager of Cargill’s animal nutrition business in Ukraine. “We are fortunate to have received strong ongoing support from both the agricultural community and government and we believe we have a meaningful role to play in this sector and, in the process, help raise rural GDP and support local farmers’ incomes.”

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BinMaster® introduces horizontal rotary extension for thick bin walls

inMaster® Level Controls has introduced a h or izo n t a l ro t ar y extension that provides the ability to install a rotary through the side of a bin wall, such as those in concrete silos, up to 12” thick. This rotary extension design allows for rotaries to be sidemounted with minimal risk of damage during operations. This optional assembly includes an extended drive shaft with a protective shaft guard that keeps the shaft centered and BinMaster’s ‘no packing’ seal at the end of the shaft. Standard lengths of 6”, 8”, 10”, or 12” are available for both the Maxima+ or Bmrx rotaries. When fitted with BinMaster’s

collapsible paddles, the rotary can be easily installed through an existing 1-1/4” or 1-1/2” opening, so there is no need to enter the bin to install or remove the rotary. Plus, the horizontally extended ro t a r y d e s i g n fe at ure s a unique protective bearing at the end of the shaft extension that forms a seal between the rotar y shaf t and the shaf t guard. This bearing prevents bin material from get ting packed up into the extension and causing the rotary to give a false ‘full’ signal when the paddle stops turning. “Customers came to B in M a s ter for a rot ar y solu t ion for ve r y t hick bin walls on their concrete silos,” stated Todd Peterson,

EDME Limited appoints new sales director

dme Limited has announced the appointment of James Smith as sales director of the Company, which is a long established producer of natural ingredients for the milling and baking industries. Edme’s core products fall into the categories of first, flaked and kibbled malted cereals, second, bakery concentrated mixes and, third, malt flours diastatic and non diastatic, roasted and

crystal, to provide flavours and natural colour modification to baked goods. Mr Smith has a number of years of professional experience in related industries and will spearhead a move to broaden the product and market base as he recently outlined: ‘With the inherent flexibility and strong supplier/customer relationships which Edme have, I am confident that we will open up new markets both geographically

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BinMaster’s vice president of sales. “BinMaster optimised the solution by designing a rugged steel extension, plus the protective bearing at the end that keeps the shaft centered and prevents material from entering the extension and could stop the rotary from turning. Our in-house engineering, machining and manufacturing capabilities gives

and with new innovative products in the coming years. “One of my initial targets is to reinvigorate the Edme brand to our existing customer base and to new partners across the world; the main targets being Eastern Europe and Asia. “As these regions become more westernised in their diet and look for ‘healthy’, ‘natural’ and ‘functional’ ingredients in their foods, we will be able to offer our current range of ingredients and develop bespoke solutions to meet this developing market need. There are exciting times ahead,” he added.

BinMaster customers more rotary options than they get from any other manufacturer.” More

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Jenny Christensen Director of Marketing Garner Industries, PO Box 29709, Lincoln NE 68529, USA Tel: +1 402 4349102 Email: jchristensen@ garnerindustries.com Website: www.garnerindustries.com

information:

Edme Limited Mistley, Manningtree Essex CO11 1HG United Kingdom Tel: +44 1206 393725 Fax: +44 1206 396699 Email: info@edme.com Website: www.edme.com

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Kiotechagil’s Feedzyme new range for top performance

eed production without feed enzymes is no longer a realistic proposition. With feed prices ever increasing and the greater reliance on by-products, the digestibility of feed is decreasing. Breeder companies are using genetics to develop shorter growing periods and more efficient weight gains. In breeding programmes the goal is to maximise growth, yield, egg production, etc. All these benefits rely on increased uptake and conversion of feed ingredients but breeding programmes do not evolve n ew e n z y m e s y s t e m s t o digest previously undigestible materials.

It is worth considering that DDGS availability is increasing as a result of the biofuels programme. In Japan more rice is being released to the feed industry to reduce maize imports. In Africa there is a move to use more cassava in ration formulation. All these alternatives require enzymes to achieve genetic potential in the animal.

At t h e s a m e t i m e , fe e d producers are required to use heat treatment to either pelletise or to disinfect feeds. Traditionally any heat treatment has compromised enzyme usage so complicated and expensive post-pellet application systems have been developed. However, recent research has lead to the development of more t her most able commerci al pentosanases and the Kiotechagil Feedzyme range has been upgraded to include the latest high performance pentosanases. Traditional feed enzymes rapidly lose activity when heated above 65ºC. Some enzymes have been “enhanced” by encapsulation to provide additional thermostability but this has the disadvantage of diluting the enzyme with the encapsulation material and also delaying the onset of enzyme activity in the gut whilst the capsule is digested. The new Feedzyme pentosanase is stable well above 75ºC due to its molecular integrity rather than an artificial coating, which makes it compatible with all but extruded feeds. This continues to become more important as average pelleting temperatures

have been rising steadily and are now 10ºC higher than just a decade ago. Relying on molecular integrity rather than encapsulation ensures that the enzyme is available to work immediately it is ingested. Yet another benef it of thermal stability is that it also prolongs the shelf life of the enz yme activity throughout feed stor age and transportation, particularly in hotter climates. These new generation pentosanases are already fully accepted within the EU and are replacing the less stable enzymes from the previous enzyme ranges. Also new in the Feedzyme range is the addition of phytase enzymes to maximise plant phytate utilisation, reducing the need for added phosphates and minimising environmental impact These new enzyme blends help to create the most efficient ration formulations with both high wheat and wheat by-product composition. They also improve digestibility of other cereals such as barley, corn, rice, rye, cassava and sorghum.

As the need to use biofuel by-products increases the demand for heat stable and versatile enzyme blends like Feedzyme will continue to increase. The Kiotechagil Feedzyme range is ready now to meet these

challenges b y p r o v i d i n g a range of enzymes that are both thermostable and able to improve digestibility of less digestible by-products such as the highly fibrous DDGS from bioethanol production. More Information: Murray Hyden Director of Biosecurity Kiotechagil United Kingdom Tel: +44 118 9813333 Email: info@kiotechagil.com Website: www.kiotechagil.com

Best year for Mathews Company: dealers recognized for high volume sales

he Mathews Company re ce nt l y re cognised dealerships for outstanding sales and customer service for 2010, leading to the highest total volume grain dryer sales for the company in its 56-year history. The awards were announced in December at the 2010 Mathews Company Winter Sales Meeting held in Ft Lauderdale, Florida, USA. Fifty-two dealers worldwide were recognised with sales achievement awards for high volume grain dryer sales across Mathews Company, resulting in the highest number of awards given in a single sales year. According to Phil Farr, general 8 | January - February 2011

sales manager, award recipients are model dealers for Mathews Company. “They work closely with their customers, listen carefully to their needs, and provide superior service and support all year long,” said Farr. “To these dealers, it is more than just selling a customer a grain dryer. Many of their customers have been with them for years. M-C supports that relationship through our commitment to innovation, superior quality, unparalleled service and dealer support. We view our dealers and customers as an extension of the M-C family.” “Being a par t of Mathews Company, we have a good

American- owned family business behind us,” says Whitewater, Wisconsin dealer, Marcus Scharine, a platinum award winner. “Mathews takes the time to give us the training and expertise we need to install and service their products, and I like the direction the company is going. I think we can help spread the word about the quality that is built into every M-C grain dryer … with our focus on local service, it’s a win-win situation for our customers.” Headquartered in Crystal Lake, IL (USA), Mathews Company has been a leading manufacturer of high qualit y innovative agriculture equipment, specialising in grain drying

since 1954. Mathews Company (M-C) “Means Commitment” and strives to provide superior produc t s and unm at c hed service through innovation, expertise and quality. M-C dryers are available through authorised dealers worldwide. More

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Tamara Steinkamp Marketing Communications Mathews Company PO Box 70 Crystal Lake IL 60039-0070 USA Tel: +1 815 4592210 Fax: +1 312 2398044 Email: tsteinkamp @mathewscompany.com Website: www.mathewscompany.com

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How onboard weighing is a real plus for ‘goods in/out’ operations

ith the industry increasingly looking for a rapid turn-around of stock and with increased attention being paid to pallet weights, the requirement for checkweighing and overload monitoring on a forklift truck at ‘Goods In and Out’ sites has risen dramatically over recent years. Sy s t e m s s u c h a s t h e Lif tlog 10 0 + on-board weighing system from RDS Technolog y have proven a great success with companies looking to run loading and unloading operations in a more efficient manner and ensure the accuracy of load and pallet weights. Hydraulic weighing options are a user-friendly and affordable method of providing a guide to weight. Although they lack the high

Such gains in productivity reduce vehicle wear and tear, meaning the machine spends less time out of action for maintenance. Weighing off the hydraulic lif ting circuit , onboard weighing systems, such as the Liftlog 100 + can be fitted to new and used ve hicle s wit h minim al machine downtime and come s w i t h full b ac k up from specialist RDS distributors, ensuring that the vehicle loading process is as efficient and effective as possible. level of accuracy offered by load cell based systems, their c o s t - e f f e c t i ve n e s s m a ke s hydraulic weighing an ideal s o l u t i o n fo r a p p l i c at i o n s where a guide to weight is needed or weight limits are to be adhered to. This permits a fast and reliable verification of a pre-stated weight on the

pallet and avoids unnecessary discrepancies. Che c k-we ig hing o n t he forklift also reduces timeconsuming and inef f icient vehicle movements to a floormounted platform scale in a remote part of the warehouse or loading area, reducing jams and increasing site safety.

information:

RDS Technology Ltd Cirencester Road Minchinhampton Stroud GL6 9BH United Kingdom Tel: +44 1453 733300 Fax: +44 1453 733311 Email: info@rdstec.com Website: www.rdstec.com

Braby’s unique Vacatex System: Living with Vacatex two years on

raby, one of the UK’s largest suppliers of process systems and engineering solutions, launched t heir innov ative product Vacatex two years ago. Fully designed and project managed by Braby's in-house exper t s, t his fully ATE Xcompliant vacuum transfer and batch weighing package allows small to medium sized businesses a low-cost entry to bulk storage and handling. Other bespoke bulk handling packages can be unaffordable due to their high engineering content. Va c a t e x m a k e s h a n d l i n g ingredients in the process industries easy and greatly i m p r o v e s e f f i c i e n c y. I t eliminates manual bag handling; provides consistent batch accuracy; saves waste on split and damaged bags ; reduces t he stor age are a required for bags; and creates a cleaner working environment 10 | January - February 2011

regulations for fire and explosion prevention in the workplace. Braby’s se r v i ce i n c l u d e s t h e provision of a hazard and oper abilit y ( HA ZO P ) file, identifying risks and solutions. Soon af ter the launch of Vacatex in 2008, two systems were installed at pie producers Pooles of Wigan. Braby made minor adjustments to the basic design to meet Pooles particular requirement s. M ore t h a n t w o ye a r s o n , Pooles of Wig an are fully satisfied with their two, perfectly working, Vacatex systems. Braby Vacatex System Braby’s Derek Burrows r e -v i s i t e d Po o l e s o f - thereby improving safety Wigan to see how their Vacatex by eliminating dust and the products were working and consequent risk of explosion. commented : “ We adapted I n d e e d , s a f e t y i s a k e y Vacatex to fit into Pooles of advantage of Vacatex. It meets Wigan's factory needs and all DSE AR and ATE X 137 after I revisited them, I was

encouraged to find that they felt it was working impeccably.” Joe Parsons at Pooles of Wigan also commented: “During the installation process it was necessary for amendments to be made to the design of the Vacatex system so that it would work with our particular processing systems. The engineers at Braby met ever y extr a need we felt necessary and, two years on, we are very pleased with our Vacatex systems which do the job required with minimal maintenance costs.” More

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Braby Ltd Cumberland House, Marsh Road, Ashton Gate, Bristol, BS3 2NA United Kingdom Tel: +44 117 9341300 Fax: +44 117 9231445 Email: sales@braby.co.uk Website: www.braby.co.uk

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4B Braime Elevator Components opens new subsidiary in

Australia

B Braime, leading supplier of elevator and conveyor components, has created a new operation especially for the Australian market. The new subsidiary, 4B Australia, located in Brisbane, was officially incorporated on 1st December 2010 and is now fully operational, under the leadership of Managing Director Paul Dennis, former Product Development Manager at Fenner Dunlop Conveyor Services. 4B Australia has been created owing to the importance of the region in the company’s growth plans. 4B Braime has been serving customers in the area for many years, and 4B components have become an integral par t of many processing facilities. From elevator buckets and bolts through to complete hazard monitoring systems for elevators and conveyors, such as 4B’s Watchdog Elite system, 4B components are the preferred choice of many equipment manufacturers, plant engineers and contractors. With its range of components, 4B serves a large range of industries ranging from agricultur al to industrial through to mining and heavy duty industries. With its local presence in

Australia, 4B Braime is aiming to provide a first class technical support and after sales service to its local customer base, a service which 4B feel is vital, particularly for its electronics range. 4B Australia’s mother company, 4B Braime, celebrated its 120th anniversary in 2008 and has been a pioneer of the material handling industry, introducing the first seamless steel elevator bucket back in 1909. With the world’s largest range of elevator and conveyor components, 4B Braime’s material handling division has led the field in elevator bucket design and manufacture by supplying the highest of quality components. 4B Braime’s electronic division specializes in level controls, electric sensors and safety control systems that prevent costly downtime and reduce the risks of explosions in hazardous areas. For

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Paul Dennis 4B Australia Email: pdennis@go4b.com Website: www.go4b.com

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Complete grain handling solutions from BDC Systems at Lamma

t L A M M A 2 0 11 , BDC Systems will b e u nd e r li ni n g t h e importance of high crop value and preventing costly crop deterioration due to inadequate handling facilities. The company is the UK's leading one-stop shop for grain handling, storage and drying equipment and at LAMMA 2011 will be highlighting the Zanin range of rotary grain cleaners as well as the highly respected Skandia Elevator brand. An example from the Zanin

rotary drum cleaner range will be shown on the stand. The range includes industrial qualit y models for simple and fast removal of light and rough impurities in the grain. Capacities range from 10-360 tonnes per hour, with or without aspiration and each model is noteworthy for its smooth running characteristics. An example from the extensive range of Skandia elevators and conveyors will be on show at LAMMA 2011. The Agricultural range has c apacities from 30 to 60

tonnes per hour for up to 3000 tonnes per annum. The Industrial range covers 40 to 150tph for up to 30000 tonnes per annum and, for even greater capacity, the ‘heavy range’ is rated from 60 to 600tph for over 50000 tonnes of grain per annum. All products carry the three year Skandia warranty and all are manufactured from galvanized steel for long life and durability. BDC Systems also acts as the sole UK distributor for the highly respected Svegma

continuous flow grain driers and is the U K agent for Bentall Rowlands agricultural equipment. More

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BDC Systems Ltd Prospect Farm Broad Road Monxton, Andover Hampshire SP11 7DA United Kindgom Tel: +44 1264 710900 Fax: +44 1264 710987 Email: info@bdcsystems.com Website: www.bdcsystems.com

Tapco adds Grade 5 Norway Countersunk Head Elevator Bolt

apco Inc added IFI Grade 5 No.1 Nor way Flat Countersunk Head elevator bolts to their existing

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product line. The Grade 5 elevator bolts have greater proof load, minimum yield strength and minimum tensile strength than traditional Grade 1 or Grade 2 bolts -- allowing them to better withstand the additional forces exerted on elevator belt lap splices or other heavy-duty applications. Bolts are supplied with a distinguishing yellow zinc-plated (CR3)

coating and SAE grade marking, in 14 sizes ranging from ¼-20 x 3/4" to 3/8-16 x 2".

distributor of elevator bolts. Tapco also manufactures a full line of elevator buckets.

Tapco also supplies Grade 2 bolts in six styles : No. 1 Nor way, No. 3 Eclipse ( Slotted) , Fanged, Pointed End Fanged, Western 3-Prong and Reference 70. Tapco inventories 15 million bolts in 53 sizes (metric and Imperial). Tapco is a major importer and

information:

Carl Swisher Tapco Inc 225 Rock Industrial Park Drive St Louis, MO 63044, USA Tel: +1 314 7399191 Fax: +1 314 7395880 Email: sales@tapcoinc.com Website: www.tapcoinc.com

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Lallemand opens new TITAN Yeast production facility to face soaring demand for protected active yeasts ®

allemand Animal Nutrition announced today the opening of a second yeast coating facility in Passau, Germany, dedicated to the processing of protected yeasts Levucell ® SB TITAN ® (S. boulardii I-1079, the live yeast for monogastrics) and Levucell® SC TITAN® (S. cerevisiae I-1077, the ruminant specific yeast strain). The new state-of theart-facility is fully compliant with animal feed quality and safety standards. It has already been successfully audited according to FAMI-QS standard *.

much as 80 percent, depending on the local country practices and target species. Our innovative TITAN technology maximises the delivery of live yeast to the host animal when submitted to drastic feed processing conditions, such as pelleting.” TITAN ® technology offers feed and premix manufacturers the opportunity to broaden the industrial applications of the scientifically-documented probiotic yeasts Levucell ® SB and Levucell ® SC. TITAN ® is a patented technology developed

Until now, protected yeast was produced in Lallemand Vienna’s yeast plant only. The new German facility enables to double the company’s production capacity for quality protected yeasts, in order to address a soaring demand from the market. Laurent Dussert, Ruminant Product Manager for Lallemand comments: “Pelleted feed represents significant part of the animal feed market, attaining from 30 percent to as

by Lallemand, which combines an optimisation of the yeast fermentation and drying processes with a unique coating technology. TITAN ® enables the probiotic yeast to survive the harsh

conditions of feed processing such as pelleting (heat, pressure, humidity), but also the chemical interactions with other aggressive ingredients and minerals. TITAN ® enhances the yeast behavior and maximizes the delivery of active live yeast to the animals’ digestive tract, their main site of action (the rumen for Levucell® SC TITAN® and the gut for Levucell® SB TITAN® ). Levucell SB is based on the yeast strain S. cerevisiae boulardii I-1079. It is used in sows and piglets to enhance the whole farrowing process, resulting in improved animal performance, welfare and health. Levucell SB also improves performance and welfare in poultry production and aquaculture (pathogens control). Levucell SC is based on the ruminant specific yeast st r ain S acch aromyce s cerevisiae CNCM I-1077. It is used in bovines for dairy and beef, dairy sheep, goats and horses. Its modes of action and zootechnical benefits are described in over 60 scientific communications based on more than 15 years’ research in partnership with the French A gronomy Research Institute (INRA) and o t h e r i n t e r n at i o n a l research institutions. Trials performed with Levucell SC have proven that the probiotic yeast produces a significant improvement in fibres

digestibility, stimulates the development of rumen microflora and aids the stabilization of rumen pH. These effects are translated into improved animal performance and feed utilization. *FAMI-QS code of practice and certification aims to ensure the safety of feed additives and premixtures, the harmonisation

in the EU of feed hygiene requirements, and improve traceability. FAMI-QS Guide integrates the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) concept, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and ISO 9001 requirements. More

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Rospen launch new fibc/big bag discharge range

range of metering or transfer feeding systems to provide a regulated discharge of material to the clients’ plant or process. The FIBC discharge stations incorporate: New neck / liner clamp, which allows both open access and fast, dust free, connection of bags. Open architecture to avoid the use of difficult access chambers. Captions: Some of the Rospen FIBC Narrower range in situ at Jordans Ryvita and lower prof ile rig ging frames for easy precision weighing and metering manoeuvrability. systems for powders, granules Simplified design and controls and liquids, have recently for cost effective production re-engineered their range and lower ownership costs. of FIBC / Big Bag Discharge Flow aid bars can be fitted to and Filling stations and added break compacting material new products, answering to and deliver discharge assisting vibration into the material. customer requirements. Single or double vibration Designed for use in the food, motors to increase agitation of chemical, pharmaceutical and difficult powders. plastic sectors, the range is M a ss age pe t als t o bre ak equally applicable to companies clumping powders and coerce operating in minerals and discharge through the centre aggregates handling operations. of the bag. The stations are designed to The stations can also be fitted handle all types of bags and with a number of additional can be coupled with Rospen’s options dependent on customer ospen Industries, being the UK’s leading supplier of high

requirements, including flow chokes and liner tensioners. Other features of the newly developed FIBC filling stations include:

Automatic bag inflation

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• The head can be in the raised position during bag loading and removal and in the lowered position during operation. Adjustment is by simple, low maintenance, pneumatic cylinders. Single ar m side r ig ging fr ame support allows one operator to easily adjust the bag height.

Full dust management • A n i n f l a t a b l e r u b b e r membrane gives a dust tight seal for cont ainment of airbourne material. Integral dust extraction or connection to existing Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV) systems.

Vibration • Vibration during filling to de - ae r at e a nd co m p ac t material ensuring FIBCs are solidly packed. The stations incorporate spring mounted bag supports, which transmit vibration into the product and not the surrounding floor or structure.

• Venturi operated bag inflation system for automatic inflation of the FIBC prior to filling.

• Rospen’s weighed stations give automatic control of bag filling. They can also be provided to board of trade approved standards, if required. “In developing this new range of FIBC stations, we listened carefully to feedback from our customers and developed a suitable solution to many of the issues that they were e n c o u n t e r i n g w i t h m o re traditional FIBC equipment” s t a t e s To n y M c G e e v e r, managing director of Rospen Industries. “We are confident that our latest range of stations are the most efficient, costeffective and practical that can be found”, he added. More

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Rospen Industries Oldends Lane Industrial Estate Oldends Lane, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire GL10 3RQ United Kingdom Tel: +44 1453 825212 Fax: +44 1453 828279 Email: enquiries@rospen.com Website: www.rospen.com

Scott Bonine joins BinMaster Level Controls ®

inMaster Level Controls announced Scott Bonine has joined the company’s sales team as a sales manager for its line of point and continuous bin level sensing devices. Mr Bonine will support the ex p ansion of B in M a s ter ’s distributor network both domestically and internationally by developing new territories, recruiting distributors, providing product training, and customer sales call support. he has almost 15 years of sales experience in the level controls industry, where he has been responsible 14 | January - February 2011

Scott Bonine for developing and supporting sales through a worldwide distributor network.

“BinMaster has an aggressive growth plan that encompasses both streng thening our d i s t r i b u t o r n e t wo r k a n d growing sales in overseas m ar ke t s suc h a s E urope , Asia, Africa and the Middle East,” stated Todd Peterson, vice president of sales for BinMaster. “Additionally, as B i n M a s t e r ’s p ro d u c t line expands and our technolog y continues to evo l ve , B i n M a s t e r n e e d s e x p e r i e n c e d p e o p l e l i ke Scott to execute our go-tomarket strateg y. “Scott is a strong and strategic

a d d i t i o n t o B i n M a s t e r ’s service-oriented, consultative sales team with the product k now le d ge t h at w ill gi ve B i n M a s t e r a c o m p e t i t i ve ad v a n t a ge ,” ad d e d M r Peterson. More

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Jenny Christensen Director of Marketing Garner Industries PO Box 29709 Lincoln NE 68529 USA Tel: +1 402 4349102 Email: jchristensen@ garnerindustries.com Website: www.garnerindustries.com

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Dioxin in feed fats in Germany: FEFAC President calls for full investigation of the contamination source and better control in the fat supply chain

EFAC President Patrick Vanden Avenne expressed his satisfaction that compound feed industry owncontrol programmes led to the discovery in Germany of a contamination by dioxins of fatty acids coming from a biodiesel manufacturer which has processed used cooking oils. These products, which have been declared “for technical use only”, were used in the production of fats destined to the feed chain.

He pointed to the fact that all compound feed companies which have received batches of the contaminated feed fats are fully cooperating with the competent authorities to trace all farms that could have been delivered compound feed containing the contaminated fats. Mr Vanden Avenne highlighted that the implementation by the compound feed industry of own-control programmes has substantially improved its capacity to detect dioxin contaminations entering the

feed material supply chain. He underlined t h at such incidents are regrettable and should not occur, given the track record of past contamination incidents. However, the highly unusual dioxin congener prof ile indic ates a dif ferent , yet unknown cont amination p at hw ay in t he biodie sel ind u s t r y, w hic h mu s t b e verified without delay. He stressed t he need to further improve traceability systems and testing plans at the level of suppliers of

blended fats and mixed fatty acids , in par ticul ar when suc h co m p a nie s are a l so manufacturing products for technical use. More

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Roseline Deiana FEFAC rue de la Loi 223 bte 3 1040 Bruxelles Belgium Tel: +32 2 2850050 Fax: +32 2 2305722 Email: fefac@fefac.eu     Website: www.fefac.eu

Dr Eckel extends its position in East Europe further

he Dr Eckel GmbH has extended its business in the East European market. Consequently, the company will for the first time display its product innovations at the InterAGRO, the biggest, int e r n at io n a l a gr icul t ur a l exhibition in the Ukraine. The trade fair takes place from February 2-4, 2011 in Kiev. “We see our participation at the InterAGRO as a important gateway for the CIS countries.

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The trade fair in Kiew is one of the biggest events of the agribusiness in East Europe, hence we want to use this opportunity to present our produc t s a s well a s our sustainability strategy,” Dr Antje Eckel explains. The presentation focuses on feeding acids, preservatives (AntaCid, CaPlus), organic trace elements (AntaMin) and Mykotoxinbinders (AntaFerm MT 80). The Dr Eckel GmbH meets the challenges of a globalised

market in the animal nutrition with a portfolio of sustainable, innovative products. With this focus, the exper t for feed additives is leading in the industry. “With the application of our modern additives a significant increase in the efficiency of animal nutrition can be achieved. Especially the large agricultural f ar m s a nd b u si n e s se s i n Eastern Europe must operate exceptionally ef f icient to actually be competitive. “With our sustainable and

innovative portfolio we are an outstanding partner for these specific requirements,” explains Juri Ertmann, responsible for sales East Europe at Dr Eckel. More

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Dr Eckel GmbH Im Stiefelfeld 10 D-56651 Niederzissen Germany Tel: +49 2636 974947 Fax: +49 2636 97499 Website: www.dr-eckel.de

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Lallemand and Jebsen & Jessen enter strategic alliance in

South East Asia

ebsen & Jessen Chemicals/ NutriLife SEA will distribute Lallemand Animal Nutrition probiotics and yeast derivatives for the poultry, swine and aquaculture industries in South East Asia Leading probiotic and yeast derivatives producer Lallemand and Jebsen & Jessen Chemicals/ NutriLife SEA have entered a strategic alliance for the e xc lu si ve d i s t r i b u t io n of Lallemand Animal Nutrition solutions for poultry, swine and aqua feed in South East Asia, including Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Cambodia, Myanmar. The collaboration took off this November in Bangkok when the two partners got together for a technical and marketing training session, before organizing a seminar with their local clients. Twenty-two sales managers from South East Asia gathered in Bangkok to be put up to speed with the technical a s p e c t s , l at e s t re se arc h , trials data and applications of Lallemand ‘field led, science suppor ted’ probiotic and ye ast- based solutions for prof it able and sust ainable animal production. In addition, they received marketing and communication information and

tools to help the promotion of these products on the Asian market. Olivier Clech, vice president of Human Health and Animal Nutrition at Lallemand commented about the alliance: “Our two companies actually started to collaborate quite a few years back, in different ingredie nt s m ar ke t s , and have built mutual trust step by step. The extension of our collaboration to animal nutrition is a natural way forward, as we believe Jebsen & Jessen can be very efficient in bringing our solutions on a market where they have established a credible position of reliable supplier”. Dr Pradip Linge, area manager Lallemand Animal Nutrition Asia added, “Lallemand Animal Nutrition, with its dedicated and scientific approach has earned a name of repute in Animal Nutrition segment in Europe, North and Latin America. With the collaboration with Jebsen and Jessen Lallemand is looking forward to provide safe and cost effective solutions to for livestock production to the end users in Asia. In days to come, Lallemand will make available all its technical expertise to the customers in South East Asia by way of farm visits, technical and

laboratory support and lecture tours “. Volker S chmid t , region al managing director of Jebsen & Jessen Chemicals/NutriLife SEA commented : “Built on an established distribution business Jebsen & Jessen Chemicals/NutriLife creates solutions for its customers in South East Asia. Partnering with a formidable company such as Lallemand Animal Nutrition allows us to further develop a sustainable business in safe solutions for the feed industry in the region.” In recent years, the animal production market globalization, coupled with the withdrawal of antibiotic growth promoters in certain countries and food and feed safety concerns, has driven t he m ar ke t of probiot ic s and yeast cell walls products to enhance livestock per formance, health and hygiene in a natural way. Jebsen & Jessen Chemicals/ NutriLife SEA will distribute Lallemand’s range of feed additives developed for poultry, swine and aqua feed, including: • Levucell® SB (S. cerevisiae boulardii I-1079), the most documented probiotic yeast used in sows and piglets to enhance the whole farrowing

process, resulting in improved animal performance, welfare and health. • B actocell® ( Pediococcus a c i d i l a c t i c i 18 / 5 M ) , a specific lactic acid producing b a c t e r i a d eve l o p e d f o r monog a s t r ic s . B ac t oce ll improves broilers and layers zootechnical performance a s we ll a s e g g s qu alit y. Bactocell is also applied in fish and shrimp production, to enhance per formance and pathogens control. To date, Bactocell is the only p ro b i o t i c b a c t e r i a t h a t has been authorized for use in aquaculture by the European authorities. • Selenium- enriched yeast Alkosel®, a source of highly bioavailable selenium that contributes to maint ain immune and reproductive functions. • Agrimos®, a premium quality yeast cell wall product with consistent , high Mannan Oligosaccharides content. More

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Dr Pradip Linge Area Manager, India, South & South-East Asia Lallemand Animal Nutrition Tel: +91 20 25385864 Email: plinge@lallemand.com

Two new products launched by Optivite

wo new products, p rov i d i n g i m p rove d anim al per for m ance through control of enterobacteria and natural insect control have been launched by Optivite, one of the UK’s largest animal nutrition companies.

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proven higher efficacy than liquid acids and is safer and easier to use. Optimax is also ideal for use via premixes or direct to feed. “Containing high levels of carboxylic acids and salts, Optimax has a high potency against Gram negative pathogens,” said Optivite’s technical manager Richard Remmer. “It is extremely cost effective and improves animal performance both through control of enterobacteria and through promoting a favourable microbial environment.” Red-Lite is a naturally occurring compound, active against most

common external parasites such as red chicken mite and northern fowl mite. It rapidly reduces both infestation and irritation as well as the transmission of bacterial disease and insect damage to feed grains. “Composed of natur ally occurring diatoms, Red-Lite is non toxic to humans and animals and approved by both the EU and also for organic farming,” said Richard Remmer. “It is a natural non-chemical insecticide which is ideal for use in animal housing and feed storage areas.” “We are hugely excited by the launch of both these new products,” said Optivite’s

Richard Remmer. “They are designed to complement the non-ha z ardous, drug free animal products which maintain and enhance the quality of feed which Optivite has offered since it was founded in 1987.” More

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Optivite Ltd Unit 5, Manton Wood Enterprise Park, Worksop Notts, S80 2RS, United Kingdom Tel: +44 1909 537380 Fax: +44 1909 478919 Email: info@optivite.com Website: www.optivite.co.uk

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Hubbard Feeds

Named 2010 Feed Mill of the Year

ubbard Feeds of Bismarck, North Dakota, is the 2010 Feed Mill of the Year, according to the American Feed Industry Association and Feedstuffs, the sponsors of the annual contest. The runner-up is Cargill’s animal nutrition facility in Giddings, Texas. The Peavy Company built the winning plant in 1977. In 1983, it was purchased by Northwestern Supply and renamed Heartland, Inc Hubbard Feeds entered into a joint venture in 1993, before purchasing the plant in 2003. AFIA’s Safe Feed/Safe Food Certification Program and the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points system certify Hubbard Feeds. Randy Amelsberg has managed the plant for the last seven of his 30 years at this location. Among the employees keeping the running at maximum efficiency, include seven production employees, a truck driver, t wo super visor y employees, one plant superintendent, a grain merchandiser and three clerical employees. The mill had no lost time and zero accidents since 2006. Hubbard Feeds manufactures approximately 24,100 tons of feed, annually. The plant has a total of 103 grain and feed bins, with approximately 400,000 total bushel storage. Feed volume is tested twice a year and scales are calibrated once a year. The plant produces 90 percent of pellets, with textured and meal comprising the last 10 percent. The majority of feed is bulk, representing 78 percent of capacity, while bagged feed totals 22 percent. The largest volumes produced are for beef, dairy and wild bird. Hubbard serves 94 percent of dealers and six percent of retailers. Safety is important to Hubbard Feeds. The mill has a safety committee, a written safety program that includes self-inspection for OSHA compliance, and mandatory employee safety training meetings. Hubbard Feeds is also active in the community, sponsoring and donating to several causes. Cargill’s animal nutrition mill in Giddings, Texas, is the runner-up of the 2010 Feed Mill of the Year contest. The mill previously won the award in 1991 and 2006, and it was named runner-up in 1989. Cargill’s Giddings mill is certified by both the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points system and AFIA’s Safe Feed/Safe Food Certification Program. Cargill Animal Nutrition Plant Manager Byron Sommerlatte, who has managed the Giddings facility since 1988, taps his more than 30 years of industry experience to

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efficiently manage Cargill’s 34 production employees. Safety, customer service and equipment improvement are among the qualities ranking Cargill near the top. Cargill Animal Nutrition supplies feed products throughout the region, with a 300-mile marketing radius in South Central Texas and Mexico. The plant produces beef feed products, horse products, poultry products, deer and other game products. The product mix is 70 percent bagged products and includes pellets, meal, minerals, textured feeds, processed grains and pressed blocks. The annual Feed Mill of the Year award recognizes overall excellence in feed manufacturing operations. Increased safety, quality, regulatory compliance, operating efficiencies and overall industry awareness of food safety are among the criteria reviewed for each applicant. “The quality of this year’s candidates was quite impressive as was their dedication to quality control and safety standards,” said Keith Epperson, vice president of manufacturing and training for AFIA. He said this year’s winning mill stood out because there is a “clear commitment from every employee to produce a safe, quality product for the customers of Hubbard Mills.” Over 75 feed facilities competed for this year’s award. “The number of facilities increased again this year,” said Epperson. “I believe this is due in part to the fact that each facility that applies receives important feedback in the way of benchmarking information. Comparing their own mill to others in the industry gives managers a way to focus on the areas where they may have scored low so they can make improvements.” Selection of the top plant starts with an online application process and concludes with personal visits to the top sites by an inspection team from AFIA and Feedstuffs. Final selection is based on a combined scoring of the application and personal visit. Additional details on the 2010 Feed Mill of the Year and the runner-up will be in a future issue of Feedstuffs. Visit www. feedstuffs.com to learn more. The winner of the 2009 contest was a Southern States feed mill in Cleveland, North Carolina. The runner-up mill in last year’s contest was Cargill’s Value Added Meats turkey production plant in Harrisonburg, VA. More

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How to select the proper plastic resin replacement elevator bucket

by Carl Swisher, Tapco Inc.

very machine part will eventually wear out, needing replacement. Elevator buckets are no exception to this rule. Before selecting a replacement bucket, it is helpful to know several pieces of information... 1: Your elevator type: industrial or agricultural; 2: Bucket elevator manufacturer; 3: Material being handled; 4: Bucket dimensions; 5: Material of bucket construction. Selecting a replacement elevator bucket for your bucket elevator can be a challenge, especially when you consider how many different buckets are on the market. Properly selecting the correct elevator bucket can keep your operation running smoothly, cut maintenance costs and improve elevator efficiency. Regularly scheduled inspections are also an important factor to maximize productivity of your facility.

Measuring the Existing Elevator Bucket The length of the bucket is measured across the back from outside wall to outside wall (dimension A). The projection is measured from the outside of the back wall to the tip of the front lip at a perpendicular (90 degree) angle off the back wall (dimension B). Often projection is incorrectly measured from the top of the back wall to the tip of the front lip. The depth of the bucket (dimension C) is measured

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from the upper most point of the bucket to the bottom most point. Bolt hole spacing or centers are measured from the left edge of one hole to the left edge of the second hole. Why is Plastic Resin Better Than Metal? Elevator buckets made from plastic resins are now the market norm of the bulk material handling industry. Plastic provides the following basic advantages over metal: • Lighter in weight; • Non-corrosive, rust-free and non-sparking; • Safe food grade material; • Impact strength; • Flexible yet strong. The major advantage of any plastic bucket is its physical ability to absorb an impact inside the elevator leg. More buckets tear up and break due to impacts and obstructions, than are worn out by abrasion from the product carried. Bent and torn buckets cause a myriad of problems in the elevator: not efficiently carrying product, dragging and scraping inside the casing and creating a potential sparking hazard. A well-designed plastic bucket has the built in ability to “give” or “yield” to bypass an obstruction in an elevator, return to its original shape and keep on working. This requires strong, consistent, uniform wall thickness and the

proper grade of the selected resin. The weight of the elevator bucket contributes significantly to the total cost of the elevator. By using lighter weight plastic resin buckets – approximately half the weight of metal buckets – elevator manufactures can use lighter gauge belts, smaller pulley shafts and bearings, and reduce their horsepower and mechanical transmission requirements. This also means less wear and tear on elevator drive components. Another important factor is the ease of installation of plastic buckets. Due to their lighter weight and lack of hazardous, sharp edges, they are much easier to handle when changing or retrofitting in an elevator. This makes the job easier and safer for those tasked with keeping the bucket elevators running at peak performance.

Bucket Choices for Centrifugal Discharge Style Elevators Proper identification of elevator type and style of existing bucket – and then matching it with a plastic replacement – is vital to ensuring the bucket elevator continues to operate efficiently. The correct bucket, when properly installed (with close bucket spacing) – assures the same or INCREASED elevator capacity. Plastic resin elevator buckets are commonly found in centrifugal discharge style elevators. In contrast, metal buckets are still predominantly used in continuous discharge style bucket elevators. There are two categories of centrifugal

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Bent and torn steel buckets

Urethane • Nylon • Polyethylene. Slow-speed buckets are used to handle materials heavier and larger materials, such as aggregates, foundry

Specifying the Bucket (A) length, (B) projection, and (C) depth. (T) thickness, (WL) water level, (E) hole centers

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sand, coal, clay, sand, gravel, and crushed glass. Commonly used bucket styles for this elevator include Style A, AA and AARB, which has a reinforced back. Style AA buckets are readily available in polyethylene, nylon, urethane, ductile iron or steel.

Ductile Iron • Urethane • Polyethylene • Nylon Switching to Plastic Resin In order to select the appropriate plastic bucket, one must consider the characteristics of the conveyed bulk material being handled. Important factors to take into account are the size, shape, bulk density, temperature, moisture content, flow-ability and abrasiveness of conveyed material. The three most common plastics are high-density polyethylene (HDPE), nylon and urethane (thermo plastic urethane). Each plastic carries a number of different advantages when paired correctly with the corresponding bulk solid. With the correct selection of plastic replacement buckets and good preventive maintenance, operators and maintenance managers can look forward to many years of proper and profitable operation.

Carl Swisher - Bio Carl Swisher, Tapco Sales Manager, oversees domestic and international sales force. Swisher has 20 years of experience in industrial sales and international business. Prior to joining Tapco, Swisher was the Latin America Regional Sales Manager for a leading parts supplier in the sewn products industry. Proficient in Spanish, he is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis and completed his graduate studies at the Stern School of New York University. Founded in 1974, Tapco Inc is a leading manufacturer of elevator buckets with 900,000 buckets in stock – available in polyethylene, polyurethane, nylon, aluminum, ductile iron and fabricated steel. Standard styles include AA, AC, Continuous, CCB, CC-HD, CC-XD and Super EuroBucket. Tapco also maintains a large inventory of elevator bolts, belt splices or joiners, abrasion-resistant sheeting, drag flights, and hanger bearings. Carl Swisher, Sales Manager, TAPCO INC, St. Louis, Missouri USA Tel: +1 314 739 9191 ext. 1920, www. tapcoinc.com

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The impact of feed enzymes on diet digestibility and animal profitability by Dr Michael Bedford, AB Vista Feed Ingredients, Marlborough, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

ith increasing prices of key raw materials, there is now a great deal of pressure on feed manufacturers to maximise the efficiency of nutrient utilisation. Much of the cost pressure has been on two nutrients in particular, namely energy and phosphorus (P). This is likely a result of the surge in requirements for cereals for biofuels and in requirements for phosphates for fertilizers, respectively. The net result is that the increase in shadow prices in least cost formulations (LCF) for energy and P has driven feed manufacturers to consider use of enzymes for releasing more energy from corn. They may also consider using phytase at considerably higher dosages than currently employed. Not only does this increase P release from phytate, but it also spares energy as a result. The principal issues arising from use of each of these enzymes is discussed below.

NSP enzymes for corn based diets Non-starch polysaccharide- (NSP) or fibre-degrading enzymes were first developed in the 1980s for use in barley and then subsequently wheat-based diets. Their use coincided with an almost immediate and visible improvement in litter quality and an equally evident improvement in performance (Elwinger & Teglof, 1991). Use of such enzymes in corn-based diets is not associated with improved litter quality, simply because there are few such problems associated with corn. In addition, the scale of animal performance response is somewhat muted compared with wheat and particularly barley based diets, and as a result the rate of uptake of such products in the market has been relatively slow. 20 | January - February 2011

Recently, however, the dramatic increase in the price of dietary energy has meant that many feed manufacturers have taken a renewed interest in such enzymes due to the huge potential savings they offer.

Mode of action It is thought that NSP enzymes function through a composite of three separate actions, the contribution of each action varying with ingredients and individual birds. These activities include plant (cereal) cell wall destruction, reduction of digesta viscosity and stimulation of beneficial bacteria in the animal gut (Bedford & Schulze, 1998b). The cell walls of the starchy endosperm of maize are constructed of a small amount of cellulose encrusted with hemicellulose, the bulk of which is arabinoxylan with minor ß-glucan components and lesser contents of mannans (Stone, 2004). Since monogastrics do not possess the necessary enzymes to degrade plant cell walls, the contents of any cells which remain intact following milling, processing and the grinding action of the teeth or gizzard effectively bypass digestion. Microscopy has shown that there can be an appreciable amount of such material and thus an opportunity for cell wall degrading enzymes to improve on the digestive process (Tervila-Wilo et al., 1996; Parkkonen et al., 1997). Effective cell wall degradation requires the addition of sufficient amounts of the appropriate enzyme activity such that “holes” are created in the cell wall which are large enough to allow entry of pancreatic proteases and amylases. Xylanases, and to a lesser extent cellulases (ß 1-4 glucanases), have proven most effective in the field (Zanella et al., 1999; Zanella et al., 2004; Leslie et al., 2007). Mannanases and pectinases target the soybean fraction of the feed more so than the corn, but with the same endpoint in mind (Jackson et al., 2004). Many

studies have shown improvements in starch and to a lesser extent protein digestibility, which is indicative of activity of the enzyme towards corn endosperm cell walls. The second mechanism relevant for NSPenzymes is that of viscosity reduction. A portion of the hemicellulose may be soluble and of sufficient chain length to create a gel in the intestinal aqueous phase. The greater the chain length and quantity of this material, the more viscous the gel created in the gut (Bedford & Classen, 1992). Viscous gels reduce the rate of diffusion of all solutes (and thus with it the rate of digestion) with the effect being proportional to the viscosity of the solution. In the case of digestion, fat micelles are the largest solutes in the gut and would be most influenced by a viscous intestinal tract (Danicke et al., 2000). Viscosity, however, is most relevant for rye and barley based diets for poultry, to a lesser extent wheat, and to a minor extent to corn (Bedford & Schulze, 1998a). This is due to the fact that the content and chain length of the soluble viscous fibres is much lower in corn than in other grains, and for this reason viscosity is not so relevant in corn-soy diets. Nevertheless, viscosity varies with variety, climatic conditions during cereal growth, postharvest handling (e.g. drying) and pelleting/extrusion. It is possible, therefore, under the right set of circumstances, for viscosity to play a role even in a corn-soy diet, but the frequency of such events is probably low. Provided an enzyme is used which can attack the soluble fibres, the rate of viscosity reduction can be rapid as only a few, well-targeted attacks towards the middle of the chain are required to dramatically reduce average chain length and hence viscosity. The third mechanism relates to the fact that as a result of the NSP enzymes breaking down cell walls or reducing chain length of viscous polymers, smaller fragments of cell

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FEATURE wall material are produced. At some point the fragments become small enough (i.e. oligosaccharides) and numerous enough to act as a substrate (pre-biotic) for bacterial fermentation. Xylanases, mannanases and cellulases produce xylo-, manno- or gluco- oligosaccharides, respectively. The benefit of such end products depends upon the type and quantity of the oligosaccharides produced, with different enzymes producing different oligosaccharides. Many beneficial species of bacteria are able to utilise such products to varying degrees and in doing so produce volatile fatty acids (VFAs), which provide a source of energy and pathogen control for the chick (Choct et al., 1999; Bedford & Apajalahti, 2001; Sohail et al., 2003). Care must be taken in selection of the enzyme, however, as some can, if overdosed, reduce the size of the oligosaccharides down to monosaccharides. If sufficient monosaccharide is produced, this may result in osmotic diarrhoea and/or poor performance (Schutte, 1990). Such a problem is most likely to occur with endo-xylanases, which is an issue with crude preparations which contain substantial amounts of exo- rather than endo-xylanase activity. A consequence of increased production of VFAs in the large intestine is that butyric and propionic acids may play a role in stimulating hormonal responses which encourage enhanced gastric motility. In the pig and especially the chicken, this may result in enhanced particle size reduction and endosperm cell wall

breakdown, to the extent that the contents of the cells are better exposed to gastric and small intestinal digestion. Ironically this may well explain the so called cell wall effect of NSP enzymes, since the amount of time that the diet spends in the stomach of chickens and to a lesser extent pigs, coupled with the extremes in pH, means that it is unlikely that significant cell wall damage will take place through direct exogenous enzyme attack. Thus, the use of an NSP enzyme may well result in significant cell wall destruction, but perhaps more through its effects on hind gut fermentation and the consequent hormonal responses rather than a direct destruction of cell walls in the gastric environment.

Value in practice In principal, corn-soy enzymes offer an improvement in the average digestible energy content of the diet by markedly improving digestibility of the poorest quality corn samples whilst having minimal value on the best samples. Unfortunately, with no method available to allow rapid determination of the quality of corn prior to diet manufacture, the only option is to use such an enzyme in all cases. Since use of the enzyme effectively increases the matrix value of corn, the result is that even when a good quality, un-responsive sample of corn is used in diet manufacture, value has been extracted through the savings created by the higher energy values used in the LCF. When

a poor sample of corn is utilised, the enzyme significantly enhances its digestibility such that the elevated matrix energy value used in the LCF is justified. The net result is consistent cost savings. There is also the added advantage of reduced variability in animal performance as a result of the enzyme reducing the differences in digestible energy content between good and bad samples of corn. There are many different NSP enzymes on the market today, many of which differ markedly from one another. Even within xylanases, there are enormous differences in pH profiles, end products produced and their ability to attach soluble and/or insoluble xylan structures. It is important when making a choice of enzyme that the decision is based on the biological performance of the product and not simple in vitro assays, none of which bear much relationship to the environment in which these products act.

Phytases Phytases were originally employed in the 1990s in response to financial penalties for P pollution imposed on pig and poultry producers, particularly in Benelux. Phytases degrade plant phytate P which would otherwise pass through to the manure intact. Without the economic penalties for waste disposal at that time, the use of phytase would not have been established since the cost savings in inorganic phosphate were offset by the cost of

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FEATURE the enzyme. With time, however, the cost of the enzyme reduced and that of the nutrients spared by use of this enzyme increased (for various reasons, e.g. the ban on meat and bone meal in EU countries), such that its use spread through much of the EU in the mid

the above has significantly improved the ability of such products to reduce feed costs.

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Phytase is quite unlike the NSP enzymes for corn soy diets in that the dosage used in practice, even that of the E. coli phytases, is well below that of the biological optimum. In fact the benefit of this enzyme is linearly related to logarithmic increments in dose â&#x20AC;&#x201C; i.e. improvement Figure 1: Relationship between dose of in P digestibility phytase and expected response is doubled with a 10 fold increand late 1990s. As understanding of its mode ment in dose. Despite the extension of the of action improved, and with the realisation nutritional matrices of most phytases into that this enzyme may spare more than P, its energy and amino acids, the economic incenuse spread further, and at the present day it is tive for feed manufacturers to increase the dosnow the most commonly used feed enzyme age of phytase has not been sufficiently obviin the world. ous. Clearly, with increasing ingredient costs, phytase dose rate should be reconsidered. A clear problem in use of phytase in LCF is that Mode of action Phytases release P from phytate, and as the benefit of the enzyme increases in logaritha result enable the feed producer to reduce mic fashion while the LCF linearly relates dose the use of inorganic phosphates in the ration. to benefit. For example, if a phytase is included As more P is released from phytate, the less as an ingredient with a nutrient matrix for 500 able it is to bind or chelate minerals, starch units and the LCF selects only 250 units of or proteins either directly or via ionic bridges phytase, it will assume that the phytase has (Selle & Ravindran, 2007). As a result, use of provided only 50 percent of the given matrix, phytase may directly improve the digestibil- whereas in reality the actual value is closer to ity of P, divalent cations such as calcium (Ca), 75 percent for such a dose. This relationship is magnesium (Mg) and zinc (Zn), and energy and shown in figure 1. The feed formulator is therefore faced protein. Phytate has also been shown to be an active antinutrient, interacting with the gut in with an economical problem. If shadow prices such a way as to stimulate the small intestinal encourage greater use of phytase, then the immune system and increase production and traditional approach would be to replace the losses of mucin proteins (Cowieson et al., 500 units matrix with a 1000 units matrix. This 2004). Destruction of phytate reduces this 1000 unit matrix has a lesser nutrient value per anti-nutritive effect in a directly proportional unit of activity but a maximum inclusion rate manner, and as a result energy and amino acids which is double that of the 500 units. At the that would have been used in a maintenance maximum inclusion rates, the 1000 units deliver activity (immune surveillance and intestinal 30 percent more nutrients than the 500 units. turnover) can instead be directed towards pro- These two matrices are represented by the ductive energy. It must be noted that this effect straight regression lines which pass through the of phytase is mostly a post-adsorptive effect, origin in figure 1. The problem is that the actual and as a result the value of this activity is not value of the enzyme is represented by the log curve in figure 1. Use of any dose below the captured in simple AME or even TME assays. The recent development of E. coli derived product maximum results in the LCF assumphytases has significantly improved the value of ing that the enzyme delivers less value than it this enzyme for broilers in particular. An equiva- actually does in vivo. This loss is represented as lent 500 unit dose from a second-generation E. the difference between the curve and either of coli source delivers 20-30 percent more nutri- the straight regression lines. As a result the true ents than the same dose of a first-generation optimum will not be found and a large part of Aspergillus phytase (Augspurger et al., 2003), the value of the enzyme is lost. A solution under these circumstances is to and its effect is more consistent due to its more suitable pH profile and greater stability towards have two ingredients in the LCF. One would pepsin digestion in the intestinal tract (Igbasan be the standard 500 unit product with its given et al., 2000). Some E. coli phytases have been matrix, the second would be a new 500 to further enhanced either by genetic modification 1000 unit product which would have a matrix or coating to make them even more stable defined as the difference between the 500 through the feed manufacturing process. All of and 1000 unit matrix products. For example, 22 | January - February 2011

if the 500 unit product had an AvP value of 0.1 percent AvP and the 1000 unit product a value of 0.13 percent, then the 500 to 1000 unit product would have a value of 0.03 percent AvP. Since the cost of the two products is exactly the same per gram, the second product with the lower matrix value would not be pulled into the LCF until the full 500 units of the former had been used. The error in the LCF for solutions between 500 and 1000 units of use would be markedly reduced as is evident from the proximity of the logarithmic curve to that of the 500 to 1000 units matrix line represented in red. Such approaches will help maximise the value that a feed producer can extract from this enzyme, particularly when high ingredient prices justify much greater inclusion levels of phytase.

Enzyme delivery to the animal One source of variability which must be addressed by the enzyme manufacturer is that of consistent delivery of the enzyme to the bird. This means that the enzyme must be able to survive or bypass the thermal stresses of the feed manufacturing process, act under the rigours of the intestinal tract, and be simple to assay in premix, mash and pelleted feed for quality control purposes. Various solutions to this are offered, ranging from truly thermostable enzymes with no susceptibility to problems associated with the assay (binding to fibres of the feed; inhibition by xylanase inhibitors found in wheat, barley and triticale, for example), to use of coated enzymes and post-pelleting liquid application. Intrinsically thermostable enzymes are clearly the best solution, with compromises arising from the use of either coating or post-pelleting application which vary with each product.

Conclusions Recent changes in the cost-structure of the feed industry have significantly altered the value of P and energy. Enzymes which influence the utilisation of these nutrients are now being considered in situations which would have been uneconomic in the past, and in some cases at inclusion levels which would previously never have been contemplated. Such changes have forced the feed enzyme industry to review how it should support such products, and to consider how to provide products better suited to the task. The combination of better products and more considered application advice should help mitigate at least some of the financial burden being placed on the feed industry by current world events. References available on request. More

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Rospen Industries’ range of continuous weighing equipment for the grain and feed milling sector

ospen Industries, being the UK’s leading supplier of high precision weighing and metering systems for powders, granules and liquids, have developed a full range of continuous weighing systems, answering to customer requirements in the grain and feed milling sector. The company has been working with customers in the industry for many years and this has led to the development of a range of equipment, which encompasses products of specific relevance to companies operating in the sector. These products provide basic, in-line continuous weighing capabilities at an effective price point for grain and feed customers. As more customers in this sector become highly automised, their production lines increasingly demand continuous weighing as a prerequisite. Rospen’s continuous weighing range can both measure and control the throughput of material, with accuracy and reliability built in. 24 | January - February 2011

Weigh belt The Rospen weigh belt range encompasses three model ranges of weigh belts that have been designed to meet varying needs. The principle of operation is slightly different on the three models:

Enclosed weigh belt This consists of a short variable speed belt, a section of which is supported by a load cell mounted weight bar. The product is fed onto the belt by gravity via a chute from a storage hopper. The resulting signal from the weighed section of belt is directly proportional to the weight of product passing over the belt and this is transmitted to the LBC2000 microprocessor controller.

Open type and miniature weigh belts These consist of a weigh frame and a fixed-speed belt, which is totally weighed. The weight of the unit is tared to zero, such that only the product passing over the belt is weighed. The product weight signal is measured by the microprocessor

and the resultant correction signal is used to speed up or slow down a product pre-feeder to bring the weight of product on the belt back to the pre-set rate. This method has the advantage that the product is positively fed onto the belt thus avoiding bridging or rat-holing in the hopper.

Special features • Feed rated of 1 to 50,000 kg/hr. Accurate to better than +- 0.25 percent • Continuous uninterrupted weighing accurate to +- 0.5 percent • Automatic tare and ranging • Three models: - Totally enclosed: giving dust tight control of toxic or hazardous materials - Open type: giving visual inspection on process lines - Miniature: 50 mm wide with range as low as 10 to 800g/min: • Easy strip feature • Instant response with no process lag • Small installation space required

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Enclosed screw weigher Rospen’s enclosed screw weigher has been designed to meter and weigh dusty, aggressive or toxic powders to continuous accuracies of ±0.5 percent at rates of up to 55 tonnes per hour. It will also provide a failsafe positive indication of material flow-rate change, change in density or moisture level, or change in material characteristics. The output signal from the weight controller can also be used to initiate an error alarm, indicate flow rate, totalise flow or control the output of other metering devices in ratio. By this method, the outputs of several product metering feeders or liquids pumps can be ‘ratioed’ together and held to close tolerances. The machine consists of a screw type pre-feeder which pre-conditions and meters the product by volume into a short weigh screw, which is turning at a variable speed, through which the product is conveyed. The weigh screw is supported on weight transducers.

Special features • Continuous, uninterrupted weighing accurate to ±0.5 percent • Totally enclosed giving dust tight control • Insensitive to shock or vibration • Easy to strip and maintain • Instant response without process lag

• Low maintenance • Small installation space required

Solo flow meter The SOLO range of impact plate flowmeters has been designed to provide the optimum cost-effective solution for measurement and display of flow through a process to accuracies of +- 1 percent. Flow rates from 100 kg/hr to 250 tonnes/ hr can be measured via open or closed designs. The SOLO is available in a choice of stainless or mild steel enclosures and alternate impact plate coatings suitable for a wide variety of applications. Free flowing material is directed onto the impact plate and then onto the process. The impact force is measured in the horizontal plane only, thus static material build-up has no effect and there is no zero drift. The horizontal force measurement is converted electronically to a proportional flow rate

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FEATURE This cycle is repeated at frequent and regular intervals, transferring product from the hopper into the process in a pulse-like action. Flow rate is calculated by monitoring the gain in weight inside the hopper each time the valve is closed in relation to time. An approximated rate of flow through the process while the valve is open is automatically calculated by the LBC1000 controller, which then displays overall flow rate in kilograms per hour/or kilograms total.

Special features • Simple to integrate in vertical process • High accuracy due to discreet weighments • Continuous and intermittent operation • 100 to 20000 kg/hour

Vibo flow meter The new VIBO flow meter range offers an alternative method of continuous process weighing which is ideal for applications where hygiene or ease of cleaning is important. VIBO measures the flow of any powder or bulk products as it passes along a stainless steel vibratory tray conveyor and is a useful alternative to continuous weigh belt or screw systems. The system comprises an electro or mechanically driven vibratory tray conveyor mounted onto a Rospen Boss-Mount weighframe. Since there are no moving or wearing parts maintenance is kept to a minimum. In operation the weight of the conveyor is tared off, thus enabling the weight of the product in the tray conveyor to be continuously and precisely measured. The system is controlled by a Rospen controller, which displays the conveying rate as kilograms per hour and total output in kilograms as well as providing high and low flow rate alarm facilities. Because the controller has a closed loop control facility, it is possible to maintain a constant weight of product in the tray conveyor by modulating delivery from the pre-feeder, thus VIBO can be used both as an uncontrolled flowmeter and as a constant weight feeder. • Dust tight enclosure • No moving parts • Easily installed • Low cost • Low maintenance • Rugged design

Pulso flow meter A simple and precise, yet low cost solution for calculating time based consumption of material through a continuous process, the new PULSO flowmeter from Rospen Industries can be used to measure flow rate of powder, granules and even piece parts under free flow. 26 | January - February 2011

Designed for dimensional compactness, PULSO is ideal for applications where space is at a premium. Its simplicity of installation makes its similarly convenient for retrofit applications where enhanced monitoring facilities are required. PULSO is a gravity fed batch weigh hopper mounted on a weighframe and fitted with a pneumatically operated discharge valve controlled by a Rospen LBC1000 controller. As material flows into the hopper the weight rises. At a predetermined value the controller triggers the pneumatically operated valve to release the material collected in the hopper.

Special features • Feed rates of 50 to 50,000 hg/hr accurate to better than +- 1 percent • Mechanically simple and robust • Easy to clean and maintain

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Training the Milling Workforce in the Twenty-first Century by Nigel Bennett (Secretary, nabim, United Kingdom)

ince its formation in 1878, the National Association of British and Irish Millers (nabim) has been committed to the development of skilled millers and has placed a high priority on milling training. For well over one hundred years, it has been at the forefront of technical education in flour milling, first within the British Isles but also, since the mid-twentieth century, across the world.

Indies. Students from many other countries have featured in recent years. Already seeking to serve several functions - an introduction to the industry, building knowledge and understanding of the industry and its processes, refresher training etc - and to cater for students of very different academic backgrounds, the wide diversity of student nationality adds to the challenge facing nabim and its teams of tutors and examiners. It is a challenge we are glad to meet. Offered annually, the course year running Nabim’s most well-known training provision is the distance learning programme, from September to May, this distance-learndelivered annually for around 80 years, and ing course is studied in seven modules, prostill lovingly known as the ‘correspondence viding a complete overview of flour milling. courses’ or ‘City and Guilds’ by many former Each module is subject to rolling review and students, the latter despite the fact that the so a new edition of each module textbook association with City and Guilds of London is issued every five years or so, keeping it fresh and up to date. This material is supended almost a decade ago. plemented by additional “The development of units which conform information circuwith the UK’s national qualification lated with the year’s lessons. and credit framework should provide Module one covers employers with the basis on which to health and includensure the retention of milling skills, and safety, ing risk assessemployees with proof of skills transferrable ment and the prevention of to other companies and sectors” fire and dust explosions, and hygiene, In the current session, there are almost including an introduction to pests and the 750 enrolments; only one-third of students prevention of infestation. Wheat is the focus of Module two, which are based in Europe. The two-thirds balance come from many different countries looks at its structure, growth and production, across the globe: Nigeria, Ghana, Egypt before moving on to the intake, cleaning and and Sudan; Tanzania, Malawi, Kenya and preparation of wheat in the screenroom. Module three addresses the modern Zambia; Lesotho, South Africa and Namibia; the United Arab Emirates; Japan, Malaysia, flour milling operation, its machinery and Indonesia and Vietnam; Australia, New processes and the importance of achieving Zealand and Fiji; Canada and the West mill balance and improving mill performance. 28 | January - February 2011

Module four looks at various aspects of product handling, storage and distribution; flour blending, packing, warehousing, loading and infestation control. Flour itself is the subject of module five, discussing functionality and types of flour commonly milled, flour treatments, quality measurement and control, laboratory tests and flour uses. Power and automation is the focus of module six, covering a range of topics from mechanical and pneumatic conveying to instrumentation and process control. In the seventh and final module, mill management is addressed, including a background to the global flour milling industry and market, commercial and operations management, and the miller’s responsibility to protect the product, environment and people. For each module, the student is allocated one tutor, an expert in their field, who will provide guidance and advice on the coursework. Assessment is by written examination at the end of the course year. When students have successfully completed all seven modules, they are awarded nabim’s Advanced Certificate in Flour Milling. (See the nabim website, www.nabim.org.uk, for further details, including course fees.) Though the distance-learning programme continues to be successful, nabim is continuously seeking new ways to improve its training provision. For example, students often find it difficult to understand what is going on within the closed milling process. nabim is currently embarked on a pilot project, developing online training material on the workings of the 1st break rollermill and plansifter, using video, animation, demonstration and commentary. It is hoped this will go live for nabim’s members during the first half of 2011, and later be made available to distance learning students. This is by no means nabim’s only initiative

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FEATURE of recent years. At the request of its member companies, nabim - in partnership with both the Buhler Training Centre in Switzerland and Campden BRI - developed a new training programme, very different to the distance learning provision. The Advanced Milling Diploma programme was launched in 2006, is run just once every three years, and is aimed at developing the future operations management of the milling industry. Applications for the next intake will be sought in early 2012. Restricted to a maximum of ten candidates, the Diploma involves two residential weeks at Chipping Campden and Uzwil, studying the first two units of three, ‘Technical’ and ‘Production’. The cereals science syllabus put together by Campden BRI is very demanding but provides candidates with the necessary fundamental understanding of functionality which aids them both in the practical milling week at Buhler and in their third unit, in which they undertake their own research project and produce a report which is independently assessed. From an induction day through to final interview and result takes each candidate approximately 18 months - and they have their full-time jobs to do as well! To date, whilst there has been some interest from abroad, all Diploma candidates have been employed in UK flour mills. There is, however, no reason why this

should not change next year; candidates will be chosen on experience, qualifications, ability and potential, not on geography. Finally, another recent development in nabim’s training arm has been of proficiency qualifications in milling. Based largely on both the distance learning programme and nabim’s ‘old’ craft skills certificate, these are new vocational qualifications which test practical competence as well as underpinning knowledge and understanding. The development of units which conform with the UK’s national qualification and credit framework should provide employers with the basis on which to ensure the retention of milling skills, and employees with proof of skills transferrable to other companies and sectors. These new qualifications are only just coming on stream, under the umbrella of awarding organisation FDQ - but the work for nabim does not stop there. We are now seeking to ensure that delivery of the new units is properly milling-focused (as opposed to a generic food manufacture approach)

and consideration is being given to developing relationships with colleges and/or other established training providers so that delivery is concentrated on the key milling skills and understanding. So whilst nabim can happily point to a strong history of milling training, it can also demonstrate that its face is very much pointed towards the future. Especially within the UK, where the industry is highly rationalised, automated and capital-intensive, with a small and (whisper it softly) ageing workforce, this is absolutely vital for the continued success of the milling industry itself.

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Every issue GFMT’s market analyst John Buckley reviews world trading conditions which are impacting the full range of commodities used in food and feed production. His observations will influence your decision-making.

A wet harvest in Eastern Australia reignited bullish sentiment as 2010 drew to a close and has remained a supportive factor in January. Early forecasts that 40/60% of the (eastern, not total) crop might be downgraded from milling to feed were not what the markets wanted to hear in the wake of earlier crop quality problems caused by wet harvests in Canada and Germany

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Anxiety resurfaces over rising cereal costs & food price inflation

AST ISSUE we noted 2010 had been an unlucky year for crop weather. Now 2011seems to be starting in the same vein with record floods spoiling east Australian wheat harvest quality and a ‘La Nina’linked drought threatening Argentine maize and soya output. US 2011 crop prospects may also have been compromised by a persistent drought since sowing time affecting much of its hard red winter wheat – the main export component for this, the world’s largest wheat exporter. A muchneeded Russian crop recovery from last year’s devastating heatwaves and droughts is still fraught with uncertainty after a shaky start amid lingering dryness. Europe east and west has meanwhile seen one of the coldest winters for decades, if with surprisingly few reports of frost damage so far. Capping these events, the US Department of Agriculture has just issued its final domestic crop estimates for 2010, cutting production for maize and soyabeans and lowering US stocks for the major grains and oilseeds. Just for good measure, bio-fuel looks likely to compete harder still for food raw material supplies amid rising crude oil prices and the New Year passage of US legislation renewing/extending subsidies for maize ethanol and soyabean bio-diesel. If all that were not enough to get the bulls excited, strong demand for downstream grain and oilseed products seems to be undeterred

by these cost increases – especially in the fastest growth markets like China. Indeed food demand for some commodities, like vegetable oils, seems to be growing even faster now than fuel consumption. In the past month the UN Food & Agriculture Organisation has also reported its food price index at record levels - back in what it terms “danger territory.” The index, which tracks a basket of cereal, oilseed, dairy, meat & sugar prices, has risen for six months running. The FAO thinks the situation is not yet as bad as in 2008 when rocketing food costs, led by cereals, caused riots in many developing countries. Wheat prices, in particular, are still lower than then and production in poorer countries is stronger, it points out. Yet, with the latest set of weather problems, the FAO warns of “room for prices to go much higher.” Expensive cereals have, of course, already fed through to higher bread, pasta, meat and poultry costs. FAO officials have been reluctant to lay too much blame on speculators – “weather has been the big trigger,” it says, although adding that speculators might be a factor in sustaining these prices. Yet anyone following the day-to-day market reports from Chicago and European traders cannot be unaware of the huge influence the ‘outside’ investment community has – and will continue to have in the months ahead – on commodity prices. Traditional fund speculators may not have piled into the wheat market but they have huge ‘long’ positions in maize and soyabean futures, whose strength spills over into wheat. Also, the so-called index traders – institutional investors looking for alternatives to volatile stocks and shares – have recently built record positions in Chicago futures. These participants are not (yet) labelled speculators by the exchange authorities (which would make them

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subject to speculative limit regulations) but their impact is often more profound, using their huge financial muscle to buy and hold paper stocks of grains and oilseeds for the long haul, with potential to squeeze physical deliveries. As we have recently seen in the cocoa market, when a speculative player obtains too large a share of supply, prices can far exceed levels that would be reasonably justified by supply/ demand fundamentals – though what goes up, eventuallycomes down (as cocoa has since shown). So, while grain supply fundamentals

are certainly firm this season, it seems likely that some of the recent strength in prices has been exaggerated by over-exuberant bets from both of the above groups of ‘non-commercial traders’ (or by their computer proxies which are programmed to buy and sell electronically when prices trigger so called price ‘stops.’) ‘Outside’ investors have also been treating the markets to a whole raft of predictions for 2011 and beyond, most of them bullish (surprise, surprise!). One again, economists are talking of food commodity prices moving onto a permanently higher plain that reflects the realities of the modern world – record populations, record living standards, finite land resources and production potential etc etc. These forecasts, many of them from relatively newer players in the commodity markets, seem to pay scant regard to the over-riding impact of one year’s exceptionally poor weather – a phenomenon that has occurred in previous decades when funds were less active in these markets. A sense of proportion might be helped by recollecting where grain and oilseed markets were before the past year’s weather problems struck. Earlier in 2010, world wheat production was expected to reach 672m tonnes for the 2010/11 season – well ahead of demand for the third year running. Amid massive surplus stocks, all the talk in the early months of 2010 was of where all this grain would go, how it was depressing wheat prices below the cost of production for many countries and threatening a contraction in future supply. A run of crop weather problems around the globe has since reduced the crop to about 645m – about 20m below consumption needs. Yet carryover stocks from past years are still

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unusually large, at 197m tonnes when the season started and equal to about 29% of demand. These are still seen at a comfortable 27.5% by the close of this season in mid-2011. So, even after Russia’s much-publicised crop losses from drought and all the other world weather problems since, there is no outright shor tage of wheat. Nonetheless, millers around the globe are getting edgy about availability of quality food wheat, especially of hard bread-wheats in the months ahead, after wet harvest problems in Europe, Canada – and now Australia too. Wheat pr ices have continued to r ise in recent months (see char ts below), led by the bellwether Chicago futures market which recently tested the two-year highs of last summer (when Russia announced its grain expor t ban). Some analysts – again mainly from the investment community, rather than commercial grain firms – think wheat prices could even return to the 2008 highs when Chicago briefly nudged 13c/bu compared with around $8 as we go to press. When speculators get involved and markets start to panic, anything is possible. However, this scenario would probably require more unlucky weather in first half 2011. For maize the reduction in crop prospects in recent months has been less severe, from 835m expected mid-2010 to about 816m this month – but again 20m tonnes below estimated demand. Maize has less carry-in stock than wheat to supplement a short crop with a global stock/use ratio expected to drop from 18% at the start of this season to 15.2% by the close (in September). In the US, the world’s largest maize supplier, that ratio is far tighter. To these headline figures one must add other coarse grains, led by barley, for which production is down from 150m tonnes in 2009 to 125m – also about 15m tonnes below consumption – suggesting a like drawdown in barley stocks during 2010/11. Finally to soyabeans which, on paper at least, had earlier looked likely to be in relatively good supply af ter bigger crops across the Americas. Strength in this sector also persists due to the r apid depletion of US stocks (thank s to record Chinese demand) and uncer t ainties over Latin American (and

possibly US) 2011 production. The main events influencing the supply outlook are listed in the commodity sections below. Probably the most important factors to watch, (assuming Latin American crops don’t get hammered by drought), will be spring and early summer weather for northern hemisphere wheat crops and the progress of US spring planting campaigns for soya and maize. A lot of extra US acres will undoubtedly come into play at these high prices for all crops, maybe more than the 10m or so touted recently by many economists. Extra spring acres may also be drawn in for Canada, Europe and the former Soviet Union for wheat, maize, barley and, in some cases, oilseeds. World wheat output will likely recover somewhat in 2011/12 but maybe not by enough to relax prices back to pre-2010 levels – perhaps not such a bad thing if that assures farmers an income level that will keep adequate crops coming in the following year. Coarse grain and oilseed output will almost certainly rally too but however well these crops perform there will be a need to start replenishing extremely low maize stocks – or risk another speculative feeding frenzy in 2011/12. Certainly the grain and feed consuming world cannot afford any more major problems on the weather front this year. Main commodity highlights since our last review

Wheat quality concerns build A wet harvest in Eastern Australia reignited bullish sentiment as 2010 drew to a close and has remained a supportive factor in January. Early forecasts that 40/60% of the (eastern, not total) crop might be downgraded from milling to feed were not what the markets wanted to hear in the wake of earlier crop quality problems caused by wet harvests in Canada and Germany. Price strength was also encouraged by ongoing dryness in the US winter wheat belt, mainly affecting the Central/Southern Plains hard red winter wheat area. US crop condition ratings are low, indicating some loss of yield potential. Although there is still time for spring rains to salvage a reasonable crop, there has been a lot of talk about farmers ploughing up poor stands to plant more lucrative corn and soyabean

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crops. The US needs a decent HRW crop to keep up with world demand which has risen strongly for this variety in first half 2010/11 season on the back of shortages and higher prices for other hard bread wheats. On the plus side the US has sown almost 10% more winter wheat in total this year than last (although less HRW than expected earlier). HRW export prices have recently reflected these events, rising to a new 2½-year peak of $327 at US Gulf ports, exactly double what importers could have bought it for in mid-2010. US hard red spring bread wheat prices have

also jumped to a new high of $423/tonne – a 54% increase from last year’s lows with similar grade Canadian CWRS prices advancing at a similar pace. Despite Russia’s shortfall, ordinary soft milling wheats are not in bad supply and prices of these have risen more slowly than those of the hard wheats. However, this largest sector of the market is still being pulled up from above by consumers seeking alternatives to tight, more expensive quality wheat supplies and, pushed from below by increased substitution of wheat for short coarse supplies by the animal feed sector. The latest snapshot of world wheat production from the USDA was seen mildly

bullish by the markets as the Department lowered its US wheat stocks estimate to reflect a further shift in world import demand to the top supplier. However, US stocks by the next harvest (starting in May in the southern states) will still be huge at over 22m tonnes. So, even if the US crop is a little mediocre, it should still have one of its largest total supplies of recent years. Markets have also been comfor ted

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somewhat by upward revisions to Argentina’s crop, now seen around 15m tonnes by local analysts compared with 11m last year. Larger export supplies from this source have been figuring in a number of recent import tenders. Australia crop estimates have also risen since latter 2010 with the popular figure around 25m tonnes – one of its largest crops ever. If, as some observers think, some of the downgraded milling wheat may yet be fit for blending in food rather than feed outlets, Australia may be far from written off as a force in the global milling wheat export markets (It too has been quite prominent in recent big tenders, keeping other suppliers from hoisting prices too quickly). Russia, as expected has stayed out of the market and made various noises about keeping its options open for a more prolonged absence depending on this year’s crop weather. It will also plant more spring wheat, which yields less but can be higher quality. Ukraine has planted more winter wheat. The other big regional exporter Kazakshstan is an unknown quantity at this stage but, along with the region as a whole, might be expected to produce a much better crop in 2011 if the weather normalizes. The success or otherwise of former Soviet Union crops will, as always, be key to where the world wheat price sets its floor next season. Finally to the EU, which, apart from rain plagued Germany, survived last year’s weather challenges with a far better overall crop than anyone imagined in the drought-ridden summer. Plantings are up but not to the same extent as in the USA. Crops have survived a harsh winter well so far and harvests should increase next summer. The big issue at this stage, however, is the hectic pace of exports to capitalize on these high world prices, especially from France and the UK, where supplies risk running very low before the next harvest. This may lead to some late season price blips and more intra-EU trade to fill gaps, or even more imports from non-EU countries. Along with the chronic weakness of the Euro and the constant bursts of strength in Chicago futures markets, this has recently pushed EU wheat futures prices to their highest levels since March 2008. For ward Chicago futures suggest an eventual 10 % premium on new crop wheat but with decent weather, such ‘price revelation’ predictions could be swept away – as they were in 2008. Good weather will

be needed from now on though and, even if that transpires, prices at the close of 2011 will probably manage to get only halfway back to their 2010 lows at best.

KEY WHEAT FACTORS IN THE MONTHS AHEAD • Spring/summer weather for winter-sown crops in the EU, N America, former Soviet Union • Spring wheat planting results in the above • Level of increased wheat feeding globally to make up for tighter maize and barley • Speculative activity in wheat futures linked to the $ exchange rate, macro economic pointers, media spotlight on world food/ inflation issues • Importers’ willingness to ‘de-stock’ and hold out for possibly cheaper new crop wheat

Screws tighten further on maize US maize prices jumped to 30-month highs in January after the USDA reduced its final US 2010 crop estimate from 318.5m to 316.2m tonnes – still the third largest harvest ever but well short of this season’s combined US domestic and export needs for 342m. The resultant cut in forecast US ending stocks – to 18.9m tonnes puts them at just 5.5% of consumption – less than three week’s supply and the lowest level since the record-small (5%) ratio of 1995/96. The USDA also cut its Argentine crop estimate by 1.5m to 23.5m tonnes, reducing world total maize output from December’s forecast 820.7m to 816m tonnes. Although USDA also trimmed world maize consumption and imports slightly, this still knocks another 3m tonnes off this season’s carry-out stocks at 127m tonnes – about 20m less than last year’s. Questions dominating US – and global – maize market in the New Year all revolve around cost. Has the price risen far enough yet to reflect these fundamentals, to ration demand at a sustainable level, and to ‘buy’ the necessary acres to grow an adequate crop in 2011? The answer to the first question depends on the other two. Certainly import demand for US maize has drifted down after prices almost doubled in second half 2011 although the seasonal forecast for US exports remains close to 2009/10’s 50m tonnes. US demand on the other hand is still forecast 10m tonnes higher this season than last, mostly due to higher ethanol usage and a smaller gain in feed. World maize demand in total is forecast 23.5m tonnes higher. Like the US, China is expected to use about 10m tonnes more, the rest of the gain demand spread among many smaller

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users. If price-rationing is taking place, then, it is slowing rather than stopping demand growth (2009/10 saw world consumption expand by 30m tonnes). This year’s US maize plantings are expected by some private analysts to increase by about 5m acres, maybe more which, with perfect weather, could deliver, say, 340/350m tonnes – enough to expand domestic and export demand by 25m to 30m tonnes without taking stocks lower still. However, there are wild cards. Maize is under fierce competition for land from soyabeans which have risen just as sharply in value over the past few months and require less fertilizer (costs of which are rising). The extension of ethanol blending credits in the US and the highest crude oil prices for two years have also firmed ethanol prices and could stimulate greater use than the markets have budgeted for. US livestock prices are also strong, supporting higher feed costs and – especially if the US/global economy does improve this year – possibly pointing to a greater expansion in feed use next season. Some analysts think these factors could push maize prices up from the present $6/6.50 per bushel towards $8 – a rise that would certainly impact on corn, other feed grain and wheat values in the world at large, including Europe. However, markets must wait and see just how

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much the US sows before backing these bullish speculative scenarios with higher prices. While the biggest exporter of maize, the US is not the only factor. Argentina’s crop is suffering drought and heatwaves that could trim output well below the most recent USDA forecast of 23.5m tonnes, perhaps to under 20m or about 5m less than expected two months ago. The world market needed that supply and may have to buy more from the US instead. On the other hand, Brazil, another leading expor ter, has a good crop – probably 2m more than USDA’s forecast 51m tonnes – plus comfortable stocks which it might be tempted to sell abroad at these prices (bearing in mind too that Brazil’s own consumption is expanding – up 7m tonnes in the last four years alone). Traders are also anxiously watching China where the state continues to auction off maize reserves to keep feed costs and inflation under control. There is widespread skepticism over China’s own buoyant crop estimates and with feed consumption growing fast there too, the possibility that it will need to buy millions of tonnes from the US this year remains a real one for 2011. In Europe itself, last year’s smaller maize crop undershot demand by about 3.4m tonnes but this has been offset by raising imports and cutting exports. Even so, European maize prices, as measured on the Paris futures exchange, have been even firmer than those of wheat, reaching three-year highs in mid-January.

MAIZE FACTORS TO WATCH • US spring planted area & weather • Competition from feed wheat, especially from Australia’s weather damaged crop • Will China grow enough maize to meet its own demand – or have to import? • How quickly will the global economy/world livestock feed demand recover? • How will US ethanol demand evolve? • Speculative activity in futures, as with wheat above

Oilmeal costs rise with soyabeans The highest soyabean prices since early 2008 have followed news of a prolonged

drought reducing prospects for a muchneeded bumper harvest in Argentina. Early forecasts of a possible 54/56m tonne crop – in line with last year’s record – have given way to a much lower range of 42/50m recently. Some timely rains might yet make all the difference but as we go to press the possibility has to be penciled in that Argentina’s domestic and export customers will see anything up to 8m tonnes less in meal equivalent than budgeted for earlier. Soya prices have also reacted to the dwindling supply in the USA - even after last year’s near record 90.6m tonne harvest there. Traders blame a massive expansion in Chinese demand, accelerating in the last few months as Argentina’s weather problems raised the possibility of a smaller than expected global supply. At the last count, China was expected to import 57m tonnes of whole soyabeans from all sources in 2010/11 against last year’s 50.3m and a mere 28m just four years ago. Demanding some restraint from soya suppliers, however, second largest supplier Brazil still expects another mammoth crop, probably close to last year’s record 69m tonnes, and should manage large exports of both soyabeans and meal. US soyabean prices have risen by about 12% since our last review and about 40% from last summer’s lows. European prices have had a bigger boost because of the weak euro versus the US dollar. Other meal-bearing crops – about from groundnut and cottonseed meals – failed to grow their supplies last year, putting most of the onus on soyabeans to meet expanding woirld demand (a lot of the cotton/groundnut meal is consumed in country of origin). The 2010/11 oilseed marketing season did at least start with large carryover stocks of oilseeds – about 14m more than the year before. These will only be drawn down by about 5% by the end of the marketing year. However, any surpluses may be in keen demand if the Argentine crop deteriorates further and/ or the US fails to sow enough soyabeans this spring. There is also some uncertainty about rapeseed output, which could have been expanded for 2011/12 but has faced stiff competition from expensive winter wheat. Forward futures prices suggest soyabeans – and thus other oilseed – costs will ease somewhat into latter 2011 but only if a decent world crop comes through. More should be known on the outlook for soya, rapeseed and sunflower meal supplies by our next issue.

OILMEAL FACTORS TO WATCH • Argentine soya crop weather • US planting intentions (Apr/May) • Nor thern Hemisphere rapeseed and sunflower crop outlooks • Chinese demand

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combustion” technology. Husk milled from 1 hectare of paddy can be used to dry 3 hectares of paddy; and husk from 1 ton of wet paddy can be used to dry 3 tons of wet paddy. This triples the efficiency ! What makes the SUNCUE SB rice husk furnace uniquely superior is the fact that it is the only furnace in the world that can overcome the handling problem of black smoke air pollution without using a smoke wash system. In addition, the SUNCUE rice husk furnace is the only furnace that has passed not only strict performance testing but also stringent air pollution testing in both Japan and Taiwan.

Dominating world technology SUNCUE dominates the world technology by providing steady and even indirect hot air. Conventional grain dryers are fuel consuming. International oil prices are constantly increasing and they surely will reach US$100

per barrel in the near future. As a result, the costs of drying increase and create a major burden for farmers. For those countries with lower grain prices, farmers can afford to buy grain dryers, but have little money to purchase fuel for operating the dryers. Hot air temperature control is crucial to quality grain drying. When the hot air temperature is too high, it easily causes fissure grains. On the other hand, when the temperature decreases, the drying rate slows. Therefore, the only solution for providing steady hot air, ensuring fine grain quality and enhancing drying efficiency is the Rice Husk Furnace Grain Dryer. Hot air temperature generated by the SB rice husk furnace can be controlled precisely within the range of ±1 degree C due to SUNCUE’s proprietary computerized micro air adjusting system. Each unit of the SUNCUE rice husk furnace can connect to more than one grain dryer and still supply constant hot air for drying. By applying the indirect heating

design, grain quality can be enhanced while significantly reducing drying cost. Regarding the application of negative pressure for husk furnace, tar is not easily produced, thus there will be no contamination to grains nor corrosion to the dryers. In order to lighten the operational and management loading, the Suncue rice husk furnace is also equipped with multiple safety devices and error proof designs, so operation is simple. Thousands of tons of grains can be dried by a single operator every day. In particular, ash after complete combustion has economical values. It can be used as an industrial insulation material, organic fertilizer, soil improvement mechanism, deodorant or other agricultural use media. The utilization of paddy husk is 100%.

Drying theory When it comes to grain drying, it is important to refer to drying theory. Among all kinds of grain, paddy is the most difficult grain to dry. Since only 20

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FEATURE Suncue SB-130 rice husk furnace connected with SUPER-300 re-circulating grain dryer for 4 units (120ton/batch) in Bulgaria

percent of paddy’s moisture is on the husk, less moisture can be vaporized from the husk surface. The remaining 80 percent of the moisture is inside the paddy, and the waxy testa that coats the outside of the paddy prevents moisture from vaporizing, therefore that 80 percent of the paddy’s moisture can be released only from the embryo. When the paddy is heated, the moisture closes to the embryo will be dried rapidly, however, the level of the moisture inside the paddy remains high. This results in uneven moisture distribution. If the paddy is heated continuously, fissure will occur and there will be cracked kernels. Hence, dryers with a tempering design are the most suitable ones for drying high quality grains.

What is a mesh type re-circulating grain dryer ? The design concepts of re-circulating type grain dryers are low temperature, fast drying, and the ability to keep the grain temperature less than 38 degree C for better quality and higher seed germination rates. Continuous type grain dryers that supply higher hot air temperatures and a speedier cooling system find it difficult to control the temperature and moisture content of grains evenly. This is not a problem for our mesh type re-circulating grain dryer which is designed with a drying section and a tempering section. Grains are heated at the drying section for few minutes and then are carried up through a bucket elevator and a distributing spreader. They then travel to the tempering bin to evenly balance the moisture content and then return to the drying section once more. Circulation will continue and the drying process will stop automatically when the moisture reaches its target moisture rate. SUNCUE’s low temperature re-circulating grain dryer, for both paddy and wheat, adapts low temperature drying and big air volume design. Farmers 40 | January - February 2011

benefit from good drying results because of high paddy prices, low drying cost, easy operation and maintenance. SUNCUE low temperature re-circulating paddy-wheat dryers have been successfully exported to Japan, Korea, Europe, Central & South America, and South East Asian nations. The advantages of mesh type re-circulating grain dryer can be summarized as follows :

rate and lower quality grains, with those dried grains turning to animal feeds. Thus, adapting low drying hot air temperature and low grain temperature can guarantee the high quality grains and create a high germination rate. B: Even drying Even drying implies: even circulating, even moisture, even hot air temperature.

A: Low drying temperature & speedy drying The re-circulating grain dryer insists on utilizing “low drying temperature & speedy drying” because fissure and broken kernels occur easily when using a high air temperature. Moreover, they also experience a lower germination

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Consider a 30 ton capacity dryer containing around one billion paddy kernels for example. How do you make each kernel circulate evenly with uniform moisture? It requires special drying technology. Each SUNCUE mesh type re-circulating dryer is equipped with a distributing spreader on the top of the dryer, and can distribute grains with different weights evenly in the tempering bin. Also, there are various rotary valves at the bottom of the dryer which ensure even circulation to facilitate even circulation and uniform grain moisture content. C: Importance of automatic moisture control SUNCUEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s low temperature re-circu-

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lating paddy-wheat grain dryer can be operated independently or connected together as a large-scale drying center. Grains can be dried right after harvest immediately so the opportunity of producing aflatoxin can be reduced. Each SUNCUE low temperature re-circulating paddy-wheat grain dryer is embedded with a computerized moisture meter, which can automatically detect the grain moisture value. Dryers stop operation automatically when the grain moisture reaches a set moisture value. No professional operator is required. Grains can maintain at the same quality level from each batch without worrying about over-drying, uneven drying and yellowish rice in storage.

Utilizing innovative green technology SUNCUE utilises innovative green technology to achieve environmental protection, energy conservation, low CO2 emissions and earth care goals. SUNCUE, a Taiwanese company, established in 1966, is the leading manufacturer

of grain dryer with superior research & develop capability. There are hundreds of systems implemented successfully worldwide ranging from several tons to several thousands of tons of handling capacity every day. For satisfying big capacity corn drying customers, SUNCUE also has the re-circulating dryer especially for maize.

The future Looking to the future, SUNCUE will continuously manufacture value added products and bring the most benefits to customers. Our vision will always be to become the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;leading pioneer in quality and performance, to satisfy customer needs, and to continue its leadership well into the future.

More Information: Suncue Company Ltd 396 Min Sheng Rd Wu Feng Taichung, 413 Taiwan Tel :+ 886 4 23397171 Fax:+ 886 4 23302939 Email: suncue@ms10.hinet.net Website: www.suncue.com

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Book review Global Food and Agricultural Institutions

his is the thirty-first volume in the dynamic series on ‘global institutions’, written by D. John Shaw. He has been involved with and worked for the United Nations World Food Program. He was there at the beginning in 1963, he has also been a consultant with the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations

(FAO) and currently he is on the International Editorial Board of the Journal of Food Policy. Chapter one looks at the background of the current poverty and hunger in the world, it also covers the global crises related to the spread of genetically modified (GM) crops, and dramatic increases in food and oil prices. He also covers the issues of global warming and globalization that is exacerbating the poverty and hunger in the world today. In chapter two he covers the origins of the four United Nation organisations the FAO, World Bank, WFP and IFAD that are

concerned with food and agriculture. Charting their beginnings from 1941 with the speech of Franklin D. Roosevelt gave at the joint session of the US Congress. In chapter three, he looks at the mandates, governance starting with the four UN bodies. He also covers the financing arrangement of each of the four global food and agricultural institution in turn. Looking at how each has their own arrangement for managing their operations. Chapter four looks at the policies, programs and projects of each of the four institutions. Instead, an attempt is made to provide a broad sweep of the activities undertaken with a concentration of what are regarded as their key activities. The finale chapter looks at the future directions that the four UN institutes might take, in the meantime, many significant changes have taken place in the world in which they operate. An interesting book not for everyone, but a remarkable book full of good solid information and certainly a good tool, this book is essential reading for all academics, students and anyone with an interest in international organisations, agricultural development and economic and humanitarian affairs.

ISBN 978-0-415-44504-7

Sustainable Agriculture

ustainable agriculture is a collection of review articles that look at current agricultural issues and knowledge and then make proposals for alternative solutions. This publication was released in 2009, and was edited by E. Lichtfuse, M. Navarrete, P. Debaeke, S. Veronique and C. Alberola.

This publication is split into seven sections with each reviewing a specific subject. Chapter one, looks at climate change, and reviews soils and sustainable agriculture, also food sufficiency and soils. Other subjects covered in section one are denitrification at sub zero temperatures in arable soils, re-thinking the conservations of carbon, water and soil. The influence of land use on carbon and erosion in Mexico. Chapter two reviews articles on genetically modified organisms, pharmaceutical crops in California also the benefits and risks. Coexistence of genetically modified, (GM) and non-GM crops in the European Union (EU). The agro-environmental effects due to altered cultivation practices with GM crops mainly herbicide tolerant oilseed rape. Chapter three reviews biodiversity: ecology and diversity of Bdellovibrio and similar organisms, also their dynamics in

predator-prey interactions. Description of a strategy based on population and model strain studies, progress in mechanisms of mutual effect between plants and the environment. Biodiversity function and assessment in agricultural regions, mixing plant species in cropping systems. Chapter four reviews alternative controls for weed management and sustainable pest management. It also looks at the role of nutrients in controlling the plant disease in sustainable agriculture. Another area it reviews was to do with crop protection, managing habitats with integrated farming methods and the use of grass strips to limit surface water mixing with pesticides. Chapter five and six deal with alternative fertilisation, using recycled bio-solids and new farming systems to help develop agriculture in developing countries. Looking at different models of sustainability. Chapter seven reviews the pollutants in agro-systems, from cadmium in soils and cereal grains after the application of sewagesludge, and the storage of pollutants in soils. It also covers the results of the EU project Aqua: Terra. Looking at the effects of metal toxicity on plant growth and metabolism. While reviewing this publication, I found it to be a wellpresented and well-written document with a lot more information contained than I had expected. I believe it would be a great source of material for scientists, professors, farmers and politicians as well as the decision makers within the agricultural environment.

ISBN: 978-90-481-2665-1

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16th - 17th February

JANUARY 31st January - 4th February

IAOM-KSU Managing Mill Performance Course, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA Contact: IAOM Course Administrator, 10100 W 87th Street, Suite 306, Overland Park, KS 66212, USA Tel: +1 913 3383377 Fax: +1 913 3383553 Email: info@iaom.info Web: www.iaom.info/courses & workshops/ residentcourses.htm

February 1st - 4th February

Cereals-Mixed Feed-Veterinary--2011, AllRussian Exhibition Centre Moscow, Russia Contact: Tatiana Sokolova, P.O.Box 34, Moscow, 129223, Russia Tel: +7 495 7555035 Fax: +7 495 7556769 Email: ts@expokhleb.com Web: www.breadbusiness.ru

1st - 2nd February

GLOBALG.A.P Public Workshop CFM (Compound Feed Manufacturing), Santiago/ Chile Contact: Daniela Fabiszisky, GLOBALG.A.P Spichernstr.55 50672 Cologne Germany Tel: +49 221 5799333 Fax: +49 221 5799389 Email: fabiszisky@globalgap.org Web: www.globalgap.org

7th - 8th February

GLOBALG.A.P Public Workshop Crops, Berlin, Germany Contact: Daniela Fabiszisky, GLOBALG.A.P Spichernstr.55 50672 Cologne Germany Tel: +4922157993 33 Fax: +4922157993 89 Email: fabiszisky@globalgap.org Web: www.globalgap.org

9th - 9th February

Quality in Powder Handling, Kent, UK Contact: Caroline Chapman, The Wolfson Centre for Bulk Solids Handling Technology, University of Greenwich, Central Avenue, Chatham Maritime, Kent, ME4 4TB, UK Tel: +44 20 8331 8646 Fax: +44 20 8331 8647 Email: Wolfson-enquiries@gre.ac.uk Web: www.bulksolids.com

22nd - 25th February The International Poultry and livestock Catalogue Show 2011, Khartoum International Fair Ground, Sudan Contact: Ahmed Adel Saleh, 28 Refaa Street, Doki post code 12311, Cairo, Egypt Tel: +20 10 1586666 Fax: +20 2 33366222 Email: info@thecatalogueshow.com Web: www.thecatalogueshow.com, Web: www.sudanpoultry.com

27th February - 1st March

28th February - 2nd March

Middle East Grains Trade Summit, Dubai, UAE Contact: Eileen David, No. 1 Grange Road, #08-02 Orchard Building, Singapore 239693 Tel: +65 65082458 Fax: +65 65082407 Email: Eileen.david@ibcasia.com.sg Web: www.mideastgrainstrade.com/

march 2nd - 2nd March

GLOBALG.A.P Tour2011 New Delhi (India), Shangri-La Hotel New Delhi, India Contact: Nina Kretschmer, c/o GLOBALGAP Foodplus GmbH, Spichernstr.55, D-50672 Cologne, Germany Tel: +49 221 57993693 Fax: +49 221 5799389 Email: kretschmer@globalgap.org Web: www.tour2011.org

3rd - 4th March

GLOBALG.A.P Public Workshop CFM (Compound Feed Manufacturing), New Delhi, India Contact: Daniela Fabiszisky, GLOBALG.A.P Spichernstr.55 50672 Cologne Germany Tel: +4922157993 33 Fax: +4922157993 89 Email: fabiszisky@globalgap.org Web: www.globalgap.org

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GEAPS Exchange 2011, Portland, Oregon, USA Contact: Laura Hietala, 4248 Park Glen Road Minneapolis, MN 55416 USA Tel: +1 952 9284640 Fax: +1 952 9291318 Email: laurah@geaps.com Web: www.geaps.com

10th - 12th February

India Contact: Geetika Malhotra, #923/9, Urban Estate, Karnal, Haryana, India Tel: +91 999 1705003 Fax: +91 184 2231050 Email: isrmex@pixie.co.in Web: www.isrmexindia.com

3rd World Grains Trade summit, Singapore Contact: Angelia Lim, Centre for Management Technology, 80 Marine Parade Road, #13-02 Parkway Parade, 449269 Singapore Tel: +65 634 55701 Fax: +65 634 55701 Email: angelia@cmtsp.com.sg Web: www.cmtevents.com

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VIV Asia 2011, BITEC, Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre, Bangkok, Thailand Contact: Anneke van Rooijen, P.O. Box 8800, 3503 RV Utrecht, The Netherlands Tel: +31 30 2952772 Fax: +31 30 2952809 Email: viv.asia@vnuexhibitions.com Web: www.viv.net

12th - 12th April

Buhler-KSU Expert Milling Course, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA Contact: IAOM Course Administrator, 10100 W 87th Street, Suite 306, Overland Park, KS 66212, USA Tel: +1 913 3383377 Fax: +1 913 3383553 Email: info@iaom.info Web: www.iaom.info/courses & workshops/ residentcourses.htm

21st - 24th April

AGRA Middle East, Dubai International Exhibition Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Contact: Rizwan Mustafa, PO Box 28943, Dubai – UAE Tel: +971 4 4072424 Fax: +971 4 4072485 Email: rizwan.mustafa@iirme.com Web: www.agramiddleeast.com

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II Latin American Cereal Conference, Santiago, Chile Contact: Nicole Hargous, El Rosal 4644, Santiago, Chile. Tel: +56 2 7400123 Fax: +56 2 740-0176 Email: info@lacerealconference.com Web: www.lacerealconference.com

2nd - 6th May

115th IAOM Annual Conference & Expo, Hyatt Regency San Antonio, Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA, USA Contact: Shannon Henson, 10100 W. 87th Street, Suite 306, Overland Park, Kansas 66212, USA Tel: +1 913-338-3377 Fax: +1 913-338-3553 Email: dme@iaom.info Web: www.iaom.info

12th - 12th April

4th International Flour, Semolina, Rice, Corn, Bulghur, Feed Milling Technologies & Pulse, Pasta, Biscuit Technologies Exhibition, Istanbul Expo Center, Turkey Contact: Gunes NUKAN, Gülbag Mh. Cemal Sururi Sk. Halim Meriç is Merkezi K:7 D: 35 Mecidiyeköy, Istanbul, Turkey Tel: +902 123 473164 Fax: +902 122 120204 Email: gunes@idma.com.tr Web: www.idma.com.tr

april 10th - 13th April

GLOBALG.AP. Tour2011 – Mexico City, Mexico City, Sheraton Maria Isabel Hotel and Towers, Mexico Contact: Nina Kretschmer, c/o GLOBALGAP Foodplus GmbH, Spichernstr.55, D-50672 Cologne, Germany Tel: +49 221 57993693 Fax: +49 221 5799389 Email: kretschmer@globalgap.org Web: www.tour2011.org

29th - 31st March

Buhler-KSU Mill Maintenance, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA Contact: IAOM Course Administrator, 10100 W 87th Street, Suite 306, Overland Park, KS 66212, USA Tel: +1 913 3383377 Fax: +1 913 3383553 Email: info@iaom.info Web: www.iaom.info/courses & workshops/ residentcourses.htm

21st - 25th March

AgroFarm International Exhibition for Animal Husbandry and Breeding, All-Russian Exhibition Centre, Moscow, Russia Contact: Ghenadie Mindru, DLG International GmbH, Eschborner Landstr. 122, 60489 Frankfurt am Main, Germany Tel: +49 69 24788278 Fax: +49 69 24788138 Email: agrofarm@dlg.org Web: www.agrofarm.org

Storage and Discharge of Powders and Bulk Solids, Kent, UK Contact: Caroline Chapman, The Wolfson Centre for Bulk Solids Handling Technology, University of Greenwich, Central Avenue, Chatham Maritime, Kent, ME4 4TB, UK Tel: +44 20 83318646 Fax: +44 20 83318647 Email: Wolfson-enquiries@gre.ac.uk Web: www.bulksolids.com

Powder Containment, Kent, UK Contact: Caroline Chapman, The Wolfson Centre for Bulk Solids Handling Technology, University of Greenwich, Central Avenue, Chatham Maritime, Kent, ME4 4TB, UK Tel: +44 20 8331 8646 Fax: +44 20 8331 8647 Email: Wolfson-enquiries@gre.ac.uk Web: www.bulksolids.com

3rd - 5th May Victam International, Cologne, Germany Contact: Patricia Heimgartner, Box 197, 3860 Ad Nijkerk, The Netherlands Tel: + 31 33 246 4404 Fax: + 31 33 246 4706 Email: Expo@victam.com Web: www.victam.com

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Events 21st Annual International Association of Operative Millers Mideast & Africa District Conference & Expo in Cape Town, South Africa

he 21st Annual IAOM (International Association of Operative Millers) Mideast & Africa District Confe re nce & E x p o w a s successfully held from 22 – 25 November 2010 in Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), South Africa. Overall more than 600 delegates participated from 55 different countries representing multitr ade gr ain houses, f lour millers, government authorities and commodity traders. The exhibition featured 84 stands in total. The exhibiting companies came from 20 different countries representing grain traders, machiner y manufactures, food processing and packing companies, and other experts from the industry. The three-day Conference discussed industry and

management related topics. The first day was dedicated to the technical and educational sessions with highlights on changing trends in bread consumption, flour fortification and environmental issues. The Trading session on the second day mainly focusing on the wheat situation in Australia, Canada, EU, South America, Russia and the US enriched by a workshop on the world wheat supply and demand. New development technologies for the milling industry were revealed during the What’s New session on the 3rd day. It was therefore a fantastic opportunity for flour millers, machinery suppliers, grain traders and other allied trade professionals to learn new trends in technology innovation and better milling practices. A new concept was implemented on the last day of the conference

by discussing management related topics including risk management, changing dietary requirements and a six-sigma training. Mr Ali Habaj, the secretary general/treasurer of IAOM MEA District, declared “we are very happy with the conference in South Africa. It is the first time for IAOM Mideast & Africa District to go there and we are very pleased to see the response from South African millers and grain traders as we have more than 100 South African delegates for the first time”. After the successful completion of the conference during the closing ceremony the Jordanian flag was handed over by Mr Jannie de Villiers, the Conference Chairman of National Chamber of Milling, South Africa, to Ms Yula Karaviotes, the first woman in the history of IAOM

MEA District as Conference Chairperson for next year. She is also the general manager of Amman Grand Flour Mills, Jordan. Ms Karaviotes will be the local host for the 22nd IAOM MEA District Conference and Expo to be held in Dead Sea, Jordan from 2-5 October 2011. Registration opening will be announced during early spring of 2011. Ms Yula Karaviotes declared, “we are looking forward to host the IAOM in Jordan. It was first hosted in Jordan in the year 1999 and it is coming back after 11 years”. The IAOM MEA Conference & Expo is held annually rotating between the Middle East and Africa regions. This is the largest event of the milling and grain trading industry within the region. More

4th China International Agribusiness Summit 2011 - Sustaining Your Profitability of Agribusiness

GLOBALG.A.P Join the GLOBALG.A.P Team for latest information to assist Good Agricultural Practice implementation and for the very best networking opportunities.

18-20 May, 2011 Swissôtel Beijing Hong Kong Macau Center, Beijing, China

rganized by Duxes Business Consulting Inc . and endor sed by power ful organiz ations around the world, 4th China International A gribusiness Summit 2011 will take place on 18-20 May, 2011 in Beijing, China. The fact that lots of problems of agriculture remain unresolved drives demand and limits supply, thus leading to skyrocketing prices of major agricultural products. No.1 central document released by China government is conse cu t ive ly focu sing on rural problems and drafting committee of Grain Law is making further changes and specific arrangements, which attracts more attention to agribusiness. 50 | January - February 2011

With the successes of prev io u s t hre e su m mi t s , the 4th China International Agribusiness Summit 2011 will be held on May 18 -20, 2011 in Beijing, China with the recommendation of previous speakers and delegates. The pre-event of this summit will focus on the Cold Ch ain Logis t ic s P l anning for Agricultural Products. The summit will provide an ef fective plat form for the par ticipants to learn l at e s t ind u s t r i al policie s and regulations, to explore Chinese agriculture market, and to analyze prices and demand and supply of agricultur al produc t s. The summit will help to optimize grain logistics system and recognize the

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importance of agri-chemical for minimizing business risk and realize health, safet y and environment. Speakers from Chinese central gove r n m e n t li ke N D RC , AQSIQ, SAG, MOA, National Technic al Commit tee on Logistics of Standardization Ad minis t r at io n of Chin a a s well a s world - le ading companies including COFCO, CP Group, New Hope Group, CNCRC, ADM, Bunge and Cargill etc. will share with the attendees their precious experience and opinions on China agriculture industry. For registration or enquiries, please send email to events@ duxes.cn. For more information, please visit the official event website www.duxes-events.com/ agri_4.

2011 is the year where the fourth version of the Integrated Farm Assurance Standard becomes effective. This version has many features, regarding traceability, pesticide use, IPM, water use, and produce microbiological food safety. During the last few years our members and stakeholders have been working together to improve our standards covering all the main types of primary production. We are on TOUR again in 2011 – and we will come to your region with first hand information about GLOBALG.A.P and our latest tools and developments.

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WEBLINKS

2011 related links

In every issue of GFMT, we will be providing a list of companies and web links related to key stories and topics within each specific issue. If you would like information on how your company can get involved, please contact our Marketing Manager, Caroline Wearn. Email: carolinew@gfmt.co.uk | Tel: +44 1242 267707

Adifo N.V. = www.adifo.com Almex b.v. = www.almex.nl Animine = www.animine.eu BDC Systems Limited = www.bdcsystems.com Braime Elevator Components Ltd = www.go4b.com

NABIM = www.nabim.org.uk

Buhler AG = www.buhlergroup.com

nv SCE = www.sce.be

Cargill = www.cargillanimalnutrition.com

Obial = www.obial.com.tr

Chief Industries UK Ltd = www.chief.co.uk

Optivite International Ltd = www.optivite.co.uk/

Consergra s.l = www.consergra.com

Ottevanger Milling Engineers B.V. = www.ottevanger.com

De Lacy Executive Ltd = www.delacyexecutive.co.uk

RDS Technology Ltd = www.rdstec.com

Dr Eckel GmbH = www.dr-eckel.de

Rospen Industries Ltd = www.rospen.com

Edme Ltd = www.edme.com

Satake Corporation = www.satake-japan.co.jp

Extru-Tech = www.extru-techinc.com

Satake Europe Ltd = www.satake-europe.com

FEFAC = www.fefac.org

Shanghai ZhengChang International Machinery and

Garner Industries = www.garnerindustries.com

Engineering Co., Ltd = www.zhengchang.com

Hydronix Ltd = www.hydronix.com

Silos Cordoba = www.siloscordoba.com

IAOM Mideast & Africa District = www.iaom-mea.com

Suncue Company Ltd = www.suncue.com

JSConwell Ltd =

Tornum AB = www.tornum.se

Lallemand Animal Nutrition = www.

TSC B.V. = www.tsc-silos.com

lallemandanimalnutrition.com

Wenger Manufacturing Inc. = www.wenger.com

Leonhard Breitenbach GmbH = www.breitenbach.de

Wynveen International B.V. = www.wynveen.com/

Limagrain UK Ltd = www.limagrain.co.uk Mathews Company = www.mathewscompany.com Mogensen Raw Materials Handling = www.mogensen.co.uk Muhlenchemie GmbH & Co KG = www.stern-wywiol-gruppe.de Muyang Group = www.muyang.com

Innovative extrusion processes without limits. Buhler is the global technology partner for companies producing breakfast cereals, snack foods, or food ingredients on a commercial scale. With its extensive extrusion know-how and its passion for customized solutions, Buhler is always in a position to generate added value and success for any product idea. Buhler offers an integral range of products and services for all process stages – from correct raw material handling, cooking and shaping through extrusion to drying of the extruded products. And this for all market segments – from breakfast cereals and snack foods to modified flours and starches, texturised proteins, or vitaminised rice. In short: extrusion processes without limits. Bühler AG, Pasta & Extruded Products, CH-9240 Uzwil, Switzerland, T +41 71 955 11 11, F +41 71 955 35 82 extrusion@buhlergroup.com, www.buhlergroup.com/extrusion

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