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John Buckley

What’s likely to happen next?

That’s what we are all waiting for isn’t it? The next calamity that will challenge us in the way we go about feeding a growing population affordably.

It’s an expectation I have, based on the experience from the past three years of disruption – another unexpected global challenge. We weren’t prepared for any of the global events that have happened recently, yet what could we have done differently given hindsight with 20:20 vision?

I’m beginning to think that we could not have planned effectively to avoid these disasters even if we had fully appreciated them, at the time, including the impact from issues such as climatic change on food production, the pandemic and its resulting impact on global commerce and the war in the Ukraine with its international implications for energy and food production costs.

While there is much that could be debated in this statement, turning our attention to the future and planning for future global interruptions should be a priority and we should expect the role of governments everywhere to be working in greater harmony.

All three challenges of the immediate past and present show us how fragile our joined-up world has become and we haven’t even considered the likely consequences from other challenges that we face longer term, such as the causes of mass migration, the flouting of human rights, fresh water availability, human health challenges, antibiotic resistance and of course poverty and how to respond to them.

The question must be asked, “Are our governments, through bodies such as the United Nations and related NGOs, fit for purpose when it comes to dealing with these global issues mentioned above?” I would like to think so and given my lowlevel association with these groups in the past, I have to say there is very little evidence that they are managing to roll back on these matters that still threaten all our futures.

However, where do we go from here? Continue to trust exclusively in our governments and their joined-up global groups or look to alternative approaches. James Cooper, our MAG Correspondent, attempts to bring greater clarity to the possibilities of change within our food supply structure in his feature on 'Opportunities and Threats in a Globalised world - and how does Africa become self-sufficient.'

Changing attitudes

Over the past three years I have seen a significant shift in attitude towards globalisation.

There are those who think that local is best and if adopted wholeheartedly could resolve many of the above issues identified. And that approach is laudable if extreme.

However, there is clear evidence that globalisation and the sharing of the world’s resources in food production is necessary. Industry is more aware than ever of its impact on the

environment globally, its use of water resources, its dependence on energy supplies and the cost to the planet of moving raw materials and finished goods around the world.

Great advances are being made in all these areas – again, particularly in food production - in bringing about efficiencies in the manufacture of products no matter where they are produced.

It’s not just a matter of buying local and shifting our dependence from international supply to reduce food miles for example, when we all rely on products such as the mobile phone, which is made in strategic locations around the world using components that are provided via a global network of suppliers.

‘Big is not always best’ in every situation I know, and complete globalisation might not be the solution either. However, countries want and need to produce their own food for all sorts of reasons including achieving greater food security. We only have to look at the current plans Singapore is adopting to understand why.

Producing nutritious, safe and affordable protein- and energyrich foodstuffs through a combination of local and global supply is what we should be striving for and which will help us meet challenges in times of severe need.

When I pick up a 150g pack of asparagus spears in my local supermarket to see that it has come all the way from Peru, I do not think negatively of the unnecessary air miles that it took for a plane to bring them into my country - that plane was making the journey anyway - nor that asparagus are grown locally but of the farmer, the processor and the exporter in Peru who all earn valuable foreign exchange from my purchase and in turn can feed their families better, educate their children and look towards a more rewarding and prosperous future.

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Eurotier 22 - Interview with Addcon

Christoph Hutter, the sales director for Addcon’s Business Unit for Feed talks to Roger Gilbert, the publisher of Milling and Grain and International Petfood magazines, about this long-established German family company joining with the Italian Esseco Group during the 2022 EuroTier Exhibition, which was a four-day event held in Hannover, Germany from November 15-18, 2022. Esseco, based in San Martino, Trecate near Milan in Italy is an industrial chemical group that has been creating technological innovation and improving production techniques of inorganic chemical products, such as highquality sodium, ammonium and potassium derivatives, for global supply into a broad range of industries including water treatment, the feed and food and agriculture industries for almost a century. The partnership was set up just prior to the introduction of the Covid Pandemic towards the end of 2019, and this is one of the first opportunities Addcon has had to exhibit under its new partnership arrangement. Addcon will retain and enlarge its branding and customer base under the agreement. To view the interview, visit Milling and Grain’s home page and follow the MAGTv link.

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Welcome to the January edition of Milling and Grain magazine, the first of the new year and the first Global Miller column along with it. I hope that the New Year has treated you all well and that everyone is prepared for 2023!

Winter is exceptionally cold here in the UK, so we’re all bundled up in puffy coats and woolly hats and scarves. And, with the echoes of the New Years’ fireworks welcoming us into the year, everyone is taking down their Christmas decorations and preparing their New Year resolutions. I’m sure no one will forget or break their resolutions, especially not me.

Unlike many getting a break over the winter holidays, farmers remain busy in this cold month following the new year. For livestock farmers, it’s time to start weaning the calves and feeding the sheep sugar beets and sheep nuts. Arable farmers though need to spread the slurry, preparing for the silage or hay that will be taken later in the year. General farm maintenance is also best to get done around now too. Things such as repairs, painting, cleaning etc.

Here in the UK though outside of the farming world, protests and strikes are happening all over the place. You could just want to catch a bus or train for a hospital appointment and find that not only are the buses and trains incredibly late or cancelled, but the nurses and doctors are walking out too, so you arrive late for your appointment, to find that it wasn’t going to happen in the first place anyway. It’s a little nuts here, I tell you.

For a sneaky peak into our news surrounding the world however, Alapala builds a sixth flour mill located in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Cargill and Owensboro Grain Company enter into a large agreement in North America and ADM and its partners win the award for Field to Market’s Collaboration of the Year. So much exciting news and more can be read in this edition and can also be found on both our website and blog.

Discussing the world further, we go into the depths of Europe with a spectacular report filled with images of Eurotier 2022 in Hanover, Germany. Members of our team went to Germany for Eurotier and we got to meet a bunch of incredible people and companies. It was a wonderful time and you can hear more about it in our events section.

Now, with the rest of the year ahead of us, new projects and plans are bound to begin or be well underway. New collaborations will start, machinery to be promoted and more. If you or your company have any exciting news to do with any of this, events, machinery, feed, please send it to us. Editorial is free and we’re happy to publish your news and stories in our magazine or website.

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Milling Journal is a new online publication by Perendale Publishers Ltd., United Kingdom with its distinguished track record of technical and trade magazines in the agricultural, aquaculture and food sciences. This new peer-reviewed scientific journal will serve academia and the commercial milling sectors and related cereal and grain industries with high-quality papers. Milling is at the heart of products for both the human and the animal feed sector. It is envisaged to address fundamental and advanced technologies in the conversion of grain, cereals, pulses and legumes via milling to create diverse and bespoke secondary products. For example, ground wheat, corn, oats, barley, sorghum, beans and peas are widely used for human foods. The downstream byproducts of bioethanol and potable alcohol from fermentation of ground grain are notable areas for research findings towards provision of sustainable animal feed ingredients.

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

Given the diversity of different types of commercial pet diets ranging from wet, canned and extruded dry diets, treats and speciality diets, there is much scope to provide information on advances and discoveries. The rapidly growing aquaculture market is also very dependent on these technologies and scientific papers exploring such areas are also to be welcomed.

Manuscripts can consist of scientific work in the form of typical standard papers, short scientific communications or as review articles.

In essence, Milling Journal will appeal to the veterinary practitioner, scientist, technician, feed manufacturer and at various levels in academia such as undergraduate, masters, PhD students and post-doctoral researcher being an invaluable source of validated information and a potential location for their own research findings.

The manuscripts will be fully peer-reviewed by appropriate members of our editorial board and approved finally by the Editor-in Chief.

These OA papers will be available on our official website millingandgrain.co.uk and printed in the magazine as well as being downloadable. Links will be provided within our existing Milling and Grain magazine.

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Adisseo, one of the worldwide leaders in nutritional solutions and additives for animal feed, announces its participation in the new closing round of China’s first Agri-food tech VC Bits x Bites, a venture fund investing in early-stage startups with transformative technologies to address the most critical challenges in the food system in China. This investment is part of Adisseo’s strategy which focuses on activities at the forefront of the modern agricultural and livestock revolution: animal health, feed and nutrition and digital technologies serving the livestock industry.

Jean-Francois Rous, Adisseo Executive VP Research & Innovation, states, “Adisseo is a unique company committed to strategic investments in new disruptive technologies, in order to enrich our portfolio of R&D innovations while respecting a mode of sustainable growth.”

Joining this fund is also part of Adisseo’s Open Innovation initiatives to integrate Adisseo in the key innovation ecosystems in the planet, to accelerate the scouting and collaboration with startups developing disruptive technologies in the fields of Precision Livestock

Farming (PLF), alternative proteins for feed, carbon footprint reduction technologies applied to our production processes and novel feed additives and services supporting sustainable animal production.

“Adisseo has been proactively following the development of disruptive technologies in agriculture, in animal production, and has invested in startups through investment funds like in Europe and Latin America. Another example is Adisseo’s direct involvement in the Calysseo JV whose aim is to implement a novel technology (Single Cell Protein) into the Asian aquaculture market in cooperation with a Californian High-Tech company,” adds Guy Harari, Senior Global Director and one of the Adisseo’s representatives in Bits x Bites fund.

Adisseo aims to contribute to the AgTech China ecosystem and pushes for more focus in animal production disruptive technologies, providing innovative feed additives solutions for antibiotics substitution, developing smart farming to improve monitoring and performance prediction, increasing food safety, and promoting sustainable production methods.

Adisseo is the only animal nutritional expert in the new round of investors. Other investors include industry leaders such as Syngenta Group Ventures, Wilbur Ellis, ESCO, and EDBI in Singapore and ADQ in Abu Dhabi and other reputable financial institutions and family offices. Continued support comes from Temasek in Singapore.

Bits x Bites’s raised USD$100 million for its fund in an oversubscribed close.

Adisseo announces its participation in the new closing round of China’s first Agri-food tech VC Bits x Bites

Ÿnsect accelerates its international development in North America

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nsect, a certified B Corp company and world leader in the production of premium insect-based ingredients, is entering an accelerated phase of international development with the signing of a memorandum of understanding with Ardent Mills for an industrial facility in the United States and the signing of a joint development agreement with Corporativo Kosmos in Mexico.

These agreements were signed just as Ÿnsect launched the world's largest insect farm in Amiens, France, with a height of 36m and a building surface area of 40,000m2. With the arrival of the first insects on site in recent weeks, the livestock's growth phase has already started. The operation of the facility will be rolled out over the next few months, with each site's remaining workshops to be phased into operation.

With Ÿnsect having already sold more than the capacity of the Amiens site in the coming years, taking on new projects is key to matching the growing demand from its customers. This will also allow Ÿnsect to build on the momentum for its premium ingredients while fostering a positive impact on ecosystems.

The partnership announcements in the United States and Mexico reflect Ÿnsect's development ambitions, with plans to build 10 to 15 farms worldwide by 2030. Ÿnsect plans to expand its activities on all continents to help meet the challenge of feeding more than 8.5 billion people in a healthy and sustainable way by 2030.

In order to do this, Ÿnsect is focusing its developments within the heart of agricultural areas to increase easy access to raw materials used to feed the insects, such as agricultural co-products from the cereal industry. The choice of these strategic locations, with close proximity to resources needed, reflects the company's commitment to limit the impact of its activity on the environment, including CO2 emissions and water consumption. Ÿnsect has adopted a circular economy model based on its vertical farms to create value chains aligned with the Paris COP21 agreements.

An agreement with Ardent Mills to accelerate Ÿnsect's implementation in North America

Through this agreement, Ÿnsect affirms its intention to expand its insect-based ingredient production activities in the United States. As part of this expansion, Ÿnsect will explore synergies with Ardent Mills, the leading supplier of wheat flour in North America, with the aim of starting the construction of a new site in 2023. This agreement follows the acquisition of Jord Producers, the group's first farm on US soil, in Nebraska in March 2022.

"We have many synergies with Ÿnsect in the sense that both our companies are striving to help positively transform the way in which the world is fed. We are excited to explore sustainable food and ingredient production opportunities with Ÿnsect, which has unique expertise in producing insect-based ingredients," says Angie Goldberg, Director of Development at Ardent Mills.

'Ÿnsect wants to help reinvent the global food system with a focus on sustainability. That's why we are very excited about this agreement with Ardent Mills, the leading North American milling company. This marks the beginning of potential exciting collaborations between two key players in the global food industry," adds Antoine Hubert, CEO and co-founder of Ÿnsect.

This agreement comes at a symbolic time as the French President Emanuel Macron undertakes his second State visit to the US to meet with President Biden, for an encounter focused on the industry, space and climate. Antoine Hubert was part of the official delegation where he was able to highlight the benefits of Ynsect's technologies for the reindustrialization and food sovereignty of France, Europe and the United States, while respecting planetary limits.

An exclusive agreement with Corporativo Kosmos for a first location in Mexico

Ÿnsect and Corporativo Kosmos, a leading provider of food and general services in Mexico, have also just signed a joint development agreement to establish and operate a first insect farm in Mexico, with construction also aiming to start before the end of 2023. This agreement marks the culmination of a year-long collaboration between these two key players in the global food industry. Mexico is the leading country in the world in terms of human consumption of insects and insect-based proteins. In addition, this insect farm will bring Ÿnsect closer to the United States, by far the largest future market for insect proteins.

"We are particularly pleased with our continued collaboration with Ÿnsect, a company that has developed unique expertise in insect production. The future Mexican production site will allow us to combine the best of our expertise to provide a quality and sustainable product offering," says Jack Landsmanas, President of Corporativo Kosmos.

Wynnstay Group Plc acquires Tamar Milling Limited

Wynnstay, the agricultural supplies group, announced that it has acquired the entire share capital of Tamar Milling Limited (Tamar), a manufacturer and supplier of blended feed products, for an initial consideration of UK£1.4 million, with a deferred consideration of up to UK£0.1 million payable dependent on performance. The acquisition is expected to be immediately earning enhancing.

Established in 1994, Tamar is based in Whitstone, Cornwall, and manufactures and supplies a range of blended and coarse mix feed rations for dairy cows, cattle, and sheep to approximately 250 farmers, mainly in the south-west of England. Approximately 25,000 tonnes of feed is supplied annually. Tamar also operates a successful 'on-farm' grain milling service for farmers wanting to use home-grown or purchased grain in their livestock rations. Following its acquisition, Tamar's founder, Nick Furse, will join Wynnstay in a senior commercial feed role and continue to lead Tamar's operations.

In the year ended 30 September 2021, Tamar generated revenues of UK£6.40 million, and a profit before tax of UK£0.42 million.

The acquisition of Tamar is in line with the Group's strategy of acquiring businesses that complement its existing activities and bring further benefits. Tamar significantly strengthens the Company's presence in the south-west of England, adds a new farming customer base, additional supply chain relationships and significant cross-selling opportunities. It also establishes Wynnstay with its first feed manufacturing facility in the region, enabling it to provide its own bulk feed offering in the area.

The initial consideration of UK£1.4 million paid on completion is subject to a net asset adjustment to be calculated based on completion accounts. The deferred consideration of up to UK£0.1 million is payable dependent on product volumes transacted in the first twelve months following completion. The Group is funding the acquisition from its existing resources.

The acquisition of Tamar is the potential acquisition referred to in the Company's announcement of 17 August. The second larger potential acquisition referred to in the same announcement is no longer under consideration as commercially acceptable terms were not reached. The Company continues to review a number of acquisition opportunities that meet its strategic priorities.

Gareth Davies, Chief Executive Officer of Wynnstay Group plc, commented “Tamar is a long-established, high-quality manufacturer and supplier of blended animal feed and on-farm grain milling services to farmers in the south-west of England. Like Wynnstay, it places a strong emphasis on customer service, and has a significant customer base.”

“Tamar is highly complementary and will be immediately earnings enhancing. It fulfils multiple acquisition criteria. It increases our presence in the south-west, adds new farmer customers and provides us with our first feed manufacturing facility in the area. We look forward to working with our new colleagues and to continuing Tamar's successful growth.”

DSM starts construction of a new manufacturing facility to increase global production of Bovaer®

Royal DSM, a global purpose-led science-based company active in Health, Nutrition and Bioscience, has begun construction of a new manufacturing facility at its site in Dalry, Scotland. The plant will significantly increase global production of Bovaer®, DSM's unique methane-reducing feed additive for cattle. In an official groundbreaking ceremony attended by the First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, and Dimitri de Vreeze, Co-CEO of DSM, the company marked the next step in its plan to use Bovaer® to reduce global methane emissions and contribute to worldwide methane reduction targets.

DSM announced that planning had started during the UN Climate Change Conference last year in Glasgow. Construction officially began November 30 on a facility that will help DSM scale-up production of Bovaer® in the coming years and marks another milestone in the company's ambition to bring its methane-reducing feed additive to the market worldwide. This development of DSM's Dalry site has been supported by the Scottish Government through Scottish Enterprise, the national agency supporting economic development and innovation.

Reducing methane emissions is crucial for keeping warming below the 1.5°C target outlined in the Paris Agreement. Over 100 countries have signed a Global Methane Pledge, agreeing to reduce global methane emissions by at least 30 percent by 2030. The addition of new signatories in recent months, such as Australia in October 2022, underscores growing recognition of the need for urgent action. Ruminants (mainly cows) emit around 20 percent of all methane gases globally, so reducing emissions in ruminant herds will play a vital role in meeting global climate ambitions.

Bovaer® is a feed additive that can achieve an average enteric methane reduction of 30 percent in dairy cows, and 45 percent in beef cattle (with some tests showing reductions of up to 90%). DSM has initial product volumes available for near term market development. The product is in the early commercialisation phase in many countries around the world, including the EU/ EEA, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Pakistan, Switzerland, Turkey, and Uruguay. Since the start of the development of Bovaer® an estimate of 15,000 tons of CO2e has been saved, and reductions will accelerate further once the Dalry plant is fully operational, expected in the course of 2025.

Rt Hon Nicola Sturgeon MSP, First Minister of Scotland, says, 'Just one year on from the announcement at COP26, I am very pleased to see the progress being made on site and the fact that spades are now in the ground.

"We are here today to celebrate a world-leading project and multi-million pound investment which will make Scotland the home of this innovative product, underlining that Scotland continues to lead the way in delivering a net zero future.'

Dimitri de Vreeze, Co-CEO of DSM, comments, 'After many years of hard work and dedication, it's a wonderful feeling to attend the groundbreaking ceremony for such a large-scale production facility. This is a historic moment for DSM: We are continuing to deliver on our 2030 methane pledge, one of our food systems commitments. I wish the construction team every success as they develop this plant in the coming years.'

Scottish Enterprise's Chief Executive, Adrian Gillespie, adds, “Today's groundbreaking ceremony is a significant milestone and the next step in delivering such an innovative project for Ayrshire and Scotland.

Royal DSM's Project Bovaer® has the potential to be a game-changer for emissions reductions from cattle. Scottish Enterprise has developed a close relationship with Royal DSM over many years and we were delighted to work with the company to secure Dalry as the home for this global manufacturing opportunity.”

Hanover Street Mills: Re-Planning a Famous Irish Mill Another example of Plansifters Dealing with Soft Wheat Milling journals of the past at The Mills Archive

by Mildred Cookson, Mills Archive Trust, UK

An article in Milling (18 June 1938) described only the second roller mill to be established in Ireland by that date. The buildings, in Hanover Street, Dublin, originally housed an oil crushing plant before being converted to a flour mill. The managing director was Mr. William Brown. His grandfather, a miller at Moniaive in Dumfries, together with his father and uncle, William and Walter came to Ireland and started the Hanover Street business.

These men were ahead of their time, installing porcelain rolls and purifiers before these machines were used to any extent in England. One of the rewards of this enterprise, and one that the article claimed casted an interesting light on their Scottish acumen, was the fact that they were able to buy Lancashire

millers’ offals to re-mill and purify, recovering a profitable percentage of good quality saleable flour. The lesson that good equipment is the finest investment was never lost sight of.

By 1885 the Hanover Street Mills were fully equipped with roller mills and a Mr Hastings Brown of Crewe had just completed three years roller mill experience in the USA. He returned home and worked out a flow chart to suit the mills. The plant required was bought from Messrs Thomas Robinson & Son Ltd of Rochdale, Lancashire, and installed by Mr. Hastings Brown, who was brother of the director of the mill at that time, William Brown.

He had joined the firm in 1888 after spending seven years gaining practical experience of roller milling and joined Robinson’s staff as their technical expert.

The Hanover Street mill was the first to install the Robinson patent dryer and conditioner, type JOm. Most of their wheat was brought in direct from the farms and dried on the JOm.

As the mill was not situated on the dockside the wheat was transported by bulk wagons from their storage at the docks. The screen room did not come within the recent reconstruction scheme but was very efficient and wheat reached the first break rolls in a perfect milling condition.

The object of the re-modelling of the mill was the complete revision of the purification and dressing systems. The new dressing machinery included two No 1a size sextuple JSm type plansifters with detachable clothing frames and three No 1 size LQm type purifiers. All the dressing done on the plansifters with the exception of the last break, its accompanying redresser and the three tail-end reductions.

The new system supplanted rotary graders on the break stocks and performed very fine

by Mildred Cookson, The Mills Archive, UK

The roller floor

The mill building in 1938

work compared to the older machines which had disadvantages compared to the new plansifters. Each of the plansifters was thirteen sieves deep, and this efficiency combined with economy of space simplified the arrangement of the mill with sixteen centrifugal beings reduced to just six.

It also increased the capacity from seven sacks per hour to ten. It was noted that the two 3-inch belts driving the plansifters represented a big saving in power consumption compared to the previous arrangement which drove ten machines, each with its full complement of drives and bearings. The pleasing look of the line of purifiers, their high speed, and self-cleaning metal trunking assured the owners of a better floor layout.

Examination of the flours by means of the Pekar test showed a pleasing colour from first to last. The patent flours were of high quality, and the brands were: “Erin’s Best”, a blended baker’s flour: “Progress”, a strong baker’s flour: “Brown’s Best”, a household flour and “Dainty”, a self-rising flour. Two classes of bran were also produced, fine and broad, the latter being rolled on an existing pair of rolls.

Coming from the fourth break scalper, these products were exceptionally well finished and dusted.

The author commented that this sort of reconstruction did credit to the firm, coming from a long line of millers. It was also another example of an effective Robinson remodel. The extra production of flour in Ireland was followed by the stimulation given to the milling industry by legislation and had then reached the point where competition was increasingly intense. Only a mill efficiently equipped would hope to be successful and it appeared that Messrs. Brown had put themselves in just the right position.

The purifier floor

The plansifter floor

Three members of the Brown family

Alapala completes the 6th Flour Mill in Bangladesh

Alapala recently completed the installation of Sena Flour Mill - the new 300 TPD capacity flour production unit of SKS Holding located in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

SKS (Sena Kalyan Sangstha) is one of the largest holdings of South Asia and Bangladesh, operating as an affiliate of Bangladesh Army. The holding is active in many business fields (food, cement, textile, edible oil, real estate, construction, LPG sectors etc.), as well as having three flour

mills located at different locations in Bangladesh with a total of 430 TPD production capacity.

Being the sixth reference project of Alapala in Bangladesh, the mill is supplied and installed in turnkey basis including the process design, manufacturing, project management, installation and commissioning services.

Sena Flour Mill operates with 300 TPD production capacity, processing high quality imported wheat from different countries to produce different types of flour for domestic market.

Main types of flour production are Maida and Atta, whereas semolina –Sooji, bran, and other by-products are also produced in the plant.

The flour mill is also managed by an advanced automation system which provides a centralised monitoring ability of the entire process from the wheat intake to flour packaging, also an advanced ability for generating very detailed reports (production figures, extraction, etc.). The remote connection feature of the system enables Alapala after-sales team to access the mill whenever technical assistance is required including inspection, error diagnosis, calibration, and troubleshooting.

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Egypt puts wheat for sale on the Egyptian Mercantile Exchange (EMX).

The Egyptian Supply and Internal Trade Ministry announced that “due to the repercussions of the Ukrainian crisis have surfaced and its impact on wheat supplies globally. As a result, quantities of wheat stocks will be offered for sale through the Egyptian Mercantile Exchange (EMX).”

It explained that the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) would be a selling party for the available quantities.

This means that this does not affect the strategic reserve: the Egyptian Holding Company for Silos and Storage (EHCSS) will be the party obligated to deliver.

The ministry continued, “in order for milling companies to benefit from this (trading) on the platform of the EMX. This will also include participation as a buyer of wheat in these auctions, milling companies wishing to apply for these auctions must first register with the EMX.”

Egypt’s state grain buyer, General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) has offered quantities of wheat stocks for sale through the Egyptian Mercantile Exchange (EMX), according to the Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade’s statement.

This action will start on Sunday 27 November to represent the actual launch date for the Egyptian Commodity Exchange, the statement added.

GASC will be the selling party for the available quantities, which does not affect the strategic reserve, and the Egyptian Holding Company for Silos and Storage (EHCSS) will be the delivery party.

On November 7, the Egyptian GASC held an international tender for the purchase of wheat, for which 18 offers were submitted. Romanian and French wheat was offered at $356.45$383/t FOB, the cheapest offer for Russian wheat was $369.95/t, and the only Ukrainian wheat offer was the most expensive at $400/t C&F.

However, GASC, in view of the excessively high prices, canceled the tender, because in August and September it bought wheat at 368 and 340 $/t C&F, and now the prices for Russian wheat on a FOB basis are 310-320 $/t, and the volume of offers is increasing.

Wheat prices continue to fall in Egypt

Wheat quotations on the world exchanges continued to fall under the pressure of the resumption of the grain corridor, the

cancellation of the tender in Egypt, and pending an updated balance sheet from the USDA.

The Egyptian Minister of Supply and Domestic Trade, Ali alMoselhi, announced earlier this month. Egypt has a safe strategic reserve of various essential commodities, and that wheat reserves are sufficient for five months.

During a meeting with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, Moselhi said that the reserves of wheat cover five months, subsidized sugar 4.5 months, and oil 4.8 months.

Egypt's parliament approves a $6 Six billion dollars loan agreement to help buy wheat, fuel products

Egypt's House of Representatives approved on 22 Nov 2022 a $6 billion loan agreement with the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation to help the country meets its basic food commodity needs of imported wheat, fuel products, and petroleum derivatives.

A report by the House's Economic Affairs Committee said the loan agreement will help the Egyptian General Petroleum Organization (EGPO) and the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) import the country's needs of basic food commodities, particularly wheat, and petroleum products.

The report added that the agreement, signed in January 2018, originally stated that the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation would give EGPO and GASC $3 billion. The agreement, however, was modified in June 2022 to raise the loan to $6 billion.

"The loan was increased due to the Russia-Ukraine war, which led to a hike in the international prices of wheat, fuel products, and oil derivatives," said the report.

MP Hossam Awad, the chair of the House's Energy Committee, said the $6 billion loan comes at the right time to help Egypt contain the dramatic rise in international food commodities, particularly wheat, due to the war in Ukraine.

"The loan amount of $3 billion was just enough in 2018, but after the war erupted in Ukraine in February, the government was able to reach a new agreement to raise the loan to $6 billion to help the country absorb the shock of the global food crisis triggered by the war" said Awad.

Egypt, the world's number one importer of wheat, used to rely on Russia and Ukraine for 80 percent of its imported wheat and has recently been working on diversifying its wheat import sources and encouraging local farmers to sell their wheat to the state since the Ukraine crisis started in February.

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

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“Siwertell Smartview will ultimately benefit both our existing as well as new customers” explains Per Hansson, Sales Director, Bruks Siwertell. “It is planned for a phased launch, starting in 2023, and will be initially introduced on new equipment deliveries.”

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Siwertell Smartview collects data during unloading and loading operations, enabling detailed analysis and follow-up of equipment performance, availability and reliability. Automated report functions ensure that operators are able to make the most of this information, including reports for each vessel handled, operational performance data and any equipment downtime.

The tool can monitor real-time operational parameters such as tons of material handled, average capacity, tons of material remaining in the vessel's holds during unloading, and the overall duration of operations. It is also able to identify areas that can be improved, enhancing efficiency and a terminal's potential profitability. Other parameters that can be analysed include equipment availability, historical performance, and component data collection.

“The cloud-based portal brings Siwertell expertise much closer to our customers,” Mr Hansson continues. “Historical data analysis enables performance studies over different vessel types and sizes or commodities. Furthermore, reviewing the performance of different shifts can identify possible training needs. All enable the continuous improvement and optimisation of our customers' terminals.

“Information can be simply accessed through a personal computer (PC), tablet or smartphone,' he adds. 'Initially, the tool was specifically designed to provide an accurate overview of unloading operations, helping customers rapidly identify any potential bottlenecks and therefore improve efficiency and availability. We soon realised that the IIoT system and its capabilities could be expanded to include much more.”

Siwertell Smartview will also be able to provide digitally enhanced maintenance management. This includes everything from monitoring service intervals and remote support with assisted fault-tracing, up to a full service update. The nextgeneration tool is suitable for all Siwertell ship unloaders, including port-mobile and road-mobile units, and ship loaders.

LincolnshireWindmills

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

The county of Lincolnshire in England was renowned for its cereal cultivation. In the 18th century new developments in millwrighting, centring on the city of Hull and drawing on the expertise of Dutch millwrights, created the distinctive Lincolnshire tower mill. These were typically very tall, with a white ogee cap which became known as the “Lincolnshire cap”, first introduced by John Smeaton. He also introduced the use of a cast iron cross for mounting sails. This enabled mills to have more than the standard four sails, with some having five, six or eight.

Rex Wailes carried out his survey of the surviving Lincolnshire windmills in 1951-1952 with his friend Paul Baker (shown here holding a piece of mill machinery).

Despite bad weather a number of visits to mills were made at Whitsun 1951, by which point two of the three historic ‘parts’ of Lincolnshire, Kesteven and Holland, had been completely surveyed, with only the third ‘part’, Lindsey, remaining. Wailes and Baker found no working mills.

There were six derelict mills standing in Holland and seven in Kesteven, with 21 in Holland and 12 in Kesteven remaining only as stumps. This was a stark contrast to an earlier survey of 1923-33, which found 11 windmills still working in Holland and nine in Kesteven. Wailes’ collection of photos compiled as part of the survey included those taken during the mill visits in 1951-52 along with earlier images. They have recently been digitised by the Mills Archive and are available online at https://catalogue.millsarchive.org/lincolnshire-windmillssurvey with some of them included in the article.

Introduction to manual turning and milling

The Sunderland Engineering Training Association (Seta) is launching the ‘Introduction to manual turning and milling’ course in January 2023. Seta is a not-for-profit group training association that delivers apprenticeships and both standard and bespoke commercial training courses.

The Introduction to manual turning and milling is a course that will look at combination of elements from their popular manual turning and manual milling courses.

An excellent introduction to practical turning and milling, this course provides instruction in safety, use of drawings and measuring equipment, feeds and speeds, work-holding, tool setting and a range of turning and milling operations. Instruction takes place both in the classroom and in Seta’s state-

Alltech continues to support mentorship program for women in agri-food

Alltech is proud to continue to partner in the Women in Food & Agriculture (WFA) Mentorship Program. Applications are now open for new mentors of any gender and for female mentees from across the global food and agriculture sector. Now in its third year, the free-to-join program matches applicants based on their preferences, which can include gender of mentor, areas of expertise, language and industry sector, and offers opportunities for women in food and agriculture to develop meaningful industry connections.

“Over the past few years, all of us have come to more deeply value the power of human connection,” says Dr Mark Lyons, president and CEO of Alltech. “A commitment to the growth and development of another person unleashes energy, inspires ideas and empowers both individuals to have a greater impact. We view our involvement in the Women in Food & Agriculture mentorship program as an investment not only in the lives of women but in the future of agriculture as the industry most integral to the nourishment and vitality of our planet.”

Findings from the annual WFA survey and ongoing feedback from all levels of the food and agriculture sector consistently suggest that a hurdle to greater success for women in the global agri-food industry is a lack of mentorship opportunities. To tackle this issue, WFA launched its Mentorship Program. In partnership with Alltech in 2022, the initiative grew with 320 industry representatives matched across two cohorts. Now in 2023, the program will be open for applicants year-round with two matching sessions taking place to help even more women in food and agriculture progress their careers. The initiative has supported a variety of people around the world from CEOs of agribusinesses to small-scale farmers, from academics to ag-tech professionals, with sector representatives paired with

of-the-art workshop facilities.

Safety relevant to turning and milling, interpretation of engineering drawings and symbols, measuring instruments relevant to turning and milling (types, care and use), the centre lathe and its controls, the milling machine and its controls, cutting tools (terminology, selection and mounting), feeds and speeds (guidance on calculations; setting feeds and speeds), Coolants (types and uses).

Another topic covered will be Turning operations, including facing; turning diameters; centre drilling; taper turning (using compound slide method); producing threads. Other subjects approached will be milling operations, looking at milling faces; milling step faces; open and closed slots; vees and angles. Lastly the course will cover faults recognition, giving guidance on turning and milling faults and means of avoiding them.

This course is ideally suited to those with little or no previous turning or milling experience. The days start at 9:00am and end 4:00pm on January 16, and spans across five days, finishing January 19. The total cost of the course is UK£850 for attendees.

mentors that complement their professional objectives.

“We are very pleased to again have Alltech supporting the 2023 WFA Mentorship Program,” says Elisabeth Mork-Eidem, global chair of WFA. “Mentorship is vital in supporting women across food and agriculture in developing their careers, we've had very positive feedback from both mentors and mentees. Many of our mentors joined the initiative as a selfless act of support for equality in our sector, but realized they got as much out of the experience as the mentees. This is such an exciting opportunity to learn about yourself, develop your skills and support an important initiative that is working to improve diversity, equality and inclusion in the food and agriculture industry.”

For those interested in taking part in the 2023 Mentorship Program, WFA is looking for mentors of any gender who have at least one year of experience in the food and ag sector. During matching, WFA will ensure all mentors have more work experience than mentees, so this should not be a barrier to mentors applying. Potential mentees should be women working in the food and ag industry who would benefit from help, guidance and support from a senior sector representative. Alltech believes that inclusion cultivates creativity, drives innovation and is essential to the company's purpose of Working Together for a Planet of PlentyTM. In 2019, Alltech selected Gender Equality as one of the nine United Nations Sustainable Development Goals to which the company committed to advancing.

Applications are open now for the Women in Food & Agriculture (WFA) Mentorship Program, supported by Alltech.

A programme ‘Exploring Regenerative Agriculture’ will commence in January 2023, each a one-day virtual Course. There will be two opportunities to attend this one-day online course, one on 26 January, the other 22 February.

Sessions are split into three, session one offering an overview and welcome, session two talking about applying regenerative agriculture principles, and session three about putting monitoring into practice. All sessions intend to aid attendees with the knowledge and expertise to become a Regenerative Agriculture Practitioner in arable systems.

The course is aimed at individuals looking to explore the principles of Regenerative Agriculture and receive guidance on delivering positive outcomes from agricultural practices focused on soil health, water and air quality, carbon capture and biodiversity.

Session one will look at understanding the scope and ambition of Regenerative Agriculture and how it can help

you further deliver positive outcomes in terms of improving soil health, increasing biodiversity, improving water quality and climate resilience, capturing carbon, and restoring and regenerating the land. There will also be a practical implemtation to this, looking at case studies, and potential challenges that may be faced.

Session two will take into consideration how the region, climate and crops grown will influence the decision-making process, outlining strategies available and how the approaches interact to deliver positive outcomes in terms of improving soil health, increasing biodiversity, improving water quality and climate resilience.

Session three will establish baselines and use key performance indicators (KPIs) to monitor the impacts of regenerative agriculture and to deliver further positive outcomes.

The trainers leading these sessions are Dr Elizabeth Stockdale, Head of Farming Systems Research, NIAB, and Richard Harding. Entry requirements state attendees must be able to demonstrate practical experience. The total cost is UK£215 and will provide attendees with 5 BASIS CPD points.

The University of Missouri Extension is offering an eight-week winter webinar series on growing specialty crops in tunnels.

‘Growing Specialty Crops in Tunnels - Protected Agriculture’ runs 6:30-8pm Tuesdays, January 24-March 14, 2023.

Extension educators and researchers from the Midwest, as well as high tunnel growers, will teach the classes. Topics include an overview of structures and mulches, high tunnel fruit production, irrigation, fertility management and soil issues, insect and disease management, the economics of diversifying crop rotations, high tunnel tomato production, a grower panel on winter production, and benefits of low tunnel production.

“There has been an increased interest in the production of specialty crops in high, medium, and low tunnels over the past several decades” says MU Extension horticulture specialist Justin Keay. The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service offers cost-share programs to support the purchase of high tunnels.

Presenters will explain how tunnels can give growers more control over temperature, light, and water, improving growing conditions for plants. Keay says extending the growing season by using tunnels lets growers’ market before and after the peak of the season when a glut of produce often leads to lower prices and smaller returns for growers.

The series will detail both the opportunities and challenges that come with growing in these systems, Mr Keay says.

Recordings of classes will be available for registrants who can't attend the live sessions.

Scholarships are available to Missouri beginning farmers and can be redeemed at registration.

FOCUS Product January 2023

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

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Flaking Mill FX Series by CPM Europe

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Standard features include centrifugally cast, chilled iron rolls with alloy shafts, pneumatically operated gate, manual roll adjustment, and scrapers with adjustable counterweights to regulate pressure.

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Continuous Coaters by Ottevanger

The Ottevanger Continuous Coaters are perfectly suitable for adding and mixing liquids, evenly on pellets and/or extrudates. By dosing the liquids through a spray box, the product and liquids are slowly mixed together. The trough of the coater itself is executed in stainless or mild steel, with 50 mm thick insulated jacket. The heat tracing stimulates the absorption of the liquid and avoids contamination of the trough. The coater is equipped with hinged inspection hatches over the full length of the mixing trough, which allows easy access. Apart from oil and/or fat, also vitamins, enzymes etcetera can be added in small quantities. Dosing systems for these products are available upon request. It has numerous features including Low power consumption, large doors enabling easy inspection/cleaning, rigid construction and variable heating system with insulated jacket and also has a low rate of wear.

BREEDER Batching Control by BinTrac®

Designed to replace mechanical scales with an integrated solution for weigh bin filling, batching and feed monitoring. Features include its availability in single or dual operation, display monitors that show batch progress, current feed inventory, daily feed use, and fill events. Other features include scheduled or manual batching, easy to operate, accuracy & reliability, an optional relay & auto/manual override for each controlled auger system, and it comes with a patented load cell bracket.

The BinTrac Breeder Control can be connected to a single inventory bin equipped with BinTrac load cells. The BinTrac Breeder Control is programmed to unload a target amount of feed from a controlled feed delivery system.

Pellet Mill by Amandus Kahl

The KAHL pellet machines facilitate storage and transport of your bulk products and product mixtures. Particularly fine-particle or dusty products are often a challenge when it comes to storage. Both the porosity and the volume require special measures – also during transport. The KAHL pellet mills help you to save operating, transport and above all storage costs. Products with different structures, bulk densities, binding strength and particle sizes are no problem for the flat die pellet machines. It is also irrelevant whether the products are powdery, fibrous, lumpy or pasty. The following products are mainly pelleted: Compound feed, raw materials and mineral mixes as well as by-products in flour and oil mills or malthouses. Also straw, wood, biomass and dried sludge.

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Bühler announces the launch of the Granulex® 5 series. After a decade of research, the new hammer mill series packs in many small innovations that together add up to a big boost in performance. It’s ground breaking modular system offers significant energy savings and flexibility while maintaining the highest product quality and safety standards.

Grinding is one of the most energy-intensive process steps in many food and feed plants. In today’s competitive markets, rising energy costs are a serious issue. A big challenge faced by businesses that rely on grinding is, therefore, how to make more with less. Greater energy efficiency is one of the prime benefits of the new Granulex® 5 series, with 10 percent reduction in energy consumption per ton, and in some cases the reduction can be as much as 30 percent.

The new hammer mill also has the highest throughput ranges, improved granulation profile, and an operator-friendly design. Capacity is increased by 10 percent and the time required for screen changeovers is reduced by 50 percent. The new solution can also be connected to Bühler Insights to enable 24/7/365 databased decision making.

Revolutionising the hammer mill

The hammer mill is among the most widely used grinding solution in industrial food and feed processing plants, valued for its flexibility and adaptability. “It is not easy to revolutionise an old machine category,” says Dean Ekkaia, Product Management Director Value Nutrition at Bühler Group. “But after a decade of quiet innovation, gathering the best concepts and then testing them extensively, we have created the best possible grinding system available.”

Over the past 10 years the new Granulex® 5 series team have invested thousands of hours in testing and experimenting with different designs. In addition, the development has been carried out in close collaboration with customers, including extensive lab testing in three specially set up labs in the US, China, and Switzerland.

“It is a truly global machine, tested and developed in our international labs as well as running commercially in line at customer plants. Every part has a great deal of data behind it, proving the concept and the performance of each component,” says Reto Bischof, Head of Research & Development Value Nutrition at Bühler.

360 different configurations

One of the most important characteristics of the groundbreaking concept is its modularity. The Granulex® 5 series can be configured to fit specific applications and process requirements in any country, for coarse or fine grinding, all with an optimised set-up for each customer.

The system also keeps maintenance costs low. All variants of the Granulex® 5 series operate with the same inventory of parts that can be applied in different machine settings. Overall, the setup is designed to allow for 360 different configurations and can be adapted to the most diverse products and customer targets.

Ready to connect

The Granulex® 5 series is ready to connect to Bühler digital applications, enabling customers to view grinding line data anytime, anywhere and analyse trends and track problems. But most important of all, the data transparency and preventive information provided through digital solutions provide insights that support customers in improving processes.

The Granulex® 5 series is part of Bühler’s ongoing development and restructuring of the entire portfolio. The aim is to provide a more transparent, customer-focused offering for the grinding industry.

“With 150 years of experience in grinding and other key engineering disciplines we will provide new and customised solutions for our clients operating in rapidly changing markets,” says Ian Roberts, CTO at Bühler Group. “The launch of the Granulex® 5 series is a major milestone in this development.”

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‘The Good Life’ is the classic situation comedy about a British middle-class couple in the 1970s who turn their suburban London home into a self-sufficient farm.

Tom Good packs in his city job and with his wife attempts to live a life completely off-grid with animals and crops. Seemingly futile and bordering on the ridiculous, it was nonetheless profoundly aspirational.

A big part of its allure was how it played on the nostalgia of the ‘Dig for Victory’ war effort to combat shortages of food imports. In wartime, Britons were persuaded to plough up every verge and playing field into allotments, from domestic gardens to public parks, even the lawns outside the Tower of London were turned into vegetable plots.

Viewed through a lens of global food insecurity, Tom Good’s project is beginning to look like a great idea. But is selfsufficiency still a fruitless pipe dream?

Certainly, after another tough year for the consumer and with food prices on an ever-increasing trajectory such pursuits today seem far from folly.

But what does self-sufficiency mean at scale? Can we produce all of it? Would we even want to? Would we be willing to give up fruits that are not only out of season but could never be commercially grown in the UK? And to be truly self-sufficient we'd also have to give up coffee, wine chocolate, sugar, soy products and many more.

I’m not sure I want to embrace this new diet.

Only possible through trade

Brexit (for better or worse, but mostly worse) has set us on a path to economic isolation from Europe, and we’re all painfully aware, especially since Covid-19 - but also other international calamities; the conflict in Ukraine, the Suez blockage, a labour crisis - that essential supplies of food, goods and energy are volatile, can be held to ransom or simply switched off.

We have all witnessed supermarket shelves stripped of basic essentials due to supply chain failures.

A trade that gives us asparagus from Mexico, snowpeas from Egypt and salad crops from Italy and Spain. To go back to precolonial food self-sufficiency would require either a massive

Opportunities

by James Cooper, Milling and Grain Contributor

drop in population or a massive increase in UK farm productivity which, while possible to some degree is unlikely.

But, rising fuel, fertiliser and feed costs are piling pressure onto farmers and, according to the NFU (National Farmers Union), the UK is “sleeping-walking” into a food supply crisis. In most respects we’re the lucky ones - other countries reached crisis point many months ago.

Food and energy costs are closely linked and clearly, one big factor driving up food prices has been the fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the rising cost of grain. Collectively both countries produce 30 percent of global wheat exports. And with inflation running at 23 percent, Russians too are finding out how difficult life can be, albeit for very different reasons.

National control

News agencies around the world are reporting on a call for a form of independence, for a sense of national control. It’s making us all re-think how we feed ourselves, now and in the future.

Across many nations, sub-Saharan Africa in particular, it’s a matter of survival: Of economic security and essential sustenance. Leaders are looking at their supply chain dependencies and wondering what they can do better, to become more selfsufficient. The idea of food security and self-reliance are right up there at the top of political agendas.

“The big question I always get is ‘what is a food crisis? How do we measure it? What does history say about it?’ asks economist Dan Basse, President of AgResource, a domestic and international agricultural research firm located in Chicago, talking to MAG from a ‘Farm Foundation’ meeting in Georgia, USAwhere Dan is hosting panel discussing the Black Sea situation with policymakers including USDA Secretaries and the World Food Programme.

“When I asked this question to the UN and the WTO, they said to me ‘We look back in time at the amount of grain kilos per person that are available at any particular season, and then we try to measure whether or not those kilos are enough to feed the world,” explains Basse,

“In particular, this food crisis was going to become acute for about 80 million people in sub-Saharan Africa.

and threats: In a globalised world, how does Africa become self-reliant

“Nations are turning inward and trying to look at themselves,” explains Dan.

“Some of this becomes evident by the competitive nature, economically and ‘business-wise’ [sic] between countries like China and the United States. The Black Sea and Russia now only enhances that view that just-in-time inventory is not the way to be looking at food security going forward.

“Over 30 countries, last spring, either taxed or restricted their exports of grain, whether they be small or large countries. And that was very concerning and showed that globalisation being flat [even] for trade is really not the case.

“We have countries like Egypt, which is seeing a tremendous appreciation of the Egyptian pound. Egypt is the world's largest wheat importer.

“Well, its cost to buy wheat from a currency perspective is skyrocketing 70 percent. So even though world wheat prices may be down for the Egyptian population, they are at record highs and the same in India.

“So, this this idea that world prices are our level and even for all was something that manifested itself for much of the last two decades. But I think it's slowly changing now.

“I think the best word we can come up with is regionalization. And those regions will look for their own food security.

“I worry that if the war continues into the spring, we will have problems with both wheat and sunflower and corn crops in the season ahead,” says Basse.

As the impacts of climate change continue to intensify and global shocks upend business as usual, sub-Saharan Africa is now feeling the brunt of what has been coined ‘the perfect storm’ – a food, fuel and fertilizer crisis exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, scarring effects from the COVID-19 pandemic, soaring inflation, rising debt and extreme weather.

“Now, becoming more self-sufficient in an uncertain world is starting to look like a very good idea indeed.”

Enhancing its own food

A big problem is lack of investment because investors don't necessarily feel comfortable their capital is safe.

“Africa needs to step forward here and enhance its own food production. Africa does not need to be an importer. It's blessed with a climate, outside of North Africa, that could be advantageous to feeding much of the of itself and even portions of the world,” Basse says. So, what is holding it back?

“Africa needs more investment in technologically, to produce crops, to store them and logistically, to move them; and unfortunately, that investment is not being made or difficult because people worry about the sanctity of their capital relative to controls.

“If you invest in Africa and its farms and it happens to be a productive farm that makes money, in my 40-year career, sometimes those productive farms are taken back by the

government. Local African governments can say, hey, that's now ours.

“The Chinese have been able to get around that because of their size and scale and social programmes that they've been investing in. But others, most of us in the agricultural world, worry about investment in new farms or new technology in Africa, unless it's very small scale.

“That doesn't help the problem of Africa feeding itself, or really what we think should happen, that Africa should be a net exporter of grain. It has the climate, but the investment or the capital just is not there.”

And while there may be enough grain to share around on a ‘per capita basis’, with nations holding stocks this crude metric is not helpful.

“China is holding roughly half of the world grain supplies today,” explains Basse.

“Unfortunately, China's not going to release those grain reserves or help. They were asked of course, last spring if they could help and they said no. And so, the Chinese see their own food security as being front and centre, rather is trying to help the impoverished of Southeast Asia or Africa.”

Perhaps the progressive, globally minded, despaired hearing Donald Trump’s nationalistic cry at his 2017 inauguration: ‘America first, America first’, an older trade policy which Trump re-branded as his own slogan. But one that nevertheless galvanised in most Americans a clear desire for self-reliance and economic security – it also emphasised the United States' withdrawal from international treaties and organizations.”

Events of 2022 and the fallout from the Ukraine crisis now place his comments in a quite different light. Whatever you might think of Trump’s policies, with many countries now scrambling to be more self-sufficient, it's hard not to reflect on his slogan as at least insightful.

But is closing down international trade really desirable long term?

No modern economy can possibly aspire to complete Autarky like the North Korean model, especially when juxtaposed too starkly against the economic success of South Korea. We should remember perhaps that the South Korean government created the space for the Hyundai and other ‘infant’ carmakers to ‘grow up’ by banning the import of all automobiles until 1988.

Why is Africa a net food importer?

In trying to explain Africa’s food-trade deficit since the mid1970s, the FAO cite population growth, low and stagnating agricultural productivity, policy distortions, weak institutions and poor infrastructure as the main reasons.

The world bank has declared ‘No priority is more pressing than addressing food insecurity to safeguard the calorie and nutrition needs of Africa’s one billion people and protect their human development.’

At least one in five Africans goes to bed hungry and an estimated 140 million people in Africa face acute food insecurity, according to the 2022 Global Report on Food Crises 2022 MidYear Update.

The Horn of Africa is suffering from persistent drought and countries that depend on Russia and Ukraine for wheat and sunflower oil imports have seen prices skyrocket out of reach of ordinary people.

So, it begs the question – has Africa become far too dependent on imported grains? How can it become more self-reliant to buffer itself from these devastating effects?

Josefa Sacko, the African Union commissioner for agriculture, said Africa must become self-sufficient in food production in

order to better insulate itself against external crises like the Ukraine -Russia conflict.

Africa sourced 44 percent of its wheat from Russia and Ukraine before the conflict broke out and was hit hard by the disruption to global supply chains caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

“We need to build a resilient agri-food system on the African continent” she said on Africa Day last year. “We must build a sustainable, resilient food system that can withstand future shocks,” adding that short- and medium-term financial support should be geared towards this goal.

Transforming agriculture to feed its people

“No conversation can be had about Africa without recognising the key drivers of raising food insecurity: climate change, conflict and global economic slowdown,” says Ade Freeman, Regional Leader at FAO’s Regional Programme Office for Africa in Accra, Ghana.

Speaking to MAG yesterday at short notice over a videocall, Ade Freeman switches his office over to an FAO branded background with the organisations’ ethos – ‘Better Production, Better Environment, Better life’ translated into six languages and emblazoned over his head.

“Take any metric and Africa has seen a significant deterioration in food security and nutrition situation since 2014; the most recent data from 2021 indicates during this period the number of hungry people has increased by 89 million to a total figure of 201million.”

Freeman is keen to point out where Africa stands on food security and nutrition within the Sustainable Development Goals 2030 (SDG) agenda, which has set targets to ensure that all people in the world have access to safe and nutritious food all year round.

According to The World Bank Several countries in the region,

such as Angola, Tanzania and Zambia, have the potential to become agricultural powerhouses on the continent. But this will require transforming the agricultural sector to meet these goals and needs of the people, economy and environment.

“Africa seems to bear the brunt of the global negative impacts but the drivers themselves are not necessarily emanating from Africa, Covid being a classic example,” says Freeman

Freeman explains that these external drivers are compounded by the fact that population growth rates have been historically high at up to three percent annually, while agricultural production has only increased by 4.3 percent since 2000.

Key to understanding this increase is that it comes from expansion, that is, ‘land under cultivation’, but not from an increase in productivity, which remains sub-optimal due to inadequate inputs.

“For example, areas under irrigation are less than four percent and levels of fertiliser use at only 10 percent of their potential. Limited usse of improved agricultural technology is also a critical drag,” he explains.

The need for built-in resilience

Unlocking this vast potential gives reason to be extremely optimistic about the future for Africa.

“It is possible that agricultural productivity could be two to three times higher with increased private and public investment,” says Freeman.

Working against this are perceptions and concerns of systemic corruption across African regional governments, so working on addressing and improving investment risk is a main goal of the FAO, the World Bank, World Economic Forum and others.

“Organisations like FAO are really focused on supporting countries to improve the policy and regulatory environment, the enabling environment that provide the right incentives for investment like those that Dan Basse is talking about”, noting Rwanda and Morocco as prime examples where such an environment has been created, and risk reduced.

“We think that the potential to unleash the productivity potential in Africa is really to provide the right incentives for all kinds of actors along the supply chain, upstream suppliers, producers, farmers, small medium large, grain processors, food distributors, logistics operators, to have the right incentive to make the investment that we critically need. We're talking about the investment gap here.”

Freeman asserts that if the 100 million metric tonnes of food, the US$75 million that is spent on food imports annually to Africa, can be competitively traded in the African economies, that is a huge potential for growth.

“We want that US$75 million to be spent within the African region amongst African countries in the food sector and drive economic transformation.”

But he concedes, “If we're going to be successful in Africa. Even though public investment is critical, the bulk of the

financing has to come from private sources.”

New drought resistant gene edited strains of wheat will certainly be part of the solution, but perhaps also a renaissance of traditional grains like Teff and Fonio.

Regionalisation and diversity

Many experts are warning that our food system isn't ready for the climate crisis.

The food industry has increasingly relied on fewer and fewer crop varieties that can be mass produced and shipped around the world.

“The line between abundance and disaster is becoming thinner and thinner and the public is unaware and unconcerned,” writes Dan Saladino in his book Eating to Extinction.

Free trade in food is generally regarded by economists as a good thing.

Countries have differential competitive advantages, climatic conditions, rainfall, soil types, etc and this delivers a reciprocal glut of fine produce grown in season in vast volume by an organised and motivated workforce.

For Africa the problem is, over time, a historical dependence on core staple crops, wheat, maize, soy. Millions of tonnes of which are required to feed people, and in many cases there’s not an obvious transition back to traditional diets simply because to the vast volumes required.

But increasingly we are all seeing and experiencing what happens when that system is disrupted. Today, while we have become used to having fresh produce and huge variety all year round, only made possible by international trade, we have been reminded that food is also a key weapon of war.

So perhaps the whole concept of self-sufficiency is missing the point?

While Africa focusses on developing its agricultural systems, in the meanwhile perhaps instead this could be seen as a good way of refocussing efforts to have more resilient supply chains within emerging world regions.

Luigi Guarino, director of science of the Crop Trust, has said, “Climate change is the greatest threat to food security, there is nothing bigger. Under very unpredictable conditions, the more diversity in farmers’ fields the better.”

Africa is seeking huge public and private investment from inside and outside its region. It just needs to convince America and the rest of the world that it’s a safe bet.

Ade Freeman, Regional Leader of FAO’s Regional Office for Africa in Accra, Ghana with James Cooper, MAG Correspondent

Dan Basse, President of AgResource, an international agricultural research firm located in Chicago, USA at the recent IAOM MEA Congress in Zanzibar, Tanzania

Gluten-free flours ANALYTICAL CHARACTERISATION AND PROCESSING OF GLUTEN-FREE FLOURS ON A LABORATORY SCALE

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Aglance at the supermarket shelves makes it clear: products such as baked goods, snacks, meat, fish or sweets can also be found as alternative products. From lactosefree to sugar-free and vegan to gluten-free, the variety is great. For example, vegan meat analogues and gluten-free breads and pasta have found their way onto the shelves. There are several reasons for this. Besides the desire for animal welfare and environmental protection in the form of reducing CO2 greenhouse gases, some consumers prefer alternatives for taste or health reasons. For example, consumers hope for better fitness or other nutritional

improvements. Especially in the case of gluten-free diets, gluten intolerance, coeliac disease or wheat allergy can also be decisive factors for this type of diet. In the course of this dietary development, pulses have gained in importance, they are glutenfree and sustainable. They also have many nutritional benefits and increase the protein content in the diet. The market for protein from pulses is therefore predicted to grow steadily over the next six years.

When manufacturing products from pulses such as lentils, peas or beans, the analytical characterisation of the raw material is important to enable efficient product development in the long term: "There are currently few methods in the industry for determining the quality of pulses. Yet the quality of gluten-free raw materials, e.g. pulses, can be described on a laboratory scale

Markus Löns, Business Development Manager Food & Feed and Nicole Kuska, Content Manager, Brabender GmbH & Co. KG, Germany

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Flour analysis on a laboratory scale

Brabender has been developing, producing and distributing devices and equipment for testing a wide range of material properties since 1923. Already in 1928, the company developed the first Farinograph, a device for testing wheat flour and wheat dough. Other devices for testing flours for the milling and bakery industry eventually followed: "Modified flours, starches and other modern products of the grain, starch and bakery industry have always been the core and target market for Brabender. This also includes gluten-free flours and thus also flours made from pulses", says Löns.

The company, based in Duisburg, Germany, offers laboratory extruders that are suitable for product development of meat substitutes, snacks and pasta or other products made from legume flour, to name just one raw material as an example. Subsequently, the ViscoQuick viscometer, which has so far mainly been used in the milling, bakery and starch industries, can be used to determine the degree of starch gelatinisation and retrogradation. This method of starch gelatinisation is particularly useful in product development, but also in process control.

Influence of flour properties on the final product

Together with Müller's Mühle, Brabender has analysed the water absorption and gelatinization properties of legume flour with the Farinograph and the ViscoQuick. In addition, the two companies determined the oil absorption of e.g. lentil flour a time-saving method for determining the quality of legumes, such as lentils, peas, field beans and chickpeas.

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In order to add the right amount of oil during the extrusion process when manufacturing meat substitutes from legume flour, the oil absorption properties of the flour must be determined. This is the only way to guarantee that the end product is good enough.

To determine the oil absorption of legume flour, the flour was filled into a measuring kneader and the torque was measured during the kneading process. At the same time, an automatic precision dosing pump continuously added the oil. Within three minutes, the oil absorption of the flour could be determined with little operator influence and only a few steps.

Manual method requires more time

The classic determination of the oil absorption of flour with the pipetting method needs significantly more working steps and takes more than one hour. In the future, the method is to be further optimised and also tested with further types of legumes. As part of the development of this measuring method, Brabender started a joint project with the University of Milan: "We extruded different types of legume flour to make meat analogues, including faba beans, but they taste rather mushy as the sole ingredient for meat substitutes. For example, faba bean mixed with yellow peas is recommended in terms of taste", reveals Jessica Wiertz, Manager Applications at Brabender. In addition to meat substitutes, other products can also be developed by extruding pulses. These include gluten-free pasta made from lentils and expanded lentil snacks.

Compared to other devices in the food and feed sector, the ViscoQuick can cool starch and starch-containing products to up to 100C after heating and gelatinizing the sample. In the past, lower temperatures were not possible from a technical point of view or could only be realised with great effort: "Devices with similar properties can only achieve cooling of up to 50oC. The advantage for the industry is now that with the new ViscoQuick products can be cooled down to the temperature at which they are consumed or further processed", Markus Löns emphasises.

This means that a measurement is possible that is closer to the real conditions and with which individual heating and cooling

profiles can be used: "Different speed profiles are also possible, so that ultimately not only normal quality profiles can be run at one certain temperature or speed, but one can even simulate real processes", Jessica Wiertz explains.

Reduced measuring time with the ViscoQuick

The viscometer measures the torque in pasty masses: "With the help of this solution, we can determine and optimise the gelling behaviour of pulses as a basis for meat substitutes, desserts, sauces or confectionery," Wiertz summarises. In addition to the torque measurement, Brabender is also offering specific cups and paddles to determine also the viscosity in mPas or cP, if desired.

In contrast to other devices, which need about 120 minutes for a measurement, the measuring time with the ViscoQuick can now be reduced to 10 to 15 minutes and, if necessary, adjusted to even lower temperatures than 10oC. The reason for this is optimised temperature control. This is no longer done with the water bath, but via a Peltier element (can also be called a thermoelectric module or TEC). This is a kind of electrically operated heat pump that transfers energy in the form of heat from one side of the module to the other. In principle, Peltier elements are not new, but they have not been used in such measuring devices until now. This is where a Brabender innovation comes into play that considerably shortens the measuring time and makes exact measurement of the sample temperature possible.

Insect damage and product loss

issue of ‘Pinhole’

by Sid Jain, Technical Sales, Satake, Australia

If you are in the business of almond production in Australia, then you probably had to fight with the destructive little, tiny enemy called “pinhole”. Did you look everywhere for a solution to your challenge without high product loss and low operational efficiency, but to no avail? Well, you are not alone!

One of Australia’s largest almond exporters has been struggling with the same issue for years until they found the all-in-one solution that fixed this long-standing problem. But how did they achieve it?

Select Harvests is one of Australia’s largest almond growers and the country’s leading manufacturer, processor and marketer of almond products. It is the largest vertically integrated almond food company with core capabilities across Horticulture, Orchard Management, Processing, Sales and Marketing. It is also one of the marketers of Almond Board of Australia. In recent years, like other Almond processors in Australia, Select Harvests has also been battling with the damage caused by insects that create that kind of defect and result in a substantial product loss. In its fight with the affected almond crops, Select Harvests asked Satake to support in finding a solution. Satake and Select Harvests have had a business relationship for decades where Satake has supplied multiple electronic sorters to Select Harvests. This time, Satake brought to the stage its optimum solution “Beltuza Spectra”.

Almonds are Australia's most valuable horticultural crop. For each tonne of almonds sold in Australia, 2.6 tonnes were exported. The industry contributes significantly to the economic wellbeing of regional cities and towns in Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia. In Australia for the past few years, carpophilus beetle and carob moth have been a ghost reject. It has been a challenge for most processors and

farmers to reduce insect population. These insects are causing a special kind of defect where a small hole is drilled in the almond and beetle lives or reproduce inside, a phenomenon commonly known as “pinhole”. This is mainly found in nonpareil variety due to its soft and open shell, which allows insects to easily travel to the kernel. Very low amount of contamination is found in other varieties. It is worth noting that pinholes are not reliably detected and were separated by advanced sorting technology in the near past, and this led to reduction in value of products for almond farmers and processors.

Over the years, the percentage of crop affected by pinholes has been increasing. In 2022, until September, total almond production in Australia was close to 81,000 tonnes, out of which 12,000 tonnes was processed by Select Harvests and company advised that 50 percent of their Nonpareil variety was significantly affected by high insect damage including pinhole

Satake’s optimum solution Beltuza Spectra created an effective solution to minimise insect damage and product loss.

The success story of an Australian Almond Processor in tackling the

which are traditionally difficult to remove. Being one of the leading almond processors in Australia, Select Harvests could foresee this issue will not resolve in near future, and had to reach out to sorting technology suppliers for a potential solution.

Since pinholes are similar in shape, size and colour, removing them has been very challenging. Some technologies have evolved over time which detect the biological trace of insects. However, it is only successful when the harvest is new and the trace is not dry. According to Select Harvests, the electronic sorting technologies available until a year ago could not help increasing product quality of products with high insect damage to a point where it could provide financial benefit. Thus, Select Harvests had to implement special processes in multiple areas of their site, such as:

a) Pre-cleaning using shape, size, weight of the almonds.

b) Reducing overall capacity of the processing facility.

c) Blending lower grades with premium grades to produce saleable product.

d) Using traditional sorters.

e) Hand sorting by using manual labour.

All the above improvements were useful to some degree, but lead to high amount of product loss, low operational efficiency, and increased labour/over-head cost for the business, and yet were still ineffective in producing a premium product consistently. It required a very labour-intensive process to control insect damage. Farm hygiene is always the first port of defence, and due to wet weather in Australia in recent years, it has not been very effective. Select Harvests advised that due

to the previously mentioned factors, they were only able to keep the farm hygiene levels to ~18 percent, and estimated that with the increase in wet weather towards 2023, the farm hygiene will be much harder to keep in control and pinhole issue will remain prevalent.

Furthermore, recent climatic events with warm weather and high moisture in the environment has caused increase in insect breeding. Since farm hygiene has been main defence force in the supply chain to the processing facility, there are trials in place for new fumigation regimes and special tarp coverings which reduces insect breeding. The product post processing is fumigated and stored which provided strong resistance to insect breeding.

When Select Harvests reached out to Satake for a solution, Satake's R&D team from Japan visited Select Harvests in 2018 to better understand their problem with pinholes. A pinhole sample was then sent to Japan for analysis, where a special team in Satake's R&D department was tasked for this project. The initial lab results of the prototype were shared with Select Harvests' team along with the detection concept. The results were encouraging and the use of ground-breaking artificial intelligence on the X-ray classified images showed promising detection of pinholes.

The Beltuza Spectra as an all-in-one optical sorter with full colour RGB technology, multiple infra-red wavelength detection, shape sorting, standard x-ray, and most of the above artificial intelligent x-ray technologies appeared to be an extremely strong platform for detecting most of the rejects found in Australian almonds. These different technologies gave Select Harvests flexibility to fine tune machines to produce many different grades. Even in low travel conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic, R&D staff from Satake Japan visited Select Harvests on multiple occasions during field trials, and improvements

were made to the machine gradually.

In the end, the Beltuza Spectra optical sorter was able to process kernels at 10,000 kilograms per hour in one pass and was accurately removing insect damage from kernels. It can also process approximately 7500 kilogram per hours of Inshell almonds and remove insect damage and other rejects. Another great benefit of Beltuza Spectra was its requirement for low real estate, The tonnes per hour capacity per m2 was a great improvement over any other equipment in the market. The footprint is only 3m x 1.1m, which is less than 30 percent of most other belt type sorters in Almond industry. Additionally, the precision of rejects removal with extremely low yield loss gave immense confidence to the business in the capability of the machine.

Select Harvests describes the below as the benefits of the Beltuza Spectra:

• Allows the operations to be done in a single pass with very little yield loss, reducing re-work and increasing operational efficiency.

• Rejects produced by Spectra machines are utilised in value adding facilities reducing any yield loss all together.

• It’s possible to easily upgrade pinhole infected grades to premium in-spec grades in one pass.

• Apart from insect damage, the machine has been tested to remove complex rejects i.e., peach stock, shrivels, double, etc.

• Staff find the machine operations and maintenance are very easy, and the operating system is extremely user friendly and easy to understand. Select Harvests also had a great training structure with strong and continued support from Satake Australia's after sales team.

As a direct result from implementing the Beltuza Spectra in the e-sort line, the above ultimately helped Select Harvests improve their products with high insect damage to in-spec products in one pass. Select Harvest can foresee being in a very comfortable situation to produce consistent quality for their customers in future.

Importance of Starch Damage in Wheat and Milling Industry

by Rabia Tiryaki, Bastak İnstruments, Turkey

heat, which is the most consumed nutrient among cereal products, has maintained its indispensable place and importance in human nutrition as a strategic product

throughout the ages. Grain products, one of the indispensable basic needs of people living in both developed and developing countries, meet a large part of the daily energy requirements of the human body.

In addition, wheat and flour production activities have once again revealed the economic value of the flour industry and the need of countries in terms of food security, shown with the food crisis that started in 2007 and the global economic crisis that started and continued in 2008.

At the beginning of the chemical and physicochemical properties sought in wheat and flour or semolina

produced from wheat, the agricultural products that were the subject of the most international trade in history; amounts of water, ash, protein, gluten, gluten index, Zeleny sedimentation, starch and starch damage.

The amount of starch, which is the main component in wheat flour at the highest rate, has a very important effect on bakery

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products. Starch interacts with the other components and forms the dough structure. Water absorption, one of the most important functional parameters of starch, affects the quality and texture of bakery products. While intact starch granules have the ability to absorb approximately 0.33 times their weight in water, damaged starch granules can absorb water as much as their own weight.

How does starch damage happen?

Starch grains are found in a regular and organise structure between the protein networks in the endosperm. However, they completely or partially lose their structure during the milling of wheat. The resulting flour contains damaged starch and undamaged starch granules in varying proportions. The ratio and texture will vary depending on the grinding system and the adjustment of the rollers-,

The amount of starch damage has become an important quality parameter of interest to all sectors based on grain production, especially in recent years. After the inevitable effect of starch damage on the final product was revealed, it has become a routine analysis in many bread production industries and grain quality control laboratories.

In order to obtain dough of suitable consistency, the absorption of flours containing excessively damaged starch should be reduced. Excess starch damage reduces the bread volume, affects the quality of the bread by spoiling the crumb properties. For a good bread making, the flour to be used must contain a certain level of damaged starch. When there is not enough gluten to cover the large amount of surface area that occurs, an excessive

increase in this ratio reduces its ability to hold gas and adversely affects the fermentation process.

Effects of starch damage

The amount of damaged starch has an important place in the quality parameters for the pasta industry. During pasta making, damaged starch forms a substrate for amylase. They increase

the amount of substance that passes into the cooking water by breaking down and cause turbidity. Semolina, which is a grinding product with low starch damage, is preferred in the pasta industry.

For the biscuit industry, soft grain structure, lower protein and higher starch ratio form the appropriate quality feature. The amount of starch damage affects the cracking rate of biscuits. The amount of damaged starch is directly related to the enzyme activity. Alpha and beta amylase enzymes in wheat can only break down damaged starch. Considering that different products are obtained by using different properties of wheat fractions in different ways, it is essential to determine the optimum damaged

starch property in order to produce the product under optimum conditions.

Considering the high quality parameters of flour yield and grinding quality for the millers who first process the wheat; the distance adjustment of the rollers used in flour production should be made. The amount of damaged starch, which will constantly change due to factors such as various blending ratios in the raw material, tempering amount, tempering time, aging of the rollers, heating of the rollers, roller rotations, sample flow amount, must be kept under control by constantly testing during production.

Bastak’s starch damage analysis

Instead of long and difficult analysis to determine the damaged starch value, Bastak 15000 SDCheq analyses the amount of iodine absorbed by the starch granules with a very small amount (1 g) of sample using the electrochemical amperometric method. Dough fermentation conditions, the amount of water removal of the dough, the rheological properties of the dough, the baking performance of the dough, the aroma formation of the final products, the production of standard flour, the breaking rate of biscuits, the prevention of aging of the rollers can be determined.

Bastak 15000 SDCheq performs the analysis in five steps. In the first stage, the analysis solution is automatically brought to the world standard temperature of 35°C. In the second step, the iodine content of the analysis solution is measured and the solution color starts to change from transparent to yellow. In the third step, the analysis sample is poured automatically. In the fourth stage, the amount of iodine absorbed by the starch granules is measured and the solution turns black. In the final stage, the damaged starch value is seen in current %AI and other special units (UCD, UCDc and Farrand) on the high resolution touch screen. The SDCheq device, which has the ability to automatically calibrate and clean itself before each test, complies with AACC 76-33, ICC No.172, AFNOR V03-731 standards.

A look back at 2022 and looking forward into 2023

2022 has bought many challenges to the forefront of the milling and grain industry, but nonetheless we have all persevered, and look forward to future developments and opportunities. As the year ends, we’ve asked those in the industry to reflect upon their annual highlights, and future hopes and aspirations in their sector.

The past year has certainly been dominated by the effects of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, causing an immediate loss of access to a range of key feed ingredients. However, a lot of public and private sector efforts have enabled opening of alternative export routes for grains from Ukraine, in particular the land-based EU-Ukraine Solidarity Lanes and the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which have allowed to reduce pressure. The increased energy costs also severely impacted European compound feed production, being an energy-intensive sector. In addition, EU emergency measures seeking to reduce import dependency from Russia have increased competition from the biogas sector for biomass and co-products traditionally used in feed formulation.

The coming year will remain challenging for the EU feed sector, due to the ongoing energy crisis and adverse impacts on grain supplies due to the Russian aggression. However we expect political discussions on sustainable food systems transformation will continue, with a new landmark EU proposal for sustainable food systems in the pipeline, which will certainly further raise pressure on sustainable animal production and consumption. At the same time, we’ll be entering technical discussions on how deforestation-free supply chains will be implemented at sectoral level, building on the provisional political compromise agreement achieved during the EU Czech Council Presidency in December 2022.

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2022 will be remembered for supply chain disruptions and a surge in inflation to the tune of 12 percent in food and nearly 35 percent in energy in the UK. Some countries, Norway for example, showed greater resilience. Others, Madagascar, Tanzania, fared much worse. One big factor driving up food prices has been the fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the rising cost of grain, which increased 50 percent in two weeks at the start of the conflict, and it’s a sharp reminder that absolutely nothing is more important for human existence than food and energy. Food security is now the crux of every nation’s fear 2023 will see the most important staple in our food system - Grain - the basis of thousands of products we all consume daily and feed for pigs and chickens – as an increasingly precious commodity. All nations are looking inward to avoid to economic forces beyond their control. For the developed world, that means getting a grip on food security, decentralising food systems, reducing the big supermarkets and intensive agriculture’s profit-driven stranglehold on food production. It also means educating us all how to eat sustainably and convincing us to buy more regionally produced food.

For the developed world, that means getting a grip on food security, decentralising food systems, reducing the big supermarkets and intensive agriculture’s profit-driven stranglehold on food production"

The European Feed Manufacturers' Federation (FEFAC), Belguim

James Cooper, Milling and Grain contributor, UK

" We expect political discussions on sustainable food systems transformation will continue, with a new landmark EU proposal for sustainable food systems in the pipeline"

The Russia-Ukraine war, energy and increasing food, the pandemic and climate crises made the already difficult living conditions even more problematic on a global scale. Relations between Turkey and Egypt, Israel and Syria, which have been stagnant for a long time, are warming up again with warm messages. Although the grain corridor established with the efforts of Turkey and the United Nations gives a breath of fresh air to meet the food needs, it cannot be expected that the supply of products such as fertilizers and steel will be fully regulated before the Russia-Ukraine war is fully over.

It is certain that 2023 will be much more difficult than 2022. Because while countries are trying to grow their economies, they also have to suppress inflation and try to control it. The environment of increasing uncertainty with inflation seems to be one of the main problems to be solved, especially since it will make international investors nervous. However, it seems that the inflation problem, which has gained momentum in the upward direction, will not be solved in a short time.

May 2022

One major world event that had an impact on the agricultural sector in the year was the Ukraine invasion. Milling and Grain published a detailed analysis on the repercussions it had on the countries storage and transportation system.

Mehmet Uğur Gürkaynak, Perendale Publishers, Turkey

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The environment of increasing uncertainty with inflation seems to be one of the main problems to be solved"

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As the unpredictability of 2022 draws to a close, we reflect on the animal food industry’s accomplishments.

The American Feed Industry Association’s members fought an all-out railway strike and urged the Food and Drug Administration to move toward a more efficient and workable animal food ingredient review process.

Over 1,400 people joined the AFIA at more than a dozen education and networking events. With the Institute for Feed Education and Research and other stakeholders, we blazed new trails on sustainability, identifying barriers to industry progress and providing the groundwork for future work to support members in their sustainability journeys. Looking forward, the AFIA continues to battle ongoing global supply chain uncertainties that hinder our ability to reliably keep farmers stocked with fresh feed for their flocks and herds. Part of that effort includes pushing back at the international level on protectionist, non-sciencebased policies that limit innovation and restrict animal protein production. At home, we plan to advocate for federal programs that foster the next-generation workforce, boost our defences against animal diseases and facilitate research on and development of the game-changing solutions that will help the U.S. achieve its sustainability and food security goals.

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2022 brought a focus to the grain industry unlike most other years. War in Ukraine, high energy costs and global inflation, extreme weather, and the tight labour markets have caused the industry to react and plan differently. One highlight as to how the industry is tackling these challenges differently can be seen in Herman Minnesota where CHS opened the first fully automated grain elevator. With 24-hour grain delivery and unmanned operations, this is an example of the industry serving producers more effectively, improving safety, and addressing employee work-life balance in an industry known for long work hours. While 2023 is already forecasting as another challenging year, the resilience of the industry is a cause for optimism. There is more opportunity and desire today than ever before in sharing best practices regarding safety, automation, grain quality and sustainability issues, even among competitors. As a global community, the industry is coming together at events like GEAPS Exchange in Kansas City in February and at the VictamGEAPS-Grapas Latam expo in Sao Paulo in October specifically to share and learn from each other. While 2023 will still see war and weather, the industry is poised to advance more rapidly than ever

Steve Records, Executive Director, GEAPS, (Grain storage organisation in the USA)

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While 2023 is already forecasting as another challenging year, the resilience of the industry is a cause for optimism"

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More representative Sample Samplex truck probes deliberately don't use the more common and potentially flawed method of suction to collect product, as this has been demonstrated to possibly bias the collected sample with dust. Instead, they use positive air in conjunction with cyclonic action, and the design of the Unispear probe allows the product to fall directly into the airflow under gravity, and therefore provide a smaller, but importantly, more representative sample. Uniquely, Samplex fit all their probes with a twin variable aperture, to allow more or less product to be sampled as required.

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2022 has been a transitional year.

Moving away from the restrictions surrounding the Covid Pandemic, gaining confidence in our vaccines and understanding the requirements of governments when moving between countries has been challenging and stressful as we have travelled through 2022. Industries of all types are trying to get back to more normal activities that worked well in the past but might now include new ideas created from two-and-a-half years of enforced isolation.

The milling and aquaculture and pet food sectors have not avoided the disruption brought about from enforced government controls, despite being in the essential business of providing food for people, domesticate animals and pets.

Throughout this transitional year, both companies and their customers, in the sectors we serve, have kept faith with each other and helped each other overcome the challenges these past two-and-a-half years had created. And, as if we are coming out of a ‘dark tunnel,’ we are now finding that 2023 offers what appears to be a return to brighter and normalised business interactions.

Looking forward to 2023, it’s clear to me that we continue to face many challenges. However, I feel the milling, aqua and pet food industries are already responding to sustainability and environmental challenges, they are addressing the higher costs of raw materials and related energy price increases in the production and processing of food and feed.

In 2023 we will see savings in our primary food processing industries with regard to their water usage, their energy usage and waste production; we will also see greater use of 'big data'; smarter machines and a greater understanding of animal nutrition, animal health and welfare. That's to name just a few advances I'm expecting and looking forward to.

Overall, 2023 will offer better-than-ever global connections that support local food production everywhere.”

Roger Gilbert, CEO, Milling and Grain,

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In 2023 we will see savings in our primary food processing industries with regard to their water usage, their energy usage and waste production; we will also see greater use of 'big data'"

GRAIN CLEANING AND GRADING FOR TIGHTENING SPECIFICATIONS

by John McArthur, Managing Director, McArthur Agriculture

eeting contract specifications for combinable crops is critical for millers and other processors to maximise yield and ensure a quality end product. The margins are fine and there is little room for error. In this uncertain climate of increased energy costs and elevated commodity prices both driving rampant food inflation,

Mit is unsurprising that contract specifications feel like they are tightening.

Grain cleaning and grading processes are simple ways to add value to commodities prior to further processing. To ensure a return on investment for this essential process the cleaning and grading equipment must be capable of meeting specifications at the output required and deliver a return. Knowing and establishing this can reliably give businesses the confidence to invest in the right equipment that will deliver a return on investment.

Czech manufacturer, JK Machinery, has been providing

cleaning and grading equipment for over thirty years for commercial grain stores, processors and farmers across central and eastern Europe. Matching the right machinery to the right process is key to ensuring profitable cleaning and grading. The combination of the JK Machinery’s technical knowledge and practical experience is resulting in its equipment becoming increasingly popular in new markets, including the United Kingdom.

The JK Machinery core range consists of twelve machines with the equipment falling into two main categories, cleaning and sorting and dehulling. The cleaning and sorting category consists

of vibrating screen cleaners, air-sieve classifiers, de-stoners, gravity tables and indent cylinders. The equipment is designed for agricultural commodities but also has many other industrial applications where the separation of bulk solids is required.

The broad range of dehullers process most combinable crops and consists of a compact dehuller, disc dehuller, impact dehuller, horizontal peeler and horizontal scourer.

Crucially, the knowledge and experience of the manufacturer enables customers to select the most appropriate combination of dehulling, cleaning and sorting equipment to deliver the exact processing specifications.

JCM VibroMAX; more performance in a smaller package

The flagship range is the JCM VibroMAX vibrating screen cleaner. This machine forms the backbone of many combinable crop storage and processing systems across a range of commercial sectors including grain storage, seed processing, feed milling and food processing.

The JCM VibroMAX range is modular in design. Each model in the range consists of inlet aspiration, sieve box, outlet box and outlet aspiration. There are almost five hundred standardised combinations, which means that a solution can be found to almost any commodity cleaning and grading requirement.

Equipment capacity ranges from 25 tonnes per hour (tph) to 400tph when pre-cleaning and 6tph to 60tph when fine cleaning or grading. The JCM VibroMAX delivers very high-capacity cleaning on a small footprint with limited dynamic loading, making it easy to incorporate the machine into new and existing processing lines.

There are four inlet aspiration options which include a simple aspirated inlet for course removal of light impurities. JK Machinery’s JAC and JAM aspirator pre-cleaners offer more effective cleaning on the inlet, the JAM features and additional rotary feeder spread grain more evenly across the sieves at the crop inlet. The JAN is an aspirated pre-cleaner with rotary feeder and expansion chamber to allow the removal of impurities via a small screw conveyor.

The sieve box is the core of the machine. The sieve area is one of the main factors, affecting equipment capacity, the larger the screen area the higher the capacity. The smallest machine in the JCM VibroMAX has a total screen area of 1.7m3, the largest has an area of 12.6m3. Configuration of screens also dictate the function of the equipment. Equipment with one sieve row can only perform pre-cleaning or grading operations, whereas equipment with two rows delivers the capability to clean and grade simultaneously. A limited number of machines are available with three rows enabling the separation of the commodity into four fractions in a single pass.

The wooden framed sieves are completely enclosed within the sieve box and are available with a large range of screen types and dimensions. Rubber balls within the frame of the screens prevent the screens blocking and screens are quickly interchanged via the large access door at the rear of the sieve box. The machine has

convenient sample points allowing each fraction to be inspected during processing.

The inclination of the sieve box can be adjusted as can the angle and offset of the vibromotors that drive the sieve box. The outlet box is attached to the end of the sieve box and comes in two configurations, cleaner and grader. The cleaner box only aggregates grain from the main fraction, separating course and fine impurities. The grader box sorts grain into each individual grades for further processing. The grader option is particularly useful as it allows the individual outlet aspiration of each grain fraction.

When compared to a reciprocating cleaner, the vigorous action of a vibrating screen cleaner delivers higher capacity on the same sieve area, this delivers more performance in a smaller package than the equivalent reciprocating cleaner. The vibrating screen cleaner also offers a higher degree of process control.

The final element of the modular system is the outlet aspirator. This is optional; however, most processing applications would require at least the basic JAA fixed channel aspirator. Greater control of the aspiration process is provided by the JAB adjustable wall aspirator which allows much finer and precise settings of the outlet aspirator to maximise removal of light admixture. The JAE adds an expansion chamber to the outlet aspirator.

The expansion chamber options on both the inlet and outlet aspirator allow the mechanical removal of light impurities via a small screw conveyor, reducing the quantity of dust and admixture reaching the cyclone or filter increasing effectiveness and reducing frequency of maintenance.

The modular design and large number of unique combinations enable the JCM VibroMAX to be carefully matched to ensure it delivers cleaning and grading capability to the specification and capacity required. The project development process is comprehensive, with the ability to undertake testing at the product development facility in the Czech Republic ensuring performance will be realised in a working environment and not just on a datasheet.

Combinable crop processers and producers currently face a challenging environment, every investment must be scrutinised carefully. The combination of advanced manufacturing and practical understanding with outstanding value for money make the JCM VibroMAX a compelling proposition.

Supply caution fails to stop wheat price drop

Despite some mixed crop news, wheat has been the weakest link in the global grain and feed complex in the final quarter of 2022. A renewed price descent in the past month largely reflected Russia signing up to the UN-sponsored deal to let Ukraine’s blocked grain exports out by traditional ocean routes. That the deal actually went ahead – and grain again flowed in decent quantities from the world’s frequent fifth or sixth largest exporter - appeared to surprise more than a few onlookers, given the unpredictable way hostilities progressed since the spring and Russia’s perceived interest in keeping the Ukrainian competition down (probably one explanation for Russian delays to inspections of Ukrainian vessels agreed under the deal).

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Despite that, on current pointers, Ukraine is now expected to complete exports of around 11 million tonnes of wheat and 15.5 million tonnes of corn. That’s still well down on the last season’s 18.84 million and 27 million tonnes respectively, but a lot better than many hoped a few months ago. If these forecasts are correct, it still means Ukraine will end the 2022/2023 season with much larger than usual stocks, especially of corn, which will help supplement its expected smaller 2023 production (which could be down 40 percent according to some observers).

The weaker wheat market has also been considering a series of higher estimates for the Russian wheat crop which some local analysts now expect to approach – even exceed – a record 100 million tonnes. That’s quite a jump from the 80 million or less expected earlier in the year.

Russia is expected by USDA to be able to ship at least 42 million tonnes – also a record and nine million more than last season. It could ship a lot more, given its ‘carryover’ wheat stocks are expected to pile up to over 15 million tonnes by the end of this season compared with 11 million for the previous two years, and just seven million for the two seasons prior to that.

Looking to the increased Black Sea export competition, underlined in a series of recent cheaper sales by the region in contested import tenders, the second largest exporting bloc – the EU – has been under some downward price pressure at times in the past month or so, despite maintaining the bounce in its sales with which this season started.

Current projections are for a jump in the bloc’s seasonal exports to 35 million from last year’s 32 million tonnes. Given that this year’s EU crop declined (by four million tonnes) rather than rose as it had been expected earlier, that would be some achievement, although it would leave EU ending stocks well down from last season’s relatively comfortable 13 million tonnes –closer to 9.5 million.

The bearish crop news also has two other major elements among the top-rated exporters. Canada’s crop has bounced back from last year’s drought-hit 22.3 million tonnes to around 34 million, potentially allowing exports from this quality milling wheat producer to rocket back from 2021 and 2022’s poor 15 million to around 26 million tonnes. Australia, expecting yet another near record crop (maybe even beating last year’s 36.4 million tonnes) and carrying forward larger than usual stocks from the recent series of huge crops, should be able to boost

“Chiefly stemming from a downgraded figure for Indian production, global rice output in 2022/23 is trimmed by three million tonnes, to 505 million (minus two percent y/y). "

shipments to a new all-time peak of 27 million tonnes, at least one million more than last season’s record. In the previous three seasons it shipped 9.8 million, 10.1 million then 20 million tonnes respectively.

While all this points to a seemingly far more adequate global wheat supply than seen back in the spring, there are some fewer welcome developments. One of which is that parts of Australia’s wheat belt have had possibly damaging harvest rains, even some flooding. So far this has not dented the crop volume forecast but it could mean some significant downgrading for this.

Worse news is coming out of the other major Southern hemisphere wheat producer, Argentina, where an unusual third year of the La Nina phenomenon has caused a protracted drought. The last estimate we heard for the now arriving crop was a mere 12.4 million tonnes compared with a forecast 20 million back in June and last year’s actual 17.5 million tonnes. It suggests Argentina’s exports will drop by about 7 million tonnes to just 10 million or so.

Fourth (sometimes fifth) largest wheat supplier, the USA is also among the bullish factors. Acreage cuts and less than adequate rainfall have kept this year’s crop down near last year’s unusually low level of around 45 million tonnes (average 50/51 million in the preceding three seasons and plenty more before that). Worse still, the recently planted US winter wheat crop (usually about two thirds of total wheat output) is in its worst condition for many years – just 34 percent grading ‘good/excellent.’ Given adequate

spring moisture this crop has been known to show remarkable powers of recovery but, at this stage, it does not augur well for next summer’s harvest. We also have to note that overseas wheat importers have not exactly been rushing to buy from this

relatively more expensive source (the firm dollar and higher freight costs do not help), leading to lacklustre US sales that have helped prevent the crop outlook boosting bellwether Chicago wheat futures prices.

The final bullish crop element has been India, where drought and heat has chopped the initially promising output to 103 million tonnes: 6.5 million less than last year. With local prices unusually firm, the government there has more or less abandoned plans for a record export campaign that aimed to cash in on Ukraine’s absence and the ensuing record prices we saw on the world wheat export market earlier this year.

Overall, world wheat output may still exceed last year’s 779 million tonnes but on current consumption pointers, that will result in a stock drawdown of about 10 million to 268 million tonnes – its lowest level for some years – especially in terms of the stock/consumption ratio.

Despite all that, Chicago wheat futures have dropped from almost US$9.50-per-bushel in late October to just over US$7 recently. That’s still way over the US$4 to US$6 range prior to 2021 but a lot better than spring highs flirting with the US$14. Forward Chicago’s future markets don’t yet hold out much hope of a drop to more traditional levels, pointing to US$8-plus all the way through to mid-2023 – which seems a tad optimistic if the global crop holds up. However, the EU’s (Paris) wheat futures trend looks a bit more encouraging for consumers, promising a 15 percent-plus price fall by second half 2023, to around EU€274-per-tonne.

Maize crop needs to expand

While down about 11 percent from their September peaks, maize costs have been slower to decline than those of partial competitor wheat. This is not surprising, given the coarse grains relatively tighter supply in a year of lower-than-expected US, European and Ukrainian production, only partly offset by expanding output in Brazil. The net result is an expected 50 million tonne 4 percent drop in global maize production, leaving it short of estimated consumption needs (which is also down but by less than 30 million tonnes) which will further reduce the global carryover stock.

A positive response by US and European farmers to the relatively higher price may help in the year ahead, assuming both get more favourable weather. However, a big question mark persists over Ukraine’s potential contribution while the conflict with Russia simmers on. Hopefully, the larger carryover

stock Ukraine will carry into the 2023/2024 season will help supplement its export potential, but nothing can be counted on at this stage. Fortunately for consumers, Latin America’s contribution is likely to continue growing. Brazil is currently forecast to produce around 126 million tonnes versus last year’s 116 million and the previous season’s weather afflicted 87 million tonnes – so its exports should rise sharply. Argentina has some dry weather issues that may prevent it reaching the recent top estimates of around 55 million tonnes (versus around 52 million for the previous two seasons) but if the rain situation improves, they may also have a bit more to offer than in 2022/2023.

A couple of factors are still applying some restraint to potentially frisky maize prices. In the USA, concern has been mounting about key customer Mexico’s declared aim to halt, by 2024, import of the genetically modified maize – which forms over 90 percent of its northern neighbour’s crop. Mexico imports about 17 million tonnes of US maize a year – about 30 percent of this season’s projected total US exports of the grain. Where else might the US look if it loses one of the world’s biggest customers? The EU imports up to 20 million tonnes a year but is already GM-averse, relying heavily on Ukraine, Brazil, and other non-US sources. China is another major importer, taking up to 29 million in 2020 and 2021 but with better domestic crops, reducing that to a projected 18 million in the current season.

There are plenty of other potential smaller maize customers and the US is expected to challenge Mexico’s aim under trade protocols between the two countries. However, this looming challenge could become a disincentive to US growers in a year when they are expected to raise their maize area.

Maize has also continued to feel some downward pressure from recession concerns, sharpened by key player China’s covid challenge and the inflation maelstrom generated by the Ukraine invasion – none of this friendly to meat and feed consumption with its strong links to a healthy economy. Energy markets have also shown fresh signs of weakening in November, crude oil hitting its lowest for many months. That’s potentially bearish for the consumption of maize in the ethanol sector – outlet for over 40 percent of US maize supply.

Recent CBOT futures prices for maize have been as low as US$6.25-per-bushel and distant futures suggest that could drift down to just under US$6 by end-2023. The EU futures market, trading around the low EU€290’s-per-tonne as we go to press, is forecast to ease to the low EU€270’s by late 2023 and perhaps EU€210 by late 2024 – which seems to assume production will improve.

Soya looks to Lat-Am crop promise

After a fairly steep drop in latter October, soya meal prices have levelled off, possibly wary of potential dry weather impacts for the newly sown Latin American crops. So far, top supplier Brazil seems to have got off to a flying start, local analysts still looking for anything up to 152 (even 154) million tonnes versus the past season’s 127 million. It would easily beat the previous record crop of 2020/2021 (139.5 million), enabling a huge increase in soybean exports.

The USDA forecasts 89.5 million tonnes – 10 million more than the recently ended 2021/22 season – as well as a potential 8 million tonne jump in Brazil’s carryover stocks into the 2023/24

marketing year. So far Brazil has reported only minor dry weather issues although neighbouring Argentina has suffered more from a long period with inadequate rainfall. To date, that has mainly hurt the earlier planted wheat crop, so some analysts including the US Agriculture Department, are still looking for a possible 49.5 million tonne soya harvest – 6.4 million more than the last one - as yields rise on a larger sown area.

USDA sees that boosting Argentina’s bean exports from last year’s 2.9 million to 7.2 million tonnes. It would also promise a similar meal export number to last year’s near 27 million tonnes, keeping Argentina the largest supplier of that product. Paraguay is meanwhile seen boosting its bean exports from 2.25 million to 5.75 million tonnes, meal from 1.35 million to 2.05 million if it gets its expected crop recovery (plus 6 million at 10m tonnes). Finally, the US – sowing next spring – is expected to raise planted area by over 1 million acres which, with trend yields, could put its 2023 crop back close to the 2021 level.

On the demand side, the market has been heavily focused on largest soya meal consumer China, usually home for 30 percent of world soya meal consumption. After many years of expansion, its soya meal demand has suffered in the past season from the combination of African Swine Fever, denting its pig herd, and the covid slowdown. It had been expected to get back to normal this season, fuelling larger global consumption of soya meal. However, as this issue goes to press, the market wants to see just how far the PRC manages to free itself from recent fresh, selfimposed covid lockdowns.

Bigger crop lowers rapeseed prices

Rapeseed cost has dipped sharply in recent months as traders contemplated higher world production and the weaker trend in vegetable oils – rape being dependent on its high oil content for the bulk of its crush margin and earnings. Canada’s latest crop estimate has been trimmed back to 18.1 million tonnes from the earlier 19.1/19.5 million range of forecasts but remains markedly better than last year’s drought/heat-wave-afflicted harvest of just 13.8 million tonnes. Another record Australian crop forecast of 7.3 million (last year 6.76 million, usually 3 million to 4 million) also weighed into the bearish mix as did the larger European crop (+2.3 million at 19.5 million tonnes). Russia and Ukraine (the latter’s winter-sown rapeseed less affected by the conflict than spring-sown sunflower seed) also produced more rapeseed this season (a combined 7.1 million tonnes versus last year’s 5.8 million).

For the recently ended 2021/2022 season, rapeseed meal prices on the benchmark Hamburg market averaged US$406-per-tonne, about 27 percent more than in 2020/2021 and 66 percent more than in 2019/2020, an even bigger jump than soya meal’s 54 percent over the same period. As the larger rapeseed supply starts to work through, there should be some further softening of recently lower costs but because seasonal carryover stocks have been worn down it may take more than a year for consumers to feel the full benefit. Paris rapeseed futures, for example, recently around EU€570-per-tonne, are quoted at similar levels well into 2023, although expected to drop to the EU€460’s by late 2024. So far, the EU 2023 crop, sown this autumn, is looking good under favourable weather conditions. Canada may aim to sow another big crop in the spring if the price of wheat, its chief competitor for land, continues to fall. However, another big

supplier, Ukraine, remains a grey area amid logistical and input cost difficulties imposed by the war there.

A less welcome development for largest outlet Europe and other big producers, the global sunflower seed crop is estimated to have dropped by over 10 percent or six million tonnes to just 51 million, mainly due to a 42 percent fall in conflict-torn Ukraine’s harvest. After widespread drought and heatwaves, European output has also fallen from 10.25 million to 9.5 million tonnes. These declines were only partly offset by a 1.4 million tonne rise for Russia (17 million) and a 900,000-tonne increase for former big supplier Argentina (4.2 million).

Sunflower meal prices have come down nonetheless with the general trend and some easing of the supply constraints imposed by the Russian invasion of Ukraine in first-half 2022. Back in April, after Ukrainian exports ground to a halt, the EU market was averaging a US$350-per-tonne. By October, after Russia allowed Ukrainian grain and oil exports to resume from usual main sea routes, the average price was under US$200. That move was helped by the fact that global sunseed ‘carryover’ stocks from the previous year’s record world harvest had almost tripled at the close of the past season, mainly due to Ukraine’s inability to export normally. These were expected to supplement this year’s smaller crop and, in theory, keep sunflower product output close to, perhaps even slightly higher than last season’s level.

Overall, world oil meal output in 2022/2023 is expected to jump to a new peak of 366 million tonnes from last season’s 350 million. If output holds up and prices continue to ease from the past year’s unusual highs, global protein meal consumption is seen growing by 12 million tonnes, led by China (mainly soya meal).

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Case Study US $59.5 million investment in Wheat

Doruk Un (Doruk Wheat), one of the biggest wheat flour producers and exporters of Turkey, aims to grow above 200 percent in wheat and bakery products and 400 percent in its other investment and business branches with its investment of US $59.5 million (1.1 billion Turkish Liras) that it plans to realize mainly in retail sales and agriculture and seed growing, noodle and pasta, feed and feed raw materials in its five years of projection. Additionally, Doruk Un planning to make RES and GES investment for needing its own energy need, is getting ready to dominate retail wheat market with Panpan brand in addition to its export to 41 countries. The brand, with its advance in retail market, will develop special products for needs and uses in a wide range from domestic use to bakeries and restaurants, from hotels to baklava and dough shops.

Doruk Un, that is one of three biggest brands of Turkey in wheat and wheat-based products, holds a strong place in Turkish economy with its wheat breaking capacity of 438 thousand tonnes annually, annual 350 thousand tonnes wheat production, 60 thousand tonnes wheat capacity, its 20 thousand m2 advance technology facility and with its sales & distribution network getting wider every year. Doruk Un, with export to 41 countries in Africa, Asia, South America and Middle East, aims to increase its US$97.3 million (1.8 billion Turkish Liras) turnover that it achieved in 2021, to appr. 392 million US Dollars (7.25 billion

Turkish Liras) in 5 years with its new investments. Doruk Un, that will develop a product for domestic use with its retail brand Panpan, will proceed in this area with its feed facility established. Especially considering that there is an increase in fast-food consumption in the works, the brand that will make influence with its pasta and noodle investment in export markets, is starting an energy investment. Gürsel Erbap, who is CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Doruk Un, who indicated that they started from the point where energy is a big expense item after the situation in the world in terms of energy prices, indicates that they will meet their own consumption with a solar energy facility that they will establish and that they will minimize their costs. Doruk Un was in 324th row in Fortune 500 list prepared by Fortune Magazine, with a 102.6 percent change in its turnover compared to previous year, it took 316th row in net sales in 2021 ISO 500 list and 471st row in Capital 500 list.

60 percent of production is for export

Erbap who stated that “Our biggest success in export is that we meet requests of end users with our R&D team. We select wheat according to consumption habits and bread variations of each country, we grind wheat and localize it with the new technology we created.”, indicated that they directed 60 percent of their production to export and that they realize special production for their customers with 7 different brands in export market.

Gürsel Erbap, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Doruk Un, stated that wheat sector is going through a serious test as coming in front lines of food sector and fundamental foods especially after narrowing

commercial network due to pandemic and quick increasing in foreign exchange rates, despite of this, they left a period behind full of success and a productive harvest. Erbap shared the aims of the company by stating that “Wheat sector that has a strategic importance in economy of the whole world, went through difficult days due to exchange increases, climate effects, the pandemic and economic uncertainties caused by the pandemic. There was serious price unbalances in global scale and it is still ongoing. In 2021 that we left behind, we achieved our targets Doruk Un despite of all these conditions. In the process where we take place, raining amount that we had in last winter and climate conditions ensured to have a productive harvest period. Our short-term aim is to deepen our power in the sector by making production and logistic investments that will support our supply chain. Additionally, in line with correct market, correct product and request, we realize our plans regarding management of wheat requirements in different categories. Panpan, our power in retail section, will be an important part of this plan.”

2022 has been a productive year in terms of wheat harvest in Turkey

Erbap who stated that 19 million tonnes wheat harvest was realized approximately in 2022, said that “Turkey is a country sufficient for itself in wheat production… If it is moved with correct agriculture policies in Turkey and if TMO continues its agriculture supports as it did in this year especially, there will be a significant increase in wheat production. Current production can be increased in 60% rate by combining agriculture lands and bringing land that are not planted into

agriculture through making land consolidation and by making investments for productivity and by integrating it to technology. It means that it is possible to create a value added economy by reaching to export capacity without making import”. While it is estimated that there will be 19 million 883 thousand tonnes of wheat production in Turkey in 2022, it is expected that this figure will exceed 22 million tonnes in 2025.

Size of planting area, productivity and logistic advantage bring Turkey forward

Erbap who attracted attention on importance of Marmara Region and Thrace lands for wheat harvest for Turkey, highlighted that approximately 3 million 120 thousand tonnes of wheat harvest in Turkey which was 19 million 800 thousand tonnes in 2022 wheat harvest, was obtained from Marmara Region. Marmara Region and especially Tekirdağ province as one of important locations for wheat in terms of productivity and with its planting area size, ensure a logistic advantage for use as a result of their proximity to ports, also stated that Marmara Region as the second region after Central Anatolia Region meets wheat harvest of Turkey.

Turkish wheat will increase its existence with the “Grain Corridor”

Turkey is one of 10 biggest wheat exporters of the world with its wheat export of approximately 7 million tonnes, according to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) data. Erbap who stated that “Its proximity to the Black Sea basin and being a critical interim point in wheat production especially after Russia- Ukraine war, bring Turkey forward

in terms of export. We, as Doruk Un, realize 13% of total wheat export of realized from Turkey, except Iraq and Syria. Making only border export carries a serious risk for Turkey in further period, therefore we moved to different markets”, stated that Turkish wheat will increase its existence in export markets with the “Grain Corridor Agreement”. Since the agreement that will ensure secure dispatch of grain and foods from Ukraine, with hosting provided by Turkey, will ensure balancing food prices in global scale, it is followed with attention by the whole world.

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EUROTIER 2022

Milling and Grain Magazine had the pleasure of attending Eurotier this year, which took place in Hannover, Germany, from November 15 - 18.

A wide selection of industry professionals attended from a variety of countries across the globe. Over 1800 exhibitors came together to showcase from 57 countries, with approximately 106,000 visitors from 141 countries. The event featured over 400 trade events and conferences to attend, providing an exciting and busy atmosphere.

Eurotier is the world's leading trade fair for professional animal farming and livestock management. Due to the ongoing pandemic, there has been a longer than usual four-year gap since the last event, making this year's Eurotier all the more highly anticipated. Walking through the packed busy halls you could sense the excitement and enthusiasm among companies, exhibitors and professionals who have finally been able to come together from across the globe.

Members of the industry had fully packed schedules, from morning to evening there were exhibits, talks, seminars, conferences, and socials.

The overall theme of Eurotier 2022 was focused on ‘transforming animal farming’, emerging trends, future developments, and innovations in the sector. Attendees got to explore all the exciting innovations presented, Innovations in the emerging insect farming industry, AI, Smart Farming, and agritech.

Other topics frequently mentioned in the seminars and conferences include zeitgeists, from sustainability, climate change, energy, new solutions, and the environment, to animal welfare, and conflict affecting animal production.

The event held many well-attended conferences, seminars, and

round tables throughout all four days.

Speaking at an opening press conference on the eve of the opening day, Dr Lothar Hövelmann, Eurotier Chief Executive says the global agricultural industry faces “a barrage of multinational crises.”

He expressed the view that events such as Eurotier were essential now that the pandemic is receding, saying there is no substitute for direct-dialogue and meeting face-to-face.

Dr Hövelmann’s ‘barrage of crises,’ includes international trade challenges, feed price increases, the outcome of the pandemic and the interruption to supply chains all directly impacting global livestock production. But he remained positive that energy prices for example and animal feed prices will return to more normal levels in the medium term.

In summary, Dr Hövelmann says the key points arising from the survey show that: dairy farmers want to adopt more digital solutions; pig farmers are more focused on equipment, welfare and hygiene and the poultry industry is currently looking to build and adopt more renewable energy sources.

Hamlet Protein hosted the Feed your Brain Seminar, giving ‘An inside view of gut health to improve sustainability in monogastric animal production’, which was presented by Elizabeth Santin (Co-Founder of ISI Institute Brasil).

She talked about sustainable development goals in the industry, looking at the Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA), and its significance in evaluating the whole supply chain. The seminar went on to expand on the importance of livestock gut health in relation to animal welfare, food safety, workers welfare, and creating positive economic effects.

Included in these conferences were several conferences and round tables tackling the recent issues faced by Ukraine and its

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affects/future outlooks on agriculture and animal farming, first of which was the ‘International Conference Ukraine’ aimed at discussing the ‘struggle for existence of Ukrainian livestock farming’.

The Ukraine conference started with opening addresses from René Döbelt, Ophelia Nick, and Tara Vysotskyi, who joined through Zoom, live from Ukraine. There were key presentations from Olena Dadus and Joseph Efken, and a panel discussion kicked off with the above mentioned plus Julia Kostynska, Erik Guttulsröd, Maksym Gopka, Andrey Dykun, and Victor Sheremeta. The main discussion was surrounding sustainable reconstruction of agriculture, creating value added whilst maintaining food security among Ukrainians.

Ophelia Nick spoke on the topic of reconstructing agriculture in a sustainable way, mentioning the recent challenges Ukrainian livestock farmers have faced in needing revenue to sustain farms whilst there are blockades targeting seaports. She further pointed out the reality of reconstruction is only possible with international support.

Taras Vysotskyi called live from Ukraine, to thank those who have supported and states he hopes that given the recent shortages, animal husbandry will be increased in the future, and emphasises the importance of creating jobs and value added, applauding the courage his current colleagues have shown.

After the opening addresses were key presentations, one of which was by Olena Dadus. She believes there is a potential for reconstruction once seaports are unblocked. The sustainable increase in livestock farming needs to meet the requirements

of the Ukrainian people, she adds, which involves maintaining acceptable food prices, food security, business developments and creating value added. Factors affecting livestock such as daylight, water, supervision, and seasonal changes also need to be considered, and going forward more equipment and technical support is needed.

The panel discussion concludes with Olena Dadus affirming there are projects and loans planned, to help the current situation. ‘This war gives Ukraine the possibility to show the world that Ukraine exists, that they love freedom, and can live and struggle for the right to live in their own country’ she states, summarising that going forward, they must create the conditions that make it possible to develop agriculture.

Such a large international crowd invited many networking opportunities for those who attended, each hall displaying a variety of insights into animal production, including equipment, animal feed, veterinary and health products, new and innovative designs, and pioneering techniques. Each hall showed a variety of sectors from the aquaculture lounge, which was a popular feature in Hall 21, Insect feed and farming, Feed for Future, and exhibits specialising in dairy, cattle, sheep, goat, horse, pig and poultry, feed and animal health, products, and energy decentral. The exhibition made sure to cover all aspects of the livestock industry, from transport, technology, animal housing, environment, and milking tech, to processing and equipment.

The event provided the chance to see all these new developments in the sector and was a great success.

INDUSTRY EVENTS

Industry events: 2022 Wrap-Up and What to Expect in 2023

The past year has been truly bountiful with events, each as amazing as the previous. Our team here at Milling and Grain magazine got to travel around the globe, visiting various countries and events located in America, Singapore, Turkey and some even in our own home country, England. We have loved every event we visited and are incredibly grateful to all the people that we worked with and met.

The year had some of the biggest events that we got to attend, starting strong with IPPE in America, to then going to IDMA and VICTAM EMEA 2022 in Turkey, followed by PIX/AMC 2022 in Australia and IAOM MEA 2022 in Tanzania. There were many more events that we also attended, and I will give honourable mentions to. I would also like to say a large well done to these events as they were all spectacular in their own ways and thank you to the many that we were able to work and partner with, along with thank you for continuing to work with us too in the new year.

As mentioned before, IPPE, IDMA and VICTAM EMEA, PIX/ AMC and IAOM MEA were some big and amazing events that we got to attend along with thousands of other people. Other events that were notable are GEAPS, VIV Europe, Cereals, Indo Livestock, SPACE, JTIC, Ildex Indonesia and Eurotier. We wish we were able to attend every single event through the year, but sadly there is only so much time, and many events overlap.

For the following year we can expect many exhilarating events and conferences which Milling and Grain plan to attend. Just to

list a few events this year, there is IPPE in January, GEAPS in February, 127th Annual IAOM in April, Agrishow 2023 in May and Cereals in June and this is only some of the events in the first half of the year.

Milling and Grain even have a few of their own conferences planned this year too. We have the Aquatic Asia conference and the 7th Aquafeed Extrusion conference on March 7th and Build my Feed Mill conference on March 10th. All three will be held in Bangkok in conjunction with VIV Asia. We look forward to seeing you there.

Again, 2022 was a fantastic year for events and Milling and Grain are so thankful we got to visit so many of them and meet and connect or reconnect with lots of people. We hope to see you all again this year and to meet more of you in many of these events.

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Temperature monitoring

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Training

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IAOM

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Freya von Czettritz is the CEO of DLG holding. Since 2016 she has headed DLG’s Division of Trade Fairs Plant Production and Field Operations with the international flagship brands Agritechnica, DLG Feldtage, DLG Waldtage, PotatoEurope and Agritechnica Asia.

DLG organises numerous events such as Agritechnica and EuroTier. How important do you think these events are in bringing the agriculture related industries together?

The events and exhibitions the DLG organizes for the agricultural industry are an integral part of DLG’s strategy to further knowledge in all areas, from agricultural machinery and livestock management to practical crop production techniques. DLG was founded in 1885 with the aim of promoting knowledge of technical progress in agriculture. The first exhibition was held two years later. Since then, exhibitions and events has been at the core of DLG’s mission. Face-toface meetings at exhibitions and events are an excellent way for farmers to exchanges views with companies and organisations, which in turn enable them to make sound investment decisions.

DLG is an open network of more than 30,000 members. How successful has it been in reaching a younger generation in attracting them to agricultural industries?

A2 The average age of the AGRITECHNICA and EuroTier visitor is 37 years. Young farmers and agricultural students are an important part of the international exhibitions.

The DLG offers the next generation of farmers targeted networking in its dedicated “Junge DLG” community (Young DLG) which has around 8,000 members. Additionally, the DLG membership gives access to a large pool of knowledge, including best-practice methods from experienced innovative farmers. In some 40 DLG-working groups made up of practicing farmers, academics, companies and other experts, topics, such as soil health or precision farming are explored indepth and evaluated. The result of this work is made public, enabling the younger generation to take advantage.

What do you consider is the main issue the industry must overcome if it is to meet the food needs of a growing world population? Does the events provide a platform for awareness and change?

Exhibitions play a key role in informing farmers of available solutions to better meet the food demand in the future. Food security must be considered in the long term. The existing concepts and strategies of a transformation of the German and European agricultural sector remain valid. The basis of these strategies is sufficient availability of food and this basis can no longer be taken for granted in the short and medium term, as the food crises show. An extreme intensification of food production with serious negative consequences for biodiversity and the climate can only bring short-term relief to the markets. In the long term, food can only be secured if ecosystems remain functional and the climate meets the needs of crops. And to do this, the production systems must be further developed in an ecologically compatible and climate-friendly manner, with the least possible restriction of area productivity.

Jen Kremer is the Managing Director of DLG International. With many years of experience in the global trade fair business, Jens Kremer, a graduate of exhibition and event management, has been responsible for sales and business development at DLG Service GmbH for DLG trade fairs in Germany and abroad since 2013

The DLG is a farmer-backed organisation. Why is it important for farmers in Germany to have an international platform such as an exhibition and meetings both in Germany and elsewhere?

Trade fairs are one of the only platforms to present the market so comprehensively. This means visitors are offered a complete overview of not only the many available solutions but also the upcoming trends. Since the start of mechanisation in agriculture, farmers have needed platforms to explore the full range of technical solutions available. An exhibition involves not only inspection of machinery close-up but also discussions about its merits and suitability for the farm, each of which face different conditions. These detailed face-to-face meetings are a necessary part of the investment decisions for the farmer in his role as a CEO, particularly, since we are talking about large sums of money.

The DLG has exhibitions in many countries. What is behind this strategy?

One of the aims of the DLG is to foster agricultural knowledge and progress across borders. We have been successful with platforms that enable networking and the exchange of ideas and this is also the concepts we offer farmers abroad. We facilitate this through structured gatherings and events. While our international exhibitions, Agritechnica for agricultural machinery, EuroTier for livestock and PotatoEurope offer the full range of equipment and innovations for the innovative and forward-looking farmer, not all farmers have the opportunity to visit. In these cases, there is a need for a local approach. A few decades ago, the DLG started offering the first exhibitions abroad, starting with Turkey and then Poland and China. Today, we organise 30 exhibitions worldwide in countries like Kazakhstan, Philippines and Zambia.

How effective has DLG’s international projects programs in helping the farmers of developing countries? Is there more you feel DLG can and should be doing particularly at this time?

The DLG has 12 local subsidiaries in key agricultural countries around the world, including Turkey, Ukraine and China. The latest subsidiary we added was 2020 in Thailand, which will cover the South East Asian region. This local approach is very effective as it allows us to concentrate on the issues prevalent in that region and to offer solutions. As the DLG is an international farming organization, we facilitate access to farming knowledge in the particular region. This includes close liaison with the ministries and the local farmer organizations and we offer our know-how, both in-house and from our international network of 2,000 experts. To name some examples, in Thailand we have been very successful in offering know-how specifically in the precision farming field and, in Vietnam, we are supporting the government’s mechanization strategy. Right now, we are engaged with the IRRI, the international rice research institute, to organize the next international rice congress in the Philippines. The focus in the DLG is to support the regions in identifying solutions that are practically applicable. The local subsidiaries do a splendid job in working closely with the organisations on the ground.

Cargill has announced Brian Sikes has been elected President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective January 1, 2023.

Mr Sikes will be the 10th CEO in Cargill's 157-year history and brings a strong track record of business operational rigor to the role, having grown the company's global Protein and Salt enterprise into an industry leader. Mr Sikes currently serves as Cargill's Chief Operating Officer (COO), where he has been instrumental in constructing the company's long-term strategy. With broad experience across multiple businesses, cycles and geographies, Mr Sikes held leadership roles in the U.S., Canada and Europe, and served as the head of the company's Talent Center of Expertise. His relentless focus on people and culture, customers, and proven expertise in leading growth and transformation have earned him the trust and respect of Cargill's customers, employees and the Board.

Mr Sikes will succeed Mr MacLennan, who joined the company in 1991 and served in multiple executive roles, including CFO and COO, before becoming the company's Chairman and CEO in 2013.

Mr Krueger joined The Andersons in 2019 as part of its acquisition of Lansing Trade Group where he served as president and CEO for nearly 14 years. Most recently, he was president of trade and processing at The Andersons. Prior to The Andersons and Lansing, he held positions as a grain merchant for Scoular and ConAgra Trade Group where he began his journey working in the commodity industry and gained a strong business development skillset in grains, energy, risk management, and corporate finance. Mr Krueger's commitment to serving the community is evident in his current role as chairman of the board of Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri.

In his new position, Mr Krueger will be responsible for all of the company's operating segments.

Jacquelyn Thousand appointed as new US Territory Sales Representative for Dairy with Anpario

Anpario, the independent manufacturer and international distributor of natural, sustainable feed additives for animal health, nutrition and biosecurity, is pleased to announce the appointment of Jacquelyn Thousand as Territory Sales Representative for Dairy in the United States.

Ms Thousand, who is from a dairy background, graduated from Iowa State University with a BSc in Agriculture Biochemistry and joins Anpario from the United States Department of Agriculture.

Ms Thousand will be a valuable asset to the expanding US Anpario team, which includes nutritionists, vets and experienced agricultural technicians and managers. Jacquelyn will apply her experience to lead the US sales and service initiatives, focusing on dairy and ruminant accounts in the Midwest.

Dr Charles Starkey, Ph. D., announced as new Vice President of Scientific and Regulatory Affairs for NARA

The North American Renderers Association (NARA) is pleased to announce that Charles Starkey, Ph.D., has been named the association's new Vice President of Scientific and Regulatory Affairs. In this role, Dr Starkey will also be acting as Director of Research for the Fats and Proteins Research Foundation (FPRF), the rendering industry's research organisation.

The position of Vice President of Scientific and Regulatory Affairs serves as an advisor to the North American rendering industry on science, animal disease, and feed safety issues, and oversees all animal food safety research, training, and policy. The FPRF Research Director leads all research efforts for the foundation, assists FPRF members, and plays an active role in FPRF funded research programs.

Dr Starkey will represent the rendering industry to regulatory agencies, academia, and partner organisations on industry issues such as sustainability, animal health, biosecurity, pathogen control, and environmental impact, as well as provide technical advice and assist members to meet regulatory requirements and standards of the Rendering Code of Practice.

Prior to NARA, Dr Starkey served as Assistant Professor at Auburn University's Poultry Science Department where he taught courses in animal feed manufacturing and poultry production and led research activities focused on petfood and feed manufacturing, nutrition, and gastrointestinal physiology. A seasoned educator and researcher, he brings a tailored skillset to the role including experience in the areas of animal food manufacturing, animal food safety, and animal nutrition.

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