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PROTECTING

STORED GRAIN• Feed enzymes and

efciency

• Boosting animal welfare

with phytogenic products

• Machine vision combined

with hyperspectral NIR to

guarantee food safety

• IPPE Event preview

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62 PROTECTINGSTORED GRAIN

For those who work in thegrain industry, battling the

natural elements to grow abountiful crop is only half of

the challenge!

COVER IMAGE: A new feedmillbeing constructed in China for ADM.Located just 30km outside Nanjingwhich is capital of China’s easternJiangsu province and roughly 300kmup the Yangtze River from Shanghai.The mill is on course to produce over110,000 tonnes of pre-mixes andcompound feeds in its rst year. The

mill is a turnkey project constructedby Famsun with the its associated silosprovided by Muyang

REGIONAL FOCUS North America 4

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VOLUME 127 ISSUE 1

NEWS 6-33

FEATURES

38 Wheat genomesequencing boosted

40 Feed enzymes and

efciency

44 Boosting animal welfare

with phytogenic products

48 Feed of the future?54 More than a mycotoxin

binder… Anta®Ferm MT

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58 Machine vision combined

with hyperspectral NIR to

guarantee food safety

STORAGE62 Protecting stored grain

68 Storage Project:

Two new projects for

LPKS Latraps

2 GUEST EDITORPatrick Flot

68 MARKETSSuwei Jiang

98 INTERVIEWGary Huddleston

©Copyright 2016 Perendale Publishers Ltd. Allrights reserved. No part of this publication may bereproduced in any form or by any means withoutprior permission of the copyright owner. Moreinformation can be found at www.perendale.comPerendale Publishers Ltd also publish ‘TheInternational Milling Directory’ and ‘The GlobalMiller’ news service

EVENTS82 Event listings, reviews

and previews

COLUMNS8 Mildred Cookson

16 Tom Blacker

20 Christophe Pelletier

24 Chris Jackson

FACES100 People news from the

global milling industry

TRAINING35 Cereals and Feed

Management

PRODUCT FOCUS 36

CASE STUDY 74

Grain & Feed MillingTechnology magazinewas rebranded to Millingand Grain in 2015

JANUARY 2016



I was not born into

milling, and it’s probably

only by chance that I

have been lead towards

the milling industry. Thatsaid, curiosity could also

be a big factor.

Back in the 1970s,

when I rst decidedto go to the ENSMIC

(French milling school),

milling technology was

changing. In France, the declining number of mills

leads to increasing capacities. Manufacturers have

continued to develop more efcient machines, morepowerful roller mills and new sifters. Flow sheets

have also been adapted to allow for these new

standards. Then ten years into my milling career,automation and computers arrived in our factories.

Following the time that I spent employed in various

French mills, I then had the opportunity to return

for a few months to teach technology at ENSMIC.

I was incredibly grateful for this experience, and

it inspired me to start a new job in consulting and

technical training.

During my time in this role I have met many mill

workers in various countries, including those where

there are no technical schools. I found these people

to be motivated, curious, and thirsty for knowledge.

I also found them to be very welcoming and keen to

receive the knowledge of others.

I still nd it incredibly surprising that in many cases,the importance of staff training is underestimated.

When a manufacturer wishes to invest in a new

plant, they will choose their suppliers, they will

invest in capital, but all too often they will forget

the importance of employing and training the right

people. This team will be entrusted with ensuring

that the mill is operational at the optimum level;

and it’s not always easy to nd the persons who willcontrol the process, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Today, most mills operate automatically with a

programmable logic controller, but this should not in

any circumstances reduce the level of skill of staff. A

modern plant will always have a high

potential for capacity, performances,

quality, energy saving, environmental standards.

However, this potential will be used, or not, by the

production staff. Without skilled operators, the mostmodern plant will not produce better quality ourthan its competitors if the operators have not been

trained to a high enough standard.

As an experienced technician myself, I am still

fascinated by milling technology. However, I do feel

that there is all too often a gap between the standard

of theory and industrial practice. I do believe that

reducing this gap is necessary and achieved by

ensuring all members of the mill’s team are trained

in the basics of control and settings.

I have found that under close scrutiny, it is possible

to ascertain that although the milling work in mills

where the training isn’t entirely satisfactory is beingcarried out; it is getting done without employing an

appropriately accurate level of methodology.

I believe that it is of vital importance that everyone

is aware of who is trained to adjust the machines, the

correct method of operation; as well as the timetable

for operation and maintenance. Frequently however,

I have found that workers have their own method.

One of the issues that is currently being encountered

throughout the milling industry is that some of the

more experienced men, who are doing their job

very well, are seemingly not willing to share their

knowledge. Simple things are often underestimated,

or even forgotten, and the consequences of lack oforganisation can be signicant, especially in high-capacity mills.

In conclusion, we can say that there is no one big

secret to successful milling, but some points must

be under control, such as the quality of the wheat,

dampening systems and wear of rolls settings. When

the production team knows the importance of these

points, many things are easier to control. I recently

I heard a Chinese proverb, “What the sage doesn’t

knows he learns.” I really like it because I think it

concerns everybody, does it not?

Patrick Flot, Flour mill consultant

Training the right people

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EditorGuest

Meet the Milling and Grain team

The team are travelling across

the globe to industry events.





NORTH AMERICA

REGIONAL FOCUS

314 - total US maize production, inmillions of tonnes, in 2011. This

beat all other crops in the country

that year. (Source: FAO)

4 - the number of US statesaccounting for more than half of

maize sales in 2012. They wereIowa, Illinois, Minnesota and

Nebraska. (Source: USDA NASSCensus of Agriculture 2012)

27.6 - total wheat production, inmillions of tonnes, in Canada in

2015. This was down 6.2 percent

from the previous year, due to

dry conditions causing a decline

in yield of 3.3 bushels per acre.

(Source: Statistics Canada)

18 - Percentage rise in Canadianmaize grown for grain in 2015,

owing to a 10.4 percent rise in

yield combined with a 210,200

acre rise in planted area. (Source:

Statistics Canada)

NORTH AMERICA

STATS

IPPE

The International Product and Processing Expo (IPPE) will be

held in Atlanta, GA, at the Georgia World Congress Centre from

January 26-28 2016.See the full story on page 84

Feed safety and

environmental affairs

Gary Huddleston is the American

Feed Industry Association’s

manager of feed safety and

environmental affairs. We spoke tohim about his role, challenges and

changes in the industry and how to

attract ‘new blood’ into the world of

food manufacturingSee the full story

on page 98

New sales manager in

North America

Bühler Aeroglide appoints new salesmanager in North America – Joe Tordella

will manage the sales for North America

food segments, including the snack and

ready-to-eat cereal markets.See the full story on page 100

FACES

EVENTS

INTERVIEW

NEWS

Cargill has acquired

Format International Ltd

Cargill has acquired Format

International Ltd, a leading globalfeed formulation software company

with more than 30 years of experience

and more than 5000 users across

93 countries. Format International

will become part of Cargill Feed

Management Systems (FMS), a

software company that operates as a

separate part of the Cargill Animal

Nutrition business. FMS has more than

12,000 users and provides formulation

and operations solutions to the feed

industry.

See the full story on page 32

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J A N 1

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Celebrations are in order for 2016!

On June 6, 1891 the rst edition of Milling

was published. 2016 marks the 125th yearMilling has been in print servicing millers

originally in the UK, but today throughout the

world.

In those early years we were published weekly and the

magazine blossomed in the absence of other media reaching

the industry. Today, those working in our industry have a

varied and multiple avenues to nd the information they

require and our monthly magazine is just one source.

This year we celebrate our longevity – we are the longest,

still-in-print magazine for the our, rice and feed industries

though out the year.

That is why we have focused on the needs of both millers

working in the industry and the suppliers of technology that drivesour industry forward. We are rst and foremost a technology

publication – not just in equipment but also in materials handling

and nutrition. Our goal is to publish in key languages so that we

reach to the very heart of our industry everywhere.

As a result of that decision, (we are already in Spanish,

Turkish and Arabic), it has become clear to us that Milling

and Grain must be in Chinese.

A team from Milling and Grain spent 10 days in China in

early December visiting universities, rice, our and feed mills

along with a number of commercial companies to better gauge

how we might help in the transfer of technology from the

technology-advanced centres of our milling industries in the

west to operators in this vibrant and dramatically-changingmarket of 1.3 billion people in the east.

When one turn-key provider is building up to 400 mills a

year, and has done so for several years now, you know that the

demand for food and feed products that provide consumers

with the quality foodstuffs they want - and animal with diets

that maximise their performance - has reached a new level.

We visited one new mill, a feedmill being constructed for

ADM just 30km outside Nanjing city centre, which is on

course to produce over 110,000 tonnes of pre-mixes and

compound feeds in its rst year. We feature this mill’s silos

on the cover of the rst issue this year in recognition of the

importance of not only good storage and handling in China,

but also to focus on this growth area for milling.On our visit we were able to appoint our new 'International

Editor - China', Professor Dr Wu Wenbin of the Grain and

Oil Mechanical Research Institute at the Henan University

of Technology and who is also director and vice-secretary

of the Cereals Standardisation Mechanical Council of

China from Henan University of Technology who joins

our International Editor Turkey, Professor Hikmet on our

masthead this month.

Over the next 125 year our Milling and Grain magazine

will be faced with many challenges. Under my direction,

we will report on those issues and offer all stakeholders in

our industry to express their views on how we take our food

and feed sectors forward. Join us this year in celebrating,and recalling the achievements of parts publishers, editors,

writers and readers of this great magazine!

Roger Gilbert, Publisher

gfmt.blogspot.com

A blog dedicated to milling industryprofessionals globally

Milling and Grain magazine, the oldest milling

magazine still in publication – and rst publishedin 1891 – is once again proud to be sponsoring the

2016 GRAPAS Award for innovation.

The Award will be made to the most innovative and

economically benecial equipment, process or service atGRAPAS Asia 2016. All GRAPAS Award recipients will be

published in a special edition of Milling and Grain along with

a review of the event itself. This special issue will not only

reach print readers, but will be promoted widely through themagazine’s digital media to ensure maximum awareness of

the Award winner within the milling industry globally.

Nominations for the award will be clearly identied at theexhibition and in the show guide in order to attract visitor

attention. Entries can be from one of the three following

categories:

• A milling technology development (for our, rice or othercereal)

• A production process or renement that makes for moreefcient and/or safe production

• A service (online or otherwise) that helps millers achieve

their goals more efciently

All entries are subject to the utmost condentiality untilpublication of the special show issue. Please contact Tuti Tan

separately if you do not want your innovation to be published!

A panel of independent industry experts will judge the

entries. The award will be presented during the GRAPAS

Asia 2016 exhibition. How to enter To participate in this

competition the innovation, process or service has to comply

with the following:

1. Have been introduced to the market after January 2014

2. Be new

3. Make a contribution to efciency and/or safety4. Demonstrate signicant practical value

5. Be presented at the exhibitionTo submit your entry please complete the application form

prior to 1 February 2016. Since the nominations will be

published in Milling and Grain, please send accompanying

pictures and/or illustrations, preferably in digital format, [email protected]

The

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In previous issues of Milling and

Grain, I have mentioned that the

Mills Archive library holds a

number of books, catalogues and

images on rice production from

all corners of the world.

This article moves on from the

early primitive methods and

the subsequent description ofthe use of waterpower illustrated in earlier articles, to

examine some of our holdings covering the early stages of

industrialisation of rice milling.

In 1896 Mr Riichi Satake, the founder and rst Presidentof his company, invented and initiated the production and

sales of Japan’s rst indigenous power-driven rice millingmachines. Before that Japan’s growing industrial rice

milling was dependent on imports.

The journals we hold before that date give detailed

attention to exports of rice milling machinery from

manufacturing centres such as Glasgow, Edinburgh

and Manchester. Evidence for this trade is illustratedby advertisements by Alex Mather & Son of Edinburgh

(1896) and from 3 June 1889, the advert illustrated from

John Staniar and Co of Manchester, conveniently situated

near Victoria Station. The latter rm specialised in riceand our machinery components such as silk screens andthe wire meshes for sieves, bolting and smutters. Other

rms exported complete mills.For example, ‘The Miller’ in June 1889 reproduced an

article from ‘Engineering’ on a rice mill for Japan. The

article is well illustrated with engravings showing the

machines made by J Copland & Co, of Pulteney Street

Engine Works, Glasgow which were sent out and ttedin Japan. The installation consisted essentially of two

departments, the hulling and the cleaning mills. There

were ve sets of emery-faced hulling discs, whichremoved the husk from the paddy rice as it came from the

elds. The machines were of iron with the under disc usedas the runner instead of the top stone as in rice mills using

traditional millstones.

This appears to have worked very well, enabling more rice

to be hulled.

The mills are driven by bevel gears on a layshaft, the end

of which is coupled to a compound horizontal engine.

As well as the hulling discs there was a riddle to remove

stones and straw, etc.

On the upper oor of the mill were ve emery-facedcleaning cones. These ran the next process after hulling,

by Mildred Cookson, The Mills Archive, UK

Rice Milling around the World:

A Japanese rice mill

Milling journals of the past at The Mills Archive

Some early volumes of The Miller

Advertisement for John Staniar & Co of Manchester

Rice milling plant for Japan - Compound horizontal engine




where the rice was polished by friction between the emery

cement, which forms the working face of the cone and the

wire covering of the outer case, the rice running through in

a continuous stream.

There are also four pearling cones to make white rice from

the previous process which would turn the rice into pearl

rice.

Finally there was the rotary sizer, a machine to gradethe nished product. The whole process was automaticwith the paddy rice coming direct from the store and no

handling was required until the nished product appearedas pearl rice.

These articles only give a brief glimpse of the several

million records held by the Mills Archive Trust. If you

would like to know more please email me at mills@

millsarchive.org.

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Five emery-faced cleaning cones

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Circular economy package marks importantcontribution of compound feed manufacturing tosafe and sustainable feed production

On 2 December the European

Commission published

the long-awaited CircularEconomy Package. The European

Compound Feed Manufacturers’

Federation (FEFAC) welcomes the

Commission’s proposal to explicitly

exclude feed materials from the scope

of the Waste Framework Directive

2008/98/EC, to the extent that theyare already covered by EU feedlegislation. This proposal honours a

long-standing call from the Europeanfeed industry for more legal certainty,

which will facilitate discussionswith national authorities on the

interpretation of the legal ‘non-waste’status of certain feed materials.

The clarication is in line withFEFAC Vision on Feed Safety

Management, highlighting the

importance of securing the safety and

integrity of feed materials throughout

the entire supply chain. FEFAC also

welcomes Commission’s ambition to

potentially step up its involvement in

the discussion on sustainable sourcing

of feed materials through policy

dialogues and partnerships.

FEFAC already contributes

proactively to the development of

the methodology for measuring

environmental footprint of feed

production at EU (PEF) and globallevel (FAO LEAP partnership &

IFIF-coordinated Global Feed LCAInstitute), which will increase the

visibility and transparency of circular

economy benets at consumer level.FEFAC’s input to the PEF is focused

on the recently approved draft Feed

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Footprint Category Rules)

developed in the context of the EC

Environmental Footprint pilot phase.

FEFAC fully shares the Commission’s

expectation that harmonised rules

will allow for more trustworthy

communication on the environmental

performance of animal products.

FEFAC President Ruud Tijssens

feels the ambitions outlined in the

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ADM helps feed thosein need with nearlyUS$360,000 in contributionsto local food banks

In 2015, Archer Daniels Midland Company

contributed nearly US$360,000 to provide food tothose in need, including US$318,000 in donations

to food banks in 14 different states and more than

US$40,000 in matching contributions to food banksfrom ADM colleagues.

“It’s important to reach out to those in need

during the holiday season, and we provide grants to

numerous organisations that provide special food

assistance programs this time of year. Our colleagues

also get involved in many different ways, such as

volunteering for and donating to food drives and food

packing events and serving meals at missions and

soup kitchens,” said Jennifer Ballinger, director, ADMCares.

“But it’s also important to remember that these

organisations need support throughout the year, and

as one of the world’s largest agricultural processors

and food ingredient providers, ADM is committed

to providing help year-round to those that needassistance most in the communities where we live and

work.”

The contributions were given through ADM Cares.

ADM Cares is a social investment program that

directs funds to initiatives and organisations that

drive meaningful social, economic and environmentalprogress worldwide. The program comprises three

distinct focus areas: supporting the responsible

development of agriculture, improving the quality

of life in ADM communities and fostering employee

giving and volunteer activities.

To view photos of ADM volunteers in action, visit

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It is with pleasure I can

announce that the 2016

International Milling and

Grain Directory is not

only out in print but also

in the mail to our readers!

The 24th edition has been

updated and reformatted

for the New Year. We

have received generous support from advertisers,

who without their commitment would make the

print edition less effective and more restrictive

in circulation. We request all who use ‘her’ to

acknowledge the support our advertisers have placed

in this timely and valuable document.

Our 2016 edition carries additional comment from

new editors, such as Milling and Grain’s International

Editor in Turkey, Professor Dr M. Hikmet Boyacıoğlu,who shares his views on the signicance of training toall of us involved in the milling, formulation, baking

and processing industries.

We have made the new edition more compact and

easier for you to carry with you. We have also addeda new section and I hope you will enjoy the Colour

Sorters Equipment Guide that can be found on pages

166-167.If you haven’t received a

copy, please let me know

so I can send you one

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Tom Blacker, International Milling and GrainDirectory

In print

AND GRAIN

www.muehlenchemie.com www.flourworld.de

Demeter, the Greek goddess of grain and fertility, watches

over the fortunes and welfare of our FlourWorld Museum

as a filigree work of art created with 10,000 knots in nylon

thread. She also stands for Mühlenchemie in its role as a

manufacturer of flour improvers and vitamin and mineral

premixes, as a symbol of creative entrepreneurial energy

and openness to the world.

Grain was the beginning

With its collection of over 3,000 flour sacks from 130

countries around the globe, the FlourWorld Museum in

Wittenburg, near Hamburg (Germany), is unique in the

world of grain. It is an initiative and cultural project of

Mühlenchemie and a token of thanks to all millers. The

museum shows the history of flour and its significance for

mankind: FLOUR IS LIFE. Every new sack with an interest-

ing motif is welcome in the Sackotheque and will find a

permanent home there.

“Demeter”, K. Willinek

FLOUR IS LIFE

FLOUR IS ART

[ Museum Story No. 1 ]


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Scoular completes acquisition of Legumex

Walker Inc’s Special Crops Division

Scoular, a leading US-basedagricultural marketing company,

is expanding its reach with

the completion of its acquisition of

Legumex Walker Inc’s (LWI) Special

Crops Division, a global merchandiser

and processor of special crops, pulses,

and associated healthy, specialty food

ingredients.

In September, Scoular entered into

an agreement with LWI to acquire

substantially all of the assets of LWI’sSpecial Crops Division for CA$94million plus the amount of net working

capital at closing. The transaction

was nalized today after meeting allregulatory requirements. Scoular now

owns the Legumex Walker name and its

afliated special crops business, whilethe seller of the business has changed its

name to LWP Capital Inc.

The new-to-Scoular special cropsbusiness is engaged in primary and

value-added processing of special cropsat 14 operating facilities in Canada,

the US, and China. It boasts a diverseproduct offering, ranging from various

grades of pulses, including lentils,

whole and split peas, edible beans, and

chickpeas, to other special crops such

as canaryseed, axseed, and sunowerseed. Nearly all 300+ employees of

the former LWI special crops business,

including its management team, joined

Scoular’s ranks effective today and will

continue to operate the business at the

existing locations.

“We’ve been looking to enter the

special crops market for some time, and

we’re thrilled to nalise the purchase of

a business that brings a wealth of specialcrops experience and expertise to our

growing company,” said Chuck Elsea,

Scoular’s Chief Executive Ofcer.“We will invest additional resources

to expand the business and pursue

opportunities that result in more

value for growers and a high-quality,reliable supply of specialty products for

customers around the globe.”

Bob Ludington, Chief Operating Ofcerfor Scoular, says entering the special

crops business is a natural and strategicextension of the company’s portfolio.

“Our role in the market, whether

dealing in high volume commodities or

niche specialty products, is to connect

local supply to global demand. We have

a very long history—nearly 125 years—

of working with producers to seek to

the best markets for their production.We accomplish this by developing

strong relationships with growers and

consumptive customers to understand

and meet their unique requirements. We

also work closely with transportation

and logistics providers to ship products

by truck, rail, barge, or container.”

Anthony Kulbacki will continue in his

role as the executive responsible for the

special crops business, now reporting to

Mr Ludington.

“This is terric news for all

stakeholders in our special cropsbusiness – employees, suppliers,

producers and customers. We are eager

to start leveraging Scoular’s resources to

solidify and expand our unique food and

feed ingredient business. The addition

of Scoular’s expertise in wheat, canola

and other commodities will enable us

to create more opportunities for the

producers and customers we serve.”

Mr Kulbacki emphasised the

importance of Scoular’s solid foundation

and long-term commitment toagriculture, stating that “this provides

condence for producers and enablesus to invest in infrastructure that creates

competitive advantage in serving these

globally expanding markets.”

Healthy Food Ingredients acquires ‘purple corn’ Suntava

Healthy Food Ingredients, LLC,

the parent company of SK Food

International and Hesco/DakotaOrganic Products recently acquired

Suntava® Corporation of Afton,

Minnesota, USA.The Suntava team will operate as a

division of Healthy Foods Ingredients,

continuing to use the Suntava name.

Healthy Food Ingredients, LLC (HFI)

is a specialty ingredient company that

provides non-GMO, organic, glutenfree, and identity preserved ingredients

to domestic and international customers

in the food and pet food manufacturing

and food service industries.

“HFI is a quickly-growing company,however, we are purposeful in growing

the HFI platform,” says Brad Hover,

HFI CEO.“Like our other brands, SK Food and

Hesco, Suntava has a rich history within

the food industry and is a natural t forus. We are pleased to include them in

the HFI family.”

Suntava is a plant-based specialtyingredients company best known for

its proprietary Suntava® Purple Corn, a

natural Non-GMO hybrid.Suntava purple corn is used as

an ingredient in functional foods,

beverages, nutraceuticals and

cosmeceuticals, as well as being a

natural colorant for food and beverages.

Suntava is the rst company fromthe USA to research, grow andcommercialise this naturally high-antioxidant corn, derived from ancient

strains of Andean maize. Suntava’s

purple corn is sold as a whole kernel,

our, meal, grits, masa our, IQF andfreeze-dried fresh purple corn.

It is used in various applications

including cereals, snack foods, baked

goods, beverages, dietary supplements,

skin care and petfood blends.

According to Suntava PresidentBill Petrich, “Suntava has a profound

commitment to contributing to a more

healthful way of living. We’re excited

to be part of HFI and its family of

companies that share our vision and

values.

“We look forward to continued

growth and expansion into new markets

under the HFI umbrella, and know our

customers and consumers will benetfrom Suntava’s access to a broader

grower network, enhanced distribution,

and a united commitment to the best food

safety practices from eld to table.”Mr Hover adds, “We’re eager for

the opportunity to innovate together

to provide value-added ingredients tothe marketplace, like HFI’s recently-launched AncientGrisps, which has

been an exciting offering for us.”

AncientGrisps are milled and extruded

from a custom blend of ancient grains,

including amaranth, quinoa, sorghum

and millet, they are whole grain and

naturally gluten-free.HFI was formed in response to

increasing industry and consumerdemand for ingredients that promote

health and wellness. In 2013 HFI re-capitalised SK Food International and

in 2014 added Hesco/Dakota OrganicProducts to the platform. HFI continues

its growth through acquisitions and new,

innovative ingredients.


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In my previous column, I had

expressed doubts about any

signicant outcome of theCOP21 conference. I must

have been wrong because most

headlines I have read emphasise

what a huge success has been

achieved and how history has

been written in Paris.

You may call me a killjoy, but I still have some

reservations about what is in the Paris agreement. As I

wrote last month, I expected no less than a last minute

hard-fought agreement. It has been like that at everypast conference. Apart from a text in which all countries

recognise that something must be done to ght climatechange, the content is vague enough and has been watered

down enough so that everyone feels good about agreeing

with it.

Achieving the target of limiting the temperature increase

at less than two degrees, and ideally at no more than 1.5degrees Celsius is a task of a different magnitude than

writing a text of 31 pages. Nowhere in the text does

it appear clearly who is not only responsible, but also

accountable for delivering the results and to whom they

should be accountable.

The agreement needs at least 55 countries representing

at least 55 percent of greenhouse gas emissions to be

ratied. In my view, the Paris agreement would have moreconvincing if it had actually been ratied. Further, theredoes not seem to be any penalty system for the countries

that would not do a good job at reducing their emissions.

As I wrote last month, I believe more in rewarding thosewho do well than punishing those who do not. The lack of

penalty in the agreement does not bother me as much as

the lack of reward. Sometimes the stick works, sometimes

the carrot works and sometimes a combination of both is

best, but rarely does no carrot and no stick get things done.

Nonetheless, let’s look at this agreement positively and

assume all countries have actually started working hard on

meeting the target. The wall to climb is quite high and we

must not fool ourselves. We will not reach the target with

the current economic model, which has led us to where we

are today.

As Einstein said, we cannot expect different results by

doing the same. So what is going to change during the

next 35 years? How will the economic model change and

evolve, what will make it change? Where is the vision

of the future world? Chanting “this is the end of fossil

fuels” is not a vision as such, unless someone can present

how they get replaced, by what and how it changes the

economy and the economics of human activities.

Other question mark is how the people are going to buy

in on the future directions. The leaders can agree all they

want, but the average Joe and Jane have bills to pay. They

need jobs and money. If change is perceived as loss, there

will be resistance. As always when it comes to managing

change, genuine and candid communication is essential.

There will have to be incentives to change behaviour, and

they will have to translate in nancial advantage to thepeople.

Among all the goods and services, food denitely has aspecial place to both consumers and in regard to climate

change. In an interview to the Dutch NOS on the day the

COP21 text was adopted, Pier Vellinga, Climate Professor

at the Wageningen Agricultural University, indicated thatwe need to look at food differently and in particular we

should reduce our consumption of animal protein as he

sees this as healthier for us and for the planet.

He also encourages farmers to move to mixed farmproduction systems and to more organic methods. This is a

different view from the one of Aalt Dijkhuizen, President

of Dutch Topsector Agri&Food, and former professor at

Wageningen University, who has always advocated forintensive animal production systems that he considers

better for the environment than organic and extensive ones.

Different opinions are good. I am a strong believer that to

improve how we produce food, we need to have candid

and robust dialogues.

Because of the diversity of natural conditions as well as the

diversity of cultural, sociological and political, there are

many different solutions that must be implemented wherethey work best.

The debate about food always sounds like there should

be a universal system. That is in plain contradiction with

nature and human nature, too. Pragmatism is going to be

one of the most important assets for the future. Nothing is

carved in stone. The food and agriculture sectors have an

ideal role to play in carrying out such dialogues because

the well being of humanity depends on it.

I encourage you to initiate dialogue anywhere and anyway

you think will foster progress.

The talking is over, it is time for actionby Christophe Pelletier

Christophe Pelletier is a food and agriculture strategist

and futurist from Canada. He works internationally. He

has published two books on feeding the world’s growing

population. His blog is called “The Food Futurist”.

The Pelletier Column


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COMPANY

UPDATES

DuPont and The Dow Chemical

Company have announced a

denitive agreement under whichthe companies will combine in

an all-stock merger of equals.Upon closing of the transaction,the combined company would be

named DowDuPont and have a

combined market capitalisation

of approximately US$130 billionat announcement. The parties

intend to subsequently pursue a

separation of DowDuPont into

three independent, publicly traded

companies through tax-free spin-offs. This would occur as soon

as feasible, which is expected to

be 18-24 months following theclosing of the merger, subject to

regulatory and board approval.

Following the closing of the

transaction, DowDuPont will be

dual headquartered in Midland,

Michigan and Wilmington,

Delaware.

Retsch, world leading supplier of

lab equipment for sample

preparation and characterization

of solids, has given its website

a new, fresh look. The design is

characterised by large graphic

elements and a very clear structure.

Thanks to the improved menu

navigation visitors easily nd theinformation they are looking for

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to product information, news

and events the Retsch website

also features an application data

base with a huge selection of test

reports as well as articles and white

papers on a variety of applications

for download. Retsch has also

published a 100-page generalcatalogue on the complete range

of milling, sieving and assisting

equipment. The catalogue contains

a selection of application examples

from the most important industries

and offers a wealth of background

information on milling and sievingtechnology. See the new website at

www.retsch.com

As we move

forward into

another year I

would like to wishall of our readers

a very happy and

prosperous New

Year.

Reecting backon 2015, a year that has seen me hugely

privileged in visiting many countries around

South East Asia, Australia, China, Europe,

India and the USA. This has helped me gaina greater understanding of the vastly different

farming techniques and systems, ranging in

diversity from industrial-scale, fully-integratedbusiness to subsistence farming.

Seeing fully-organic systems through toproduction techniques rely on modern

fertilisers, sprays and medicines to achieve

maximum outputs.

It is within all of these farming businesses that

food production begins and is the rst stage ofthe production of food that is both wholesome

and safe for consumption.

As more and more people move away from

their agricultural roots and into the world’s

larger cities, increasing pressure is brought to

bear on the farming population of the worldto feed them with safe, uncontaminated and

nutritious products.

Following Europe’s example, I am pleased to

see that the USA has nally banned the routineuse of antibiotics and growth promoters in

their pig industry, in some other countries this

issue remains on-going.Of course it is not just livestock farming that

has to develop systems that can effectively

and most importantly, protably produce foodwith minimum use of chemicals that can be

detrimental to human health, but all of thecrop and vegetable production.

Once the food, be it wheat, rice and all crops,

vegetables and livestock, is produced then

it has to be got to the consumer. In some

countries that I have visited up to 40 percent of

food produced is wasted either through poor

infrastructure, storage or handling techniques,

or a combination of all of these factors;

meaning that food has deteriorated to a pointthat it is not t for purpose.In these counties, from my observations, their

Governments are keen to tackle problems

with large-scale investments in infrastructure,roads, ports and airports.

Reducing the losses has to be the rst of ourindustries many challenges for this coming

year. If we can improve on food distribution

then we achieve many goals for our global

industry, reduction in cost to consumers and

increased prots for our farmers.

Once the infrastructure is in place then it’sdown to the farming fraternity to take full

advantage of the facilities and from the

resilience that I have seen world wide of

farmers. I am sure they will increase the

amount of food that they can get to market and

for production they will continue to use every

new technique that comes available to them.

Recently, in Paris the world came together to

discuss the effects of global warming where

much is said about the industrial giants of

the world causing long-term problems. I amsure that there will be no easy x to these

problems, however, farmers worldwide canhelp considerably in their own way and are

already doing so by producing more with less,

using for instance improved genetics and feed

production techniques.

As we move forward into 2016 our challenges

are producing increasing amounts of safe food

for the world with a decreasing global farming

population. From my travels in 2015 I am

convinced that farming is the only industry

that our world cannot manage without, and

that using science and practical skills this

coming year will see farmers livelihoodsimproved.

Again I want to wish you all a Very Happy

New Year

@AgrictecExports

by Chris Jackson, Export Manager UK TAG

Reecting back on 2015


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M

ore than 40 industry leaders, representing in

excess of 2.8 million sows, gathered at the

world-famous Melbourne Cricket Ground for theAlltech Elite Herd dinner to discuss challenges facing the

global pork industry and debate how to move forward.

Matthew Smith, Alltech Asia-Pacic vice-president,opened with a reference to forecasts that poultry

consumption will overtake pork by 2020 (OD Consulting,

2015).

“Chicken consumption is growing, in large part due to

efcient broiler performance, consistency in appearance,texture and taste and no religious restrictions,” said Mr

Smith.

Chicken producers have been leading the way in

innovation and exibility in the number of consumer

products on the market.“There have been more new products created with

chicken meat than all other meat sources combined,” he

said.

Terry Coffey, chief science and technology ofcer,Smitheld, discussed the challenges of being the world’slargest swine producer, especially in regard to the sheer

size of business. He stressed Smitheld’s focus on drivingproduction efciency across their brands.

He said, “Part of our challenge in producing pork with

enhanced attributes is what to do with the lesser-value cutsthat are not as desirable.”

Mr Coffey also referred to the fact that Smitheld hassome organic farms where inputs are fully traceable. He

said that this forms a very small part of their business and

demand for these products has not grown in recent years.

The importance of provenance (where food is grown) was

discussed in a debate about locally-sourced products. BrianLuxford, general manager of the research and innovation

group, Rivalea, emphasised that due to restrictions limiting

the importation of genetics in Australia, improvements in

production efciency must be made elsewhere. He stressedhis belief that companies must promote the idea of buying

local and ensuring consumers know the origin of their pork

products.

Mark Field, head of product technology, Coles, illustratedthat when making a purchase, the consumer will look at

a range of factors, such as value, marketing, provenance,

innovation and convenience.

“We remain focused on listening to the needs of the

customer and delivering products they can trust.”

Summarising the night’s debate, Aidan Connolly, Alltech

chief innovation ofcer, said, “The pig business is global.While we once looked at local prices and only pork

proteins, we’re now globally interconnected. Prices go up

and down together.”

At a separate Alltech breakfast at APSA, Mr Connolly

addressed an audience of more than 60 executives fromcountries across Asia, discussing the trend to move away

from antibiotics in production.

“Around 46 countries now have restrictions on the use

of antimicrobials, particularly as growth promoters,” he

said. Using examples of iconic global brands such as

McDonald’s, Walmart and Subway, he stressed that change

will not come necessarily from legislation alone.

“Governments are pushing the food industry in new

directions, but the majority of change will come from

companies themselves,” said Mr Connolly.

Mr Connolly highlighted trends in the global swine

industry towards antibiotic-free production and Alltech’sleading role in this area. He spoke about the Alltech

Antibiotic-Free program, which includes almost fourdecades of research, practical applications and technical

experts, providing a holistic approach to help producers

address the challenges that can occur in antibiotic-freeproduction.

He spoke of very large sow units in the US and othercountries that have removed antibiotic growth promoters

and are using Alltech’s programme, emphasising that these

companies now have lower mortality and are consistent

leaders in feed conversion.

Mr Connolly also shared his experience with an

application of the Alltech Antibiotic-Free program, the

“seed, feed and weed” approach: seeding the gut withfavourable microora, utilising nutritional technologies infeed that maintain optimum pH, water balance and support

gut microbial population, and weeding out challenges in

order to maintain gut health and integrity to support overall

performance.

Aidan Connolly, Alltech chief innovation ofcer and vice

president of corporate accounts, shared his predictions ofcoming trends in the pig industry at APSA 2015

Industry leaders, representing nearly three million sows, gatheredin Melbourne at the Alltech Elite Herd Dinner

Predicting the unpredictable Australasian agribusiness leaders debate future challenges


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Meeting of the InternationalGrains Council and theInternational Grains Forum

Members of the International Grains Council

(IGC) convened for the 42nd Council Session

on 30 November 2015. The meeting was

chaired by Ms Carla Seain, Under-Secretary for PoliticalCoordination, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and

Fisheries, Argentina. The latest supply and demand outlook

and market developments for grains, rice and oilseeds were

assessed, while recent changes in national policies and

administrative matters were considered.

Based on the latest Grain Market Report (GMR 461),

world total grains (wheat and coarse grains) production in

2015/16 was expected to fall short of the previous year’srecord, but only by a fraction. Bumper outturns of wheat,

barley and sorghum were seen being outweighed by a drop

for maize, although output of that crop could still be the

third largest ever.

A further rise in global consumption was anticipated,underpinned by solid demand for food and animal feed.

Nevertheless, end-2015/16 stocks were projected toexpand by 1 percent y/y (year-on-year), to a 29-year high.While some of the rise was seen in the major exporters, an

accumulation was also expected in China, where inventories

are largely inaccessible to the global grains economy. A 2

percent decline in world trade was forecast, mainly because

of smaller wheat and barley imports in Near East Asia and

North Africa following good domestic harvests.

With northern hemisphere winter wheat sowing for the

2016/17 harvest well advanced, only a small fall in globalarea was projected. Incorporating tentative assumptions for

spring wheat plantings and the next southern hemisphere

crops, world 2016/17 harvested area was placed about 1percent lower y/y. Recent rains had alleviated concerns aboutdryness for autumn sown wheat in some places, although

worries about the poor start to the growing season persisted

in certain areas, particularly in Ukraine. While world wheatproduction was not expected to match the previous season’s

record, large stocks would cushion the impact of any decline,

likely keeping overall availabilities ample.

World rice stocks in 2015/16 were projected to drop by 12percent y/y, to a seven-year low, almost entirely linked to aheavy fall in major exporters’ inventories, seen contracting

by one-third, to their lowest since 2007/08. Trade wasexpected to remain historically high in 2016 on large

shipments to Asian markets in particular, while Thailand

would replace India as the world’s largest exporter.

Global soyabean output was seen matching the previous

year’s record on likely bumper outturns in leading

producers and, despite growth in uptake to a new peak,aggregate carryovers were anticipated to edge up to a fresh

high as a steep rise in the US more than offset declineselsewhere. Traded volumes were expected to rise slightly

on a modest increase in deliveries to China, with Brazil

set to be the world’s biggest exporter, its shipments

signicantly exceeding those by the US.With bumper crops swelling availabilities, the IGC

Grains and Oilseeds Index (GOI) has fallen by 20 percent

y/y, including declines in wheat (-25 percent), maize (-11percent), rice (-12 percent) and soyabeans (-22 percent).Finally, the Council noted the plunge in dry bulk freight

markets to record lows in 2015 against the backdrop ofweaker demand and excess tonnage capacity.

The Council considered administrative matters, including

an update on progress with its economic work programme.

The Secretariat presented its medium-term supply anddemand projections (covering the period 2016/17-2020/21); while some retreat in grains, rice and oilseedsstocks was anticipated, global availabilities were seen as

remaining comfortable.

In line with the Council’s new medium-term workprogramme priority to foster improved links with

international grains trade participants, members agreed

to the International Grain Trade Coalition’s (IGTC)

participation in Council sessions to facilitate a dialogueon major policy issues affecting grains trade. The IGTC’s

President, representing the organisation’s afliatedassociations and councils, will be invited to attend the

Council’s 43rd Session in June 2016. The Secretariat also

informed members that a new redesigned public section of

the IGC website had been launched earlier that day.

International Grains Forum: “The new global context:

challenges and opportunities for large net exporters”

An International Grains Forum (which included an

exhibition) was held on 1 December, organised by the

Buenos Aires Grains Exchange (Bolsa de Cereales) and the

IGC. There were presentations on a wide range of relevanttopics, including prospects for grains and oilseeds supply

and demand, key trade issues, international trade and

sustainability and productive challenges. The central role of

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The integrity or credibility of a

food and feed safety assurance

certicate is increasinglyimportant. Major interests

are at stake including bothcommercial and human health.

The overall aim of certicationis to offer condence to allstakeholders in the market that

a certied company fullls the requirements of a normativestandard of a certication scheme.Third party certication ensures that an impartial party, suchas a certication body or an auditor, assesses a company’smanagement system, its implementation, and daily

operations in a consistent way.

At the end of 2014, GMP+ International renewed its

integrity policy for the GMP+ Feed Certication schemethoroughly, including its enforcement. Lessons taken from

recent feed safety emergencies led to this change. Although

it has taken some time and effort to implement it fully, the

rst experiences can now be shared.A scheme manager applies an Integrity Policy with the aim

to ensure the condence that the certied company complieswith the principles and requirements of the applicable

normative standards of a certication scheme in a proper andunimpaired manner.

Otherwise a certicate will lose its credibility. Maintainingthe credibility of a certication scheme is in the interest ofthe scheme manager as well as all participants and related

stakeholders.After all, integrity is doing the right thing, even when

no one is watching. However, when put into practice

this is not always the case and furthermore ‘situational

interpretation’ of requirements can sometimes result in risks

for downstream actors in the market.

An ‘integrity policy’ is one of the most challenging

responsibilities of a scheme manager. In most cases,

several certication bodies and auditors are involved in theassessment and certication of companies, participating in acertication scheme.Besides impartiality and competence, the consistency of

assessing practical situations by certication bodies andauditors is vital when striving to achieve this.

GMP+ International has 30 accepted certicationbodies with about 370 qualied auditors in charge, withthe certication against standards of the GMP+ FeedCertication scheme. In December 2015, over 14,700

companies / locations were certied in over 75 countries.This high level of participation has created an obligation to

maintain a high level of credibility.

However, an integrity policy should not be viewed as a

stand-alone item, but should form the foundation of acoherent set of roles and responsibilities for those concerned.

Therefore, the responsibility of each involved party for the

credibility of a certicate is stipulated, before diving into theintegrity policy as such.

First of all, a certied company needs to comply withthe requirements appropriately, as it is in the company’s

own interest to control risks. It is then the Management’s

responsibility to ensure adherence to those requirements and

to evaluate the implementation and compliance regularly.

Accurate compliance is also crucial; otherwise it will fuel a

tendency of avoidance. An internal audit is a useful tool to

assess compliance on a regular basis.Feed safety culture is the responsibility of the management.

The question of whether feed safety is a priority or a

company value. If it is a priority, it can be high or low,

depending on the nancial situation. A company value isalways at the same level of urgency, because it is a driving

force for daily operations. That makes the difference.

The certication body’s main responsibility is to ensurethat their auditors are applying normative standards in a

competent, impartial and consistent way; whilst dealing with

nonconformity in accordance with the rules of certicationset by the scheme manager.

It is recognized that the source of revenue for a certication

body is its clients paying for certication, and that this isa potential threat for impartiality. To obtain and maintain

condence, it is essential that a certication body’s decisionsare based on objective evidence of (non) conformity and that

its decisions are not inuenced by other interests or otherparties (ISO 17021).

Inaccurate assessment by an auditor results in inaccurate

operations of an assessed feed company regarding feed/food safety control, which can often lead to an increase in

deviant behaviour as well as non-compliancy. Therefore,the certication board’s management has a responsibilityto monitor and assure that their employees and auditors are

operating with the appropriate level of integrity.Finally, a scheme manager is also responsible for the

integrity of the certicate. It is about setting normativestandards or certication criteria, about setting clear rulesof certication and about an effective and reliable integritypolicy.

by Johan den Hartog – Managing Director of GMP+ International

Integrity of Feed Safety Assurance certication


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The requirements for participating companies as well as

involved certication bodies in the certication schemeshould be achievable and relevant. Validation, prior to

implementation, is an important tool.

Well-balanced multi-stakeholders’ participation is alsokey for setting achievable and relevant requirements.

Additionally, GMP+ International applies public

consultation in the decision-making process as well asregular evaluation of the effectiveness of normative

standards that contribute also to a balanced end result.

Dening a coherent set of rules for certication is anotherimportant responsibility. For GMP+ International, it is about

accreditation against ISO 17021 and ISO 22003, which

provides conditions for impartiality, competences, and

consistency. Furthermore, regular examination of auditors

should ensure enough knowledge about the standards and

processes. GMP+ International has also set minimum audit

time, audit frequency, and classication of nonconformities,including the related measurements and sanctions. However,

based on practical experiences, both the classication andthe measurements was tightened last year.

GMP+ International’s Integrity policy consists of threecornerstones: complaints management, management of the

early warning notications and compliance assessments.The compliance assessments are about the certicationprocess conducted by the certication bodies, including theenforcement tools towards certication bodies.Before 2015, the compliance assessments were carried

out by means of witness audits, parallel audits and annual

certication body’s ofce audits. Parallel audits seems to bemost effective if conducted shortly after an audit conducted

by a CB auditor.

It is important that the sample size of parallel audits (annual

number of parallel audits) is determined on an objective

base. GMP+ International aims to apply a statistical

calculation method, based on the number of qualiedCB auditors. Therefore, the compliance audit capacity

is doubled in order to comply with the results of the

calculation method.

Since 2015, additional compliance assessments methods will

be gradually introduced and conducted. These are different

types of retrospective assessments.

One of these retrospective assessments is an annual overall

analysis of the performance of a certication body and itsauditors. It contains an overview of the audit results of the

CB auditors, the auditors’ exams results, and the results of

GMP+ International’s compliance assessments (CB ofceaudits, witness audits and parallel audits).

These results are evaluated both in conjunction with, as well

as compared to, the results of the previous two years. This

provides relevant insights and a coherent picture of (non-)compliance. Therefore it provides objective evidence as base

for assessment compliance and in case of non-compliance,for enforcement measures towards the certication bodies.In 2015, GMP+ International experienced already effective

progress in enforcement compliance based on the overall

analysis. Based on the recent experiences, the classicationof nonconformities, during compliance assessments, and the

measurements are evaluated and reviewed.

These new criteria will be set and implemented from 2016

onwards and should contribute to a reliable certicationprocess and hence keep the GMP+ FSA certicate valuable.


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Aquaculture Feed

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Driven by opportunities in the

global feed software market

to provide customers with

integrated formulation software and

solutions on a larger scale, Cargill

has acquired Format International

Ltd, a leading global feed

formulation software company with

more than 30 years of experience

and more than 5000 users across

93 countries, reports the

PRNewswire today.

Format International specialises

in the design, authoring and

marketing of recipe optimisation,ingredient allocation and food

and feed formulation solutions

for the animal feed, aqua feed,

pet food, human food, premix

and other industries.

Format International will

become part of Cargill Feed

Management Systems (FMS), a

software company that operates

as a separate part of the Cargill

Animal Nutrition business. FMS has

more than 12,000 users and provides

formulation and operations solutions

to the feed industry.

The acquisition creates a unique

opportunity for Cargill to create

world-class formulation solutionsand provide customers with an

even more comprehensive range

of products and services, reports

PRNewswire.

"This acquisition combines Format

International's software capabilities

and state-of-the-art platform withCargill's expertise in animal nutrition

and nutrient analysis," said Bruce

Feist, managing director, Cargill Feed

Management Systems.

"Together, we will be able to offer

our customers a complete and fully

integrated nutrition solution that

will deliver the right information

to the right person – anytime,

anywhere."

Customers and employees will

benet not only from Cargill's scaleand animal nutrition expertise, but

also from working with a company

that shares its values.

"What impresses me about Cargill is

its high ethical standards, sustainable

business practices and values-basedculture focused on customers,

employees and communities,"

said Merryl Webster, managing

director, Format International.

"Its commitment to providing

customers with end-to-endsolutions will give Format's

customers additional choices

of tools and systems which

will help to more effectively

grow their businesses long-term and ensures that we

continue to deliver high

quality products and services

to them."

Cargill aquiresFormatInternational


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Expansion intoEurope with jointventure

Swedish millers BoMill ABand Pawlica s.r.o

The grain quality sorting

company BoMill AB

grows their distributor

network by signing an agreementwith Pawlica s.r.o. with

operations in Czech Republic,

Slovakia, Poland and Serbia.

“With Pawlica as our

Distributor in central Europe

we will have a strong partner,”

says Per Söderström, Marketing

Director BoMill AB.

Petr Pawlica, CEO Pawlica

s.r.o. says, “The revolution

in grain sorting is here! I am

really happy that I will be

able to offer this really newamazing sorting solution,

which can sort grain on quality

basis, to my customers."

"This sorting solution will

ensure, that my customers will

be always capable to sell in

contract guaranteed quality

or buy in lower quality and

adjust grain quality in-house.Companies with BoMill

sorting solutions will become

preferable suppliers for grainbuyers from Germany or other

EU countries. ROI (return ofinvestment) is what matters

today and BoMill technology

has great gures here!”

Land O’Lakes Inc launchesnutritional additives focus inanimal feed

PMI Nutritional Additives to focus on nutrient

utilisation and gut health and integrity in livestock

Land O’Lakes Inc announced today the launch of

a nutritional additives focus within its animal nutrition

business. Known as PMI Nutritional Additives, the business

will work with all feed nutritionists, manufacturers,

veterinarians and producers seeking to deliver value,

efcacy and strong results through their livestock feed.PMI Nutritional Additives is focused on products that

optimise performance in animals in two key areas—nutrient

utilisation and gut health and integrity. There are several

nutritional additives available for poultry, swine, dairy and

beef cattle, and more will follow.

“Within the animal production industry, Land O’Lakes’

animal nutrition business delivers proven feed solutions

backed by extensive research knowhow both in-house,through our animal nutrition PhDs, and in the eld,”says Dave Hoogmoed, chief operating ofcer for animalnutrition.

“With our nutritional additives business, we’re extending

our research capabilities, partnerships and distribution to

meet the needs of a growing segment of customers.”

In addition to extensive research capabilities, PMI

Nutritional Additives products are backed by practical

insights and expertise in how to use products in US-based formulations as well as a deep understanding of the

health, management and nutrition dynamic within each

specie group. Strong partnerships with industry-leadingcompanies across the world ensure access to advanced feed

components providing diverse feed additive competency.

“This is a natural and exciting extension of our quality,

innovation and expertise,” says Tim Makens, general

manager of PMI Nutritional Additives.“We really view this

as another way we can work with our partners to ensure the

highest levels of performance in America’s livestock.”


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The IGP Institute hosted four participants for the Cochran

Program on Cereals and Feed Management for Morocco on

November 9-19, 2015. The course covered topics including

grain handling technology, post-harvest management of wheat,

corn and soybeans, pest control management, moulds and

mycotoxins, US grain grading and contract systems for exports.

“The IGP Institute has an

international reputation,” says

Abderra Kchit, course participant.“Between science, research, extension

and the farm activities, I realised

that we don’t have this interaction in

Morocco and I think we should. This

integration is very important.”

Throughout the 10-day course,

participants spent their time in the

classroom and traveling to several

leading agricultural venues in Kansas

and Louisiana. The facilities visited

included Ron Roth Farm, Manhattan

Farmers Coop (MKC), ADM GrainExport Facility, Cargill Westwego

Export Facility, USDA Federal Grain

Inspection Service and Thionville

Laboratories.

Participants also learned about grain management techniques from

on-site trainings at the OH Kruse Feed Technology Centre, Hal Ross

Flour Mill and BIVAP. The IGP Institute is proud to partner with the

USDA Cochran Program on activities that highlight the advantages

of US grains.

This is just one example of the customised trainings offered by the

IGP Institute. In addition to feed manufacturing and grain quality

management, IGP offers courses in the areas of grain processing and

our milling, and grain marketing and risk management.

For more information about upcoming courses visit the IGP

website at www.grains.k-state.edu/igp.

Cochran Fellowship Programon Cereals and FeedManagement

TrainingMill

Participants from Morocco touredthe USDA Federal Grain InspectionService facilities in Kansas City,Missouri.

As part of the eld trip to New

Orleans, participants in the

Cochran Program on Cereals andFeed Management for Moroccotoured the ADM Destrehan grainexport facility.




PRODUCT FOCUSJANUARY 2016In every edition of Milling and Grain,we take a look at the products that willbe saving you time and money in themilling process.

SEE THIS AT:Lamma 2016 will see RDS

Technology Ltd exhibiting itsextensive range of on-board

weighing scales includingthe WEIGHLOG α10, which

has been specically

designed for agriculturalloaders.

Cetec Industries bagging solutionCetec Industries present their new bagging solution that featuresa “tool-free” easy open system complete with a pouring lip foraccurate emptying. Their latest “inviolable” bag also promiseszero leakages – and is even impenetrable to small seeds.

Cetec’s latest product also ensures limited dust emissions as wellas user friendly and safe handling; with integral bag recycling byAdivalor Pamira.

All of the above ensures that Cetec’s new grain storage bag bothremains in one piece and completely sealed.

MPE Chain-VeyThe MPE Chain-Vey is a revolutionary conveyor designed fortransporting food, chemicals and other bulk powder productswithout degradation or declassication.

The Chain-Vey ® now offers a retrot design to easily convert yourcable system to chain, guaranteeing your conveyor to neverbreak again.

For installation, you can keep your existingpiping and merely replace the drive unit,turnaround and cable with Chain-Vey componentry. There is very littledowntime involved and this simplechange-out will save you money (and

your sanity!)

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WEIGHLOG α 10The WEIGHLOG α10 incorporates a 4.3” colour, hi brightnessresistive touchscreen display and additional physical keysproviding a user-friendly on-board weighing system that can beused for trailer and hopper loading, batch blending or checkweighing.

Suitable for use with up to 10 different attachments, such asbuckets or forks, the systemcan be retrotted ontocompact wheeledloaders, telescopichandlers, forklifts,skidsteer type loadersand tractor loaders.

The system measureshydraulic pressure using upto four sensors at a certain

position on the liftingcycle compensating forpressure changes in thesystem.

www.rdstec.com

GimeTech colour sorterAs a leading manufacturer in China, Wuhan Gime FoodMachinery Co, Ltd have specialised in supplying excellentcolour sorters and good aftersales services to customersaround the world for over 10 years.

Our colour sorters are widely used for processing rice,wheat, corn, oats, barley and other grains. The equipmentutilises high-speed line scan CCD cameras with 2048 pixelsand advanced photo-processing technology.

Allowing for the effective removal of rottedmaterial, impurities and unwanted materials

from the finished grain.

Field bus structure ensures highconsistency of signal, stability andsimplied outline. The sorter is capable of

detecting minimum area of 0.8mm, andanalysis of the nest of colour differences,

allowing for a perfect sorting function.Both at and channel type are available,

making it much easier for changingbetween rice and larger article sorting.

www.gimetech.com

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SPECIAL FOCUS

FOCUS #01

Dinnissen Process Technology specialises in the development and

production of process technologies and equipment for the feed,

food, pharma and chemical industries. One outstanding member

of Dinnissen’s product range is the Hamex® Hammer mill with

(semi-)automatic screen changer.

Hamex® Hammer mill with automatic screen changer

The Hamex® Hammer mill with automatic screen changer can

handle grinding capacities of up to 60 tons per hour, and the

screen changer has space for four to six different sets of grinder

screens. The mechatronic screen changing system automatically

selects and places the appropriate set of grinder screens in the

hammer mill.

After the production process has been completed, it removes and

stores the grinder screens in less than 35 seconds. This makes

it possible to change screens extremely quickly and greatly

reduces downtime. The Hamex® Hammer mill features a new and

ingenious design which greatly increases the surface area of the

grinding screens inside the hammer mill, which in turn provides

increased grinding capacity.

The screen storage facility is also tted with an extra-wide

chamber that can be automatically opened. This makes it easier to

carry out maintenance and remove damaged screens if necessary,

thereby minimising downtime. Dinnissen had the performance

of the hammer mill measured over a period of one year, during

which time 25,000 client batches were analysed. The results of

this study made it clear that Dinnissen’s automated hammer mill

performs even better than expected. The Hamex® Hammer mill

turns out to be extremely reliable and delivers 20 percent highercapacity in combination with a very homogeneous end product.

On to the latest development: the semi-automatic screen

exchanger

Continuing on this design, Dinnissen now also offers a Hamex ®

Hammer mill with semi-automatic screen exchanger in response

to changing customer demands. When using the Hamex®

Hammer mill with semi-automatic screen changer, the screens

are automatically removed from the hammer mill. But, in contrast

to the automatic screen changer, the operator manually removes

the screens from the screen holder and manually inserts the new

screens.

The semi-automatic screen changing system then automatically

inserts the screen holder back into the hammer mill. As a result,

the grinding step never needs to be the limiting factor in a

production process. The investment needed for a semi-automatic

screen changing system is also relatively limited.

A much better and more homogeneous end result

In its newest (semi-) automatic hammer mill, Dinnissen has

improved the inow of ingredients by integrating stone catchers

and magnets into the design. This innovative feature prevents

damage to the screens from iron particles or hard objects. The

screen holder is also tted with an extra-wide opening that opens

automatically, making it easier to carry out maintenance and/or

replace worn-out screens which further minimises downtime.

Finally, Dinnissen further improved the design of the screen

holder, resulting in damage prevention for the grinder

screens.

Dinnissen also had a study carried out into the quality and

homogeneity of the ground products. The study made it

clear that the new Hamex® Hammer mills not only deliver

a more homogeneous end product per batch but that the

homogeneousness of the end products remains much moreconsistent over time. The high-end materials used by Dinnissen

minimise wear and tear and deliver more homogeneously ground

products.

Hamex ® Hammer mill

www.dinnissen.nl




The International Wheat Genome

Sequencing Consortium (IWGSC)

announced on January 7, 2016 in

Bethesda, Maryland, USA the production

of a whole genome assembly of bread

wheat, the most widely grown cereal

in the world, signicantly accelerating

global research into crop improvement.

The project consisted of producing

a whole genome assembly of the bread wheat variety Chinese

Spring based on Illumina short sequence reads assembled with

NRGene’s DeNovoMAGICTM software.

The new data will help speed up the delivery of a high quality

reference sequence of the bread wheat genome. One of the

co- leaders of the project, Nils Stein of IPK Gatersleben in

Germany explained, “The new bread wheat de novo shotgun

assembly made by NRGene represents a major breakthrough

for the IWGSC integrated strategy towards delivering a high

quality reference sequence for each of the 21 bread wheat

chromosomes.”

Kellye Eversole, IWGSC Executive Director, welcomed the

results.

“The preliminary results obtained by NRGene are impressive.

We have been waiting for a number of years to have a high

quality whole genome sequence assembly that would complement

our chromosome based strategy and accelerate the delivery of the

sequence.

“Thus, this assembly comes exactly at the right time because

it can be integrated with the IWGSC chromosome specic

resources developed over the past 10 years (for example,

chromosome shotgun sequences, physical maps, and physical

map-based sequencing) to deliver a high quality reference

sequence for the wheat genome in less than two years.“

The whole genome assembly data will be integrated with

physical-map based sequence data to produce a high-quality,

ordered sequence for each wheat chromosome that precisely

locates genes, regulatory elements and markers along thechromosomes, providing invaluable tools for wheat breeders.

“This new wheat genome sequence generated by the IWGSC

and its partners is an important contribution to understanding the

genetic blueprint of one of the world’s most important crops,”

said Curtis Pozniak.

“It will provide wheat researchers with an exciting new

resource to identify the most inuential genes important to wheat

adaptation, stress response, pest resistance and improved yield.”

Results of the whole genome assembly was presented at several

workshops at the Plant & Animal Genome Conference which

took place in San Diego in the United States from January 9-13,

2016. All data will be available in the IWGSC wheat sequence

repository at URGI-INRA.

The importance of wheat in a nut shell

Wheat is the staple food for more than 35 percent of the global

human population and accounts for 20 percent of all calories

consumed throughout the world.

As global population grows, so too does its dependence on

wheat.

To meet future demands of a projected world population of

9.6 billion by 2050, wheat productivity needs to increase by 1.6

percent each year.

Since availability of new land is limited to preserve biodiversity

and water and nutrient resources are becoming scarcer, the

majority of this increase has to be achieved via crop and trait

improvement on land currently cultivated.

A high quality reference genome sequence will provide the

detailed genomic information necessary to underpin wheat

research ensuring achievement of this goal.

The public-private collaborative project is coordinated by theIWGSC and co-led by Nils Stein of IPK Gatersleben in Germany,

Curtis Pozniak of the University of Saskatchewan’s Crop

Development Centre in Canada, Andrew Sharpe of the Global

Institute for Food Security in Canada and Jesse Poland of Kansas

State University in the United States.

Participants and supporters

Project participants also include researchers from Illumina, Inc;

NRGene in Israel and the United States; Tel Aviv University in

Israel; and the French National Institute for Agricultural Research

(INRA).

Funding for this project was provided by Genome Canada,

Genome Prairie, the Saskatchewan and Alberta WheatDevelopment Commissions and the Western Grains Research

Foundation through the Canadian Triticum Applied Genomics

(CTAG2) project, Kansas State University through the US

National Science Foundation Plant Genome Research Program

and Illumina, Inc.

Wheat genome sequencing boostedA high quality bread wheat reference sequence will be available in less than two years


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Today the food production industry facesan ever-increasing challenge to feed

more, both people and animals, with

tightening antibiotic regulations and less

land, labor, time and costs. This demand

has placed a concentrated importance

on livestock feed utilisation as a vital

role to achieve future, sustainable global

food security.

“Animal production involves tight margins with costly inputs,

with feed being the most expensive,” says Simon Hall, director

of operations and development for Elanco Animal Health.

“Improving feed efciency strengthens production, performanceand protability throughout the supply chain.”

Feed enzymes and feed efciency

The need for better animal feed utilisation has created enzyme

adoption and integration throughout the industry. The feed

enzymes global market is valued at $899.19 million in 2014, and

this gure is projected to reach $1,371.03 million by 2020.

Feed mills are the nexus for integrating enzymes. Creating

more responsibility for mill operators, potential for complication

and the need for new equipment, technology and support. Some

enzymes manufacturers have taken the opportunity to lead this

transition with feed mill partners.

To support Hemicell®, the energy-sparing feed enzyme, ElancoAnimal Health developed a specic mill integration program.

The Hemicell Application System (HAS), includes both onsite

and remote expert technical support during installation as well as

ongoing, facility-specic needs.

“Enzyme efcacy is only as good as its applied at the mill,”

says Marco Martinez, Ph.D., global poultry nutrition adviser for

Elanco. “It’s imperative to both Elanco and our feed mill partners

that application equipment and ratios are precise and correct,

there is a shared interest to help the producer get the best return

on their feed investment.”

Investing in enzymesSince acquiring the Hemicell technology in 2012, Elanco has

invested in market expertise and research. Its dedicated global

enzymes team now includes more than 50 engineers, nutritionists,

technicians and operational consultants throughout Asia, Europe,

Latin America and North America.

“Research showed more than 80 percent of the market selectsa feed enzyme product based on its ability to reduce overall feed

costs and improve feed conversion. Other considerations, such

as shelf life, storage requirement and transportation costs are

signicantly less important,” says Mr Hall. “Albeit validating, but

not surprising, research reinforced the importance of exibility

and adaptability when working with feed mills – facility size,

technology and onsite resources signicantly vary.”

Product with partnership

With more than 300 HAS installed around the globe, today’s

system is the result of equipment development, research, onsite

evaluations and customer feedback.

It’s adaptable and exible to the mill’s specic needs and

requirements and encompasses liquid formula application, mixer

Supplier and mills

partnering to improve

feed efficiency,

performance and

profitability

FEED

ENZYMES

AND

EFFICIENCY

In Vietnam, a Hemicell Application System, HAS40, integrated into the feed mill control system

A feed mill in Brazil uses theHemicell Application Systemwith thermal stable mixerintegration, HAS 40 HT


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and post-pellet application systems. The equipment is operationalas a stand-alone unit or integrated into the mill controls.

All installation include Programmable Logic Control (PLC) that

can be remotely accessed, by both Elanco technical service or

mill staff, for assistance and operational efciency.

There are four size option with milti-line, multi-enzyme and

other liquid product spraying capabilities.

Support resources include a technical team who are available

for onboarding and ongoing needs. For onboarding they can

perform feed mill audits, determine the right HAS for a specic

mill, install the system and ensure it is integrated into the milloperation.

The technical team offer ongoing support with technical service

visits and by ensuring proper application of the enzyme products

with feed assay analysis.

“We’ve been using the Hemicell Application System for an

entire year – it was easy and fast to install,” says Kazimierz

Frischke Jr., director of technical–production at Drobex Pasz, a

feed mill located in Solec Kujawski, Poland. “Since installing we

have worked with Elanco’s technical staff to rene application

KAHL Crown Expander

Flexible production of shaped products.

Preconditioning of pellet mixtures.

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The ProgrammableLogic Control(PLC) panel for aHemicell ApplicationSystem, HAS 40,at a Vietnamesefeed mill; the PLCcan be remotelyaccessed, by bothElanco technicalservice or mill staff,for assistanceand operationalefciency

An engineer onsite at feed mill in Vietnam observing the surgebin component of the Hemicell Application System, HAS 40;surge bin equipment controls and measures pellet ow


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rates, I would recommend the system to other mills.”

Future in feed enzymes

Advancing existing technology and creating new innovative

production practices, including feed enzymes, is the pathway to

achieving future food security.

Poultry, swine, beef cattle and aquaculture all benet from

better feed-conversion efciency. Many tools, like Hemicell, arealready available, safe and proven to help operations fully utilize

available nutrients to support animal health.

Unlike more common traditional enzymes, Hemicell is the only

‘energy-sparing’ feed enzyme that reduces Feed Induced Immune

Response (FIIR) whether used with or without traditional energy-

releasing enzyme products.

“Hemicell is the catalyst for advancing what enzymes can

offer producers, consumers and everyone in between,” says

Mr Martinez. “It is a great opportunity for our customers to

gain efciency and value by capturing all the benets from this

technology.”

Specic to poultry, data, from more than 10 publishedstudies show Hemicell improves poultry feed efciency, ock

performance and protability.

In 2016, Elanco will expand Hemicell through its specic

‘energy-sparing’ mode of action while streamlining its global

network to launch additional product offers in 2017-2018.

“Progressing feed enzyme products is one example of how

Elanco is helping operations fully utilise feed and nutrientavailability to support animal health,” says Mr Hall.

“The goal is to develop products to help farmers produce

more food with more sustainability, to feed the projected global

population of nine billion people by 2050, we must enable

innovation more than any other time in our history.”

Figure 2:

Elanco enzyme equipment - installation process1. Mill pre-audit performed by technical staff 2. Product and equipment agreement

3. Hemicell Application System (HAS) equipment

manufactured and shipped direct

4. HAS equipment installed and commissioned

5. Feed assay evaluation (ongoing, as needed)

6. Continued service and support

Figure 1:

FEED ENZYMES

Energy-sparing vs. energy-releasing• Energy-sparing enzyme – Hemicell helps conserve, or

spare, feed nutrients that are wasted unnecessarily.

• Energy-releasing enzymes – Standard enzyme productsrelease nutrients in feed.

Now energy-sparing and energy-releasing enzyme productscan both be mixed at the feed mill – working together to

improve performance and protability by unlocking the fullpotential of both the animal and the feed.

micell Application System, HAS 40, tanks and scales componentsth automated multi-line and multi-enzyme; post-pelleting liquidplication (PPLA)

In Europe feed mill, a screenview of Elanco Animal Health'sHuman Machine Interface (HMI)technology

The Programmable Logic Control (PLC) panelfor a Hemicell Application System, HAS 40, at aUnited States feed mill; the PLC can be remotelyaccessed, by both Elanco technical serviceor mill staff, for assistance and operationalefciency

emicell Application System, HAS 40, installationVietnam feed mill; in a temperature controlledom necessary with tropical climate


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Animal welfare in turkeys is a huge

challenge.

When the talk is of animal welfare

deciencies, attention focuses aboveall on turkeys. High antibiotic doses,

cannibalism, high stock densities and

inamed foot pads are inuences

stated in connection with low animal

welfare levels.

Even if it is not yet possible to solve all problems simultaneously

today, initiatives and research studies are showing initial signs of

being able to reduce some of these negative inuences successfully

for the future.

It is possible to inuence the wellbeing of the poultry favourably,

in particular by feeding, especially by adding phytogenic ingredients

to the feed.

Since 2013 the binding establishment of a health monitoring

programme plays a central role in Germany.

The objective of the programme is to enable the participating

farmers to assess the health and animal welfare of their turkeys

continuously.

The health monitoring programme uses indicators that can be

surveyed at the slaughterhouse in the context of conducting the

ofcial meat inspection. If the health monitoring programme shows

indications of deviations from the target ranges, an individual health

plan is drawn up for the farm jointly by the veterinarian looking after

the ock and the turkey farmer. Table 2 shows a few indicators and

what possible conclusions can be drawn from them.

Healthy foot pads: a must for animal welfare

In turkey fattening, the health status of the sensitive foot pads

represents a key criterion for animal welfare, for the foot pads carry

the weight of the birds. Inammation restricts their mobility and has

a critical effect on overall condition and feeding behaviour.

This can lead to negative effects on growth and mortality and thus

reduce the protability of turkey farming substantially. Consequently,

commercially successful poultry keeping goes hand in hand with

applied animal welfare.

As foot pad diseases are a multi-factorial problem, they indicate

deciencies in both keeping conditions and farm management

(diarrhoea diseases, population density, climate management,weather protection, litter material, littering frequency). Furthermore,

the frequency of foot pad damage correlates with the occurrence of

painful changes in the skin and subcutaneous tissue referred to as

‘breast blisters’.

The direct connection between litter moisture content and foot pad

diseases is undisputed. The wetter and stickier the litter/excrement

mixture, the higher the occurrence of foot pad skin alterations or

injuries. Moisture and excrement attack the skin of the sole and lead

to lesions, which are the entry gates for dirt and germs.

Inuencing litter moisture via feeding

The litter moisture content can be inuenced indirectly via the

feed. There are various causes for wet excrement and consequently

wet litter. On the one hand, feed constituents with a laxative effect

can increase water release via excrement. On the other hand,

liquid excrement can also be the consequence of infections in the

gastrointestinal tract.

Here both Coccidia and bacterial pathogens (Clostridium

perfringens and E. coli) as well as general disturbances of the

intestinal ora are possible causes of wet excrement. Accordingly,

good intestinal health is conducive to foot pad health.

It is thus all the more important to ensure healthy digestion and

hence keep diarrhoea occurrences as low as possible. It is known that

various plant extracts, essential oils and secondary plant substances

have a positive effect on diarrhoea diseases and faeces consistency.

In a research trial, it was possible to observe an effect of the

phytogenic product (Anta®Phyt, Dr Eckel GmbH, Niederzissen)

on Clostridium perfringens, a known cause of wet litter, in vitro.

In feeding trials with broilers, the addition of this same phytogenic

product had a positive inuence on the litter moisture content.

This was reduced in the broiler house by on average 14 percent.

In a feeding study with quails, a 20 percent lower water content

in the excreta was measured after the addition of Anta®Phyt in the

feed. After the successful feeding trials with broilers and quails, a

comprehensive practical trial was con-ducted in turkey nishing in

order to conrm the positive inuence on foot pads.

New turkey fattening study conrms improved animal

welfare

Nearly 10,000 turkey cocks per group were fattened on straw in

separate, identical housing units for a period of 145 days. A detailed

slaughterhouse evaluation has shown for the rst time what inuence

the addition of Anta®Phyt in the feed can have on various animal

welfare parameters.

The trial focused on footpad health, mortality and the rejected

live weight at the slaughterhouse, as well as the causes (see table3). Already at the end of fattening, the Anta®Phyt group displayed a

distinctly lower mortality rate compared with the control group fed

without any additive. The good health status in the Anta®Phyt group

was conrmed in the slaughterhouse evaluation.

Footpads were automatically assessed via a camera system using a

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3-step score (see comments, table 3). 64.5 percent of the animals in

the Anta®Phyt-group showed no lesions, while only 33.2 percent of

the control (without additive) animals were free of lesions (score 1).

Birds with severer lesions often have other types of contact

dermatitis such as breast blisters or hock burns. In addition to

causing pain, the lesions can be a gateway for bacteria, which can

cause impaired product quality (increased downgrades and rejections

at the slaughterhouse) and secondary infections.

Therefore, ocks with a lower incidence of footpad lesions have

a higher growth rate, less downgrades and, therefore, an increased

protability.

Altogether 34 percent less live weight had to be rejected by

comparison with the control group. The number of whole rejected

carcasses was virtually halved in the Anta®Phyt group. While in the

control group almost 90 birds had to be rejected on the grounds of

purulent breast blisters, this cause was only noted in 26 birds in the

Anta®Phyt group.

Less stress in the housing unit

Anta®Phyt is a plant-based product, a combination of different

plant substances with a prebiotic. The selected plant components

have already been researched intensively in the human sector and

displayed various effects there.One particularly interesting aspect is the stress-reducing and

calming effect. It is suspected that the calming effect is based on

various mechanisms. The plant substances boost the activity of the

neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA).

This leads to a mild inhibition of the central nervous system

and accordingly can lead to calming of humans and animals.

Stress reduction was perceived subjectively in the turkey fattening

operation, too. The birds appeared calmer during control inspections

in the housing unit. Alongside healthier foot pads, lower stress is an

important aspect of animal welfare in modern poultry fattening.

How worthwhile is improved animal welfare?

The use of Anta®Phyt in poultry fattening feed had a positive effect

on various animal protection indicators – in particular on foot pad

health. By improving the survival rate, with less rejected live weight

in the slaughterhouse, this led to a distinct commercial prot by

comparison with a control group kept without the additive. This is a

clear indication that animal welfare and protability of fattening go

hand in hand.

The results of this study were presented under the title ‘Positive

inuence of a phytogenic product on animal welfare indicators in

turkeys’ at the 53rd annual conference of the Bavarian Working

Group on Animal Nutrition (BAT) in Freising on October 1, 2015.

The scientic poster for this study won the rst prize.

About the Author

Ms Monika Korzekwa has worked at Dr Eckel

GmbH in Niederzissen, Germany since 2011.

Today she is the company’s Technical Sales

Manager.Ms Korzekwa has a profound scientic

knowledge in the eld of feed additives for

all species with focus on phytogenic feed additives and mycotoxin

binders. She has global responsibility for phytogenic feed additives at

the company.

Ms Korzekwa studied animal production at the University of Bonn,

and a master thesis at the Institute of Animal Nutrition, under Director

Professor Dr Karl-Heinz Südekum, on ‘Effect of phytogenic feed

additives on performance and health parameters of poultry.’

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Currently, Europe’s high demand for

feed protein is largely met through

imported soya. Around 80 percent of

crop proteins per year are imported,

with 60 percent used for livestock

feed.

At the same time, per-capita

meat consumption is increasing in

developing countries. To address this

growing demand for meat, novel and additional sources of protein

for animal feed must be identied.

For generations, insects have been a valuable source of protein

for human consumption across continents other than Europe.

With increasing demand for food worldwide, particularly

meat and sh, insects also have the potential to be utilised as

a natural ingredient in high-protein animal feed. They are far

cheaper and require fewer resources to rear than traditional

sources.

For the past four years, the EC-funded project PROteINSECThas been evaluating insects as a novel source of protein for

animal feed, whilst ensuring that methodologies are sustainable,

safe and economically viable. The project has 12 partners from

seven countries across Europe, Africa and Asia and is co-

ordinated by Fera Science Ltd in the United Kingdom.

The project is investigating the use of y larvae, fed on a range

of organic waste materials, as a protein source. There is already

considerable expertise in this area in Mali, Ghana and China, and

PROteINSECT has connected with partners in these countries.

The project will close in April this year.

Dr Elaine Fitches from FERA Science Ltd, Co-ordinator of the

PROteINSECT global consortium, said at the project’s launchin 2012, “The potential of insects as a source of valuable protein

has been recognised by scientists for a number of years. With

expertise in entomology and food safety, [Fera Science Ltd] is

ideally placed to lead the evaluation of insects as a sustainable

source of protein in animal feed.”

Consumer acceptance, the rst hurdle

One of the main challenges to the introduction of insects to

animal feed (and human food) in Europe is consumer perception.

There is little point in making meat fed on insects publicly

available if no one will buy it.

To map attitudes, PROteINSECT launched two separate

consumer surveys. The rst ran from October 2013 to April 2014,

and second from March to October 2015. Each had over 1300

respondents across 71 countries.

The rst survey quizzed participants on whether they would be

happy to eat chicken, pork or sh derived from animals fed with

insect protein. Over 70 percent of respondents stated that they

would be willing to do this and only 6.5 percent said that they

would not. This was a surprisingly positive response considering

the unfamiliarity of insects as food and feed in Western cultures

and their reputation as a ‘novelty food’.

The overwhelming majority (88.2%) of respondents said more

information should be available on the use of insects as a food

source for both animals and humans. More than half (52.4%)

would be put off eating meat fed on a diet containing insect

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Status review and analysis

In May 2015 the project released its Consensus Business Case(CBC) report, a review and analysis of the current status of

insects as a viable, sustainable, additional source of protein. This

was produced using opinions from key European stakeholders

including those from feed industry, research, insect producers and

supermarkets.

The CBC functioned as an up-to-date interpretation of the

information available around insects’ potential and an indicator

of the project’s next steps. As noted by Dr Fitches, “It is only

by understanding the current state of play in Europe that we can

ensure key decision makers are appropriately informed, so that

researchers and stakeholders can work together to discern the

most effective approaches moving forward.”

The report acknowledged the current protein decit and the

potential benets of using insects as a sustainable source. The

production and processing of insects was noted as an area

requiring focus.

Since then feeding trials have investigated different ways to

do this, outlining potential challenges and assessing palatability

of insect protein for the animal. The report also acknowledged

lack of current investigation into the quality and safety of insect

protein, where robust data will be necessary for regulatory

authorities to allow insects in animal feed.

This report made clear current attitudes around the subject

and outlined the next steps for

PROteINSECT. These include

developing pilot-stage experiments

and feeding trials, creating nutrition

proles for insect-based protein, and

developing a life cycle analysis with

full results from assessments in all

areas.

It also included results from the rst

survey, encouraging greater public

engagement and education.

European scientic opinion

In early 2015 DG SANTE requested

an opinion from the European Food

Safety Authority (EFSA) on how

viable, from a safety viewpoint, they

judged the idea of insect protein. The

work of PROteINSECT both shaped

this request and sped up its submission.

Published in October 2015, EFSA’s ‘Risk prole related

to production and consumption of insects as food and feed’concluded that where currently allowed feed materials are

used to feed the insects, insect protein itself should not pose

any additional risk for animal feed compared to other sources.

The use of other substrates to feed insects destined for animal

feed, such as organic wastes, must be specically evaluated for

safety.

Overall, there was no health reason identied to prevent the

inclusion of insects in animal feed. However the committee

called for ongoing, further research, and noted that “for both

biological and chemical hazards, the specic production methods,

the substrate used, the stage of harvest, the insect species, as well

as the methods used for further processing will all have an impact

on the possible presence of biological and chemical contaminants

in insect food and feed products.”

The ongoing work of PROteINSECT aims to help address

these ‘uncertainties’, for example by developing robust risk

assessment work carried out at both European and national levels.

Dr Fitches described the opinion as “an important stepping stone

in furthering our understanding of the potential of insects as a

protein source”, and conrmed that “PROteINSECT’s partners

are ideally positioned to contribute robust data to help ll the

current knowledge gaps related to the use of insect protein in

animal feed.”

Showcasing work in AfricaThe same month as EFSA published

its opinion, African partners from

PROteINSECT released a lm - titled

‘Feeding Insects to Farmed Animals’

- to showcase the potential of insect-

based animal feed and share their

expertise with other farmers, across

Africa, in Europe and worldwide.

The lm featured a Mali-based

insect feed facility headed up by

leading sustainability researcher

N’Golope Kone.Dr Marc Kenis, a PROteINSECT

partner and entomologist at

the Centre for Agriculture and

Biosciences International (CABI),

appeared in the lm. In it, he says,


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“These feeding trials are a key stage in our search for a more

sustainable source of protein than those currently in use. Insect

our offers huge potential as an added, economically-viable,

‘home-grown’ protein source for farmers who have traditionally

relied upon sh meal and soy our.”

‘Novel feed’ facilities such as those in Mali have a valuable

role in promoting self-sufciency and providing opportunities for

growth across Africa, particularly as there are many farms owned

and worked by smallholders there.

Dr Sidi Traore, a poultry farmer from Bamako (Mali) who

is featured in the lm, said, “I think this is an extraordinary

opportunity because currently it is very difcult to have a stable

and affordable food production which can provide enough

protein.”

The lm demonstrates the idea’s potential while acknowledging

that famers could face restrictions on importing their meat, from

animals reared on insect protein, into Europe. Further safety

testing is essential before such meat becomes widely available for

human consumption.

Award for innovation and potentialPROteINSECT’s work, and its contribution to the ongoing

discussion around the potential of insect protein for feed and

food – particularly in Europe, where the concept is emerging -

was recognised by the CommBeBiz Awards in October 2015.

CommBeBiz is an EC-funded project working with bioeconomy

researchers and their projects to enable effective

and speedier transfer of knowledge to key

stakeholders including industry and policy

players.

As one of only eight EC-funded projects to

win, PROteINSECT presented its work at the

European Business Network (EBN) Congress

in Brussels on 29th October, to an audience of

judges, industry experts, EBN’s bioeconomy

special interest group and the media. The

project was awarded a tailored support package,

through which they requested help with the

project’s development both scientically and

commercially.

“It’s an exciting time to be involved in the

alternative protein market and this award opens

many more avenues to us, both to identify and

set in motion important ‘next steps’ beyond

the close of the project and to keep the public

up-to-date with our research and results,” said

Dr Fitches.

Countryle and UK exposure

Feeding trials of pigs in Belgium were

featured on the BBC’s agship rural affairs

show Countryle, broadcast on 29th November

2015.

Presenter Tom Heap interviewed expert

researchers and local farmers managing the

trials about the benets of an insect-based feed,

as well as questioning how viable it would be

long-term.

The feature had an audience of over seven

million, according to overnight gures, andprovoked discussion on several social media

platforms. The show also exclusively revealed

the rst results from the second consumer

survey, demonstrating that the public were not

opposed to the idea of insects in feed.

Next steps for PROteINSECT

Prior to the end of the project in April this year, partners will

publish and present a White Paper to the European Parliament.

This will ensure that an up-to-date resource is available to

parliamentarians and regulators to support ongoing discussions

and decision making, beyond the lifespan of the project itself.

The work of PROteINSECT has already made a signicantcontribution to the insect protein feed debate and will retain value

over the coming years, as moves are made to tackle the protein

decit and the farming landscape shifts to reect the changing

needs of consumers, feed producers, meat suppliers and the planet.

For further information on the project, visit the website www.

proteinsect.eu.

Author: Rhonda Smith, director of MinervaCommunicationsProject description: PROteINSECT is an EC-funded project investigating the viability ofusing insects as a protein source in animalfeed (sh, chickens and pigs). Fly larvae

are a natural component of these animals’diets and provide a rich source of highlydigestible protein. The project focuses on thedetermination of safety and quality criteriafor insect protein products, evaluation of

processing methodologies and building a pro-insect platform inEurope, including examination of the regulatory framework.


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Mycotoxin contamination of

feed stuff often involves

multiple toxins affecting

various aspects of animalhealth, gut integrity, and

animal performance.

This is mainly caused by

the detrimental effects

mycotoxins have on the

immune system, the gut barrier or the oxidative status of the

animals. Effects that can be seen are, for instance, enlarged or

shrunken organs as well as inamed tissues. Binding components

efcacy is essential to prevent the maximum of toxins from

entering the digestive tract.

But as mycotoxins and their metabolites are so numerous with

different chemical structures (polarity, size, conformation, etc),

no binder is able to bind efciently all categories of mycotoxins.

In addition to special care to prevent the growth of moulds,

detoxication measures, reduction of gastrointestinal absorption

with mycotoxin binders, there is a need for prevention of the

mycotoxin-induced toxic effects once the toxin is ingested.

Nutritional approaches, such as supplementation of nutrients,

food components, or additives with protective effects against

mycotoxin toxicity are gaining interest. In response, Dr Eckel

has developed a new generation of mycotoxin binder to face the

challenges of modern animal production.

Comprehensive solution ghts 4 main toxicity

mechanisms

Anta®Ferm MT FlavoMax is a comprehensive solution that

targets the 4 main toxicity mechanisms to prevent the harmfuleffects of a wide range of mycotoxins. Anta®Ferm MT FlavoMax

impacts directly on the toxins (binding components) and on the

animal, activating its own natural defences (g 1):

• Binding of mycotoxins

• Reduction of oxidative stress

• Protection of the gut barrier function including anti-

inammatory effects along the digestive tract

• Modulation of the immune system

Binding of mycotoxins

Anta®Ferm MT Flavomax includes a proven combination

of selected mineral clays and yeast cell walls, showing anexcellent binding efcacy of different mycotoxins (Lohölter et

al. 2013). The selected mineral clays bind mycotoxins in their

interlayers by a process called chemisorption. Yeast cell walls are

composed of complex polymers of β-(1,3)/(1,6) glucan, mannan-

oligosaccharide (MOS) and chitin. MOS is located on the surface

of the cell wall and plays an important role in binding mycotoxins

and improving the micro-environment of the animal’s digestive

tract. The efcacy of glucomannan-containing yeast products as

mycotoxin absorbents in feed has been investigated in several

studies on animals. As a mycotoxin binder, yeast cell walls have

numerous characteristics including:

Binding mycotoxins, especially

zearalenone (ZEN); unaffected by

the pH of the gastrointestinal tract;

without changing nutritional value

(regarding mineral and vitamin) in

feed; no residue in animal.

Reduction of oxidative stress.

Some mycotoxins (ie, OTA, FB1,

AFB1, DON, and T2) have been

known to produce damages by

increasing oxidative stress. The

animal has to detoxify mycotoxins,

which is called xenobioticmetabolisation. During this

detoxication process, free radicals

are produced that increase levels of

oxidative stress resulting in DNA

damage, lipid peroxidation and

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inammation or cell death. Practical implications can be reduced

health status, increased incidence and severity of inammations

or skin disorders. The avonoids in Anta®Ferm MT FlavoMax

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Protection of the gut barrier function including anti-inammatory effects along the digestive tract

The intestinal epithelium has many different functions. One

is the absorption of nutrients. It is also the first protective

barrier between the gut lumen and the animal’s blood

stream. Several studies have shown that mycotoxins such

as DON and OTA reduce the protective function of the gut

wall. A meta-analysis published by Grenier and Applegate

(2013) reviews how mycotoxins can modulate intestinal

functions. In terms of morphology of the intestinal villi,

studies show that feeding poultry low or moderate levels

of deoxynivalenol (DON) alone or combined with other

fusariotoxins leads to a reduction in villi height in both the

duodenum and jejunum. Practical implications can range

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Food processors must ensure the high purity level of the

gluten-free cereals by running accurate and frequent quality

inspection activities on selected samples during processing. These

inspections aim at identifying wheat, barley and rye or, in other

words, the gluten contamination.If the sample does not meet the 20 ppm requirement then the

gluten-free cereal lot must be cleaned. The cleaning process is

made by means of mechanical equipment such as screens or

sieves.

Today, trained personnel inspect manually samples of several

thousands of kernels before and after the cleaning process,

the inspector must: (a) Identify all types of contamination; (b)

Separate them into classes (i.e. barley, wheat, and rye) and (c)

compile a quality inspection report.

Before cleaning, the inspected material has a level of

contamination that is generally below one percent. This process

can take up to 60 minutes and it is affected by subjective biases

and by low repeatability.

The human repeatability error can be as high as 30 percent. This

is very dangerous particularly with samples that contain a gluten

level close to the legal requirement (20 ppm) because they may

Table 1: Average of several experiments

Oats

detection

Contaminants

detection

Accuracy Repeatability Accuracy Repeatability

[%] [%] [%] [%]

Low

threshold96.65 97.82 98.73 98.39

High

threshold92.14 96.78 99.97 99.90

Table 2: Results of a specic experiment

Oats Contaminants

Detected

amount

Real

amountAccuracy

Detected

amount

Real

amountAccuracy

[kernels] [kernels] [%] [kernels] [kernels] [%]

Low

threshold1406 1438 97.37 5 6 99.93

High

threshold1343 1438 93.39 6 6 100.00

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be considered “gluten-free” when in fact they are not.

Alternatively, gluten can be measured with qualitative tests such

as ELISA R5, ELISA Sandwich, PCR whose detection limit is

between 5 ppm and 10 ppm or with quantitative methods based

on mass spectroscopy whose detection limit is in the range of afew ppm.

These tests that require the samples to be milled are time

consuming and can be applied only to small quantities (usually in

the range of a few grams). This leads to high costs and the need for

an increased amount of tests, as well as highly qualied personnel.

Near-Infrared (NIR) measurement principle

Single kernel NIR spectroscopy provides a non-destructive,

non-invasive and rapid measurement of the biochemical

properties of the kernel, such as its gluten content.

A light beam hits the surface of the kernel, one portion of the

incident light is absorbed while another portion is diffusively

reected and measured by a NIR spectrometer.

The detected signal represents the spectral signature of the

kernel under analysis. This is used to quantify its biochemical

components and to differentiate it from another type (gluten-free

kernel versus gluten-containing kernel).

Machine Vision measurement principle

A ashlight illuminates the kernel and a color camera records an

image of the grain. The color image is used to extract shape and

color features such as length, width, eccentricity, diameter, hue,

saturation, and luminance. These physical parameters can be used

to further enhance the classication of the kernels.

Combining NIR spectroscopy and Machine Vision for

individual kernels

The manual visual inspection of the hand graders is only based

on shape and colour features. Unfortunately, the variations of

these physical parameters between different types of kernels are

often small enough to challenge even the most trained inspectors,

as well as detection technologies based only on Machine Vision.

However, from a biochemical point of view, each cereal

is characterised by a dened spectral signature (invisible to

the human eye), which can be measured by means of a NIR

spectrometer.

The NIR spectral signature of a gluten free kernel may appearvery similar to the signature of a kernel containing gluten (such

as wheat or barley) but the absorbance peaks at 1450 nm and

1550 nm reveal the differences in protein content (Figure 1).

In fact, the classication algorithms use these features to

distinguish between kernel types. The robustness of the nal

predictive analytical algorithm is improved by

including also shape and color features that are

extracted from the image of each kernel.

This combination greatly enhances the

discrimination capabilities of the algorithm and

confers a very high repeatability level to the

automated quality inspection process.

QSorter Explorer

The QSorter Explorer (Figure 2) is a single-kernel

high-speed robot that combines real-time NIR

measurements with Machine Vision, thus increasing

greatly the selectivity of the quality parameters in the

cereals.

It enables a novel and efcient way of inspecting

gluten free cereals and measuring their purity or, in

other words, how ‘gluten-free’ they are.

The grains are transported one by one in a xed orientation and

a high-resolution color image and a NIR spectrum is acquired for

each one of them. On average, the QSorter Explorer processes and

analyses in real-time up to 50 kernels per second.

The QSorter Explorer also includes sorting capabilities, whichallow for the physical segregation between gluten-free cereals

and other cereals. In this method, the sorting capabilities allow

the food quality manager to assess the performance of the gluten-

free process with a very high level of condence.

The QSorter Single Kernel Gluten-Free method is based on

the combination of the extracted NIR spectral differences, shape

and color parameters. It identies kernels containing gluten

contamination with an accuracy, depending on the set threshold.

A ‘low threshold’ minimises the false positive (the amount of

oats in contaminants) has an accuracy higher than 98.7 percent

with a repeatability higher than 98.3 percent.

Whereas a ‘high threshold’ minimises the false negative (the

amount of contaminants in oats) has accuracy higher than 99.9

percent, and repeatability higher than 99.9 percent.

This implies that the error introduced by the hand graders is

fully eliminated. In the enclosed tables the detailed results of

both congurations are described. The rst table is an average

of several experiments (Table 1) and the second one is a specic

experiment (Table 2).

After sorting, the inspector needs to visually analyse the

contamination in order to ensure the very stringent “gluten-

free” requirement but also to identify processing equipment is

malfunctioning.

The classication algorithm is tuned as such that one output bin

of the QSorter Explorer contains as many pure kernels as possiblewhile another bin contains the contaminated kernels and false

positives (the gluten-free kernels classied as contaminated).

Considering the very high accuracy of the QSorter detection

algorithm, the inspectors can concentrate their analysis only on

the bin with the contamination (usually containing around ve

percent of the total kernels) whilst disregarding the bin containing

the gluten-free cereals.

In summary, the QSorter Single Kernel Gluten-Free method

drastically reduces the inspection time and eliminates human

repeatability error by automating the process.

It detects gluten impurities with very high accuracy, enables the

performance validation of processing equipment and representsan effective qualitative method as its detection limit is lower than

the ELISA method.

During the past year the method has been successfully adopted

by leading food companies in North America and in Europe.

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battling the natural elements to grow

a bountiful crop is only half of the

challenge. Monitoring and maintaining

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storage warehouses and piles is a difcult

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Safe grain storage is essential for both large industrial grain

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grain may not have been adequately dried prior to storage.

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Advanced software can provide information from multiple bins at

an operation and can improve the ability to optimise operation of

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length of the cable. There are multiple sensors in each cable,

generally spaced six to 10 feet apart. Temperatures are reported

for each sensor in the cable, enabling better detection of

developing hot spots.

If temperatures begin to rise, the grain can be sold, moved or

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lasting life span.Similarly, digital technology in moisture sensing cables helps

to accurately measure the ambient relative humidity at several

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New rice warehousing

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The Cambodian Ministry of Commerce has revealed it’s plans

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facilities within the country.

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Cambodia, H.E. Sun Chanthol, met with a Chinese delegation

to discuss the construction and operation of a new warehousing

system, which it is hoped, will result in increased rice exports to

China.

The delegation included: Mr Winston Wang, Chairman of

Chongqing Grain Group, Mr Yu Yang, Chairman of Chongqing

Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (Group) and Mr He

Sili, Vice General Manager of Guangdong Foreign Construction

Co Ltd and was supported by Mr Song Xiaoguo, the Economic

and Commercial Counselor of the Embassy of the PRC.

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Green Trade, Trade Promotions and the Domestic Trade

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This month FEFAC, the European Feed Manufacturers

Federation, released its latest Statistical Yearbook

2014 – Feed & Food.

Compiled by Arnaud Bouxin, the Federation put

the total output of compound feed for Europe at 220 million

tonnes of which almost three-quarters - 155.8 million tonnes –is produced within the EU-28 and little over one quarter - 61.2

million tonnes - by non-EU countries in Europe; the major feed

producers being Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Norway, Switzerland

and Serbia.

FEFAC, puts the value of livestock production in the EU-28 at

€171.5 billion accounting for 41 percent of the total agricultural

output of €418.5 billion in 2014. It shows the compound feed

industry in EU-28 has fallen back from its high of almost €55

billion in 2013 to €52 billion in 2014.

It uses Eurostat statistics to show that the value of animal

feed in animal production ranges from a low of 35.8 percent

in the UK to 93 percent in Luxembourg with the average atapproximately 54 percent.

The number of production units producing the EU’s compound

feed saw a slight decrease in 2014 to 3831, down from 3876 in

2013. Over a 10-year period numbers have steadily fallen from

4489, with Italy declining most rapidly in unit numbers from

700 to 490. Those gaining feed production units over the same

period include Austria from 77 to 88, Latvia from 19 to 38 and

Belgium from 77-87. All other EU countries show a steady

concentration of unit numbers.

Feed output

The big losers in production include Latvia at -17.8 percent,

Ireland at -11.2 percent and Romania at -10.4 percent. Thebiggest gains were made Poland, Austria, Czech Republic,

Cyprus and Spain at 8.7, 5.1, 3.4, 3.3 and 3.3 percent

respectively.

Europe’s feed statistics updatedOf the 478 million tonnes of total feedstuffs consumed by EU livestock, one half (233 million tonnes are roughages

grown on farm. Of the other half , 51 million tonnes are cereals grown and used on farm. The rest is purchased

feedingstuffs, including 156 million tonnes of compound feed which makes up 80 percent of this sector and is

valued at €52 billion.

EU-28(incl. EL)

158.8

Russia21.7

Ukraine4.7

Serbia0.9

Turkey18.0

Other non-EU10.6

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in 2014 (in mio. t)

Source: FEFAC - Alltech

The EU accounts for roughly two-thirds of Europe’s total compoundfeed output at 155.8 million tonnes

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Part 2: Supply constraints

China currently feeds 20 percent of the world’s population with just 8 percent of the earth’s arable

land, which works out at approximately 0.09 hectares (ha) per person. The so-called ‘red line’

of one hundred and twenty million hectares of farmland as a Chinese policy goal is widely seen

as an acknowledgement of this pressure. The rst policy document of 2014, referred to as ‘No.1

Document’, emphasised that the ‘red line’ should be strictly protected.

The reason for this apparent obsession is simple: China has lost farmland consistently over the years

due to an unprecedented increase in activities such as urbanisation, construction and land degradation.

According to China’s rst national land survey that was conducted in 1996, arable land amounted to

130 million ha. By 2008, this was estimated to have fallen to about one hundred and one hundred 121million ha.

However, a second national land survey that concluded in 2009 (but whose results were only

published in 2014) found that arable land was now estimated at about 135 million ha. However, after

deducting land that was deemed either too polluted or in need of restoration, available arable area was

estimated to be just above 120 million ha.

The ‘No.1 Document’ also recognises the importance of developing sustainable agriculture, as

well as the need to restore polluted and degraded land. Degradation can be caused by either over-

cultivation, over-grazing or as a result of deforestation. In 2008, a three-year study conducted jointly

by the Ministry of Water Resources, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of

Engineering, found that over 350 million ha of land was affected by erosion, of which 160 million ha

was caused by water and 200 million ha was caused by wind erosion. In total, about 4.5bn tonnes of

soil were eroded each year, at a cost of RMB200billion since 2000.

As well as erosion, land can also be degraded by pollution and this has become a major concern

in recent years. Earlier this year, China’s vice-minister of land and resources, Wang Shiyuan, noted

that a soil survey had identied some 3 million ha of contaminated land. Not that this is a new

problem by any means. In 2006, Zhou Shengxian, the director of the State Environmental Protection

Administration (SEPA) said that China faced ‘serious’ soil pollution that would affect both people’s

health and the environment. He further noted that approximately 12 million tonnes of grain are

polluted each year by heavy metals from the soil, with economic losses of over US$2.5billion.

To tackle this issue, SEPA along with the Ministry of Land and Resources jointly launched a soil

pollution survey with a budget of US$125m, with the aim of assessing land pollution due to heavy

metals, pesticides, and organic pollutants, and use the results to rehabilitate affected land. While this soil

survey was completed in 2010, the ndings were never announced. The Environment Ministry refuted

all requests for the survey data to be published stating that they had now been declared a ‘state secret’.

This action has sparked fears that the survey results might prove alarming. According to Bai

Chengshou, Deputy Head of the Nature and Ecology Conservation Department at the Ministry of

Environmental Protection, the results of the survey would be published after further sampling to

improve accuracy. He also said that the government was in the process of coming up with an action

plan to control soil pollution.

Recently, the government in China released statistics from a soil survey – it is not clear if it is the

one previously noted – which indicate that nearly a fth of China’s farmland is polluted mostly by

human, industrial and agricultural activities. Again, there were assurances of the government taking

action to stop and reverse this pollution.

The key point here is that the Chinese government is struggling to maintain its existing cultivated

land bank. Under these circumstances, increasing the supply of available land is highly unlikely.

Therefore, any increase in output will have to come via enhanced yields.

China’s yields of major commodities have stagnated or grown slowly in recent years. The chartbelow shows the yield growth over the past decade for rice, wheat, corn and soybeans. The yield

growth for both wheat and corn are showing a declining trend, while that for rice relatively lacklustre.

Soybean yield growth has been erratic in recent years and on a net basis has been effectively stagnant

over the past decade.

The evidence of an

economic slowdown

in China is clearly

demonstrated by the

leading indicators of

falling commodities

prices. China is likely

to shift its economic

emphasis from a

high-investment,export-driven

model towards one

spurred by domestic

consumption.

Therefore, whilst

there might be

some short-term

adjustment, further

increasing afuence

should remain

the norm. In short,

the need to build

bridges, highwaysand commercial

property will become

less prominent but

diets will continue

to change. This in

turn will increase the

enormous burdens

on an already

challenged domestic

food system even

further, as well as

having signicantramications

on international

agricultural trade.

Suwei Jiang, PwCPartner, China Business

Group and RichardFerguson, Agriculture

Advisor to PwC

China’s agricultural challenges



High yields in crop production

When it comes to rice production, China already has the highest

yield along with Japan. In wheat, it is only behind the EU. In corn,

China is considerably behind the US and the EU; but is still in fourth

place ahead of Brazil. In terms of soybeans, China is one of the least

productive. ***Page 17 bottom graph**

However, it is worth emphasising that China is a relatively minor

player in soybean production***page 19***. What the statistic does

demonstrate is that, when it comes to the three main grains, China

does not lag signicantly behind the other major producers. More

importantly, where Chinese yields lag, it cannot be assumed that the

entire gap can be bridged. Part of the gap could be attributable todifferences in agro-ecological environments e.g. natural factors such

as soil or climate, which cannot be overcome.

Other contributing factors could be inadequate fertilisers, irrigation,

crop management farming practices and so on – which could be

bridged, at least in theory. However, in practice, the narrowing of

this gap will be limited by the extent to which it is economically

feasible.***page 19bottom graph**

Over the past two decades, China has made strenuous efforts to

increase yields. Specically it has doubled the use of fertilisers and

increased irrigated areas by approximately one-third.

While the rate of growth in fertilisers has slowed in the past decade,

irrigation has increased. However, the growth in yields that China can

expect from these two measures in the future is limited for reasons we

outline below.

While the use of fertilisers has increased yields, it has also

contributed to land, water and air pollution. Most of China’s chemical

inputs are applied inefciently. The World Bank estimated that, in

2012, China applied some 650kg of fertiliser per hectare of arable

land – the highest by far among major agricultural nations, even

developed ones. For comparison, the corresponding numbers were

163kg for India, 156kg for the EU, 181kg for Brazil, 131kg for the

US, 75kg for Canada, 45kg for Australia and 39kg for Argentina. So,

even greater use of fertiliser is likely to have a lesser effect on yields,

and might even have a negative indirect effect due to land and water

pollution.

According to Zhuang Guotai, the Ministry of Environmental

Protection’s Director of Nature and Ecology Conservation, onlyabout 35% of fertiliser used in a typical Chinese farm contributed

to crop growth. The rest is lost through evaporation, is washed off

into streams, or is consumed by people or animals. So, it not only

contains an economic cost but an environmental one too. The Chinese

Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) predicted last year that all

central and South Eastern provinces bar Jiangxi and Shanxi were at

high risk of suffering groundwater nitrate pollution by 2015.

While irrigation can lead to higher yields, there is a different

constraint there – water; China does not have enough of it and what


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it has is increasingly polluted and not where it is required the most.

Similar to the case with land, China supports 20 percent of the

world’s population with just over 8 percent of the world’s renewable

water resources, which equates to just over 2,000 cubic metres of

renewable water per capita, per annum. The global average is over

three times that number. However, even this hides a stark regional

disparity – the Northern regions account for only about 18 percent

of the total water resources. At the same time, the Northern region is

also where 28 percent of the population resides and where about 44

percent of the cultivated land is.***page 20***

The chart below shows the renewable water resources available per

person across provinces. The range extends from 143 cubic metres

in Shanghai to 137,378 cubic metres in Tibet. Tibet is obviously

an outlier, since it is the source of many large rivers and has a low

population. However, Shanghai is not. The chart below shows the

provinces with the lowest water resources, most of which are in the

North. To put this into perspective, China has similar renewable

water resource levels to Jordan and Israel.Now that it has been established how water is supplied in China,

the next logical step is to assess how that water is then used. The

key indicator here is the percentage of supply that is used annually.

Consider Beijing: the average inhabitant used about 176 cubic metres

in 2012, about 91 percent of the supply. The table below highlights

usage per capita and usage as a percentage of supply for those few

selected provinces where usage already exceeds availability or close

to it.

Whilst water availability can affect nearly every aspect of any

economy, the impact is probably felt greatest in agriculture; which

accounts for about a third of China’s total water usage. Most crops

require about ve to eight thousand tonnes of water per hectare in asingle growing season. Therefore, any scarcity of water will lead to

poor yields.

In order to fully appreciate the scope of this problem for China,

consider the following chart: it shows the water usage/availability

percentage for the top ve provinces that were responsible for

35 percent of China’s agricultural output in 2012. This includes

farming, forestry, animal husbandry and shery. With the exception

of Sichuan, the rest of the provinces are already at critical water

usage levels. Any further deterioration in water availability will affect

agricultural output. At the same time, it also demonstrates that there is

very little scope for increasing irrigation in these provinces.

The second aspect of the water supply problem is pollution. In

2013, a Ministry of Land and Resources survey found over half

the groundwater on the North China Plain to be unsuitable for

industrial use and over 70 percent unsuitable for human consumption.

According to the Ministry of Environmental Protection’s (MEP)

2012 State of Environment Report, about 30 percent of the water

in the ten biggest rivers was ‘polluted’ or ‘highly polluted’. It also

found that more than half of the groundwater in 198 cities was ‘bad’

or ‘very bad’. The chief problem was the high level of chemical

pollution mostly from industry and animal husbandry.

To overcome the problems of water scarcity China has embarked

on the ambitious South-North Water Diversion Project, a modern

version of Imperial China’s Grand Canal, which will consume over

US$80 billion of investment in the next few decades in an attemptto divert water from the Yangtze River to the parched regions of the

North. The rst leg, or “the eastern route,” began supplying water to

Dezhou in Shandong Province late last year. However, the water is

polluted and for now is only suitable only for industrial purposes.

Given the problems of water quantity and quality, it is almost

certain that China is going to struggle to supply clean water for its

agricultural needs. So, any yield enhancements from greater irrigation

are unlikely to materialise.

Having analysed the major factors that can increase agricultural

output (namely, land and water) and given the constraints present,

China will nd it increasingly difcult to increase output via these

factors. Output growth would have to come from elsewhere, for

example, land consolidation, mechanisation, improved seeds and

better crop management practices.

The Chinese government has invested heavily in genetically

modied crops.

However, there are major concerns in China over the safety ofGM crops safety – an understandable one given assorted food safety

scandals in recent years. In an attempt to allay fears, the government

launched a media campaign in September 2014 in support of GM

crops. The campaign hopes to educate the public and create a

favourable atmosphere for the development of the GM industry. In

the same month, the government also released President Xi Jinping’s

unpublished speech from December 2013, wherein he endorsed GM

crops.

Somewhat paradoxically, despite an active campaign to promote

GM crops, the Chinese government is still rejecting imports of US

corn due to the presence of Syngenta’s MIR162 genetically modied

corn, marketed as Viptera. China has yet to approve the MIR162

variety for imports although Syngenta applied in 2010. Rather

surprisingly, the EU – despite the overall attitude being very anti-

GMO, permits import of the same strain.

Therefore the actions of the Chinese government might, at rst

glance, appear irrational. However there is logic to their policy

response. Chinese production has increased by some 70% over

the past decade. The government using higher prices to incentivise

domestic production achieved much of this. Seen from this

perspective, the Chinese could be using the GM issue as a smoke

screen to limit imports.

Another possible explanation is that the Chinese are attempting to

diversify their corn import source. After all, in 2013, nearly all of

China’s corn imports originated in the US. Although imports willlikely continue to rise, equally likely, the government will continue to

limit them.

As a footnote, note that Syngenta is being sued by Cargill and some

US-based farmers for marketing its Viptera seed before it obtained

import approval from China. This demonstrates the impact that

Chinese policies now have overseas. Although the country currently

imports a mere 3mnt of corn, you only need to look a few years

hence when this near rounding error becomes material.

Obviously all of the above demonstrates that the Chinese

government recognises that the agriculture sector needs to be

transformed. The following section looks at how the state supports

agriculture.

Government and the agriculture sector

China’s agricultural sector has witnessed major structural changes

since the foundation of the People’s Republic in 1949. In its


Provincial contribution to total output and water usage

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Agriculture estimated that in 2013, around 26% of China’s farmland

had been rented, up from approximately 9% in 2008.

More reforms are on the way. The Third Plenum of the 18th CPC

Central Committee, that concluded last year, aimed to provide famers

with greater property rights, increase farmers’ property income and

allow rural residents to benet from modernisation.

Specically by:

• Securing farmers with mortgages and by guaranteeing power for

contractual management rights

• By proposing the ‘cautious and steady’ collateral, guarantee and

transfer of farmers’ residential property rights.

• By securing farmers with rights for possession, income, pledge,

guarantee, inheritance and paid withdrawal of shares in collective

assets

• By proposing to support the development of large-scale,

professionalised and modernised operations.

One such concrete example is that the raft of new guidelines allows

for collectively-owned ‘rural construction land for commercial use’to be transferrable and rentable and aims to build a unied market for

both urban and rural construction land. Other major reforms include

the reduction in scope of land expropriation by local governments.

For sure, this is a statement of intent at this stage and the extent

of implementation remains to be seen. Most reforms to date are at

the pilot-test stage and not close to rollout and execution at national

level. Moreover, some of these initiatives might be difcult to

implement because local governments, whose revenues will be

reduced, might oppose them. According to World Bank data, on

average, local governments receive 40% of the tax revenues from the

central government, but are responsible for 80% of total government

spending.

These decits are usually covered through the sale of collectively

owned land seized from farmers. Rural land reform will curtail these

activities and put more strain on local governments’ scal positions.

In short, progress in land reform is an arduous, slow process.

Land reform was important and led to higher output but it did

not increase rural incomes in sharp contrast to what happened with

urban incomes. Crucially it also led to widespread income inequality

across the country. Thus, a decade back, Chinese policymakers began

seeking ways to extend direct benets to farmers. In 2004, China

introduced the rst national direct subsidies to farmers and began

phasing out agricultural taxes. The direct subsidy was based on the

land area.

However, the unintended consequence of this action was that

landowners could leave the land fallow and still get subsidies,

while farmers who cultivated leased land would not. Since 2013,

the government has moved towards linking direct subsidies to land

planted or grain harvested.

In September 2014, the Chinese government released details about

the pilot ‘target price’ subsidy programme for cotton and soybeans.

This policy represents a new approach to agricultural support that

will reduce government interference in prices and let the markets

have a greater role. The subsidy under this programme is calculated

as the difference between a ‘target price’ set by the government

before planting and the market price in each province.

In addition to recognising the need to increase productivity, thegovernment also introduced subsidies for seeds, fertilisers and

agricultural machinery. Subsidies are available for high-quality seeds,

such as high-oil soybean, industrial-use corn and high-protein wheat

varieties. These are usually paid directly to farmers but, in some

areas, they are paid to seed suppliers, who are then supposed to pass

it on to farmers.

Fertiliser subsidies also work in a similar way. Machinery subsidies

are initially paid to machinery dealers, who are expected to pass it

on. In the Twelfth Five-Year Plan, the government aimed to increase

total agricultural machinery power to 1bn KW and the agricultural

mechanisation rate to 60% by 2015. However, the power target was

achieved by 2012, and the mechanisation rate reached 59% in 2013.

Other government support measures include a minimum price

scheme for rice and wheat, VAT refunds or waivers and transport

tax waivers. The government has also sought to increase investment

through the extension of nance via the Rural Credit Co-operatives

that provide loans to farmers for input purchases, machinery and

other investments.

All of these government measures to increase production aim to

get around the problem of limited land and water resources. But will

these be sufcient to prevent imports? Well, apparently not. Whilst

these policies will most likely boost yields, it will not be anywherenear sufcient to meet the strong growth in demand in the years

ahead.

So it seems, China has now begun to turn its attention overseas.

But if there are constraints on land and water at home, why not buy

land in Ukraine or Zambia and grow wheat and corn for export to

China? One answer could be that this does not ‘self-sufciency’ as

China would still be vulnerable to external shocks such as export

bans and land expropriation. However, it does warrant merit of

sorts. Firstly, it provides an avenue for China to diversify its current

account surpluses away from nancial assets such as US treasuries

into real assets such as farmland. Secondly, it ts in with the wider

theme of food production shifting to low-cost producers such as

Africa. Finally, it will also help to promote free trade through

interdependency.

During its tenth ve-year plan in 2001, China initiated its ‘Go Out’

policy aimed at encouraging Chinese investment abroad. Although

China has been involved in African agriculture since the 1960s, it was

mostly in a technical capacity, with some trade relations and limited

farming investments.

But since the implementation of the ‘Go Out’ policy, China’s

involvement has shifted to include large-scale farming, processing,

equipment export and agricultural infrastructure development. In

2009, Chinese investment in African agriculture was estimated at

US$30billion. In the 2014 ‘No.1 Document’, the government called

for the ‘Go Out’ policy to be accelerated and in an August 2014 press

release, the Ministry of Commerce announced that over 300 farming

enterprises had invested across 46 countries.

Unfortunately for China, most of these farming deals are fairly

small scale and mostly less than 10 thousand ha. There have been

media reports of large transactions but actual hard evidence is hard

to come by. For example, media reports since 2007 have recorded

ZTE Agribusiness’s concession to cultivate palm on an area ranging

from 100,000ha to the somewhat larger 3 million ha of land. Another

Chinese grand plan was to cultivate jatropha for bio-fuels on over

2 million ha in Zambia. Again, no progress was registered on either

project. Hyperbole is not restricted to land alone – another common

refrain in recent years was that China would send one million farmersto settle in Africa.

A similar scenario played out in Ukraine. There were reports last

year of China, via state-owned companies, leasing 100,000ha of land

in Ukraine for farming and that the area could potentially expand




over 50 years to 3 million ha – or about 10 percent of Ukraine’s

arable land. Ukrainian agricultural rm KSG Agro, which was

supposed to be the counterparty, denied those reports saying that the

agreement was with regard to the transfer of irrigation technology for

a mere 3 thousand ha.

Finally, there is the situation in Latin America. Although China

currently imports large quantities of soybeans from Brazil and

Argentina, its direct involvement remains relatively limited.

There have been no acquisitions of farmland and it is also

unlikely change in the near term, given the restrictions imposed

on foreign land ownership in Brazil and Argentina – itself is a

response to growing Chinese interest; the same is true elsewhere

in countries including Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines

and so on.

The conclusion we would draw is that China may pursue this

strategy but it is likely to remain small scale in the medium term.

Deals involving millions of hectares,

or even hundreds of hectaresinvariably generate hostility and

local resentment. More importantly,

large-scale projects remain difcult

to execute successfully – there are

numerous examples in Africa, where

companies have hardly progressed

beyond acquiring a large parcel of

land.

That doesn’t negate an alternative

strategy: the possibility of China

acquiring strategic assets along

different points of the value chain.

That is, instead of acquiring land, buy

elevators and processing facilities,

or provide nancing and logistics

services. These were the intentions

behind State-owned Chongqing

Grain Group’s plans in 2011 to build

a soybean-crushing plant, railway

line and a storage and transportation

hub to export goods back to China

– with an investment of over

US$2billion. However, as with other

large Chinese agricultural projects,

this too has yet to materialise. But

the wider strategic argument remains

valid.

In February 2014, China’s largest

grain trader, state-owned COFCO,

acquired a 51 percent stake in Dutch

grain trader Nidera, which has a

strong procurement platform in

Brazil, Argentina and Central Europe.

In April 2014, COFCO acquired a

51 percent stake in Singapore-based

Noble Group Ltd’s agribusiness unit

for US$1.5billion.COFCO aims to form a joint

venture to link its grain processing

and distribution business in China

with Noble’s grain sourcing and

trading business. Noble’s agribusiness unit includes sugar mills

in Brazil, grain elevators in Argentina, and oilseed crushing

plants in China, Ukraine, South Africa, and South America. Co-

incidentally, China Investment Corporation – China’s sovereign

wealth fund – already owns a 14.1 percent share in the Noble

Group. With these acquisitions, COFCO will be able to purchase

soybeans from Brazil and other producers directly, bypassing the

‘ABCD’ quartet of grain traders: ADM, Bunge, Cargill and Louis

Dreyfus.

Other similar deals include the previously mentioned WH Group’s

purchase of US-based Smitheld Foods, China Fishery Group’s purchase

of Peruvian sh exporter Copeinca ASA, and COFCO’s purchase of

Australian sugar producer Tully Sugar. China’s US$3billion loan-for-

grains deal with Ukraine was another although China recently sued

Ukraine for the breach of this contract and which will be complicated still

further by ongoing civil unrest in the country.




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Processing Expo (IPPE) 2016 will be

held in Atlanta, GA, at the Georgia World

Congress Center from the 26-28 January

2016.

IPPE is comprised of the International

Poultry Expo, International Feed Expo

and International Meat Expo.

The latest technologies, equipmentand services used in the production and processing of feed, meat

and poultry products will be featured at the two-day exhibition.

Dynamic education programs will be featured addressing current

industry issues, achieved through the combined expertise of AFIA,

NAMI and USPOULTRY.

IPPE 2016 is expecting to see over 1250 exhibitors, 30,000

industry stakeholders and more than 456,000 net square feet of

exhibition space. IPPE show organisers have commented saying,

“We are pleased that more than 94 percent of the show oor has

already been booked. We anticipate more than 30,000 attendees

at the 2016 IPPE to learn about the latest products and services

offered for the feed, meat and poultry industries.”

The 2014 IPPE was recognised by the ‘Trade Show News

Network’ (TSNN) as being in their top 25 fastest growing trade

shows, based on square feet.

The 2015 TSNN Awards ceremony was held in November in

Atlanta, the award was given onstage at the AmericasMart gala

celebration.

“IPPE’s recognition by ‘Trade Show News Network’ is terric

news and reects the continued synergies of our integrated trade

shows - International Poultry Expo, International Meat Expo and

International Feed Expo,” remarked IPPE show organisers.

Organisers

The International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) is

a collaboration of three shows, the International Feed Expo,

International Meat Expo and the International Poultry Expo.

Combined, these shows represent the entire chain of protein

production and processing.

The event is sponsored by the American Feed Industry

Association (AFIA), North American Meat Institute (NAMI) and

US Poultry & Egg Association (USPOULTRY).

AFIA:

The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) is the world’s

largest organisation devoted exclusively to representing the

business, legislative and regulatory interests of the US animal feedindustry and its suppliers. AFIA also is the recognised leader on

international industry developments.

Member-companies are livestock feed and pet food

manufacturers, integrators, pharmaceutical companies, ingredient

suppliers, equipment manufacturers and companies which supply

other products, services and supplies to feed manufacturers.

NAMI:

The North American Meat Institute (NAMI) is the leading voice

for the meat and poultry industry. Formed from the 2015 merger

of the American Meat Institute (AMI) and North American Meat

Association (NAMA), the Institute has a rich, century-long history.

NAMI provides essential member services including legislative,regulatory, scientic, international and public affairs representation.

NAMI’s mission is to shape a public policy environment in which

the meat and poultry industry can produce wholesome products

safely, efciently and protably.

Together, the Institute’s members produce the vast majority of US

beef, pork, lamb and poultry and the equipment, ingredients and

services needed for the highest quality products.

USPOULTRY:

The US Poultry & Egg Association (USPOULTRY) is the all-

feather organisation representing the complete spectrum of today’s

poultry industry.

Their mission is to progressively serve member companies

through research, education, communication, and technical

assistance. Founded in 1947, US Poultry & Egg Association is

based in Tucker, Ga.

International buyer program

The event has been named as one of 23 events USA wide to

participate in the Department of Commerce’s international buyerprogram. The Expo has taken part in the international buyer

program since 2007. The program brings trade delegations together

from around the world and helps pair international attendees with

American suppliers.

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“We are pleased

to be chosen as part

of the International

Buyer Program

for the ninth year

in a row. Program

participation is

conrmation of the

global scale of our

expo. Since 2006,

our attendance

from outside the

US has grown by

238 percent,” says

Charlie Olentine,

IPPE show

manager.

Ninth annual pet food conference

AFIA will be hosting its ninth annual pet food conference on the

Tuesday 26 at IPPE.The education-packed conference is designed to inform pet

food industry representatives about the latest industry initiatives,

including speakers from government entities, private companies

and universities.

Attendees will engage with a well-rounded cast of presenters to

discuss industry issues including country of origin labeling, pet

obesity trends, allergen research and the newly published food safety

modernisation act and its implications on the pet food industry.

“Every year attendees from around the world congregate at the

pet food conference to acknowledge, discuss and rectify pertinent

issues affecting the pet food industry,” says Leah Wilkinson, AFIA

director of ingredients, pet food and state affairs.

“The conference offers an opportunity for industry professionals

to unify and learn about the latest in the eld.”

Fourth annual young leader ‘30 under 30 program’

Also featured will be the fourth annual young leaders ‘30

under 30’ program that targets young professionals who

normally would not have the nancial resources or opportunity

to attend IPPE.

The goal of the program is to engage and invest in young

professionals between the ages of 21 and 29, who work for

companies directly involved in the production and processing of

poultry and meat, or in the production of animal/poultry feed.

The applicants need to be a member of AFIA, NAMI or

USPOULTRY.

The program is designed to recognise professional leadership

qualities and to provide exposure to the world’s largest annual trade

show involving the production and processing of meat and poultryproducts and the manufacture of feed and pet food products.

Further training in each person’s respective industry is provided

and will expose the recipients to the latest technology used in the

industry.

Selected program participants will receive complimentary hotel

accommodations for two nights, registration to attend IPPE, and

admittance to all complimentary education programs and one paid

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G

eaps Exchange 2016 will run from Friday February

27th to Sunday 1st March 2016. This year the event

is being held at the Austin Convention Centre, Austin,

Texas.The expo is the best place to nd operations solutions for

your facility, with over 350 companies exhibiting in near

250 thousand square feet of space, you will nd a variety ofproducts and services all designed to meet your needs.

This year’s expo will feature over 40 hours of educational

programming, including sessions on grain handling and

processing, with some sessions even qualifying for continuing

education units (CEU).

The GEAPS Expo 2016

aims to connect visitors with

thousands of grain handling

processing professionals

looking for operations

solutions. To ensure that

you make the most of your

time exhibiting at Exchange

2016, the event’s organisers

have provided a whole raft

of handy remotely accessible

resources including an

interactive oor plan, theopportunity to manage your

own company prole onlineand a vast array of relevant

downloadable literature.

The expo has also been designed this year to allow exhibitors

and visitors alike more time to explore the Expo. The opening

workshop will also be arranged at a new time with this year’s

focus being more on education than in previous years; withmore processing sessions being available.

There will also be a new networking event organised which

presents a fantastic opportunity for rst-time and internationalattendees to get to know one another and swap business cards.

Whether you plan to attend for the full conference or a single

day, GEAPS offers exible registration options that help youmake the most of your time in Austin.

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The region’s only dedicated show for the

supply, use and formulation of ingredients,

nutrition and additives for animal feeds,

dry petfood and aquafeed

Asia’s largest event for the production

and processing of animal feeds, dry petfood,

and aquafeed. Also including biomass

pelleting technology

The show for rice and flour milling, grain

processing, industrial pasta and noodle

processing, extruded snacks and breakfast

cereal production

Asia’s largest feed and grain event

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What’s on show at FIAAP Asia 2016?

• Ingredients • Additives • Formulation • Laboratory equipment

• Quality control

What’s on show at VICTAM Asia 2016?

• Feed production technology • Packaging • Energy efficiency

• Auxiliary equipment • Biomass pelleting technology

What’s on show at GRAPAS Asia 2016?

• Rice milling and sorting technology • Flour milling technology

• Flakers, extruders • Grain processing systems • Additives

ConferencesEach of the exhibitions will have their own conferences, including:

• The FIAAP Asia Animal Nutrition Conference 2016 • Petfood Forum

Asia 2016 • Aquafeed Horizons Asia 2016 • Global Milling Conference

with GRAPAS Asia 2016 • Biomass and Biomass Pelleting 2016

• The second ASEAN Feed and Rice Symposium • The second ASEAN

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• Thai Ministry of Agriculture & Co-Operatives • Thai Department of

Livestock Development • Thai Department of Fisheries • Thai Feed Mill

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• Federation of ASEAN Feed Associations

• Thailand Convention & Exhibition Bureau

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The Turkish Flour Industrialists’ Federation (TFIF, also

known as TUSAF) is a non-governmental organisationgathering organisations serving the our industry under

a single umbrella, and aiming for continuous development and

solution-oriented strategies.TFIF carries out research in line with the needs of the sector.

It represents 8 associations and 412 members, and cooperates

with public sector organisations, other professional institutions

and stakeholders in the sector.

TFIF is a roof organisation made up of associations

established by rms which have spread all over Turkey. Inthis context, TFIF continuously works hand in hand with

other institutions and organisations directly or indirectly in

contact with the sector and aims to provide maximum benetto its members and the Turkish our industry. In addition tothe international congress and exhibition organised every

year, it brings industrialists together within the framework of

national and regional meetings, and it takes the initiative in

development of the sector with the contributions of instructors

and administrators qualied in their elds.As the Executive Board of Turkish Flour Industrialists’

Federation, we wanted to let you know that we would be

happy to see you among us at the Turkish Flour Industrialists’

Federation International Congress and Exhibition at Sueno

Deluxe tiotel Belek Antalya on March 31 –April 3, 2016. The

theme will be ‘Global Trade and Milling Technologies’.

This congress will bring together our industrialists,dealers, suppliers, milling mechanics and bread and bakery

product manufacturers. It will host more than 800 national

and international representatives and there will be at least 50

exhibition areas. You can nd all details of the congress andexhibition at www.tusaf2016.org and www.tusaf.org.

The congress will discuss current issues in detail. It aims to

strengthen trade relations in both existing and new markets, to

establish new bonds and to bring together buyers, sellers and

manufacturers.

Speakers and attendees will include the Governments of

Turkey and the Black Sea region countries, International

Millers Association, The European Flour Millers Association,

International Grains Council, US Wheat Associationrepresentatives, non-governmental organisations and the media.

Flour is the raw material of bread - the staple of the Turkishpeople in particular. As producers and stakeholders in this

industry, we rmly believe that this conference will reachits target. This congress is aimed at Turkish rms whichmanufacture and deal in our, importers of our and grainexporters of Europe, the USA, the Black Sea, Middle Eastand Africa Regions. There will be a large exhibition area

dedicated to our production machinery in which important

rms, suppliers, engineering companies, banks, stock markets,merchants and many other companies will be included. The

languages of the Congress will be Turkish, English and

Russian.

As the Executive Board of the Turkish Flour Industrialists’

Federation, we would like you to know that we would be

honoured by your participation in the Congress.

E Günhan Ulusoy - Chairman of the Executive Board of

TFIF (TUSAF)

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Once again, FIAAP, the feed additive and ingredient

show, is coming to Asia. It will be held in Bangkok on

March 29 – 31, 2016. As ever, it is set to attract some

of the biggest names in the business.

For example, Tyson Animal Nutrition Group is a supplier of

protein feed ingredients serving aquaculture, agriculture, and

companion animal food manufacturers.

They understand the importance of superior nutritional

quality and traceability for feed ingredients. They also

understand the value to a nutritionist/feed formulator ofworking with a supplier with more than 80 years’ experience

in feeding people and their animals. Tyson Animal Nutrition

Group will exhibit at the FIAAP Asia exhibition in Bangkok

on 29 – 31 March 2016.

Another major international company who will be exhibiting

once again at FIAAP Asia is Special Nutrients, Inc. They are

a worldwide leading supplier of scientically proven anti-

mycotoxin additives produced in two production sites in theUSA.

They also have over 50 distributors located around the

globe. For more than 25 years the company has offered

reliable products supported by an excellent quality control

and technical support team. Mycoad and Mycoad AZ are

the two main products manufactured and marketed by the

company. Both have the capacity to adsorb and retain the

most important mycotoxins affecting poultry. This adsorption

from the gastrointestinal tract avoids the deleterious effects

caused by these toxins in the body, without interfering with the

absorption of critical nutrients present in the feed.

VictamAnother exhibition will also take place in Bangkok alongside

FIAAP. This is VICTAM - the show which specialises in feedproduction technology. 2016 will be the 25th Anniversary for

VICTAM to be in Thailand.

Bühler will be exhibiting at VICTAM. The Bühler Feed

& Biomass business unit has been continuously adapting

its product portfolio, manufacturing and logistics services

specically to the needs of customers in Southeast Asia.Bühler Changzhou, a highly successful afliate of the feed

and biomass business unit, has been setting new benchmarks

for feed mill quality and standards in Southeast Asia since its

launch in 2008. The unit has been expanding over the past fewyears into a continental base for China and Southeast Asia.

On the basis of a shared technological Bühler platform,

a range of products have been developed and produced in

China that match regional requirements. A technological

development centre and China Institute of Feed Technology

(CFT) for customer staff have been set up. A wide range of

machines and technology will be displayed at the Bühler stand

at VICTAM Asia 2016.

Another international company continuing to exhibit

at the VICTAM show is Stolz, a French company which

has developed various technical solutions of high

efciency thanks to their commitment to the feedand grain industry. Numerous regulatory

constraints have helped in completing Stolz’

know-how and knowledge.With their wide range of equipment such as

automated at storage, heat treatment, pelletmills, mixers, fat-coaters, vacuum-coaters,crumblers, sifters and their famous hammer

mill, the goal of Stolz is to offer machines

that will help their customers in producing

the best possible quality of semi-nishedor nished products, with the highestproductivity, in respect of regulations and

budgets. Stolz’ job as expert and constructor

is to ensure good project management, from

preliminary stages to commissioning.

California Pellet Mill (since 1883) is

a world-renowned pelleting specialist,equipped with a wide range of machinery

for crushing, grinding, condensing, cooling,

drying, sifting, computerised process

controls, ingredient scaling systems and

extrusion.CPM have been constantly introducing

new developments over the years. They are

thrilled to introduce tools and pellet mill

technology and showcase their products at

VICTAM Asia 2016.

Their innovative developments such as

wired shear pin, remote knife adjustment,

automatic remote roll speed measurement

and electronic oil indicator will allow their

customers to enhance their productivity as well as having a

safe working environment.

GrapasRüter Maschinenbau will be displaying their self-balancing

Crossyoke-Plansifter, designed to ensure minimum structuralstress, at the co-located trade show – GRAPAS Asia 2016.

Their Crossyoke-Plansifter’s modular design allows it tobe accommodated in tightly constrained spaces. Leading

innovations include lightweight aluminum sieve stack

housing, the customisable sieve stack and the patented sieve

cleaner.

Furthermore, the plansifter is economical to install. It boasts

a capacity at the rst break of up to 5tph, per sieve stack, andcontrol-sifting with a capacity of up to 100tph.

This is just one of the many international companies that willbe taking part in GRAPAS Asia 2016, the specialist event for

rice and our milling and grain processing.Another such company is Sun Magnetic Sys-Tech Co,

Ltd which was founded in 2001 in Beijing, China, as a

professional manufacturer of permanent magnetic systems.

They have more than ten years’ experience in research and

development,

design and

manufacture.

Wide range of additives and technology on show atAsia’s three-way feed and grain show

Bühler extruder




With advanced technology and extensive

experience, they focus on providing

customers with customised solutions

for magnetic separators in the food

industry. Top quality and continuous

improvement are their perpetual

commitment to their customers.

A number of companies who

are exhibiting are marketing their

products to a number of different

industry sectors and so will be in both

VICTAM and GRAPAS Asia 2016.

One of these is Cimbria which is

one of the world’s leading producers

in the eld of processing, handlingand storage of grain, seed and feed

and food products. They offer

projecting and process control as well

as the development, manufacture and

installation of individual machines,

customised systems and complete

turnkey plants.Their product range includes

technologies for drying, seed

processing, conveying, storage and

electronic sorting as well as advanced

control and automation systems.

Cimbria’s solid market position is a

result of new thinking deeply rooted in

specialist knowledge and experience

gained over decades of intense research and development.

There will be a huge variety of exhibits, with almost 200

exhibitors from all over the world offering products for the

animal feed, dry petfood, aquafeed, rice and our milling,grain processing and biomass industry sectors. Visitors will

be able to nd what they are looking for over the three daysof the event.

ConferencesThere will also be a number of technical conferences which

will assist specialists with applications and developments in

their industry sector. They are:

March 29 FIAAP Animal Nutrition Conference Asia 2016

March 29 Aquafeed Horizons Asia 2016

March 30 GMP+ Feed Safety Assurance

March 30 Petfood Forum Asia 2016

March 30 Global Milling Conference with GRAPAS ASIA

Conference 2016

March 30 2nd ASEAN Feed & Rice Symposium 2016

March 31 Biomass Pellets Asia Conference 2016

The event organisers, Victam International, also say there

will be a special Feed and Rice Symposium where a numberof respected international speakers will present papers on a

number of different subjects that will impact these important

industry sectors. It is open free of charge to all registered

visitors.

You can pre-register free now as a visitor on www.aap.com, www.victam.com & www.grapas.eu.

FIAAP, VICTAM & GRAPAS Asia will take place at

BITEC, Bangkok, Thailand from March 29 – 31, 2016.

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What does the future hold for feed mill technology? The future is more efficiency, while increasing feed quality. The future is higher

production and lower energy consumption. The future is fully automated lines producing lower costs per ton. The future is smartengineering concepts using state-of-the-art technology. The future is here today, with smart feed mills from Van Aarsen.

Feed mills of the future are here today

www.aarsen.com

Rüter Maschinenbau’sCrossyoke-Plansifter




Analysis

R-Biopharm

+44 141 945 2924

www.r-biopharm.com

Romer Labs

+43 2272 6153310

www.romerlabs.com

Amino acids

Evonik Nutrition & Care GmbH

+49 618 1596785

www.evonik.com/animal-nutrition

Bag closing

Fischbein SA

+32 2 555 11 70

www.fischbein.com/eastern

Cetec Industrie

+33 5 53 02 85 00

www.cetec.net

Bakery improvers

Mühlenchemie GmbH & Co KG

+49 4102 202 001

www.muehlenchemie.de

Bin dischargers

Denis

+33 2 37 97 66 11

www.denis.fr

Morillon

+33 2 41 56 50 14www.morillonsystems.com

Bulk storage

Bentall Rowlands

+44 1724 282828

www.bentallrowlands.com

Chief Industries UK Ltd

+44 1621 868944

www.chief.co.uk

Croston Engineering

+44 1829 741119

www.croston-engineering.co.uk

Silo Construction Engineers

+32 51723128

www.sce.be

Silos Cordoba

+34 957 325 165

www.siloscordoba.com

TSC Silos

+31 543 473979

www.tsc-silos.com

Westeel

+1 204 233 7133

www.westeel.com

CertificationGMP+ International

+31703074120

www.gmpplus.org

Colour sorters

Bühler AG

+41 71 955 11 11

www.buhlergroup.com

Satake

+81 82 420 8560

www.satake-group.com

Computer software

Adifo NV

+32 50 303 211

www.adifo.com

Cultura Technologies Ltd

+44 1257 231011

www.culturatech.com

Format International Ltd

+44 1483 726081

www.formatinternational.com

Coolers & driers

Consergra s.l

+34 938 772207

www.consergra.com

FrigorTec GmbH

+49 7520 91482-0

www.frigortec.com

Geelen Counterflow

+31 475 592315

www.geelencounterflow.com

Famsun (Muyang)

+86 514 87848880

www.muyang.com

Suncue Company Ltd

[email protected]

www.suncue.com

Tornum AB

+46 512 29100

www.tornum.com

Wenger Manufacturing

+1 785-284-2133

www.wenger.com

Elevator buckets

STIF

+33 2 41 72 16 80

www.stifnet.com

Tapco Inc

+1 314 739 9191

www.tapcoinc.com

VAV

+31 71 4023701

www.vav.nl

Yemtar Feed Mill Machines

+90 266 733 85 50www.yemtar.com

Elevator & Conveyor Components

4B Braime

+44 113 246 1800

www.go4b.com

Lampton Conveyer

+1 519 627 8228


Enzymes

AB Vista

+44 1672 517 650

www.abvista.com

JEFO

+1 450 799 2000

www.jefo.com

Equipment for saleExtruTech Inc

+1 785 284 2153

www.extru-techinc.com

Extruders

Almex

+31 575 572666

www.almex.nl

Andritz

+45 72 160300

www.andritz.com

Insta-Pro International

+1 515 254 1260

www.insta-pro.com

Wenger Manufacturing

+1 785-284-2133

www.wenger.com


+90 266 733 85 50

www.yemtar.com

Feed nutrition

Berg + Schmidt GmbH & Co. KG

+49 40 2840390www.berg-schmidt.de

Biomin

+43 2782 8030

www.biomin.net

Delacon

+43 732 6405310

www.delacon.com

DSM

+41 61 815 7777

www.dsm.com

Evonik Nutrition & Care GmbH

+49 618 1596785

www.evonik.com/animal-nutrition

JEFO

+1 450 799 2000

www.jefo.com

Kemin Industries Inc

+1 800 752 2864

www.kemin.com

Novus

+1 314 576 8886

www.novusint.com

Sibelco Europe

+ 44 1270 752 700

www.sibelco.co.uk

Feed milling

Nawrocki Pelleting Technology

+48 52 303 40 20

www.granulatory.com/en

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Ottevanger

+31 79 593 22 21

www.ottevanger.com

Wynveen

+31 26 47 90 699

www.wynveen.com

Van Aarsen International

+31 475 579 444

www.aarsen.com


+90 266 733 85 50

www.yemtar.com

Flour

Rank Hovis

+44 1494 428000

www.rankhovis.com

Grain handling systems

Cargotec Sweden Bulk Handling

+46 42 85802

www.cargotec.com

Cimbria A/S

+45 96 17 90 00

www.cimbria.com


+90 266 733 85 50

www.yemtar.com

Hammermills

Alapala

+90 212 465 60 40

www.alapala.com

Bühler AG

+41 71 955 11 11

www.buhlergroup.com

Dinnissen BV

+31 77 467 3555

www.dinnissen.nl

Genc Degirmen

+90 332 444 0894

www.gencdegirmen.com.tr

Van Aarsen International

+31 475 579 444

www.aarsen.com


+90 266 733 85 50

www.yemtar.com

Zheng Chang

+86 21 64188282

www.zhengchang.com

Laboratory equipment

Bastak

+90 312 395 67 87

www.bastak.com.tr

Brabender

+49 203 7788 0www.brabender.com

CHOPIN Technologies

+33 14 1475045

www.chopin.fr

Doescher & Doescher GmbH

+49 4087976770

www.doescher.com

Hydronix

+44 1483 468900

www.hydronix.com

Level measurement

BinMaster Level Controls

+1 402 434 9102

www.binmaster.com

FineTek Co., Ltd

+886 2226 96789

www.fine-tek.com

Loading/un-loading equipment

Neuero Industrietechnik

+49 5422 95030

www.neuero.de

Vigan Engineering

+32 67 89 50 41

www.vigan.com

Mill design & installation

Alapala+90 212 465 60 40

www.alapala.com

Bühler AG

+41 71 955 11 11

www.buhlergroup.com

Golfetto Sangati

+39 0422 476 700

www.golfettosangati.com

Gazel Degirmen Makinalari

+90 364 2549630

www.gazelmakina.com

IMAS - Milleral

+90 332 2390141

www.milleral.com


+48 52 303 40 20


Oryem

+90 332 239 1314

www.oryem.com.tr

Satake

+81 82 420 8560

www.satake-group.com

NIR systems

NIR Online

+49 6227 732668

www.nir-online.de

Thermo Fisher Scientific

+1 9786 421132

www.thermoscientific.com

Packaging

Cetec Industrie

+33 5 53 02 85 00

www.cetec.net

Mondi Group

+43 1 79013 4917

www.mondigroup.com

Peter Marsh Group

+44 151 9221971

www.petermarsh.co.uk

Palletisers

Cetec Industrie

+33 5 53 02 85 00

www.cetec.net

Ehcolo A/S

+45 75 398411

www.ehcolo.com

PAYPER, S.A.

+34 973 21 60 40

www.payper.com

Pelleting aids

Borregaard LignoTech

+47 69 11 80 00

www.lignotechfeed.com

Pest control

Detia Degesch GmbH

+49 6201 708 401

www.detia-degesch.de

Rentokil Pest Control

+44 0800 917 1987

www.rentokil.co.uk

Pipe systems

JACOB Söhne+49 571 9558 0

www.jacob-pipesystems.eu

Process control

DSL Systems Ltd

+44 115 9813700

www.dsl-systems.com


+48 52 303 40 20


Suffolk Automation

+44 1473 829188

www.suffolk-automation.co.uk

Publications

International Aquafeed

+44 1242 267706

www.aquafeed.co.uk

International Milling Directory

+44 1242 267703

www.internationalmilling.com

Milling and Grain

+44 1242 267707

www.millingandgrain.com

Rolls

Leonhard Breitenbach

+49 271 3758 0

www.breitenbach.de

O&J Højtryk

+45 7514 2255

www.oj-hojtryk.dk

Roller mills

Alapala

+90 212 465 60 40

www.alapala.com

Unormak

+90 332 2391016

www.unormak.com.tr

Ugur Makina

+90 (364) 235 00 26

www.ugurmakina.com




Roll fluting

Fundiciones Balaguer, S.A.

+34 965564075

www.balaguer-rolls.com

Safety equipment

Rembe

+49 2961 740 50

www.rembe.com

Sifters

Filip GmbH

+49 5241 29330

www.filip-gmbh.com

Genc Degirmen

+90 332 444 0894

www.gencdegirmen.com.tr

Silos

Bentall Rowlands

+44 1724 282828

www.bentallrowlands.com

Chief Industries UK Ltd

+44 1621 868944

www.chief.co.uk

Lambton Conveyer

+1 519 627 8228


MYSILO

+90 382 266 2245

www.mysilo.com

Obial

+90 382 2662120

www.obial.com.tr

Silo Construction Engineers

+32 51723128

www.sce.be

Silos Cordoba

+34 957 325 165

www.siloscordoba.com

Sukup

+45 75685311

www.dancorn.com

Symaga

+34 91 726 43 04

www.symaga.com

Tornum AB+46 512 29100

www.tornum.com

Westeel

+1 204 233 7133

www.westeel.com

Temperature monitoring

Agromatic

+41 55 2562100

www.agromatic.com

Dol Sensors

+45 721 755 55

www.dol-sensors.com

Training

Bühler AG

+41 71 955 11 11

www.buhlergroup.com

IAOM

+1 913 338 3377

www.iaom.info

IFF

+495307 92220

www.iff-braunschweig.de

Kansas State University

+1 785 532 6161

www.grains.k-state.edu

nabim

+44 2074 932521

www.nabim.org.uk

Ocrim

+39 0372 4011

www.ocrim.com

Valves

+1 785 825 7177

[email protected]

www.vortexvalves.com

Rota Val Ltd

+44 1249 651138

www.rotaval.co.uk

Vibratory equipment

Mogensen Raw Materials

Handling

+44 1476 566301

www.mogensen.co.uk

Vibrafloor

+33 3 85 44 06 78

www.vibrafloor.com

Weighing equipment

Parkerfarm Weighing Systems

+44 1246 456729

www.parkerfarm.com

Yeast products

Leiber GmbH

+49 5461 93030

www.leibergmbh.de

T: +44 1242 267703 / F: +44 1242 292017 / [email protected]

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PEOPLE THE INDUSTRY FACESBühler Aeroglide appoints new Sales Manager for North America

Bühler Aeroglide, a global leader in thermal process engineering and technology for food, feed,

and industrial materials, has appointed Joe Tordella Area Sales Manager for North America.

Mr Tordella will manage sales for North American food segments, including the snack and

ready-to-eat cereal markets. He’ll also oversee the company’s feed segment, serving customersin the pet food and aqua feed markets. Most recently, Mr Tordella managed Bühler Aeroglide’s eldengineering capabilities where he led training and process evaluation services designed to improve

operations and increase production.“Joe has achieved a high level of success in eld engineering, serving a portfolio of customers with

both Bühler and competitor technology,” said Paul McKeithan, Vice President of Sales.

“He has an in-depth understanding of the manufacturing supply chain and the requirements of eachcomponent. His experience will be valuable in this new sales role, enabling us to sustain growth and

new customer acquisition.”

Mr Tordella joined Bühler Aeroglide as a eld engineer in 2010. He was then appointed manager of eld engineering anddeveloped a team of engineers, providing front-line evaluations of processing operations. Recently, this service was mergedwith the company’s international lab services, data tracking tools and technical training in a realignment that will improve

overall support for food, feed and industrial processing operations. Mr Tordella holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical

Engineering from the University of Delaware.

“Bühler is the rst choice for a processing customer because of its large network of support and service capabilities,” said

Mr Tordella.

“I’m eager to introduce this service expertise through sales channels. We offer a number of highly valuable tools andservices that are unique to the equipment machinery we provide to the industry.”

Bühler Aeroglide manufactures dryers, ovens, roasters, toasters, and hot air expansion systems for the food, feed and

industrial product markets. Since 1940, the company has been providing innovations for a better world in the form of high-quality thermal processing equipment. As a business unit of Bühler, Aeroglide is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, and

provides sales and service for its industry-leading equipment in more than 140 countries around the world.

Joe Tordella

Bradley A Stawick promoted to VicePresident of Quality at Microbac

M

icrobac has announced the promotion of Bradley A Stawick to the position of vice

president of quality. Mr Stawick had previously served as director of microbiology at the

company since 2011.

Before coming to Microbac, Mr Stawick gained extensive experience in development

and execution of strategic plans with a strong focus on problem solving and quality service standards.

He privately owned Stawick Laboratory Management, LLC from 2006 – 2011, after leaving EuronsScientic as director, quality and safety/chief microbiologist from 2002 – 2006.

“Brad has a unique focus on non-conformance and adherence to root cause analysis,” says RobertCrookston, Microbac President and COO.

“He has proven achievement in development of quality systems from the ground up; proven experience with process

improvement and management of personnel; and demonstrates extensive microbiology experience with a focus on the food

industry. As an active A2LA auditor, Brad brings an unrelenting commitment to quality and continual improvement that best

serves Microbac clients.”

Mr Stawick holds a Master of Science in Food Science and a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the University ofIllinois Urbana-Champaign and is a Certied Food Scientist.

He is a member of AOAC International, AOAC International’s Ofcial Methods Board, TDLM Chair, ALACC committeemember, a professional member of the Institute of Food Technologists, the International Association for Food Protection, a member

of A2LA, Chair of A2LA’s Life Sciences Advisory Council, and a member of A2LA’s Criteria and Accreditation Councils.

Bradley A Stawick

Adams & Green Ltd appoints experiencednew general manager

Adams & Green Ltd, leading specialist supplier of liquid feed fats to the animal feed industry,

has appointed Daniel Chilvers as its new General Manager. Daniel will play a central role in

continuing to develop Adams & Green’s excellent customer service and work closely with

customers to ensure the company meets all their liquid animal feed fat needs.

Daniel has over 20 years’ experience of the oils and fats industry for both food and feed, including

working for the last ve years as commercial manager for added value products to the ruminant sector

– protected fats, protected proteins, yeast and mineral premix – at Trident Feeds, the wholesale divisionof AB Agri Limited.

Daniel said: “Being from Hull, I am looking forward to working for an independent, family-runbusiness in East Yorkshire and developing new products and new relationships for our customers across the country.”

Robert Brocklesby, Managing Director of Adams & Green, added: “We’re delighted to welcome Daniel to the team. We’re

sure his skills and experience will be a real asset to us and that our customers will benet from his appointment.”

Daniel Chilvers






Antares Plus – the plus in yieldand flour quality.

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combines those advantages – and offers a plus in yield while maximizing flour quality and reducing energy consumption at

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