A monthly review April 2013

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02/04/2013: Victoria's largest feed mill prepares to open in June; Shakespeare the grain hoarder A AUD$15 million stock feed production facility is being built in Lang Lang using state of the art technology with the aim to fast-track Victorian-based Irwin Stockfeed's national expansion.

Research and planning for the feed mill was started in 2008, with the ac-tual construction of the 65th feed mill beginning in 2012. The feed produc-tion facility is expected to be completely operational by June this year.

Set to be the most modern facility in southern Australia, Peter Lowry, sales manager for Irwin Stock feed, said the company were preparing to enter a major growth phase.

"Currently the business is at full capacity and the only way to go is to grow," said Lowry.

"The vision was that this site was pinpointed as a major growth area for the company."

The expansion will allow the company to develop its products from ruminant feeds including grain, grain mixes, protein meals and pellets to include more specialised products to suit farm production needs.

"It will enable us to expand our customer base and we will also be able to tap into contract milling for other companies," Lowry added.

It is expected that 30-40 jobs will be created as a result of the expansion, with hopes that the increased productivity will expand on to the national milling market. Read more...

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The Global Miller blog is an online offshoot of Grain and Feed Milling Technology magazine. While the bi-monthly magazine covers milling technology issues in-depth, the Global Miller takes a lighter approach.

Our columnists have a keen eye for the most interesting, relevant and (let’s face it) bizarre milling stories from across the world. Each weekday we scour the internet for top-notch news and package it for your perusal in one neat daily digest.

The Global Millers are also massive fans of industry events and shows and can often be found out on the road. Here they share stories (and photos) from their travels and, being unable to keep a secret, share details of upcoming events. But the Global Miller is your space too; feel free to comment and share your views.

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William Shakespeare wrote "to thine own self be true" - and for him that apparently included dodging taxes and hoarding grain.Research shows that Shakespeare wasn't just a celebrated playwright and actor, he was a ruthless businessman who dabbled in money-lending and grew wealthy during a famine by price-gouging hungry neighbours.

This side of the merchant has gradually been whitewashed from history by complicit biographers who prefer to focus on his artistic achievements, say researchers from Aberystwyth University in Wales.

"Shakespeare the grain-hoarder has been redacted from history so that Shakespeare the creative genius could be born," says the academic pa-per due to be delivered at the Hay literary festival in Wales in May. Read more...

03/04/2013: CPF increases investment in Philippines; Vietnamese feed manufacturers struggle against foreign firms; Cargill appoints new CFO Thai agribusiness giant Charoen Pokphand Group CPF is looking to ramp up the businesses in the Philippines with plans to invest P7 billion (USD$171 million) over the coming three years. The investment will go into the areas of expanding the company's livestock and aquaculture business in the country. With the company viewing the Philippines as an important growth area for CPF’s business interests.

The company which currently runs livestock, poultry and feed milling businesses in the country will put the funds towards its broiler, layer and swine operations in Pampanga, along with boosting its shrimp hatcheries and fish culture operations in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

CFPF currently operate an old feed mill it acquired in Brgy. Panginay, Guiguinto, Bulacan. The production at the mill is only around 18-24,000 metric tons of feeds per annum, which consists of starter/grower/and finisher feeds for pigs and poultry.

The company has a new 60,000 metric tonnes per annum feed mill scheduled to open this month. Located in Samal, Bataan, the feed mill will produce fish and shrimp feeds for local fishpond operators and own-ers. Read more...

Small scale Vietnamese feed manufacturers are finding it increasingly dif-ficult to compete in a market which has seen the growth and expansion of several large foriegn feed firms in the country.

Last year, 40 out of the 243 Vietnamese feed manufacturers were forced to close their doors, and the number of local manufacturers ceasing op-erations is expected to continue, commented Le Ba Lich, chairman of the Vietnam Feed Association (VFA). He added that it was expected that ap-proximately 70 other small businesses were on the verge of closing down and forfeiting their market share to the foreign manufacturers.

Many of the small scale feed producers that had capacities of less than 10,000 tons a year have had to either shut down or reduce production due to fierce competition in Vietnam's feed industry. A large number of these companies were located in Dong Nai or Binh Duong, the region considered the southern hubs of the animal feed making industry in Viet-nam. Read more...

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Cargill announced on April 1 that former Sara Lee executive, Marcel Smits, is its new chief financial officer CFO, effective April 15. “Marcel Smits is a terrific addition to the Cargill leadership team. His global experience in financial management and the food industry will be a tremendous asset to the company,” said Greg Page, Cargill chairman and chief executive officer.

Smits, a native of the Netherlands, served in a variety of financial management positions for Unilever in Europe, Latin America and Asia throughout the mid-1980s and 1990s, lastly as senior vice-president of finance for China.

Cargill’s CFO position was vacated in November 2012 when Sergio Rial left the company to return to his native Brazil. David MacLennan, Cargill president and chief operating officer had added the duties of in-terim CFO to his responsibilities up until now. Read more...

04/04/2013: Van Aarsen International appoints new director of sales; FFI tools; export cargo report indicates good US corn quality Van Aarsen in Panheel has appointed Hans van der Weijden as their new sales director. Van Aarsen is internationally active as a specialist in the compound feed industry and has a vast amount of knowledge and experi-ence in the design and construction of animal feed production systems comprising a high quality and innovative assortment of machinery.

Prior to his new appointment, Hans van der Weijden has had diverse commercial and technical functions in other branches and shall now con-centrate his efforts on the international growth of Van Aarsen.

One of the first advocacy pieces that the Flour Fortification Initiative (FFI) network of partners created was a Flour Millers Tool Kit. The original piece, created in 2006, has been updated and is available on the FFI website.

The revised tool kit includes sample charts, illustrations, photos from various partners and video links. It has recently been demonstrated in meetings in Ethiopia and Kosovo, and it can serve as a manual for flour millers. It can also be used to help public and civic sector partners under-stand what is expected of flour millers as they fortify flour.

Jeff Gwirtz, one of the authors of the original Tool Kit, led the updating process. Jeff is an adjunct professor in the Department of Grain Science and Industry at Kansas State University and is a technical advisor for the International Association of Operative Millers and FFI. He has a doctorate in grain science from Kansas State University, and he has worked in flour milling and food technology.

The Tool Kit can be downloaded in its entirety here or in individual sec-tions as linked to the headings in the table below. The Tool Kit is in a Powerpoint format. Using it in “normal” view lets you move through the Tool Kit one page at a time and read the additional notes at the bottom of each slide. Viewing the Tool Kit as a slide show allows you to follow links to the six sections and follow links to specific topics from each section’s table of contents. Read more...

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The U.S. Grains Council released the second of its annual USGC Corn Export Cargo Quality Report (Export Cargo Report) today. Despite the se-vere drought in 2012 that seriously reduced the projected size of the U.S. corn crop, testing indicated the 2012 crop was superior in quality across a number of key variables to the U.S, 2011 harvest, which was itself a high quality crop.

First released in May 2012, the Export Cargo Report provides the results of tests on corn samples collected during the U.S. government-licensed sampling and inspection process for U.S. corn export shipments. This year's report indicates that export samples had a higher test weight, lower incidence of broken corn and foreign material (BCFM) and lower moisture compared to the 2011/2012 export samples. In chemical composition, the report observed higher protein levels and lower starch, with oil content also higher.

Continuing the comparison to the previous year's report, the 2012/13 export samples showed fewer stress cracks and a lower average stress cracks index. In addition, this year's corn samples have higher true den-sity, a higher proportion of whole kernels and a higher percentage of hor-neous or hard endosperm, which are all favourable trends. The mycotoxin testing results showed a lower percentage of samples containing aflatox-ins in levels greater than or equal to 5.0 parts per billion (ppb) and a lower percentage of samples containing deoxynivalenol/vomitoxin (DON) in levels greater than or equal to 0.5ppm. All samples tested below or equal to the FDA action level of 20 ppb for aflatoxins and the FDA advisory level of 5 ppm for DON.

“To enhance the quality of information we provide to export customers about the quality of the U.S. corn supply, the Council in 2011 initiated a series of annual Corn Quality Reports,” said USGC Chairman Don Fast. “These are developed in two parts. First, we publish a Harvest Quality Report that surveys U.S. corn quality at harvest as it enters the marketing system. Then a follow-up report in April, the Export Cargo Quality Report, looks at the quality of the corn crop as it is assembled for export early in the marketing year.”

“These two reports provide a systematic annual look at the quality of the U.S. corn crop, using reliable data and a transparent, consistent meth-odology each year. We have established processes for sample collection and testing, and as we follow those processes year after year we will assemble a reliable and comparable database of transparent, objective information about U.S. corn quality.” Read more...

05/04/13: Food safety in South East Asia; damaged feed and digestibility; CME grain trading hours cut Food safety and traceability are becoming as important as quality and price in South East Asia, according to one of the region's biggest flour milling organisations. In an interview with ABC Rural, Alex Lee Kim Teck, CEO, Interflour, Malaysia describes the growing focus on a transparent supply chain.

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CME, the owner of world's largest grain trading market, will cut its grain trading hours next week in response to customer demands. From next week, electronic trading will be reduced from 21 to 17 hours a day from 5 p.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday to Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Buyers had complained that long trading hours reduced liquidity and weakened enthusiasm. Read more...

Andritz Group buys majority share in Shanghai Shende Machinery The Andritz Group has acquired an 80 percent share in the Shanghai Shende Machinery Co. Ltd.

Shanghai Shende Machinery Co. Ltd was established in 1992 in coopera-tion with Germany based Munch Group, and has since then developed a good position and excellent reputation in the Chinese marketplace as provider of cost effective feed and biomass technologies and solutions.

During the recent years Shende has successfully developed a new technology business within the China and South East Asia bio-fuel sector, where the Shende pelleting technology and plant solutions has proved its performance and reliability.

Shende is today renowned for quality feed processing machines and feed plant solutions, as well as high quality pelletmill dies and other after-market products and services to feed plants and biomass pelleting plants.

The technologies, project design solutions, customer base and market segments of Shende are considered to be an excellent addition to the current business and growth strategy of Andritz Feed & Biofuel in China as well as other markets outside China.

Shende will be operated from the Shende plant in Songjiang district Shanghai, and will be managed by Mr Ren Shu and the team which dur-ing the last 20 years has built up the technology and market position of Shende.

Shende product lines, project design and aftermarket offerings will be streamlined and marketed as separate brand relative to Andritz Feed & Biofuel brand product lines and services in the market.

Andritz and its very strong technology position in the global market, will in its ownership of Shende further enhance the development of Shende technologies and services to its customers, and make the investments needed to support further growth of Shende in the China domestic mar-ket as well as export business.

Andritz Feed & Biofuel operates in China under Andritz China Ltd. with manufacturing plant in Sanshui, Guangdong Province together with project engineering and sales offices located in Liyang City, Jiangsu Province.

Shanghai Shende Machinery Co. Ltd, and Andritz (China) Ltd. look for-ward to providing the very best technologies, equipment and services not only to all markets but now to all market segments in China and abroad. More information...

08/04/2013: Novozymes' new CEO takes office; export cargo report indicates good US corn quality; millers gather for the 2013 division meetings Peder Holk Nielsen has taken over as president & CEO of Novozymes. Nielsen, who replaces Steen Riisgaard in a planned transi-tion, vows to bring more innovation to the market faster.

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“I am proud and honored to lead this great company forward,” says Peder Holk Nielsen. “Novozymes is in a very strong position, and we will contin-ue with our overall strategy. Our success rests on our ability to bring new innovation to our customers, and our ability to find new ways biotechnol-ogy can help them improve their products and make more with less. A key focus for me will be to make sure we bring these innovations to the market even faster than we do today.”

Nielsen, 56, has played a central role in the development of Novozymes in its current form. His 28-year career in Novozymes and Novo Industri/Novo Nordisk spans management positions across business develop-ment, research and development, quality management and sales and marketing. Up until his appointment as CEO, he served as executive vice president and head of enzyme business from 2007-2013. Read more...

The U.S. Grains Council has released the second of its annual USGC Corn Export Cargo Quality Report. Despite the severe drought in 2012 that seriously reduced the projected size of the U.S. corn crop, testing indicated the 2012 crop was superior in quality across a number of key variables to the U.S. 2011 harvest, which was itself a high quality crop.

First released in May 2012, the Export Cargo Report provides the results of tests on corn samples collected during the U.S. government-licensed sampling and inspection process for U.S. corn export shipments. This year’s report indicates that export samples had a higher test weight, lower incidence of broken corn and foreign material (BCFM) and lower moisture as compared to the 2011/12 export samples. In chemical composition, the report observed higher protein levels and lower starch, with oil content also higher.

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“To enhance the quality of information we provide to export customers about the quality of the U.S. corn supply, the Council in 2011 initiated a series of annual Corn Quality Reports,” said USGC chairman Don Fast. “These are developed in two parts. First, we publish a Harvest Quality Report that surveys U.S. corn quality at harvest as it enters the marketing system. Then a follow-up report in April, the Export Cargo Quality Report, looks at the quality of the corn crop as it is assembled for export early in the marketing year.” Read more...

More than 180 millers, associate members and industry friends attended the NAMA 2013 Division Meetings at the Hammock Besch resort in Palm Coast, FL. James M. Meyer, NAMA chairman and president of Italgrani , USA, addressed the group. During his remarks, Meyer told the group that the depth of the topics covered in the meetings and the participation of NAMA members demonstrated the value of NAMA membership. He also spoke about recent changes in the industry. "We live in interesting times, these changes are coming about because of opportunities within the industry to innovate and deliver quality products to customers," he said.

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“On behalf of Victam International I would like to welcome you all to the press conference for FIAAP Asia, VICTAM Asia and GRAPAS Asia 2014. I know some of you have travelled a long way to attend tonight and for this I would like to thank you. This evening I would like to update you on our shows and also announce some exciting new developments that we are introducing in 2014.

But first the exhibitions. These will be held at the modern, purpose built exhibition halls of the Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Centre or BITEC here in Bangkok from the 8 – 10 April 2014. We will be using Halls 103 and 104. Many of you are acquainted with BITEC already as we held our successful 2012 show there. So what are our exhibitions and conferences?

First we have – FIAAP Asia 2014

This is the only specialist exhibition and conference for the ingredients, additives and formulation of feeds for animals, aquafeed and dry petfood within the expanding Asia/Pacific markets.

Next is VICTAM Asia 2014

As many of you will know VICTAM Asia is by far the largest exhibition in South East Asia for animal feed production technology. This equipment, technology, together with ancillary systems is required and is essential for the safe and effective production of feeds for animals, aquafeed and dry petfood. We have included the sector of biomass pellet production ma-chinery within the exhibition over the last few years. We have seen this becoming increasingly popular and important as biomass pellets are seen as an alternative green energy source in the power generation industry both here and also elsewhere in the world.

Thirdly there is GRAPAS Asia 2014

GRAPAS Asia is the only trade show in the Asia/Pacific region for the grain processing sectors. The show profiles rice & flour milling, grain processing, storage, preservation & distribution, industrial noodle & pasta production, the manufacture of breakfast cereals and extruded snacks. This exhibition has seen dramatic growth over the last few years. The 2014 event is “A PARTNERSHIP IN SYNERGY”. Why do we say this? Because the shows inter-connect.

FIAAP – with animal feed ingredients & additives is directly related to

VICTAM – with animal feed processing & ancillary equipment. Both shows attract visitors from the feed industry.

There is also a relationship between Victam and GRAPAS – our show for rice & flour milling, grain processing technology & ancillary equipment. Of course grains of various kinds are used within animal feeds, and much of the ancillary equipment found in a feed mill will also be found in a rice or flour mill. These include - storage systems, conveyors, bagging equip-ment, automation, computers systems and programs and much more.

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These executives will be nutritionists, veterinarians, feed formulators, mill & production managers, CEO’s, etc.

Victam Asia visitors will also be senior executives from feed mills, inte-grators, large farms & co-operatives, hatcheries, fish farms, home farm mixers, petfood manufacturers, etc. and biomass processors and energy generators. These important visitors will be mill managers, production managers, CEO’s and directors, feed formulators, nutritionists, etc. and plant managers from energy generators looking for biomass pelleting technology. They will probably find the largest assembly of companies displaying biomass pelleting technology ever seen in Asia.

Lastly there is GRAPAS Asia, senior executives from throughout South and South East Asia will also come to this show. They will be from rice and flour mills, rice and grain storage and processing plants, industrial noodle manufacturers, plant bakers, breakfast cereal and savoury snack producers, etc. These executives will comprise mill managers, production managers, CEO’s, nutritionists, etc.

Many of you came to our last event in Asia which was held in 2012. The event attracted over 6000 industry executives from throughout South and South East Asia. These visitors came from a total of 73 different coun-tries. I think you will agree with me that it was a truly international and highly successful event.

As I mentioned earlier we have some new and exciting developments for our 2014 event. These are the First ASEAN Feed Summit and the First ASEAN Rice Summit. Many of you will not know that Victam International is a subsidiary of the Victam Foundation, which is a Dutch charitable foundation. The Victam Foundation, I am pleased to announce, will spon-sor and support both of these Summits.

The aim of the Asean Feed and Rice summits is to bring together an in-ternational forum of Feed and Rice Associations, and other related Asso-ciations in the ASEAN region in order to discuss and determine the future policies and objectives for these important industries. With the anticipated creation of the ASEAN Economic Bloc in 2015 it is essential that feed millers, rice millers and processors and their relevant associations within this area should have a greater dialogue.

The first summits are planned for 2014 over the period of the 8th to the 10th of April, during our 2014 event. The Summits will be hosted by the Thai Feed Mill Association, Thai Rice Associations with the assistance and support of the Thai Ministry of Agriculture and the Thai Chamber of Commerce. TCEB, the Thai Convention & Exhibition Bureau, has also been invited to be involved in the promotion and organisation of this im-portant international meeting.

The Victam Foundation will invite the President and Secretary General or equivalent from each Association within the region to attend the summit. Victam will pay for their return flights to Bangkok and 4/5 star accommo-dation during the period of the summit.

The Foundation will also provide a fully equipped air-conditioned con-ference rooms within BITEC (Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre) for the duration of the summit.

We will update you regularly on the progression of the content of each Summit.

Moving on, I am pleased to announce that the shows once again have the support of the following Thai organisations:

The Thai Ministry of Agriculture & Co-Operatives

The Department of Livestock Development

The Department of Fisheries

The Thai Feed Mill Association

The Thai Rice Milling Association

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The Thai Petfood Association

The Thai Chamber of Commerce

Thailand Convention & Exhibition Bureau

That Ladies and Gentlemen is now the end of my presentation. However I and my colleagues would be pleased to answer any questions you may have.”

09/04/2013: Colin Tutt to assume new role in CBH; food losses and waste in the context of sustainable food systems; oregano against hyperacidity

The CBH Group announced today that general manager operations Colin Tutt will be taking on a newly established role within the business from July this year, marking a transition to retirement.

Mr Tutt will be commencing as the inaugural general manager Global Supply Chain from 1 July with the charter to investigate new ideas from around the globe for grain handling and storage as well as overall supply chain management.

"I have been with CBH for almost 40 years and loved every minute of it. I have described my time heading up operations as the best job in WA, and it is, but it is time for change. The grains industry is changing so rap-idly and I am not getting any younger. This job needs some new energy and new perspective," he said.

"This new role allows me to transition from the day-to-day functionality of our supply chain to a more strategic consultative role but remain in the business providing support to the team for the medium term."

Mr Tutt will continue to provide support to the operations team in address-ing below rail issues and will assist marketing and trading to identify ways to get grain to global markets by focusing on supply chain innovation beyond Western Australia.

"Colin's wealth of experience and his breadth of knowledge of this busi-ness are undisputedly enormous, so ensuring we can transition slowly and provide the right amount of support to the new general manager of operations is very important," Andy Crane, CBH group chief executive officer said.

The CBH Group will commence recruitment for Mr Tutt's successor in the general manager operations role in due course. Read more...

The UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) in its thirty-ninth ses-sion requested the High Level Panel of Experts for Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE), to undertake a study on ‘Food losses and waste in the context of sustainable food systems’ to be presented to the Plenary in 2014. This report has to be policy oriented, practical and operational.

Until 30 April 2013, the HLPE is running an open e-consultation on the scope of this report, and the pertinence of main questions. References of global and national studies and data on the subject, especially on food waste, are also welcome.

The HLPE also wishes to inform that a public call for candidatures to the Project Team for this report is currently open until 30th April 2013.Read more...

Phytogenic feed supplements with oregano have proven to be effec-tive for preventing and treating hyperacidity in the rumen of dairy cows caused by concentrated feed (acidosis).

Companies such as Dostofarm offer herbal preparations in powder form to be added to the feed. The added flavour causes the animals to pro-duce more saliva and thus sodium bicarbonate: A substance that increas-es the pH-value in the rumen, neutralising excess gastric acid. Hyperacid-ity in the rumen is a common problem when high milk yields and weight gain are required.

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The symptoms of affected rumen mucosa are often not directly perceptible. Typical signs are a lack of appetite and abnormal faeces, flatulence, sores and decreased fertility. There are no known problems with resistance to phyto-supplements, and they do not affect the flavour of the animal products. A welcome side effect: When added to the total mix ration (TMR), the preparations reduce heating and improper fermentation of the feed. Thus, the oregano supplement is a simple but effective measure to reduce costs. Read more...

11/04/2013: US rice imports contain harmful levels of lead; three-year trial shows savings from on-farm blending; Alberta’s historic grain elevators Analysis of commercially available rice imported into the US has re-vealed it contains levels of lead far higher than regulations suggest are safe. Some samples exceeded the "provisional total tolerable intake" (PTTI) set by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by a factor of 120.

The report at the American Chemical Society Meeting adds to the already well-known issue of arsenic in rice. The FDA told the BBC it would review the research. Lead is known to be harmful to many organs and the cen-tral nervous system.

It is a particular risk for young children, who suffer significant develop-mental problems if exposed to elevated lead levels. Because rice is grown in heavily irrigated conditions, it is more susceptible than other staple crops to environmental pollutants in irrigation water.

Recent studies have highlighted the presence of arsenic in rice - prompt-ing consumption advice from the UK's Food Standards Agencyand more recently from the FDA.

However, other heavy metals represent a risk as well. Dr Tsanangurayi Tongesayi of Monmouth University in New Jersey, US, and his team have tested a number of imported brands of rice bought from local shops.

The US imports about 7% of its rice, and the team sampled packaged rice from Bhutan, Italy, China, Taiwan, India, Israel, the Czech Republic and Thailand - which accounts for 65% of US imports.

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The clip of highway between Lethbridge, Alta., and the U.S. border looks like a golden ocean up against a sky so wide, blue, quiet and cloudless that it's easy to wonder if the laws of gravity apply, as if a traveller could fall off the surface of the earth and float away.

Then comes Warner, pop. 382, immediately recognisable by a row of six wooden grain elevators, paint chipping, the town's name emblazoned in white and blue letters. After watching miles of formless horizon, it's a thankful beacon, as welcome as an old lighthouse to a lost mariner.

Grain elevators were once such a common sight on the prairie that it wouldn't be unusual to see a dozen lined up along a track. Now, Warner's is believed to be the last working grain elevator row in the country.

"It's huge for us, it really is. Without them we'd rely entirely on residents. Because we don't have any other large industries in town," said Sandi Hedlin, town councillor.

These icons of prairie architecture have disappeared at an alarming rate. From a peak of more than 1,700 wooden grain elevators in the 1930s, Al-berta's provincial government now knows of only about 120. The ongoing takeover of Viterra - the country's largest grain handler - by an Austral-ian company has left a question mark hanging over many of the wooden elevators still standing. Read more...

12/04/2013: Coeliac UK launches its Gluten-free Chef of the Year Competition; developing a HACCP program for the industry; food losses and waste in the context of sustainable food systems Coeliac UK launches this year’s Gluten-Free Chef of the Year competition at the Wessex Salon Culinaire, asking entrants to showcase their skills by making gluten-free substitutes such as bread or pasta at the live final.

For the fourth year, the competition is being run in association with the In-stitute of Hospitality and the Craft Guild of Chefs with the judging to be once again headed up by celebrity chef and Coeliac UK’s Food Ambas-sador Phil Vickery.

The competition is for professional cooks and catering college students to design a three course gluten-free meal for two people. Entrants’ menus must include at least two courses which include a gluten-free element, such as pasta, pastry, sponge, cake, bread, batter etc which must be made from scratch on the day of the live cookoff by the three finalists in each group. The live cookoff will take place at the Unilever Food Solu-tions Culinary Business Development Centre, Leatherhead in November 2013.

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More than 40 participants traveled to the International Grains Program April 1-4, 2013 to attend a course focused on establishing a hazard anal-ysis and critical control points (HACCP) program for the feed industry.

The Kansas State University International Grains Program teamed up with the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) and the National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) to hold this successful course.

Throughout the course participants looked at the feed-industry regula-tions, learned the seven HACCP principles and how to develop and implement an effective HACCP program.

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"The course provided the basic tools for feed millers and how to imple-ment all the principles of HACCP step-by-step," says Carlos Campa-badal, IGP feed manufacturing program specialist course manager. Read more...

The UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) in its thirty-ninth Ses-sion (October 2012) requested the High Level Panel of Experts for Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE), to undertake a study on ‘Food losses and waste in the context of sustainable food systems’ to be presented to the Plenary in 2014.

Until 30 April 2013, the HLPE is running an open e-consultation on the scope of this report, and the pertinence of main questions. References of global and national studies and data on the subject, especially on food waste, are also welcome. Read more...

15/04/2013: Corn germ in swine diets; construction started on $11.2M grain facility; AFIA, KSU to offer feed safety online course Inclusion of corn germ in swine diets can reduce diet costs, depending on the local cost of corn germ and other ingredients. Recent research conducted at the University of Illinois indicates that corn germ can be included at up to 30 percent in diets fed to growing pigs.

"In previous research, we had seen that pigs do very well on diets con-taining 10 percent corn germ, so we wanted to investigate if higher inclu-sion rates can be used," said Hans Stein, professor of animal sciences at Illinois.

The corn germ used in this study came from the ethanol, or dry grind, industry, and contained 16 to 18 percent fat. This product is different from the corn germ produced from the wet milling industry, which contains 30 to 40 percent fat. Read more...

Concord Grain Company, owned by Todd Ochsner, began construction on its new shuttle loading facility on April 1 and plans to open for business Sept. 15. The $11.2 million grain elevator with a 2-mile railroad loop track will be located about 6 miles west of Aberdeen on the north side of U.S. Highway 12.

Nearly all of the excavating work was completed last year, which is one of the reasons construction is expected to proceed rapidly this year, said Myron Jepson, general manager. The elevator site is ready for concrete to be poured for some of the pits, service road beds are complete and the railroad track bed has been built up, he said.

Concord Grain will have 2.55 million bushels of storage capacity. There will be three, 730,000-bushel (105-foot-diameter) steel bins and one, 360,000-bushel steel bin. The facility is equipped with three, 20,000-bush-el-per-hour dump pits, as well as, a 7,000-bushel-per-hour dryer. Read more...

The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) and Kansas State Uni-versity (KSU) are offering AFIA 520 – Advanced Feed Safety and Quality Assurance Protocols completely online, AFIA said on April 11.

The course was developed by KSU’s Department of Grain Science and Industry and North Carolina State University’s Department of Poultry Sci-ence along with leading industry experts to provide training and under-standing of the industry’s increasingly complex requirements for quality and safety.

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“Not only is safe food and safe feed customer driven, it is also driven by a need to comply with the upcoming Food Safety Modernisation Act,” said Keith Epperson, AFIA vice-president of manufacturing and training. “Our industry has a clear focus to understand the requirements and be actively involved in compliance.”

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16/04/2013: Kiotechagil on European pig farming technology; Ghana students converting Cassava to animal feed; tickets now available for Cereals 2013 Kiotechagil China, part of Anpario plc and their distributor YueXing Biotechnology, recently hosted two conferences in Guangdong province where the current standards of EU pig production and performance data were debated.

The conferences were attended by nearly 300 local pig farmers who were invited by local sub-distributor Mei Ligao. The farmers were addressed by Murray Hyden the director of biosecurity for Kiotechagil, Dr Wang, the technical director for Kiotechagil China as well as the president and manager of Mei Ligao.

Murray Hyden commented, “These conferences provided perfect op-portunities to keep local farmers in China in tune with current European farming practices and also the implications of the 2013 regulation change with regards group housing of gestating sows. We also covered the trend towards outdoor pigs in the UK, the reasons behind the banning of antibi-otics for prophylactic use, the benefits and pitfalls of liquid feeding and an introduction to the advantages of protected acid systems.”

Dr Wang introduced a new product for China, Clean’n Dry, a drying agent for piglets with an emollient to keep skin supple and with essential oils to provide an antibacterial effect. The product has been shown to have a calming effect on piglets leading to reduced aggression and enhanced performance. Read more...

Instead of tossing a commonly grown South American vegetable's peels into the trash, an innovative group of college students in Ghana is recy-cling cassava peels into animal feed. Cassava - a starchy, maize-like crop popularly grown in South America - typically provides a basic carbohy-drate diet to 502 million people worldwide, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

As the crop is inexpensive and readily available in Ghana, three students from Kwadaso Agricultural College in the Ashanti Region wanted to use the peels to solve environmental challenges and cut the costs of animal feed, according to Ghana Business News. As the price for maize-based animal feed has been increasing due to tough competition for limited sup-plies among both man and beasts, the students proposed the cassava peels could be used as a substitution.

"The cereal is not even enough for human consumption yet animals are also competing for it," said Marcellinus Babai, one of the students par-ticipating in the program. "Beyond us putting into practice what we have learned from school, we also want to resort to cheaper but available sources of animal feed with the intention to help solve the problem of high inputs in animal production." Read more...

Cereals 2013 is set to be the only event to provide the most up to date technical information for the entire arable industry.

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Returning to the Boothby Graffoe site in Lincolnshire, Cereals 2013 offers an unrivaled opportunity to meet the experts from across the sector and find new ways to improve your business.

Hundreds of suppliers will showcase new and existing crop varieties, ma-chinery, equipment and the latest thinking at both a strategic and practical level for all arable farmers and advisors. Read more...

17/04/2013: Tesco abandons non-GM feed promise; code ruffles feathers; Port Metro Vancouver approves $120 million grain terminal expansion Supermarket giant Tesco has dropped its long-standing assurance that its poultry meat and eggs do not come from birds fed on genetically modified feed.

The retailer ended its 11 year ethical commitment, claiming that due to modern methods and increased production of GM soya in the world's ma-jor grain exporting nations it can no longer vouch for its poultry feed. The commitment originally applied to Tesco's own-brand products.

The announcement comes just one month after the retailer published po-etically worded full-page apologies in major newspapers and pledged to improve its traceability, source more of its meat products from within the UK, treat its farmers more fairly and simplify its supply chains. Read more...

A grains industry roundtable is pushing the idea of a voluntary code of conduct for farmers in order to send a message to government about the production sector’s commitment to best practice.

Heading the Grain Stewardship Taskforce is Andrew Weidemann, Grain Producers Australia chairman. Mr Weidemann says the development of a code of conduct will be critical if the industry wants to remain free of further legislative restrictions, particularly in the field of chemical use.

“This is something we are doing to try and be proactive and set some guidelines for ourselves, rather than have them set for us,” he said.

He added that the stewardship initiative was about utilising the proven track record the grains sector already had for best management practices and creating a set standard that could be tangibly demonstrated across the board.

Initially, the stewardship program will focus on chemical management and on-farm storage and handling, which also has a strong chemical focus with the use of fumigants.

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Richardson International has been given the green light to begin the CA$120 million expansion of its Vancouver grain terminal by Port Metro Vancouver.

The expansion, representing the single largest investment at the port for more than twenty years, will increase the storage capacity of the grain export facility, which has been running at capacity for several years, by as much as 82 percent to 178,000 tonnes.

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18/04/2013: Biomin Mycotoxin survey report 2012; Anpario announces increase in sales and profits; county could be home to huge grain facility Biomin is proud to introduce its 2012 mycotoxin analysis results. This data will enable you to assess the risk level incurred by the use of com-modities from certain regions.

In the 12-month period last year, a total of 4,023 samples were analysed and 14,468 analysis were carried out for the most important mycotoxins in terms of agriculture and animal production - aflatoxins (Afla) zea-ralenone (ZEN) deoxynivalenol (DON) fumonisins (FUM) and ochratoxin A (OTA).

Samples were sourced from several different regions including; America (North and South), Asia (South-East, South and North), Oceania, Europe (Northern, Central, Southern and Eastern), Middle East and Africa. Read more...

Anpario plc has announced increased profits and earnings per share for the year ended 31 December 2012.

Total underlying profits before tax and exceptional items increased by 39 per cent to £3.1m (2011: £2.2m) on sales up 23 percent at £23.5m (2011: £19.2m). Underlying earnings per shareincreased by 49 per cent to 13.32p per share (2011: 8.94p per share) and there was also advance in gross profit, which was ahead by 33 per cent to £7.7m (2011: £5.8m) reflecting the contribution from Meriden’s portfolio, production efficiencies and a richer product mix in the UK.

The balance sheet remains strong and debt free with a year-end cash balance of £3.7m (2011: £4.4m) after a net cash outlay of £2.6m to ac-quire Meriden and associated costs and a final dividend of 3p per share is proposed, an increase of 25 per cent over the previous year’s payment of 2.4p.

“The Group’s performance has been excellent and shows that the invest-ments made to our production plant and our focus on value-added feed additives is delivering the expected benefits. The acquisition of Meriden has enhanced our product range and global market share," said David Bullen, Anpario chief executive. Read more...

A proposed grain-handling facility, expected to handle up to 400 truck-loads of corn and soybeans per day, has sparked considerable interest and concerns from residents of southeastern Columbia County, said Steve Rubert, chairman of the town of Fountain Prairie.

An annual meeting is expected to include much discussion on a proposal from Landmark Services Cooperative to locate a new grain shuttle load-ing facility in the town of Fountain Prairie.

Cassandra Strommen of Landmark described, in a news release, the proposed facility as “state of the art,” and said it would be the second of its kind in Wisconsin. The first, in Evansville, was completed in 2002.

A shuttle facility, Strommen explained, allows farmers to store their grain so they can sell it at what they think is the best economic time. Rail systems are part of the structure, so that train cars can load and unload directly from the bin. Read more...

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19/04/2013: Alltech New Mexico announces Eric Hibbard as regional sales manager; Zimbabwe engages private millers to import grain; Paraguay planning free trade port in Chile Alltech is proud to appoint Eric Hibbard as the new sales manager for Alltech New Mexico.

Hibbard was raised on a family dairy near Gilbert, Ariz., and following high school, Hibbard attended Central Arizona College on a baseball scholarship. Graduating in 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in agriculture economics and business management, Hibbard worked at the University of Arizona Dairy Extension Department and, in 2011, joined Alltech as the territory sales representative for Arizona and Southern California.

“Coming from a farming background myself, I value strong relationships with peers in the industry because, at the end of the day, we all have to bring value to our operations and we’re all in the business together. I’m looking forward to meeting the farms in the area and servicing them with Alltech’s holistic support approach including a wide of technologies and on-farm services,” Hibbard said. Read more...

The government in Zimbabwe has engaged private millers to import grain to compliment its effort in ensuring food security in the country, says Tendai Biti, finance minister.

Presenting his March state of the economy report, Biti said millers made a commitment to import 150 000 tonnes of maize, with some already importing it from South Africa at US$320 per tonne.

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Charles Taffs, commercial farmers union president said the country was facing a grain deficit because lots of maize land has been converted to tobacco farming, thereby threatening food security in the country. Read more...

Paraguay is considering the possibility of building a port in Chile for grain cargo, meat handling, exports, and imports, according to Richard Kent, federal planning minister.

In a meeting with Federico Franco, Paraguay's president, Christian Blanc

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22/04/2013: Grain handlers wary of toxin lingering in corn harvest; KSU appoints feed technology associate professor; Putin to meet Egyptian president to discuss grain supplies Problems with the toxic residue of a mold that attacked the 2012 drought-hit US corn crop may worsen this summer and autumn as Midwest farm-ers blend off tainted supplies held in storage, grain experts say.

The substance, aflatoxin, is a chronic problem in dry, hot southern states like Texas where stressed crops are vulnerable to the mold. But in 2012, the worst U.S. drought in more than half a century extended the aflatoxin threat moved northward into the heart of the Midwest, resulting in the big-gest outbreak since the 1980s.

"As we get into summer, you are going to see the worst of it," said Doug Bartlett, co-owner of Midwest Farm Services, an advisory service in Hig-ginsville, Missouri. "We have tight corn supplies and when we get down to the nitty gritty, there is going to be a lot of the aflatoxin left over, and it will have to be blended off into the new crop," he said. Read more...

On April 17, Kansas State University (KSU) announced the addition of Charles Stark to the College of Agriculture as he joins the Department of Grain Science and Industry and the Department of Animal Sciences and Industry.

Stark will serve as the Jim and Carol Brown associate professor in feed technology and manufacturing and faculty coordinator of the O.H. Kruse Feed Technology Innovation Center.

A native of Hastings, Nebraska, USA, Stark was raised on a small dairy farm, but made his way to Kansas when he attended Kansas State where he earned his bachelor’s degree in animal science and his master’s and doctorate’s degrees in grain science.

In this new position, Stark says he is most excited to be able to give back to the feed industry. “I believe the feed science program is at a cross-roads in history with this unique faculty position,” Stark said.

“The opening of the O.H. Kruse Feed Technology Innovation Center will allow the faculty and staff to build upon the rich history of both depart-ments, while creating new and exciting programs that will provide global leadership and help feed 9 billion people by 2050.” Read more...

President Vladimir Putin held talks with Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Friday, April 19, 2013, to discuss the resolution of crises in the Middle East, Russian grain supplies to Egypt, and the development of tourism.

"The main topic was Russian-Egyptian relations," presidential spokes-person Dmitry Peskov said, adding that other topics included tourism, cooperation in the grain market as "an integral part of bilateral relations."

Peskov noted that Russian grain supplies had been suspended for some time but then resumed in part. "This is a question of demand and supply," he said and added that these are commercial supplies.

"Despite instability in the world economy and the strained sociopoliti-cal situation in the Middle East and North Africa, bilateral trade between the two countries has increased by almost 70 percent over the past two years. In 2012, trade turnover had reached a record level of 3.5 bil-lion U.S. dollars. Grain makes up over 50 percent of Russian exports to Egypt," the presidential press service said.

Russia meets up to 40 percent of Egypt's wheat needs. In 2012, Russia exported 5.2 million of wheat (worth 1.5 billion US dollars) to Egypt. Read more...

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Event: 7th Food Proteins Course Chicago is set to host the 7th Food and Proteins Course: Properties, Functionalities and Applications' which will take place 17-19 July 2013. The 3 day course aims at giving a theoretical and practical overview of the plant and animal-based proteins currently available for food applica-tions.

The course offers a unique combination of lectures by industry experts on the properties, processing, functionalities and applications of 10 different plant and animal-based proteins: soy, wheat, pea, potato, canola, egg albumin, casein, whey, gelatin and bio-active protein hydrolysates.

After these lectures all delegates will have seen, touched, felt and smelled the different proteins as such, in model systems and in the final applications.

The 7th Food Proteins Course is part of the Protein Innovation Network (PIN) in partnership with Bridge2food. Read more...

23/04/2013: CBH loses transport monopoly; Obama's budget proposes changes to crop insurance; Russia less dependent on grain for feed production CBH Group has been stripped of its grain transport mono poly, paving the way for multinational rivals including Glencore and Cargill to cut cheaper deals with freight operators and potentially improve profits for farmers.

The Australian Competition Tribunal on Friday upheld a decision by the competition regulator in 2011 that stripped CBH of its ability to force farm-ers and grain marketers that use its extensive farm storage facilities to use its transport arm, Grain Express, to get their grain to port.

CBH appealed the ACCC at the Australian Competition Tribunal.

It will mean rival grain marketers including Glencore, Cargill's AWB and Emerald can source alternative train and road freight suppliers. Read more...

President Barack Obama's FY2014 budget proposal was submitted to Congress Wednesday, being met with open opposition from the Repub-lican side of the aisle for proposed spending and revenue increases and more muted grumbling from Democrats for proposed trims in cost-of-living increases to entitlement programs such as Medicare.

For agriculture, the president's budget proposal is a mixed bag. Overall, the Department of Agriculture would receive nearly $22 billion in discre-tionary funding, a decrease of $1.2 billion over 2012 funding levels. The entire 2014 USDA budget would be $145.8 billion.

Related to farm programs, the document reprises proposals to cut crop insurance support and eliminate direct payments, which officials said would save $37.8 billion over the 10-year budget window. These topics are expected to be central to continued discussions leading toward a new, long-term farm bill.

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Russia's use of grain in producing compound feed is slowly declining, ac-cording to Valery Afanasiev, head of the Russian Feed Producers Union (FPU).

"About five to six years ago, the grain content in Russian feed produc-tion amounted to 75 -76 percent, now it has decreased to 68 percent. This is average value, as the ratio of feed ingredients varies considerably depending on the particular livestock sector," said Afanasiev. Read more...

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Event: The 8th Indonesia's No.1 Livestock, Feed, Dairy & Fisheries Industry Expo Indo Livestock Expo & Forum – Indonesia’s Biggest Livestock, Feed, Dairy & Fisheries Industry Show, once again will be held at the Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center, Bali - Indonesia from 5 - 7 June 2013. It will bring together trade buyers representing integrators, farmers, feed millers, meat and egg processors, retailers, veterinarians, importers and distribu-tors to view the latest technology, update on the latest issues, network and do business.

Hosted by the Directorate General of Livestock and Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Indonesia, Indo Livestock Expo & Forum is today a 'must attend' event for decision makers and buyers across Asia. More than 8,000 trade visitors and delegates, are expected to attend the Expo, Seminar and Technical Presentation in 2013.

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24/04/2013: Phytate.info gets a spring update; farmer and grain manager face trial in alleged fraud; record grain exports in Kazakhstan despite drought Phytate.info, a free online resource for the animal feed industry has been updated with a range of new features and content, including videos from the second International Phytase Summit (IPS2), a live Twitter feed and a new expert to ask about phytate and phytase application.

Proceedings from the first International Phytase Summit held in 2010 have been published as well as selected videos from IPS2 relating to phytate synthesis and breakdown, the global cost of phytate, superdosing and comparing commercial phytases. Read more...

Kazakhstan exported 5.2 million tonnes of grain between July 1, 2012, and April 1, 2013, compared to 8.3 million tonnes during the same period the previous year, said a senior agriculture ministry official.

The country, which is central Asia’s largest grain producer, could poten-tially export a further two million tonnes of grain by the end of the cur-rent marketing year, Sagintai Zhumazhanov, head of the ministry’s land development department, said. According to the ministry's report, it is due to water saving technologies that allowed farmers to collected 12.9 million tonnes of grain in 2012. "This amount not only meets the needs of the domestic market, but also allows to export some 7.8 million tonnes," the ministry said. Read more...

A central Illinois farmer and a former grain company manager will be tried in federal court in June on charges they organised a $14 million fraud scheme. The two are accused of working together to defraud Towanda Grain Co,. Printz's creditors and others. Both have pleaded not guilty.

Farmer Robert Printz of Fairbury and former Towanda Grain Co. manager Timothy Boerma of Lincoln are scheduled to be tried June 17, 2013 in federal court in Peoria. Read more...

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Event: Feed Mill Management Seminar - focus on milling efficiencies "The impact of ingredients on pelleting can generally be predicted, but exceptions

exist. In addition, interactions between ingredients and processing param-eters will occur," remarked Adam Fahrenholz of North Carolina Depart-ment of Poultry Science, at the 2013 Feed Mill Management Seminar in Nashville, USA.

The annual seminar is sponsored by U.S. Poultry & Egg Association.

In his presentation on Pellet Quality/Die Specifications for Changing Ingredients: Ingredient Impact on Pelleting, Fahrenholz reviewed several key ingredient characteristics that affect pelleting, such as composition and variability. He observed that fats and oils can decrease pellet durabil-ity. Additional physical pellet characteristics, such as abrasiveness and bulk

density, can also limit production rate and negatively influence pellet du-rability. Fahrenholz also noted that variances in ingredients and process-ing will have an impact on pelleting, but gaining pellet consistency and understanding equipment will pay off.

Marc Shockley, feed mill manager for Perdue Farms, discussed mini-mising the impact of Ingredient changes as related to pellet quality. He reviewed the key factors affecting pellet quality, including formulation, conditioning, grind size, dies specifications, life that pelleting rates and pellet quality do not enter into the least cost formulation equation.

Richard Sellers, vice president for Feed Regulation and Nutrition with the American Feed Industry Association, provided his annual Federal Regulatory Update with information regarding the government sequester and what it means to feed mill managers. He also discussed proposed regulations in salmonella and ethoxyquin in feed ingredients.

Regarding possible increased FDA inspections in plants in the upcom-ing years, Sellers disclosed several important inspection tips for when inspectors come to the plant, warning, "when an inspector comes to inspect your plant at any level- state, federal, etc. - you need to know your rights, and theirs, about litigation. Know that they are there to collect evidence, and anything that you say or do can be used. Therefore, take the same samples they take and ask them specifically what they are analysing".

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25/04/2013: Millions of Africans gain access to health benefits of fortified flour; four killed at Cargill grain facility in Brazil; Roff R70 maize milling plant launch at Sardinia Milling In the last two years 15 million Africans - and perhaps as many as 82 mil-lion - have gained access to more nutrition in their staple foods due to in-creased amounts of wheat flour being fortified with essential vitamins and minerals, according to estimates by the Flour Fortification Initiative (FFI). The Africa assessment was a highlight of the FFI executive management team (EMT) meeting in Atlanta April 16-17, 2013.

“Fifteen million is a very conservative estimate as it only includes people living in urban areas,” said Scott Montgomery, FFI director. “The com-bined population of countries in Africa where flour fortification is standard milling practice now is 443 million. In 2011, it was 361 million. The health benefits of food made with fortified flour are probably reaching some-where between an additional 15 million and 82 million people now than in 2011.” Read more...

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Cargill Inc. has confirmed that four workers died at its grain delivery facil-ity in Canarana, Brazil, when a silo containing soybeans collapsed.

The four killed, one employee and three contractors, were trying to release soybeans stuck inside a metal silo when it collapsed and stored grain fell. The four bodies have been located. Read more...

The ROFF R70, launched April 17, 2013 on the farm Sardinia of Mr Flip-pie Blignaut, is arguably South Africa’s most cost-effective, compact four ton per hour mill. The first R70 mill installed in South Africa. ROFF has already installed two of these mills in Zimbabwe to ensure more afford-able food staples for the public by reducing supply chain and distribution costs.

As a successful business built through hard work, innovative thinking and the agility to adapt to changes in the marketplace, Mr Blignaut’s farm pro-vided the ideal backdrop for the South African launch of the versatile R70.

Sardinia Milling was established 13 years ago to add value to the primary crop,

maize. A combined farming model ensures optimised efficiency and an increased profit margin. Maize is produced, stored in silos on site, high quality endosperm is extracted and marketed as top- notch meal, and maize bran – a by-product of the milling process – is used as base for the animal feed provided to cattle feeding schemes.

As such, maize only leaves the farm in the form of meal and livestock. This model shortens the supply chain to ensure maximum profitabil-ity. The end-user also benefits, as a large percentage of the product is distributed within in a small radius, which keeps distribution costs to a minimum. Read more...

26/04/2013: Science firm acquires feedmill; grain ships have biggest fall this year; donated animal feed arrives in West Cumbria Devenish Nutrition has taken a significant stride into the GB market with the acquisition of Hi Peak Feeds Ltd, the leading multi-species specialist organic feed manufacturer based near Sheffield.

Devenish see the purchase as an opportunity to get closer to and en-hance the product and service offering to their customers in GB. “It’s a fantastic opportunity for both companies to showcase further and expand their innovative nutritional and technical offering in the GB market” said Patrick Mc Laughlin, CEO of Devenish Nutrition GB and Ireland.

“Both Devenish Nutrition and Hi Peak Feeds Ltd are passionate about innovation, integrity and building lasting partnerships with customers to improve the performance of their business and believe this will be further enhanced by this deal" said Ian Proctor, director of Hi Peak Feeds Ltd. Devenish Nutrition currently supply innovative nutritional solutions and technical support to Hi Peak Feeds Ltd, and both Ian Proctor and his sis-ter Karen Hotchin will continue to develop the business alongside Deven-ish Nutrition. Read more...

Rates for dry bulk carriers hauling grains and minerals fell the most in a single session this year as demand for cargoes slowed.

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Day rates for Panamaxes, 750-foot-long ships capable of hauling about 75,000 metric tons of cargo, slid 3.8 percent to $8,955, the most since Dec 20, according to the Baltic Exchange in London, which publishes shipping prices on more than 50 maritime routes. Today’s decrease, the third in a row, means costs plunged to the lowest since April 12, ex-change data shows. Read more...

Fifty-five bales of donated fodder were delivered to the hill farmers of south Cumbria who lost thousands of sheep in snow blizzards and are seriously running low on food to give to their stock.

A Househam Sprayer Ltd lorry, which set off at 4am from the town of Leadenham in Lincolnshire, arrived in a lay-by just north of Bootle in Cumbria at 8.30am with the load of haylage and silage which would have been sold into the equestrian market but was held back by a Lincolnshire farmer called Andrew Ward. Read more...

Adisseo - survey on the nutritional value of soya bean, rapeseed meals and cereals for animal nutrition A survey on the nutritional value of soybean and rapeseed meals and wheat and corn for monogastric feeds has been conducted by Adisseo. Results show great variations in the nutrient vakue depending on year of harvest, cultivar, geographical origin and processing conditions. The sur-vey included analysis of the digestible amino acid and apparent metabo-lise energy (AME) values using Adisseo's NIR predictive equations which have been calculated in reference to in vivo digestibility tests.

In 2012, Adisseo conducted a large survey of the nutritional content of soybean and rapeseed meals in Europe over a 6 week period. Great heterogeneity was observed, with variation coefficients ranging from 3 percent to 8 percent for the main components: crude protein, total and digestible lysine, total and phytic phosphorus and AME. Highest varia-tions were observed for AME of soyabean meals, and digestible amino acid contents of rapeseed meal.

An important influence of the country of origin

In 170 samples of soya bean meals collected over a 6 week period from 13 countries in Europe and America, crude protein content ranged from 44 percent to 51 percent and total lysine from 2.54% to 3.01%. The Lysine to crude protein ratio depended on the country of origin. Botanical or cultural effect? Difficult to say without further investigation, but obser-vations are clear for similar crude protein contents, samples coming from Argentina had higher lysine levels than samples coming from Brazil and US.

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Interestingly, lysine digestibility was higher in US samples, as reported by Mateos et al. (2010). Consequently regarding the total content of digest-ible lysine, soya bean meals from Argentina contained the most, followed by those from the US, then those from Brazil and finally, with the least, those from India.

Are you sure about the value of your soybean meal?

Even for a well characterized product, great variations in nutritional con-tent were observed. “Soybean meal 48 ProFat” are supposed to contain 48 percent crude protein + fat, with comparable digestible amino acid and energy contents. In fact, the Adisseo study showed that crude protein content varied by 1 to 2 percentage points and digestible amino acid con-tent by 4 to 5 percent. The most variable nutrient was AME with variations between 80 to 120 kcal/kg.

The oil content is not the main cause of the variation in AME. Crude fibre explains a part of it. Let’s explain why. To manufacture soybean meal 48 ProFat, the crushers can decide to dehull the beans before extracting the oil. They then add back the hulls to an extent they perceive is necessary to create a protein + fat content of 48 percent. The highest the initial pro-tein content of the bean, the highest the amount of hulls to be added, and the highest the crude fibre content as well. We achieve a paradox where better seeds may result in meals of lower nutrient interest.

Energy value is somewhat correlated with fibre content, but the linear regression from fibre to energy content is not precise enough to be used in formulation: with 5% crude fibre content, a soybean meal can contain 2300 or 2450 kcal AME/ Kg (Figure 2). This 150 Kcal difference, picked up by PNE, Adisseo NIRS Service, would correspond to a soybean meal shadow price difference of 45 €/ T.

In practice, excluding high crude fibre contents for monogastrics should be the first reflex, but privileging the raw materials with the lowest levels of fibre is not a guarantee of high nutritional value.

Aurélie Preynat, Enzyme Research Manager with Adisseo and author of several reports on the efficacy of multi enzyme Rovabio in soybean meal, explains: “Indeed fibres do not act only as nutrient diluent. Their complex constituents, such as mannans, pectins, xylans, and cellulose, also spe-cifically decrease energy and amino acid digestibilities. Our NIRS service is an efficient tool to rapidly and efficiently monitor the nutrients really available to the poultry.”

“The commercial nomination ‘48 PRoFat’ is not sufficient for precise nutri-tion and optimized feed production. More efficient characterization and selection of the ingredients, based on their nutritional values, can result in savings as high as 10 €/t of feed” calculates Elisabeth Bourgueil, Adisseo Technical Manager France, Iberia and Italy.

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Rapeseed meal quality is largely affected by the crusher’s process

Rapeseed meal quality also depends on the country of production and crushing plants.

In this 2012 survey, rapeseed meals produced in Germany appeared to have higher non phytic to phytic phosphorus ratios than those produced in France, suggesting higher available phosphorus values. On average, digestible lysine contents are also higher.

Differences within a country are however as high as between countries. Repeated sampling of six French rapeseed meal factories over a one month period showed for example that lysine digestibility ranges between 72 percent to 80 percent and is very plant specific (Figure 3).

This analysis shows an important effect of suppliers, especially for digestible amino acid contents. The method using regressions to predict digestible amino acid content based on crude protein content is unable to reflect these differences. Introducing NIR calibrations for digestible amino acids in quality control plans at raw material reception is therefore a step forward to optimize ingredient purchases and proper use in feed formula-tions.

Apparent Metabolisable Energy (kcal/kg)

“Digestible lysine content is a key marker of quality of rapeseed meals. We have similar findings in DDGS, the by products of ethanol production, and this observation may be applied to a larger range of processed feed-stuffs”, says Cécile Gady, Adisseo NIRS and Feedstuff Manager

400 equations to provide more precise values

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This large scale study illustrates that classical laboratory analyses and knowledge of the origin of the raw material are a first steps in feedstuff characterizations, but they are not sufficient to get a good prediction of nutritional contents. ‘PNE, Precise Nutrition Evaluation’, the Adisseo NIRS service, gives the possibility to go one step further, with the meas-urement of the real digestible amino acid and AME values. For 15 years, Adisseo has been working on the correlations existing between feedstuff NIR spectra and in vivo data, obtained in vivo digestibility trials conducted at their research facility CERN in France. The outcome? 400 equations providing the most precise values on total and digestible amino acids, AME, total and phytic phosphorus and the possibility to estimate, on a routine basis, those most costly nutrients in monogastric diets (Figure 4).

These NIRS analyses are useful to ensure that diets provide the expect-ed nutrients at the lowest cost. Knowing one’s raw materials should be a concern shared by all functions: quality manager, nutritionist and buyer. Especially when feedstuffs are so expensive, it is important to ensure you are purchasing the right feedstuff for the right objective at the right price.

Nutritionists also need Precise Nutrition Evaluation for wheat and corn.

In 2009 and 2010, Adisseo also carried out a large survey of 300 samples of wheat and corn collected from 19 countries from Europe and Africa. The aim was to measure the nutritional profile of cereals according to harvest and country. All samples were analyzed for their nutrient content, digestible amino acid concentrations and AME using NIR.

The concentrations of digestible lysine in wheats ranged from 0.23 to 0.32 g/100g, with a significant effect of geographical origin. For AME, Eastern countries exhibited the lowest content (from 2786 to 2860 Kcal/kg) whereas the highest concentrations were found in the northern coun-tries (2880 to 2923Kcal/kg).

Amino acids and AME contents of corn showed a similar level of vari-ability, with a significant country effect. AME ranged from 3367 Kcal/ kg in Romania and Spain to 3 441 Kcal/kg in Germany and Argentina. This observation may be due to the interaction of many factors, including grain growing and drying conditions. More information...

29/04/2013: Farmers want GrainCorp sale inquiry; new O.H. Kruse feed technology innovation centre; Japanese Poultry gobbling up US soy meal The NSW Farmers Association is calling for a federal inquiry into the sale of east coast grain handler GrainCorp to US Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), reports ABC News.

GrainCorp handles over three-quarters of the grain grown in eastern Aus-tralia and directly sells half of the wheat exported from NSW.

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GrainCorp directors have accepted a takeover bid from Archer Daniels Midland of $3.4 billion dollars, after rejecting lesser offers from the Ameri-can company.

ADM says if the offer proceeds the deal with help "connect Australia's growers with growing global demand for crops and food, particularly in Asia and the Middle East". Read more...

The new feed technology centre at K-State is becoming a reality. Con-struction has begun and should be completed in mid-2013.

The facility will serve as the new home of the feed science and manage-ment program, which has provided nearly 700 graduates to the US feed manufacturing industry during the 60 years since the industry helped to establish the programme at K-State. In addition, several thousand do-mestic and international feed industry professionals have participated in educational short courses and seminars provided by the programme.

The faculty members have been a source of problem solving and new technological information throughout the programme’s history. The pro-gramme has been fortunate to have a dedicated teaching and research feed mill available on campus for student, faculty and client use. Even though remodeled and updated numerous times, the present feed mill has far outlived its useful life and will finally be replaced. Read more...

Soy meal produced from US soybeans has been a favorite of Japanese poultry for fifty years. Now, demand is shifting and soy meal imports there are expected to grow, according to the U.S. Department of Agricul-ture (USDA).

That may be good news for U.S. soybean farmer, since US Census fig-ures show Japan is the second largest buyer of US soy meal in Asia.

“United Soybean Board (USB) research is creating a body of information showing soy meal produced from US soybeans has consistently higher quantities of the five essential amino acids,” says Scott Singlestad, a USB farmer-leader who raises soybeans and corn. “That’s given US soy meal a higher feeding value over its competitors.” Read more...

30/04/2013: Crystal Valley Cooperative to build grain terminal; train derailment spills grain in Blue Earth; bird flu could reduce domestic demand for feed The Crystal Valley board of directors, contractors and members of the Hope Township board have announced plans to build a new grain ter-minal outside of Hope in Steel County. Ground work on the project is expected to begin on or about May 1, 2013 with a scheduled completion date of August 1, 2014.

Plans for the facility include upright storage of 3.8 million bushels, tempo-rary storage of 2.8 million bushels, receiving capacity of 60,000 bushels per hour by way of three 20,000 bushel per hour receiving pits, and rail load-out capacity of 80,000 bushels per hour. It will also include an 8,100-foot loop track and a 10,000-bushel per hour grain dryer.

Crystal Valley is a farmer-owned, full service cooperative with 145 full-time employees serving agricultural producers with agronomy, feed, grain, petroleum and propane products and services. Read more...

A cleanup is under way in the southern Minnesota town of Blue Earth, where 17 cars derailed on a train carrying corn, and 10 tipped on their sides.

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Mark Davis, Union Pacific spokesman says the 73-car train was carrying corn from Fairmont, Minn., to Blair, Neb., when it happened. The cause is under investigation, and there's no estimate yet on how much grain spilled. Read more...

A drop off in Chinese demand for soybeans used to feed poultry and live-stock could last for months, as consumers lose their appetite for poultry in response to a deadly bird flu virus outbreak and amid lingering images of rotting pig carcasses floating in a river.

China, which buys 60 percent of the world's traded soybeans, could fur-ther reduce bean imports this year - already down some 13 percent year to date on food security concerns and high stocks - which will likely curb a rally in benchmark Chicago prices.

Authorities have culled tens of thousands of birds as it tries to contain the spread of the H7N9 virus that has killed 22 people and infected 108 since the first deaths were reported in March. Read more...

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