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Jordans mill• Cross-functional role of

trace minerals

• Hidden hunger

• Feed formulationsoftware

• Algae’s key role intaking care of consumerexpectations

• SPACE Event review

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44 Jordans mill

The London and South East Millers Societyheld another great meeting for its industry

members in early September. This meetingwas at a former ourmill, Holme Mills in the

UK, which is now a heritage mill.

REGIONAL FOCUS Asia 4

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FEATURES

32 Cross-functional role oftrace minerals

34 Protecting againstcombustible dust buildup

38 Feed formulation software

42 Integrity across the‘farm to fork’ chain

44 Jordans mill

48 Algae’s key role intaking care of consumer

expectations

52 Hidden hunger

STORAGE

62 Processing and throughput

evolved

2 GUEST EDITORBryan McGee

66 MARKETS John Buckley

90 INTERVIEWHao Bo

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16 Tom Blacker

18 Christophe Pelletier

22 Chris Jackson

FACES94 People news from the

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TRAINING29 GEAPS/K-State

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CASE STUDY 64

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Most of this year’s

cereal crops in the

northern hemisphere

have now been

harvested and, outside

those regions sufferingstrife and civil unrest,

food security has been

assured for another

year. This security

results largely fromthe highly developed

technology we now enjoy for the storage,

transport and processing of those cereals.

It has not always been thus and it has only

been possible to ensure such security since the

industrialisation of our industry, which itself

only dates back for a little over a century. The

most signicant of the technical advances which

enabled production of staple foods to matchthe rapid rise in population was the so-called

‘Rollermill Revolution’ and its associated

‘Gradual Reduction’ system as pioneered in

Austro-Hungary. This combination of discoveries

in the 19th century was rapidly adoptedthroughout Europe and North America and thence

through the English speaking countries andelsewhere in the world.

My whole career was spent in the milling

engineering industry where I developed a huge

respect for the engineering pioneers, especially

Henry Gustav Simon and his contemporaries.

It became increasingly clear to me that this

rollermilling revolution in the industry has beensomewhat taken for granted and never adequately

recorded and told as a continuous story.

In retirement I have been fortunate to be able towork with and assist specialists with experience

in documentation and recording of historic,

industrial material.

Initially I helped Glyn Jones in his huge quest to

produce ‘The Millers – a story of technologicalendeavour and industrial success, 1870 –2001’

published in 2001.

This research revealed that there was far more

material waiting to be discovered, so I was

delighted when asked by Nabim to assist Rob

Shorland-Ball in a project funded by English

Heritage to identify and record details of mills

in England which were, and are, of signicance.Again, this investigation made us aware of the

wealth of latent material awaiting discovery.Having completed this somewhat exploratory

project, we were fortunate to nd that the well

established charity, The Mills Archive (www.

millsarchive.org) in Reading, was more thanwilling to expand its remit into the rollermilling

era and we have been working with them ever

since.

It is timely that the Jordan brothers, David and

Bill, have created a heritage centre based around

their historic water driven rollermilling Holme

Mill in Biggleswade to demonstrate to a new

generation the technologies involved.

This journal, Milling and Grain, with its own rootsdating back to 1891 in the midst of that revolution,

has been enormously supportive and now includesa monthly feature by the Mills Archive to keep

readers up to date with its progress and to provide

snippets of interesting facts from their exhaustive

les.

I hope you nd these comments add to your

enjoyment of this edition of Milling and Grain

and please feel free to contact me if you wish to

participate in this quest.

Bryan McGee

Consultant

“The Heritage of the past is the seed thatbrings forth the Harvest of the future”

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ASIA

REGIONAL FOCUS

317,000,000 tonnes – the totalamount of RICE India produced

2012 - 2013

450,544,269 tonnes – the totalamount of RICE Southern Asia

produced 2012-2013

188,390,000 tonnes – the totalamount of WHEAT India produced

2012 – 2013

252,128,227 tonnes – the total amountof WHEAT Southern Asia*

excluding Sri Lanka produced

2012-2013

Source: Statistics retrieved from FAO

ASIA STATS

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completely authentic taste under perfect hygienic conditions.See the full story on page 31

Rice Milling around theWorld; early approaches A Chinese legend says that rice is the

gift of animals rather than the gods.

After a series of disastrous oods, all

plants had been destroyed and no food

was available.People survived through hunting, but

it was very difcult, because animals

were scarce. One day a dog ran through

the elds with bunches of rice seeds

hanging from its tail.

See the full story on page 8

Hao Bo

Zhengchang, established in 1918,

has made constant innovations

in feed machinery industry andaccumulated a wealth of experience

in tackling the various challenges

facing feed companies over the past

almost 100 years.See the full story on page 90

Sixth GrainTech India 2015

The sixth annual GrainTech India

exhibition has concluded at the Bangalore

International Exhibition Centre (BIEC) in

Bengaluru, India.

See the full story on page 84

INTERVIEWEVENT

NEWS

FEATURE

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NewsMilling

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Benchmark tool forFEFAC soy sourcingguidelines nowavailablebit.ly/1QL9lEu

AFIA says proposedchanges to fair labourstandards are hurtful nothelpfulbit.ly/1O86kQM

GAIN: The ArushaStatement on FoodForticationbit.ly/1MGqjTG

Yara Prize winnershonoured for theirprofound impact onAfrican farmingbit.ly/1VrmVxY

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E-conference:‘Utilisation of Food Lossand Waste as well asNon-Food Parts asLivestock Feed’ 1-30October 2015bit.ly/1MGrq5C

NGFA news roundupbit.ly/1YONwtx

EP wants animal cloningban extended tooffspring and importsbit.ly/1iLv3Nm

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Featuring Alapala technology,

Turkey’s largest capacity single-line

ourmill starts production in Mardin

Karaboğalar Flour Mill in the Mardin Organised Industrial Zone was nished

in a record time of about ve months, and started production in July 2015. It

boasts a wheat processing capacity of 600 tonnes per day.

The facility, constructed to meet the demand for quality our, particularly in

Iraq and Syria, is the largest capacity single-line ourmill not only in Turkey but

also the entire region. The project has been completed to the highest standards,

with hygiene as a priority.

The mill is equipped with fully automatic PLC controls, and Alapala’s latest

technology - notably Smilago II, Arion and Aurora milling machines - has been

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A Chinese legend says that rice

is the gift of animals rather

than the gods. After a series of

disastrous oods, all plants had

been destroyed and no food

was available. People survived

through hunting, but it wasvery difcult, because animals

were scarce. One day a dog ran

through the elds with bunches of rice seeds hanging from

its tail. The people planted the seeds, rice grew and hunger

disappeared.

At the Mills Archive we have in our library numerous

journals, books and catalogues, as well as many images,

on rice production from all corners of the world. These

range from hand winnowing to milling by modern day

methods. This article concentrates on the early primitive

methods, largely dependent on muscle-power, either from

animals or humans. Subsequent articles will look at ourcoverage of the introduction of water power and the early

stages of industrialisation.

One of our journals, The Miller (7 August 1882), has

many articles on rice milling from different countries. A

report from Burma indicates that the paddy was sown

in June after the rains had fully set in, rst in the higher

lands where it was sown on the surface of the water,

forming nurseries. After the plants had reached 18 inches

they were pulled up by the roots and tied in bundles to

be transplanted into elds lower down, which by this

time had been ploughed ready to receive them. The

transplanting took place in September and was performed

by the women and children. It was hard work as itrequired stooping all day long in ankle deep water. One

article suggests that there is no more beautiful sight in the

world than the fresh emerald green of the tender young

rice plants!

Once transplanting was done no further care was

necessary beyond driving off the birds as the crop ripened

and seeing to the water supply by opening sluices.

Occasionally, with a late or heavy monsoon, thousands of

acres were sometimes submerged and the crops ruined, as

happened in 1876 and 1877 when there was great suffering

among the populace. The journal issue is well-illustrated,

featuring a series of images of different processes fromearly times to some which are still used today.

Rice milling in China, before the invention of modern

machinery, was carried out in local villages by muscle

power using millstones or a single large stone. The rice

would be threshed rst to remove the husk, then crushed

between stones pulled round by an animal, usually

donkeys or oxen, or by hand. It must have been heavy

work as most illustrations shows two men, one pulling

and one pushing the heavy stone round to decorticate or

remove the husk.

Unmilled rice, known as paddy (Indonesia and Malaysia:padi; Philippines, palay), was usually harvested when

the grains had a moisture content of around 25 percent.

In most Asian countries, where rice was almost entirely

the product of small farms, harvesting was carried out

by Mildred Cookson, The Mills Archive, UK

Milling journals of the past at The Mills Archive

Rice Milling around the World;

early approaches

Rice winnowing by hand

Winnowing and grinding rice

Winnowing of rice in Japan



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manually. A familiar sight in several Asian countries was

paddy laid out to dry along roads in the sun. The drying

had to be carried out quickly to avoid the formation

of moulds. Harvesting is followed by threshing, either

immediately or within a day or two.

The seeds of the rice plant are rst milled using a ricehuller to remove the chaff (the outer husks of the grain).

One illustration shows this process being done by water

power using wooden stamps, a topic I’ll return to next

month. At this point in the process, the product is called

brown rice. The milling may be continued, removing

the bran, for example, the rest of the husk and the germ,

thereby creating white rice. White rice, which keeps

longer, lacks some important nutrients; moreover, in a

limited diet which does not supplement the rice, brown rice

helps to prevent the disease beriberi.

Raw rice may be ground into our for many uses,

including making many kinds of beverages, such as

amazake, horchata, rice milk, and rice wine. Rice ourdoes not contain gluten, so is suitable for people on a

gluten-free diet.

We have many old postcards that show the various

processes of rice production in Japan, China, India and the

Philippines. Some of these illustrate this article, showing

several of the stages in the process to produce polished

rice. After initial threshing and winnowing to remove

the husk, it would be passed through stones to remove

impurities, and then it would be milled again to provide

rice that could be used for cooking. To complete the

process to obtain polished rice the grains would be put in a

rotating drum with perforations to polish the seeds.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

Donkey and Chinesewomen husking riceat the FranciscanMissionary Union, Chan-Tong, China

Rice mill in India powered by oxen

3 Shanghai family milling scene

Native rice huller Philippines

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Weather conditions during

cultivation and harvest; procedure

changes in cultivation; transport

or processing of (raw) feed

materials; human failure or

even fraud; many elements can

negatively impact feed safety.

Our early warning system (EWS)

teaches us that each year bringson new challenges. “Sharing information from EWS through

the feed chain strengthens the management of current

threats, risks and incidents and consequently contributes to

safe feed”, says Johan den Hartog, Managing Director of

GMP+ International.

With its recent publication of the ‘Annual Report Early

Warning System 2013-2014’ GMP+ International reports

62 EWS notications in 2013 and 74 in 2014. The numbers

increased compared to the previous years, a trend that seems

to continue in 2015. The notications are dominated by

mycotoxins.

This threat counted for more than 50 percent of all noticationsin 2013 and one-third in 2014. In 2013 Europe was hit by a

serious incident with Aatoxine B1 in maize (harvest 2012)

from the Balkan region. Less Aa-problems were reported in

2014, but more Don (Deoxynivalenol), Zea (Zearalenon) and

Ergot. Rainfall during cultivation and harvest in the Balkan

region and specic parts of France and Germany were the main

natural causes for fungal diseases in the crops and harvest.

Non-manageableWeather conditions are non manageable. “That’s why it is

hardly surprising that feed materials are mostly involved

in EWS notications. Over 80 percent of the notications

in 2013 and 90 percent in 2014 concerned feed materials”,states Den Hartog. Compound feed, additives, premixes and

former foodstuffs caused less problems

to the participants of the

GMP+ Feed Safety

Assurance

module

(GMP+ FSA). In feed materials pesticides seriously

increased in 2014 (12 notications, in 2013 only 3). Dioxin

was another problem threatening feed safety (reported seven

times in 2013 and six times in 2014).

The summer of 2014 was marked with the Furazolidon

incident found in soy mix, soy meal and milled grain. This

was serious, the consequences signicant. It demonstrated

the importance of executing the utmost care in selling,

purchasing and processing feed materials, once again.Den Hartog: “For GMP+ International, the evaluation of

this incident resulted in improvements in our feed safety

management system. And it was a substantial input for the

profound renewal of the integrity policy within GMP+ FSA

which was running at that moment.”

Important role“We keep learning from individual notications and

information from EWS-evaluations”, Den Hartog

explains. GMP+ International assesses each EWS

notication, to nd the source and cause of the problem

e.g. contamination and, if it is necessary, alerts GMP+ FSAparticipants about the occurrence of a contamination in

the market. This prevents contaminated material spreading

in the market and contributes to reduce the size of a feed

safety emergency.

EWS also provides relevant information for risk assessment

(at other certied companies) or contributes to future

prevention. Companies that are involved with the EWS

notication, have to inform their suppliers and customers,

block unsafe batches, (also) investigate the cause and source

of the contamination and take corrective measures.

Publication of EWS warnings helps other individual

companies to understand the occurrence of a concrete unsafe

feed event in the market. So they can increase alertnessregarding this specic risk and adjust their risk management.

Den Hartog concludes: “It will make companies and the

feed sector as a whole more resilient to cope with everyday

challenges to deliver safe feed for safe food.”

GMP+ International recently issued its ‘Annual Report

Early Warning System 2013-2014’. GMP+ FSA certied

companies are obliged to report unsafe situations

or feed materials posing a threat to feed safety.

Additionally, raised awareness of arising and known

threats and risks will contribute to a more efcient

exchange of information as well. So EWS gains an

important role in feed safety management systemslike GMP+ FSA, next to the three other

main components: normative references,

assurance and corrective action tools

and the rules of certication.

by Johan den Hartog, GMP+ International

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Eberhard Paech-Award 2016announced -Creativity for bread

For the 16th time the Eberhard

Paech-Award will be awarded

in 2016. Only once every three

years this signicant price of the baking

industry will be awarded for outstanding

work in the development of technology,

the reputation and the presentation of the

bread. The next award ceremony will be

held in Berlin in October next year.

The Eberhard Paech-Award

was awarded in 1971 for the rst

time. Since then, 25 outstandingpersonalities of the baking industry

have received this award.

The award criteria are outstanding

achievements and contributions in the

elds of:

• Science, Research and Education

• Technology of bread and bakery

products production

• Product development and quality

improvement

• Bread in your nutrition

• Bread marketing

• Bread and bakery in the

performing arts

The Eberhard Paech-Award is worth

€10,000.00, it will be awarded as a

whole or in two equal parts. The priceis always awarded to natural persons,

irrespective of their nationality. Also

research or working groups will be

awarded, except business enterprises.

The initiator of the award is

Eberhard Paech (1910 - 2000), whose

life goal was to put his ideas into

creating high quality bread. For him,

bread was the most important staplefood, a living thing, an essential part

of everyday life and culture. His

creativity, his pioneering spirit and

his ability to connect overall social

developments with the practicalities

of the industry, and his ability to

link ideas of many together, have

made him one of the pioneers and

ambassadors of producing good bread.

In 2000 the founder handed over the

foundation to the “Vereinigung Der

Backbranche e.V.”A jury consisting of practitioners,

academics and business

representatives throughout the baking

industry will evaluate applications and

proposals.

MathewsCompanyawarded grantfrom Propane

Educationand ResearchCouncil (PERC)

Mathews Company, a global

manufacturer of grain

dryers, has been awarded

a product development grant for the

redesign of its Legacy Series grain

dryer by the Propane Education and

Research Council (PERC).

The Council works diligently tosupport research and development

of innovative, propane-powered

technology that reduces emissions

and saves money for end-users. The

project encompasses a complete re-

design of the Legacy Series prole-

style dryer.

According to company president

Joseph Shulfer, the initial

commercialisation of this product

took place more than 30 years ago.

“The Legacy Series product linehas always been a reliable workhorse

for the company, with very minimal

updates over the years. However,

the product is in need of a revamp to

better align its features and operation

with the technological advancements

available today,” says Mr Shulfer.

The proposed solution is to take

the experience and knowledge

that Mathews Company has

acquired over the past ve

years redesigning two of its

other products, and apply those

principles to this project.

“The end result will be a

product that offers producers

and commercial grain facility

operators something that

does not exist at this time: a

‘prole’ style dryer, but with

the advantages, features and

overall operational efciencies

associated with a tower-style

dryer,” says Mr Shulfer.

Mr Shulfer believes that despite the

low equipment sales in agriculture

right now, timing is excellent for this

project.“Low commodity prices are driving

farmers, especially those that lease

land, to nd savings where they can

to help their bottom line. Mathews

Company is stepping up to offer

products with energy efcient

technology that lower operational

input costs.

“The fact that the majority of grain

producers have established operations

with reliance on Propane and that

the new prole dryer won’t requirenew wet holding storage or bucket

elevators required of tower dryers,

will be enticing to end-users looking

for ways to save costs,” says Mr

Shulfer.

Cinch Munson, PERC’s Director of

Agriculture Business Development

agrees.

“Mathews Company and PERC

share a common goal of helping ag

operations cut their operating costs by

using high-efciency grain dryers thatrun on clean, American propane.”

Mathews Company plans to shorten

its normal product development

lifecycle in order to bring the new

dryer into prototype testing in 2016.

“We want to be aggressive in

bringing this new offering to market,

however, we will do our due diligence

with in-eld testing to make sure

it performs as expected,” says Mr

Shulfer.

“We fully anticipate that the newdryer will make an economic case

for on-farm grain drying stronger

by bringing elements of tower dryer

technology to the prole-style dryer,

thus making it more efcient with

lower costs to operate.”

Mathews Company’s 2011Legacy 1 model grain dryer


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The European Parliament (EP)

beefed up the Commission’s

initial proposal to ban animal

cloning to include the cloning of all farm

animals, their descendants and products

derived from them, including imports

into the EU, in a vote on 8 September.

“The technique of cloning is not

fully mature, and in fact, no further

progress has been made with it. Themortality rate remains equally high.

Many of the animals that are born

alive die in the rst few weeks, and

they die painfully. Should we allow

that?” said the environment committee

co-rapporteur, Renate Sommer (EPP,

DE).

The legislative report was adopted

by 529 votes to 120, with 57

abstentions.

“Up to now, we have been able to

import reproductive material from

third countries. We are washing ourhands letting others do the dirty work.

We want to ban comprehensively.

Not just the use of cloning techniques

but the imports of reproductive

material, clones and their descendants.

Traceability is possible. There are

pedigree books, breeding books, stock

books available. I’d like to ask the

European Commission to rethink this

whole thing. Sometimes, politics have

to set the limits,” said Ms Sommer.

“We need to take into account theimpact on animal health, but also on

human health,” said the agriculture

committee co-rapporteur, Giulia Moi

(EFDD, IT).

“This report sends the message

to our trade partners that we are

not willing to put our own health,

our families’ health, and future

generations’ health at stake using

products of dubious quality of this

nature,” she said.

“Our farmers are currently faced

with major competitive pressure

from Asia particularly, due to certain

practices, including cloning. ButEurope is based on values and that

includes quality. We want to be sure

that we don’t go down a path from

which there is no return,” she added.

While animal welfare would be

respected for the descendants of

cloned animals born by means of

conventional sexual reproduction, the

high mortality rates at all development

stages of cloning their progenitor

raise signicant animal welfare and

ethical concerns, says Parliament. It

therefore extended the ban to coverthe germinal products of animal

clones, descendants of animal clones

and products derived from them.

The ban should also cover animals

which are already derived from

clones in certain third countries, says

the EP. It says imports into the EU

should only be allowed if the import

certicates show that animals are not

animal clones or their descendants.

The ban should also apply to imports

of animal germinal products and foodand feed of animal origin.

High mortality rates and

abnormalitiesThe EP points to ndings by the

European Food Safety Authority

(EFSA) from 2008 that the health

and welfare of clones are adversely

affected, often severely and with

a fatal outcome. The resulting low

efciency rates in cloning (6 to 15

percent for bovine and 6 percent for

porcine species) make it necessary to

implant embryo clones into several

dams to obtain one cloned animal.Furthermore, clone abnormalities and

unusually large offspring result in

difcult births and neonatal deaths.

Public opposition to cloningMEPs also refer to consumer

research ndings indicating that a

majority of EU citizens strongly

oppose the consumption of food

from animal clones or from their

descendants and that a majority also

disapprove of the use of cloning for

farming purposes, on animal welfareand general ethical grounds.

The amended text converts the legal

act into a regulation, which has to be

applied directly in all member states,

rather than a directive, which would

require further national legislation.

Parliament also extended the ban’s

scope to cover all species of animals

kept and reproduced for farming

purposes and not only bovine, porcine,

ovine, caprine and equine species as

proposed by the Commission.

Next stepsThe co-rapporteurs will now start

negotiations with the Council of the

EU on the nal shape of the law.

European Parliament wants animal cloning ban

extended to offspring and imports


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Chinese and Irish dairyinsights shared at uniqueeducational initiative ledby Alltech

Prestigious members of the Chinese dairy

industry met with leading gures in

Irish agriculture on September 1, 2015

at Alltech’s European headquarters in County

Meath. The meeting was designed to encourage

closer collaboration between China and Ireland,

particularly with regard to their dairy industries.

For the past several weeks, students from the

China Agricultural University, Beijing, interned

on Irish dairy farms to gain experience with

Ireland’s unique grass-based dairy system, which

stands in contrast to the Chinese housed method.

With a growing world population set to hit nine

billion by 2050, agricultural production will need

to increase by 70 percent to meet the growingdemand for food.

“Exciting opportunities are available for the

Irish dairy industry in China,” said Kevin Tuck,

managing director at Alltech Ireland.

“While Chinese milk output has increased

exponentially over the years, it will never be in a

position to meet its population’s growing demand

for dairy. Ireland is in a unique position to share

its unfair advantage with the Chinese. By unfair

advantage, I refer to our production surplus and

proven commitment to sustainability with Bord

Bia’s Origin Green programme.”China Agriculture University is the leading

agricultural educational institution in China.

Professor Li Shengli, the chief scientist for the

Chinese dairy industry, concentrates on nutrition

and genetics. This unique visit was his rst time on

Irish soil.

“My experience in Ireland has been amazing, and I

am impressed with the passion Ireland possesses for it

agriculture,” Professor Li said.

“My aim is to establish scientic and technology

relationships with the Irish beef and dairy industry. Seeing

is believing, as we say in China; now that I have been to

Ireland, I believe!”Professor Li addressed the current situation for the

Chinese dairy industry and its continuing development.

“The 2008 melamine scandal has resulted in slow

increases in dairy production in China and an obsession for

safety. An important development for the industry has been

the increase in large-scale dairy farms, (each) with more

than 100 head of cattle, leading to 90 percent of Chinese

raw milk now produced with a mechanised system. It is

very important for milk to be affordable in China. While

Chinese consumption of dairy products is very low

compared with Europe, I predict this will increase with

reform of the one-child family policy.”Brendan Gleeson, Ireland’s deputy secretary general

for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine,

addressed Ireland’s advantages, including its large food

production surplus, score of zero in terms of water stress

as measured by the FAO and commitment to food safety as

set out in Food Wise 2025.

“More Irish dairy product was exported to China in the

rst six months of this year compared with 2014,” said Mr

Gleeson.

“Three of the world’s leading infant formula

manufacturers are located here in Ireland, which proves

the condence they have with Irish dairy. We continueto make signicant progress with market access to China

for Ireland’s agricultural food and drink products. Adding

value through research and development will insulate the

industry from global market volatilities.”

Attendees concurred that agricultural science must rise

to the global challenges the industry faces. Alltech’s Dr

Richard Murphy highlighted the company’s commitment

to this task, noting that Alltech has established 23 research

alliances with leading universities and institutions around

the world, including eight in China. Alltech have a

dedicated team of 90 scientists around the globe working

in three bioscience centres, one of them located inDunboyne, County Meath, Ireland.

The importance of the visit by the Chinese delegation

was widely recognised by attendees, many of who

expressed hope that they will bring Ireland’s message of

sustainable agriculture home to China.

Ofcials and students from China Agriculture University, representatives

from Keypak Group, DongYing Austasia Modern Dairy Farm, Tianjin JiaMade Livestock and staff from Alltech at its European Headquarters andBioscience Centre in Dunboyne, County Meath, Ireland

From left to right: Alltech’s Professor Maurice Boland discusses recentdevelopments within the Chinese dairy industry with Professor Li Shengli,China Agricultural University and Dr Mark Lyons, Alltech vice president,corporate affairs


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I write this month’s column ahead of important

meetings, exhibitions and conferences taking place

throughout October. This month has the AnnualGeneral Meeting of London and South East Milling

Society (LSEMS), IAOM South East Asia meeting,

IAOM Middle East and Africa meeting and also JTIC

2015, taking place in Paris. These events will take the

directory around the world.

I am looking forward to the meetings, discussions,

developments and showcasing of milling technology. My colleagues Roger

Gilbert and Tuti Tan shall be attending IAOM South East Asia. This is an

important meeting in Jakarta and it’s an exciting time for the growing economies

in those developing regions and markets.

The vast amount of our-based food eaten in Asian cuisine, from buns to roti

bread involves certain challenges for the industry in the milling processes -whether this is milling Atta our or milling our with lower gluten levels. I

expect to see a lot of the industry at these various international meetings too, so

I wish you safe travels and the best of success. I look forward to meeting with

clients and friends alike across the globe.

Another thing I must mention is that the newly published 2016 Media Guide for

this magazine now includes print and online circulation statistics, information on

industry sectors and advertising details. There are print copies soon to be sent to

all our networks so do look out for yours arriving in the post over the next few

weeks.

You will also note a slight change in name regarding the International Milling

Directory, updated for 2016; we have chosen the new title of ‘The International

Milling and Grain Directory’.

This is to reect its reach across the grain handling and storage sectors and in

closer terms with the feed, our and rice milling industry. Additionally, it cements

ties with the brand association to this magazine.

Over the years, the directory and magazine have grown and been distributed

together but their functions and purposes remain different. As an annual print

publication, it is a resource for all to keep on the shelf throughout the year,

compared to the regular monthly magazine with up-to-date news and features.

Finally, I will nish on a thank you to all, because this month is the rst

anniversary of the website. Your co-operation is valued and I hope that it

continues for many more years to come.

Tom BlackerDirectory Coordinator

Tom Blacker, International Milling Directory

Growing economies in developing regions

A Flour World

Museum story

No. 3

www.muehlenchemie.de

Finale in the mill

“Thank God! There’ll be no more

mischief!” After seven nasty pranks,

tricksters Max and Moritz meet their

end in a mill. Author Wilhelm Busch

set the final scene of his story there

because of his youthful friendship

with a miller’s son, Erich Bachmann,

whose home offered a wealth of

inspiration for Busch. Thoroughly

conversant with milling processes,

in his most famous illustrated story

he has the two mischievous boys

end up getting ground into coarse

flour. The stories with Widow Bolte,

Tailor Böck, Teacher Lämpel, Uncle

Fritz, Master Baker, Farmer Mecke and

Master Miller were a huge success in

Busch’s lifetime, and were translated

into ten languages soon after they

were published. Today Max and Moritz

is one of the best-known works of

German children’s literature, and has

been translated into more than 280

languages.

The Mühlenchemie FlourWorld Museum

in Wittenburg is an expression of our

company culture and the responsibility

we feel towards the miller and his flour,

as one of the most important staple

foods. The museum is a journey through

the millennia, illuminating the devel-

opment and importance of flour. It is

the only one of its kind in the world.

www.flourworld.de


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Legumex Walker announces sale ofSpecial crops division to The ScoularCompany

Legumex Walker Inc have

announced that it has entered

into a denitive agreement with

The Scoular Company pursuant to

which Scoular has agreed to acquire

substantially all of the assets of LWI’s

Special Crops Division for CAD$94

million plus the amount of net working

capital at closing, on a cash free debt

free basis, paid in cash.

The sale represents a CAD$174.6

million transaction value for LWI, based

on LWI’s working capital as at June

30, 2015. The actual purchase price

and transaction value are subject to

working capital and other adjustments

in accordance with the Agreement (allgures are in Canadian dollars).

Scoular is a leading US-based

agricultural marketing company that

manages supply chain risk for global

suppliers and end-users of grains,

oilseeds, and other feed and food

ingredients.

As announced previously, the Special

Committee of the Board of LWI

oversaw an extensive process starting in

March 2015 and considered a number

of alternatives to maximise shareholder

value.

As a result of the Strategic Review,

and in light of the challenges facing

the Company, the Special Committee

unanimously determined that a sale of

the Special Crops Division was most

likely to maximise shareholder value.

“Following careful review of the

transaction by the Special Committee

in consultation with our external

nancial and legal advisors, we believe

this transaction represents excellent

value and is in the best interests ofLWI shareholders,” said Bruce Scherr,

Chairman of the Board of Directors of

Legumex Walker Inc.

“This is a highly strategic addition

to our existing global feed and food

ingredient merchandising business and

US-based grain-handling network,”

said Bob Ludington, Scoular’s Chief

Operating Ofcer. “The transaction

will signicantly increase our product

and geographic footprint, which in turn

will increase our ability to serve new

and existing customers worldwide.

We expect to operate Scoular Special

Crops much like LWI operates the

business today, but with the nancial

capacity to expand operations, product

lines, and distribution channels. As

a result, we will be able to provide

additional value to Canadian producers

and pursue opportunities to serve a

global customer base seeking specialty

products associated with healthy food

trends.”

“The goal for our Special Crops

Division was to bring together

several exceptional businesses in

our industry, diversify across our

product offerings, growing regions and

customers, and create an exceptionalplatform that would thrive as it grew,”

said Joel Horn, President and Chief

Executive Ofcer, Legumex Walker

Inc. “Coming off a record year for

Special Crops, we are proud that an

organisation of the caliber of Scoular

recognises the value that we have

created.”

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It is not the rst time that our

natural environment changes.

Finding successful solutions to

deal with it really are about our

ability to adapt and to preserve

our future, as it has been the case

in the past. The challenges may be

of a magnitude like never before,but so are our knowledge, our

technical abilities and the tools present and future.

From an agricultural point of view, adapting to a new

environment is about nding the type of production that

thrives under new conditions. It may mean different areas

of production for some species. In North America, there

is already a shift for corn. Iowa has traditionally the main

grower, but the corn production area is now expanding

north. Minnesota is now producing more corn than in

the past and so are the Canadian Prairies. Similarly, the

production area for soybean is shifting north. Minnesota

is growing an increasing volume of soybean and even inthe province of Manitoba in Canada, soybean production

attempts have been carried out since a few years.

It is the result of better production conditions and the

development of new varieties that can adapt to new less

favorable climatic conditions. Because of the local supply

for soybean, the development of aquaculture with local

soybean products for sh feed is now considered a long-

term possibility in Minnesota among others. In Europe,

corn production regions also saw a shift to the north for

corn during the 1970-80s thanks to the development of

new varieties, which largely contributed to the growth

of dairy production in these new areas through the

widespread use of corn silage.

For the future, there is no doubt that genetics will

contribute again to ensure food security. There is currently

a lot of work done to develop varieties that can withstand

droughts, oods or soil salinity. The ability to know the

complete genome of species, to spot genes through gene

markers, to be able to create new varieties that are less

sensitive to diseases help speed up the development of

crops that can thrive under future conditions. The recent

developments in synthetic biology are quite interesting.

Research conducted at the IRRI (International Rice

Research Institute) on the development of rice varieties

that can have a higher photosynthesis efciency and thushigher yields could open new perspective for a more

productive and more sustainable production.

Next to the development of better and more adapted seeds

and genetic material, the development of new technologies

that I described in a previous article will bring a number

of effective solutions as well. In particular the rise of

precision agriculture is certainly quite promising. The

ability to deliver to the crops exactly what they need when

they need it at the right time and at the right place in the

right quantity will help reduce the environmental impact

of agriculture while offering the possibility of delivering

higher yields.

Similarly, in animal production, there still is room toimprove feed efciency. It can happen through further

genetic improvement, the use of more efcient feed

ingredients and feed composition and through better farm

management. The latter is denitely an essential facet of a

better future for food production. Better and updated skills

for food producers will help being more efcient, more

productive and more sustainable at the same time.

An area that is often forgotten when it comes to the future

of food is the functioning of markets. If demand for certain

products, and in particular animal products, increases faster

than supply, price will go up and there will differential

increases between the different types of products. As mostconsumers, unlike what marketers sometimes tend to make

believe, still choose what they eat depending on the price

of foods, there will be shifts. Some productions will thrive

while others will struggle.

As prices still will be an essential driver of the location

of the various vegetal and animal productions, markets

and environmental constraints will increasingly have

a joint effect. In the future, the dominant economic

model of producing where it is the cheapest to produce

will evolve. As the pressure on water supplies, soil

conditions and pollution issues will keep increasing;

the model will include an increasing share of negative

externalities. They are the long-term costs that are never

factored in the production costs but that will affect future

production economics. Externalities are the hidden side

of sustainability and they will determine the future map

of agriculture, as it will no longer be possible to ignore

them. Choices will have to be made between short-term

nancial performance and the long-term ability of various

regions to be able to produce, and to keep producing, the

volumes and the quality specications that are needed by

the different food markets of the future.

How Nature may reshape food value chains – part twoby 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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Satake's optical sorter demonstrates greatsuccess amid the coffee boom in Taiwan

Taiwan is in the midst of a

coffee boom. In order to

meet the desire for high

quality coffee, the number of coffee

companies wanting to install optical

sorters is on the rise.

Annual consumption of coffee

beans per head in Taiwan increased

by 1.73 times from 0.55kg in 2004

to 0.95kg in 2013 (FAO). Cafes

continue to open one after another in

the capital Taipei in response to this

coffee explosion.Coffee traders who own coffee

houses import premium coffee beans

in order to serve such specialty

coffees to their customers. In order

to ensure product quality they have

turned to using optical sorters.

There are two applications for

coffee bean sorting: for green coffee

beans and for roasted coffee beans.

Green coffee beans are mainly sorted

to remove insect-damaged beans and

foreign materials such as stones.Roasted coffee beans are sorted to

remove any non-uniformly roasted

beans. By sorting coffee beans in

such a manner using optical sorters,

coffee-houses can serve coffee that

is both safe and of high quality

whilst customers can relax and enjoy

coffee that is rich in aroma and taste.

The Satake Pika-sen α (alpha)

small-scale optical sorter has a rated

capacity of one ton per hour. It is

increasingly being employed by

coffee traders and coffee houses,

because the volumes traded of

specialty coffee beans are much

smaller than that of middle-level

coffee beans.

The Pika-sen α is highly regarded

by the industry for various reasons -

condence in its Japanese reliability,

its user-friendliness and also its

affordability.

More and more coffee-houses are

installing a Pika-sen α (alpha) in

their cafes. Consumers in Taiwan

are particularly aware of food safety.

Sorting the coffee beans on the spot,

in front of customers in the cafe

helps create a favourable impression

that their coffee is certain to be both

safe and high in quality.


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Nutreco renamesanimal nutritionresearch divisionand commits todoubling R&Dinvestment

Nutreco announces that its

global animal nutrition

research centres will be

renamed to Trouw Nutrition R&D.

This change is part of the

strengthening of its global animal

nutrition activities under one brand.

Trouw Nutrition R&D encompasses

ve research centres operating in

The Netherlands, Spain and Canada.

Nutreco will also double its investment

in R&D and innovation over the nextfew years.

With production facilities in 25

countries and sales in over 90

countries, Trouw Nutrition is Nutreco’s

global animal nutrition brand. The

renaming of its R&D centres is part

of Nutreco’s objective to accelerate

innovation in closer contact with

customers and will help in bringing

technology faster to the market.

“Our R&D strategy remains

unchanged and our innovative

strength is focused on three areas: Life

Start, Health and Welfare and Feed

Efciency,” says Leo den Hartog,

Director Trouw Nutrition R&D.

“We believe that technological

advancements in animal nutrition must

play a central role in improving the

environmental footprint of the food

industry as a whole and in feeding a

growing world population.”

To underline the importance of

technological advancements, both

from a customer and sustainability

perspective, Nutreco has committed

itself to double its investment in R&D

and innovation both in animal nutrition

and sh feed over the next years.

Research centresTrouw Nutrition has three research

centres located in The Netherlands:

the Ingredient Research Centre, theRuminant Research Centre and the

Swine Research Centre. The Poultry

Research Centre is located in Spain,

and Agresearch in Canada is one of the

largest animal R&D facilities in North

America focusing on dairy, swine and

poultry.

Nutreco’s sh feed business operates

under the brand name Skretting. Its

research activities are clustered in the

Skretting Aquaculture Research Centre

(ARC). Skretting ARC is based in

Norway and has additional research

units in Italy, Spain, China and Japan.

Additionally, Nutreco has a Food

Research Centre in Spain. There is

an ongoing interchange of ideas and

knowledge between the research

centres to capture synergies.

Global research networkThe Trouw Nutrition Research and

Development Centres encompass a

broad range of scientic disciplines,

including nutritionists, veterinarians,

animal physiologists, molecular

biologists, microbiologists,

immunologists, biochemist and

technical engineers.

Product registration and IP

management are also covered. In-

house research by over 100 experts

is complemented by more than 50

long-term research collaborations withleading universities, research institutes

and other organisations.

Trouw Nutrition R&D has also

established an exclusive research

partnership with the Ministry of

Agriculture Feed Industry Centre

(MAFIC) of China. To further validate

and test research results in practice, it

has eld research farms in many key

markets, including China, Canada,

Brazil, Spain, Belgium and The

Netherlands.

MFS/York/StormorLaunches NewWebsite

MFS/York/Stormor, a leading

world-wide manufacturer of

grain storage and handling

equipment, has announced the launch

of their new website, www.mfsyork.com. The new site has been designed

to offer the ultimate user-friendly

experience with intuitive navigation

and functionality. It provides visitors

access to detailed information on both

the company and their full portfolio of

on-farm and commercial ag products.

According to MFS/York/Stormor

President Dan Faltin, “ The new

site and the enhancements were

all designed with our customers

and visitors in mind. Simplied

site navigation, search capabilities

and constantly updated product

information and specications have

been developed to make it fast and

easy for visitors to nd the product or

information they need.”

Other website features include:

An easy-to-use “Find My Dealer”function that allows visitors to locate

the MFS/York/Stormor dealer(s)

nearest them based on proximity and

desired product

Video Vault page where visitors can

view all company videos, as well as

videos from other Global Industry

divisions

A highly unique “Dare To Compare”

section where visitors can view and

assess MFS/York/Stormor products

and components side-by side with

competitive products

News and Events sections including

schedules of upcoming tradeshow

participation around the world and

the latest updates on innovative new

products

“The development and creation of

the new MFS/York/Stormor websitehas been in the works for quite a

while,” Faltin continued. “We felt the

investment in time was a small price

to pay in order to launch a site that

provides our dealers and customers

with quick and easy access to all of the

information and materials they need to

determine the best solutions for their

grain storage and handling needs.”


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COMPANY

UPDATES

ADM Opens Tech Centre inErlanger, Kentucky. Archer

Daniels Midland Company hasannounced the opening of its new

information technology and support

center, which is located on the samecampus as ADM’s WILD Flavors

ofces in Erlanger, Kentucky. The

New facility will eventually create

up to 200 jobs in the region.

ConAgra Foods Announces $300Million Efciency Plan,

Establishes Chicago Headquarters.

ConAgra Foods have announced

restructuring plans to improveprotability, advance its growth

agenda and unlock shareholder

value. ConAgra Foods expects

to realise at least $300 million of

efciency benets within the nextthree years through a combination

of reductions in SG&A and

enhancements to trade spendprocesses and tools.

Glencore has taken proactivesteps to position the company towithstand current commodity

market conditions. The businessremains operationally and

nancially robust with positive

cash ow, good liquidity and

absolutely no solvency issues. Inthe ofcial release, the company

state, “we are getting on and

delivering a suite of measures toreduce our debt levels by up to

US$10.2 billion. Glencore has no

debt covenants and continues to

retain strong lines of credit andsecure access to funding thanks to

long term relationships we have

with the banks. We remain focused

on running efcient, low cost andsafe operations”.

I feel that I am a

very privilegedperson travelling

a lot and seeing

our agricultural

industry

from many

perspectives,

from business

farming through to family farming and

subsistence farming; all of which play a

very important role in our ability to feed

the world and all of which need different

levels of input.This week the GM argument has come

to the fore again. I am no scientic expert

but I do wish those who publish views

on this matter would understand the need

to continually develop technologies to

improve production and increase outputs

and maintain farmers livelihoods, basing

their arguments on proven science rather

than opinions that arguably do not stand up

to modern scientic scrutiny.

As a livestock breeder and farmer in the

UK and with farming interests in Australia,

I would like to ask people if they have everstopped to consider that without continued

crop and stock development over the ages,

successfully achieved over a very long time

our world would be very short of food. Now

thanks to modern science we are able to

develop breeds much more quickly and have

them commercialised for the benet of all.

Farmers over the centuries have

been very good at adopting science

and innovations to improve both their

production and incomes - a vital necessity

given that worldwide consumers wantcheap food. One has to wonder where we

would be if all of our farmers were pushed

out of business if they could not adapt new

methods of production.

Of course, whilst we, the farmers are

doing this we have to bear in mind the

long- term effects that short term decisionshave on our planet. Look at the reduction

in the rain forests using better technology -

do we need to reduce these further?

Let us rather concentrate our efforts

on getting 100 percent of the crops and

livestock produced to the consumer.

Technology correctly used along with

education both at farm level and through

the distribution chain should be able to

make this aim a possibility.

This week I am visiting one of the

world’s foremost farming countries, theUSA to attend World Dairy Expo where

some of the best dairy producing animals

are on show but, they are dominated by the

Holstein Breed understandably as it can

produce more milk than any other breed.

But I make a plea to worldwide

governments to preserve intact other breeds

(preserving their breed integrity) that

cannot compete with milk yields. These

will keep a genetic diversity available to

our industry. I say Governments should

be involved because other breeds cannot

necessarily produce the yield of milk andincome that the properly managed Holstein

can. The argument being why should an

individual farmer beer the cost of keeping

other breeds and genetics available?

Cattle, sheep, pigs and goats worldwide

are not an endangered species like

the panda or tiger but, we have many

indigenous breeds of livestock within

species that are and we have already

permanently lost breeds.

There needs to be a concerted effort to

maintain all of our breeds both animal andplant that may not now be commercial but

which could possibly contain genes that

will be needed in the future

@AgrictecExports

by Chris Jackson, Export Manager UK TAG

The GM debate and Breed Preservation


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Mühlenchemie –we never sleep.

As the international market leader in flour im-

provement and flour fortification, Mühlenchemie

operates in over 100 countries worldwide. Our

branches in Germany, Singapore, Brazil, China,

India, Mexico, Russia and Poland advise our

customers on the spot and collaborate closely

with our own laboratories and trial bakeries,

of which we have several around the globe.

So when the staff of our facility in Wujiang, near

Shanghai, make their way home at the end of

the day, work has already started in Mexico

City – and of course no-one turns the light off

before an individual solution has been found

for each of our customers.

German Quality made by Mühlenchemie.

• Flour improvement

• Flour standardization

• Fortification with vitamins

and minerals

• Flour analysis

• Applications services

• Metering equipment

for micro-ingredients

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th anniversary

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Biomin inaugurates newglobal headquarters inAustria

Located sixty kilometres west of Vienna in the Erber

Group campus, the 11 000 square metre building

sets new standards for staff friendliness and energy

efciency. It is the rst platinum Leadership in Energy and

Environmental Design (LEED) building ever constructed

in Austria - a testament to how the rm values employees’

wellbeing and respect for the environment.

The bright, spacious ofces are equipped with ergonomic

height adjustable desks, biodynamic light sources, plenty

of natural light and a geothermal-powered cooling system.

Situated on 20 hectares including wooded areas and a

recreation area with running track and swimming ponds, the

site offers room for further planned building expansions.

The company had outgrown its former headquarters in

Herzogenberg, Austria ve kilometers away and relocated

earlier this year.

Biomin has continued to see double-digit sales growth

supported by geographic expansion and recent product line

successes with Digestarom®, a phytogenic feed additive,PoultryStar®, a multi-species probiotic for poultry, and

the recent launch of the fth generation of Mycox® for

mycotoxin deactivation.

The opening ceremony took place on August 28, 2015,

with Austrian Finance Minister Hans Jörg Schelling and

Governor of Lower Austria Erwin Pröll in attendance.

Biomin founder and President of Erber AG, Erich Erber

explained, “From the beginning my goal was to nd a new

way to promote animal health that privileges natural and

innovative solutions that benet animals, producers and the

environment.”

Longstanding cooperation with leading researchers at theInter-University Department of Agrobiotechnology (IFA)

in Tulln and other research institutions worldwide have

helped Biomin to become a global champion in mycotoxin

deactivation and gut performance management.

From left to right: Pulling on one string University Professor Dr RudolfKrska, Austrian Finance Minister Hans Jörg Schelling, Governor ofLower Austria Erwin Pröll, Erber Group Founders and co-ownersMargarete Erber and Dr hc Erich Erber(Photo: Erber AG/APA-Fotoservice/Bollwein)

New Biomin headquarters: Erber Group Campus in Getzersdorf,AustriaBIOMIN has just opened its new global headquarters inGetzersdorf, Austria

Biomin opens new Panama plant

Biomin has further expanded its

global production network with

the opening of a production

plant in Panama. The inauguration

marks the latest milestone in the rm’slocal presence that stretches back

nearly two decades.

The new plant will allow for growth

and quicker delivery to Biomin

distributors and customers in new

and existing markets throughout the

Americas.

The plant produces Mycox®, an

innovative mycotoxin deactivating

feed additive, with plans to produce

PoultryStar®, a multi-species

probiotic for poultry, in the future.

The site was planned with a long-

term perspective and an expectation

of growth in mind. It has an installedproduction capacity of 3120 tons

per year based on one packaging

station and a single shift. Its starting

production goal is 6240 tons per year

with two shifts. Maximum production

capacity can reach 12,480 tons per

year with the addition of a second

packaging station.

On August 20, 2015 Christian

Seiwald, Chairman of Erber AG,

and Esteban Giron, Vice Minister of

Agricultural Development joined in

the cutting of the ribbon inaugurating

the plant in Panama alongside Biomin

Managing Director, Marcelo Ribeiro,

marking a momentous occasion for

the company and the region.“A strong, longstanding commitment

to scientic research has allowed Biomin

to deliver leading products in an ever-

increasing number of markets across the

globe,” commented Mr Seiwald.

Also in attendance were Ruben

Beltran, Managing Director of

Biomin USA along with 50 invited

guests including key distributors and

customers from throughout the region.


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Japanese millers trade team visit will help supportfuture market share

In 2016, the US Wheat Associates (USW) will mark 60

years with a marketing ofce in Japan, so it comes as

no surprise that in marketing year 2014/15, Japan was

the single largest buyer of wheat from the United States.

In the same year, Japan was also the biggest market for US

hard red spring (HRS) and soft white (SW) wheat. To learn

more about the high quality wheat to which their customers

have become accustomed over the past 60 years, a team

of mid-level managers from Japanese our mills will visit

Oregon, Idaho and Montana on September 20 to 26, 2015.

Millers on this team are executives from milling

companies representing Japan’s National Cooperative of

Millers. The rst trade team from this group of millersvisited the United States in 2014. USW collaborated with

the Montana Wheat and Barley Committee, Oregon Wheat

Commission and Idaho Wheat Commission to organise and

host this year’s visit.

“These mid-level managers will eventually ascend to

senior management positions and hopefully take with

them an understanding that the United States produces the

highest quality wheat for Japan,” said Steve Wirsching,

USW vice president and director of the West Coast Ofce

in Portland, Oregon.

“This trade team visit creates an opportunity for us to

increase their positive view of US wheat and ensure we cancontinue to compete in Japan in the future.”

This trade team will bring individuals involved in milling,

quality control and marketing to the United States to learn

more about the effective wheat export supply chain and

give them the opportunity to discuss logistical and quality

assurance systems with the people who manage the US

wheat supply chain.

The milling managers will begin their trip in Portland,

hosted by the USW West Coast Ofce, where they will be

briefed by the Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS)

and Wheat Marketing Centre. While in Oregon, the team

will also tour the Columbia Grains export terminal and

visit OMIC USA. Continuing their trip in Boise, Idaho,the team will meet with Scoular Grain and the Idaho State

Department of Agriculture, and will tour the Swan Falls

Dam and lock system on the Snake River.

To complete their tour of the Pacic Northwest, the team

will travel to Montana to tour shuttle train loading facilities

operated by Gavilon Grain in Chester and United Grain

in Moccasin. Other stops include the Central Ag Research

Centre near Moccasin and Myllymaki Farms outside of

Livingston. Throughout their trip the team will have the

opportunity to hear from each of the sponsoring state wheat

commissions.

United States-Japan Partnership in Wheat“The Japanese domestic milling and baking industries

are highly advanced and fully automated, and demand

consistent, good quality US wheat. It is crucial to provide

appropriate information on US wheat to the Japanese

wheat industry because they must address concerns from

an increasingly sensitive consumer base on issues such

as pesticides, allergens and biotech products. USW will

continue with trade servicing for Japanese customers to

help them gain a deeper understanding of the true value of

the US wheat system from farm to table.”

USW 2014/15 Unied Export StrategyIn 1949, the Oregon Wheat Growers League (OWGL)

organised a trade delegation to investigate opportunities for

expanding US wheat sales to Japan. That trip resulted in a

variety of marketing and education activities, including a

“Kitchens on Wheels” school lunch program that promoted

wheat foods to Japanese consumers in rural areas.

Today, those efforts continue to pay off with a well-

established market for US wheat. Japan has purchased

signicantly more US wheat than any other country,

including more than 3.5 million metric tons (MMT) on

average the last ve years. Japan issues consistent, large,

bi-monthly tenders for US western white, a sub-class of

SW, HRS and hard red winter (HRW) wheat classes.

Sophisticated Japanese our mills and their customersdemand very high standards of cleanliness and uniformity

in addition to the variety of wheat classes to make the wide

range of our products for hundreds of different wheat

food products - and US wheat producers consistently meet

those standards.

USW’s efforts in Japan and through trade team visits to

the United States focus on providing up-to-date market

information and collaborating with Japanese industry

groups. The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and

Forestry (MAFF) carries out all wheat purchase in Japan

and then sells the wheat to Japanese our mills. The

Japanese grain trade acts as intermediaries between MAFFand overseas sellers, and OMIC, Ltd., in Portland, OR,

provides testing and inspection services.

The trust between USW and the Japanese industry allows

for open dialogue between the two countries, to foster a

mutually benecial, long-term trading relationship.


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TrainingMill

Registration is now open for two November grain operations

courses from the Grain Elevator and Processing Society

(GEAPS) and Kansas State University (K-State). The online

courses cover management tactics for grain facility supervisors

and advanced materials handling. Courses run from November

2 – December 4, and registration closes October 27. Courses

are open to anyone, even if they are not a GEAPS member or a

student enrolled at K-State.

GEAPS 501: Management Basics for Grain Facility Supervisors.

This course will provide an extensive overview of the main

duties, responsibilities and expectations of grain operations

supervisors and managers. It will cover essential duties, topicsand roles supervisors and managers need to understand, and why

they are important.

GEAPS 552: Materials Handling III

This course aims to introduce students to key information about

powered-transmission design; system design and other afliated

systems used to move and store grain and related commodities.

While not required, it is recommended that participants complete

GEAP 550: Materials Handling I and GEAPS 551: Materials

Handling II before taking this course.

GEAPS 501 is one of six courses required to earn the Credential

in Grain Operations Management (CGOM). The CGOM is the

rst formal credential in the grain industry, and can be augmented

with Specialist Credentials in Grain Quality Management, Grain

Handling Equipment Management and Property and Casualty

Risk Management. Completion of GEAPS 552 counts towards the

Specialist Credential in Grain Handling Equipment Management.

Anyone who completes the CGOM and all three specialistcredentials earns the Master Credential in Grain Operations

Management (MCGOM), the highest certication available in the

industry.

Tuition for GEAPS/K-State continuing education courses is

US$640 for GEAPS members and US$815 for non-members.

For more information about the courses or the GEAPS/K-State

Distance Education Program, visit the GEAPS website or contact

Chuck House at [email protected].

GEAPS/K-State offer twooperations courses inNovember



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NaOClean - for all your hygieneneeds

NaOClean manufacture disinfecting systems such as disinfectantgenerators for the processing of sh, meat, vegetables and otherfoods. Their products are also used in the agricultural sector.

Many companies use their systems because they are operatorfriendly with no toxic or harmful materials involved.

Established in the early 1980s, NaOClean has developed a systemthat generates sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) from a small amountof salt (NaCl).

The sodium hypochlorite produced in this way has an antibacterialaction about three times more effective than other chemicals. It isalso a very effective odour-remover, with no harmful by-productsor side effects. Ithas very differentantibacterial and

odour-removalproperties fromchemical NaOCl.

M48 Bucket ElevatorMFS/York/Stormor, a division of Global Industries, Inc, announcedthat York has recently released an innovative bolt-together M48bucket elevator, work platform and distributor platform design.

The new M48 bucket elevator designoffers capacity ranges from:

10,000 bushels/hour (255 metric tons/hour) to 30,000 bushels/hour (762metric tons/hour).

The new design consolidates threeprevious head proles into oneoptimised design that not onlyminimises wear but signicantlyimproves ow.

The bucket elevator head nowcomes equipped with a convenientthree piece hood for easier access

and serviceability, while theexpanded work and distributorplatforms allow ample room forservicing.

PRODUCT FOCUSOCTOBER 2015In every edition of Milling and Grain,we take a look at the products that willbe saving you time and money in themilling process.

IN OUR NEXT ISSUESee the full write up of theMPAS Seginus from Bühler

MPAS SeginusBühler has expanded its plansifterseries with a top-performer, theMPAS Seginus.

The Seginus sifts andsorts grist and our-typeproducts in wheat, rye,corn and durum wheatmills. In addition, it sorts

coarsely-ground productor free-owing granulatereliably. With its new drivesystem, the Seginus is atrue innovation with manyoptions for use: as thelittle brother of the squareplansifter Sirius MPAK or as areplacement for the smallplansifters MPAR and MPAQin existing plants or for usein new plants in the controlsifting.

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DA 7440 process NIR sensorThe DA 7440 is a new type of process NIR sensor for over-beltplacement. It uses advanced diode array technology to measureaccurately even as recipes, ingredients or process conditionschange.

Diode array is an established, advanced NIR technology, whichmeasures accurately without re-calibrations even as raw materialsor process conditions change. The Diode Array instrumentcollects all wavelengths simultaneously averaging multiple, fullspectrum readings every second. By doing so it provides accuratemeasurement of complex parameters including moisture/ovenvolatiles, fat, nicotine, sugars,seasonings and many more.

This enables processors tooptimise moisture content,reduce scrap, improvequality and decrease timefor product changeovers - allwithout laborious samplingand reference methodtesting.

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SPECIAL FOCUS Bühler innovates a century old tradition for Atta Flour

Bühler’s Atta process with PesaMill™ is the rst industrial

process technology for the production of Atta our with a

completely authentic taste under perfect hygienic conditions.With this fully integrated all-round process, just one PesaMill™

can replace as many as twenty traditional Chakki mills – with a

whole load of further advantages: higher yield, reduced energy

consumption and the possibility of producing several types of

our qualities in the same plant.

Traditional/Authentic Atta ourThe innovative circulation system with the PesaMill™ ensures

the production of authentic Atta our. Taste and mouth feeling

are identical with Atta our produced on traditional Chakki stone

mills.

Higher yield

The extraction rate of the new Atta solution can be adjusted tothe market requirements, typically between 93 percent and 97percent. Compared with traditional stone mills, the PesaMill™

delivers a plus of one percent to two percent yield.

Greater exibility in productionPesaMill™ provides the basis for exibly adjusting the properties

of the our to individual requirements. Starch damage, water

absorption and granulation can be simply and swiftly adjusted for

different types of our qualities (for example, North Indian Atta,

South Indian Atta etc.).

Maximum food safetyThe use of high-compression steel rolls rather than stones for milling

means that hygiene standards are very much higher. Contamination

by stone abrasion or chemicals becomes a thing of the past.

Lower energy consumptionThanks to the effective, integrated and energy-efcient processtechnology, by using one PesaMill™ rather than a lot of isolated

traditional stone mills saves up to 10 percent of the energy costs.

Reduced operating costsIn traditional stone mills, by contrast, the millstones need to be

redressed or replaced frequently. Hence downtimes are minimized,

productivity is raised and the system can operate reliably 24/7.

Protected investments

Thanks to innovative technology and a robust design, backed upby the highest standards

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