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Contents

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Bulletin A round-up of key developments in the regional market

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Agenda

Ensuring quality Soluble nutrition to crops

Cargill extends cocoa programme to Indonesia; UN warns of worldwide food crisis in 2013; Greater food output, less environmental impact of agriculture possible; Global poultry margins still affected by high feed prices Photo: www.ajeetseed.co.in

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Asia, Booth ML MH07

Events 9

Previews of VIV Asia, RubberPlant Summit, IPPE; Reviews of EuroTier, Poultry Asia Preview of VIV Asia 2013

Livestock 13

Liquid feeding systems The importance of water in a chicken’s life - p16

Take the heat out of poultry house and off your hens

Philippine banana industry Airtight storage in Asia

Pig Buyers’ Guide

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Controlling hygiene in liquid feeding systems

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Crops 20

Fertigation the natural pathway for plant feeding

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Tough times ahead for Philippine banana industry?

Pig Buyers’ Guide 28

An overview of the key players in the pig market

Equipment 32

The latest innovations and agricultural technology

Moreover 35

Methyl bromide – handle with care Philippine’s banana industry is the third biggest in the world. But is it in danger?

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Bulletin New Holland signs distribution pact with DKSH CNH INTERNATIONAL, A subsidiary of agricultural and construction equipment company CNH Global and part of Fiat Industrial - has signed a distribution and service agreement with Asian market expansion services provider DKSH Group, to sell and support New Holland Agriculture equipment in Vietnam.

DKSH Vietnam will provide sales, aftersales, marketing, and customer services, leveraging on the extensive infrastructure supporting its wellestablished and diversified business DKSH will sell and support New Holland portfolio. DKSH plans equipment in Vietnam to open dedicated New Holland Agricultural facilities, expanding its dealer network to strengthen its support for agricultural equipment customers.

Adrian Eberle, global head of business unit technology at DKSH, commented, “DKSH Vietnam can rely on a wide network, in-depth knowledge of the local market and award winning customer services to best support the distribution of New Holland machinery in Vietnam's agricultural sector."

Nestlé sets up new factory in Philippines FOOD MANUFACTURING GIANT Nestlé has expanded operations in the Philippines with the opening of a new plant and has committed to fresh investments in 2013.

Officials from Nestlé said that the company has already started producing Coffee-Mate Non-Dairy Creamer and other products at the US$120mn factory in Tanauan, Batangas.

This is the first time the company will locally produce Coffee-Mate, which used to be imported from Malaysia, Mexico and Thailand, a Nestlé official said.

The Tanauan manufacturing facility is the company's fifth in the country. The company has also earmarked another US$120mn in capital expenditures in the Philippines for 2013, although actual disbursements may flow through 2014, said Nandu Nandkishore, Nestlé SA executive vice president for Asia Oceania and Africa.

Nestlé Philippines chair and CEO John Martin Miller said the company would like to source most of its coffee and other ingredients in the country. To this end, Nestlé is working with the Department of Agriculture and other stakeholders to improve domestic output and meet the company's requirements.

The Tanauan factory stands on a 27-hectare property within the First Philippines Industrial Park.

Genesus inks long-term pact with Fujian Yichan GENESUS AND FUJIAN Yichan Agricultural Development Company Ltd. recently formed a long term technical, production and marketing agreement.

Fujian Yichan will import 1,000 registered purebred Genesus breeding animals to be housed in a nucleus facility under construction near Nanping city, Fujian province.

Fujian Yichan, which started operations fifteen years ago, currently has six subsidiary companies involved in the production of livestock, feed, breeding pigs, commercial swine production and tea.

Genesus is a registrar of high health purebred pigs with nucleus production in North America, Europe and Asia.

Mike Van Schepdael, vice president Genesus said, “Genesus is quite

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pleased with the Fujian Yichan agreement as it is a testament to the acceptance of Genesus as a leader in swine genetics and production.”

Temasek may invest US$112mn in Godrej Agrovet SINGAPORE-BASED INVESTMENT FIRM Temasek, is in talks to invest around US$112mn in Godrej Agrovet Limited. The deal when complete will give Temasek an approximately 20 per cent stake in the Mumbai-based diversified agribusiness company.

A part of the proposed funding will be used by Godrej Agrovet to acquire new companies and intensify research and development, reported Economic Times quoting a source with knowledge of the deal. Godrej Agrovet is open to acquisitions both in the domestic and overseas market, he added.

The company also plans to utilise some part of the funding to expand capacity in the animal feeds sector.

A subsidiary of Godrej Industries, Godrej Agrovet's business includes production of processed chicken, animal feeds, agricultural inputs, integrated poultry business, and plant biotech. In the poultry sector, it is best known for brands such as Real Good Chicken and Yummiez and has forged a joint venture with meat processor and marketer Tyson Foods.

Brasil Foods to build new processing plant in China BRASIL FOODS, ONE of Brazil’s largest food processors, will build a new processing facility for pork and poultry in China starting in late 2013.

António Augusto de Toni, Brasil Foods’ vice president for foreign markets, informed that the project is a partnership between Brasil Foods and Dah Chong Hong (DCH), which is controlled by stateowned Citic Pacific.

The details of the Chinese factory, such as its size and production capacity, are still being put together, as is its location.

Toni said that the value would be similar to the US$120mn the company was spending on a factory in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates. The plant is expected to be fully operational by 2014.

The partnership is currently selling and distributing Brasil Foods products in China.

In 2011, China accounted for around 3 per cent of Brasil Foods’ exports, and that is expected to increase to 7 per cent by 2015.

New manager joins Novogen and Hubbard SURYO SURYANTA FROM Indonesia has joined Novogen and Hubbard as the technical and sales manager.

In a press release, the company said that Suryanta has worked in the poultry breeding business in a number of countries in South East Asia and comes with an extensive experience in the poultry sector.

Suryo will work for both Novogen and Hubbard.

David Fyfe, business director for Hubbard and Novogen, said, “We are very pleased to welcome Suryo to our team as sales of both Hubbard and Novogen have been growing within the region at steady pace over the last few years. To have someone Suryo Suryanta with Suryo’s talents and experience joining our companies will help to reinforce our customer support and after sales service.”

NOVOGEN is a sister company of HUBBARD and GRIMAUD FRERES, who are all part of Groupe Grimaud.

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Events 2013 JANUARY 2013 6-8

International Crop Science Conference

Nairobi, Kenya

9-12

Agro Eurasia

Istanbul, Turkey

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22-25

IPM Essen

Essen, Germany

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29-30

ICACC2013

New Delhi, India

29-31

International Production & Processing Expo

Atlanta, USA

www.pmfai.org

www.teriin.org www.ippe13.org

FEBRUARY 2013 5-7

AgroFarm

Moscow, Russia

17-22

World Soybean Research Conference

Durban, South Africa

23-25

China Fish

Beijing, China

www.agrofarm.org www.wsrc2013.co.za www.chinafishshow.org

MARCH 2013 13-15

VIV Asia

Bangkok, Thailand

14-15

RubberPlant Summit

Yangon, Burma

14-16

India International Dairy Expo

Mumbai, India

26-28

AGRAme Dubai

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

26-29

INAGRITECH

Jakarta, Indonesia

www.vivasia.nl www.cmtevents.com www.iideindia.com www.agramiddleeast.com www.inagritech-exhibition.net

APRIL 2013 11-14

Coffee Expo Seoul

Seoul, South Korea

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UN warns of worldwide food crisis in 2013 FAILING HARVESTS IN the US, Ukraine and other countries this year have eroded reserves to their lowest level since 1974. The US, which has experienced record heatwaves and droughts in 2012, now holds in reserve a historically low 6.5 per cent of the maize that it expects to consume in the next year, says the United Nations.

“We've not been producing as much as we are consuming. That is why stocks are being run down.

Supplies are now very tight across the world and reserves are at a very low level, leaving no room for unexpected events next year,” said Abdolreza Abbassian, a senior economist with the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

A Guardian report says that, with food consumption exceeding the amount grown for six of the past 11 years, countries have run down reserves from an average of 107 days of consumption 10 years ago to under 74 days recently.

Prices of main food crops such as wheat and maize are now close to those that sparked riots in 25 countries in 2008. FAO figures released this week suggest that 870mn people are malnourished and the food crisis is growing in the Middle East and Africa. Wheat production this year is expected to be 5.2 per cent below 2011, with yields of most other crops, except rice, also falling, says the UN. The figures come as one of the world's leading

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environmentalists issued a warning that the global food supply system could collapse at any point, leaving hundreds of millions more people hungry, sparking widespread riots and bringing down governments.

In a shocking new assessment of the prospects of meeting food needs, Lester Brown, president of the Earth policy research centre in Washington, says that the climate is no longer reliable and the demands for food are growing so fast that a breakdown is inevitable, unless urgent action is taken.

'World is living one year to the next' “Food shortages undermined earlier civilisations.

We are on the same path. Each country is now fending for itself. The world is living one year to the next,” he writes in a new book.

According to Brown, we are seeing the start of a food supply breakdown with a dash by speculators to ‘grab’ millions of square kilometres of cheap farmland, the doubling of international food prices in a decade, and the dramatic rundown of countries' food reserves.

This year, for the sixth time in 11 years, the world will consume more food than it produces, largely because of extreme weather in the US and other major food-exporting countries. Oxfam last week said that the price of key staples, including

wheat and rice, may double in the next 20 years, threatening disastrous consequences for poor people who spend a large proportion of their income on food.

The report added that, in 2012, according to the FAO, food prices are already at close to record levels, having risen 1.4 per cent in September following an increase of 6 per cent in July.

“We are entering a new era of rising food prices and spreading hunger. Food supplies are tightening everywhere and land is becoming the most soughtafter commodity as the world shifts from an age of food abundance to one of scarcity,” said Brown.

“The geopolitics of food is fast overshadowing the geopolitics of oil.”

His warnings come as the UN and world governments reported that extreme heat and drought in the US and other major food-exporting countries had hit harvests badly and sent prices spiralling.

“The situation we are in is not temporary. These things will happen all the time. Climate is in a state of flux and there is no normal any more. We are beginning a new chapter. We will see food unrest in many more places.

“Armed aggression is no longer the principal threat to our future. The overriding threats to this century are climate change, population growth, spreading water shortages and rising food prices,” Brown said.

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Food Outlook THE FAO FOOD Price Index averaged 211 points in November 2012, down 3 points (1.5 per cent) from October and the lowest since June 2012. Except for dairy, international prices of all the commodity groups included in the Index fell in November, with sugar undergoing the sharpest dip, followed by oils and cereals. The decline puts the November index value nearly 3 per cent below one year ago.

The FAO Cereal Price Index averaged 256 points in November, down 4 points (1.5 per cent) from October but still 27 points (12 per cent) higher than in November 2011. The decline was driven by a weakening of rice and wheat prices which more than offset the increase in maize quotations. Rice traded lower, mostly on abundant exportable supplies. Wheat values fell especially during the first half of November as fears of an imminent export restriction by Ukraine receded. By contrast, maize markets received support on concerns over supply prospects and weather conditions in South America.

The FAO Oils/Fats Price Index averaged 200 points in November, down 6 points from October, and the third consecutive month of decline. The main driving factor remains abundant palm oil production, which, combined with weak world import demand, has led to further build-ups in inventories.

The FAO Meat Price Index averaged 175 points in November, down only 1 point (0.7 per cent) from the revised October value.

Prices of all the meat categories remained close to last month’s level, except pigmeat, which subsided 4 points (2.2 per cent).

Compared to November 2011, meat prices stand 3.5 per cent lower, with the weakening taking place in spite of a strong increase in feed prices, illustrating the extent the sector’s profit margins are being squeezed.

The FAO Dairy Price Index averaged 195 points in November, 1 point (0.5 per cent) higher than in October. Prices appear to be stabilizing, after having risen from a mid-year low, when the Index stood at 173 points. The increases since August stemmed from supply

uncertainty, combined with firm world demand. Currently, adequate availability, as a result of output growth in southernhemisphere exporting countries, has caused prices to stabilise.

The FAO Sugar Price Index averaged 274 points in November, down 14 points (4.8 per cent) from October, and 65 points lower than in November 2011. The decline eflects prospects for large export availabilities in the 2012/13 marketing season, notably in Brazil, the world’s largest sugar exporter.

Cargill extends cocoa programme to Indonesia CARGILL IS EXTENDING its sustainable cocoa programme to South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, the world’s third-largest cocoa-producing nation.

The launch builds on Cargill’s initiatives to develop and scale up sustainable cocoa supply chains in Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Ghana, Brazil and Vietnam to meet the increasing demand for cocoa across Asia.

The first step of the programme will establish Farmer Field Schools to teach farmers good agricultural practices to help improve yields, enhance the quality of cocoa and increase their incomes. The Farmer Field Schools also will train farmers on best practices for pest and disease

Indonesia is the world’s third largest cocoa-producing nation

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control since more than 50 per cent of the cocoa crop is lost to pests and diseases. Initially, the goal is to train 1,000 farmers to reach independent sustainable certification for either UTZ or Rainforest Alliance certification.

The programme will initiate the set up of farmers’ organisations, which will play a crucial role in the administration and certification of the cocoa crops.

They also will offer farmers a platform to share expertise as well as an outlet to sell their crop at the best possible price. The programme will start in South Sulawesi with the aim of extending to other regions in Indonesia over the next few years.

The launch of the sustainable cocoa programme in Indonesia is supported by the Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH) and by a partnership with the South Sulawesi local government. Cargill is also working closely with field implementation partner, Swisscontact, to promote local development of farmers and to stimulate cooperation.

Commenting on the programme, Taco Terheijden, Manager Sustainable Cocoa from Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate, said, “Our world leading programme is mutually beneficial for local farmers and Cargill. By improving farmers’ productivity and bean quality, profitability will increase and improve the living standards for farmers and their families. At the same time it helps to realise our goal to develop a sustainable cocoa supply chain and improve the quality of cocoa for our customers.”

Pork demand decreases in China ROUGHLY 714.27MN PIGS will be slaughtered in China in 2012, according a report published by Bric Consultants Beijing.

The pork supply will have increased 4 per cent to 5 per cent by the end of 2012, said the report. Due to the decrease in pork demand during the fourth quarter, and the supply being rather large compared to demand, it is possible that pig prices will decrease again in the short term.

The amount of feed has increased by roughly 5 per cent, around 7 million tonnes. The newly increased need for corn is around 4 million tonnes, and the need for soybean meal is about 1.2 million tonnes. The yearly need increased during the first quarter, and the trend continued into the second, but began to fall in the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, the need remained favorable, according to the report.

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ADB helps China boost crop production THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT Bank (ADB) is extending a US$200mn loan to improve crop output and farming productivity in some of the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) most important grain producing regions.

“The PRC accounts for about 8 per cent of the world’s arable land but has to feed about 20 per cent of the world’s people,” said Yaozhou Zhou, senior water resources specialist of ADB’s East Asia Department. “With the PRC’s population expected to reach more than 1.4 billion by 2030, the country’s future food security hinges on using scarce water resources more efficiently and making farming more productive.”

Funds for the Comprehensive Agricultural Development Project will improve irrigation and drainage in about 117,000 hectares of land in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and Anhui, Heilongjiang, Henan, Jilin and Yunnan provinces.

Irrigation systems in PRC cover less than half of total arable land, and many are dilapidated because of poor maintenance, while poor drainage has left more than 24mn hectares of cultivated land waterlogged. Soil fertility has fallen because of intensive farming and excess salinity in some areas, while poor seed quality, lack of modern machinery, and insufficient investment in farm-to-market roads all weigh on productivity.

Along with irrigation and drainage upgrades, the

ADB to extend US$200mn loan

project will finance measures like land leveling, soil testing, fertilizer application and windbreak trees to reduce soil degradation and increase fertility. Assistance will be given to repair farm service roads, promote the use and distribution of high quality seeds, and to purchase modern farm machinery. Training in modern, environmentally-friendly agricultural techniques will be given to farmer groups.

The target is a more than 30 per cent increase in grain output in Anhui, Heilongjiang, Henan and Jilin provinces from 2009 levels by 2020, and an 11 per cent increase in average per capita income for farmers from 2010 levels by 2020. The improvements are expected to benefit more than 1.2 million rural people in about 500 villages.

Indonesia to get new aquafeed plant INDONESIAN AQUAFEED PRODUCER, Central Proteinaprima (CP Prima), that is a part of Charoen Pokphand Group, has decided to expand its business with the setting up of a new aquafeed plant in Indonesia.

CP Prima president director, Mahar Sembiring Atanta, revealed that the company is building a new aquafeed plant in Lampung province of Indonesia.

“The construction is already underway and will be completed by the end of 2013,” he said.

The new aquafeed plant will have a capacity of 30,000 tonnes per year and produce fish and shrimp feed.

With the establishment of the plant, the producers aim to meet the growing demand for aquafeed in Sumatra.

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Greater food output and less environmental impact of agriculture possible, suggests new study A STUDY PUBLISHED in Nature by a team of researchers from the University of Minnesota and McGill University in Montreal suggests food security and a healthy environment are both possible.

Global demand for food is expected to double by 2050 due to population growth and increased standards of living. To meet this demand, it is a common perception that there will be greater environmental burden on agriculture. The paper, based on analysis of agricultural data gathered from around the world, offers hope that with more strategic use of fertilizer and water, not only can global crop yield be boosted, but also the adverse environmental impact of agriculture can be reduced.

Lead author Nathaniel Mueller, a researcher with the University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment and colleagues used management and yield data for 17 major crops to understand how much water and nutrients it would take to bring underperforming farmlands to meet their production potential. They also looked for places where fertilizer use could be cut down without substantially reducing crop yield. They found: Production can be boosted 45 to 70 per cent for most crops. The greatest opportunities for yield improvement are found in Eastern Europe, sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia, and South Asia.

Different inputs serve as limiting factors depending on

Nutrients could be limiting corn production

the region and crop. Nutrients, for example, appear to be limiting corn production in Eastern Europe and West Africa and wheat production in Eastern Europe, while nutrients and water appear to limit rice production in Southeast Asia.

China stands out as a hot spot of nutrient overuse, but other areas, like the United States, Western Europe, and India, also have room to improve.

The researchers caution that the analysis is at a coarse scale and factors, including land characteristics, organic fertilizers, economics, geopolitics, water availability and climate change will influence gains in crop production and reductions in adverse environmental impacts.

Global poultry margins still affected by high feed prices THE GLOBAL POULTRY industry continues to face high feed costs, which are putting margins under pressure in many parts of the world, according to Rabobank’s latest quarterly poultry report.

Thailand’s industry is one of the most challenged

Profitability swings are an ongoing problem for the industry, and in developed countries in particular, the industry lacks the ability to pass on feed cost increases, said Rabobank.

Key factors driving the situation are oversupply, government restrictions regarding plant closures, fragmented industries, inflexible supply chains and pricing models in the value chain.

“The first quarter of 2013 is likely to be challenging as higher feed input costs move through the flocks,"

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said Rabobank analyst Nan-Dirk Mulder. "Beyond that, returns will depend on industry discipline in keeping production sufficiently moderated to get prices higher and offset increasing costs. Weak global performance is urging industry players to rationalise supply base, and non-strategic vehicles are being divested."

According to Mulder, the most challenged poultry industries are currently in the US, the EU, Thailand and South Africa, though companies in Russia and Brazil are performing relatively well.

“The US has only recently started making supply cuts, and this is also the case for the EU,” said Mulder.

“Thai production expansion in the last two years has been too fast to be in balance with current market demand. This has resulted in large oversupply in the domestic Thai market and declining revenues in concert with increased feed costs.”

The EU is an example of a region that has seen a structural reduction in margins, according to Rabobank. Recent levels have fallen from historic averages of 6–7 per cent to 4–5 per cent and even temporarily lower during some of the spikes in compound feed prices seen in 2012. In the US, there has even been negative EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) margins in the industry in times of high feed prices but current margins are slightly higher, although below its historic level, said Rabobank's report.

Thailand set to overtake India as largest rice exporter THAILAND IS SET to overtake India as the world’s largest rice exporter as the nation accelerates sales from state stockpiles, adding to record global supplies, according to the International Rice Research Institute.

Shipments from India may drop to as low as 7 million metric tonnes in the year that began October 1, said Samarendu Mohanty, a senior economist.

Exports including the aromatic basmati variety more than tripled to 10.4 million tonnes the previous year, said the US Department of Agriculture.

Thailand plans to ship 8.5 million tonnes in 2013 from 7.3 million tonnes this year, according to the Department of Foreign Trade.

Bloomberg reported that rising Thai supplies may increase competition among Asian producers . A decline in the staple for half the world may further lower food costs that the United Nations’ Food & Agriculture Organisation estimates dropped 0.9 per cent in October from a sixmonth high. Global opening stockpiles for 2012-2013 will climb to the highest in a decade, the USDA says.

“Thailand has little choice but to release stocks and that will probably lead to lower prices,” Concepcion Calpe, a senior economist at the FAO said.

“There will be growing competition from less important rice-supplying countries, such as Brazil, Russia, Egypt and Australia in the export markets, which will tend to reduce prices in 2013.”

Thailand’s stockpiles are poised to climb to a record 12.1 million tonnes by the end of 2012-2013 from 9.8 million tonnes a year earlier, the USDA estimates. The country will be forced to sell some of the rice it bought from farmers to make space for the new harvest, said Mohanty.

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More visitors, more exhibitors at EuroTier “WITH 2,445 EXHIBITORS and around 160,000 visitors, including 38,000 international visitors, EuroTier 2012 has reached new record levels,” said Dr Reinhard Grandke, Chief Executive Officer of the organiser DLG (Deutsche LandwirtschaftsGesellschaft – German Agricultural Society).

The organiser added that with these results, the recently concluded EuroTier has impressively demonstrated the attraction it holds for animal husbandry farmers and experts from all over the world and further consolidated its position a major event for professional animal husbandry.

The number of exhibitors has increased by 25 per cent compared with 2010. 2,445 direct exhibitors and 41 additionally represented firms from 51 countries presented their goods and services and their innovations. Around half of the exhibitors (1,151) came from outside Germany, representing a 40 per cent increase over 2010.

EuroTier is the platform for launching new machines, installations and farm inputs on the international markets. The innovations in the areas of animal housing construction,

machinery and installations for feeding and husbandry, electronics, instrumentation and control engineering, as well as data management shown here generated new impulses for effectiveness and animal welfare.

The exhibitors presented modern, innovative and professional concepts for animal production. Leading manufacturers in the industry were also represented at EuroTier. In addition, advisors from many international associations and organisations, as well as research institutions, academia and DLG with their experts offered comprehensive opportunities for gathering information.

Around 38,000 farmers, investors and expert visitors came to the Exhibition Grounds in Hanover to gather information. This corresponds to an increase of over 50 per cent by comparison with the previous maximum level.

The largest contingents of international visitors came from the Netherlands, Austria, Denmark, France, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom. Nearly 3,000 investors and persons in charge of large-scale farms from Eastern Europe came to Hanover to see what

EuroTier demonstrated the attraction it holds for animal husbandry farmers

is available on the market.

While the cattle sector at EuroTier gave unique presentations of genetic resources and innovative installations and equipment, the solutions presented in the pig sector reflected the demand to reduce costs and increase productivity.

Breeders, producers and processors used the comprehensive programme put together by the World Poultry Show at EuroTier.

A stand-alone feature of EuroTier was the programme addressing feed and animal health. It is only at EuroTier that the supply side in these segments meets the demand side made up of the farmers of all the key productive animal species.

More than 1,200 delegates attend World Dairy Summit SOUTH AFRICA HOSTED the annual World Dairy Summit for the first time under the theme ‘A World in One Country’.

The summit was held under the auspices of Brussels-based International Dairy Federation (IDF). More than 1,200 delegates from 56 IDF members that represent 86 per cent of the world dairy production community countries passed through the doors of the Cape Town International Convention Centre recently.

The summit dealt with a number of issues relevant to the diverse stakeholders in the dairy industry, including dairy farmers, manufacturers, suppliers, academia, nutritionists, regulatory and food control authorities.

“We want the summit to be a catalyst for developing strategic thinking for the future of the dairy industry,” IDF President Richard

Doyle said.

Most of the topics discussed highlighted the need for safe, high-quality and sustainable dairy products in the global marketplace.

“We need to meet the growing demands of hygiene, developing smallholders and dealing with price volatility,” he said.

The annual summit gives delegates an opportunity to network and learn about technological and scientific developments in the industry. It also contributes to the benchmarking of countries in terms of their dairy policies and international trade issues.

With 11 discussions held over four days, topics on the agenda included animal health and welfare; the socio-economic benefits of a strong dairy sector for emerging economies; sustainability; marketing; and issues around food safety and security.

“This 2012 World Dairy Summit brings together producers, processors, technical experts and various other stakeholders to deliberate the challenges of the sector, and also to share experiences and best practices,” said agriculture minister Tina JoematPettersson, opening the proceedings.

She added that the event’s theme was even more relevant for South Africa because the country supports various types of milk farming systems, from intensive total mixed ration to grass-fed and dairy ranching.

“South Africa has a world-class agro processing and marketing infrastructure that provides for local needs as well as limited exports of a range of dairy products – largely to countries on our continent. We also supply dairy equipment from global companies to other countries on the continent.”

Food security focus of Aqua 2012 ORGANISED UNDER THE theme ‘Global Aquaculture – Securing our Future’, Aqua 2012 attracted over 2,000 participants from different universities and private companies from across the world.

Several scientists, academics and farmers gathered for the aquaculture conference held in Prague from 1 to 5 September to share and

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exchange information on the development of global aquaculture.

Some of the topics covered at the event included: fish escapes, fishmeal, fish oil replacements, animal welfare and disease treatment/prevention.

Held every six years, the event is co-hosted by the World Aquaculture Society and the European

Aquaculture Society.

The presentations given during the event provided perspectives on the different aspects of the theme, which has implication in global and regional food security and aquaculture trade.

The theme also referred to economic and environmental sustainability and the image of aquaculture activities.

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Animal health and nutrition to be focus of VIV Asia 2013 Some of the main exhibitors will be related to industrial feed processing equipment, supplies, raw materials, feed ingredients and additives and animal health OLUTIONS TO FEEDING a growing and more demanding world population will be the focus of VIV Asia 2013.

With people from over 100 nationalities expected to visit VIV Asia 2013 in Bangkok, the organisers of VIV events worldwide – VNU exhibitions – hope that the event will be a meeting point for investors and innovative suppliers in the livestock industry.

Spread over 5,000 sqm of area for exhibition and with more than 500 exhibitors participating in VIV Asia 2013, the event is poised to be an ideal meeting ground for industries pertaining to animal production and meat processing in the Asia-Pacific region.

Some of the main exhibitors will be related to industrial feed processing equipment, supplies, raw materials, feed ingredients and additives, animal health, slaughter equipment, meat ingredients, knowledge transfer and consultancy and meat ingredients. The event aims to raise awareness about animal health and nutrition. Latest technology related to food processing will also be displayed.

The main visitors to VIV Asia will be professionals from related industries like feed mills, poultry farms, pig farms, cattle farms, fish farms, agricultural farms, meat slaughtering companies, meat (further) processing companies and feed ingredients and additives companies. Apart from these, the other exhibitors will be distributors, wholesalers, retailers of trade meat;

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The event will also provide an opportunity for visitors to meet professionals and avail the facilities provided by the many exhibitors

veterinarians; researchers and consultancies.

Exhibitors will also include ones from the knowledge transfer sector and consultancies, feed ingredients and additives. The event will also provide an opportunity for visitors to meet professionals and avail the facilities provided by the many exhibitors.

Companies like ACG Products Ltd., Bayer Thai Co., Ltd., Bellaghy Pedigree Pigs, BIOMIN GmbH and many more will be participating in the event according to the event organisers.

The biennial event presents the entire ‘Feed to Meat’ supply chain and offers plenty of opportunities for the supplier industry. After the resounding success of the last edition of the event, this year too the organisers hope that VIV Asia will play a significant role in the continuing growth of intensive livestock farming in Asia’s emerging markets.

VIV Asia will be organised with three special features. First, Croptech-Feedtech Asia 2013 will be dedicated to the Asia-Pacific feed milling industries. Second, a brand new theme at VIV Asia 2013, MeatTech Asia 2013 will

present international suppliers and technologies in slaughter and process of pig and poultry meat. Third, the VIV Animal Health Summit Asia will be arranged as a special theme at the 2013-edition of VIV Asia and will return at VIV Europe 2014. Conferences, innovations and an award ceremony will be addressed in this third feature.

VIV Asia 2011 attracted a record number of 28,978 visitors, of which 16,264 were international (56 per cent) and 12,714 were from Thailand. The total figure is a massive increase of 39 per cent from the edition of VIV Asia in 2009 (20,831).

“Feedback from VIV Asia 2011 was extremely positive: on a scale of 1 to 10, exhibitors rated it 8.1 and visitors as high as 8.4,” an event official said.

During the three-day event, visitors were able to connect with exhibitors from 46 countries, active in different segments from Feed to Meat. Special themes, product presentations and an extensive conference programme ensured visitors stayed at the cutting edge of their profession.

VIV Asia 3013 will be held from 13 to 15 March at the Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre (BITEC).

In addition to VIV Asia 2013, Aquatic Asia 2013, which will be held in co-location. The event is designed as a trade show for the AsiaPacific aquaculture business, focusing on the research & development, production and marketing of fish & shrimps. n

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Poultry Asia promotes accountability in animal care POULTRY ASIA 2012, organised recently in Bangkok, provided a unique opportunity for industry players from Asia-Pacific and beyond to meet, network and do business with decision-makers.

Poultry meat producers and processors, animal nutrition and health manufacturers, retailers and foodservice companies, feed additive producers, equipment suppliers interacted at the event to boost and extend the business of this sector.

The show aims at promoting accountability practices in animal care and environmental stewardship. The event also encouraged interaction between manufacturers, suppliers and distributors and wholesalers in the sector serving as a backdrop for business partnerships.

Poulty Asia addressed the competitiveness in the poultrymeat markets, identifed new trade opportunities for both fresh and processed poultrymeat, explored investment options for market entry or expansion and the best methods for maximising the health performance of broilers This event brought together poultry meat producers and processors, animal nutrition and health manufacturers, feed additive producers, retailers and foodservice companies, equipment suppliers and more.

Poultry Asia attracted experts who mapped out new investment and trade opportunities for the next 12 months, identified new products and consumption trends to boost growth, develop strategies to expand foothold in the Asian poultry industry.

Workshop considers climate change adaptable crops AGRICULTURE EXPERTS FROM across Asia and the Pacific met in Perth recently as part of a workshop aimed at developing new crop varieties adaptable to climate change.

The workshop hosted by the Department of Agriculture and Food is part of the Asia and Pacific Regional Technical Cooperation programme organised by the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency and the Food and Agriculture Organisation.

During the workshop, Department Grains Industry executive director Mark Sweetingham said, “Food security is still a major concern for the rapidly growing Asia-Pacific region and the issue is further exacerbated by climate change and water availability.”

The Regional Technical Cooperation programme seeks to enhance Australia’s capacity to access facilities and techniques to create new crop germplasm which will use water more efficiently.

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Myanmar ready for RubberPlant Summit Returning next year to Yangon, CMT's third rubber plant summit will continue to explore new opportunities in Myanmar and continuous developments in other natural rubber growing countries as well as pertinent issues concerning natural rubber price, plantation techniques and productivity.

The summit will conduct an in-depth analysis of industry outlook and experts in the industry will discuss key issues developing natural rubber on a commercial scale in Myanmar and the land, tax, legal and financing issues for plantation sector. The summit will also try developing the natural rubber market on a global scale and in rubber producing countries and advances in operation process to increase productivity The summit will also mull yield and plantation management - tapping, clone selection, reducing The summit will undertake an in-depth immature phase, etc. analysis of the industry outlook The RubberPlant Summit to be held from 14 to 15 March is expected to draw experts from the rubber producing countries of Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Cambodia and China.

The event will bring together key players in the industry, plantation owners, plantation project developers, rubber technology providers, environmental consultants, crop protection and rubber chemical companies.

AgriPro Asia hosts over 100 companies THE SPECIALISED AGRICULTURAL trade fair organised in Hong Kong recently, AgriPro Asia (APA) 2012 welcomed trade visitors from all around the globe. Organised by Vertical Expo, the show was held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.

APA gathered over 100 companies and organisations from China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Scotland, etc. with four national and regional pavilions including Indonesia, Chinese pavilions from Henan, Hunan and Xinjiang.

“APA, as a professional agricultural trade platform, has attracted regional leading industry players to exhibit and explore new business opportunities,” said Kenny Lo, Chief Executive of Vertical Expo.

Brands like K-Apple from Korea and SPS Livestock from Scotland presented their high quality produce to the visitors. Exhibits included poultry and meat, aqua-products and seafood, vegetable and fruit, organic products and technology.

IPPE continues to grow with more 1,100 exhibitors COMPRISED OF three integrated tradeshows – International Poultry Expo, International Feed Expo, and American Meat Institute’s (AMI) International Meat Expo – International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) is continuing to grow from strength to strength.

The 2013 IPPE has surpassed 1,100 exhibitors and covers more than 420,000 net square feet of exhibit space.

“The response and excitement for the show has been overwhelming. We thought integrating the shows made sense, and the response has been even better than imagined. IPPE has instantaneously established itself as the premiere feed and protein event of the western hemisphere,” remarked John Starkey, president of USPOULTRY. “The 2013 IPPE will offer an outstanding venue for businesses to collaborate, network, learn about new products and services and solve common challenges facing the feed, poultry and meat industries. With the response so far, we expect attendees will agree that it is worth their time to come to Atlanta,” said Joel G Newman, American Feed Industry Association president and CEO. “We are gratified by the positive show of support from our supplier community. It tells us that our consolidation of shows is a winning formula for the entire industry, farm to fork,” commented AMI president, J Patrick Boyle.

The global poultry, feed and meat industry tradeshow will be held from 29-31 January, 2013, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA. The expo will highlight the latest technology, equipment, and services used in the production and processing of poultry, meat and feed products.

The expo will also feature dynamic education programmes that will be held from 28 January through 1 February 2013 and will include the annual line-up of the International Poultry Scientific Forum, Pet Food Conference, Animal Agricultural Sustainability Summit, and

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International Feed Education Program. The 2013 IPPE will also feature eleven new educational programmes: Recalls and Public Health Investigations; Improving Food Safety, Sanitation and Maintenance; Animal Care and Handling: Focus on Poultry Processing; Meat and Poultry Processing: A Global Perspective; Consumer Trends; Plant Operations and Management; Antibiotics Conference – Current Issues for the Poultry & Egg Industry; The Future of the US Egg Industry; Meat & Poultry Research Conference; Media Training for the Meat & Poultry Industry; and Poultry Handling and Transportation Quality ‘Train the Trainer’ workshop.

IPPE covers more than 420,000 net square feet of exhibit space

Also returning for this year is the Poultry Market Intelligence Forum and the International Rendering Symposium.

The 2012 edition of the expo had 893 exhibitors and featured more than 4,100 visitors from over 100 countries.

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Take the heat out of poultry house and off of your hens Rising ambient air temperature when coupled with high humidity can not only cause changes in the behaviour and physiology of the poultry but also lead to death HETHER LAYERS OR broilers, chickens perform best within a temperature range of 11 to 26°C, and the behavioural and physiological changes which occur when house temperature progressively exceeds the top end of this range are well known and documented.

The effect of rising ambient air temperature on the physiology of poultry cannot be considered in isolation because when high temperature is accompanied by high humidity (over 75 per cent) the birds will rapidly succumb and die through heat prostration.

Birds do not possess sweat glands but instead lose water by evaporation from facial appendages and through panting. However, when humidity is high the poultry house atmosphere is saturated with water vapour, liquid water excreted by the birds fails evaporate with its usual natural cooling effect. Air movement, natural or artificial, alleviates the situation by taking air, saturated with water vapour, away from the birds and thus allowing the water excreted from their bodies to evaporate.

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Birds do not possess sweat glands but instead lose water by evaporation from facial appendages and through panting

Higher susceptibility of poultry, compared with other livestock, to heat stress is because avian temperature is closer to the point of ‘heat death’ than ‘cold death’ Feeding, ingestion and digestion all generate heat. While this extra heat is useful for birds raised in low temperature conditions, it will simply aggravate heat stress in birds during periods of high temperatures. Not surprisingly, birds react to high temperatures by reducing their feed intake.

This clearly poses the problem of whether accompanying losses in production – eggs decrease in size, weight and shell strength – are due to heat stress per se or lack of energy-rich feed ingredients, proteins and/or vital nutrients and vitamins. In fact loss of productivity with increasing temperature over and above 26 °C is due to a combination of both.

The higher susceptibility of poultry, compared with other livestock, to heat stress is because avian body temperature is much closer to the point of ‘heat death’ than ‘cold death’. The normal body temperature of birds is 41.2 to 42.2 °C which is just 4 to 5 °C below the point at which enzyme proteins start to denature with the complete collapse and failure of body metabolism. This situation is clearly compounded by birds’ lack of sweat glands and their inability to operate a natural and intrinsic cooling system.

Passive or active poultry cooling measures Basic passive measures aimed at keeping poultry cool rely on the design and location of the poultry house. They include orientation and

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pitch of the roof to minimise direct sunlight falling on the house, planting of shade trees around the house and whitewashing the walls and roof for maximum heat reflection.

Making the most of maximum natural air movement by leaving the house sides open is the most common feature of poultry houses in hot climates, although this in itself demonstrates the ultimate futility and complete inflexibility of trying to custom-design poultry houses to specifically combat heat stress.

Poultry producers’ policy should be to design and build a house for the efficient management and production of the birds, and then add a custom-designed, active cooling system Having open sides allows rainfall to enter during the hot wet season and is completely counterproductive in situations where there are big diurnal fluctuations in temperature or climates where summers are very hot and winters correspondingly cold.

Birds suffer all round discomfort including cold and chilling for significant periods. Poultry producers’ policy should be to design and build a house for the efficient management and production of the birds, and then add a custom-designed, active cooling system.

The simplest active cooling system is based on electricallyoperated air circulation fans installed inside the house. The basic drawback of using a ventilation system based only on air circulation and is that it just moves around the ‘in-house’ air without removing its intrinsic heat.

On the plus side they are useful for broilers raised on the floor, from which rate of heat convection loss is maximised by increasing the speed or air movement at bird level by installing extra fans. Research suggests that an allocation of 1 circulation fan for every 10-15 metres (m) along the house mounted 2 m off the floor and aimed slightly

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downwards will achieve the best results. In addition, movement of the circulation fans make the broilers stand up, thus breaking up the layer of stagnant hot air which tends to form around birds.

Evaporative cooling Use of evaporative cooling takes the heat out of the situation by utilising a basic law of physics. For liquid (including water) to evaporate it must be supplied with energy in the form of heat, otherwise called the Latent Heat of Vapourisation. Water sprayed into the house as a mist or a fog is composed of very small droplets which readily and rapidly evaporate. And in doing so absorb heat from the house environment and thus lower the temperature inside the poultry house.

Misting systems are useful but the droplets at around 50 µm in diameter will quickly sediment before they can evaporate, to cause damp and mouldy bedding material with discomfort to the birds and encouragement for pests, parasites and disease.

Fogging systems which utilise much smaller droplets of 10 µm or less avoid these problems. However, these very small droplets can enter the ‘airways’ of the birds and lodge in the depths of the respiratory system to cause health problems. The only way for producers to obtain the real and rapid benefits of evaporative cooling, without liquid moisture problems, is to employ a pad cooling/tunnel air system.

Pad cooling Pad cooling/tunnel air systems comprise a continually wetted filter pad at one end of the house and a powerful extractor fan at the other. Air continually drawn out from within the house by the extractor fan is replaced by air pulled in through the wetted filter pad. Water fogged onto the pad in ultra-fine droplets ‘flash evaporates’ taking heat from air drawn into the house. The net result is a continuous tunnel of cool air passing through the house to maintain the birds in a state of perpetual comfort. Birds receive the benefits of evaporative cooling without the problems associated with water droplets in the house atmosphere.

With for instance an outside air temperature of 35°C, a high efficiency cool pad system will reduce house temperature down to 28° C, with a further 5°C drop to a comfortable 23°C due to the windchilling effects of the tunnel airflow. Producers with a pad-cooled house but still experiencing hot weather and heat stress problems should not automatically jump to the conclusion that that the pad system is at fault. Dirty shutters can cut airflow by 30 per cent and a 15 per cent fan belt slippage means an equivalent reduction in airflow.

Producers should ensure that the house is air- tight, all air leaks are sealed and the tunnel curtains are not blocking the flow of air into the house.

Hot [nozzle] tips for cool birds The nozzle tips are the most important part of any evaporative cooling (misting/fogging) system, whether designed to be conventional (overhead) or based on the cool pad design. The nozzle tips are by far the smallest components of the system, but will ultimately determine the characteristics of the mist/fog spray.

The nozzle is the final component of the system and through which the water passes to be broken up into droplets according to its interior design, orifice and water pressure. As such it determines flow rate, droplet size and droplet size distribution. These characteristics, as well as material technology and the arrangement (size, density and spacing) of nozzles in the overhead system or on the cool pad, determine its success or failure in reducing house temperature to acceptable levels.

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Installation of misting/fogging nozzles offers poultry producers the opportunity for application within a wide pressure range of 3 to 14 bar (40 to 200 psi) and fine droplets of less than 50 µm, which are considered optimum for rapid evaporation and effective cooling.

Misting and fogging nozzles may be installed in traditional overhead atomiser (nozzle) arrangements using PVC pipe and solvent-welded fittings with 3 m between each atomiser line, 2.5 to 3.0 m between atomisers in the line and a separation distance of 3 m between atomisers and the house eaves (roof rafters or struts).

Nozzle tips are most effective when used as the atomising element in a cool pad/tunnel air system for poultry house cooling. Banks of fogging nozzles are installed so that they are deployed 450 to 600 millimetres (mm) away from the pads, with spray directed at the pads so that they are permanently and uniformly wetted for maximum performance and long life.

Pad designers recommend fogging nozzles with a flow rate of 3.8 litres per hour and a spray angle of at least 80 degrees. A pad of 1.8 m in height should be provided with three rows of fogging nozzles on pipes 450 mm apart with a separation distance of 450 mm between individual nozzles along each pipe.

Several factors including the thickness of the pads used will determine cooling efficiency level obtained. A carefully worked out nozzle arrangement so that there are no dry spots on the pad, as well as regular cleaning and flushing of the pads to avoid plugging (blockage), is vital. Low-level siting of cool pads means that the nozzles are easy to clean and change. n

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By Dr Terry Mabbett

USAID increases funding to FAO for combating avian influenza FAO'S COMMITMENT TO fight emerging disease threats in "hotspot" regions worldwide is getting a boost with new funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the UN agency said recently.

The funding, totalling more than US$20mn, will support the ongoing US-FAO partnership against H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) and a widening focus on potential emerging pandemic threats.

The US assistance will help strengthen preparedness and response to HPAI in Southeast Asia and bolster laboratory and surveillance capacities in hotspot areas.

The majority of the funding will support activities in Bangladesh, China, Indonesia and Vietnam, which continue to experience

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outbreaks of H5N1 HPAI in poultry as well as cases in humans, some fatal.

Funding will also go to regional coordination to combat avian influenza and to support surveillance and prevention in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Nepal and Myanmar, which are threatened by the disease's continuing persistence in neighbouring countries.

These countries continue to have sporadic outbreaks, indicating the H5N1 virus continues to circulate in poultry and remains a threat to poultry production, human health and the livelihoods of millions of vulnerable farmers who depend on poultry raising for their basic food needs and a means of making a living.

"The US Government has been key in generating international support to combat avian influenza and to reduce the chances for a human pandemic by assisting FAO and others to address the threat in animals before it spills over into humans. Such support for basic prevention measures is rare, yet most sensible and cost effective," said FAO Chief Veterinary Officer Juan Lubroth.

"USAID is pleased to continue its collaboration with FAO," said Dennis Carroll, Director of USAID's Avian Influenza and Other Emerging Threats Unit.

"FAO has proven to be a highly effective and innovative leader in responding to the threat

posed by emerging zoonotic diseases. As a prime mover in the promotion of One Health FAO continues to be instrumental in demonstrating the central importance of collaborative partnerships across the sectoral domains of environment, animal health and human health.

“Through the partnership between USAID and FAO we look forward to being able to continue to provide a range of technical, operational and commodity support to those countries most vulnerable to the threat of zoonotic diseases," he said.

Due to the speed with which animal-origin pathogens such as H5N1, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2002-2003 and the H1N1 influenza pandemic in 2009, caused by a virus that had combined elements of avian, swine and human origin, USAID launched its Emerging Pandemic Threats (EPT) programme.

Through EPT's ‘Identify’ component, support is funnelled to countries to strengthen the capacities of national and regional laboratory networks to diagnose and characterize different types of influenza virus threats.

This continues to be especially important in Southeast Asia, where new virus strains continue to emerge, which can eventually develop into a direct threat for human health and perpetuate poultry losses.

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The importance of water in a chicken’s life T IS ALMOST impossible to overemphasise the importance of water to poultry flocks. A chicken is 70 per cent water; a loss of only 10 per cent of that water will result in the bird’s death. And, a single day without water will cause a layer to stop laying.

Water is a major component of blood and plays a major role in transporting to the cells and carrying waste away. It fills almost all space in the cells and between them. It lubricates the joints. Water also is a primary element in two of the most important processes that occur in chickens – digestion and respiration, which is key to thermoregulation.

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Digestion Digestion begins as soon as a bird picks up a bit of feed. Saliva, which is largely water, lubricates the food, helping it pass down the esophagus into the crop.

Chickens need sufficient water when they eat to soften the food in the crop. Dry feed can form clumps in the crop, which can press on the bird’s carotid artery, causing blood flow to the brain to lessen. This can cause paralysis and possible death.

Susan Watkins, an extension poultry specialist for the Center of Excellence for Poultry Science at the University of Arkansas, says it is equally important to remember that nature designed chickens and turkeys to swallow whole seeds and bugs. Water is needed to soften the feed so that digestion in the stomach is more effective.

Enzymes and acids begin to break down the food as it moves into the proventriculus, the first part of a chicken’s stomach. As it breaks down, it then moves into the muscular gizzard (or ventriculus), which some have likened to chicken teeth. Here peristaltic action combined with grit in the gizzard grinds the food even more, turning it into a liquid emulsion.

Most of the absorption of nutrients occurs as this emulsion moves through the small intestine. The small intestine is lined with villi, projections that increase the amount of area available for absorption of nutrients into the blood. Undigested food then moves into the large intestine. The large intestine is much shorter than the small intestine and its primary function is to absorb the remaining water. This is important in helping birds maintain their body water balance. When chickens acquire an organic or inorganic substance that causes them to have diarrhea, the food and water speed through the large intestine too fast for the water resorption to occur. This can cause the birds to dehydrate.

Respiration Respiration in birds is more than just breathing.

It also involves delivering oxygen to cells to allow the chemical breakdown of nutrients that produces energy. A result of that reaction is carbon dioxide, which carried by the blood stream to the lungs where it is expired as waste when the chicken exhales.

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The chicken respiratory system is very important in thermoregulation. Birds have no sweat glands and must rely on other means of losing heat as the temperature rises. At 29.5°C (85°F), birds will begin to pant. This has a cooling effect because panting increases the rate of evaporation. This also will cause the bird to be thirstier and increase its water intake on hot days.

Birds also attempt to increase evaporation by spreading their wings, allowing more air to penetrate the insulating feathers and reach the skin. At this point it is imperative the flock have unlimited access to fresh water. Without sufficient water, birds will begin to exhibit signs of heat stress. Among those signs are the comb and wattles become shrunken and bluish; the tendons on the back of the legs stand out prominently; and the bird droppings are off color. Heat stress can be life threatening.

Water Quality Water molecules consist of two atoms of hydrogen and one of oxygen. But, water is a mixture of a variety of substances dissolved or suspended in it. And, those added materials can drastically affect flock performance.

“Unfortunately, as the modern broiler becomes more and more efficient in its growth and feed conversion, it will become less and less tolerant of stressors with a significant stressor being poor water quality. What might have had no impact on birds 15 years ago, could be devastating for the bird of today,” says Watkins.

Ideally, water should be clear, odorless and tasteless for the poultry flock. It should have no bacteria in it. Certain levels of minerals and chemicals appear to have little or no effect on poultry flocks very much. But, when those levels exceed the norms, birds either sicken or stop drinking, or both. Additionally, bacteria in the water can have a serious impact on a flock.

If the particular flock is a breeder/parent stock operation, the disease can be passed on to the eggs, resulting in diseased chicks.

Generally, it has been assumed that potable water is of sufficient quality for poultry.

However, The Poultry Industry Council of Canada suggests that may not be the case. It points out in its Factsheet #111 2000, Water Quality for Poultry, “Water quality is determined by a number of criteria; however, it is difficult to define what constitutes good quality drinking

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water for poultry since many of the standards have been derived from those developed for other livestock or humans. In addition, many guidelines have been based on the effects on mortality rather than on performance.

Interactions that occur between minerals, as well as the actual quantity of water consumed, also make it difficult to establish an exact toxic level for any one element.”

It is critical that producers have their water tested so they know what their flocks are consuming. Additionally, the testing should not

be a one-time event but should be done regularly. Water quality can change over time.

“Qualities to look for include turbidity, taste, odor and color. Turbidity results from materials in suspension, for example, silt, clay, algae or organic matter. Turbid waters are unpalatable and they clog the delivery system. Water should not taste bitter, sweet, salty or sour, since such impressions are usually the effect of salts. Bitter tasting water may be contaminated by iron and manganese sulfates. Iron gives the water a reddish or brownish color; copper tends to turn

the water bluish. On the other hand, the water may be clear without being safe. The presence of total dissolved solids is not visible in clear water,” according to the Poultry Water Quality Consortium in its Poultry Water Quality Handbook.

Water is a basic element of life. Producers who want to optimise their flock performance would be well advised to spend time evaluating the amounts and quality of water provided to their birds. n Source: Ziggity Systems Inc.

Increasing purchasing power drives Asia Pacific feed market feed suppliers have had to cut costs to maintain their customer base."

Farmers also prefer fresh feed over fortified or supplemented fodder for animals, as they have access to fresh feed across seasons.

Additionally, farmers prefer alternatives to fortified food because their higher prices tend to shrink their already thin margins.

Concrete measures by the industry and the government to market the efficacy benefits of feed ingredients to farmers will boost adoption

and expand the market.

"Suppliers must focus on creating awareness of the benefits of feed fortification, such as its ability to extend shelf-life, keep animals in good health, and provide quality products like meat and eggs," noted Reddy.

"Organisations and various associations could also customise ingredients to suit the needs of the farmers, as well as take advantage of the safe image of various feed ingredients for branding purposes."

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RISING CONSUMPTION PATTERNS on the back of growing incomes and a burgeoning middle class is expected to double the demand for food ingredients in Asia. The higher affordability of food, especially poultry, has particularly improved the prospects of the animal feed ingredients market.

Acknowledging the escalating demand, feed ingredients suppliers are striving to increase the production of efficient, cost-effective, fortified animal feed ingredients.

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Analysis of the Asia-Pacific Animal Feed Ingredients Market , finds that the market earned revenues of over US$1.65 billion in 2011 and estimates this to reach US$2.38 billion in 2018.

Many companies have set up base in Asia Pacific, bringing innovative products and technological advancements to developing markets. Their state-of-the-art capabilities enable them to offer customised, efficient, cost-effective solutions with superior nutritional benefits to farmers in the region.

"These global participants' best practices have raised the standards and practices of the industry," said Frost & Sullivan industry analyst Anjaneya Reddy. "However, with the outlook for the Asia Pacific economy still dim,

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Controlling hygiene in liquid feeding systems The increase in feed intake post-weaning by supplying liquid feed helps maintain gut integrity and in particular villous height IQUID FEEDING SYSTEMS are widely used in Europe and became in recent years very popular in North America and other regions of the world. This trend is most probably not only driven by the positive effect of liquid feeding on performance, but also by extremely high feed prices and the increase in biofuel production, which makes cheap mainly moist by-products available in high amounts.

However, in order to achieve the benefits in performance high hygiene standards have to be maintained.

Beneficial effects of liquid feeding sows, weaner, grower or fattener pigs are well known. The usage of liquid feed in weaning pigs is obvious. The newly weaned pig is withdrawn from the sow’s milk after weaning.

Continuing with a liquid diet seems to be more suitable for the piglet at least for a certain period of time. Positive effects are seen in terms of feed intake after weaning resulting in an improved performance. The increase in feed intake post-weaning by supplying liquid feed was shown to help maintaining gut integrity and in particular villous height. Villi regression can often be seen in pigs immediately postweaning. Avoiding this phenomenon can help to maintain the digestive capacity of the pig and can help the newly weaned to overcome the post-weaning growth-check more easily.

Also for pigs in other production stages and sows liquid feeding has advantages. Also in other production stages gut health can be improved, which leads to a reduction in medication and an improved animal wellbeing. Furthermore, an improved nutrient utilization is a distinct advantage for animals in all production stages.

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biofuel production is leading to an increase in prices for conventional feed stuff putting enormous pressure on livestock producers. On the other side, the by-products from biofuel production are available in high amounts and at cheap prices. Market experts expect an almost seven-fold increase in biofuel production from 12 billion gallons in 2005 to around 83 billion gallons in 2030. This might lead to the conclusion that liquid feeding remains to be popular as in such systems byproducts can be used in high amounts.

Challenges of using liquid feed There are many challenges when using liquid feed. Those challenges are mainly arising due

to the usage of by-products. The consistency of the by-products is one major issue and the livestock producers should make sure, that the quantity and quality of by-products is guaranteed. Some by-products have a high water content, which makes it difficult to justify long transportation distances as the transportation costs per kg dry matter are high and the manure volume produced by pig units can be increased which is not adding to the sustainability of agricultural production. Also the variability in nutrient content of by-products can vary from batch to batch and frequent sampling of the products is required in order to avoid feeding insufficient or excessive amounts of nutrients to the animal. However, the most

The usage of by-products Considering the current pressure producers experience at the market pricewise a real advantage of liquid feeding is the fact, that byproducts from the human food industry or the biofuel production can be used. Those products are available at cheap prices so that the producer can keep production costs low.

Especially the increase in biofuel production is leading to a kind of awkward market situation.

On one side the increased demand for conventional feed stuff due to the increase in

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pronounced problem when using liquid feed is the hygiene issues such systems carry. A high hygiene standard when using liquid feed is required in order to avoid detrimental effects on growth performance. So should surfaces in feed storage and processing areas be kept clean and food splashing be removed on a regular basis in order to prevent the growth of moulds. However, even if the normal hygiene preventions are in place the risk of contamination of liquid feed with microorganisms is still present.

Microbes in liquid feed Liquid feed provides an ideal medium for yeasts, moulds, lactic acid bacteria and Enterobacteria. These microbes might have adverse effects on growth performance as a certain amount of nutrients are lost to the microbes and not available for the host animal, toxic metabolites might be formed by those microbes and possible inflammatory processes might be required to defend the host organism. Besides that the presence of those microorganisms might have adverse effects on feed intake due to reduced feed palatability. Yeasts and moulds are spoilage bacteria which convert proteins, sugars and starch into carbon dioxide and water. This not only reduces the feed’s dry matter content, the development of carbon dioxide may result in increased aggressiveness and increased mortality due to intestinal distortion and inner bleeding when consumed.

Yeasts and Enterobacteria in liquid feed may degrade protein and it was shown that especially lysine is mostly affected by degradation. However, it has to be mentioned that loss mainly occurs in free amino acids.

Therefore, microbes such as moulds, yeasts and Enterobacteria need to be controlled in liquid feed in order to maintain hygiene standards of liquid feed and achieve economical benefit. How the microbial load in feed can be controlled and feed hygiene be maintained was shown at a commercial farm in Austria.

First step in maintaining a good hygiene in liquid feed is the continuous analysis of the raw material. Analysis of the raw material used at an Austrian farm is shown in Table 1.

Beneficial effects of liquid feeding sows, weaner, grower or fattener pigs are well known

within the tank, but above tolerance levels in the down pipe and trough.

The samples from the tanks basically serve as the control samples in between the groups. In the control feed yeast counts were 1.5 fold increased in the down pipes, twice as high in the trough with fresh feed and 3.6 fold higher when feed residues were taken from the trough. The addition of the acid mixture lowered the pH of the feed from 5.57 to 4.89. This resulted in a reduction of the yeast contamination of the feed in the trough with fresh feed and an almost elimination of yeast counts when residues were taken from the trough. Especially when it comes to the residues in the trough the reduction in yeast counts is very beneficial, as residues in the trough might contaminate the freshly prepared feed. n Biomin

Organic acids to maintain feed hygiene Organic acids are a product group most suitable for the control of yeasts, moulds and bacteria. Using a blend of organic acids furthermore broadens their spectrum of activity as each organic acid has its own characteristics. In a trial at an Austrian farm a mixture of formic, propionic and lactic acid (BiotronicÂŽ SE forte liquid) was used in liquid feed and feed hygiene was examined.

The feed was treated with 3l/1000l liquid feed of the mixture of formic, propionic and lactic acid and the water pipes were filled with a solution of 3% of the acid mixture dissolved in water which remained in the pipes over night. Afterwards, the feed was analysed for its yeast content at different stages of feed preparation and distribution. Results of the feed analysis for yeasts are shown in Figure 1. Samples were taken in two different barns and repeat determination was carried out to reduce analytical mistakes in the trial. The amount of bacteria and moulds found was within the tolerance levels. The amount of yeasts was tolerable

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Fertigation, the natural pathway for plant feeding

Fertigation is highly appropriate for Capsicum pepper, a sensitive crop requiring closely controlled plant feeding

Fertigation, the supply of plant nutrients through localised irrigation systems is the way forward for maximum growth and yield ERTIGATION, THE SUPPLY of plant nutrients through localised irrigation systems, especially rockwool fibre substrate and hydroponic systems, is the way forward for maximum growth and yield Fertigation is the delivery of plant nutrients to growing crops in irrigation water and not the unnatural and staged agronomic technique which at first it may seem. Soil water dissolving and conveying nutrients to the root

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zone and root hairs for fast and effective ion absorption, whether water is percolating through the soil profile as rainfall or rising up through the soil from ground water sources, is the way it happens in nature.

Fertiliser application and plant nutrient provision must match crop requirements in amount, placement and timing, for maximum growth and yield without the accompanying wastage and associated economic and

Fertigation is widely used for greehouse vegetables like aubergine and tomato shown here

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environmental implications. Fertigation through measured micro-irrigation systems and especially rockwool fibre substrate and hydroponic systems, which are now standard for greenhouse production systems, is the way forward.

Fertigation is an integrated system Fertigation can be used with almost any system of irrigation including vertical and overhead irrigation, and centre pivot sprinkler systems. However, continual wash off of nutrients from leaves, with insufficient time to dry before the next ‘sprinkling’, has proved a distinct disadvantage when trying to integrate fertilizer application within these ‘macroirrigation’ systems.

Fertigation is most easily and cost effectively applied via micro-irrigation systems whether deploying micro-drippers or emitters (including drip tape) or even micro-jets to increase the volume of soil wetted. Fertigation now more narrowly defined is the supply of plant nutrients through localised irrigation systems, traditionally used in greenhouses but also for field grown crops especially in the Far East Asian region.

As an integrated system of irrigation and fertilization both water and nutrient components must be optimum for fertigation to work as a whole. If water supply is too low in volume and rate, according to crop requirements, then the amount, placement and timing of nutrient delivery will be automatically inappropriate for plant nutrient needs and crop

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Fertigation is used in the field crops like brassics shown here and especially in Asia

yielding capacity. Similarly ‘over-watering’ will automatically deliver too much nutrient and too quickly leading to wastage, problems with soil integrity and effects on crop quality.

will now invariably enquire about heavy metal impurities, and to the extent of demanding ‘certification’ which we can provide.”

How they are used in fertigation Solubility and purity “Providing the correct amounts of soluble nutrient products are added to the irrigation water, via carefully prepared stock solutions, the only real problems could be insolubility of the formulation or the presence of impurities such as heavy metals,” says Alan Lowes of Omex Agrifluids a British manufacturer of liquid soluble nutrient products.

“We export soluble nutrient products in liquid form to countries and farming systems throughout the world, and for use on the widest range of crops,” says Alan’s colleague Peter Prentis. “We are increasingly asked to verify and even certify the solubility and purity of our products by specialist fruit, flower and vegetable growers using fertigation,” says Peter, “and especially by growers in the Far East supplying sophisticated international markets with fresh fruit and vegetables.

There is a vast array of ‘soluble’ nutrient products on the market with some more soluble than others. “We use technical grade materials ensuring 100 per cent solubility in water and free from unwanted salts such as chloride or sodium,” says Alan Lowes, to give an all-round high degree of crop and environmental safety as well as ensuring top quality fruit, flowers and vegetables.

Product solubility is crucial to the continued working of such low rate delivery systems with narrow bore delivery pipes and tubing and fine drippers, emitters and microjets which are easily blocked if the product is not 100 per cent soluble.

Potential heavy metal contamination is no ‘light-weight’ consideration says Peter Prentis.

Growers as well as exporting and importing authorities are increasingly ‘wired in’ to this as a potential problem,” he says. “Our customers

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The most common way of deploying soluble fertilisers via fertigation is by preparation of stock solutions, made up by dissolving 1 kg (liquid or powder) in 10 L of water and subsequently diluted with water to create feed solutions (see Table 1).

Alternatively the stock solution can be eliminated and the feed solutions made up directly by using bulk tanks and other systems.

For example a feed solution equivalent to a 1:100 dilution of stock solution is made by

dissolving 1 kg Omex Soluble fertilizer in 1000 L water.

If fixed diluters are used, strength of the feed solution may be adjusted downwards to some degree by varying the strength of the stock solution. For example, if a 1:150 dilution of a standard stock solution is required, but the diluter is fixed at a 1:200 dilution, then a stock solution of 1.3 kg (rather than 1 kg) is dissolved in 10 L. Electrical conductivity readings as µS/cm [microSiemens/centimetre] are used to determine the strength of the required feed solution. Operators should determine the required conductivity level (see Table 2) and then add the conductivity of the irrigation water to this figure, and control the stock solution until the required calculated conductivity level is obtained.

“The option and ability to blend Omex Soluble Fertilisers offers a high degree of flexibility to provide an infinite range of NPK analyses” says Alan Lowes. For instance, 1 kg of NPK 20-20-20 and 1 kg NPK 28-14-14 dissolved in 20 L water gives a stock solution with an analysis of NPK 24-17-17. All Omex NPK products are complemented as standard with the full range of micronutrients (trace elements) and some, specifically stated, have secondary nutrient (magnesium and sulphur) additions. Trace elements are in chelated form for ready availability to plants over a long period of time.

Table 1 Percentage major and secondary nutrient and trace element composition for a selection of Omex soluble fertilisers (NPK) Product* Nutrient

20-20-20

28-14-14

13-40-13

15-15-30

12-06-24 +6MgO

Total N

20.0**

28.0

13.0

15.0

12.0

Ureic N

15.5

21.2

0.6

2.7

3.3

NH4-N

2.5

2.8

8.7

3.8

3.1 5.6

NO3-N

2.0

4.0

3.7

8.5

P2O5

20.0

14.0

40.0

15.0

6.0

K2O

20.0

14.0

13.0

30.0

24.0

MgO

0.02

0.02

0.02

0.02

6.0

SO3

7.4

0.03

2.19

2.43

21.2

B

0.0022

0.0022

0.0022

0.0022

0.0022

Cu

0.0016

0.0016

0.0016

0.0016

0.0016

Fe

0.007

0.077

0.077

0.077

0.077

Mn

0.0042

0.0042

0.0042

0.0042

0.0042

Mo

0.0014

0.0014

0.0014

0.0014

0.0014

Zn

0.0014

0.0014

0.0014

0.0014

0.0014

*NPK plus TE (trace elements) and added magnesium [MgO] where specified **Per cent

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General all round flexibility of fertigation is extended and its accuracy heightened in contemporary application and delivery systems, by using computer control at the stock solution make up, feed solution dilution and delivery stages. A red dye is included for easy identification, with blue and green dyes also available.

Right amount, time and place Type, dilution rate, frequency and timing (in relation to growth and development of a specific crop) of the feed solution must be adjusted according to overall crop requirements. And by bearing in mind that individual crops have their own nutrient needs at specific stages in growth and development, e.g. tuber initiation and bulking in root crops, bulb formation in onions and garlic and fruit set in soft fruit like strawberries and salad crop vegetables such as tomato, cucumber and capsicum pepper. Laboratory analysis of soil, water and plant tissue, in addition to a knowledge and understanding of past crop fertilisation programmes, will assist in selection of an appropriate fertiliser.

Similarly the optimum frequency of feed application is down to specific crop requirements, although the general rule of ‘little

Greenhouse cucumbers ready for harvest having benefitted from measured plant feeding by fertigation

and often’ always applies to fertigation as it does to foliar feeding in general. A weak feed given at every watering is generally preferable to a strong feed interspersed with pure water.

Most crops will require a feed in the range of 0.6 to 1.2 g/L (0.06-0.12 per cent w/w – weight/weight) and the dilutions described for individual crops at specific stages of development below will provide solution concentrations within this required range: Tomato – early growth stage – 20-20-20 at 1:200 dilution of standard stock solution

Table 2 Nutrient concentration (ppm) and conductivity (µS/cm) of Omex soluble fertilisers at three dilutions of standard stock solution Product*** 20-20-20 Dilution rate

28-14-14

13-40-13

15-15-30

12-06-24 +6MgO

1:100**** N

200*

280

130

150

120

P2O5

200

140

400

150

40

K2O

200

Conductivity 820**

140

130

300

240

780

1200

1050

950

80

1:150 N

134

187

87

100

P2O5

134

94

268

100

27

K2O

134

94

87

200

161

Conductivity

610

580

880

770

700

N

100

140

65

75

60

P2O5

100

70

200

75

20

K2O

100

70

65

150

120

Conductivity

410

390

600

525

475

1:200

*concentration in ppm (parts per million) ** conductivity in µS/cm (microSiemens/centimetre) in deionised water. Add conductivity of irrigation water to these figures ***NPK plus TE (trace elements); added magnesium where specified **** dilution rate

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Tomato – fruiting, main feed – 13-00-45 or 10-08-40 or 12-04-24+6MgO at 1:100 dilution as alternate feeds Cucumber – early growth – 28-14-14 at 1:200 dilution – gradually move from high N to high K feeds Cucumber – fruiting – 15-15-30 or 16-0926+3MgO at 1:150 dilution – gradually move from high N to high K feeds Capsicum pepper – early growth – 20-2020 at 1:200 dilution Capsicum pepper – fruiting – 15-15-30 or 16-09-26+6MgO at 1:150 dilution, given at each irrigation

Summary of the benefits By using entirely soluble and fast dissolving formulations, fertigation offers the rapid and complete solution to crop nutrition. And the ultimate elimination of soil effects and accompanying nutrient tie up and lock-down situations, by using hydroponic systems, with or without inert anchorage substrates like rockwool fibre. The farmer or grower has more or less complete control over nutrient delivery to achieve efficient and cost effective results with minimal labour requirements.

Fertigation is the ideal way to apply a crop’s nutrient complement, ‘little and often’ instead of all at once, while making it easy for the operator to react rapidly to any nutritional deficiencies which may occur.

Fertigation avoids all the usual problems associated with over or under feeding including lower than potential crop yields, crop quality defects, nutrient tie-ups and lock-ups in particular soil fractions, environmental contamination and threats to crop safety from the osmotic effects of too higher concentrations of nutrients. Fertigation using quality soluble products provides a rapid and complete solution to fertiliser application and plant feeding. n Dr Terry Mabbett

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Tough times ahead for Philippine banana industry?

HILE THE AMERICANS believe that an apple a day keeps the doctor away, Filipinos put their trust on the banana to keep them away from illnesses. Its vast health benefits is as important to the Philippine agricultural sector as the local banana industry is the third biggest in the world and the country’s fifth largest export industry, according to the Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association (PBGEA).

The industry’s growth continues this year as data from the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics show that banana production from July to September 2012 grew 2.36 per cent, from 2,269 thousand tonnes in 2011 to 2,322 thousand tonnes on the same quarter.

The increase was attributed to additional area harvested in Northern Mindanao, Davao Region Central Mindanao and CARAGA regions. On the average, production for the quarter shared 21 per cent to the annual banana production during the past five years.

On the other hand, Philippine banana exports rake in at least an average of PHP30.2 billion (US$738.75mn) annually and remits nearly PHP500 million (US$12.23mn) in taxes.

Of the 273 types of bananas that are grown in the country, only three species are widely cultivated: Cavendish or locally known as latundan (the export variety), Cardaba or Saba and Lakatan. Aside from consuming it fresh, the fruits are processed into banana chips, catsup, vinegar, animal feed and other cooked preparations while the rest of the trees are manufactured into handicraft items, clothing, paper sheets, cardboard and many others.

According to PBGEA, the banana industry contributes greatly to the economy such as providing employment, development of related industries (transport, food, consumer goods, entertainment), increased income opportunity as a cash crop, prompts improved infrastructure support from government and private organizations and increased tax collection for local government. In terms of social impact, the industry helps provide basic needs through the availability of food, housing, clothing and employment, education, health care, migration back to family instead of having to look for livelihood elsewhere and less occurrence of domestic and juvenile related crime and conflicts.

According to PBGEA, the local banana

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Cavendish or locally known as latundan is widely grown in Philippines

industry is not spread around the country but concentrated on Mindanao with 150,000 workers. The Davao region has been known as the ‘Banana Capital’ with the province of Davao del Norte being the top producer. The major player in the industry chain is the multinational banana traders who own and operate plantations at the same time. These big players namely Dole Food Company Philippines and Del Monte Fresh Produce have helped Davao develop infrastructure not only for cultivation and postharvest but also for road to port, and ocean going vessels specialised for banana transportation, among others. These conglomerates have also helped build up its business relationship with farmers by providing them the farm inputs, infrastructure development and cultivation technology.

As one of the foundations of Philippine agriculture, PBGEA says the industry also ensures the protection of the environment through observance of globally-accepted practices by abiding Philippine laws. The sector isn’t just content in providing income but it also aspires to have an impact on cultural and political aspects. Through banana trade, industry players hope to minimize incidence of insurgency, thus, improving peace and order situation; having effective local governance and integration of indigenous peoples such as Bagobo, Muslim, Manobo to better understand their cultures.

Banana growers are crafting a roadmap to

maximise the sector’s potentials. Growers, farmers, cooperatives, traders and exporters recently met to create a roadmap to maximise the sector’s potentials. Among the plans that they need to implement is to establish supplier-buyer linkages, improve access to government programmes and provide impetus to growth and development. They also plan to form a Banana Industry Development Council that will facilitate dialogue and partnership between growers and exporters, talk with financing institutions and design strategic blueprint for the sector.

Like any other businesses, the industry also has its share of problems. In a paper by Katsumi Nozawa, visiting research associate from the University of the Philippines-School of Economics, listed several recommendations that the industry should do in order for the sector to improve. First is the fruit’s perishability where production schedules from planting to processing should be controlled to meet export quality requirements. Second is the need for strict pest and disease control where Nozawa says the incidence of pest outbreaks and contagious diseases have been a problem in the past, thus, limiting its markets. Stringent measures should be thus applied over to maintain the quality and quantity of bananas. Construction and maintenance of the on-farm infrastructure such as Over Head Cable Propping (OHCP) system used to transport the harvested bananas from

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the field to the packing plant should be provided and maintained in operational condition. Nozawa adds that constant irrigation system must be in place as well as construction and maintenance of the packing plants also require care in their operations from the viewpoints of food safety and other quality assurance required by the foreign buyers.

Export issues The sector contributes US$700mn annually to the merchandise sales overseas. Japan is the biggest export market (the country supplies 90 per cent of the Japanese requirement), followed

by China. Other main markets include Hong Kong, New Zealand, Brunei, Singapore, the Middle East, Indonesia, Russia and Canada.

The industry is also setting its sights towards Italy and Scandinavian countries.

After years of discussions, fresh Philippine bananas are poised to enter the United States for the first time as multinational giant Dole Philippines announced that it would “soon be exporting bananas from Mindanao to the US Mainland, now that phytosanitary tests on the fruits had been completed by US inspectors.”

Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala says freight costs are a factor in this transaction, noting that the US is farther than the country’s traditional markets and the industry should ensure that the freight costs should be competitive. A Dole official said the company would start with one container of bananas per week and succeeding volumes would depend on future orders.

In July, China – the second biggest market – rejected Philippine bananas following the altercation of the two countries over territorial rows in the West Philippine Sea. China says the Filipino exporters have failed its phytosanitary requirements – which pundits believe is a bluff by Chinese importers due to territory issues which began in April 2012.

China’s turning away from local bananas resulted to rotting of thousands of boxes of Cavendish bananas where losses are at PHP120 million (US$2.9 million) per week.

For this reason, some farmers have been cutting down their trees in favour of other crops, according to Rene Dalayon of the Mindanao Banana Farmers and Exporters Association. As they try to sell their bananas in Europe, Dalayon said the Europeans are asking

World cereal production to reduce 2.6 per cent in 2012 NEW UN FORECASTS indicate world cereal production will be reduced by 2.6 per cent in 2012 following last year's record crop.

Wheat production is expected to fall 5.2 per cent – largely because of the heatwave in the United States, and other grains by 2.3 per cent.

The global rice crop is expected to remain mostly unchanged, with falls in India offset by an increase in China, Japan and the Philippines.

"The decrease will result in a significant reduction in world inventories by the close of seasons in 2013, even with world demand sliding as a result of high prices," said a spokesman for the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation in Rome.

Record heat in June and July and the worst drought since 1956 has reduced US wheat, maize and soy harvests by more than 10 per cent.

Because the US is by far the world's biggest grower and exporter of grains, this is expected to have repercussions around the world.

Farmers are still harvesting their crops but the maize harvest is expected to be the lowest in nine years.

Delayed and then erratic monsoon rains have hit Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi rice production. The UN expects India, the world's largest rice producer, to grow 6 per cent less this year after record harvests last year.

Low-income countries, mainly in Africa, increased cereal production significantly in 2012, and the UN says these nations will need 5 per cent less food imports. But the total import bill is expected to rise because of higher world prices. Afghanistan has seen a bumper grain harvest, but southern Africa has been hit by bad weather.

Morocco, North Korea and Haiti all expect much lower harvests.

Rice and cereal harvests in the Far East (China, Japan, the Philippines) are expected to break all records. But delayed monsoon and erratic weather conditions may dampen the final outcome, says the UN.

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for 20 per cent to 30 per cent discount which is way lower than its production cost of US$2 each of Cavendish box. The Department of Agriculture (DA) clarified that China didn’t close their market but has just upgraded its quality standards. But they have asked exporters to look for other markets but the growers are still hoping for China to re-open their market.

The DA however believes that the banana industry remains a leading export incomeearner for farmers. Melani Provido of DA Davao Region said banana production is continuously expanding by 2 per cent and a 7 per cent steady growth based on the 2011 data. There might be some setbacks, she says, but the government has earmarked a budget of PHP50 million (US$1.22 million) to PHP100 million (US$2.44 million) to help farmers who have been affected by China’s rejection of bananas.

Provido assures the funds will help build packing houses as well as improving the quality of bananas for the small farmers who cannot cope with high export quality required by new markets. n Gemma Delmo

Banana to replace potato on table?

CLIMATE CHANGE COULD lead to crops from the banana family becoming a critical food source for millions of people, a new report says.

Researchers from the CGIAR agricultural partnership say the fruit might replace potatoes in some developing countries.

Cassava and the little-known cowpea plant could be much more important food crops as temperatures rise. People will have to adapt to new and varied menus as traditional crops struggle, say the authors.

Responding to a request from the United Nations' committee on world food security, a group of experts in the field looked at the projected effects of climate change on 22 of the world's most important agricultural commodities.

They predict that the world's three biggest crops in terms of calories provided – maize, rice and wheat – will decrease in many developing countries. They suggest that the potato, which grows best in cooler climates, could also suffer as temperatures increase and weather becomes more volatile. The authors argue that these changes "could provide an opening for cultivating certain varieties of bananas" at higher altitudes, even in those places that currently grow potatoes.

But according to this research, wheat will face a difficult future in the developing world, where higher prices for cotton, maize and soybeans have pushed wheat to marginal land, making it more vulnerable to stresses induced by climate change.

One substitute, especially in South Asia, could be cassava – which is known to be tolerant to a range of climate stresses.

One of the big concerns among researchers is how to tackle the need for protein in the diet. Soybeans are one of the most common sources but are very susceptible to temperature changes.

The scientists say that the cowpea, which is known in sub-Saharan Africa as the "poor man's meat" is drought-tolerant and prefers warmer weather and could be a reasonable alternative to soya.

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Airtight post-harvest storage helps farmers in Asia Farmers, processors and exporters in 15 Asian countries are profiting from the “Green Revolution, Phase II: the Storage Revolution” by using hermetic (airtight) storage for safe storage.

ERMETIC STORAGE, IS now being used in over 80 countries worldwide. Hermetic storage addresses a long neglected link in the Asian food value chain, while simultaneously eliminating the need for pesticides or refrigeration to accomplish safe storage.

Modern hermetic storage drastically reduces losses in storage of grains such as rice, maize, beans and sorghum and of high value crops like coffee and cocoa, while also protecting germination of seeds for up to a year. Hermetic storage containers have a broad range: from small-scale, man-portable SuperGrainbags™ (liners to standard 60-90kg jute bags) to 5 to 1,000-tonne capacity Cocoons™ or Megacocoons™and most recently, airtight Silbags™ that greatly improve storage of sileage for dairies and cattle feed. Figure 1 shows the rain-protected CDC II™ Solar Dryer, which ensures proper drying of commodities before they are stored.

Many Asian farmers, processors, and exporters are now using this modernised form of an ancient storage method. With airtight storage made from specially designed, flexible, UV-resistant, plastic materials – insects die naturally from asphyxiation in a few days as oxygen levels drop below 3 per cent. At the same time, hazardous aflatoxin producing molds that produce cancer and HIV through growth of aflatoxins and ochratoxins cannot grow in a low-oxygen, limited humidity atmosphere.

The story of hermetic storage is best told from the point of view of the users. They reduce their post-harvest losses from often 25 per cent to a fraction of 1 per cent, while also maintaining high germination rates for their seeds without refrigeration.

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Figure 2: A GrainPro Collapsible Dryer Case (CDC) solar dryer

Maize storage Since 2011, small-farmer groups in Afghanistan have been experiencing benefits from using GrainPro’s hermetic storage for

Figure 3: GrainSafe with 1-tonne of maize

Figure 1: Afghan farmer carrying solar dryers

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Figure 4: 1,000-tonne MegaCocoon storing maize (before closing)

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storing maize (Figure 1). For drying, they use GrainPro’s rainprotected solar dryers, called Collapsible Dryer Cases™ (CDCs), which are rapidclosing, low-cost, flexible, dryer surfaces that use solar energy to hasten the drying process.

By closing the CDCs during showers, they can rapidly achieve moisture content level of 13.5 per cent required for safe storage of maize.

Then, after loading Figure 5: Manju Khanal, a small farmer in Nepal, their maize into wellwith her maize-filled SuperGrainbags cleaned, jute or polypropylene bags, they use pre-calibrated moisture meters to determine when the maize is fit for communal storage in GrainSafes™ (Figure 3).

Maize, as well as other commodities, then can be stored in Cocoons or Megacocoons that range in capacity from 5-tonnes to 1000-tonnes (Figure 4).

Figure 5 shows Manju Khanal in Nepal with the maize she has stored in SuperGrainbags. SuperGrainbags are now widely available to Nepalese farmers through PCN Nepal.

Manju grows maize and some rice on a piece of farmland just over an acre and is a member of a small-farmer coop in Mulpani Village, Kathmandu.

Other Nepalese small-farmer communities report similar excellent results with their use, and PNC Nepal recently received an order to provide 10,500 SuperGrainbags for additional small farmers who want to reduce their post-harvest losses.

(MNEB), and other specialty green coffee in GrainPro SuperGrainbags.

In fact, the first ever R–certified Coffee in the world is from my farm and I exported this coffee in GrainPro SuperGrainbags to [the] USA in April 2012. The bags excel in preserving the same cup characteristics, taste and colour of coffee in the way we pack it here in India.”

Himalayan Specialty Nepal Coffee in Nepal uses SuperGrainbags to ship premium coffee to Japan. (Figure 6) In Subic Bay, Philippines, Jaycee Martinez, a coffee roaster from Luca & Tosh says, “In the specialty coffee industry, GrainPro SuperGrainbag is the standard. It is one of the best ways to protect our coffees from tainting by foreign odours and moisture that can introduce molds. We ship coffees in GrainPro SuperGrainbags because of our dedication to quality. For great protection and reusability, GrainPro is our best choice.”

Rice & rice seeds In Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines, rice farmers find that their rice and rice seeds store best in hermetic storage using 20 to 70kg capacity portable SuperGrainbags.

For instance, Manuel Luzentales Jr. a Filipino farmer writes, “Before, a seven-month storage caused my rice grains to break down from moisture and pest infestations. I tested the IRRI Super Bags [GrainPro SuperGrainbags] on my harvest for the second planting season of 2010.

After keeping my harvest in the IRRI Super Bags for 10-months, the seeds were 100 per cent viable and none were wasted.”

The Department of Agriculture of the Philippines and the ‘ARBM’ project in Mindanao have ordered thousands of hermetic Solar Dryers,

Coffee Coffee growers from India to Indonseia also are benefiting from SuperGrainbags™. In Mysore, Nishant Gurjer, Managing Partner of Robusta Kaapi Royale (RKR), writes, “We have been using GrainPro SuperGrainbags for more than three years. I export our specialty coffee, Robusta Kaapi Royale (RKR), Mysore Nuggets Extra Bold

Figure 6 – Getting ready for exports in Nepal

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Figure 7 – Cows eating silage

Figure 8: Processing the silage before sealing the SilBag – Philippines 2012

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hundreds of Cocoons, and thousands of SuperGrainbags as part of the drive initiated by President Aquino to make the Philippines selfsufficient in rice.

Engineer Martin Gummert of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) says, “The rolling out of economically viable, rice postharvest technologies in the Philippines and Southeast Asia involves partners in the public and private sectors.….Hermetic storage of rice has become increasingly popular across Asia, and for good reason. As well as being transportable, it is better than air conditioned storage, and almost as good as cold room storage at a fraction of the cost.”

Rice Today, a publication of IRRI, reports, “The current revival of hermetic storage using high-performance plastics has made possible relatively inexpensive storage of rice seeds, paddy, milled rice, brown

rice, maize, wheat and pulses for both human and animal consumption. As the benefits of hermetic storage become more widely known, use of the technology is likely to grow throughout Asia and beyond.”

Silage Figures 7 & 8 show dairy cows in the Philippines who benefit from a hermetic silage bag called the SilBag™.

In conclusion Hermetic storage and rain protected solar drying take many forms but they all share the same simple principals of natural pesticide free safe storage and rain protected solar drying. n

‘Cutting-edge’ rice of the future gets financial boost THE PURSUIT TO rein in hunger with the development of a “cutting-edge” rice of the future has received a financial boost, and is now rolling into its second phase.

Led by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), the project seeks to create ‘C4 rice’ – rice with a built-in fuel injector to better convert sunlight into grain, potentially resulting in up to 50 per cent higher production all while using less water and nutrients.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), the UK government, and IRRI will put US$14mn behind C4 rice over the next three years.

C4 rice research, currently in its early phases, hopes to develop a new type of rice with improved photosynthesis capacity, known as C4. There are classes of plants known as C3 and C4 – referring to how they convert light energy into sugar or photosynthesis. Rice has a C3 photosynthetic pathway.

C3 photosynthesis is inefficient at converting inputs to grain, as opposed to the C4 pathway, in which resources are processed more efficiently and converted into higher grain production.

“Other plants, such as maize, already have C4 photosynthesis,” said Dr. Paul Quick, coordinator of IRRI’s C4 rice project that brings together 17 research institutes worldwide.

“We want to incorporate this natural energy booster into rice, which usually just has C3 photosynthesis, so that it can achieve much

C4 rice research hopes to develop a new variety with improved photosynthesis capacity

higher yields,” he added. “It’s important to incorporate C4 in rice because rice grows in places where other crops such as maize do not grow and because rice is the staple food of more than half the world, including many people who live in poverty.”

The researchers have already identified crucial genes needed to assemble C4 photosynthesis in rice, defined the basic elements required for functional C4 photosynthesis, and successfully introduced 10 out of the 13 genes needed for C4 rice.

In this second phase of the project, the team aims to produce C4 rice prototypes for testing.

“We’re thrilled to be working with the world’s elite in photosynthesis research to uncover genetic secrets and understand biochemical processes to bring rice to a new yield frontier,” concludes Dr. Quick.

The C4 rice project was first funded by BMGF and IRRI in 2009. The UK government has joined the second phase of the project and provided additional funding. Other donors are the European Union’s ‘3 to 4’ project (the project Plant Photosynthetic Efficiency: from C3 to C4 system) and the CGIAR Canada Linkage Fund through a collaboration between IRRI and the University of Toronto.

Scientists decode genome sequence of watermelon A CONSORTIUM OF more than 60 scientists from the United States, China, and Europe has published the genome sequence of watermelon which could lead to a more nutritious, tastier and diseaseresistant fruit.

In the watermelon genome sequence, published in the journal Nature Genetics, researchers discovered that a large portion of disease resistance genes were lost in the domestication of

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watermelon. With the high-quality watermelon sequence now complete, it is hoped that breeders can use the information to recover some of these natural disease defenses. The researchers reported that the genome of the domesticated watermelon contained 23,440 genes, roughly the same number of genes as in humans.

Researchers are examining the cucumber and watermelon genomes to expand their understanding of the plant vascular system.

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Section One All Equipment

Feed

Schauer Agrotronic GmbH

Manure Treatment

Watering Equipment

Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbH Simmons Engineering Company/SEC Inc. TPI Polytechniek b.v

Awila Anlagenbau GmbH Zagro Singapore Pte. Ltd.

Handling Equipment

Schauer Agrotronic GmbH

Chore-Time Hog Production Systems Impex Barneveld b.v

Medicators

Big Dutchman Pig Equipment GmbH Chore-Time Hog Production Systems Impex Barneveld b.v Lubing Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG

Artificial Insemination Equipment Jørgen Kruuse AS

Breeding Equipment Draminski - Electronics in Agriculture Jørgen Kruuse AS

Breeding Stock JSR Genetics Ltd.

Disinfection Products

Feed Additives, Natural Delacon Biotechnik Ges.m.b.H Eurofeed Technologies Nutri-Ad International n.v Probiotics Int. Ltd. (Protexin) Zagro Singapore Pte. Ltd.

Feed Ingredients Delacon Biotechnik Ges.m.b.H Kemira Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. Probiotics Int. Ltd. (Protexin) Zagro Singapore Pte. Ltd.

Sogeval

Feeding Systems

Environmental Control

Awila Anlagenbau GmbH Big Dutchman Pig Equipment GmbH Chore-Time Hog Production Systems Fancom b.v Hotraco Agri b.v Impex Barneveld b.v Schauer Agrotronic GmbH SKA S.r.l.

Big Dutchman Pig Equipment GmbH Chore-Time Hog Production Systems Hotraco Agri b.v Lubing Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG TPI Polytechniek b.v

Exports Goizper S. Coop.

Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbH Hotraco Agri b.v

Flooring Big Dutchman Pig Equipment GmbH Lubing Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG MIK International AG

Health Products Delacon Biotechnik Ges.m.b.H Dutch Farm International b.v Goizper S. Coop.

Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbH INVESA Kemira Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. Nutri-Ad International n.v Probiotics Int. Ltd. (Protexin)

Housing American Coolair Big Dutchman Pig Equipment GmbH Chore-Time Hog Production Systems Fancom b.v Hotraco Agri b.v Impex Barneveld b.v Lubing Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG MIK International AG Schauer Agrotronic GmbH TPI Polytechniek b.v

International Exhibitions Hotraco Agri b.v

Impex Barneveld b.v Lubing Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG

Pest Control/Disinfection Equipment Goizper S. Coop.

Pork Processing Simmons Engineering Company/SEC Inc.

Pregnancy Detection Draminski - Electronics in Agriculture Jørgen Kruuse AS

Sanitation Goizper S. Coop.

Services Eurofeed Technologies Fancom b.v

Slaughtering Equipment Simmons Engineering Company/SEC Inc.

Mould Inhibitors Eurofeed Technologies Kemira Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. Nutri-Ad International n.v

Salmonella Control Eurofeed Technologies Kemira Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. Nutri-Ad International n.v

Feed Additives Delacon Biotechnik Ges.m.b.H Eurofeed Technologies INVESA Kemira Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. Neolait Nutri-Ad International n.v Probiotics Int. Ltd. (Protexin) Unipoint AG Zagro Singapore Pte. Ltd.

Veterinary Instruments Draminski - Electronics in Agriculture Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbH Jørgen Kruuse AS

SUPPLIERS Section Two American Coolair PO Box 2300 Jacksonville Florida 32203 USA Tel: +1 904 3893646 Fax: +1 904 3873449 Web: www.coolair.com E-mail: info@coolair.com

Awila Anlagenbau GmbH Dillen 1 Lastrup 49688 Germany Tel: +49 4472 8920 Fax: +49 4472 892220 Web: www.awila.de E-mail: info@awila.de

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Delacon Biotechnik Ges.m.b.H

Draminski - Electronics in Agriculture

PO Box 1163 Vechta 49360 Germany Tel: +49 44 478010 Fax: +49 44 47801237 Web: www.bigdutchman.de E-mail: big@bigdutchman.de Agents: Australia - B&M Slots (Pty) Ltd. China - Big Dutchman (Tianjin) Livestock Equipment Co. Ltd. Japan - Fuji Kasei Co. Ltd. Korea - Bongdong Agrico. Ltd. Korea - HK Global Trading Co. Ltd. Malaysia - BD Agriculture (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd Philippines - Asia Giant Enterprises Poultry & Livestock Equipment Taiwan - Global Ace Trading Co. Thailand - BD Agriculture (Thailand) Ltd. Vietnam - P&N Agro Business Co. Ltd.

Weissenwolff Str 14 Steyregg 4221 Austria Tel: +43 732 640531/0 Fax: +43 732 640533 Web: www.delacon.com Agents: Malaysia - Delacon Regional Office Asia Pacific

Owocowa 17 10-860 Olsztyn Poland Tel: +48 89 5271130 Fax: +48 89 5278444 Web: www.draminski.com E-mail: info@draminski.pl

Case IH J Press Building 100 Nanglinchee Road Yannawa, Bangkok 10120, Thailand Tel: +66 2 6782786 Web: www.cnh.com E-mail: international@cnh.com s.srisuwimontakul@cnh.com

Chore-Time Hog Production Systems PO Box 2000 410 North Higbee Street Milford, Indiana 46542-2000 USA Tel: +1 574 6585000 Fax: +1 574 6585325 Web: www.choretimehog.com E-mail: hog@choretime.com info@pigtek.net

Diamond Engineering Shirehill Industrial Estate Saffron Walden Essex CB113AQ United Kingdom Tel: +44 844 8541731 Fax: +44 844 8541732 Web: www.diamond-engineering.co.uk

Dutch Farm International b.v PO Box 10 Nieuw Walden 112 1394 PE Nederhorst den Berg 1394ZG The Netherlands Tel: +31 294 257525 Fax: +31 294 257501 Web: www.dutchfarmint.com E-mail: mail@dutchfarmint.com

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Eurofeed Technologies

Impex Barneveld b.v

Via L.Einaudi, 12 loc Bettolino Brancido (BS) 25030 Italy Tel: +39 030 6864682/ 9973064 Fax: +39 030 6866560 Web: www.eurofeed.it E-mail: info@eurofeed.it

Harselaarseweg 129 PO Box 20 Barneveld 3770 The Netherlands Tel: +31 342 416641 Fax: +31 342 412826 Web: www.impex.nl E-mail: info@impex.nl

Fancom b.v

INVESA

Industrieterrein 34 Panningen 5981 The Netherlands Tel: +31 77 3069600 Fax: +31 77 3069601 Web: www.fancom.com E-mail: fancom@fancom.com Agents: Australia - Metrowest Automation & Control (Pty) Ltd. Australia - Patarker (Pty) Ltd. Australia - Ryan-Ryte Enterprice (Pty) Ltd. China - Songming Machinery Industry (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd. Japan - Frontier International Co. Japan - IP Tsusho Co. Ltd. Japan - Tohzai Sangyo Boeki Inc. Malaysia - Poullive Sdn Bhd New Zealand - Sonoma Enterprises Thailand - World Agri Business Co. Ltd.

C/Esmaragda, 19-21 Esplugues de Llobregat Barcelona 08950 Spain Tel: +34 93 4706271 Fax: +34 93 3727556 Web: www.invesagroup.com Agents: Bangladesh - ACI Ltd. Indonesia - Agro Makmur Sentosa Korea - Se-Ah International Inc. Malaysia - Taseen Trading Sdn Bhd Myanmar - Marine Myanmar Livestock & Seafood Consultancy Pakistan - Aims Traders Philippines - Provet International S.A. Sri Lanka - Farmchemie Pvt. Ltd. Taiwan - Kuan Yirs Industrial Co. Thailand - Peter Hand (Thailand) Ltd. Vietnam - Namh Phuc Thinh Veterinary Medicine & Trading Co. Ltd.

Goizper S. Coop.

Antigua 4 Antzuola 20577 Spain Tel: +34 94 3786000 Fax: +34 94 3766008 Web: www.matabi.com E-mail: goizper@goizper.com Agents: Singapore - Goizper SCL

Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbH Keltenstrasse 1 Tuttlingen 78532 Germany Tel: +49 7462 9466118 Fax: +49 7462 94665209 Web: www.henkesasswolf.de E-mail: stefan.knefel@henkesasswolf.de Agents: Indonesia - Pesona Scientific Korea - Yushin Corporation Philippines - P&J Agricultural Trading Taiwan - Ennchih Co. Ltd.

Hotraco Agri b.v Stationsstraat 142 Hegelsom 5963 AC The Netherlands Tel: +31 77 3275020 Fax: +31 77 3275021 Web: www.hotraco.com Agents: China - Beijing HMA New-Tech Co. Ltd. Korea - JLFA Co. Korea - Myung Sung System Co. Ltd. Thailand - Systemate

Jørgen Kruuse AS Havretoften 4 Langeskov 5550 Denmark Tel: +45 72 141516 Fax: +45 72 141500 Web: www.kruuse.com E-mail: export@kruuse.com Agents: China - Kruuse Sales Office China Japan - Fujihira Industry Co. Ltd. Korea - Oh Chang Trading Co. Ltd. Malaysia - Lazuli Sdn Bhd Singapore - Ceres Agricultural & Chemical Co. Thailand - Nutrimed Ltd.

JSR Genetics Ltd. Southburn Driffield United Kingdom Tel: +44 1377 227799 Fax: +44 1377 229403 Web: www.jsrgenetics.com E-mail: info@jsr.co.uk Agents: China - JSR Genetics Ltd.

Kemira Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. 111 North Bridge Road #11-03 Singapore Tel: +65 68372070 Fax: +65 68372075 Web: www.kemira.com

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Lubing Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG Lubingstraße 6, Barnstorf 49406 Germany Tel: +49 5442 98790 Fax: +49 5442 987933 Web: www.lubing.com E-mail: info@lubing.com Agents: China - Lubing System Engineering (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd. India - Lubing India Pvt. Ltd. Indonesia - PT. Charoen Pokphand Indonesia Poultry Equipment Division Japan - Hytem Co. Ltd. Malaysia - Tong Seh Industries Supply Sdn Bhd Pakistan - Ample Trade Impex Thailand - KSP Equipment Co. Ltd. Vietnam - DONG A Material-Veterinary JSC

MIK International AG Berggarten 1 Siershahn, 56427 Germany Tel: +49 2623 600800 Fax: +49 2623 600870 Web: www.mik-online.com E-mail: info@mik-online.de

Neolait Rue des Moulins, BP 1 22120 YFFINIAC France Tel: +33 2 96638250 Fax: +33 2 96638252 Web: www.neolait.com E-mail: contact@neoliat.com

New Holland J Press Building 100 Nanglinchee Road Yannawa Bangkok 10120 Thailand Tel: +66 2 6782786 Web: www.cnh.com E-mail: international@cnh.com s.srisuwimontakul@cnh.com

Nutri-Ad International n.v Schietstandlaan 2 Turnhout 2300 Belgium Tel: +32 14 551990 Fax: +32 14 551915 Web: www.nutriad.net E-mail: info.belgium@nutriad.net

Probiotics Int. Ltd. (Protexin) Lopen Head Somerset TA135JH United Kingdom Tel: +44 1460 243230 Fax: +44 1460 249543 Web: www.protexin.com E-mail: info@protexin.com

Agents: Australia - International Animal Health Products (Pty) Ltd. Bangladesh - Novartis (Bangladesh) Ltd. India - Novartis India Ltd. Indonesia - Novindo Agritech Hutama Korea - Jaein Biotech Co. Ltd. Malaysia - Agritech Enterprise Sdn Bhd Pakistan - Hilton Pharma Pvt. Ltd. Philippines - Prebiotech Health Products Phils Taiwan - Nedtex Co. Thailand - Novartis (Thailand) Ltd.

Sogeval

Schauer Agrotronic GmbH

Ringsbjergvej 16 Tureby 4682 Denmark Tel: +45 56 283413 Fax: +45 56 283464 Web: www.stalosan.com www.stalosan.dk Agents: Denmark - Vitfoss

Passauerstrasse 1 Prambachkirchen 4731 Austria Tel: +43 7277 23260 Fax: +43 7277 232622 Web: www.schaueragrotronic.com E-mail: office@schauer-agrotronic.com Agents: China - Bejing Kingpeng Global Husbandry Technology Co. Ltd. China - GSI Group Shanghai Philippines - Broad Science Phil. Corporation Taiwan - Broad Science Co. Ltd.

Schaumann Agri International GmbH An der Muhlenau 4 Pinneberg 25421 Germany Tel: +49 4101 2185300 Fax: +49 4101 2185399 Web: www.schaumann.info E-mail: info@schaumannagri.com Agents: China - Schaumann Agri Trading (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. Korea - MorningBio Co. Ltd. Taiwan - Brewster Nutritional Technology Inc.

200 Avenue de Mayenne BP 2227 Laval Cedex 9 53022 France Tel: +33 2 43495151 Fax: +33 2 43539700 Web: www.sogeval.fr E-mail: sogeval@sogeval.fr

Stormøllen A/S

TPI Polytechniek b.v De Steenbok 24 Hertogenbosch 5215 MX ‘s The Netherlands Tel: +31 73 6569194 Fax: +31 73 6566933 Web: www.tpi-polytechniek.com E-mail: info@tpipolytechniek.com

Unipoint AG Gewerbestrasse 2 Ossingen 8475 Switzerland Tel: +41 52 3052041 Fax: +41 52 3052042 Web: www.unipoint.ch E-mail: info@unipoint.ch

Zagro Singapore Pte. Ltd.

Simmons Engineering Company/SEC Inc. 91 Simmons Industrial Place PO Box 546 Dallas Georgia 30132 USA Tel: +1 770 4456085 Fax: +1 770 4439058 Web: www.simmonsengineeringcompany.com E-mail: info@simengco.com

SKA S.r.l.

Via Agosta 3 Sandrigo Vicenza 36066 Italy Tel: +39 0444 659700 Fax: +39 0444 659322 Web: www.ska.it E-mail: ska@ska.it

Zagro Global Hub 5 Woodlands Terrace 738430 Singapore Tel: +65 6 7591811 Fax: +65 6 7591855 Web: www.zagro.com E-mail: zagroasia@zagro.com Agents: Indonesia - P.T. Zagro Indonesia Malaysia - Zagro Chemicals Sdn Bhd Pakistan - Zagro NPC Pvt. Ltd. Philippines - Zagro Corporation Singapore - Agri Nutrition Asia Pte. Ltd. Singapore - AgroConnect.com Pte. Ltd. Singapore - AgroExchangePlus Pte. Ltd. Singapore - Agsin Pte. Ltd. Singapore - Pacific Lab Services Singapore - Vetsquare.com Pte. Ltd. Singapore - Zagro Animal Health Pte. Ltd. Singapore - Zagro Industries Pte Ltd. Singapore - Zagro Singapore Pte. Ltd. Sri Lanka - Zagro Singapore Pte Ltd. Taiwan - Zagro Taiwan International Ltd. Thailand - Zagro (Thailand) Ltd. Vietnam - Zagro Vietnam Company Ltd.

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Section Three Australia B&M Slots (Pty) Ltd. 13 Lucknow Cres.

Thomastown, Victoria, 3074 Tel: +61 3 94624266 Fax: +61 3 94624866 E-mail: info@bmslots.com

International Animal Health Products (Pty) Ltd. 18 Healey Circuit, NSW Tel: +61 2 96727944 Fax: +61 2 96727988 E-mail: info@iahp.com.au

Metrowest Automation & Control (Pty) Ltd. 5 Milford Street Tel: +61 8 94704343 Fax: +61 8 94704341 Web: www.metrowest.com.au E-mail: vin.ryan@ metrowest.com.au

Patarker (Pty) Ltd. Unit 4, 81-83 Station Road Tel: +61 2 98387980 Fax: +61 2 98397977 E-mail: gerry@patarker.com.au

Ryan-Ryte Enterprice (Pty) Ltd. 4 Frankston Gardens Drive Tel: +61 39 7825515 Fax: +61 39 7825512 E-mail: admin@ryan-ryte.com.au

Bangladesh ACI Ltd. Novartis (Bangladesh) Ltd. House 50, Road 2A Dhake, 1209 Tel: +880 2 8615302 Fax: +880 2 8613489

China

Big Dutchman (Tianjin) Livestock Equipment Co. Ltd. Livestock Equipment Co. Ltd. No. 21, Shuang Yuan Road Beichen Economic Development Zone, Tianjin 300400 Tel: +86 22 26970158 Fax: +86 22 26970157 Web: www.bigdutchman.net.cn E-mail: bdchina@bigdutchman.com

GSI Group Shanghai 6th floor Building 7 No.518 Xinzhuan Road Shanghai 201612 Tel: +86 21 61159777/6607 Fax: +86 21 61920880 Web: www.gsichina.com E-mail: dnaber@gsiag.com

JSR Genetics Ltd.

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Animal Health Business Unit Dr. Annie Besant Road Worli, Mumbai Tel: +91 22 66156768 Fax: +91 22 66156764

Indonesia Agro Makmur Sentosa Duta MAs Fatmawati Blok A1/39 Cipete Utara - Kebayoran Baru Jakarta Tel: +62 21 7245986 Fax: +62 21 7220373 E-mail: irawati.fari@novindo.co.id

Room 401, Block 10, Lane 77 An Shuen Road Chang Ning District Shanghai Tel: +86 13 701869350 Fax: +86 21 62835173 E-mail: albert.tsui@kruuse.com

Lubing System Engineering (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd. Song Ming Industrial Park Gongming Town Guangming Dist.

Shenzhen City Guangdong Province 518106 Tel: +86 755 27411888 Fax: +86 755 27411124 Web: www.lubcn.com E-mail: tjlim@lubing.cn

Room 2603, 325 Tian Yao Qiao Road Gateway International Plaza Shanghai 200030 Tel: +86 21 33632585 Fax: +86 21 33632586 Web: www.schaumann.cn E-mail: info@schaumann.cn

Beijing Branch 13/FI Tower A Wangjing Building No. 9 Wangjing Zhong Hua Nan Road Chaoyang District Beijing 100102 Tel: +86 10 64761888 Fax: +86 10 64761999 E-mail: bdcnsales@bigdutchman.com

Novartis India Ltd.

Novindo Agritech Hutama

A1111, Chuang Ye Mansion Yan Jiao Economic Development Zone, Beijing Tel: +86 10 59248270 Fax: +86 10 52214609 Web: www.bjhma.com.cn E-mail: mail@bjhma.com.cn

Big Dutchman (Tianjin) Livestock Equipment Co. Ltd.

271/P/B, Ingawale Patil Estate Bhugaon, Paud Road Tal Mulshi Pune, Maharashtra 411042 Tel: +91 20 2952404/ 9890996030 Fax: +91 20 2952403 Web: www.lubingindia.com E-mail: info@lubingindia.com

Kruuse Sales Office China

Schaumann Agri Trading (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.

7th Floor Advanced Material Building No. 7, Beijing, 100094 Web: www.jpxm.com E-mail: ymyolanda2009@126.com

Lubing India Pvt. Ltd.

Tel: +86 15 501256700

Beijing HMA New-Tech Co. Ltd.

Bejing Kingpeng Global Husbandry Technology Co. Ltd.

India

Songming Machinery Industry (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd. Song Ming Industrial Park Shenzhen City Guangdong Province Tel: +86 75 52741888 Fax: +86 75 52741124 E-mail: tjlim@lubing.cn

Denmark

P.T. Zagro Indonesia Karindra Building Lt.2 Suite No. 10 Jl. Palmerah Selatan No. 30A Jakarta Pusat, 11270 Tel: +62 21 26710709 E-mail: zindonesia@zagro.com

Pesona Scientific Komplek Kopo Mas Regency Bandung Tel: +62 22 5430583 Fax: +62 22 5430314 E-mail: cvpesona@bdg.centrin.net.id

PT. Charoen Pokphand Indonesia Poultry Equipment Division Jl. Raya Serang Km 30 Balaraja, Tangerang 15610 Tel: +62 215951187 Fax: +62 215951013 Web: www.lubing.com E-mail: antoni@cp.co.id

Japan Frontier International Co. 9-1, 2-Chome Gorikida Kanagawa Tel: +81 44 9802226 Fax: +81 44 9802226 E-mail: j.nagano@frontierintl.co.jp

Vitfoss

Fuji Kasei Co. Ltd.

Ulsnaes 34 Graasten 6300 Tel: +45 3368 5600 Fax: +45 3368 8637 Web: www.vitfoss.com E-mail: export@vitfoss.dk

Shiguma Industrial Park 1004-5 Anaki-Cho Kumamoto City Kumamoto-Pref 861-5501 Tel: +81 96 2453711 Fax: +81 96 2453770 E-mail: fuji-east@nifty.com

Fujihira Industry Co. Ltd. 11-6 Hongo 6-Chome Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033 Tel: +81 3 38122271 Fax: +81 3 38123663

Hytem Co. Ltd. 2-10 Techno Plaza Kakamigahara City, Gifu 509-0109 Tel: +81 583850505 Fax: +81 583851230 Web: www.hytem.com E-mail: info@hytem.com

IP Tsusho Co. Ltd. 10-1Shiratori, Yozai-gun Tokushima Tel: +81 886 751202 Fax: +81 886 751115 E-mail: yano@iptsusho.com

Tohzai Sangyo Boeki Inc. 2-Chome 17-8 Yushima, Tokyo Tel: +81 3 38154491 Fax: +81 3 38154456 E-mail: it@tohzai-sangyo.co.jp

Korea Bongdong Agrico. Ltd. 1207-11, Bongdong-Ri Yeomnu-Eup, Nonsan-Si Chungcheongnam-Do Tel: +82 10 43713040 Fax: +82 41 7413788

Se-Ah International Inc. Yushin Corporation 7F, 751 Bldg.

Kangnam-Ku Seoul Tel: +82 2 5682525 Fax: +82 2 5693113 E-mail: ryushin@netsgo.com

Malaysia Agritech Enterprise Sdn Bhd 22 Jalan SS 4C/5 Petaling Jaya Selangor Tel: +60 3 78033226 Fax: +60 3 78033911 E-mail: agritech@tm.net.my

BD Agriculture (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd No. 20 Lorong Keluli 1B Kawasan Perindustrian Bukit Raja Seksyen 7, Raja Shah Alam Selangor Darul Ehsan 40000 Tel: +60 3 33615555 Fax: +60 3 33422866 E-mail: bdasia@bigdutchman.com

Delacon Regional Office Asia Pacific

2 Fl., 240-2, Dongsan-ri Yeanmu-eup Chungcheongnam-do Nonsan-si, SudKorea Tel: +82 42 6244101 Fax: +82 42 6272626

c/o 37, Jalan Bukit Mewah 2 Taman Bukit Mewah Kajang Selangor 43000 Tel: +60 12 2026991 Web: www.delacon.com E-mail: esze@delacon.com

Jaein Biotech Co. Ltd.

Lazuli Sdn Bhd

HK Global Trading Co. Ltd.

No. 617 Expotel, Seo-Gu Daejeon-City Tel: +82 42 47219667 Fax: +82 42 4721968 E-mail: jaeinbt@kornet.net

Jalan SS5A/11, Kelana Jaya Petaling Jaya 47301 Tel: +60 3 78749244 Fax: +60 3 78758637

JLFA Co.

Poullive Sdn Bhd

Jinsa-ri, Juen-Chungsul Apt. 201-405 Ansung-si Gongdo-up Guynggi-do Tel: +82 11 3298987 Fax: +82 31 6295317 E-mail: msagro_3@hotmail.com

MorningBio Co. Ltd.

No. 1 Jalan Tago 12 Sri Damansara Kuala Lumpur 52200 Tel: +60 3 62755788 Fax: +60 3 62755787 Web: www.poullive.com E-mail: ksyoo@poullive.com

# Seemi B/D 1731 Doojung-dong, Cheonan Chungnam, South Korea 330210 Tel: +82 41 5780604 Fax: +82 41 5780605 Web: www.morningbio.co.kr

Taseen Trading Sdn Bhd

Myung Sung System Co. Ltd.

Tong Seh Industries Supply Sdn Bhd

43-3 Jinan-dong, Hwasung-City Gyeonggi-do, 449597 Tel: +82 31 2357745 Fax: +82 31 2357819

Oh Chang Trading Co. Ltd. 1640-27 Seocho-dong Seocho-Gu, Seoul Tel: +82 258 13861 Fax: +82 258 72234

35, Jalan Angsa Klang Selangor 41150 Tel: +60 3 33418048 Fax: +60 3 33418191 E-mail: info@taseen.com.my

Lot 780, Block A, Jalan Sg. Putus, Off Jalan Kapar 3 3/4 Miles Klang, Selangor 42100 Tel: +60 332 916958 Fax: +60 332 915198 Web: www.tongseh.com.my E-mail: enquiry@tongseh.po.my

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Pig Buyers’ Guide Zagro Chemicals Sdn Bhd 27 Jalan PJS 3/34 Taman Sri Manja, Petaling Jaya Selangor, 46000 Tel: +60 3 77830766 / 77833400 Fax: +60 3 77830772 / 77833015 E-mail: zmalaysia@zagro.com

Myanmar Marine Myanmar Livestock & Seafood Consultancy

New Zealand Sonoma Enterprises 50 Hakanoa Street Tel: +64 9 3611060 Fax: +64 9 3611061 E-mail: sonoma@xtra.co.nz

Pakistan Aims Traders Ample Trade Impex Office 3-4, 2nd Floor Sarjah Centre, 62 Shadman Market Lahore Tel: +92 42 7584400 Fax: +92 42 7532102 Web: www.lubing.com E-mail: ample@nexlinx.net.pk

Provet International S.A. Zagro Corporation 7th Floor Raha Sulayman Building 108 Benavidez Street Legaspi Village, Makati City Tel: +63 2 8101340/ 8101417/8104545 Fax: +63 2 8102526 E-mail: zphilippines@zagro.com

Singapore Agri Nutrition Asia Pte. Ltd. Zagro Global Hub 5 Woodlands Terrace, 738430 Tel: +65 6759 1811 Fax: +65 6759 1855 E-mail: zana@zagro.com

AgroConnect.com Pte. Ltd. PO Box 0102, Bukit Timah 915804 Tel: +65 6753 9188 Fax: +65 6759 1866 Web: www.agroconnect.com E-mail: contact@agroconnect.com

AgroExchangePlus Pte. Ltd. PO Box 0102, Bukit Timah 915804 Tel: +65 6753 9188 Fax: +65 6759 1866 E-mail: aep@zagro.com

Hilton Pharma Pvt. Ltd.

Agsin Pte. Ltd.

Progressive Plaza, Karachi Tel: +92 21 111123000 Fax: +92 21 111124000 E-mail: khalid@hiltonpharma.com

Zagro Global Hub 5 Woodlands Terrace, 738430 Tel: +65 6759 1811 Fax: +65 6758 7118 Web: www.agsin.com E-mail: agsin@zagro.com

Zagro NPC Pvt. Ltd. Plot 59 Sector 24 Korangi Industrial Area, Karachi Tel: +65 6759 1811 Fax: +65 6759 1855 E-mail: zpakistan@zagro.com

Philippines Asia Giant Enterprises Poultry & Livestock Equipment Unit 403 Goldhill Tower #5 Annapolis St San Juan 1500 Metro Manila Tel: +63 27 236347 Fax: +63 27 253942 E-mail: bengo@asiagiantgroup.com

Broad Science Phil.

Corporation Ortigas Center, Passig City Manila Tel: +63 2 6331876 Fax: +63 2 6331339 E-mail: mingley_trades_charlie@yahoo.com

P&J Agricultural Trading 184, St. Antonio Avenue, Manila Tel: +63 2 640053 E-mail: bobby@p-and-j.com.ph

Prebiotech Health Products Phils 1508 (Unit 305) Southgate Bldg Madrigal Business Park Ayala Alabang Muntinlupa City Tel: +63 2 8099848 Fax: +63 2 8099848 E-mail: info@prebiotech.com

Ceres Agricultural & Chemical Co. 14-B Poh Huat Road, 545117 Tel: +65 62 849684 Fax: +65 62 849680

Goizper SCL 194 Pandan Loop #04-28 Pantech Industrial Complex 128383 Tel: +65 68 721618 Fax: +65 68 722628 E-mail: goizper@singnet.com.sg

Pacific Lab Services

Zagro Industries Pte Ltd. PO Box 0102, Bukit Timah 915804 Tel: +65 6753 9188 Fax: +65 6759 1866 E-mail: zind@zagro.com

Zagro Singapore Pte. Ltd. Zagro Global Hub 5 Woodlands Terrace 738430 Tel: +65 6759 1811 Fax: +65 6759 1855 Web: www.zagro.com E-mail: zsingapore@zagro.com

Sri Lanka Farmchemie Pvt. Ltd. Zagro Singapore Pte Ltd. 7 Mendis Place Dehiwela Tel: +94 1 74202856 Fax: +94 1 731794/733 649 E-mail: zsrilanka@zagro.com

Taiwan Brewster Nutritional Technology Inc. Tel: +886 4 23785839 E-mail: brew.ster@msa.hinet.net

Broad Science Co. Ltd. No. 110 Hsing Sheng Road Yunlin Hsien Tel: +886 5 6338668 Fax: +886 5 6320437 E-mail: scielink@ms23.hinet.net

Ennchih Co. Ltd. No. 310, Chung Shan S. Rd Tel: +886 3 4758168 Fax: +886 3 4753803 E-mail: ennchih3@ms6.hinet.net

Global Ace Trading Co. 11F-1, No. 239 I Hsin 1st Road Kaohsiung Tel: +886 7 3335481 Fax: +886 7 3314190 E-mail: e0904@ms10.hinet.net

Kuan Yirs Industrial Co. Nedtex Co. 5F, Tung Sheng Bldg Taipei Tel: +886 2 27352233 Fax: +886 2 27328834 E-mail: su2@nedtex.com.tw

Zagro Taiwan International Ltd. No. 332 Gongye Road Nantou City, Nantou County 54065 Tel: +886 49 2254727 Fax: +886 49 2254598 E-mail: ztaiwan@zagro.com

World Agri Business Co. Ltd. 542/3168 Sinthorn Villa Bangkapi Bangkok 10240 Tel: +66 82 3753621 Fax: +66 82 3756159 E-mail: wabbkk@loxinfo.com

Zagro (Thailand) Ltd. 12th Floor, Ploenchit Center 2 Sukhumvit Road, Kwaeng Klongtoey, Khet Klongtoey Bangkok 10110 Tel: +662 6568710/6568754 Fax: +662 6568758/6568759 E-mail: zthailand@zagro.com

Thailand BD Agriculture (Thailand) Ltd. Block F7 & F8, 41/76-77 Moo 6 Bangna-Trad Rd, Km 16.5 Bangchalong, Bangplee Samutprakarn Tel: +66 2 3496531 Fax: +66 2 3496535 E-mail: bdt@bigdutchman.com

KSP Equipment Co. Ltd. 51/845 Moo 3 Tumbon Lamsai Amphoe Wang Noi Pranakhonsi, Ayuttaya, 13170 Tel: +66 2 8176410 Fax: +66 2 8176439 Web: www.lubing.com E-mail: kannika@cpf.co.th

Novartis (Thailand) Ltd. 622 Emporium Tower Sukhumvit Road, Bangkok Tel: +66 2 6850999 Fax: +66 2 6850909

Nutrimed Ltd. Phattanakarn Road Suanluang, Bangkok 10250 Tel: +66 2 3225711/12 Fax: +66 2 3225777

Peter Hand (Thailand) Ltd. Systemate 26/47 M. 9 Soi Yuyen Yuyen Road Bangkok 10230

Vietnam DONG A Material-Veterinary JSC 62 Ho Tung Mau Caudien Tuliem Hanoi Tel: +84 43 7632583 Fax: +84 43 7632602 Web: www.lubing.com E-mail: dmvjsc@fpt.vn

Namh Phuc Thinh Veterinary Medicine & Trading Co. Ltd. P&N Agro Business Co. Ltd. 220/158/26A Le Van Sy St. Ward 14, Dist. 3 Ho Chi Minh City Tel: +84 88465765 Fax: +84 89350687 E-mail: pcvan@pnagrobusiness.com agribusiness@hcm.vnn.vn

Zagro Vietnam Company Ltd. No. 9 Workshop, 5 Street Long Thanh Industrial Zone Tam An Village Dong Nai Province Tel: +84 61 3514676/77 Fax: +84 61 3514675 E-mail: zvietnam@zagro.com

Zagro Global Hub 5 Woodlands Terrace, 738430 Tel: +65 6759 1811 Fax: +65 6759 2066 Web: www.pacificlab.com.sg E-mail: paclab@zagro.com

Vetsquare.com Pte. Ltd. PO Box 0102, Bukit Timah 915804 Tel: +65 6753 9188 Fax: +65 6759 1866 Web: www.vetsquare.com E-mail: admin@vetsquare.com

Zagro Animal Health Pte. Ltd. Zagro Global Hub 5 Woodlands Terrace 738430 Tel: +65 6759 1811 Fax: +65 6759 1855 E-mail: zah@zagro.com

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Equipment

John Deere B-Wrap helps protect hay bales THE BEST WAY to protect the hay quality of round bales has been to store bales indoors.

For 2013, John Deere is offering producers a new way with B-Wrap, which provides an

John Deere B-Wrap is a new way to protect hay quality. It sheds rain, snow, and ground moisture

alternative to indoor storage.

“B-Wrap is rolled onto round bales just like regular net wrap,” says Laura Cobb, senior marketing representative for the John Deere Ottumwa Works. “But B-Wrap protects bales much better than net, significantly reducing storage losses and maintaining nutrient quality of hay.”

B-Wrap protects bales with a material that features Tama SCM Technology. The material sheds rain and snow and helps protect bales from ground moisture. The Tama SCM Technology also has pores that allow water vapor inside the bales to escape.

“All bales sweat after they are made,” notes Cobb. “B-Wrap allows that moisture to escape. If you have ever covered a new hay bale with plastic, you’ve seen how moisture condenses where the plastic touches the bale. B-Wrap lets the moisture inside the bale escape, even as it protects hay from outside rain and ground moisture.”

B-Wrap comes in rolls just like net wrap and works in John Deere 7, 8, and most 9 Series round balers equipped for applying net wrap. A John Deere dealer needs to install a B-Wrap kit, which allows a baler to switch between net wrap and B-Wrap.

For producers baling in the field, switching between net and B-Wrap takes fewer than five minutes. “B-Wrap does cost a few dollars more per bale than net wrap, so most hay producers will use B-Wrap mainly to protect their best quality hay, or hay that will be stored for an extended amount of time,” said Cobb.

Jansen presents the Easyloader JANSEN POULTRY EQUIPMENT has developed a new product in order to load broilers in an efficient way: the Easyloader. Without the help of human hands, the birds are transported to the loading dock.

This makes the loading of birds easy and fast without damaging the birds. The Easyloader completes the BroMaxx colony system for broilers.

Jansen developed the BroMaxx colony system for broiler farming to solve the problems of breast blisters and other injuries. The BroMaxx colony system is designed with special slatted floors and manure belts to separate the broilers from their manure. The floor is Broilers are transported designed with a perfect grid by a clean manure belt to let the manure fall easily through on the manure belt.

An important factor in broiler colony houses is the unloading of the broilers. The Easyloader is a lifting system to load the broilers into the crates with a minimum human intervention. The load capacity of the Easyloader lifting system is up to 12,000 broilers per hour.

The broilers are housed in the FlexFloor, which can be removed to place the birds on the cleaned manure belt below. This conveyor belt transports the birds easily out of the BroMaxx system to the conveyor belts of the Easyloader lifting system. The Easyloader transports the broilers into the crates in the container dock, which reduces the risk of damage and injuries. The unloading of the BroMaxx system becomes a quick and easy job. As soon as one BroMaxx line is unloaded, the Easyloader lifting system will be moved to the next BroMaxx line.

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Novus Avimatrix optimises digestive process AVIMATRIX IS THE latest innovation by Novus in poultry nutrition ensureing a targeted release in the gastro intestinal tract. It is clean and easy to use. The proven benefits on broiler performance are backed by scientific trials following strict EFSA guidelines with three years of research, the company said in a statement.

Avimatrix is specifically designed to support and to optimise digestive processes in poultry. The product contains a unique blend of nature identical flavoring compounds including benzoic acid proven to have stabilizing effects on gut microflora. Formulation by Novus Premium Blend Technology guarantees superior handling properties, stability during feed manufacturing processes as well as costeffective performance enhancement.

Supplementing poultry feeds with AVIMATRIX consistently contributes to improved feed conversion and optimal production efficiency.

Hatchbrood offers complete brood control DURING THE FIRST four days of their lives (the brooding period), chicks are unable to regulate their own body temperature. Their proper growth and development therefore depends on the climate that poultry farmers create for them. Achieving the perfect combination of air and floor temperatures, air velocity and humidity levels that lead to superior chick quality can be quite difficult. If these variables are not exactly right, the result is delayed chick start-up, lower uniformity and uncertainty about future growth curves.

HatchBrood offers Hatchbrood controls environmental variables complete control during brooding. It balances and controls all of the crucial environmental variables during the brooding period, ensuring that all chicks maintain a uniform and optimum body temperature. Improved field results.

A carefully controlled brooding environment has been proven to deliver better results, both early and late in the production process.

At four days, there is a lower mortality rate, increased uniformity and better growth. What’s more, final technical results are more predictably superior.

Compared to traditional broiler houses in which a high m3 air volume has to be conditioned, HatchBrood uses a significantly lower amount of energy. The system also has lower CO2 emissions, which helps make poultry farming more sustainable.

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Equipment

Farmer Automatic presents innovative rearing system

‘Opticell essential for animal gut health’

FARMER AUTOMATIC, GERMAN manufacturer of economic poultry housing systems, impressed visitors at the EuroTier 2012 trade show in Hanover recently with its intelligent housing systems. Farmer Automatic exhibited various products at its 300 m2 booth with a fresh, modern design including its new pullet rearing system: combi pullet. The combination aviary system allows pullets to be reared for both conventional and alternative housing/aviaries. It is the latest addition to the wide range of products offered by Farmer Automatic, which includes ten premium-quality housing systems for layers, pullets, and broilers.

The company also launched its new design at the trade show. “The visitors were very interested in our new Combi Pullet system and we also received a lot of praise for our new brand design,” said Christian Dyckerhoff, CEO of Farmer Automatic.

The Combi Pullet system – shown here with two tiers.

The Combi Pullet rearing system offers a high degree of flexibility. In cooperation with breeders using alternative housing systems, Farmer Automatic developed a system that accommodates the needs of pullets and allows optimum management of the system by breeders. The system is designed for ease of operation, serving to optimise the results achieved both in aviaries and conventional systems.

The Combi Pullet system features a high degree of flexibility that allows for continuous accommodation to changing market needs – depending on the configuration. Livestock can thus be reared for both conventional and alternative housing /aviaries.

OPTICELL, AGROMED'S PREMIUM fibre product, is a lignocellulose product made from fresh wood, processed to an ultra-fine particle size.

“It can be used as a dietary fiber source in animal nutrition,” the company said in a statement.

OptiCell is used as a high-quality dietary fibre source for monogastrics, young ruminants and pets and which offers a very competitive value proposition with proven performance benefits at a cost comparable to other fibre sources.

OptiCell is a unique dietary fibre product, which contains a synergistic combination of fermentable and nonfermentable dietary fibre. The special OptiCell formula guarantees sufficient supply of non - fermentable and fermentable dietary fibre which is essential for gut health status of animals. This interaction is important for the balance of digestion and for animal health.

Pas Reform’s new chick counting system GROWING DEMAND FOR high quality day old chicks is driving expansion for hatcheries around the world. To deliver increased numbers, reduced ‘throughput time’, improved traceability and animal welfare requires innovation in hatchery automation. After three years in development, Pas Reform’s SmartCount represents the advanced development for the high capacity counting, vaccination and analysis of day old chicks.

To keep pace with growing demand for high-quality chicks, hatcheries large enough to produce more than two million day old chicks per week are no longer unusual.

These growing hatcheries have become highly automated to handle chicks in such large numbers. The case for automation is further strengthened by the growing cost and reduced availability of qualified labour.

At the core of these transitions in the poultry industry, lies a duty of care from the retailer and ultimately to the consumer, to deliver the highest

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standards of animal welfare and offer complete traceability, from egg production and hatchery all the way down the chain, Pas Reform said in a statement.

Together, these factors create increasing demand for innovation, to support and improve standards of animal welfare - and to increase the availability of information from source.

In response, Pas Reform Academy has looked for more intelligent, innovative ways to handle valuable day old chicks, with minimum impact on their health and well-being, while at the same time reducing their throughput time.

This focus has placed Vision Technology at the heart of a new system for chick counting and quality analysis, to produce significant increases in efficiency, chick uniformity and standards of animal welfare. Pas Reform has named this latest innovation SmartCount.

Pas Reform’s SmartCount applies Vision Technology, a complex pairing of digital imaging and pre-defined algorithms, to count and analyse groups of day old chicks.

Image sequences are interpreted using these criteria, pre-set by Pas Reform Academy, to process the chicks in stress-free conditions. With an accuracy of two chicks per thousand, SmartCount’s nett system capacity is 60,000 chicks per hour.

The same level of intelligence and accuracy defines a range of key parameters, including smart pattern recognition for even, gentle distribution in the right numbers into the chick boxes at the end of the conveyor, and precise, optimized spray vaccination.

SmartCount’s chick analysis system incorporates calculations for uniformity scoring – and by integrating SmartCount statistics with SmartCenter hatchery information system data, the hatchery is equipped with the most detailed level of data analysis and batch reporting available today.

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Methyl bromide – handle with care

A new partnership aims to reduce emissions of methyl bromide for quarantine use. The ozone-damaging gas is still relied on to stop deadly pests HE FAO-BASED INTERNATIONAL Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) have agreed to join forces to help countries better manage their handling of the ozonedamaging gas methyl bromide, used to treat plant products and thereby prevent the accidental spread of pests and diseases.

In a Memorandum of Understanding signed recently, the IPPC and UNEP's Ozone Secretariat have committed to working closely to promote wider implementation of existing recommendations regarding methyl bromide (MeBr) as well as to support efforts to develop alternative phytosanitary treatments to replace it, where possible.

For decades MeBr offered a potent tool in combating the transboundary spread of plant pests and diseases, which can take a significant toll on food security, the livelihoods of farmers, and trade.

But methyl bromide is extremely damaging to the Earth's protective ozone layer, and in 1991 was added to the list of substances controlled under the Montreal Protocol, an international agreement set up to phase out the use of ozone-depleting technologies. The Protocol discourages the use of MeBr to combat pests and disease for non-quarantine purposes during production, but does make an exception for its utilisation as a phytosanitary quarantine treatment, given its effectiveness in stopping pests and diseases.

Where alternatives to methyl bromide use during quarantine do not exist or are not

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feasible, a recommendation by the IPPC's Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) encourages best fumigation practices that can limit unwanted emissions of the gas and calls for a shift away from MeBr as much as possible through the development of new alternative treatments.

For that to happen, plant protection authorities need information on and access to alternative treatments that are affordable, effective, and appropriate to their specific needs.

MOU’s goals • Strengthening information-gathering on how methyl bromide is currently being used for quarantine purposes in order to identify opportunities for shifting to alternative measures • Improving regional and international coordination regarding MeBr management • Fostering information exchanges and cooperative research aimed at reducing emissions of the gas and developing alternative phytosanitary treatments • Promoting best fumigation practices in order to minimize MeBr emissions and encourage wider use of methyl bromide recovery and recycling technologies Methyl Bromide, a colourless gas at room temperature, occurs naturally as well as can be manufactured. Marine organisms are estimated to produce 1-2 billion kilograms of it each year and it is also released in small quantities by some terrestrial plants. For agricultural and

Crops that may be treated with meythl bromide include tomatoes, strawberries, bell peppers and grapes

industrial use, the gas is manufactured by reacting methanol with hydrogen bromide.

MeBr has potent insecticidal, fungicidal and herbicidal properties, and since the 1950s has been widely used around the globe on farm, during crop production, to control a number of pests in a broad range of crops and wood products and is particularly important for phytosanitary purposes as a quarantine treatment.

When used as fumigant, methyl bromide is applied in concentrations that are acutely toxic to these pests - as well as to people. Handled properly, human health risks can be managed.

It is the gas's role in depleting the ozone layer that has attracted the most concern.

In 1991 methyl bromide was identified by the Montreal Protocol as contributing to the depletion of the ozone layer.

However, the Protocol does allow for MeBr's use as a quarantine treatment. The exemption requires that treatment be either performed or authorised by a national plant, animal, or environmental protection or health authority and target officially recognised quarantine pests which represent a significant potential threat to the export destination.

These quarantine fumigations can occur on farms, or central processing facilities, in lumber mills, silos or warehouses for products such as farm or construction equipment and machinery, lumber, fresh flowers and bulb, grains and cereals, hay, straw and cotton, perishable fruits, and wood products. n Source: FAO

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Climate-Systems, Drinking-Systems and equipment for pig houses Top-Climate-Systems The LUBING Top-ClimateSystem has been developed for an effective humidifying, cooling and dust binding of the house air. It works according to the principle of the direct evaporative cooling.

Special high-pressure nozzles (70 bar/ 1000 psi) spray a fine fog of evaporated water into the house.

Humidity rises, the temperature falls. The floor stays dry. The animals feel better.

Nipple drinkers

House Equipment

The LUBING nipples for piglets and pigs guarantee always fresh drinking water. The robust design provides high working reliability with smallest maintenance. The high quality materials provide for all nipples made complete of stainless steel a high acid resistance.

All LUBING Flooring-Systems are made of high-impact polypropylene. These high quality floorings are suitable for using in flat decks and farrowing pen. Your advantages: patented overlapping interlock-system, easy and fast installation and permanently tested with 3 times overload.

Germany

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LUBING SYSTEM ENGINEERING (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd.

LUBING INDIA PVT. LTD.

PT. CHAROEN POKPHAND INDONESIA

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271/P/B, Ingawale Patil Estate Bhugaon, Pune Maharastra (India) Tel.: +91 20-229524-04 / -05 Fax: +91 0-98909 96030 surinder@lubingindia.com

Jl. Raya Serang Km. 30 Balaraja 15610 Tangerang Tel.: +62 215951187 Fax: +62 215951013 antoni@cp.co.id

Suksawad Road 10130 Prapadaeng Samutprakarn Tel.: +662 8176410 Fax: +662 8176439 kannika@cpf.co.th

Guangming District, Shenzhen City 518106 Guangdong Province Tel.: +86 75527411888 Fax: +86 75527411124 tjlim@lubing.cn