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September - October 2014

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A new dawn for GFMT Our history and our future!

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STORAGE

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Weighbridges

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Irish Flour Milling and the German connection

Bagging systems chosing the right one for your needs

Burundi’s women of war turn to rice

Silo design & construction crucial factors and considerations

INCORPORATING PORTS, DISTRIBUTION AND FORMULATION

Our History

1878

NABIM founded and Henry Gustav Simon introduced the first roller flour milling plant in Manchester UK, setting in motion the “rollermilling revolution” a mechanisation of the British milling system

1891

Joseph Rank opened the most advanced roller mill in the UK & Northwestern Consolidated Milling Company was formed in the USA

1893

Joseph Rank was hailed as a genius by the trade paper “Milling” for building the largest network of mills in Europe

1896

The Fraternity of Operative Millers of America (FOMA) is established on January 20, with Benjamin W Dedrick as president

1902

Henry Simon opend his first mill in Stallybridge in the UK

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NABIM has first conference in Paris

1919

After nearly 25 years of existence, the FOMA is reorganized as the Association of Operative Millers (AOM)

1930

Fortification with iron, niacin, thiamin and riboflavin has begun for some flours & Minneapolis led the US in flour production, earning it the nickname “Mill City”

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1946 In the aftermath of WWII, many British mills lay in ruins. The ‘Milling” magazine branched out yet again and became a global publication attracting advertisers from overseas and adding Worldwide to its title.

UK government takes over all flour mills to maximise production

1946

Bread rationing introduced in the UK

1950

First centrifugal cast rollers, cast with rotating chill mold

1971

In 1971, Nebraska Consolidated Mills changed its name to ConAgra, a combination of con for consolidated and agra

1990

Folic acid added to flour production

2003

AOM adds “International” to its official name, becoming the International Association of Operative Millers (IAOM)

2008

The Muhlenchemie “Flour Art museum opens in Wittenburg, Germany.

2011

“Milling” opens office in South America and publishes in Spanish

2012

Grapas awards and Croptech Feedtech introduced

2013

Introduction of the Arabic and Turkish editions

2014 2015

GFMT becomes patron of The Mills Archive Trust

1891 The “MILLING” magazine was founded and quickly became the the leading trade magazine for the Flour Milling Industry in the UK

“Four factors that revolutionised roller flour milling globally, Henry Simon, Mightly Steam, NABIM, & MIlling Magazine” - Rob Shorland-Ball, Historian

1926 In 1926, the magazine, now a weekly publication branched out into feed milling as well as keeping its roots firmly in the flour milling sector

As Milling techniques improved and development in technology became more prominent in the improvement of flour production, “Milling” magazine added Technology to its title.

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Dust control

with bulk bag discharger and flexible screw conveyors

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Storage and silos special

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Mycotoxins

How to analyse and reduce the hazard to humans and animals

In this issue: •

NIR Multi Online Technology: Real-time analysis for early detection of grain quality fluctuations

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Feed Focus

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GRAPAS

Pigs Technology from the GRAPAS Asia award

INCORPORATING PORTS, DISTRIBUTION AND FORMULATION

The International Milling Directory is launched to a worldwide audience .

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2015 We are an international Magazine, and with our move to 12 editions in 2015, we have also rebranded to “Milling and Grain”. This title links into our past, but also reflects our future as “your partner for all things milling, storage and handling”

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A new dawn for Grain & Feed Milling Technology magazine

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The Mills Archive

GFMT becomes a patron

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Role of extruders

in Halal food production

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Harvest conditions:

wheat quality and addressing issues

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Fortification

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IAOM

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Roger Gilbert - owner of Perendale Publishers

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Olivia Holden - Editorial Executive

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The Sales Team

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Tuti Tan - Subscriptions & Distribution Manager

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Ivan Marquetti - Sales Executive, Latin America

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Flexibility of sifters

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Storage and silos special

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NIR Multi Online Technology: Real-time analysis for early detection of grain quality fluctuations

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GFMT is among a select group of companies that can trace its heritage across three centuries. In fact, we have been in business for 124 years serving millers worldwide; first published in 1891 as Milling magazine. Making fundamental changes to a business with this lineage and authority requires careful consideration.

As its publisher it is my task and responsibility to ensure this magazine is best positioned to serve our industries’ needs as it adapts to future challenges. After much thought, I have decided to take GFMT from its bi-monthly format to a monthly publication and to re-brand it 'Milling and Grain,' taking it back to its broad milling focus.

We will still include our unique coverage of feed manufacturing as well as a strong focus on flour, rice, cereals, oilseed and feed millers interests along with those of the grain storage and handling sectors. The new title will also be published bi-monthly in Spanish, Turkish and Arabic. Other language versions are already in the pipe line. My team and I look forward to delivering our quality content to you on a monthly basis from January 2015 onward!

The recent re-branding of Grain and Feed Milling Technology magazine to Milling and Grain marks the start of an exciting new chapter in the magazine’s history. From an editorial perspective, moving from six to 12 editions a year will see us covering more industry stories in-depth that matter to both advertiser and reader alike. Coupled with this, increasing to 12 editions means we have the very real ability to offer our advertisers greater exposure on a global platform. We now reach over 62,000 readers per issue.

Quality editorial content that serves our industry is always at the forefront of our minds. You will notice that from January 2015 we will continue to deliver the same magazine that reflects our heritage with some new regular features. In particular, the ‘Regional Feature’ will examine developments in the Middle East, North Africa and the Sub-Sahara. We have already begun to implement this with a feature about the work that has been carried out in Burundi by the International Rice Research Institute. As an international magazine with a global readership in 132 countries (published in Arabic, Spanish, English and Turkish) this is a timely development. Our content is truly reflective of our global relationships with advertisers and readers. It has been wonderful to see the first transitional issue come to fruition. For me, there is nothing more satisfying than visiting our advertisers to obtain relevant and recent editorial content from our trips around the world!

Our combination of prestigious heritage and innovative technologies make our publication an appealing platform for advertisers. We are able to directly reach the reader and industry-at-large. Through our attendance at over 40 events world-wide, we have forged strong historical links with industry societies and organisations. Moving to 12 editions a year means that we will be communicating more frequently and effectively with our core readership as well as being in a postion to give valued advertisers increased coverage of the products and innovations that matter to the industry.

We are confident that the rebrand will be of benefit to all sectors along the milling chain. We have already received a great deal of positive feedback from our current advertisers and if you take a look, you will notice some new ones onboard with us too!

We hope that you are just as excited as the sales team is about going into a new dawn with confidence.

Unlike many printed magazines around the globe, here at Milling and Grain we have seen a steady year on year increase in print. As the oldest Milling magazine on the planet we have to maintain its heritage and global reach.

Our increase in printed circulation comes not only from the switch to twelve editions per year, but also our growth into more languages, including Spanish, Turkish and Arabic. Soon to follow will be French, Portuguese, Russian and Chinese. And, not only are we printing in these languages, we have offices on the ground making sure we distribute to the right circulation. With a growth in Circulation obviously comes a growth in readership, and it is with our readers directly that we are validating the arrival of our magazine and confirming that they are going to those who want it. It is then with confidence we can say “we reach more of the right people, more often worldwide than any other publication in our sector.”

Translating a magazine into another language is time consuming and requires attention to detail. However, the rewards are worthwhile. I'm speaking for all our translators - Turkish and Arabic as well as Spanish - when I say that receiving feedback from people in our industry who do not read English that well is overwhelming positive and appreciated. Not all publishers have undertaken what Perendale has given the prohibitive costs, but we have persevered and now have a model that will see six bi-monthly editions of 'Milling and Grain' published in 2015 in Spanish, Turkish and Arabic. It also gives us an opportunity to address regional issues that may well be different from the magazine's international agenda. It also gives us the opportunity to work with industry at a more local level.

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MILLING NEWS Three Common Mistakes Made When Purchasing Slide Gates & Diverter Valves For Milling and Grain Handling Lambton Conveyor Supplies Grain Handling Equipment Feed Support Products (FSP) - what’s in it for you?

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FEATURES Choosing the right bagging system NIR in the field, factory & warehouse Industry profile: Ocrim The debate - The mill of the future STORAGE - Silo design and construction 2014 Crop Quality Seminars Burundi’s women of war turn to rice Weighbridges: crucial factors and considerations Irish Flour Milling and the German connection The Roller Flour Milling Revolution - Keeping up-to-date Flour is life - We take a look inside the FlourWorld Museum

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North America office Mark Cornwell Tel: +1 913 6422992 markc@perendale.com

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COMMODITIES

Raw material outlook, by John Buckley

Latin America Marketing Team Iván Marquetti Tel: +54 2352 427376 ivanm@perendale.co.uk

IAOM Middle East & Africa, Conference and Expo 2014 in South Africa Exhibitor number has reached 198 at IDMA Industry responds well to VietStock 2014 after the first 10 years

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The GFMT interview

India Marketing Team Assocom-India Pvt Ltd Tel: +91 47 675216 india@perendale.co.uk

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INDUSTRY FACES 70 Terrell joins Anitox to drive American operations The Chief Agri Industrial Division hires Vice President of Engineering & Product Development GrainCorp announces board appointment

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015 will mark a new dawn for Grain & Feed Milling Technology. Over the years that Perendale Publishers have been custodian of the longest standing milling industry magazine in the world, we have consistently strived to move with the times and ensure that we are an up to date publication for the industry globally.

A new dawn for Grain & Feed Milling Technology

The magazine has undergone several name changes over the 124 years we have been serving the industry, and now we have decided it is time, to once again rebrand the magazine to reflect the huge progress and wider focus that the magazine has achieved over the last decade.

Over the time that Perendale has been publishing GFMT, we have seen the focus of the magazine grow wider, as we talk to more experts from across the globe, about more topics from a greater number of countries. The industry is constantly changing, and so we must adapt with it, to ensure we are always at the forefront of reporting these developments to our readers.

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aving spent over 20 years in the Milling and Grain industry, I can honestly say it is more than a job for me. I count my blessings daily that I work in an industry with many of my greatest friends and extended family.

Over the years I have listened carefully to those I work with, and wherever possible, I have effected change. As I sit here writing this opening editorial piece, I find myself in the coveted position of Managing Director and Co-Owner of the oldest and most established Milling and Grain magazine in the world.

To be working with a team as passionate as myself about the industry and focused on doing what is best for the customer is extremely exciting. As a global magazine I have a global team, with offices in South America, Africa, India, Australia, China and now North America with myself and Martha. As many of you will know, Martha is my wife and a passionate advocate of the industry. She has accompanied me on many global visits meeting with many significant members of the industry. I know her knowledge of the industry is second to none and her drive and customer focus will ensure this venture is a special one for the advertiser, reader and global team.

I am so excited about the year ahead, and this starts with welcoming you to the first transitional magazine from "Grain & Feed Milling Technology" to the newly

Along with the change from Grain & Feed Milling Technology to "Milling and Grain", we will also be making another important step. The magazine will now move from the bi-monthly format that has served us so well in the past - to a monthly magazine.

Roger Gilbert, We will also be publishing 6 dedicated issues each year in Spanish, Director and Publisher Perendale Publishers Arabic and Turkish.

GFMT has been an international publication since 1946, indeed, almost 70 years later, in 2014 we are read in over 132 countries around the world, and support the industry at over 40 trade shows and conferences each year.

With this in mind, it is my pleasure to announce that with the launch of our re-branded title "Milling and Grain" we are also opening a North American division that will be headed up by long time industry expert, Mark Cornwell.

Mark has been working in the milling industry for over 20 years, and is well known to many of the companies operating within it. Mark joins the Perendale team from his position as Sales Director at Wold Grain, so is ideally placed to help us strengthen our position in the North American industry and beyond. branded "MILLING and GRAIN".

This edition and the next in December will see the transition over to MILLING and GRAIN setting the platform for 12 informative editions for 2015, with 18 further editions, 6 in Spanish, 6 in Arabic and 6 in Turkish. These are not one off editions, but rather regular updates in key languages in locations where there is a growth in the Milling and Grain industry.

Mark Cornwell Don't forget, look out for the International Milling Directory, again the most recognised and established Directory in the industry. It is free to be in and free to list your equipment technical data.

Its a tool for the industry and used by millers all over the world.

With all my knowledge and experience in the industry I am confident that we will have the most widely distributed publication in the industry and our team will visit more exhibitions, conferences and companies first hand than any one else.

Keep a look out for our team, as I am sure you will bump into one of them somewhere around the globe this year.

Enjoy this publication.

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Three Common Mistakes Made When Purchasing Slide Gates & Diverter Valves For Milling and Grain Handling

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o avoid mistakes that are often made during the buying process, many factors need to be considered when purchasing slide gates and diverter valves. Those mistakes can lead to wasted material, atmospheric leakage, hazardous working conditions, increased maintenance and excessive downtime.

Selecting the Right Valves for Milling and Grain Handling

Selecting the right valve is critical to the success of any milling and grain handling system. Misapplied, or poorly designed valves add unexpected costs and inefficiencies in your process. With so many variations of products ranging from coarse grains to fine flour, be sure to work with a company with an experienced sales staff and engineering staff to identify the best solution for your milling and gr ain h andling applications.

Because the characteristics of milling and grain are different, there is no such thing as an offt h e - s h e l f so l u t i o n .

U nd e r s t a nd i n g t h e material's abrasiveness, corrosiveness, particle size, temperature sensitivity and stickiness are just a small sampling of the f actors you should examine before selecting a slide gate or diverter valve.

With so many co nvey i n g s y s t e m s

in use, modifications to a standard valve will frequently be necessar y to ensure optimal performance. These conveying system variables can include higher operating temperatures, regular washdown requirements, square-toround transitions and material contact options. Sometimes a custom-engineered slide gate or diverter valve is the best option for a particular application because of existing footprints, unique material characteristics and pre-existing conveying problems.

Overall, the supplier should be focused on applying the right

valve based on your needs.

Communication between the customer and the supplier is important to identify any p o t e n t i a l p ro b l e m s w i t h the application and valve being supplied. If this is done correctly, you will get a valve solution that will out-perform and outlast your expectations.

loads, replaceable liners and detachable access panels for cleaning and inspection. Having these features available to perform maintenance while the valve remains in service is the key. This alone can save a company thousands of dollars by drastically reducing their conveying system’s downtime.

Buying a Slide Gate or Diverter Valve Strictly on Price

Inadequate Customer Support

Purchasing a slide gate or diverter valve solely based on price only provides a shortterm solution.

For example, many maintenance managers, purchasing agents, plant operators and engineers will try to use a butterfly valve or bull nose knife gate in their dry material handling applications.

These are excellent solutions for liquids and gasses, but were not meant for handling dry materials like milling and grain. The reason they are used so often is because of their price.

They are more of a commodity and can be produced for less cost than a valve designed for dry materials.

The short-term solution of a commodity valve often turns into a longterm and expensive problem. The money saved up-front quickly disappears because of added costs associated with wasted material, extensive downtime, atmospheric leakage, additional maintenance cycles, conveying inefficiencies and inaccurate weighing.

The best solution is buying a valve that is designed for your application parameters w i t h m a i n t e n a n ce friendly features that will extend the valve’s ser vice life . These features include, but are not limited to; replaceable seals, removable shims, adjustable compression

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While finding the right valve for your milling and grain application is critical, equally important is the support you get from your supplier after the sale. Selecting a slide gate or diverter valve supplier with a history of successful customer support and experience will directly benefit the efficiency and cost of your conveying system.

When considering potential suppliers , look for some simple success indicators like corporate history, regional rep or agent networks, global service centres and an actual voice when you call their phone number. Get some references of satisfied clients with needs similar to yours. Ask if the supplier’s quality management system is I SO 9 0 01:20 0 8 certified. This international standard ensures they are committed to quality service and customer satisfaction.

Also find out what kind of replacement parts they have available if your equipment malfunctions. Finding replacement parts from the local fabrication shop that built your slide gate will not be a cost savings adventure. Having an inventory of spare parts that can be shipped at a moment's notice can be the difference between a £1,000 mistake and a £100,000 problem.

Avoiding these three common mistakes will protect your conveying system from suffering deficiencies due to the wrong slide gate or diverter valve. The best valves are the ones you install, and completely forget about. www.vortexvalves.com

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Lambton Conveyor Supplies Grain Handling Equipment

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k y w ay uses the all galvanised grain leg and dr ag chain conveyors manufactured by Lambton Conveyor in its system designs.

In projects where grain needs to be conveyed vertically, the bucket elevator gets the job done quickly and efficiently. In addition to the bucket elevators, Skyway also utilises drag chain conveyors when grain needs to be moved horizontally or a slight incline.

Chain Conveyor - Round Bottom Incline

Sky way’s par tnership with L ambton goes back more than 20 years so designing their grain handling systems is a familiar process. Since the bucket elevator is well-known equipment to international clients, it's often the piece of equipment requested in overseas projects. Lambton equipment has been incorporated into storage designs in locations around the world. Countries like Canada, United States, Australia, Libya, New Zealand, Guatemala, Syria, Iran, Czech Republic, Mongolia, and Argentina all have benefited from the installation of grain legs as part of Skyways designs.

The bucket elevator is the "old reliable" in the grain handling industry, invented in 1842 by Joseph Dart and build in Buffalo, New York. The original grain legs were used in ports to handle the loading and unloading of grain being shipped from North America to the rest of the world. It still remains a fact that grain leg buckets deliver the gentlest handling, least spillage, and lowest maintenance, minimum amount of wear and tear, and quietest operation compared to similar mechanical elevating devices on the market.

Grain Leg With more than 38 years of manufacturing and construction experience the company has grown to become a true leader in the grain handling industry and helps Skyway to be the same. From the local farmer to the commercial processor Skyway and Lambton have the reputation for providing high

quality, innovative and cost effective equipment and designs.

The company is a privately held corporation founded in 1979 as an extension of a grain storage distributor and construction company established in 1965.

The corporation manufactures and distributes gr ain and material handling equipment for farm, commercial and industrial applications. Skyway joins Lambton Conveyor in being committed to being the leader in design and production of galvanized modular products for the industries and markets it serves.

As a manufacturer of bucket F/V/G(Island):2015

elevators, grain legs, paddle drag chain conveyors, catwalks and flow accessories for farm and industry, Lambton uses state of the art computer aided design and C.N.C. technology to produce its full catalogue of all galvanised equipment.

T h e s t a n d a rd g a l v a n i s e d construction, modular design, competitive pricing and short lead times coupled with an excellent design and production staff enables quick reaction in providing solutions to meet the needs of customers.

In their home territor y in southern Ontario, Canada, the company also has construction and maintenance divisions.

The purpose of these divisions is to give the technicians' hands- on oppor tunities to

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f ield test new products as they are being designed. Field t e s t ing e q ui p me nt in t he design stages results in grain handling equipment that works right the first time and every time after that. The product is designed for years of trouble free service in some of the most demanding applications and punishing environments.

Because of their construction back ground their featuresloaded equipment is manufactured with ease of installation and subsequent maintenance in mind.

Whether you are a large commercial handler/processor or a large farm producer, Skyway truly has a high quality, cost effective solution to your bucket elevator needs.

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Added value of Early Warning System (EWS)

by Johan den Hartog, managing director of GMP+ International, Rijswijk, The Netherlands

Most of the feed & food safety assurance systems are focussed on prevention of contamination of feed & food materials with undesirable substances or microbiological agents. A certification scheme has three main components: the normative references, the assurance and corrective action tools, and the rules of certification.

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he normative references determine what is considered as a safe product for consumption, or what is sustainable or responsible related to environment or society. The rules of certification are about the certification process of companies obtaining for a certificate against the involved certification scheme, which the certification bodies have to apply and comply with.

The assurance & corrective action tools are the

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instruments and procedures, which the company obtaining a certificate have to apply in the daily business operations.

The assurance tools are focused on preventive actions and measurements in order to avoid the occurrence of contamination. A starting point for the control of potential risk is the application of prerequisite programs in order to create a basic level of control. The Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) approach is important to identify in advance the remaining risks in the process and operations and to determine appropriate control measures, as well as a monitoring plan. A risk could be the purchased / supplied ingredients. For feed or food safety, a full control of the supply chain can be an option, like followed in the GMP+ Feed Safety Assurance certification. In case of product responsibility other supply chain models (material accounting system) can be applied, like book & claim, mass balance and segregated system. Application of a quality management system makes it possible to ensure control measures and monitoring plan in the daily operations in a consistent way.

Besides the preventive measures, also corrective actions need to be applied for the case of the occurrence of contamination. It is about traceability; recall procedures, and early warning. The aim is to reduce the distribution of contaminated lot(s) of feed or food material in the market or withdraw it.

EWS applied within the GMP+ Feed Safety Assurance (FSA) certification operates as follows: If a certified company determines a level

of undesirable substance(s) exceeding the maximum permitted level, it is obliged – besides taking the appropriate control and corrective measurements and informing its customers – to notify the scheme manager GMP+ International as well as the involved certification body. The primary focus of the certification body is to monitor the application of the appropriate actions and measurements by the involved feed company. The primary focus of GMP+ International is to alert the other GMP+ FSA participants about the occurrence of a concrete contamination event in the market, if the contaminated lots are delivered by supply chain partner(s), or the contaminated lots are or can be delivered to other companies in the market.

In that case, GMP+ International informs all other GMP+ FSA participants about the involved product (generic name), the kind of undesirable substance(s), the detected level(s), and the country of origin. When other GMP+ FSA participants are also buying or dealing with the reported product from the mentioned origin, they can take the right measures, like sampling and analysing or asking guarantees of his supplier.

In 2013, GMP+ International published 29 EWS messages, in 2014, up until end July we already have a total of 25.

Sometimes more than one EWS message has been related to the same case. It was about Aflatoxin B1 in maize and copra, lead in deer meal, dioxins in pre-mixture and dried beet pulp, peas, maize and soybean extractions, non-dioxin liked PCB’s in fatty acids, dioxin liked PCB’s in apple pulp, chloramphenicol in pre-mixtures and vitamins,

your warehouse. Why are you not here working and taking care of your business?” the man asked in formal Arabic. “Come back and we will guarantee your safety. But you must convert and pay $500.” When Paulis refused, the man spelled out the penalty. “We are taking your wheat,” he said. “Just to let you know we are not stealing it because we gave you a choice.”

Other fleeing farmers recount similar stories and point to a little-discussed element of the

threat Islamic State poses to Iraq and the region. The group now controls a large chunk of Iraq’s wheat supplies. The United Nations estimates land under IS control accounts for as much as 40 per cent of Iraq’s annual production of wheat, one of the country’s most important food staples alongside barley and rice. The militants seem intent not just on grabbing more land but also on managing resources and governing in their self-proclaimed caliphate. Wheat

ergot in triticale, wheat and rye, ethyl-esters in fish oil, DON and ZEA in maize and maize gluten feed, ambrosia in maize, hydrogen cyanide in linseed, biogenic amines in fish meal, etc. Only a limited number was related to a more or less serious feed safety emergency. Most of the reported issues were controlled in an early stage.

GMP+ International always tries to find out the source and cause of contamination, because that could be relevant for the risk assessments and could contribute to avoid occurrence in the future.

The GMP+ FSA certified companies observe these EWS messages as worthwhile, because it increases their alertness regarding specific risks. It also adds value in comparison of the Rapid Alerts System Feed & Food (RASFF) of the European Union, due to more details and sometimes quicker publication.

Of course, the functioning of EWS depends on the willingness of companies to notify a perceived contamination. The increasing number of EWS notifications is a signal of increasing awareness of the common interest of EWS notification.

Recently, GMP+ International tightened the obligation to notify contaminations by classifying non-conformity with this obligation as ‘critical nonconformity’.

My final conclusion is that EWS is a worthwhile measurement in addition to all kind of preventive actions.

It contributes to reduce the spread out of contaminated material in the market and therefor, it contributes to reduce the size of a feed safety emergency. is one tool at their disposal.

The group has begun using the grain to fill its pockets, to deprive opponents – especially members of the Christian and Yazidi minorities – of vital food supplies, and to win over fellow Sunni Muslims as it tightens its grip on captured territory. In Iraq’s northern breadbasket, much as it did in neighbouring Syria, IS has kept state employees and wheat silo operators in place to help run its empire.

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ADM R&D Leader Receives Innovation Award American Chemical Society presents Affordable Green Chemistry award for commercial production of propylene glycol

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r. Todd Werpy, Archer Daniels Midland Company’s (NYSE: ADM) senior vice president, Research and Development, has received the 2014 American Chemical Society Affordable Green Chemistry award for his work in producing bio-based propylene glycol economically on a commercial scale.

ADM’s first-in-the industry process can produce 100,000 metric tons per year of propylene glycol from renewable sources. The resulting biobased product meets all of the same U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) and industrial specifications as petroleum-based propylene glycol.

“Our Research and Development team works every day with individual customers, creating new solutions to help them succeed,” Werpy added. “And we are always looking for new products to meet changing or expanding demand.

Propylene glycol, for example, has been used for years in products ranging from liquid detergents to pharmaceuticals to plastics and paints. We saw a demand for a product that can meet all of those needs, and that is produced from biobased, renewable sources—and we are meeting that demand.”

Werpy will share the award with Dr. John Frye and Mr. Alan Zacher of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Washington.

“This shows that innovation is a collaborative effort, and that it can come in many forms,” Werpy said.

“The creation of a new product in the lab represents one kind of innovation.

And the process of taking that product to economical, commercial-scale production is another. I am proud and thankful to work at a company where such creativity is encouraged a nd su p p or t e d eve r y d ay. T h e environment here at ADM—among colleagues and leaders—is one in which new ideas and new discoveries flourish. For a scientist , there is nothing better.”

This is not the first time and the ADM and PNNL teams have been recognized for their innovation. The development of the propylene glycol process was honoured with R&D Magazine’s R&D 100 Award in 2010, and the effort between PNNL and ADM to transfer the process from laborator y to market received a Federal Laboratory Consortium Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer in 2011. In 2012, the two companies were runners-up in the Materials and Other Base Technologies category in the Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Awards. www.adm.com

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hese are interesting times for the feed and food milling industry. Recent industry events such as VIV China have gone very well indeed. At VIV China, it was apparent that increasing Chinese consumption continues to have an affect on food and feed milling around the world. China’s rise in population, purchasing power and diet choices mean a rapid rise up the agenda for us all. Adapting is not always easy but the directory is always aiming to connect all sides of the industry.

Staff members who are involved with the directory have also been visiting even more industry leading manufacturers – take a look on Facebook to see our recent travels.

Post-harvest technology has been critical in managing the world’s commodity prices with lower than average prices for wheat and other grains, yet stable and differing prices for animal feed. The power in the value chain of milling continues to grow in the Middle East, North Africa and many other parts of the world. It is sometimes too complex to all know the part that we play within the systems of world markets and what milling products or involvement is valuable. Various trade patterns become ever more intertwined but the directory still serves its audience.

I am excited about every milling event that partners with the publication and so will be glad to say that this directory will be at JTIC in France, 15-16th October in Reims, France. The best reason above all to attend such events is that it provides me with an opportunity to meet lots of other International Milling Directory members from around Europe and beyond and see some advanced technology, the latest machines and products all in one place. Find the International Milling Directory at stand H8 in the main exhibition space.

Recent news with the directory is good for all members; the website – www.internationalmilling.com is now fully updated for all member companies so you can see fully many members’ up to date details. It is a pleasure to now count over 1,500 international members from around the world within the directory. What a great way to access the industry by simply continuing to use this one directory. After 23 years, it has endured all of the changes that have taken places and continues to be the number one resource in the industry. The new print edition has had more updates and changes than ever before, so the accuracy will be dependable and reliable, just how a mill should be run.

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The new Alveograph,

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he CHOPIN Alveograph is used daily by breeders, elevators, millers and industrial bakers to analyse the quality of wheat flours.

a new milestone in the history of CHOPIN Technologies and t he Alveogr aph wit h the introduction of the new AlveoLab. The latest evolution of the Alveogr aph, the CHOPIN AlveoLab, benefits today from very important innovations making the test easier to run and more accurate. The main stages of the test are now automated to minimise the operator impact on the results. Furthermore, the dough bubbles are made in a temperature and humidity controlled compartment to

Invented in the 1920s by Marcel CHOPIN and standardized in the 1970s, the Alveograph has continued to evolve. 2014 marks

ensure the results are identical whatever the ambient test conditions are.

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available such as: analysis at constant hydration according to international standards (ISO, AACC, ICC), analysis of flour at adapted hydration corresponding to its use in process, degradation protocol to detect bug-damaged wheat, and protocol for durum wheat are just some examples.

With the AlveoLab, the user can also simply and rapidly define new testing protocols. For example varying the intensity or duration of mixing may bring the method of analysis closer to a specific application and make the Alveograph test even more predictive of flour performance in your process.

Another important innovation is the simple, comprehensive and intuitive software.

Many new features are available. For example, a

new function helps you to find the most affordable wheat blends according to your specifications and available flours. An improvers guide can be used to select the most appropriate additive in order to obtain targeted Alveograph values.

The AlveoLab will be presented all over the world starting in October 2014. www.chopin.fr

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Adisseo launches Selisseo®, the innovative antioxidant

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elisseo ® is the best organic selenium product available on the market, which combines purity, reliability, stability, ease-of-use and 100 % efficiency.

This seleno-hydroxy-methionine is issued from a unique and patented molecule and chemical process, converting hydroxymethionine (HMTBA) into selenohydroxy-methionine (HMSeBA).

It is 100 per cent biologically active and efficient, as demonstrated by more than 25 studies achieved across various species: broilers, turkeys, layers, piglets, pigs and ruminants. It increases selenium reserves as seleno-methionine in animal tissues, and enhances anti-oxidant seleno-proteins as demonstrated by the increased seleno-cysteine levels in metabolic tissues.

It has been shown to enhance selenium deposited in broiler tissues (Briens et al., 2013), piglet tissues (Jlali et al., 2014) as well as in eggs (Jlali et al., 2014). It has

1891 - The “MILLING” magazine was founded and quickly became the leading trade magazine for the Flour Milling Industry in the UK. also been shown to increase Se-Cys in metabolic tissues (Briens et al., 2014).

Compared to seleno-yeasts, it supplies 100 per cent of efficient selenium.

As a well-defined molecule, Selisseo ® is easy to analyse by HPLC. Batch after batch, it delivers 100 per cent HMSeBA. Selisseo ® is stable in premixes and feeds, even after pelleting, heat treatment or extrusion. Selisseo ® is also easy-tohandle due to absence of fines and optimal particle size ensuring optimal mixability and improving safety in premix plants.

Selisseo ® obtained its EU approval for all species, and the production site and chemical process have got the Feed Hygiene Approval (FHA) and the FAMI-QS certification.

Selisseo ® , the innovative antioxidant, also obtained an Innovation Award (InnovSpace *** 2014) and will help producers to develop a sustainable animal protein production. www.adisseo.com

91,000 - The average number of readers Grain and Feed Milling Technology reaches a month.

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Milling Technology has led the way covering stories and issues that matter in the food and feed milling industries across three centuries.

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conferences and events we attend and report from worldwide. Some recent events include Aquatic China, Olmix Briexh Algae Tour, SPACE and Aquaculture Europe.

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2007 - The year that Grain and Feed Milling Technology was launched online.

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Our Roller Flour Milling Archive

by Mildred Cookson Mills Archive Trust, Reading, UK

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n the previous issue of GFMT, I explained that the Mills Archive, based in Reading in the UK, is expanding its scope to collect and care for documents and images recording the history and contemporary situation of roller flour milling. We are looking for material without a permanent home and raising funds to house such items securely and to make them freely available to the public.

During the 19th century Britain's expanding industrial cities rapidly increased the demand for flour to bake bread. Steam-driven, high-speed metal rollers that produced flour much faster and in greater quantities than the traditional method rapidly superseded the tried and tested method of using millstones to grind flour.

There are only a few reminders left in the UK now of this important phase in milling. During the late 1890s and early 1900s quite a few country mills made the

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transition to either replace all millstones with a complete roller plant, or to go halfway and keep one or two pairs of millstones alongside roller mills. The transition to either partial or full removal of millstones for the installation of a roller plant was not a cheap business, but some millers found it worthwhile to do so to keep up with the changing times.

We still have some of the large milling firms in business, but there are also survivors of the time when small country and town mills were trying to keep up with the competition of the larger mills. Caudwell’s mill (mentioned

by Rob Shorland-Ball, one of our supporters, in the last issue), which is still working, gives us a glimpse into how a small country mill took up the challenge of going fully over to the roller system. On the Isle of Wight four watermills turned over to roller milling, Upper Calbourne being the last of the four to convert to rollers. These former small port mills were supplementing their island trade to the mainland. Today, you can still see the roller mills installed by Henry Simon at Calbourne Mill. Although these are still workable, the mill is now using millstones to produce its flour.

Windmills were not to be left out and those at Newington Ramsgate, Watlington Norfolk, Press Brothers, Green Cap mill at

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Yarmouth and Tring Flour Mills were some which continued working alongside a newer, larger roller mill building. A Mr R Randerson of York had his tall seven-storey windmill fitted out with a complete Henry Simon roller plant.

The Mills Archive contains material on roller flour milling from around the world, although the modern industry is poorly represented. In Hungary, the home of the porcelain rollers, there is a fine museum on the history of milling. If you know of any roller men who would be happy to talk to us about their experiences or donate any roller mill material, we would love to make contact and thus add to our new project.

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New Sukup Corporate Headquarters Showcases the Company’s Manufacturing Capabilities

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ukup Manufacturing Co. office personnel recently began moving into the new corporate headquarters. Much of the structural steel for the new building, located in Sheffield, Iowa, where the company was started fifty-one years ago, was fabricated by Sukup Manufacturing Co. employees and showcases the company’s advanced manufacturing capabilities. The building is 46,000 ft2 and houses engineering, sales, accounts payable/ receivable, human resources , leg al , IT, production control and executive departments on two floors at a cost of $8 million.

C o m p a ny p e r s o n n e l manufactured not only the structural steel in the building, but also the standing seam roof, metal

cladding, architectural ceiling features, and a spiral floating staircase that is the showcase of the main lobby area. More than 35 miles of CAT 6 wire runs throughout the building to power all the electronics and was pulled by the company’s IT staff.

According to Steve Sukup, CFO, “Our new of f ice building is not just a sign of our tremendous growth –

we’ve grown ten times over the past 12 years – but also really highlights our advanced manufacturing capabilities, as well as the talents of our e m p l oye e s . T h e e x p o se d structural steel components, copper standing seam roof, spiral staircase and bin ring ceiling features are real ‘headturners’ that show off what our equipment and our people can do. The new building also highlights to our dealers and customers our commitment to possessing and properly using the most advanced production equipment , enabling us to produce the finest agricultural and industrial products. This new building should be a great tool in recruiting new dealers, as well as customers. The new Tech Center will give us a great venue to show off our dryer computer controls and other product innovations.”

“A new headquarters for Sukup Manufacturing Co. has been on the drawing board for years.

Our recent growth and 50th anniversary made 2013 an ideal time to initiate the project.

We have been eagerly looking forward to the completed project , which showcases our manufacturing strengths and welcomes visitors with prairie hospitality. We are very excited to host dealers in our Tech Center and have them experience the warm industrial feel of the building that so captures the corporate culture of Sukup Manufacturing Co.,” said Charles Sukup, company president.

E mil y (S uku p) S c h mi t t coordinated the construction project for the company. “This has been a great interactive project with family members, architects, contractors and Sukup employees all working together to bring to fruition this awesome finished product.

Now that it’s almost complete, I am very excited to share the

space and all its features with our office personnel. It’s been fun watching people move in and hearing their ‘oohs and ahs’ and feeling their excitement.

We’ve designed the office with lots of collaborative work areas, which is something our old building definitely lacked. We are looking forward to seeing how people use those spaces and the new ideas that come of out of them. In the past two years, Sukup has added 158 fulltime employees. We hope this new work space will be a great recruiting tool for us to bring in even more new employees to help Sukup Manufacturing Co. continue to grow.”

Once everything has moved out, the old Sukup Manufacturing Co. of f ice sp ace will be converted to production space.

In addition to the office building, Sukup also added two 100,000 ft2 production buildings for expanded grain dr yer and material handling equipment production. All of this additional production and office space translates into more jobs for the Franklin, Cerro Gordo and Butler County area. “The new office and production space is a very real symbol of Sukup Manufacturing Co.’s commitment to Iowa and the ag industry,” stated Schmitt.

Sukup Manufacturing Co. is a family-owned grain storage, drying, and handling equipment and steel building manufacturer located in Sheffield, Iowa, USA. Sukup has been engineering solutions to protec t and preserve the world’s grain supply since 1963. The Sukup product line includes on-farm and commercial grain bins, portable and tower dryers, centrifugal and axial fans and heaters, stirring machines, bin unloading equipment and bin floors and supports. Sukup also manufactures a line of material handling equipment that includes bucket elevators, drag conveyors, and chain loop conveyors, as well as a line of steel buildings. Sukup products are sold throughout the U.S. and Canada, as well as in over 50 foreign countries.

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ne location is that oldest of water resources – the Nile.

Snaking its way through the Sahara from Uganda to Egypt it has been a vital water resource for thousands of years, and still is very much so today.

With the construction of canals into the desert regions, fresh water can be pumped to areas of fertile soil in the middle of the desert. First Alfalfa is planted for two years on virgin sites, then wheat and corn are planted as winter and summer harvests

Central Pivot Irrigation has been a key player in farming in the Saudi desert for the last 20 years, but now as aquifer water resources dwindle, the Saudi government is making restrictions of wheat production.

The large agricultural firms are looking for other locations now to expand into with their knowledge of farming the desert

for the following two years.

Alfalfa makes a great alternative to barley for adding nutrients and is sold as animal feed with yields up to 12T/hectare.

This is the case of the agricultural giant, Al Rajhi International Agricultural Investment (RAII) who are winning over local favour by not only bringing jobs, food and livestock feed to the regions where they farm but also building schools and hospitals.

RAII understand the importance of getting quality machinery to work their farms, they realise that the desert is

Alapala completes flour mill in Mongolia

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lapala recently completed the successful erection, commissioning and hand over of a 150-tonne-per day wheat flour mill and a 30-tonne-per-day rye mill for Erdenet Guril LLC in Erdenet, Mongolia. Erdenet is the second largest city in Mongolia and the capital of the Orkhon Province. Located in the northern part of the country, the city is about 150 miles northwest of the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar.

Erdenet Guril LLC was established in 2011 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Nuudelchin Group. The main purpose of this flour milling facility is to supply wheat and rye flour products to meet Mongolia’s domestic demand. The Nuudelchin Group said in a release: “We are proud to mention that a rye factory is the first in our homeland.”

The opening ceremony, held

a harsh environment and the remoteness of their sites mean that spare parts and servicing is a major factor when considering capital investments. As such they use companies such as Alvan Blanch for their seed processing and Griffith Elder for their weighing equipment.

Both these companies pride themselves of having rugged equipment that will last the course even when deser t storms blow in. Another advantage to their systems is that they are fully containerised and on site installation is done

in a blink of an eye.

The RAII sites in Sudan and Egypt currently number 300 pivots varying between 50 and 90 hectares per pivot. The rate at which RAII are expanding at number is likely to increase three-fold over the next years.

R AII selected the portable weighbridge for the Sudan site to allow the weighbridge to be moved to appropriate locations for harvesting and when their new site at Dongola is up and running, it can placed there before a fixed installation weighbridge can be installed.

on June 30, was attended by Tuncer Kiyak, Turkey’s acting amb a ss ador t o M ongoli a , Oguz Kuyumcu, commercial counsellor at Turkish Embassy Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, and representatives of Alapala.

An important part of the project was the supply of steel grain storage silos. Alapala supplied the facility’s bins, which have a total grain storage capacity of

11,000 tonnes. All of the steel structures of the plant were built by Alapala Construction, w h i c h i s a n i n c re a s i n g l y important part of the Alapala Group. Exporting 95 percent of its production, Alapala is one of the leading companies in the supply of turnkey flour mills.

The company said it has hundreds of references from over 85 countries.

The mill is fully equipped with the latest technology. The plant and the equipment are eco-friendly and are designed to consume less water and less power with its fullycomputerised system, Alapala said.

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Choosing the right bagging system

by Thomad Ziolko

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he configuration of a packaging plant for a milling business depends on various factors. The packing of the final product is one of the most labour intensive steps in the process of grain milling. That is why this part of the system should be as automated as possible. The capacity of the bagging line is simultaneously connected to the processes ahead and afterwards. This requires a very close connection and co-ordination between the bagging and the production logistics and the subsequent storage and distribution management.

in Europe, North America and Australia, paper-packaging material is generally used as packaging material, woven polypropylene is mostly used in Latin America, Asia and Africa for 10 - 50 kg bags. Apart from simple retail practice, climate conditions or the less than careful handling of the sacks favour a packaging of inexpensive woven polypropylene.

Environmental balance also influences the discussion in Europe about packaging material. Since the production of paper is very energy intensive, environmental balance favours the use of plastic bags if correctly disposed.

In Europe, North America and Australia the majority of milled products are loaded in tankers as bulky loads. In Latin America, Africa and Asia the load is overladen through packing in open sacks or ventilated bags.

Around the world the open sacks are most commonly used because this packaging has advantages for milled products. In addition to the pure function of packaging, more and more mills are using grain packaging as a marketing instrument. The surface of the sack, the means of sealing it and/or the material used, allows the company to bring up the value from an undistinguishable grain product that could be exchanged for any other, to a unique and un-mistakeable brand.

Open or ventilated sacks?

Bagging material

The woven plastic sack and the paper bag have largely replaced the traditional jute or cotton sacks. As a disposable bag, the paper sack conforms to the hygienic standards required today. The costly cleaning work and the removal of bugs and impurities are no longer necessary. Whereas

Ventilated sacks are the simpler solution for automated bag attachments, going without sealing up bags in small packaging plants or with low hygiene requirements. In favour of packaging in open bags not only is there better hygiene, more exact weight and increased flexibility in relation to bag sizes and the bulk density of the product, there is also easier opening of the bags by the final customer. These advantages explain the trend towards bagging in low cost, open sacks for the bagging of milled grain products.

Manual or automatic?

The choice between manually operated or automatic equipment depends directly on the products, the local conditions and the size of the different systems of the business.

Criteria such as the weight of the sack, sack sizes and quality, the required performance of packaging, the closing mechanism and logistics can be used for the lay out of a bagging plant. Single nozzle packing stations

are suitable for paper, plastic and textile bags with a capacity of 10 -50 kg. Depending on the performance of the bagging station, the packaging of grain in 25 kg bags can be around seven bags per minute. For higher performance, packing machines can be used with several filling nozzles. These can also work with different bagging materials. If these are used with woven polypropylene bags, a suitable sack quality is needed for greater reliability with an automated system.

The new B端hler bagging station Maia for bags of 10 to 32kg offers an alternative with a low energy requirement for the packaging of milled products. It is known for high reliability and sanitation with fully automated bagging of powdered, free flowing and fragile products.

Pre-storage processes

Consideration of the pre-storage elements such as the silos, product supply and weighing is important for the configuration of the bagging plant. In many plants they are the limiting factors in the bagging performance and must be adapted to the desired performance. The right layout is a condition for a high degree of accurate weighing and replication of the bagged goods. A higher productivity through reduction of personnel costs, tracking system and availability of products as well as permanent stock control are becoming increasingly important.

Post storage processes

Completion of direct embarkation of the sacks to lorries through the use of pallets increases the productivity of bagging plants because the bagged goods can be stored in pallet warehouses. This increases the pro-

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ductivity of the bagging process because the waiting times at bagging plants decrease.

In addition to this, the pallet warehouse complements the storage capacity of ready made products in storage silos. Block storage is advantageous due to very low logistic costs, spaciousness or as ready made areas for pallet embarkation. Rack storage can be accessed on each pallet. Set up costs for the storage facility are huge as the

requirement for personnel and space is high. Conveyor belts are suitable for the milling industry and excel by an ideal price performance ratio with a high turnover.

Pallet storage plants for the milling industry are run on the FIFO-principle (First in - First out). High bay warehouses offer many possibilities through use of space and require a preventive maintenance for trouble-free service.

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Control of the bagging system

A reliable control system guarantees efficient running of a bagging plant. The ability of the service personnel needs consideration. A hardware which is unaffected by the influences such as dust and temperature are crucial for good relaiability. An integrated control system allows all the process units to be centrally controlled from bagging silo to the waiting pallet. The module makes a flexible and user friendly plant

operation: this includes the discharge of the silo and the supply of the product, weighing, filling, the packing stations and sealing of the sacks as well as the sack transport and the automation of the pallets.

Closing systems for open sacks

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tems can come into play for the sealing of open sacks. Depending on the sack material used the bagging performance and level of auomation, different systems can be used for the manual or automatic sewing up of filled sacks. For the sealing of sacks with pre-applied glue (Pinch bag) no consumer materials are needed and a highly reliable process is necessary to supply the sacks. Sack closing with hot sealant is very user friendly (tear opening, seal tape) and suitable for conventional open sacks.

The right layout of an automated bagging plant for milled products in the range of 10 to 50 kg requires skilled advice. On the one hand there are the planning questions such as sack performance, distribution factors, weighing systems, sack types, the means of closing the sacks, the use of pallets, storage logistics etc, on the other hand consideration of the pre-and post storage steps in the process are crucial. The customer should also think more about the desired sack performance per shift or day in the decision, instead of the short term per minute performance. Very close compatibility and co-ordination of bagging with production logistics and the consequent storage and distribution logistics is only possible by carrying out a thorough practice run through.

More information: Thomad Ziolko Product Manager, Grain Milling Bühler AG in Uzwil/ Switzerland Tel: +41 71 955 16 82 Email: thomas.ziolko@buhlergroup.com

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by S.K. Schreyer, Michelle Pressler and Lin Zhang of Thermo Fisher Scientific, Tewksbury, MA, United States

IN THE FIELD, FACTORY & WAREHOUSE Collaboration with Aunir allowed Thermo Scientific to utilise this well-established and robust INGOTTM3 library, developed over several years, in utilising its handheld portable NIR instruments.

Today these predictive models can be moved from the confines of a lab-based environment into the field, thus opening the availability of this widely recognised and useful method.

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ear-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy has been widely accepted for use in the food and agricultural areas, beginning with the work of Karl Norris at the USDA to develop quality methods for agricultural products.

However, since NIR spectra are overtones and combinations of fundamental IR spectra, the peaks tend to lose definition and broaden, representing general features due to CH, NH and OH stretch and bend frequencies, as contrasted to their fundamental frequencies that define IR. Thus, it was not until mathematical and computer modeling of NIR spectroscopy was utilised, that information could be obtained from NIR. With the implementation of chemometrics methods, a valuable tool for differentiation and quantification of agricultural and food components became available.

Coupled with the reduced requirement for sample preparation, one of the major strengths of NIR and the implementation of NIR in a portable, handheld unit such as the Thermo ScientificTM microPHAZIRTM analyzer, NIR spectroscopy and the subsequent identification and quantification of food, feed and agricultural samples can be taken from the laboratory directly to the field or warehouse.

NIR spectroscopy is well recognized as a reliable instrument to predict moisture, protein and fat in food or agricultural samples.

One of the most common uses – dating from the earliest implementation of NIR spectroscopy – is the quantification of protein, moisture and ash in flour1,2.

Study Scope

In the following discussion we will present the progress of this study from the preliminary assessment of a small subset of the library to the resulting predictive models.

Initially models were built in-house to test a subset of wheat and soya samples, and to develop the proof of concept. Based on the

success of these models for prediction of of interest in FFA applications and they are common physical parameters, a collabora- listed in Table 1.

For actual applications, not every paramtive study was done with Aunir, using its INGOT library and the microPHAZIR ana- eter could be predicted for each model.

Model parameters are restricted to the lyzer. (Appendix A INGOT Library) In this latter study, Aunir supplied 14 most useful and practical for quality evalumodels for feed and feed ingredients based ation relevant to certain ingredient or feed on the INGOT calibration library. In col- sample type. Of particular relevance to most laboration with Aunir these models were applications is the prediction of protein, validated, refined and using in-house meth- moisture and fat (oils). ods, calibration transfer and bias correction were performed.

Table 1 Most commonly predicted parameters for FFA

Instrumentation

All testing was done using the portable microPHAZIR AG analysers, and with a specially designed sample cup for food, feed and agriculture (FFA) application.

The sample cup can be attached to the instrument and manually rotated to multiple positions. The sampling window on the instrument is designed to locate at an off-the-center position such that each rotation of sample cup results in a different portion of the sample being presented to the instrument. The samples were scooped and sampled at given replicate times and the predicted results were averaged as indicated.

Materials

All materials tested on the microPHAZIR AG analyzer units were used as received from Aunir.

These were ground samples that covered the range of properties appropriate to the model. These materials were used to test the capability of the microPHAZIR analyser for quantitative analysis of FFA parameters.

In total 11 parameters were the most common constituents

applications

Predicted Parameter

Description

Moisture

-

-

Oil A

Fat (EE)

ether extract

Oil B

Fat (AH)

acid hydrolysis

-

-

Protein Fibre

crude fibre

Ash

-

inorganic matter

Starch

-

enzymatic starch

Sugar

Reducing sugar

-

neutral cellulose plus gamanase

-

NDF

neutral detergent fibre

hemicellulose + ADF

ADF

acid detergent fibre

cellulose, lignin, fibre-bound N

NCGD

Table 2: Reference values for wheat Wheat Moisture Oil A

Oil B Protein Starch Sugar

Mean 13.14

1.29

2.32

12.69

57.82

3.49

Range

0.51

0.77

5.90

8.59

2.96

2.12

Minimum 12.39

0.94

1.77

10.01

54.48

1.52

Maximum 14.51

1.45

2.54

15.91

63.07

4.48

Table 3: Reference values for soy Oil A

Oil B Protein Starch Sugar

Mean

Soya Moisture 2.44

1.67

2.37

49.84

4.84

10.01

Range

2.44

1.89

1.83

6.19

1.83

4.50

Minimum 10.44

0.70

1.46

45.69

4.03

7.95

Maximum 12.88

2.59

3.29

51.88

5.86

12.45

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Figure 1: Example of wheat spectra from 4 different instruments

Figure 2: Spectra of wheat across the full range for protein reference values

Figure 3: Preprocessed spectra of wheat samples

Figure 4: Correlation plot of the reference and the predicted values for wheat protein

Results and Discussion Part 1: Sample preparation and spectra collection In the initial testing phase the applicability of the unit to predict moisture, protein and fat was evaluated using an initial set of materials received from Aunir.

This set consisted of 20 samples each of

ground wheat, soy and corn, covering an appropriate range of parameters.

The parameters evaluated for wheat and soy are indicated in Table 2 and Table 3. For initial testing wheat was used as an indication of the performance of cereals (Aunir Group 10) and soy was used as indication of the performance of high protein-low oil (Aunir group 30)

All samples were used as received (ground) and placed in the quartz sample cup for NIR spectra collection. Spectra were collected on microPHAZIR AG analysers, each over a wavelength range from 1595-2395nm, in diffuse reflectance mode.

Spectra were collected over six positions of the sample cup in order to compensate for sample inhomogeneity.

In total, this resulted in six spectra collected per sample and each sample was also tested three times, with replacement, resulting in 24 spectra collected for each sample. This sampling process was repeated for each of the 20 samples.

Samples were scanned in a randomised manner to compensate for any sampling correlations.

The spectral data were then evaluated and quantitative individual PLS-1 models were constructed using our internal chemometrics software package Thermo Method GeneratorTM software (TMG). This software was developed for use with the microPHAZIR analyser. An example of the spectra collected on each microPHAZIR analyser is shown in Figure 1.

Aside from baseline offset, all spectral features were similar across the different microPHAZIR analysers, with no obvious spectral non-conformities. Based on one microPHAZIR analyzer, the resulting spectra collected from the 20 wheat samples are shown in Figure 2.

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Table 4: Predictions for wheat samples from 4 instruments with comparison to the reference values

Table 5: Predicted results for the soya samples across 4 instruments with comparison to the reference values

Predicted results for Wheat Sample

Predicted results for Soya Sample

Wheat

Moisture

Protein

Oil A

Sugar

Starch

Soya

Moisture

Protein

Oil A

Oil B

Sugar

Starch

Reference

12.97

13.08

1.44

3.52

56.88

Reference

12.27

50.98

1.81

2.57

4.48

9.33

FFA 2319

12.97

12.70

1.35

3.70

58.71

FFA 1

12.15

51.11

1.97

2.81

4.41

9.27

FFA 2231

13.02

12.51

1.47

4.05

58.40

FFA 2

12.32

50.99

1.94

2.76

4.43

9.19

FFA 2045

12.81

13.04

1.32

3.72

58.87

FFA 3

12.05

51.41

1.96

2.75

4.46

9.32

FFA 4

12.19

51.21

1.95

2.82

4.31

9.44

Table 6: Model prediction performance from 4 instruments on the 20 wheat samples to compare averaging vs not averaging Sampling Pattern

Constituent

Unit 2319

SEP Averaging

No Averaging

Bias

Unit 2325 Bias Corrected Error

SEP

Bias

Unit 2395 Bias Corrected Error

SEP

Bias

Unit 2398 Bias Corrected Error

SEP

Bias

Bias Corrected Error

Moisture

0.59

-0.46

0.37

0.60

-0.44

0.41

0.43

-0.06

0.43

0.46

-0.07

0.46

Oil A

0.29

-0.24

0.17

0.57

-0.55

0.14

0.52

-0.50

0.16

0.53

-0.51

0.16

Oil B

0.41

-0.38

0.15

0.67

-0.66

0.13

0.68

-0.66

0.15

0.62

-0.60

0.16

Protein

0.31

0.12

0.28

0.29

-0.05

0.29

0.30

0.01

0.30

0.39

0.16

0.36

Fiber

0.95

-0.86

0.40

1.57

-1.51

0.42

1.24

-1.14

0.48

1.28

-1.20

0.45

Ash

0.28

-0.06

0.28

0.31

-0.18

0.25

0.25

-0.02

0.25

0.29

-0.13

0.25

Starch

1.86

0.76

1.70

3.25

2.72

1.78

2.05

0.61

1.95

2.44

1.54

1.90

Moisture

0.60

-0.46

0.39

0.61

-0.44

0.43

0.45

-0.06

0.45

0.49

-0.07

0.48

Oil A

0.31

-0.24

0.20

0.58

-0.55

0.19

0.54

-0.50

0.20

0.54

-0.51

0.20

Oil B

0.42

-0.38

0.17

0.68

-0.66

0.18

0.69

-0.66

0.18

0.63

-0.60

0.19

Protein

0.36

0.12

0.34

0.32

-0.05

0.32

0.38

0.01

0.38

0.45

0.16

0.42

Fiber

0.97

-0.86

0.44

1.58

-1.51

0.46

1.25

-1.14

0.52

1.29

-1.20

0.48

Ash

0.30

-0.06

0.29

0.32

-0.18

0.27

0.26

-0.02

0.26

0.30

-0.13

0.27

Starch

1.98

0.76

1.83

3.31

2.72

1.89

2.15

0.61

2.06

2.54

1.54

2.02

Part 2: Model development example (Protein) Preprocessing was performed using standard normal variate (SNV) to offset particle inhomogeneity and particle density and packing differences, followed by SavitskyGolay smoothing (1st derivative, 7 point smooth, 2nd order polynomial).

The effective wavelength region used for protein determination was adjusted in each case. For protein, the wavelength was restricted to 1716.7-2359.6nm. These regions include the N-H overtone and combination bands. Results are on Figure 3.

It was determined that three factors were optimal for the PLS model, based on the plot of factors and associated root mean square error (RMSE) of cross validation.

Associated loadings plots for the first three factors also substantiate the use of three factors in the resulting PLS model as past three factors loadings plots show increased loss of information and increased noise. Factors indicate the importance of the CH combination bands at 1700, the overtone bands at 2200-2300nm and the nitrogen overtone and combination bands at 2000-2200 regions.

The resulting PLS model gave a RMSE of calibration of 0.25 percent and a RMSECV of 0.27 percent for protein prediction. The predicted results gave a R2 of 0.97, as shown in the correlation plot for prediction of protein across the 20 calibration samples on Figure 4.

Further refinement of the model can

be made by omitting the water peak and restricting the wavelength regions to 1716.71900,2000-2359.6nm.

Part 3: Proof of concept: Predicting wheat and soy parameters Similar models were built for the other parameters for wheat (moisture, oil, sugar and starch). Each individual model was evaluated for the optimised preprocessing conditions and once determined, each model was then evaluated for the calibration accuracy.

Based on this, models were built for prediction of each parameter.

These individual models were then combined together into a master multi-PLS model to be used for wheat prediction.

The preceding results and discussion was based on the calibration data set. In order to ascertain the functionality of the model built, and assess the predictive ability, the wheat application was then loaded onto four independent microPHAZIR AG analysers.

Predictions were obtained for a series of runs. Samples were scooped into the sample cup and for each sample six predictions were made; each prediction after a rotation of the sample cup. This was repeated with the same sample on all four units. Then new samples were used and the above procedure was repeated two more times. This gave a total of 18 predictions per unit, and an overall number of 54 predictions on protein.

The averaged results for prediction of associ-

ated parameters in wheat are shown below for each of the four microPHAZIR analyser units in Table 4.

A similar procedure was followed for soy analysis.

The individual models were made based on data collected from the microPHAZIR analyser units, and evaluated individually to optimise model accuracy. These individual models were then combined into a soy multi- PLS model, and loaded onto the four units. In the case of soy, predictions were made for moisture, protein, both types of oil, sugar and starch.

Predictions were generated similar to the wheat models – predictions were averaged over six positions and three samples – and compared to the reference values supplied

by Aunir. Prediction results are shown for soy in Table 5.

Part 4. Evaluation of Aunir models: Cereals The first library and model evaluated from Aunir was group 10 (cereals). This comprises data from eight cereal types including wheat and corn. This model was built by Aunir using their internal INGOT library of 30,000-plus samples collected on traditional benchtop NIR instrument with high spectral resolution and larger spectral range than microPHAZIR analyser.

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Table 7: Model prediction performance based on average of the 4 instruments. SEP and bias results included to compare averaging across samples and not averaging

Table 8: Comparison of bias between the 4 instruments for wheat sample prediction max bias

min bias

Range of Bias Among instruments

Moisture

-0.06

-0.46

0.40

Oil A

-0.24

-0.55

0.31

Constituent Average across 4 units SEP

Averaging

analyser instruments at Aunir. The library from benchtop NIR was transferred to match the microPHAZIR analyser platform and transferred spectra were combined with the data collected on the parent units.

From this data set, models were developed for prediction of quality parameters on cereal samples. Twenty wheat samples were measured on four instruments. For each sample, a single compaction of sample is loaded into sample cup with three evenly spaced rotations during sampling.

Tables 6, 7 and 8 summarise the prediction performance of Group 10 model on 20 wheat samples using four instruments. Three metrics are presented in the tables, i.e., SEP, bias and bias corrected error. These metrics International and their performance in this application are explained below.

SEP is the standard error of prediction and is an assessment of overall error in predicDirectory tion. SEP includes both systematic error and random error. Bias is calculated as the mean difference between model predicted and reference values and is an estimate of systematic error in prediction. For the FFA application, bias could be caused by several factors.

First, there might be a difference in wet chemistry test methods for reference

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Absolute Bias Value Corrected of Bias Error

Moisture

0.53

0.26

0.42

Oil A

0.49

0.45

0.16

Oil B

0.60

0.58

0.15

Protein

0.33

0.08

0.31

Fiber

1.28

1.18

0.44

Ash

0.28

0.10

0.26

Starch

2.46

1.41

1.84

Moisture

0.54

0.26

0.44

Oil A

0.50

0.45

0.20

Oil B

0.61

0.58

0.18

Protein

0.38

0.08

0.37

Fiber

1.29

1.18

0.48

Ash

0.30

0.10

0.27

Starch

2.55

1.41

1.95

values. For example, a customer may prefer a certain type of protein analysis which might have a constant bias relative to the wet chemistry used by INGOT library. This difference is not addressed in the study but could be easily removed by the on-board bias and slope correction software.

The on-board software can be configured to apply customer bias and slope to the predicted concentration of a constituent of interest.

Second, there is always some difference between parent and child instrument. This difference could be a result of the different way light propagates from the instrument and the sample, irrespective of how tight manufacturing control is. This difference results in bias of the predicted parameter.

For quantitative applications of NIR, some NIR instrument manufacturers perform some kind of instrument standardisation to improve prediction accuracy.

Our results show that bias across instruments are negligible in the context of FFA application.

Thus, no instrument standardisation is performed for the current release.

Third, the calibration model is built upon a group of similar samples (barley, corn, wheat, rye, etc.) and here the prediction is performed on a specific sample type (wheat).

In theory, the model presents no bias when an imaginary “averaged� sample from different sample groups is predicted.

However, a small systematic bias is expected when one specific sample type is predicted. Again, this could be addressed by on-board bias/slope correction if needed.

Bias corrected error is calculated by removing the contribution of bias from SEP. This metrics represents the error cause by uncertainty in measurement system itself. Thus, proper sampling could further reduce this error.

The performance of a model across four instruments was shown to be satisfactory.

Oil B

-0.38

-0.66

0.28

Protein

0.16

-0.05

0.21

Fiber

-0.86

-1.51

0.65

Ash

-0.02

-0.18

0.16

Starch

2.72

0.61

2.11

Moisture

-0.06

-0.46

0.40

Oil A

-0.24

-0.55

0.31

Oil B

-0.38

-0.66

0.28

Protein

0.16

-0.05

0.21

Fiber

-0.86

-1.51

0.65

Ash

-0.02

-0.18

0.16

Starch

2.72

0.61

2.11

For example, in the case of protein, the SEP values range from 0.29 to 0.39 with bias ranging from -0.05 to 0.16.

The mean SEP is 0.33 with a mean of absolute bias of 0.08. The bias corrected mean SEP is 0.31.

With regard to sampling error, comparing the case of averaging versus non-averaging (averaging over multiple positions over sample cup), the bias corrected error is reduced 0.37 to 0.31. Since this error is part of SEP, the corresponding reduction in SEP is 0.05.

Summary

The use of a portable, handheld NIR instrument to predict protein, moisture, fat and other parameters on feed and agricultural ingredients such as wheat and other cereals, has been shown to give reliable and robust results.

Results were shown as a progression from proof of concept through to final optimised models using protein and moisture analysis in some detail. In either case, a robust and useable prediction model was achieved, with relatively low prediction errors.

The models from Aunir are very robust and no calibration standardisation was needed. Some instrument bias was observed but it is expected that the on-board bias/offset correction software could be used to fine-tune the predictions. Further the sampling error could be reduced by first grinding the sample before scanning over multiple positions.

References 1 Osborne B.G., Fearn T., 1983 Journal of Food Technology, 18, 453-460 2 Norris, K.H., Williams, P.C., 1984 Cereal Chemistry 61(2), 158-165 3 Aunir INGOT Animal Feed Library, Towcester, UK; info@aunir.co.uk 4 Daredenne, P., Pierna J. A. F., Vermeulen, P., Lecler, B., Baeten, V., 2010 Applied Spectroscopy, 64(6), 644-648

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Ocrim Olivia Holden went to visit Ocrim in Italy for their third annual open day

Ocrim unveil new logo to mark seventieth anniversary next year

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crim, situated in the heart of Cremona, Italy will celebrate its seventieth anniversary next year.

Founded in 1945 out of an ambitious project by Knight of Labour, Guido Grassi who sought to continue the tradition of his family operating in the milling industry for over a century, Ocrim has a rich Italian heritage.

When the company was founded, World War II had just come to an end and reconstruction works had begun. Resurrection of war - damaged milling industries was given first priority, to which Ocrim made a fundamental contribution.

Ocrim is now present in over 150 countries all over the world. It operates in the milling sector by manufacturing mills for wheat, maize and cereals in general as well as fodder for animal food.

This sector represents the company’s core business, rooted in a deep tradition and enhanced through skills developed within Ocrim only. Ocrim has created without the aid of institutional subsidies, its own professional school of milling technology in order to train technicians in charge of running its plants.

Alongside the company's development, stimulated by on - going research and vast experience acquired with the realisation of

important installations, its dedication to rapid technological progress is transformed into innovative machine concepts.

True pioneers of the ‘Made Italian’ trademark, every single step of the production chain, from carpentry to painting is carried out at Ocrim in Cremona, by specialised personnel trained by the best sectorial technicians.

To mark this momentous occasion, Alberto Antolini (Managing Director) and his brother, Sergio Antolini (Vice President) along with members of the Antolini family unveiled a new logo as part of the company’s fourth annual open day.

Members of staff and open day visitors gathered in the courtyard, the heart of the company premises to witness the poignant event.

As Alberto unveiled the new logo he joked with members of the audience ‘I am best when milling and not unveiling logos!’

Made up of plants and flowers in the colours of the Italian flag, red, white and green, it was clear to members of the audience that the new logo symbolises Ocrim’s Italian heritage. The deep milling tradition of the ‘Made Italian’ brand remains firmly entwined with the present and future of the company. ‘It has been 70 years of joy and pain!’ remarked Alberto.

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n Sunday 21st September Ocrim held their fourth annual open day. The event commenced with an open debate held ‘amongst friends’ in the industry. Chaired by Maurizio Monti, president of ANTIM (Associazione Nazionale Tecnici dell'Industria Molitoria), fellow participants included: Carmine Caputo - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Molino Caputo. Molino Caputo has a long history in the Neapolitan territory; today it has reached its third generation specialised in manufacturing a wide range of flours for professional use present both in the Italian and International market.

Carlos Mejia - Executive Chairman of the Group GUMARSAL from September 2007. Mr Mejia has held positions in upper management of the Group FAMOSSA (El Salvador) as Directorate General of Corn Flour and President of Distribuidora Nacional SA. He currently manages the business and affairs of the Group GUMARSAL, processing and marketing rice, bean, corn flour, wheat flour, food balanced and others. Mr Mejia was born in San Salvador where he studied Business Administration in Brazil and San Salvador.

Kelly O’Brien started working at Rogers Foods in 1979. In 1985 he became Head Miller. In 1997 he was promoted to Milling Manager. Rogers Foods built a new flourmill on a green field site in 2004. When that plant opened Mr Kelly became Plant Manager. In 2010 he was promoted to Operation Manager, to oversee both of Rogers Foods mills. Mr Kelly has been active with the IAOM and has served as Chairman for his district 4 times and served on the IAOM Board of Directors for 6 years.

Guezout Adel Toufik is the owner of the company Ouled El Karmi of Setif, which was founded by his father and then, later, managed independently by Mr Adel. This company has a flourmill of 120T commissioned towards the end of the nineties and a durum wheat semolina mill of 100T commissioned in the early years of the new millennium (2001-2002); both plants were produced by Ocrim and are located in the industrial area of the city of Setif.

Marco Galli - Director of Ocrim Technological Office since 2006. Now at 54 years old he has grown professionally within the company but also with major market experience. For some years he was also the sales manager for the North American market.

the debate M.M:

Alberto has taken up a great responsibility. I am a miller moderating today’s panel (Monti is the President of ANTIM and a flour mill technical consultant). I am here today in my capacity as a miller, not a university professor.

Millers have come from all over the world.

The purpose of today is to enrich us and share ideas with other millers.

We wish to encourage other Italian millers to share and exchange ideas, therefore we are very thankful for the opportunity given to us today. Exchange is necessary in order to gain.

Milling is not an art, but a science. It is essential that we look towards how we can use the milling plant in the best possible way coupled with the human resources of a company.

It is therefore a pleasure to moderate a round table discussion in an international context. I would like to start with this first question, what do we mean when we think about the mill of the future?

K.B: With regards to the mill of the future what always remains important is the issue of traceability. When wheat and flour are sold there will be stricter controls over that as time goes on. Energy consumption is also an important topic, there is always a need for mills to be so much more energy efficient.

C.M: I think it is important to focus on the future likewise, it is important to focus on the present moment. In terms of technology we are advancing a lot. I think to start with we should focus on some of the basics. We must take advantage of the science we have available to us without disregarding the basics. We need to look at technology in a local context.

For example, in South America the technology available will be different to that of technology in Europe. In every country there are different levels available and this is a fundamental concept, we must adapt to such technology.

G.A.T: I think it is important to keep a high level of quality and use the best possible raw materials.

C.C: I have a different vision. I think the mill of the future has got to have a soul; it has got to be made up of the product. I think this is the story of the milling industry in Italy. Not only is it about technology but it is also about the

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flour and the quality of the flour. We should do that with passion. That is what has always characterised us.

M.G: Every country’s own culture related to flour and bread are all equally important-even countries which do not have the tradition of bread making or pasta. There are also the issues of flour quality and the automation of machines. We should strive to always have our final users satisfied. We should focus upon the input of the users themselves, input should come from them.

I cannot see great technological innovations occurring. I imagine that the same existing technology will be used but food safety must be a prerequisite. We must pay attention to the fact that poor people are the people who eat the most bread.

A mill is a great investment. We must look at advantages we can obtain in plant technology.

The mill will be built in line with our demands and needs. The mill of the future must be studied and created with the best possible technology because in 20 years time it will become old. We cannot start with old technology.

Technology can benefit us to the greatest possible level, however, the approach of the miller and entrepreneur must change. It is not such an impossible cost to cover if the machine comes with all of the necessary tools. The mill of course cannot do without automation.

M.M: On the concept of automation is it a tool to do without? Obviously the issue of automation raises the fact of more millers being out of work. What do we mean by automation and can we do without automation?

K.B: With regards to the training of millers the concept of automation is getting much more difficult, particularly with regards to the operation of computers and PLC’s. These are things we have never had to deal with in the past. In my opinion, the fundamentals of milling must be remembered.

C.M: This is an important point. Automation is now something that is everywhere be it from the mobile phone in our pockets to the fact we can operate a machine with a remote control.

To what extent can we implement the automation in our plants? In every country there are

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different conditions. Not all countries have the same willingness or need to keep technology progressing. It remains in the context of the country itself.

G.A.T: We need to ensure that specific training is given in order to handle such technologies. We are collaborating with the EU to implement training programmes in all sectors. For example, specific training related to their fields and training related to their fields. Also collaboration programmes between universities and industry sectors.

We need to try and train young people.

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M.M:

When we talk about the mill we should differentiate between what is important (flexibility and markets, for example, Australia, Brazil, USA) it is a change we must be at the forefront of. The change is so rapid that we cannot keep up. We must adapt to millions of different types of customers, training and consumer requirements. Mills should also last approximately 20 years.

M.G: This is an interesting topic. What is automation? It is giving extra support to those operating the mill. For example, with paper in the milling plant-everybody

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Automation and people should integrate with each other. It should present a way for people to make the most of the tools and the management of energy consumption in order to manage their costs. We cannot

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make the same quantity with the roller mill with half of the energy consumption.

Knowing we can have a higher capacity, we can also lower the capacity. The mill must not necessarily produce 300 tonnes all the time. Automation offers the possibility of energy saving and more possibilities with regards to training and education there are now more possibilities but with it, always more chaos. The end user may find himself a bit lost.

C.C: The consumer should be trained to interpret the quantity of information he receives. There is a need to understand the end user, their demands. The function of the training ultimately is to protect the Italian products.

Audience member: On the topic of training, I largely agree with what has been said. I would add one more remark. In relation to the automation of the machine, particularly the roller mill, we now have innovative machines using cameras and calculus skills ensuring optimum results. When we think about the automation of machines, we can think about the automation of a car that is

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extremely efficient and reliable. If there is a fault, it lies with the manufacturer. The same should apply to mills. Millers need to be able to trust manufacturers of mills to be able to see them as reliable partners.

Automation is also useful for traceability and energy consumption. These are aspects that need to be included. What is very encouraging for the future is the concept of a team working together for the benefit of the future with more efficient, innovative eyes.

For example, at present we know very little about soft wheat mills. We need to have real-time online results.

Also true of the mill of the future is the ability to find a compromise. We don’t want the miller of the future cleaning the floor. Millers will need to have the ability to manage and handle normal functioning. It is evident we need more training. The miller of the future needs to have different skills and competencies.

M.G: In sum, what do we mean by training?

It encompasses process handling, data handling and processing and all of the sequences involved in plant handling. We are increas-

ingly seeing demand coming for the online handling of the process.

C.M: I would like to go back to the example of the car presented earlier on. Too much automation is not necessarily the best possible option. We need to be able to receive demands and needs of the parties involved.

Every mill has got it’s own needs. We shouldn’t prioritise. For me, it is important to have some automation at all levels.

Milling is a science and knowledge should be shared. Everybody should be able to share this knowledge. The first thing to do is enrol in an organisation of millers that hold 2 conferences a year in order to talk about new technologies available. We all need to improve, stop and consider the manufacturer as someone to talk to.

They are there for our advantage but we should also consider them as a partner.

Let us consider them as our number one partners. With the duration of mills lasting for more than 20 years let us make them our number one partners. We are here to debate and share everyone’s point of view.

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What about the duration of machines?

We are now pushing machines to the limit. This is not an excuse coming from my part. We are often not seen as partners.

There is much competition in the field and in the sector. We are pushing machines to the maximum level possible. 20 years is a long time for a machine to last. It is a question I would be interested in putting to the audience.

I am also convinced there is much to do in the human interface. We have plants all over the world in different time zones, we are always on call and we always try to solve problems. Those who know the process should guide the automation.

C.C: On the topic of training and achieve a better understanding of our clients? I think it is important to better understand what the miller of today will want in 20 years’ time.

Cost is also an issue.

M.G: Quality is very meaningful in this case.

We are seeing new operators in the market.

They are businessmen mostly interested in the profits we can make in two, three, even four years time. We must respond to any kind of demand or need.

M.M: What exactly does collaboration with manufacturing mean? For example, is its purpose to test a product or machine that hasn’t been tested yet? Would you be available or willing to do this? Secondly, in your view, do you think manufacturers of plants are able and willing to understand your needs?

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Innovation is important. New products are always great to try. We do have to be very careful. There are no issues with trying out new processes.

C.M: I think it is necessary to take more risks even and even to take on some of the level of the risk to put to the test new machines that can help us to do our work better and faster. We are part of a link in a chain. We must be available to test what can come from the manufacturer. We must display some level of open-mindedness.

C.C. It is fundamental that the mill of the future takes that direction. We need to combine two needs, that of the traditional miller and that of the builder and manufacturer.

We must look at super-specialisation for multi-national companies and specialisations for niche manufacturers. The company is fundamental.

M.M: How important is an after sales service? Personally I think a good after sales service is good value.

K.B: An after sales service is one of the most important things. You need to be able to get a quick response.

C.M: When you sell technology it is important that you can then help the buyer. Once they sell technology they must be with the buyer all the time.

C.C: It is a fundamental element and the roadmap for the future. It is easier for us today for manufacturing companies to interact. Nowadays it is much easier to establish that kind of common relationship.

M.M:

In all, to summarise we all share the same problems, ideas and our job is a beautiful one. We can go up a level but we need to have the help of technicians, millers, manufacturers, then we can put all of our efforts together and build the mill of the future. We must choose the best possible solution taking into account advantages and disadvantages.

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We have designed and installed silos worldwide, including the UK, Kenya, Thailand, Germany, Holland, France, Ukraine, Malawi, New Zealand and many more.

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not exceed client expectations. We are extremely proud of the projects that we have undertaken in many challenging areas, proving that whatever the specification, we are sure to provide the most suitable design necessary.

Silo Design

There are a number of reasons why each silo/project is a bespoke design and it simply comes down to the fact that not every customer or area is identical. Geographical conditions have a huge part to play in the design of silos/projects as do climate conditions and site limitations.

As the world’s populations increase we are finding that the projects are becoming closer to cities and towns. This brings with it a new dimension where we have to take into account the impact the project will have on local areas. Not only the increase in local traffic, but also dust and noise pollution is becoming more of an issue.

When starting any new project, the first round of meetings with a customer always prove to be the most important. Great attention to detail is a must when it comes to a successful project. As a supplier we must first understand the needs of the customer.

The “here’s one I made earlier” approach to grain storage projects has become a thing of the past.

The need for galvanising

Galvanisation is the process of applying a protective coating of zinc to the raw materials of the manufactured parts of the silos in order to prevent rusting. In areas where high levels of corrosion could be present, this is a necessity. Compared to other companies, we use G600 as standard whereas some companies may only use G90. This greatly increases the life expectancy of our silos. For example, in tropical marine areas where storage systems are required, you can expect them to last somewhere around 35 years which is a huge advantage over other companies. Countries that have high levels of precipitation and humidity will rely on the galvanising of the silos in order to protect them from this corrosion. This is standard on all types of storage equipment, to add that extra bit of security on life expectancy.

Seismic activity

When we are tasked with the job of designing a new storage facility, there has to be a thorough inspection and survey of the site done prior to any work taking place. The geology of the area is key to the design. When designing a storage system for erection in a known earthquake region, they must be designed to the countries relevant seismic standards. All silos will need to be built a great deal stronger to cater for

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Silos that are shorter and wider are far better than those that are tall and thin. When seismic activity strikes, a structure that has a larger base area is more likely to withstand the pressures and remain intact. If you have a taller and thinner structure, this presents a huge amount of stress to the lower sections of the silo which will ultimately result in the collapse of this structure. Due to the fact that the magnitude of earthquakes varies greatly, all our silos are individually designed to suit each areas requirement.

system needs to be carefully thought out - more so for countries prone to high levels of moisture. In severe cold weather where snow can be quite extreme, it is the roof of the structure that needs to be one of the main focuses. Snow load is the reason for engineering changes. When designing the roof, it is important to know what depth of snow can be expected in a given area. We designed a bespoke storage system for an area within the Ukraine where the snow can get extremely deep. We specifically designed the roof on each silo to be able to withstand a pressure of 1 kn/m2 which equates to 1 meter of snow.

Dealing with high winds

Why do silos fail?

High winds can cause great problems for a number of structures, including our storage facilities. We make sure that our silos are designed to withstand gusts of 50m per second, which equates to 180km per hour.

A couple of years ago, there were fierce storms that occurred in the North of England, Scotland. We had reports that all of the silos withstood the gale force winds, with no reported problems or damage. In areas where silos could be prone to these high winds, the structure needs to be quite similar to that where seismic activity takes place. Silos will withstand these huge wind speeds when they are designed to cover a greater base area.

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On a number of occasions, the failure may only involve distortion or deformation, which doesn’t necessarily pose an immediate safety hazard. On the other hand, failure can mean complete collapse of the structure resulting in the loss of use and in some cases, the loss of life. The major causes of these failures are predominately down to design errors, construction errors and utilisation errors. We make sure that our silos are built to meet the specifications set out in the design, eliminating any chance of silo failure. We work hard to build the best relationships with our customers and spend time making sure that they receive the best possible service from the initial design concepts through to installation and completion of the project.

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2014 Crop Quality Seminars

Europe-Middle East wheat quality and supply seminars follow the completion of the US wheat harvest The seminars will update you on this year’s wheat grade and quality characteristics of the new US wheat crop and on the world wheat supply and demand situation. The seminar will take about two to three hours and will be followed by an informal reception.

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he world may be full of wheat this year, but the availability and condition of that wheat are factors the world’s wheat buyers must also consider.

Every major wheat producing country in the northern hemisphere had quality issues in the 2014 crop, and the US wheat crop was no exception this year. Especially the quality of US Soft Red Winter (SRW), Hard Red Spring (HRS) and Durum has been affected by adverse weather conditions during the growing and harvest season.

Buyers are therefore encouraged to construct specifications carefully to be sure that they receive qualities that meet their needs.

Soft Red Winter Wheat

The 2014 SRW production, estimated at 12.5 tonne, is down nearly three tonne from the large 2013 crop, but is about one tonne larger than the previous five-year average.

The main quality issue of this year’s SRW crop is the elevated DON level in the Gulf Port states, where most of the SRW is produced. The overall DON average of 2.2ppm is higher than 2013 and the five-year average. The DON average for the six Gulf Port states is 2.5ppm, well above 2013 and the five-year average. DON levels are highest in wheat from southern Illinois and Indiana and eastern Kentucky.

Wheat farmers in Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky experienced more rain at flowering so DON levels in that wheat are higher.

The DON levels are completely different in the three East Coast states with an average of 0.6ppm, which is below 2013 and the five-year average. East Coast states include Maryland, North Carolina and Virginia.

The overall average SRW grade for

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Mr David Hahn, PhD in Food Science and Director of Technical Services and Business Development at Northern Crops Institute (NCI) will discuss the wheat grade and quality characteristics of the 2014 Hard Red Spring and Durum wheat crop.

Dr Hahn has over 30 years of experience in research, manufacturing, product development and technical support at several American food companies.

He is currently President of the American Association of Cereal Chemists.

Other presenters are Mr Goris van Lit, Regional Director Europe, and Mr Rutger Koekoek, Marketing Specialist of US Wheat Associates, Rotterdam. Their presentations will amongst others include an overview of the supply and demand situation for wheat in the USA and the world.

2014/15 is US No 2, though the overall average test weight just barely meets the No 2 grade requirement. Average protein is slightly lower than last year and the five-year average. Average dockage and total defects are both below last year and the fiveyear averages, indicating that the crop has relatively few visual defects. Falling number values are again below the five-year average, though somewhat better than the very low values of the 2013 crop.

The samples from Gulf Port states show the adverse effects of excessive moisture during growing and harvest while the East Coast states largely avoided these conditions.

The overall average test weight of 76.3kg/ hl is 0.8kg/hl below the five-year average.

The Gulf Port average test weight of 76.1kg/ hl is below the five-year average for these states, while the East Coast average of 77.3kg/hl is similar to the five-year average. The average total defects value of 1.8 percent is 1.0 percentage point lower than last year and 0.4 percentage point below the five-year average.

Wheat protein content of 9.8 percent on a 12 percent moisture basis is slightly below

the five-year average of 10.1 percent. Wheat falling number of 304 seconds for the Gulf Ports is similar to the low value of 2013 and well below the five-year average. Grain handlers and others are reporting very low falling numbers in wheat from far southern Gulf Port states. In contrast, the average falling number of 340 seconds for the East Coast states is well above the five-year average.

Hard Red Spring Wheat

The 2014 HRS production, estimated at 14.4 tonne, is up one tonne from the 2013 crop, and is about 0.7 tonne larger than the previous five-year average.

Excellent early season growing conditions and a cool summer led to very high yields.

The harvest was delayed due to slow crop maturity and a cool, wet last half of August and early September.

Buyers of HRS should expect lowerthan-average aggregate protein and vitreous kernel counts in this crop, but strong grade features, because the overall average grade for 2014/15 is US No 1 Northern Spring (NS).

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protein available, but it is selling at a premium. Traditional customers who demand a 13.5 to 14 percent protein HRS wheat or higher will likely face market premiums through most of the 2014/15 market year as supplies of high-protein wheat on the world market grow smaller.

There are isolated pockets of lower falling numbers and higher DON values but the crop overall reflects sound quality values.

of 73 percent. Vitreous kernel counts were impacted by the lower average protein levels in parts of the crop and the frequent rains received during harvest across the region.

Test weights have fallen slightly since the start of harvest, but still hold at a historically strong level of 80.0kg/hl, but down from the 2013 average of 81.9kg/hl.

DON levels are higher than recent years for the crop overall, but DON seems to

the previous five-year average of 2.23 tonne.

The growing season has been favorable, but harvest conditions in the Northern Durum areas have been challenging.

The impact of the September rains on durum wheat quality is reflected in lower color, some bleaching and lower falling numbers, and some areas are showing higher damage levels due to disease pressures.

Based on analysis of 75 percent of the crop, average quality data has the crop at a No 2 Amber Durum (AD), with a greater than normal percentage of the crop slipping to lower grades and vitreous kernel counts.

The average protein level is 13.3 percent on a 12 percent moisture basis, up slightly from last year’s 13.1 percent with the average vitreous kernel count of 74 percent, well below last year's 87 percent. Average test weight is 76.9kg/hl, down from 79.7kg/ hl last year and the average falling number is 294 seconds, also below last year's 384 seconds.

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The average protein level slipped to 13.4 percent on a 12, Germany percent moisture basis which compares to 13.6 percent last year. The crop has an average falling number of 368 seconds, down from 421.

The average vitreous kernel counts are 57 percent, well below the traditional levels for hard red spring wheat and well below last year’s average vitreous kernel counts

have affected the earliest portion of the crop, and the southeast part of the four state region (Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota) the most.

Durum Wheat

The 2014 durum production, estimated at 1.66 tonne, is about the same as the 2013 crop, and is about 26 percent smaller than

Registering to attend You can sign up free-of-charge by sending an email to: inforotterdam@uswheat.org.

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Burundi’s women of war turn to rice

By Olivia Holden, Editorial Executive, GFMT

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he International Rice Research Institute has recently been commended for its dynamic work and important role in changing the lives of ex-combatant women who are now fighting a different battle - food insecurity in Burundi.

Through a rice research and development project, women who recently fought in the civil war of the east African country of Burundi are getting unprecedented access to farm land and training to produce rice and are building better livelihoods for themselves, their families, and communities.

The women of Burundi were among those who suffered and fought during the civil war that started in 1993. The bloody internal battle lasted more than 10 years, and when peace came in 2005, many of the women were not included in reintegration programs. This left them not only physically and mentally scarred, but unemployed, economically destitute, and socially excluded.

IRRI was one of several groups that helped some 400 of Burundi's ex-combatant women gain a foothold again in their lives.

CARE, Survivor Corps, and CEDAC provided psychosocial support to help the women integrate themselves back into society; CONSEDI conducted vocational training for economic development, and IRRI taught the women to grow rice.

“In 2009, we started working with 10 groups of ex-combatant women by getting each group 1 hectare of the best

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irrigated land in the country and showing them how to grow rice on it,” said Dr Joseph Bigirimana, IRRI liaison scientist and coordinator for Burundi. “These women are turning their own lives around—they just needed a helping hand to get started.”

“In the first year, we paid for cost of renting the land, seed, and fertilisers,” he added.

“The women were able to pay these costs themselves the following year, from the profits they made in the first season.”

In an interview, the women stated that the most important thing was that the project gave them access to land, which they would not have had otherwise. Elisabeth Nibigira, a participant and mother of four children, is grateful.

“Because of the IRRI project, I now feel reintegrated into society. Other people no longer look at me as an excluded excombatant.”

“I used to eat rice only on feast days or when I get money from hard labour. Now, with the IRRI's help, I produce rice myself and can eat rice with my children whenever we need it,” she added.

The women learned to grow rice and test new rice varieties and farming technologies through a farmer field school. Back in their own fields, the women in turn passed their new knowledge to others.

Despite turbulent political history, rice has now become an important crop for Burundi, which increased its rice production by 316 per cent between 1984 and 2011.

In 2010 Burundi was importing about one-

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third of its rice and making efforts to further increase production.

Women’s farm roles key to food insufficiency in Burundi

The IRRI acknowledges that increased participation of women in agricultural research for development and extension will accelerate the realisation of development goals, such as reducing poverty and increasing food security.

Women play an important role in the global rice sector as both paid and unpaid family labor. In many parts of Asia, women contribute at least half of the total labor input in rice production, performing backbreaking tasks such as transplanting and weeding.

After harvest, it is usually the women who take care of seed storage and processing of rice (drying, milling) for home consumption.

In Africa, women do much of the work in rice production systems and play an important role in the rice value chain after harvest.

Yet, these women face many constraints because of the prevalence of gender stereotypes and social restrictions that hamper their access to technical knowledge and technologies.

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In her speech, the minister commended the IRRI for its dynamic work and important role in changing the lives of ex-combatant women who are now fighting a different battle - food insecurity in Burundi.

“They can now eat more rice. They are smiling. This is an inspiration for the government,” the minister added.

Traditionally served and eaten once or twice a year during festivities, rice is being promoted to become a year-round fare for Burundians. Rice is one of the government’s priority crops, seen to contribute greatly to food security in the country.

Minister Kayitesi said that the government strongly supports building further on the collaboration between IRRI and Burundi, improving the region’s rice production, and supporting the fight against poverty and hunger. In anticipation of a stronger col-

For over five decades, the IRRI has been the home of the most brilliant minds in the field of rice research and agriculture.

Scientists in the thousands from all across the globe had been trained at the IRRI, and later on became leaders and policy makers in their fields and home countries. IRRI offers intensive training in rice research with the goal of empowering scientists, farmers, and other rice workers and ensuring that they have the proper knowledge and crop management strategies that they can share with their respective communities.

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Weighbridges:

crucial factors and considerations

by Mark Spick, Parker Farms

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arkerfarm Weighing Systems is a leading supplier of weighbridges and software to the grain and feed industries.

Their Sales Manager Mark Spick outlines some important considerations for weighbridge operators, together with an overview of the latest developments in technology and software.

Weighbridges, together with their associated system peripherals and software, continue to play a vital part in the grain, feed and associated agricultural industries. With the growth of high-tech farming and the greater need for detailed management data, accurate weighing and vehicle control are essential parts of the logistic jigsaw.

In parallel, grain producers and processors are looking for greater efficiencies and reduced labour costs.

Choose carefully

A weighbridge should be seen as a long-term investment, so it is therefore important to seek expert help when choosing equipment.

Investing wisely at the outset will almost certainly save money in the future. Well-designed, well-maintained weighbridges should give years of trouble-free service.

So what are the critical design and operational issues that potential purchasers of weighbridge systems should consider from the outset? Three distinct areas need to be considered: • The design and build of the weighbridge itself; • The pedigree of key measurement chain components (load cells and instrumentation); • Software functionality and software integration. (Future proof capability) To ensure optimum system compatibility, there are distinct advantages for the customer if the weighbridge supplier is responsible for the design and manufacture of all critical equipment and software in these areas.

This provides practical and efficient single-source system responsibility. In addition purchasers should look at the level of after sales support that a supplier can offer, together with their quality system accreditation and relevant trade association membership.

Weighbridge maintenance

Weighbridges may be robust steel or concrete structures that are designed to oper-

ate in harsh environments, but they are also precision instruments that provide important operational and fiscal data. As a result it is vitally important to keep them regularly maintained to ensure ongoing reliability and accuracy. Unwanted downtime through unnecessary breakdowns can be very disruptive and expensive. Operating inaccurate legal for trade weighbridges has two implications.

Firstly operators have a legal obligation to keep their weighbridge within the prescribed legal accuracy tolerances. Secondly, inaccurate weighbridges can result in unnecessary product giveaway. Although the incremental error may seem to be insignificant in isolation, collectively over time it can have considerably cost implications in lost revenue.

To overcome these issues, it is prudent to implement a maintenance contract that will cover breakdowns and provide regular calibration checks. In parallel, operators should carry out their own regular preventative maintenance procedures. These are simple and involve actions such as keeping the weighbridge clean, checking any drainage around the weighbridge for blockages and preventing buildup of debris. Drivers should also be encouraged to use low speeds when entering and leaving the weighbridge and avoid heavy braking.

Suitable speed restrictive signage can facilitate this.

Driver-operated terminals

The latest developments in driver-operated instrumentation and weighbridge software are simplifying the overall vehicle weighing process. These remove or minimise the need for traditional weighbridge office personnel and speed up the weighing process. Parkerfarm’s Diade 2050 terminal provides a versatile touch-screen driver interface, which guides the driver through the complete weighing process.

The programmable screen pictograms give simple and effective prompts for drivers, further simplifying the weighing process in this so-called ‘unmanned’ environment.

The true power and versatility of the 2050 can be appreciated when it is used in conjunction with the company’s dedicated Winweigh software. Typical unmanned weighbridge systems use traffic lights and barriers to control the entry and exit of vehicles to and

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from the weighbridge. These can be operated via a range of vehicle recognition technologies, including swipe cards and automatic number plate recognition cameras, all co-ordinated by the Winweigh software.

Depending on the site and application, either single or double weighing takes place to determine the net weight of material on the vehicle. Double weighing involves weighing the vehicles full and empty to calculate the net weight. In single weighing operations, the tare weight of the empty vehicles can be stored in the system database and used to determine net weight values. At busy sites it is beneficial to install two weighbridges – one for weighing incoming vehicles, the other for outgoing ones.

This also has the advantage of minimising site disruption if one of the weighbridges is taken out of service.

Software solutions are often criticised for being expensive and overly complex, especially for smaller installations. Fortunately there are now dedicated grain and feed store software solutions that are highly cost effective. CropStore is a highly versatile, user-friendly software solution developed by Oliversoft Ltd for managing all aspects of crop storage and distribution. Its modular construction makes it suitable for all sizes of storage facilities at single or multiple sites.

It already has a proven track record throughout the UK and is designed to co-ordinate all the operational, management and fiscal requirements for crop storage and distribution. The software also has comprehensive report generation capabilities including field analysis and moisture analysis.

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Irish Flour Milling and the German connection

by Ruby Bircher and Tom Blacker

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he resurrection of the Irish milling industry throughout the 1930’s would not have been possible without the German company Miag, acquired by Bühler in 1972. Delving back through the past, a clear connection emerges between Irish flour milling and German engineering.

Although it seemed to catapult Britain into a new, advanced age, Ireland remained relatively untouched by the Industrial Revolution. By the early twentieth century, Ireland had a population of 4,192,000 most of which had by then migrated abroad in search of employment due to the lack of manufacturing industries in towns.

Milling industries were rare as most of the flour was imported - around 3,000,000 sacks of flour were imported from various countries, mainly Great Britain, Canada and the United States.

However, by around 1934, the Irish government granted fewer licences for importing flour as their interest in restarting the mills grew. With that, the import of flour into Ireland ceased almost entirely.

Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Waterford, four major Irish cities, were prime places to begin reconstructing the Irish milling industry due to the available access that came with being close to water - this made it both easier and quicker for ships to load and unload their products.

The Merchants Warehousing Co. Ltd. of Dublin had MIAG build ‘extensive and modern grain discharging and storage plants’.

Close to a quay that ships frequented, grain was unloaded safely and efficiently via conveyors that travelled from the quay to the plant’s silos and back. The unloading towers that transported the goods were built high up so as not to impede with the other products that were unloaded by cranes - this was where practically all of the imported grain for the Dublin mills arrived.

In 1933, the reconstruction of the Dublin North City Milling Co. Ltd. was ordered.

Once finished, the mill was considered a ‘testimonial of the German milling engineering art’ and, thanks to MIAG, had a daily capacity of 70,000 kg of wheat.

Messrs. Byrne, Nahony & Co. Ltd., previous flour importers, closed after the government restricted the number of people with a licence to partake in the trade. However, as the renewed Irish milling industry grew, they were forced to start manufacturing the flour themselves, resulting in them ordering milling equipment from MIAG in May 1934.

By 1935, the plant was in operation using the ‘most modern flour milling equipment’.

This included ‘model H roller mills with Servo regulation’, producing the highest yields of flour with the lowest ash content.

By 1936, MIAG had supplied Dublin with two mills and was in the process of building a third; the industry’s reputation was only getting more and more impressive.

As livestock export began to noticeably decline, less money was being spent on wheat and grain import. Resultantly, homegrown wheat was on the increase in order to support the milling industry. Originally, approximately 25 per cent of wheat in Ireland was home-grown; due to the export reduction, it was the government’s intention to increase the production to at least 50 per cent. Irish weather allowed a moist climate and fertile soil that made up good crop conditions. However, the frequent rains made ripening difficult and a dry harvest rare-on average Irish-grown wheat had a moisture content of around 18 per cent, sometimes even as high as 22 per cent.

Storage space was required as well as drying equipment to improve the quality of the wheat. MIAG supplied ‘10 drying plants with a capacity of 50 tonnes per hour, extracting 5 per cent of water’ as well as silos and new, dry containers for the wheat to be deposited in. The Dublin Port Milling Co. Ltd. was built housing three Special MIAG Dryers, which were made of ‘DuroAluminium’ to avoid rusting, the dryers were 19.35m tall with radiators found on top for

‘warming and sweating the wheat’.

The design of the MIAG Special Dryers enabled it to work automatically, allowing the wheat to dry at a secured, set temperature. This concluded in moisture content of around 14 per cent, significantly lower than the previous figures. MIAG, as a result of such positive feedback, built each Mill a steel silo plant with a drying plant in 1936. The company’s esteemed reputation further encouraged the mill at Maryborough to extend the plant there by 9 steel bins, increasing its capacity to around 300,000 kg.

In 1939, World War Two began, altering the milling industries. Many factories had to begin the production of weaponry and warcraft to facilitate their country’s army.

MIAG, Brunswick, was one of these factories that resulted in the manufacture of the Mark 3 Panzer armoured assault gun - a medium sized tank.

After recovering from the war, MIAG returned to the milling industry until it was taken over by Bühler in the 1970s.

Information online states that: Following on, Bühler AG of Uzwil Switzerland took control and utilised the site for producing milling machinery. As outlined in Buhler: 150 Years of Innovation for a better world, 1972 marked the ‘Acquisition of MIAG, Mühlenbau and Industrie GmbH, Braunschweig, Germany, including 11 of its subsidiaries. MIAG was created in 1925 by the merger of the five largest German mill manufacturers and was one of the Bühler Company’s biggest competitors.’

Concluding this, it is clear that Bühler were savvy millers doing wonders for the future that stands well today and sustainably for the future.

Summertime experiencing premier German milling expertise

The London and South East Millers Society (LSEMS) hosted a great annual summer field trip to Muehle Rüningen at the end of June 2014. The purpose of visiting one of Germany’s oldest flour mills and a Bühler

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factory was to understand what added efficiency, skill, and consistency could produce.

On arrival, all donned the white hats and coats and made the short walk up to a laboratory and test bakery. Here a short video documentary in German gave information about the mill’s beginnings, heritage and large service to the community. Our German tour leaders Ernst and Arnold from Bühler were not familiar with the mill, as Area Sales Managers of Great Britain and Ireland they were also learning about this mill.

The 702 year old mill near the city of Braunschweig takes its wheat from a surrounding radius of 200km to produce flour, and some animal feed. There are five separate mill lines running all from a central control station, milling 50 varieties of grain, with most crop being wheat, rye, semolina or durum. Their customers are large and made up of names such as Cargill. This mill was different from mills I have visited in the past with individual control stations for each of a mill’s section. I was able to witness the fully automated processes from a central bank of screens of CCTV cameras in one room. NIR in-line monitoring data and performance recordings in real-time were undoubtedly impressive.

To see the full journey of a grain around the mill from the full delivery-process was very impressive. Technical advice was also given as each floor and section of the mill was explored in groups. The various millers and staff from manufacturers all gave differ-

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ent and varied observations about the mill as we toured. On the day, unfortunately there was no possibility of being able to ride the vertical paternoster-style lift! Beyond these were typical sewing and bagging lines and also more lines for loading into articulated trucks.

As we toured the mill and met the ‘master miller’ of Muehle Rüningen, the lines were operating smoothly and efficiently grinding the respective grades of flour milling.

Further on, the mill’s main colour sorting machines were the Bühler Sortex ‘A’ models and were fascinating to watch operate. The extrusion machine is rarely used by the millers, and only is required on demand as and when it is required for animal feed milling.

The LSEMS group was keen to ask relevant questions to the head miller, staff and assistants. Once we had made it all the way down from the eighth floor again, the tour was complete and we travelled on to the Bühler factory.

Bühler factory visit

Arriving through the gates at Bühler in Braunschweig, we were greeted outside

by Alexander Schnelle, Christian Tietz and Peter-Kenneth Grenner. Alexander gave an introductory talk and welcomed us all.

Christian and Peter-Kenneth then split the group into two and made sure we got a clear and thorough guided tour. We saw all staff areas, the pleasant green spaces and extensive site.

One constant feature of the factory generally is a ‘lean manufacturing’ principle. It drives everything in their work and products, and binds all staff in one central mission. For myself, it was surprisingly inspiring and gave a deep understanding of all the reasons why Bühler are just so successful. The total area of the site is 10km square.

We did enter different production facilities for all stages of the grain milling equipment.

There were experienced old hands, young apprentices and all kinds of operators busy working away. The factory houses 650 staff in total. Automated plansifter sieve gluing and manufacturing was a notable part of the digitisation and robotic parts of the modern set-up in such a factory today. There were also areas not dedicated to grain milling – but other food production like sugar, beer and chocolate industries are all covered at this plant.

Later on during the tour, I was able to ask Christian about the steel used at the factory, and I received a very interesting answer; stainless steel is from all around the world but mostly from the domestic market of Germany. Four to five years ago, steel from India and China was found to be potentially radioactive. Due to the pursuit of quality and striving for serving their customers well, the purchasing decision was made to choose other stainless steels.

Overall, the tour was greatly interesting for all and all left with a greater understanding than before about Buhler and their respective success.

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RESEARCHING AND REPORTING

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July 5, 1880. THE MILLER page 217

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE – Chancery Division (Before Mr Justice Stirling)

THE ROLLER FLOUR MILLING REVOLUTION

THE GERM MILLING CASE

The Germ Milling Company v. Robinson

by Rob Shorland-Ball

Keeping up-todate

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egular readers of GFMT may recall that I am writing a series of articles which connect the 21st century flour roller-milling industry with its beginnings more than 150 years ago and its history.

New readers, and perceptive ‘regulars,’ may have noticed that GFMT’s title has been enhanced to become global and to acknowledge the importance of storage. So this is No 1 in a new volume of a journal first published in 1891 as MILLING and still providing a valuable source of reference.

So how can my research output be as up-to-date and relevant as GFMT? I think the fact there was a revolution in this industry is a key factor because it was a social and a technological revolution which had an impact that is still significant – and relevant – today.

My researches are discovering much data: in text, input and output figures, pictures, map evidence, publications, memories including some oral history from millers and mill engineers and more memories from retired folk. The databank which will hold this material, and make it available to enquirers and teachers, is The Mills Archive Trust [MAT] in Reading and it illustrates the relevance of the data that Perendale Publishers Ltd have become a MAT Patron so we are working together.

I find it helpful to have an intellectual framework for the research data and here is a start (Figure 1).

THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL: I appear for the Company who are, as their name indicates, a milling company carrying on their business in Glasgow and the defendant, Mr Robinson, is also a miller carrying on business at Deptford.

I should like, in a few words, to give your Lordship a general idea of the modes in which milling was carried out in this country until recent years, and how it has been carried on in foreign countries. In this country the system generally adopted has been what is called “low grinding.” The machinery still in use in the greatest number of mills in this country is the upper and lower millstone. Figures show that there are about 8,000 mills in this country and that there are not more than 500 of what are called roller mills. But although the number of roller mills is small that does not represent their importance for in them is produced a far greater quantity of flour and meal than in the others. The ordinary stones, made of French burrs, consist of a nether millstone, which is fixed, and an upper millstone which rotates, the face of each stone being marked by what are called “land” and “furrow” marks which in the rotating action of the upper stone – the stones being so closely set that the distance between them is not more than the thickness of a sheet of ordinary paper – crushes and also cuts and grinds the wheat berries between them.

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his outline of “traditional” flour milling practice was a reflection of the times – late 19th century – but a ‘Revolution,’ implies change and the increasingly successful flour mills were within the 500 to which the Attorney-General refers.

One of the principal “foot-soldiers” or facilitators of the Roller Flour Milling Revolution was Henry Gustav Simon (1835 – 1899), a German-born engineer. Armed solely with an Engineering Diploma from the Zurich Technical Polytechnical School and a ‘surcharge of mental energy and business initiative’ he moved to Manchester in 1860; by 1867 he was a naturalised British Subject with his own office as a consulting engineer. His first Figure 1: Intellectual framework for the research data real success was in 1878 and the introduction of a roller milling FRAMEWORK STRUCTURE FRAMEWORK DETAILS plant for McDougall Brothers in Manchester. (from Wikipaedia u Growing – wheat entry, edited by Bryan McGee).

• Processing – turning the wheat to flour

By January 1885, only 5 years • Stone milling – the traditional ‘sudden death’ process after the Attorney-General pero• Experimenting – with milling processes ration in the Germ Milling Case, Simon paid for this double page • Globalising – wheat from central Europe and North America advertisement in THE MILLER • milling machinery from Hungary and the USA which illustrates the rapid proROLLER FLOUR MILLING REVOLUTION starts in the UK from 1850s gress of the Roller Flour Milling • Designing and building new machinery and new mills Revolution (Figure 2) • Transporting – wheat [roads, canals, railways, rivers, sea-ways] The Germ Milling Case illustrated of the importance of the u Storing – silos at the mill separation of the wheat germ u Receiving, cleaning and conditioning – wheat at the mill from the bran and endosperm u Blending – mixing English and overseas wheat in the roller milling process. The Attorney-General explained to u Blending – mixing English and overseas wheat the Court that: u Grading and packing stocks – flour and other products “... the germ should be u Advertising – marketing the stocks abstracted [because], from its u Distributing – stocks to market oleaginous character, if is allowed to remain in the flour it contains • Transporting – wheat [bulk by roads and sea-ways] elements which by fermenting u Baking – bread is the single largest market for flour would lead to sourness in the • Branding – HOVIS; HOMEPRIDE flour. . . . This elimination of TELLING THE ROLLER FLOUR MILLING STORY in the 21st CENTURY the germ has commanded great

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attention in the milling trade in England, on the Continent. and in America, and by a series of experiments an operation has been arrived at which will enable the manufacturer to get rid of the germ.”

However – and the survival of the HOVIS brand keeps my historical research up-to-date – not every English miller agreed with the Attorney-General as extracts from THE MILLER March 2nd 1896 show:

BRITISH AND IRISH FLOUR MILLS. Messrs Fitton & Sons’ IMPERIAL “HOVIS” MILLS, WESTMINSTER, LONDON SW

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JAMESON DAVIES’s SYSTEM INTRODUCTION - London has the distinction of possessing a roller Mill devoted to the sole purpose of making “Hovis" flour. At 27 MiIIbank Street, Westminster, the well-known milling engineer Mr H Jameson Davis, of 82 Mark Lane, London EC has installed for Messrs S Fitton & Sons of Macclesfield a roller plant on his system his system with a capacity of 10 sacks of 280 lbs of “Hovis” flour per hour.

THE MAIN WAREHOUSE - The raw, or uncooked, wheat germ, is stored chiefly on the third floor of this warehouse. To keep this material from fructifying, a certain proportion of salt is mixed with it, the object being, of course, to destroy the vital principle, which might otherwise give unequivocal, but unwelcome, manifestations of its presence. [After the cooking process the wheat germ] . . . is then ready to be mixed with the flour. The germ is mixed with the white flour in the proportion of 25%, one sack of germ being shot to three sacks of flour.

The HOVIS brand began in 1886; the HOVIS process was patented on 6 October 1887 by Richard "Stoney" Smith (1836–1900), and S. Fitton & Sons Ltd, based in Macclesfield, developed the brand, milling the flour and selling it along with HOVIS branded baking tins to other bakers. The name was coined in 1890 by London student Herbert Grime in a national competition set by S. Fitton & Sons Ltd to find a trading name for their patent flour which was rich in wheat germ. Grime won £25 when he coined the word from the Latin phrase hominis vis – "the strength of man.” HOVIS bread is still in shops today so the brand survives!

Another element of the Framework Structure underpinning the roller flour milling story is transport and storage, epitomised by figues 4 and 5: The top picture contrasts the labour-intensive, horse-drawn,

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sacking-and-packing milling economy in England – before the Roller Flour Milling Revolution had made such small country mills uneconomic – with bulk-grain storage silos in the growing areas and rail transport to the mills in North America today.

And the Canadian picture illustrates the global nature of some of my research. Next week I shall be in Budapest for 5 days, visiting the MGTKSZ office (Hungarian Corn & Feed Association) and some of the huge roller flour mills – now no longer working – which made Hungary a world-leader in roller flour milling in the 19th century. I am also in contact with a senior academic at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, in Minneapolis and St. Paul, USA because Minneapolis was once – it claimed[!]

– the world’s flour milling capital. I hope to feed-into the roller flour milling project research some of the ideas and influence of Cadwallader & William Washburn and Charles A Pilsbury whose family names were carried by huge roller flour mills on either side of the River Mississippi in Minneapolis.

I hope to report on these contacts and the Budapest visit in a subsequent issue of this journal.

I hope I have shown that historical research on the flour milling industry need not be retrogressive or irrelevant to modern needs and (© Copyright David Dixon and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence. http:// interests. www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3164948)

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GFMT’s market analyst John Buckley reviews world trading conditions which are impacting the full range of commodities used in food and feed production. His observations will influence your decision-making.

Overall, world output is expected to reach a comfortable 70/71m tonnes, keeping rapeseed meal supplies near to last season’s levels. World sunflowerseed production will be down by about 5% or 2m tonnes this season due to smaller crops in Russia and Ukraine and a slightly smaller harvest in Europe. However, using some of the stocks carried in from last season will help maintain crushings and meal output close to last year’s levels.

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Where will all the wheat (& maize & soya) go?

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he old adage that ‘big crops get bigger’ has certainly been borne out this year.

Not everybody has had ideal weather – we think particularly of Canada and the northern US states, France, parts of Northern and Eastern Europe, Ukraine, parts of Russia where there has been too much and eastern Australia, too little rain. But amid pretty much ideal conditions in most other areas, that hasn’t stopped the global crop estimates climbing far beyond anything anyone dreamed possible back in the early summer.

Just since our last review, according to the latest USDA assessment, the world wheat crop estimate has soared by a further 15m tonnes to a new all-time peak of 720m, largely due to big increases for Russia (+6m), Ukraine and the European Union (+3m each). Among other significant exporters, crop estimates have been boosted for Kazakhstan and the USA. Even China (the largest single country producer and consumer of wheat) has seen its forecast raised by 2m to 126m tonnes.

So world wheat production, rather than dropping significantly from last year’s record (714m tonnes) has actually exceeded it. The USDA will have some further fine tuning to do to these numbers. Australia’s crop estimate of 25.5m tonnes is probably about 1.5m too high versus official forecasts while Canada’s may also have to come down from the current 28m. On the other hand, USDA’s 151m tonnes for the EU now looks about 3m too low while Russia’s harvest yields are implying something higher than USDA’s 59m – perhaps as much as 61m or 62m tonnes. Overall, then, final world output could well turn out even higher than 720m.

The USDA has softened the blow on prices from this rising supply by balancing it against higher consumption. In global terms this is now seen 10m higher than in July and about 7m over last year’s. The latest increases come mainly in countries whose crops have risen most significantly - the EU, CIS and China – as well as a number of moderate/smaller sized users expected to consume more as supplies rise and prices drop. Maybe USDA’s 710m is a bit optimistic for global consumption, however, given (a) the competition coming for feed outlets from a massive maize crop and (b) the still wide premium wheat is charging over maize. Even if that proves close, world wheat stocks will jump by 10m tonnes to the top end of the range of recent years.

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Taking all this on board, along with the huge increase in foreign competition and its own inability to compete enough on world wheat export markets, the bellwether US futures market in Chicago has seen yet another collapse in prices since our last review. As September drew to a close, the nearby month was trading down to $4.68/bu ($172/tonne) compared with about $195 two months ago and about $250 this time last year.

Another issue driving wheat prices is the quality factor. Much of this year’s European, Ukrainian, probably North American wheat too, is of rain-damaged sub-par quality that will have to be cleared closer to feed prices. We have already seen the dramatic impact of this on the European (Paris-based) milling wheat futures market with its heavy bias towards French wheat. This ‘hedging’ or ‘price-insurance’ tool has had to lower its quality specs (in the event of a seller making a

physical delivery to a futures store) to accommodate the unusually low-grade French harvest. The new milling requirements - Hagberg falling numbers from 220 but with tolerances and price discounts down to 170, and minimum proteins of 10.5% - were on the low side of some traders’ expectations and, amid ongoing concerns about how much grain might meet even these requirements, this action has not stopped French milling wheat prices toward feed-wheat value.

As we go to press, the nearby month has fallen to a four-year low of under E150/tonne compared with E170.50 at the end of July. A year ago, the near contract was quoted at over E193 with forwards (including the current spot position) at similar levels – quite drop. Feed wheat is closer to E140 and many observers think that is where it will end up – unless that floor moves lower too, which is not ruled out While the surplus of feed wheat is tugging at the market’s ankles,

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the flip side of reduced high quality supplies is leading to some wide premiums for the latter. US hard red winter breadwheat for example, is quoting $272/277 (fob export port) depending on proteins ranging from 12.5% to 14.2% while Dark Northern Spring wheat for 14%plus protein is almost $90/tonne more expensive.

But competition for export markets is keeping ordinary milling wheats closer to the $230 level amid a multi-cornered fight between various European, Russian, North-American and, before long, Australian offers. Despite their quality problems, the French appear determined to clear as much grain for export as possible, possibly fearing further quality deterioration in store of moist-harvested grain and have been offering some astonishingly cheap deals to important importers like Egypt (which lowered its own quality specs on moisture last month to keep France in the competition).

Within Europe, the Germans at least appear to have some good quality wheat to sell to Third Countries or ship around Europe where it’s needed. They will probably capitalise on the French quality problem to grab some of its traditional milling wheat custom in countries like Algeria (which has refused to take low quality French wheat even if blended up with better quality imported wheat).

Quality is also good for the Northern member states, parts of the eastern EU and, not least the UK which is enjoying its best crop for many years in terms of Hagbergs and proteins and is actually exporting some milling quality to France.

Pressure is also being put on wheat prices by forecasts that world import demand will drop this season by over 7m tonnes from last year’s record level as China requires less (with its bigger crop) and several smaller buyers trim their needs. The forecast 155m tonnes global total could, however, turn out a little on the low side as Iran and some of Mid-east/North African countries achieve smaller than expected crops.

Where will the wheat price drop end? It remains a popular guessing game. Current levels are still some way off the lows seen over the past eight years of extreme market volatility which included not only record highs (13/bu or $478/tonne) but the low $4’s/bu.

The forward CBOT futures market points to modest recovery

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for grains into 2015 but it is hard to see what will drive prices up in the near future especially if production does turn out higher and/or consumption lower than expected. Futures are often a

poor forward indicator. Back in the spring, CBOT September suggested wheat would be in the low $7’s/bu. Even the increases we noted above to world crop estimates in the interim don’t seem enough to justify prices falling that far shor t of forecast – unless they had been way too expensive to start with (or indeed had over-reacted to supply shor tfalls over the past decade of

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Now, of course, there is the opposite danger of things getting overdone on the downside. In the past month or so there has been much talk of producers facing loss-making returns – particularly on maize in Latin America. Costs of production, inputs and land and, in many countries labour too, have all soared since the last time wheat was at $4/bu or less. Will that spell cutbacks in grain sown areas/ inputs and a lower crop going forward? It’s unclear at this stage that this will happen as soon as 2015. Certainly Russia, the world’s fastest growing wheat supplier, appears to be putting more rather than less winter wheat into the ground this autumn. US sowing is also ahead as farmers make the most of the best autumn moisture conditions for some years.

We have to remember too that yields have been on a long-term upward curve that, while it may slow, isn’t over yet. 20 years ago, farmers around the world sowed as much wheat as they did for the 2014 crop but yields have risen almost 30% since then.

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KEY FACTORS AHEAD - WHEAT • Tensions between Russia and Ukraine appeared to ease in the last few weeks but the underlying problem hasn’t gone away. The trade was right in expecting ‘business as usual’ over the summer – record wheat exports from both countries. However, there remain concerns about the impact of their collapsed currencies – and western sanctions on Russian credit – affecting sowing plans and/or input use – so a potential impact on both area and yields next summer.

• World stocks continue to grow more than expected this season as consumption falls faster than production – that provides a useful buffer to any 2015 crop issues.

• World wheat trade is declining from last season’s record high and there will be plenty of rivals for custom – keeping downward pressure on world wheat prices – though quality premiums will stay high just as feed values probably have further to fall • Autumn sowing is wel underway in the Northern Hemisphere.

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general technology/husbandry are making most impact. In the past two decades, world average yields have increased by about 40% to a record average 5.6 tonnes/ha with a 12% gain in the last six years alone.

Yields have been the buzzword all through August in the US Corn Belt where farmers have regularly been repor ting some phenomenal results from a near ideal summer of plentiful moisture, mild temperatures and, so far, trouble-free harvest. 300+ bushels an acre may not be the norm but has cer tainly been commonly achieved in the first harvesting southern states. It does suggest the USDA is too light on its current 171.7bu national average prediction.

Even if we take off a some harvested acres to reflect the USDA’s recent count of prevented plantings (due to earlier wet weather), it is quite possible the crop will well exceed the USDA’s 365.7m tonne forecast (versus last year’s 353.7m). There are plenty of 370m plus estimates floating in the market and some much higher.

This has been the key factor driving down US corn futures, which in September traded as low as 326.5/bu (about $128.50) – its cheapest since June 2010.

In global terms, the maize output forecast for 2014/15 has risen by about 6.5m tonnes as a 12.7m rise for the US was offset by cuts of 5m for China, 3m for Argentina, 1.5m for the CIS and some smaller country reductions. However, the EU estimate has risen by a hefty 2.8m over that same period.

World consumption of maize has been raised by 4.4m tonnes to reflect a response to higher supplies and lower prices, mainly in the USA where USDA now sees more of the grain used in all major outlets – feed, ethanol – even exports.

Even so, global maize stocks are now seen reaching 190m tonnes or about 20% of world consumption and the US component jumping 5m tonnes since July to a burdensome 51m tonnes (about 17% of use compared with less than half that ratio just two years earlier.

Like wheat, maize is expected to see its global import total drop back during 2014/15, by about 10m tonnes. Although Ukraine will probably have less to export from this year’s smaller crop (down 4m tonnes at the last count) there will be more from Brazil and Argentina, both carrying in larger stocks from their last harvests. The EU is meanwhile expected to import about 6m tonnes less maize as it turns to its own larger crop, not to mention uses more of its weather-damaged wheat harvest for animal feed.

With the CIS countries about to harvest – and already talking some very cheap fob export offers, maize prices are under downward pressure from multiple directions – including the huge US and record EU crops, loads of feed wheat , less import demand worldwide. If the US crop is as big as some analysts think, the CIS countries want to sell ‘off-the-combine’ to finance their autumn wheat sowings and Latin Americans keep clearing old and new crop grain at current competitive prices, CBOT maize may have further to fall yet. Prior to the 2007/08 boom, the normal range was $2-$3/bu or about $80-$120/tonne!

COARSE GRAINS - KEY ISSUES AHEAD • Maize supplies keep growing, led by a possibly still under-rated US crop and ample supplies from Latin America, CIS & Europe • Brisk export competition should keep prices under downward pressure • Competition from huge feed wheat supplies will maize maintain steep discounts but the implied boost to livestock feeders margins might stimulate greater meat production than expected.

• How much maize will the EU import?

• China continues to release some of its huge maize stockpile, capping its import needs.

PROTEINS IN ABUNDANCE Oilmeal costs continue to decline under the influence of record soya meal supplies although the weak euro has robbed European customers of some of the benefit in terms of the largely imported raw material. The biggest single factor remains the larger than expected American soyabean crop. Since our last review, the

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weather has been almost ideal for most US regions, leading the USDA to raise its national crop estimate from 99m to 106.5m tonnes. Even that may under-rate the final figure as USDA is using a yield of 46.6bu /acre whereas many in the trade have been expecting up to, even over 50 bu (which could equate to 114m tonnes. In early October, with about 3% of a slightly late-running crop cut, the first harvests have been yielding from 50 to 80 bushels. That may decline as the combines move North while the final harvest area (USDA has at 84.1m acres) may have to be trimmed back to reflect fields that weren’t sown due to difficult planting weather. Whether or not the crop turns out bigger, no-one is in any doubt that this harvest spells abundant supply and huge stock buildup. At 106.5m it would be 17m up on last year’s, equivalent to 13.6m tonnes of extra soya meal. At this stage, more of this increase is expected to go into stocks than into larger US crush or exports because the latter outlets will not grow fast enough. The supply picture is even looser on a global scale. With Brazil and Argentina expected to plant even bigger acreages than last year’s record ones, their crops (arriving next spring) are expectedto grow significantly too. According to USDA, in world terms, that points to soyabean production for the recently started 20014/15 season 28m tonnes larger than last year’s and a staggering 71m more than in 2011/12. In meal terms that equals over 22m and almost 57m tonnes respectively. Again, the fact that crush and meal output will not gain that much is a function of demand, not supply. It means world soyabean stocks will jump from 67m to over 90m tonnes – their biggest annual increase ever.Accounting for 55/60% of world oilseed and as much as 68% of meal production, soya always determines the direction of the broader market in protein meals. Since the magnitude of the current US/global crop outlook began to emerge, the nearby price of soyabeans on the bellwether Chicago futures market has dropped 25%. Since the early summer peaks, the price has fallen by over 40%. Over the past two months, Chicago soya meal futures have also dropped by over 30%.

A quick snapshot of the other major oilseed sources shows rapeseed production turning out better than expected in Europe where the crop could be about 2m tonnes bigger than last year’s.

Largest supplier Canada has had weather problems from the outset - largely cool damp conditions delaying development but may yet turn in a respectable crop of between 14m and 15m tonnes – and has large stocks carried over from last year. The former Soviet countries also have big crops for the second year running, especially Russia, which has raised production. Overall, world output is expected to reach a comfortable 70/71m tonnes, keeping rapeseed meal supplies near to last season’s levels. World sunflowerseed production will be down by about 5% or 2m tonnes this season due to smaller crops in Russia and Ukraine and a slightly smaller harvest in Europe. However, using some of the stocks carried in from last season will help maintain crushings and meal output close to last year’s levels. Including cottonseed, groundnuts, palm kernel cake etc, overal world oilmeal supplies are forecast at a record 291m tonnes to eaily match foreseen growth of about 10m tonnes in meal demand, heavily focused on China, Europe, the USA, Latin America and India. Clearly, with oilseed stocks growin g at an unprecedented pace, there is ample room to expand crush and meal production if the market needs it – an equation that points oilmeal costs firmly ‘South.’

OILMEALS/PROTEINS – KEY FACTORS AHEAD • Even bigger than expected US and LatAm soyabean crop surpluses continue to signal cheaper global oilmeal costs • Next year’s soya crops could be even larger as the major exporting countries shift some maize land to oilseed production for better returns • Lower oilmeal costs might spur greater than expected demand in countries developing their livestock production systems – China, India, Indonesia - as well as market leaders like the USA where high meat prices are also adding to profitability.

• Soya seems likely to increase its already huge share of the protein market. As the high-protein, reliable quality source, its cheaper price will demand a response across the sector.

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2014 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2-3 8-10 9-12

7th International Wheat Seminar

Chennai, India

http://www.wpps.org

The first round of the V Ukrainian Grain Congress

Paris, France

http://www.apk-inform.com/en/conferences/ugc2014/paris/about

EAST AFRIPACK 2014

Nairobi, Kenya

http://www.eastafripack.com

18-19

7th Protein Summit 2014

Rotterdam, The Netherlands

http://www.bridge2food.com

23-25

http://www.viv.net

VIV China

Beijing, China

5-8

2014 AACC International Annual Meeting

Rhode Island, Usa.

http://bit.ly/130zc1N

7-9

Oilseed & Grain Trade Summit

New Orleans, Usa

www.oilseedgrain.com

7-8 8-10

Pelleting of compound feed

Braunschweig, Germany

www.iff-braunschweig.de

Agrilivestock Cambodia 2014

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

http://www.agrilivestock.net

13-15

IFOAM Organic World Congress

Istanbul, Turkey

http://www.bugday.org/portal/index.php

15-17

Vietstock 2014

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

http://www.vietstock.org

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JTIC international

Reims, France

http://www.jtic.eu

Ildex Thailand on the move

Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand

http://www.ildex.com

21-23

Overview of Particulate Handling Technology

Kent, United Kingdom

http://www.bulksolids.com

21-23

Animal Nutrition 2014

Brussels, Belgium

http://www.agraevents.com/event/Animal-Nutrition

21-22

The second round of the V Ukrainian Grain Congress

Kyiv, Ukraine

http://www.apk-inform.com/en/conferences/ugc2014/kyiv/about

22-24

FIGAP 2014

Guadalajara, México

http://www.figap.com

27-29

GLOBALG.A.P. SUMMIT 2014

Abu Dhabi

http://www.summit2014.org

28-30

AgroExpoSiberia

Novosibirsk, Russia

http://www.ifw-expo.com

28-30

Animal Farming Ukraine 2014

Kiev, Ukraine

http://www.nova-exhibitions.com

29-31

Africa grain, pulses and technologies congress and expo

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

http://www.grainafrica.org

29-30

The thirteenth international conference Fat-and-Oil Industry

Kyiv, Ukraine

http://www.apk-inform.com/en/conferences/oil2014/about

30-31

Aviana Uganda 2014

Kampala, Uganda

http://www.avianaafrica.com

4-5

Biomass Handling, Feeding and Storage

Kent, United Kingdom

http://www.bulksolids.com

5-7

2nd International Congress on Food Technology

Aydin, Turkey

http://www.intfoodtechno2014.org

11-14

EuroTier 2014

Hannover, Germany

http://www.eurotier.com

11-12

The third round of the V Ukrainian Grain Congress

Washington, Usa

http://www.apk-inform.com/en/conferences/ugc2014/usa/about

12-14

ILDEX Cambodia 2014

Cambodia

http://www.vnuexhibitionsap.com

14-16

11th International RiceGrain Milling Machinery and Technology Expo 2014

Raipur – Chattisgarh. India

http://www.indiariceexpo.com

25-27

http://www.bulksolids.com

Pneumatic Conveying of Bulk Solids

Kent, United Kindgom

2-4

Health Ingredients Europe & Natural Ingredients

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

http://www.foodingredientsglobal.com

3-5

Agrilivestock Myanmar 2014

Yangon, Myanmar

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25th Annual IAOM MEA Conference & Expo

Cape Town, South Africa

http://www.iaom-mea.com

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FEBRUARY

29-31

Livestock Myanmar 2015

Yangon, Myanmar

http://www.livestockmyanmar.com

6-8

RICE MILLING EXPO 2015

Haryana, India

http://www.ricemillingexpo.com

Oilseed Congress Europe / MENA 2015

Barcelona, Spain

http://www.oilseedcongress.com

9-10 22-25

3rd ICC Latin American Cereal and Grain Conference and ICC Jubilee Conference - 60 Years of ICC

Florianpolis, Brazil

https://www.icc.or.at

APRIL

23-26

IDMA 2015 FAIR

Istanbul, Turkey

http://www.idma.com.tr

MAY

26-23

119th IAOM International Association of Operative Millers Annual Conference & Expo

Palm Springs, USA

http://www.iaom.info

IAOM Middle East & Africa, Conference and Expo 2014 in South Africa Conference Chairman’s Message

I warmly welcome all the delegates on the special occasion of the 25th Annual IAOM Mideast & Africa District Conference & Expo on 3-6 December 2014 taking place in Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), South Africa. We are very pleased to welcome IAOM MEA back in Cape Town to celebrate its 25th Silver Jubilee Anniversary.

The landmark event is expected to attract more than 700 delegates from all over the world and increased number of participants from sub-Saharan Africa.

The legislative capital and economic hub of South Africa, Cape Town, also known as the “Tavern of the Seas” stretches up to 2,455 square kilometers. The city prides itself to be one of the most multiethnic cities in the world. Cape

Town hosted some of the world’s grandest events, such as the FIFA World Cup 2010. The cosmopolitan city is also well known for its natural wonders and tourist attractions like the Table Mountain (one of the oldest mountains in the world), Cape Point, Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, V&A Waterfront and the Kruger National Park.

Despite its relatively small share of the total GDP, primary agriculture is an important sector in the South African economy and has grown by an average of approximately 11.8 per cent per annum since 1970.

Agriculture has been identified as a sector that can contribute significantly towards the National Objective of addressing the country’s socio-economic challenges. Agriculture remains a significant provider of employment,

especially in the rural areas, and a major earner of foreign exchange.

The South African Government recognises agriculture’s role in providing food security as well as addressing, employment and developmental imperatives and is projecting to create one million new jobs by 2030.

Agriculture’s prominent, indirect role in the economy is a function of backward and forward linkages to other sectors. Purchases of goods such as fertilisers, chemicals and implements form backward linkages with the manufacturing sector, while forward linkages are established through the supply of raw materials to the manufacturing industry. About 70 per cent of agricultural output is used as intermediate products in the sector. Agriculture in South Africa is therefore a crucial sector and an important engine of growth for the rest of the economy.

The South African grain milling industry is predominantly engaged in the milling of white maize and

wheat for human consumption. The industry plays a vital role in ensuring a continuous and adequate supply of the country’s staple food, maize meal and bread flour. It works concertedly with other partners in the food chain in contributing meaningfully towards the national objectives of food security, food safety and quality, economic empowerment, training and skills development as well as job creation.

I highly encourage the delegates to take part in pre and post conference tours as the country is home to a rich variety of wildlife preserved in their natural habitat giving the opportunity for one to experience the true beauty of nature.

I look forward to welcoming all of you in Cape Town, South Africa on 3-6 December 2014.

Wishing IAOM MEA a successful and vibrant 25th Silver Jubilee Anniversary!

Yours sincerely, Peter Cook Chairman, National Chamber of Milling, South Africa

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The world´s leading trade fair for animal production

Exhibitor number has reached 198 at IDMA As the meeting platform of millers around the world, IDMA Exhibition prepares to surpass its previous exhibition success in the exhibitor brand numbers, even though there are still seven months until the opening.

Participation of 198 brands to the exhibition, which will be held at Istanbul Expo Center’s 3 halls on 33 thousand-square metre area have been already confirmed.

Being the sole broad participation technology fair in the world that brings the grain and pulses processing industries together, IDMA prepares to double its previous exhibition success. In 2013, 236 brands participated to International Flour, Semolina, Rice, Corn, Bulghur, Feed Milling Machinery & Pulse, Pasta, Biscuit Technologies Exhibition

IDMA that was realised on 18 thousand-square metre area.

In 2015, participation of 198 brands to the exhibition that will be showcased halls with 33 thousand-square metre area have been already confirmed.

Obtained while there are still seven months before the exhibition, this success points that the exhibition will grow over 80 per cent in terms of both exhibition area and exhibitor brand number.

World grain and pulses processing industry’s largest technology and equipment brands aim to exhibit more technologies and products by participating to the exhibition to be held in 2015 with larger booth spaces.

As the halls are almost full, the number of the countries to which visitor operations are made for IDMA 2015 increased to 139. As the organiser of the exhibition, Parantez International Fair Organisation aims to reach the same growth rates for 2015 exhibition in terms of visitor number as well.

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Fish & More Marketplace for Aquaculture 11 – 14 November 2014 Hanover, Germany Innovations for modern fish farming and water treatment New practical approaches for practical applications at Forum Aquaculture Answers to your questions at the Aquaculture Advisory Centre Get-together for the industry Showcase “Growth in Water” www.eurotier.com/aquaculture Hotline: +49 69 24788-265 E-Mail: expo@DLG.org Dieses Projekt This project is wird von derco-fi Europäischen being nanced Gemeinschaft by the European kofinanziert.

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Industry responds well to VietStock 2014 after the first 10 years

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nitiated in 2004, VIETSTOCK 2014 Expo & Forum is Vietnam’s Premier Feed, Livestock and Meat Industry event.

It has further solidified its reputation as the region’s leading industry event and is continuing its growth trajectory.

Hosted and strongly supported by the Department of Livestock Production, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), the event is the ultimate ‘one-stop’ show for all livestock professionals to find solutions for their business needs, enhance manageability and increase profits.

With regard to networking, it is an important way to establish contacts with major industry players and to get hands-on advice and inspect the latest technologies and products.

The event’s positioning as the premier show is not only in regards to the Vietnamese market, but covers the wider Mekong delta region.

VIETSTOCK will be held from October 15-17, 2014, at the Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center (SECC), in Ho Chi Minh City with over 250 industry-leading local, regional and international suppliers from 30 countries in attendance from dozens of professional categories including animal health and nutrition, feed, meat packaging and processing equipment, genetics and farm equipment, among many others.

Another highlight of VIETSTOCK 2014 is the presence of European pavilions such as the Czech Republic, Denmark, UK, and Holland. The exhibition expects to welcome over 8000 trade visitors this year.

“In Vietnam the demand for food, meat and dairy products is currently undergoing rapid growth, driven by the rising population and living standards of our country.

Under the Livestock Department Strategy, it is expected that livestock production will increase from

27 percent in 2007, to 38 percent by 2015, reaching 42 percent by 2020.

At the same time, the Vietnamese livestock industry is expected to produce 5.5 million tons of meat, 14 billion eggs and more than one million tons of milk in 2020. The outlook is certainly bright for our livestock industry. However, this growth also raises challenges for industry players because technology and innovation must be introduced to help with production, while pricing efficiency is critical in order to meet such huge market demands.

In addition, a major consideration we take very seriously is that we must ensure that food products meet stringent hygiene and safety standards.

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Volkmar Wywiol - Patron, FlourWorld Museum

Volkmar Wywiol is the owner of Mühlenchemie – a manufacturer of flour improvers – in Ahrensburg, near Hamburg, and the initiator of the FlourWorld Museum, an attraction unique of its kind in the world. In this interview Volkmar Wywiol explains what motivated him to do something out of the ordinary for the international milling community.

What triggered the idea for the FlourWorld Museum?

Quite often it’s pure chance that intervenes in the course of our lives and inspires us to do something unexpected. In this case it was an empty flour sack from our Arab customer “Emigrain” that was washed up at my feet on the beach in Dubai in 1998. I was electrified; I took the sack to my hotel, washed it and took it back to Hamburg with me. As a good omen for our company claim, “Mühlenchemie makes good flours even better”. It was the start of an unprecedented collection of items from all the corners of the earth, but also as a mark of respect and admiration for the achievements and commitment of millers. The FlourWorld Museum now houses a remarkable “milling treasure” of over 3,000 flour sacks from 130 countries.

What is so fascinating about flour sacks?

These apparently mundane and commonplace bags can tell us a lot. There are endless stories hidden behind the chosen names and symbols that make the sacks real works of art. Symbols as an expression of archaic knowledge that is often no longer perceptible except to the subconscious mind. They reflect the cultural region from which they originate. And all of them demonstrate the enormous significance of flour for man, as one of the world’s most important staple foods.

Can you give us some examples of the hidden meaning of the logos on the sacks?

The sun is often depicted as a symbol of life, perhaps its most powerful symbol. Lions and other Big Cats symbolize the strength imparted by the flour. The same is true of muscular men breaking iron chains. The Mother of God in a garment of ears of corn stands for the purity of the flour. She is the field on which Jesus grows. And in the depictions of saints we can distinguish the original legend of corn as a gift of God. We find this fascination with the fundamental on nearly all the flour sacks that make up the FlourWorld Museum.

How did the name FlourWorld come about?

When the museum was established and opened in 2008 it was initially called the “flour art museum”. What interested us was the “art of the sack”. But in the meantime the many questions from visitors have shown us that the museum has a much broader task to fulfil.

Our aim is to emphasize the significance of flour as one of the world’s most important staple foods. At a time when the world’s population is exploding we hope to underline today’s challenges of ensuring a global supply of food as well as providing information on flour and its cultural and historical significance.

What are the individual goals you have set yourself?

Our goals are ambitious. What are the important growing areas for what? What do we know about the composition and quality of flours and their various baking properties, about the diversity of baked goods in the world and milling technology? But they also include: - Showing the significance of flour as the world’s most important food and the way it is treated and processed today; - Transfer of knowledge: “What is flour?”

- Creating an awareness of global interrelationships; - Presenting the art of baking worldwide: “This is how the world eats and enjoys its food!”

Yes – flour is life! And that is what we are showing.

Where is the museum?

Mühlenchemie has its production facility in the little town of Wittenburg, about 75 kilometres east of Hamburg on the road to Berlin. The town council has provided us with a wonderful “listed” building from the year 1850 that we have converted into a museum at great expense with funds of our own. It has an exhibition area of 800 m².

What is the connection between the museum and Mühlenchemie as a well-known manufacturer of flour improvers?

The museum is an important expression of Mühlenchemie’s corporate culture. Besides pursuing its business targets the company attaches great importance to moral and ethical responsibility in all its activities. These two factors determine our entrepreneurial thinking and action, together with understanding, tolerance, courage, creativity and enthusiasm. In other words: with culture. The museum is a visible expression of this corporate philosophy.

Who are the visitors to the museum?

The visitors are interested individuals from different regions, and also school groups. But we have millers from many parts of the world, too, who combine a tour of the museum with a visit to our trial bakery and milling laboratory and take part in a training course there.

The flour sacks collected and catalogued here and examined for their cultural and artistic significance are an expression of the great, worldwide community of millers to which we all owe so much.

The FlourWorld Museum is unique and offers fascinating insights into art and culture. We have dedicated it to all the millers of the world.

More information: www.flourworld.de

An extended version of this interview is on the Global Miller blog at http://gfmt.blogspot.co.uk

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Your flour sack has been included in this collection as an original item. The certificate is an expression of our thanks and your partnership with Mühlenchemie.

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Terrell joins Anitox to drive American operations

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nitox has appointed Chad Terrell to direct commercial operations in North and Latin America, where new products and demand for greater pathogen control in feed and livestock production are driving significant growth.

Terrell – formerly Executive Director of Commercial Operations at Novartis Animal Health – has been brought in to spearhead continued expansion in the region, and immediately unveiled recruitment plans which will significantly increase the company’s presence on the ground.

“I’m joining Anitox with a clear brief,” he explains. “This is a highly technical, science-based company that’s Chad Terrell already growing rapidly. We’re controlling pathogens in animal feed which is a critical component to food safety, and increasing the efficiency of feed production that provides a clear cost benefit to growers. My goal is to make Anitox the go to resource for expertise in these areas. As career opportunities go, it doesn’t get much better than this. It’s exciting to join the management team of an R&D-focused business operating in growth areas, run by ambitious people committed to putting the customer at the center of all it does.”

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“We invest 6% of turnover in R&D; a long-term commitment which is repaying us now with a steady stream of new formulations, products and services that are fuelling the growth of Anitox worldwide. I’m delighted that Chad is joining us to develop our commercial operations and drive sales strategy in two of our biggest territories, North and Latin America. He has a superb team around him on which to build, and the resources, support and skills necessary to take us forward.”

The Chief Agri Industrial Division hires Vice President of Engineering & Product Development

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radley Jorgenson, P.E., has joined Chief Agri Industial Division as Vice President of Engineering & Product Development effective June 1, 2014. Jorgenson is responsible for design and development of Chief, Caldwell and Lemanco product lines. Jorgenson is directly involved in leading the engineering team in developing innovative and breakthrough designs consistent with market needs.

He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Nebraska Lincoln and earned an MBA from Wichita State University Bradley Jorgenson Jorgenson has 20 years of experience in the Agriculture Equipment and Industrial conveying equipment Industries and brings Design Engineering, Sales, Marketing and Production experience to Chief Industries.

Roger Townsend, President of Chief Agri Industrial Division commented, “We are pleased to have someone of Bradly’s calibre and experience join our management team. His extensive background and experience in Engineering will further enhance our management team and help us continue to live up to our mantra, We Engineer Relationships.” He resides in Gothenburg, NE with his wife and four children.

GrainCorp announces board appointment

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rainCorp is pleased to announce that Ms Rebecca Dee-Bradbury has been appointed to the GrainCorp board as a non-executive director. The appointment is effective from 29 September 2014. Ms Dee-Bradbury was formerly the Chief Executive Officer & President of Developed Markets (Asia Pacific & ANZ) with Mondelez International (previously known as Kraft Foods / Cadbury) from 2010 to 2014, where she led the business through major transformational change.

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In addition to her position on the GrainCorp Board, Ms Dee-Bradbury is a non-executive director of TOWER Limited (NZSX/ASX) and BlueScope Steel Limited (ASX). GrainCorp Executive Chairman Mr Don Taylor said that Ms Dee-Bradbury brings to GrainCorp significant experience in consumer and retail marketing, product innovation, and technology development.

“The skills Rebecca has built through her career in the FMCG sector will be invaluable to our organisation as we continue to deliver growth through our downstream processing businesses. Rebecca will be a strong contributor and complements the existing skills set of the Board. We welcome Rebecca to GrainCorp,” Mr Taylor said Ms Dee-Bradbury has participated in a number of industry policy leadership forums, including the Prime Minister’s Manufacturing Leaders Group (Food and Agriculture Representative), and Premier Napthine’s Food and Agriculture to Asia Strategic Advisory Committee.

“Earlier in the year we outlined a plan to refresh the board and bring new skills and perspectives to our business. The appointment of Rebecca is the first step in this process,” Mr Taylor said.

With Ms Dee-Bradbury’s appointment, the GrainCorp board comprises seven independent nonexecutive directors and the Executive Chairman.

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