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ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS

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NEWS FEATURES

40 Milling and Grain: Highlights 2020 46 Arrius: Bühler unveil a gamechanger

50 The making of the Smart Mill of the future

FACES

10-31 54 Proper moisture control 58 Smart action in agriculture

62 The vacuum coating revolution in feed production 66 Sustainable Pasta Packaging

114 People news from the global milling industry

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68 A cloud-based service for monitoring and optimising food sorting processes 70 ISO 27001 certification

72 FEFAC predicts 2.2 percent fall in compound feed production

EVENTS

100 Event listings, reviews and previews

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74 Details count when designing a grain handling system 80 World class engineering

84 Bruks Siwertell’s portmobile unloader

TRAINING

34 Industry training news

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10 The Global Miller 22 Mildred Cookson 26 The Rex Wailes collection

8 GUEST EDITOR Alex Waugh

94 MARKETS John Buckley

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112 INTERVIEW Roger Butler

nabim-to-UK Flour Millers Changing our name to UK Flour Millers is part of a continuum. The name change in itself is part of a programme to bring flour milling into the public eye. Over the past couple of years we have asked customers, colleagues, people in government, etc what they knew about the flour milling industry and the answer was ‘not very much.’

Alex Waugh

People had little idea of what was involved in making flour. So we knew we had to do something and over the past 18 months or so we have been presenting the industry in a more positive light, finding ways to get out and about and engage with stakeholders right across the spectrum. An association name of ‘nabim’ didn’t really tell anyone what we did. What it now says on the tin is what you get.

This is all part of raising the industry’s profile, raising the association’s profile and engaging better with people we need to be speaking to.

The pandemic move things along rapidly. The absence of flour in the shops did raise the industry’s profile in the minds of consumers.

It’s not the route we would have chosen but we were able to respond effectively.

The industry is well prepared for this second wave. There’s more packaging and more flour in shops. The last time around, the demand of flour going into small packets was up by 80 percent and that extra 80 percent of capacity was found within two week. There was a terrific response from businesses and more importantly from the people working in those businesses.

This time around we are much

better prepared. Work absences might be a little higher, certainly in the UK where we have a track-and-trace system that takes people off line to self-isolate as a precaution and not because of illness. We are confident we are able to meet demand as it is.

Regarding Brexit the industry is as prepared we can be. We have several contingency plans in place depending on what the final outcome is. When it comes to our trade with other European countries that’s uncertain.

Businesses want to know what’s happening, they want to know what are prices going to be. We don’t know that answer because we don’t know if there is going to be tariffs or not. As a result some customers, inevitably, are saying we are just going to have to move to another supplier until you can offer us more certainty.

That uncertainty is a challenge, however when it comes to producing flour our millers have stocked up on wheat in case tariffs apply so they are ready for that in the first few months of 2021. And they are doing all they can do to provide security of supply and a degree of flexibility depending on how it turns out.

Over the past 10 years there has been a lot of investment in flour milling in Britain. We have several flour millers investing in new capacity which is about meeting customer demands for hygienic products, efficient and cost effective production and competition drives us in that direction. In fact, if we look at UK Flour Millers aims and objectives it’s about helping our customers meet their customers’ requirements. And that has been the focus of the industry for a long time.

Part of that role includes keeping the existing workforce up-todate in the latest technologies and milling best practice; as well as training the next generation of flour millers. For over a hundred years we have been offering flour milling training courses and these will continue to be run by UK Flour Millers, hopefully for years to come. Delivery of training to the industry will get stronger as utilise technology to provide more interactive resources such as the virtual mill.

Alex Waugh, Director of UK Flour Millers

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MAG TV and the RongoRongo Live Studio offers interviews with individuals who shape our industry.

This month we offer interview with two industry representatives - for both the flour milling and the feed milling sectors.

Alex Waugh, the director of UK Flour Millers, formerly known as nabim, talks about the reasons for the association’s name change and wider issues of Covid-19 and Brexit facing his industry. We are also pleased Alex agreed to be our Guest Editor for our December edition as well. myMAG.info/e/1010

Our second and widely recognisable representative is Yiannis Christodoulou of Progressus AgriSchools who talk about the success of the first Online Milling School course and the reasons feed millers should consider signing up for part or all of the second Winter 2020-21 Course 2. Please see our Training Section for full details.

If you have something important to say either about your products or processes then call us and we can interview you for MAG TV. If you have a significant issue that has international implications then we would like to invite you to the RongoRongo Live Studio - all done remotely. myMAG.info/e/1011

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I’m sure that it goes without saying that 2020 has been different to any year that any of us have previously witnessed.

With the effects of the pandemic felt right from tiller to table, each of us has had to adapt to an everchanging business landscape.

As well as the inevitable expense of adjusting our methods in order to survive, we have all suffered losses, some financial and some, very personal.

In the latter months of 2020, Bryan Read, the former president of the National Association of British and Irish Millers, passed away at the age of 95. Having also served as Chairman of Read Woodrow Ltd in Norwich, UK, Mr Read’s two stints as Nabim President 1967-68 and 1981-82. Bryan was a very popular figure in our industry and many he will be sorely missed by many of us.

As the atmosphere in our industry continues to change, with competition being usurped by collaboration across the globe, we are all finding new ways to get our products to the consumer where previously available supply channels have stalled.

With the pandemic likely to dominate the way we do things well into 2021, by continuing to foster our new found mutually beneficial ethos, we might all get through this intact.

So this time next year, when - God willing - a sense of normality has started to return, we will all still be in good shape and feeling -optimistic for a healthy and happy future.

We wish all of our readers a happy and relaxing festive holiday.

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amlet Protein, a global leader in soy protein specialties for young animal nutrition, is finding new ways to share knowledge and insights with their customers and business partners.

As travel restrictions continue to limit the opportunity for face-to-face meetings, Hamlet Protein has found alternative ways to engage with its stakeholders. In October that resulted in various webinars and special edition of ‘Feed Your Brain.’ Hamlet Protein hosted a webinar on the market dynamics of the global pork industry.

CEO Erik Visser received Justin Sherrard, Global Strategist Animal Protein at Rabobank, to discuss the current situation in the swine market and a 2021 Outlook.

The webinar was held in two sessions, to allow a global audience to attend.

It focused on the impact of African Swine Flu (ASF), COVID-19, trade disputes and sustainability on animal protein markets around the world.

After a lively discussion with the participants, a 2021 outlook was shared, expecting an initial recovery of swine markets next year, with Chinese local production and import volumes continuing to drive global market dynamics.

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it operates a state of the art production facility in Findlay, Ohio.

The North American swine market has come under pressure in recent months. Hamlet Protein invited Joe Kerns to speak on current and expected market developments.

Mr Kerns highlighted that US pig numbers are decreasing with on-going sow liquidation, however, domestic demand for pork continues to be strong just like export volumes.

That leads to cautious optimism on market hog prices and a return to profit for pork producers in 2021.

Jim Wiesemeyer shared insights on the agenda of the candidates for US presidency and more specifically on their policies for the agriculture industry.

In Germany Hamlet Protein organized a small-scale Feed Your Brain seminar. The number of attendants was restricted, following strict Covid-19 guidelines.

The seminar focused on young animal nutrition in both swine and poultry. The attendees discussed the impact of the recent ASF cases in wild boars, ban on exports for German pork to China and COVID-19 on the Germany swine industry.

In a discussion on sustainability, Dr Kampf from DLG highlighted the continuous dependence on soy imports for animal feed production in Germany.

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vonik, a leading global manufacturer of DLmethionine which is an essential amino acid used in modern feed formulation, is to manage production from three world-class hubs enabling the company to play a pivotal role in addressing sustainable animal protein supply, food safety and animal welfare.

All three of Evonik’s world-scale MetAMINO® plants operate along cost leading, best-in-class technology lines, and offer opportunities for further expansion. They are also ready for cost efficient modular debottlenecking in the future.

Following this strategy, Evonik is to close the smallest of its MetAMINO plants with a capacity of 65,000 tonnesper-year, located in Wesseling, Germany by the end of the first quarter, 2021.

In addition, Evonik will invest about EU€25 million into upgrading its world-scale plant for methionine intermediates in Wesseling to safeguard long-term supply to the Antwerp site and to strengthen its European MetAMINO-Verbund.

This will lead to a better cost position, through improved

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utilisation of capacity, with economies of scale and an enhanced ability to adapt to any market condition.

Dr Emmanuel Auer, Head of Animal Nutrition business line at Evonik, said, “The methionine business is important for Evonik, now and in the future. We will adapt to market challenges and prepare our asset set-up for highest efficiency and further optimised cost structures.

We have engaged in continuous efficiency measures and programs over the past few years. As part of structural asset optimisation, the time felt right to close the smallest methionine asset.”

In 2014, Evonik opened its methionine production facility in Singapore. In 2019 the company doubled the nameplate capacity at the site.

Today, Singapore is the largest DL-methionine production complex in the world with a nameplate capacity of 300,000 tonnes per year; a new industry standard for efficient, safe and sustainable operation.

Alongside Singapore, Evonik operates world-scale facilities in Mobile, Alabama, USA and in Antwerp, Belgium. Evonik has been producing MetAMINO® in Wesseling since 1967.

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Calysta CEO gets into the final of Entrepreneur of the year

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alysta, a biotechnology company dedicated to the manufacture of protein ingredients from new sources, announced that Alan Shaw, President, CEO and co-founder of Calysta was named an Entrepreneur of the Year 2020 Northern California Award finalist.

Now in its 34th year, the programme honours entrepreneurial business leaders whose ambitions deliver innovation, growth and prosperity as they build and sustain successful businesses that transform our world.

Mr Shaw was selected as one of 19 finalists by a panel of independent judges. This year, unstoppable entrepreneurs who have provided extraordinary support for their communities, employees and others during the COVID-19 crisis will also be recognised for their courage, resilience and ingenuity. Reacting to his nomination, Mr Shaw said, “In a year of extraordinary challenges for businesses across the world, being shortlisted as a finalist for Entrepreneur of the Year, the world’s most prestigious award for entrepreneurs, is particularly humbling and an honour.”

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IAOM launch new podcast he second episode of the newly-launched podcast, “First Break: Stories from the Roll Floor”, is now available on the Apple podcast store and online with the compliments of the International Association of Operative Millers (IAOM).

‘First Break’ is a podcast about grain milling that focuses on industry trends, innovations, challenges and opportunities and is geared toward the global grain milling community.

The latest episode features an interview with Gary Pickelmann, IAOM’s past president and recently-retiree from Star of the West Milling Company.

Podcast host Simon Tiedge, Director of Technical Milling at Miller Milling, has Mr Pickelmann sharing his experiences from a 47-plus-year career in milling.

Full-season sponsors of the app are Bühler, GEA Golfetto Sangati and Miller Milling. Half-season sponsor is Lorenz Conveying Products.

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he Bourn Windmill, one of the oldest windmills in the UK, is at risk of collapse. Set in attractive west-of-Cambridge countryside it was purchased by the charity Cambridge Past, Present and Future (CPPF) in 1936 and restored from a state of dereliction into working order. It is over 385 years old being built prior to 1636.

There are only 50 of this type of mill in the country.

This is a fine example with much of the mill’s interior and workings being original. The windmill is designated an Ancient Monument and is Grade I listed.

However, this open-trestle post mill – with the whole mill rotating around a central pole - now faces a new challenge with its ‘crosstrees’ requiring replacement.

The charity is looking to raise funds urgently to secure the mill and expects to the cost of the final repair bill to be in the order of UK£50,000-100,000.

“The windmill is of the post and trestle type and is medieval in design,” says Graham Bruce, chairman of the Bourn Windmill Volunteers, formerly of Spillers, Rank

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Hovis and ADM and the current secretary to the London and South East Milling Society in the UK. “It’s exact date is unknown, but there are records of it being sold by John Cook to Thomas Cook in 1636, so it must have been in existence before then.

“Over the years, it has been extensively maintained and was open to the public one Sunday each month from May to September.” But this past August it was forced to close.

The CPPF has approached Milling and Grain to alert its readership to its petition for financial help. “I was wondering whether you’d be able to offer some publicity of our plight?” he asked MAG recently.

He also reported that their campaign had already been awarded a grant of UK£23,250 by Historic England towards the £33,000 costs of the first phase of the project.

This will help pay for scaffolding and propping the mill and enable us to employ a project team to assess the damage and design a scheme of repairs, he added.

Donations can be made at: https://www.cambridgeppf. org/Appeal/save-bourn-windmill-appeal

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Turkish Grain Board barley sales

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Obituary: Former nabim President passes away aged 95

Bryan Read, a former president of the National Association of British and Irish Millers (nabim) and chairman of Read Woodrow Ltd in Norwich, England died at the age of 95 in October.

Mr Read was Chairman of Read Woodrow Ltd in Norwich and he was President of nabim in both 196768 and 1981-82. He also served as Chairman of the nabim Wheat Committee for many years, as well as representing the industry and association in various forums.

Mr Read had struggled to recover from a fall suffered during the summer, however, he remained lucid to the end and died peacefully.

urkey’s Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Dr Bekir Pakdemirli, has recently announced that the Turkish Grain Board (TMO) will begin selling barley with a three month term for breeders and growers.

Minister Pakdemirli said that the three month maturity-free barley sales will be started in order to maintain stability in the feed markets and to reduce the production costs of breeders and growers, adding that 100,000 tonnes of barley will be sold at a price of 1.425 TL / tonne (approximately US$168/tonne) in November 2020.

Accordingly, he reported that sales will be made to livestock breeders and breeders on the basis of their daily consumption of 5kg per cattle and 1kg per sheep per day.

Minister Pakdemirli also said that TMO carried out barley shipment to most of the consumption centers with the stock planning carried out by TMO and that there is barley stock in all TMO workplaces especially in the Eastern and South-eastern Anatolia regions.

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Ruto Flour Mills Ltd; A New South African Mill on the Robinson System

by Mildred Cookson, The Mills Archive, UK

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n article in Milling in June 1950 drew attention to a new mill in Pretoria. The city had long been acknowledged as one of South Africa’s finest, along with its magnificent Jacaranda tree, and structures such as the famous Union Buildings. In 1950 its attractiveness remained unspoiled, despite the fact that to a great extent in the preceding years, industrialisation had taken over. The authorities had confined industrial growth to a well-planned area outside the city boundaries, with many industries previously within the city relocating. One of these was the Ruto Flour Mills, Ltd. Considered extremely up to date at that time, the mill was built in the centre of the city in 1885 by two pioneers of Pretoria, F Bourke and T Beckett. The principal machine was a horizontal stone mill fitted with French burr stones. At first, business was mainly confined to grinding for local farmers, who brought their wheat and maize to be processed into finished products for their own use. The fame of this new mill soon spread and “The Black Mills� became known as one of the best gristing mills in the country. They were so-called because the building had been tarred in order to preserve the bricks (no machine-made bricks were available in those days).

The chief cereal food in the late 19th century was mealies, a large percentage of which was processed by hand stamping. With regard to wheaten products, the most popular grade was known as sifted Boer meal and consisted of a meal ground on stones from which the coarse bran had been extracted. Even in the 1950s a somewhat refined version of this long extraction flour found great favour among farmers who took their own wheat to the nearest grist mill.

Pretoria was an ideal location, being a large consuming centre, conveniently situated close to Johannesburg, the Witwatersrand areas and large farming districts. As the country developed, an expanding market for wheat products was created, and from time to time, in order to meet the public demand for better quality products the plant was improved.

In 1919, Mr S Rutowitz acquired the mill and immediately set about the task of modernising the plant, concentrating on making quality the first consideration. The mill became very well known, not only on account of its trade with bakers, but also through its policy of supplying the shops with flour in small bags of five, ten and twenty five Pounds (lbs).

With the passing of time the mills the capacity was increased with the addition of Robinson machines.

In 1946, it was decided to erect a new mill at Pretoria West, a site with all of the necessary facilities for the economical handling of the grain and finished products had been acquired.

The building consisted of a flour mill and a large capacity maize plant, capable of producing the highest quality granulated maize meal.

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Mr JA Greenwood who supervised the installation of the machinery

A line of Robinson Centrifugals

An exterior view of the new mill

As a considerable amount of the machinery in the old mill had been supplied in the previous years, a good deal of this was used.

An order was placed with Thomas Robinson & Son Ltd, through their agents, Reunert & Lenz Ltd, for the balance of machinery required for the installation of a mill on the most modern lines.

By this time, Mr S Rutowitz, the original owner, had now been joined by his son, Mr R Rutowitz. By dedicating all of his enthusiasm and energy to this new project, much of the credit was given to Mr R Rutowitz for its success.

Robinson’s were commissioned to plan the mill to the best advantage on the new site, with the result being that a five-storey building was erected with excellent floor heights and ample light from the generous window space. The flour mill was on one side of the building and the maize mill, which comprised two lines of diagonal rollers, purifiers, plansifters and reels, on the other.

There was an extremely efficient cleaning plant for both wheat and maize. One of the principal machines in the former plant was the Robinson JOm type conditioner, which had proved so effective for the treatment of South African wheats. Also included was the latest KKm type combined stoner, washer and whizzer.

Two rows of Robinson roller mills

and generous reduction surface. The scalping, grading and dressing of the breaks and head reductions was done on JSm type quick change plansifters, with loose clothing frames, their outstanding feature was the large amount of dressing surface available. The dressing of the remaining stocks was carried out on centrifugals.

High speed exhaust with visi-control units were fitted throughout both the flour and maize plants, and all dust was dealt with on suction filter dust collectors. The mill was electrically driven and power was transmitted throughout by means of chain and Dixel rope drives.

The erection of the machinery was carried out under the supervision of Mr J Greenwood, who, for many years, was one of Robinson’s chief erectors. In 1982 Ruto Mills were sold to Fedfood, which is now known as RCL Foods (Pty) Ltd.

In the mill itself there were five breaks and ample purification

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UK Flour Millers rebrands after 142 years as nabim he organisation which has represented the interests of UK flour millers for nearly 150 years is changing its name.

nabim – the National Association of British & Irish Millers – will become UK Flour Millers this month as part of a rebrand aimed at raising the industry’s profile at a pivotal time in its history thanks to the unprecedented demands of the Covid pandemic and the imminent departure from the EU. The move will also herald the proposed introduction of devolved milling associations within the Home Nations for the first time.

Founded in 1878, the organisation’s membership encompasses virtually all flour milling businesses in the UK. Together they produce over five million tonnes of flour each year, which is consumed by 99 percent of UK households and an ingredient in about a third of the food UK consumers buy.

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UK Flour Millers also includes the Flour Advisory Bureau, launched in 1956, which advises consumers on domestic flour use.

Director Alex Waugh says, “After 142 years the decision to rebrand as UK Flour Millers has not been taken lightly, but as an acknowledgement of changing times and perceptions.

“Flour milling is an ancient art, but our members invest over 15 percent of their gross margin every year in infrastructure, research and recruiting the next generation of millers. They quite rightly demand an association that is professional, reliable, important, modern and efficient – reflecting the industry it represents.

“The twin challenges of Covid and Brexit this year have reinforced our vital role as both an advocate and a champion of the flour milling industry, and as UK Flour Millers we will continue to work closely with government and consumers on behalf of our membership.”

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The Rex Wailes Collection No Half Measures at Palmer’s

by Mildred Cookson, The Mills Archive Trust, UK Rex, like his father, was first and foremost an engineer, but soon became the authority on wind and watermills. As an engineer he was also interested in industrial sites, such as foundries, brickworks and waterworks. One of my other interests is in breweries, so I was delighted to see that he had spent some time at Palmer’s Brewery in Bridport, Dorset.

The brewery dates back to 1794 when the Dorset rope and net maker, the Gundry family, built the brewery on the banks of the River Brit. In the late 19th century, two Palmers brothers, John Cleeves and Robert Henry, bought the brewery and gave it their names: JC & RH Palmer. Today, their website points out, their great grandsons, John and Cleeves Palmer, work in the company.

In all of 226 years, the mill had never ceased brewing nor the waterwheel stopped working, until March of this year. Then coronavirus called a halt to both, on the very same day that we closed the Mills Archive to visitors. When closed the brewery owners looked after their staff and tenants and they are now happily back in production. Which is great news as one of their well-regarded tours of the brewery is still on my bucket list!

Amongst Rex’s collection held at the Mills Archive are a series of photographs and notes recording his visit to the brewery in 1962.

Rex’s close friend Joseph Addison took most of the photographs, and a few illustrative examples are given here showing the waterwheel forged in Bridport by Thomas Helyer and installed in 1879. Further interior photographs show the pumping machinery used inside the brewery. Having written this article, I came across an attractive photograph taken in 1996 by my good friend Martin Bodman that shows the wheel so impressively that I just had to share it!

This vast collection contains many items of much of interest and even during the coronavirus lockdown we have been sorting and cataloguing material. There are now several thousand of Rex’s items on our catalogue to inspect remotely, but it may well be 2021 before we can invite visitors to return and see the collection now housed in our “Milling and Grain Room”.

It will be well worth the visit, but unfortunately there will be no beer on offer!

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A NuTaste® developed for use in animal feed

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nactivated and autolysed brewers’ yeasts have been used for a long time as natural and sustainable ingredients to increase the acceptance of various feeds.

Furthermore, brewers’ yeast extracts offer unique taste effects and functions thanks to their multifunctional components such as peptides, amino acids and nucleotides.

Leiber developed Leiber NuTaste® specifically for uses of brewers’ yeasts for animals.

Leiber NuTaste products offer a portfolio of natural flavours, which can be deployed either pure or in combination with other yeast extracts. NuTaste thereby

offers a very broad spectrum of applications to product developers and ration optimisers based on the enhanced attractiveness, tastiness and taste improvement of feeds and the corresponding increase in feed intake.

The company’s in-house production methods ensure valuable, standardised food-quality products with unique taste profiles ranging from brothy, meaty and savoury to umami and roast-flavoured BBQ-like tastes.

As well as flavour, some NuTaste® products have additional colouring or nutritional effects.

This means that the products can be used for example to enhance individual flavours, lowering the salt content in a product, replacing artificial colourants as well as for vegetarian and vegan applications in petfood.

Therefore, this Leiber NuTaste covers a large number of customer-specific requirements and applications.

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Symaga joins forces with SCE Asia to open an office in Singapore his month Symaga Silos of Arenas de San Juan, Real in Spain opened an office in Singapore with the goal of being close to its customers in the region and provide an improved and faster

service.

Symaga and SCE have joined forces in this strategic region, to respond to the growing demand for storage that is expected in the coming years.

Symaga reached the agreement with Belgium’s SCE Asia, which is based in Suntec City, Marina Bay, an emblematic business area of Singapore, earlier. The Belgian company’s headquarters in Asia is managed by Archit Newaskar.

SCE Asia complements the Symaga’s portfolio with its leading global storage building solutions.

The commercial and corporate support provided by SCE will help consolidate and expand growth in Asia.

The agreement is founded on the two companies sharing the same values. They embarked on the joint project highlighting values of trust, responsibility, commitment and humility and their shared

goal to offer and deliver reliable storage solutions for Asian agribusiness, with the highest quality standards at competitive prices and with closer support services.

Symaga’s trajectory in this market was consolidated in 2013 with the project of the first bulk port terminal in Indonesia. The most relevant installations are located in Korea, Malaysia, The Philippines and Vietnam.

Over the past two years, significant projects have been added to Symaga’s portfolio. For example, in Myanmar the Irim brewing plant, a new logistics terminal for a Japanese group and a wheat storage plant for one of the largest food groups in the world, Wilmar, is underway.

2019 was a remarkable year in the Asia region, with the supply of silos for the Indonesian company Batulicin on Borneo island, a storage plant for Charoen Pokphan in Thailand, a brewery for San Miguel in Santa Rosa, a rice plant in Palembang for PT Buyung and a flour mill for PT Wilmar Nabati to be installed on the island of Java.

In order to continue this growth, Symaga physical office will allow it to know and better answer the needs of the region.

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Global agri-food gender survey launched

lltech has launched a global survey on gender equality within the food and agriculture industries, as they believe that inclusion both cultivates creativity and drives innovation.

Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but it is also essential to advancing society and the global agri-food industry.

To gather real-world insights into the professional landscape for women in agriculture, Alltech has announced their support of the second annual Women in Food & Ag survey.

Launched towards the end of October, the survey aims to collect feedback that empowers the agri-food industry to create a more equitable environment.

The 2019 Women in Food & Ag survey results revealed specific barriers for women in agriculture and a gap between female and male perceptions but reflected an optimistic outlook overall.

As 2020 ushered in unprecedented challenges for agriculture, new questions have been added to the survey

to gauge potential inequalities exacerbated by COVID-19.

To further globalise this effort and increase accessibility, the survey is available in six languages.

This initiative reflects Alltech’s commitment to the UN’s Global Compact and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) related to gender equality. The SDG recognises gender equality as a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world.

“In order to achieve a Planet of Plenty, it is more important than ever for the agri-food industry to perform at its full potential,” said Dr Mark Lyons, President and CEO of Alltech.

“Human ingenuity is our earth’s most valuable resource and a diverse workforce is essential to building a more sustainable future.”

Women and men in all sectors of the food supply chain are encouraged to contribute to this important global conversation about gender equality in agriculture by taking the survey at - https://bit.ly/FoodAgSurvey. The survey results will be published on 26 January 2021 on the Alltech ONE Virtual Experience website.

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Valsoft acquires feed and grain company DSL

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SL Systems was acquired by Valsoft Corporation Inc on November 9, 2020.

Valsoft, a private company based in Montreal, Canada, focuses on acquiring and growing vertical software businesses that provide mission-critical solutions in their respective niche or market.

Their goal is to provide great software and related technology services to an ever-expanding consumer base and implement programs to grow the business.

DSL Systems is a business focussed on providing innovative and flexible software solutions for the control and automation of feed and grain plants.

“We are committed to utilising the talent and experience of our employees to help feed and grain plants achieve the highest standards in quality, maximum efficiency and excellent product safety, says DSL in a company press statement.

“We embed our wealth of knowledge and experience from feed and grain plants all over the world in to our standard software solutions. New facilities and functionality is always developed in a flexible and configurable way to benefit all our clients where possible.

This means our software solutions provide a best in practice platform for the production and processing of feed and grain.”

DSL’s Matthew Swallow and Peter Mansfield will take on the roles of CEO and CTO respectively providing a natural progression of their existing roles. The day-to-day management will remain within the company with Valsoft providing business intelligence and expertise. Colin Davies and Nigel Brereton will remain with the company in consultancy roles.

DSL Systems are very proud of the achievements of their team in recent years, taking the company to a leading position in the UK for mill control systems, it says. “ We believe this change in ownership will allow DSL Systems to be better positioned to serve its customer base and grow the product to bring the best value to its clients. As part of this transaction, we will be taking the opportunity to simplify and streamline our services.

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To this end, and unlike previous years, US Wheat Associates is offering access to a digital catalogue of videos, presentations and data on the quality of the 2020 US wheat harvest, world wheat supply and demand and other topics.

Videos are 15 to 20 minutes long and can be viewed at any time.

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Raw material receiving and storage 1.1

Introduction to Credo and Online Milling School

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Raw material intake and storage

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Silo Management

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The Online Milling School is offering its second 12-week feed manufacturing course and is calling on attendees to sign up. The Winter 2020-21 Course starts on Wednesday December 2, 2020 at 14:00 (GST+7) and runs each week until March 17, 2021 taking into account Christmas/New Year and Chinese New Year public holidays.

The success of the first course, which also offered a series of 12 weekly two-hour sessions focused on various aspects of feed manufacturing, has encouraged the organisers - Milling and Grain magazine and Progressus AgriSchools based in Thailand - to offer its second Course with a mixture of live and recorded presentations, live Q&A with discussion and a range of new presenters.

The first Course awarded students and attendees who participated in all 12 sessions a certificate of attainment in ‘Feed Milling Production Management.’

“We were pleasantly surprised at how many students completed all 12 sessions in the three-month period,” says Milling and Grain publisher Roger Gilbert and on behalf of Yiannis Christodoulou the managing director of Progressus AgriSchools.

“That was some commitment. We had not expected the course to be so sought after.

“We could see from the weekly attendance those students who for various reasons had to miss a session or two so we offered them individually the opportunity to complete missing sessions at the end.

“From the average weekly attendance we have issued one 40 percent of students with certificates. That’s a fantastic outcome and shows that those individuals working in and around feed manufacture globally are extremely committed and keen to learn and achieve. Our industry is fortunately to have staff like this,” he adds.

Those who did not received an individual on-demand request to fill missing sessions in the first course are now being invited back to complete those missing sessions in Winter Course.

“We expect then to be able to award their certificates which they have committed so much time to. I feel the certificate will have a value in reflecting a feed manufacturer’s desire to continue learning and to show all who employ him/her that they are knowledgeable in all the various aspects of feed production,” says Mr Gilbert.

Grinding Operations 2.1

Grinders: Machine options and selection

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Correct Set up and Maintenance of hammer mills

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Air supply systems for hammer mills

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Batching Operations

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Batching Process: Speed, Accuracy and Tolerances

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Weighing and Scales equipment

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Mixers and Mixer design

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Mixers and Mixing Process: Factors that impact mixing dispersion and homogeneity Steam and Conditioning

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Steam Quality and Conditioning

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Feed Expansion and Conditioning

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Conditioning for thermal pathogen reduction

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Pelleting Process 6.1

Differences and types of pellet mills

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Optimising the set up and running of a pellet mill including Dies and Roller management

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Impact of raw materials and formulation on pellet quality

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Introducing the Flat Die Pelleting Press

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Cooling and Crumbling 7.1

Coolers and Cooling Process

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Pellet Crumblers and Crumbling Process

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Considerations of Associated Process Equipment 8.1

Liquid applicators (fat, enzyme, probiotics, flavours, etc.)

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The role of expanders in livestock feeds

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Boilers

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Quality Assurance and Quality Control 9.1

Requirements and Sampling

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Lab testing and Lab equipment

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Traceability

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Energy Management and Energy Reduction Plan

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Designing Energy Efficient feed plants

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Overall Equipment Effectiveness: How to set and monitor for maximum feed plant efficiency

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Mill Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Feed mill Digitalization and Automation Systems

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Feed mill digitalization and smart computing technology

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Auto Packagers and Palletizers

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Warehouse inventory systems

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Digital Sensor for feed mill plants

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Supplier support

The course is offered at US$40 per session or US$360 for the full 12 sessions - which means that signing up for the full course makes it easier to login and stay up-to-date.

“We can only offer those completing a meaningful number of sessions the opportunity to catch up using the on-demand option at the end to complete all sessions for the Certificate,” adds Mr Gilbert.

The Winter Course is also available to those who want to delve in and out and refresh or learn more about specific aspects of the milling process.

The OMS is looking to companies who supply feed manufacturers to sponsor their customer’s mill staff and managers

The objectives of this course are to gain a general understanding of the principles of the milling process, from wheat receiving to finished product distribution; understanding the relationship between wheat quality and the effects of the milling process; gain knowledge of different wheat types and what products each can produce; gain knowledge of flour functionality and baking performance of different flours; and learn the role each department plays in the success of the milling industry.

Participants will discuss all aspects of the flour milling

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Topics for the course include an overview of the US milling industry; wheat production; supply and demand; wheat classes, uses, and basic wheat chemistry; wheat cleaning and

who would benefit from attending the full course. This was a key factor for the first Course and we are very grateful to those companies who did support us, Mr Gilbert adds.

“This is a great way a company supplying our industry can demonstrate its support for the industry in these turbulent times,” says Mr Gilbert.

Sponsoring attendees This is a great way a supply company can show its commitment to customers by supporting training that feed manufacturers would not otherwise have access to.

The weekly session fee is just US$40/session and the full course of 12 session is US$360. However, there are many millers in transitional countries particularly that on their own cannot effort to attend the online course even at this nominal rate.

The OMS is calling on industry suppliers to support their customers in training millers. The first course showed us that many supply companies were prepared to support training and learning for their customers, says Mr Gilbert.

Companies can also sponsor individual sessions. Please contact Tuti Tan (tutit@perendale.co.uk) for details.

conditioning; gradual reduction process overview; milling math (extraction, tempering and blending); principles of mill flow sheets; an overview of the general milling process and major milling equipment; flour and practical hands-on experience in the Hal Ross flour mill and KSU benchtop milling and baking laboratories.

Staff members wo will benefit from this course include new mill employees, mill HR staff and managers, grain and ingredient procurement managers, feed and flour sales representatives, production schedulers, warehousing and QA personnel, R&D staff, wheat breeders, grain inspection personnel, food program administrators, international wheat/ grain traders, journalists, extension agents, wheat commission staff/board members, and agricultural and business economic analysts.

No previous milling experience or theory is required. This course will be held January 4-8, 2021.

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Tapco Inc Super Eurobucket

PRODUCT FOCUS December 2020 In every edition of Milling and Grain, we take a look at the products that will save you time and money in the milling process.

Designed to fit in elevators using Super Starco, Jet and other European-manufactured buckets, the Super EuroBucket can seamlessly replace your current buckets to immediately improve performance. Their superior durability will reduce costs, and since their design allows them to be stackable, users will save on shipping costs.

Constructed from polyethylene, the buckets are non-corrosive, tough and flexible, so they create less product damage, reduce back legging, and are non-sparking.

The solution is lightweight and has a clean discharge, which makes polyethylene perfect for free-flowing product applications.

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Aurora Quadro Plansifter

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Alapala’s Aurora Quadro Plansifter is suitable for a variety of high capacity sifting and grading operations in the milling sector. The sifter is designed in conformity with high sanitation standards with excellent impermeability and adhesion-free surfaces.

Aurora offers a large capacity processing solution, with between four-to-eight compartments, each able to accommodate up to 28-30 sieves. Higher capacities can be obtained with up to 30 sieves models, featuring an extra 22 percent sieving surface. The specialised sieve boxes are made of laminated wood. High-quality plastic sieve boxes are also available.

The Brabender Sedimat mill grinds and sifts 100g of product, ready to be processed in just three minutes, carrying out this process fully automatically.

The Brabender Sedimat produce required samples in accordance with the Zeleny test standard. This standard test, in conjunction with a shaking device, records a flour’s gluten quality and quantity. Thanks to this special milling procedure, grains are ground by three pairs of rollers in just one operation, and the flour is then sieved off. Yield, ash content and degree of fineness al comply with standard sedimentation test requirements.

This solution enables users to draw accurate and reliable conclusions on the expected dough consistency, gas retention capacity, fermentation tolerance and volume yield of the baked goods.

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Brock’s Guardian Series Centrifugal Fan The Brock Guardian Series Low-Speed Centrifugal Aeration Fans, with high airflows at medium static, is ideal for managing pressures for larger storage bins. The factory-balanced fans are thoroughly tested for vibration and energy usage to provide reliably smooth operation. All Brock Guardian Series Centrifugal Fans have a reinforced, 12-gauge, galvanised steel housing for durability and long fan life. Totally enclosed, fan-cooled (TEFC) motors are included as standard.

The solution’s air inlet orifice uses an innovative design to promote better airflow into the centrifugal wheel to enhance fan performance.

A 10mm PVC coating on the screen guard provides superior corrosion resistance and attractive appearance.

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Ocrim SVI Sieves Ocrim’s sieves line presents a revolutionary new advancement in terms of materials, efficiency, technology and sanitation. The SVI thermoplastic sieves offer excellent mechanical and humidity resistance, produced from odourless and non-toxic materials.

The SVI sieves are constructed from unique, antibacterial material. This antimicrobial ingredient, both on the surface of the sieves and incorporated in the material, offers many advantages. The solution blocks the formation and the development of moulds and bacterial in plansifters; remains present and active for the whole life of the sieves and avoids the risk of cross-contamination between different batches of cereals, without altering the flour characteristics while maintaining a high-quality standard.

The new aluminium frame offers a larger sieving surface compared to previous sieve models. The new profile has an undulated surface along the entire upper level. This optimises the gluing process of the seals and, at the same time, achieves a larger gluing surface to that produced in the past.

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GEA LeakCheck: Perfectly sealed packaging

With LeakCheck, GEA is launching a new in-line measurement system capable of checking seal and package integrity on all forms of modified atmosphere packs (MAP) contactless. This guarantees the protective function and the quality of the food packaging for goods in perfect condition.

Consumers want fresh, hygienically packaged food while retailers want long-lasting products that look attractive. Positioned at the start of the supply chain, food manufacturers must provide solutions that meet all hygiene and quality standards. Meeting these demands while at the same time boosting productivity calls for end-to-end process monitoring automation.

First came GEA’s tried-and-trusted OxyCheck quality control system, whose contactless, non-invasive oxygen content measuring system has been verifying every MAP since 2017. Based on that system, the GEA LeakCheck now uses an in-line process on the GEA thermoformer to test the seal and package integrity on each individual package. The test procedure comprises three steps.

First, the residual oxygen content in each package is measured with a fluorescent sensor spot printed on the inside of the top film.

Optical sensors mounted on the thermoformer project light onto the sensor spot, gauging the wavelength of the light emitted by the dye to accurately determine the oxygen content.

This step alone significantly reduces the risk of defective packaging with excessively high residual oxygen levels. Next, packages are subjected to overpressure and under pressure in a stress unit before a second contactless measurement is taken. If the new result differs from the first, the package seal is broken.

Using the GEA CombiPick, for instance, the leaky package is automatically detected and accurately removed on exiting the packaging machine. This method ensures that even the smallest leaks are detected.

In order to boost food processing productivity, the industry is increasingly focusing on automation. The aim is to achieve a consistent or even enhanced product quality.

Thanks to GEA LeakCheck, the two key factors for ensuring food safety, residual oxygen content and seal integrity, can now be continuously recorded and monitored on an end-to-end basis. Process errors are rapidly detected, and the delivery of faulty packaging is virtually zero.

In summary, Volker Sassmannshausen, Senior Product Manager Thermoforming Packaging Systems at GEA, again wants to make it emphatically clear that, “With the GEA LeakCheck, all units leaving the packaging machine are tested non-invasively.

“Since the measuring techniques are non-invasive, neither the packaging material nor the contents are wasted. Besides efficiency and sustainability, the upshot is that practically no defective packaging reaches the market.”

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HIGHLIGHTS 2020 YOUR GLOBAL PARTNER

JANUARY

Opening the Milling and Grain Room

Milling and Grain were very proud to officially open the Milling and Grain Room at the Mills Archive Trust in Reading, UK. Our plaque now sits proudly on the entrance to The Mills Archive’s primary room for storing and cataloguing all their documents dedicated to the rich history of miling.

Boxes, cases and scrolls line the walls right up to the ceiling, all containing unique, historical information that the archive is analysing and preserving for generations to come.

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FEBRUARY

2020 Alltech Global Survey

On 27 January 2020, Alltech held its annual evaluation of compound feed production for 2020. The event, which was hosted at Alltech’s Kentucky Headquarters, is the most complete of its kind, and draws upon data from more than 140 countries and approximately 30,000 feed mills.

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MARCH

World Flour Day

March 20, 2020 marks the first World Flour Day, a day of recognition for all millers and bakers, as well as farmers, shippers, truckers, bakers and all those who work in flour processing. World Flour Day is a celebration of the crucial role of flour, the so-called “staff of life” that supports the nutritional needs of billons of people around the world.

Credit must go to Mühlenchemie, who championed the creation of this special day.it the planting season.

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VICTAM and VIV are joining forces for 2022 Asia event

Ocrim celebrates 74 years at its ‘2019 Wheat, Flour and …’ Open Days

To be invited to spend a weekend in September in Northern Italy is a pleasure that will remain with me throughout many a cold winter month.

Last year, the Victam Corporation and VIV worldwide announced their partnership in Asia for the VICTAM and Animal Health and Nutrition Asia 2020 exhibition in Bangkok, Thailand.

It was recently announced that the two exhibition brands will further continue their partnership by organising VICTAM International and VIV Europe together at the Jaarbeurs exhibition grounds in Utrecht in 2022 from May 31st-June 2nd.

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Founding the Milling Hall of Fame Following Mühlenchemie’s establishment of World Flour Day on March 20th, Milling and Grain decided to further celebrate the flour milling sector by founding the Milling Hall of Fame (MHoF). The MHoF inducts individuals who have made a significant contribution to the development of milling from an historical and/or modern perspective.

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Lessons learnt from COVID-19: Experiences from the Chinese feed industry

In mid-March Milling and Grain had the opportunity to talk to Dr Defa Li, the President of the Chinese Feed Association about maintaining food supplies to a city of 8.4 million people locked-down for over one month as it faced the reality of an epidemic from COVID-19 and what procedures had to be adopted to support families in their homes.

Dr Defa Li, specialises in research and basic study of China’s feed resources.

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MAY

JUNE

Covering COVID-19 and its impact across the globe

Embracing digital events

Milling and Grain magazine has dedicated itself to reporting the latest and most crucial news in relation to COVID-19 and its effects on the food, feed and storage industries. Our May 2020 edition was a COVID-19 special, featuring reports from throughout the world, exploring how industry members are overcoming such unprecedented challenges.

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During the Virtual World Tour, Bühler hosted a variety of presentations informing their customers of the innovative solutions they can offer all stages of the food and feed production chains. Each presentation was polished, informative and concise, providing an intriguing window into the innovation at the heart of Bühler.

High moisture extrusion can produce plant-based meats through the use of pulses, something that Bühler have been hard at work developing in recent years.

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JULY

Flour Milling booms in China

China has a new flour mill! It’s an 1800-tonnes-per-day mill with four production lines.

Called the ‘Number 8 Workshop’, it is located in Daming near the ‘Daming Number 7 Workshop’ and came online on June 20, 2020, just as Milling and Grain’s July edition was preparing to be publish.

The two mills are located in Daming County, near the south-eastern city of Handan in Hebei Province, and situated in one of the world’s biggest wheatproducing regions.

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The Aqua Feed Extrusion Conference

Chicken fed with insect oil go on sale in French supermarkets

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On June 8-9th, 2020, Milling and Grain, along with Dr Mian Riaz of Texas A&M University, hosted the Aqua Feed Extrusion Conference.

This first-ever online edition of the conference featured ten expert speakers from the industry discussing innovative solutions for optimising your feed production processes. The conference was a great success and was attended professionals from across the industry.

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Ms Maphrida Wehrli a management trainee in customer services moderated Bühler’s virtual world during the press conference and during the launch of Arrius on November 18, 2020 to the industry

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Mike Peters (above), managing director of Whitworth Brothers Ltd joins in the discussions

Dan Dye (below left), CEO of Ardent Mills and Technical director of milling, Scott Martin (below), explain how the Arrius integrated grinding and AI is impacting the flour milling process

Arrius: Bühler unveil a game-changer

by Andrew Wilkinson, Milling and Grain

escribed as the first fully integrated grinding system (IGS), Bühler recently launched Arrius, a machine designed for the grinding of wheat, durum, rye, barley, corn and spelt.

According to the company Arrius truly sets the benchmark in terms of grinding performance.

On November 16, 2020, Milling and Grain Magazine joined an understandably excited selection of Bühler representatives and press for an invite-only international media briefing. Opened by the face-masked wearing and socially distanced duo of Burkhard Böndel and Roman Sonderegger, the audience were greeted with the sort of warm and jovial welcome that we have all grown to expect of Bühler over the years.

Speaking first, Mr Böndel complimented his initial welcome address by recognising the “truly international if not global’ nature of the briefing, adding that the audience included “colleagues from the UK, from Bangladesh, the US, France, Italy, Turkey and Switzerland”.

Mr Böndel, Head of Corporate Communication for Bühler Group, then heralded the arrival of Arrius as the beginning of “a new era of milling” with the launch of Bühler’s integrated grinding system, adding that the Arrius is a “completely new designed and developed system,” before handing over presentation duties to Roman Sonderegger, Head of Business Unit Wheat & Rye in Milling Solutions at Bühler Group.

The challenges of modern milling

The main reason, according to Roman Sonderegger, that the Arrius has been designed and developed the way it has is because producers in the milling and food industries are currently encountering an increasing number of challenges, with these issues requiring the innovative ideas and solutions that Bühler brings to its customers. Mr Sonderegger also stated that Bühler also sees digitalisation as a huge opportunity for both the company and their customers alike to use.

Another factor that influenced the Arrius’ developement can be found in Bühler’s revolutionary new Mill E3 design. Introducing the Mill E3 project, Mr Sonderegger described the Mill E3 as 46 | December 2020 - Milling and Grain

“a new way that we want to build mills in the future and for that we need a holistic new feel on the grinding section and on the grinding equipment in particular, and that’s why Bühler came up with the Arrius.”

With all of the components for Arrius designed specifically for this one machine, Mr Sonderegger added that Bühler wanted to use “entirely new elements and we wanted to make an innovative step-change and, yes, a lot of the elements are new and I’m looking forward to sharing those elements in more detail.”

When asked what he meant by the challenges that millers face today, Mr Sonderegger replied by stating that although “there are a lot of challenges,” the one issue that he singled out for specific attention was that his customers are often struggling to “get the skilled team with the right skills to build around” and to operate the current varieties of traditional machinery effectively.

The third and final key challenge discussed by Mr Sonderegger is flour quality.

With the parameters of flour quality continually narrowing, whilst the quality of raw materials is also fluctuating, the two problems occurring at the same time appears to be providing a huge challenge to millers.

As there is currently a lot of pressure on the market at the moment, it’s the miller who works the most efficiently that is going to be the most successful, said Mr Sonderegger.

Concluding his response, Mr Sonderegger adding that, “Although these are elements that I would like to emphasise, food safety and sustainability are important topics and are becoming more important for the millers as well.”

When asked by Mr Böndel whether he believed that the Arrius was the answer to all of these challenges, Mr Sonderegger responded by stating that he was “convinced that Arrius is the answer” to many of them.

Following the friendly and informative welcome discussion and the short exchange between Messieurs Sonderegger and Böndel, the audience were then transported off onto a virtual magical mystery tour of floating platforms and giant machines all adhering to the famous white and green Bühler colour scheme of course! Our happy and very engaging guide for this flight of milling fancy was Maphrida Wehrli, Management Trainee, Customer Service at Bühler Group.

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The first person that Ms Wehrli encountered was Bühler’s Head of Product Management Milling Solutions, Nicholas Trounce.

Assigned the task of discussing the key elements of Arrius, Mr Trounce began by looking into why the Arrius is called an integrated grinding system and not just a roller mill.

Having undergone a complete transformation, with a major part of this process involving the control cabinet that is now integrated into the body of the Arrius machine itself. This relocation also allows for plug and play connectivity, with onsite electrical installation only requiring the connection of three cables.

Bühler have also included cooling modules, with all of the components on Arrius designed specifically for the conditions found in modern mills.

Its new drive unit, consisting of the machine’s motor and gearbox, is also contained within the module itself, with the design also enabling mechanical energy recovery. Compared to conventional roller millers, the Arrius’ integrated drive unit design affords energy savings of up to 10 percent.

Key Arrius elements

The Arrius features a feed module with an asymmetrical inlet and distribution screw. It mixes the product then distributes it over the entire grinding gap. The machine features sensors that regulate and check the level, irrespective of the product and a screw that then distributes the product evenly across the roll.

The Arrius also features a pre-stressed roller pack that ensures an absolutely precise grinding gap over time, with previous tests indicating that starch damage can be increased by up to 10 percent.

All of the typical operating parameters of the integrated grinding system are displayed on the Arrius’ main screen, with the parameters easily monitored and changed. The system is largely intuitive and thanks to the integrated web server, the Arrius can be operated on a smartphone, a tablet or a PC within the mill.

The Arrius is also a big step forward in terms of operation safety, according to Mr Trounce.

The machine's product chamber covers are secured with electronic locks for example, whilst the temperature of the rolls and their bearings are continuously monitored. Bühler have also included an alarm activation and a stop function, should the temperature exceed a certain value. The machine also stands on hygienic levelling feet, allowing cleaning to be undertaken underneath the machine, thus ensuring the highest level of cleanliness.

According to Mr Trounce, he and his colleagues at Bühler are quite rightly proud of the Arrius machine, adding that they are confident that it is a game changer in the industry.

Mill E3: Less space less waste

When it comes to discussing Bühler’s Mill E3 design, which features the Arrius as its key component, less really is more, with the key features being the high degree of integration and preassembled modules, with the most vital of these being the airlock module.

By positioning the air collection manifold on the side by the cyclones, Bühler have reduced the height of the module by 700 millimetres, which also reduces the space required in the building.

The name E3 is an alphanumeric acronym that represents Bühler’s three efficiency measures, that are space, the installation time and then the energy. With Mill E3, Bühler have also changed

the entire design of the mill, with one such example of this that the purifiers have been built as compact as possible. In the Mill E3 the purifiers have also integrated the break passages on the same floor.

When all of these changes are implemented, the Mill E3 owner will be afforded a building volume saving of up to 30 per cent.

As well as space, the Mill E3 also saves a great deal of time on installation.

Compared to a conventional roller mill and underneath is the motor suspension that has been needed to be assembled locally together with the motor, on the Arrius the drive unit is already integrated, so installation is already three times faster.

Electrical installation is also three times faster as Bühler have integrated the control switch on the Arrius, and there are only three cables to connect - the first one is the field bus, the second is the power and the third is an emergency stop.

The modular airlock also makes the installation faster as in a conventional mill the company will deliver more than one hundred parts to the site which all need to be installed locally.

With the new concept, Bühler will only need to deliver two modules that have been pre-assembled before they arrive at the site.

However, the Arrius is not the only pre-assembled module.

Bühler also have a blower module, where they integrate the blower, the cooler piping and the electrical installation. To summarise, calculated on an 800-tonne-per-day mill, a saving of over 10,000 hours of installation work can be made.

As well as saving time and space, Bühler is also committed to saving energy, waste and water.

In terms of energy saving, with the Arrius and Mill E3 there are multiple components playing together.

To this end Bühler carried out an example calculation using a 600-tonne-per-day mill operating 360 days per year, calculated with an estimated energy amount of about 50 kilowatt hours per tonne for the mill, resulted in a total savings calculated are 1.7 million kilowatt hours or US$200,000.

With the areas of time, space and sustainability covered, the one question that remains is, does Arrius actually produce superior flour?

According to Urs Dübendorfer Grain Milling Technologist Smart Mill Development Team at Bühler AG, that when assessing whether the Arrius produces superior flour, it is vital that we are talking about a complete value chain, so it is quite complex, he said.

“In this process there are many steps that are quite complex, but grinding is really the key step within the entire value chain, that is how key the role that the Arrius plays.”

Discussing the reasons for the superior quality of the flour produced by the Arrius, Mr Dübendorfer added that it owes much of its success to grinding patterns in the grinding gap, whilst also suggesting that if we can provide a perfectly steady grinding gap and “if this remains consistent for a long period of time, then the miller is actually in control and he is able to produce consistent flour to satisfy the downstream industry.”

More of the comments from Mr Dübendorfer can be found elsewhere this issue.

During the latter stages of the presentation Stefan Birrer, Head of Business Area Milling Solutions, affirmed his belief in the Arrius by concluding, “You know, 30 years ago when I started as a miller I could not even dream of seeing the things that we have seen today.

“By making use of these possibilities, not only will our customers benefit but also the planet will be very happy. With this we have the future in our hands.”

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The making of the Smart Mill of the future

ach individual system component, whether it is involved in the arrival of raw materials or in the cleaning, grinding, storage and or bagging of the finished product, is a highly sophisticated piece of machinery that works with utmost precision and accuracy - the only scope left for improvement is in the finer details.

To optimise further, we need to look at the potential of linking the individual system components together and in the possibilities offered by autonomy .

Bühler is working flat out developing the building blocks for what it calls the ‘Smart Mill.’

Grain Milling Technologist, Urs Dübendorfer, who has been with Bühler AG for the past 28 years and is a member of the Smart Mill Development Team, explains how much progress the company has already made in its pursuit of this innovative concept.

Milling and Grain, with assistance from Bühler, had the opportunity to discuss with Urs Dübendorfer the progress being made and reports here the questions posed to him stating with asking him to describe a Smart Mill. “ In a Smart Mill many of the process steps are monitored by sensors.

“Data from the different parts of the system is collected centrally and analysed using algorithms. The most important feature of a Smart Mill is that if deviations from the specifications are detected, the system automatically makes corrections and adapts individual process steps. The Smart Mill is becoming more automated and autonomous — it’s comparable with self-driving cars.”

Q: That sounds simple, but how far along are you and your team in developing the Smart Mill?

A: We’ve already achieved a great deal in the years that we’ve been working on the Smart Mill. But we’re aware that we still have a long way to go. We’re currently in the phase of being amazed by all the possibilities. At the same time, we’re preparing a solid structure to build on with our Bühler Insights platform.

We’re the only supplier in our area to be ISO 27001-certified (*).

Q: But many highly-automated mills already exist. There’s already a wealth of experience in that area. The amazement can’t be that great, can it?

A: It’s true that many mills around the world already have automated solutions. However, they are all only partial solutions, the majority of which are standalone. The individual processes have not yet been linked together and work in isolation, and there’s little regulation. The more we look into the issue of centralized autonomy, the more we see how complex the task is.

We have already developed various digital solutions. But what’s still missing is the consolidation of all the processes into a ‘think and command centre.’

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Q: And what are the main challenges?

A: Large amounts of data and integrating or linking internal and external data, among other things.

Q: Surely modern IT systems can handle large amounts of data?

A: Sure, but if you monitor every process with sensors, it generates almost unimaginable quantities of data. The lists are endless. They far exceed the analysis capabilities of humans. That means it’s got to be done by computer.

However, that requires special algorithms, which have to be developed if we don’t know them yet. These algorithms work better the more varied the data is that they receive. And that takes us to Bühler Insights. It collects the data from different systems anonymously and analyzes it in clusters.

Q: What do you mean by integrating external data?

A: An autonomously operating mill should not only react to detected errors or deviations, it should also be able to be proactive. That means its ‘brain’ should be able to anticipate the mill’s operating condition based on external data such as the weather or the quality of the raw materials … and activate appropriate measures such as service and maintenance work.

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A: No. We know so much about the various processes involved in the production of flour — from harvesting right through to bagging. If we succeed in linking all these processes together, that will be a big step towards fulfilling the wishes of millers and a big step toward creating the Smart Mill.

Q: What do millers want then?

A: When I talk to leading millers, they all want three things: consistent quality, lower costs and complete traceability. That requires smart systems — they support the most consistent product quality possible, they help to use energy and other resources sparingly, they enable the recording of every process and, in doing so, they also enable complete traceability.

Q: How will digitization change the work of a miller in the coming years? Will it become an office job?

A: No, in fact, just the opposite. All the data and information are collected by online sensors and each sensor has to be calibrated. That is, and will remain, a skilled job for process experts. Data availability is being improved enormously; you will always have the data with you on your mobile device. That means the miller will be even more likely to be in the milling plant. To put it another way, the plant will remain, but the control room will disappear. The amount of office work will be drastically reduced because reports and such like can become ‘automated.’

Q: And the Smart Mill will be able to fulfill these wishes?

A: Yes, because a Smart Mill always works ‘intelligently’ and supports the miller wherever recurring processes are involved.

However, even the smartest mill cannot replace entrepreneurial thinking or feeling for the market that every successful miller needs.

Q: Does that make the job of a miller more attractive?

A: Yes, definitely. The milling profession will become even more interesting because it will be even more varied and multifaceted.

In addition to milling technology, mechanics, electrics and automation, we are now also adding digital technology. The expertise required profession will be more diverse and the miller’s profession will become even more attractive for specialists from other sectors.

Q: Why should a miller engage with digitization at all?

A: What’s important is understanding that digitization offers the miller in-depth information that has not been available until now.

The collection of data in real time also enables you to predict trends and drifts, which gives you the advantage of intervening earlier in the process.

For the miller, this means more robust process control and greater support for consistent end product quality.

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Consistent Product Quality from Lab to Line

esigned with full real-time process control in mind, online moisture sensors designed specifically for measurement and control are developed for instant non-contact measurement for all types of moisture sensor applications.

Engineered to allow users to both optimise their processes whilst dramatically improving product quality, MoistTech sensors afford manufacturers a process quality that is instantly measurable.

Product quality and consistency was at the forefront when MoistTech developed the IR3000 sensor.

This particular sensor is equipped to accurately provide moisture measurements in grains throughout the process, yielding a consistent quality product from lab to line that immediately reduces downtime, wasted energy and product loss.

The MoistTech series of moisture analysis sensors may also increase the quality and efficiency of the manufacturing process.

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to be made in real time. The IR3000 sensor uses Near-infrared (NIR) technology for instant on-line, off-line and laboratory moisture instrumentation.

Moisture levels in grain production are a critical component during the various stages of production as grain products can become either too wet or dry, wasting manufacturer’s time and money as well as impacting the quality of the product.

Ideally, a moisture control system should be able to accurately detect moisture at different stages of the manufacturing process, be easy to maintain and tough enough to withstand the harsh, abrasive nature of the raw materials and the mixer environment.

The installation of MoistTech’s online sensors helps to prevent bad product due to unsuitable moisture levels. Once installed the sensor can be used to fine tune a setup to make sure it’s putting out a higher quality and more consistent product and ultimately improving the bottom line, thus potentially saving money and time whilst helping to prevent negative results caused by inconsistencies and human error.

MoistTech’s IR3000 sensor technology monitors the product even with small gaps in product flow and is unaffected by ambient light.

The sensor is insensitive to material variations such as particle size, material height and colour, whilst providing continuous, reliable readings with zero maintenance and an only one-time calibration. A non-drift optical design that allows operators to

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Repeatable results

The sensor features are enhanced to include the ease of the burden of measurement, as well as those most requested by customers.

The non-drift optical design gives you repeatable results in the most accurate measurements available, with hundreds of readings per second. The sensors are calibrated at the factory and require no further maintenance to maintain their accuracy.

Near-infrared spectroscopy and imaging are fast, non-destructive analytical techniques that provide chemical and physical information of virtually any matrix. NIR can tell us things about a product in a similar way to visible light; transmitted light will pass through the product while backscattered light will reflect from the product as well as be absorbed – light absorption is the key to MoistTech’s NIR analysis.

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F Designed to provide accuracy and repeatability, the MoistTech NIR technology is a ratio-based measurement with prime beam; this eliminates the sensitivity to distance, improves stability and accuracy; whilst the algorithms, wavelengths and sensor optical requirements enable the sensor to take thousands of detailed, accurate measurements per second.

The ability to pre-set the measurement rate to match the production rate is available on the technology and because there are no routine re-calibrations, MoistTech NIR is also low to zero maintenance. With the ability to store up to 50 product/calibration codes, operators can adjust the sensor for changing products immediately.

By connecting the sensors to a computer network or production laptop, complete software control of the production line can be achieved.

Once connected, immediate changes can be made to the production line to stop extra waste and keep the line moving; Avoid costly downtime and excessive waste by catching any out of tolerance readings as quickly as possible.

The outputs can be adjusted to optimize PLC or recording requirements. By mounting the sensor several inches above the conveyor and/or after the dryer so it can continuously monitor the process and can control the moisture content either manually or automatically in grains.

Managing in dusty conditions

A further consideration that can significantly and negatively impact on product quality is dust.

Dust can also have a severely adverse effect on how your machinery and in particular your sensors operate. If you are operating in an extremely dusty environment, MoistTech

recommend that in order to prevent the accumulation of material on the sensor’s window, an air purge system is installed.

If the sensor must be installed close to the dryer outlet where it will be susceptible to extreme heat conditions, cooling the sensor with either air or water will therefore be necessary. It is also worth bearing in mind that typical analogue range is one to ten per cent moisture.

When one measurement is out of tolerance, a quick automatic or manual adjustment can be made to keep things moving correctly before costly time is lost and waste is produced.

Regular measurements of moisture remain a necessity for control of drying, thereby reducing treatment costs.

Additionally, small variations and excess moisture in mixes can result in clumping affecting quality and consistencies in mineral and other similar materials; too dry of a product can result in excess dust.

Instant and precise measurements

MoistTech’s NIR moisture sensors are which will provide instant and precise measurements due to no constituent losses in handling. MoistTech recommend installing several of their easy to set-up and use sensors thoughout the manufacturing process.

For example, a sensor should be installed over the conveyor before the final crusher to enable elimination of impurities, as well as at the exit of the final crusher or dryer, to prevent over drying and dust. T he sensor should be installed several inches above the conveyor belt or screw conveyor so that it can continuously monitor the process whilst either manually or automatically ensuring that the moisture content in the finished product is entirely satisfactory. for more information contact, info@moisttech.com

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Smart action in agriculture:

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Protecting crop and livestock safety

by Matthew Margetts, Director, Smarter Technologies, UK

ince the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, our food supply has come under consumer scrutiny. The limitations of our food systems are multi-faceted.

On the one hand, the World Food Programme has warned that some 130 million people could face food insecurity by the end of the year.

Following COVID restrictions, it has been reported that purchasing decisions are increasingly driven by sustainability, as well as food transparency, local sourcing and nutrition and consumer interest around a green economy have been accelerated.

From farms to food markets, traceability, safe farming practices and a concentrated effort to incorporate forward-thinking green transformation are more important than ever.

On the other hand, against the backdrop of a global health emergency, food safety is equally important.

Around one million people in the UK suffer from a foodborne illness every year. In anticipation of Brexit, the National Audit Office voiced concerns about the UK’s food safety systems last year. It issued recommendations around ways to maintain high standards of food hygiene to ensure consumer confidence.

Food safety regulations are far from stagnant. For instance, pre-packed for direct sale foods will face more rigorous allergen labelling requirements as of October 2021. While these labelling obligations may place an additional burden on businesses, the statutory shift aims to prevent avoidable allergy-related deaths. With growing consumer interest around food safety and sustainability, it is fair to expect the UK government to continue regulating the industry with this in mind.

Smarter sustainable farming

The food concerns following the COVID-19 pandemic have seen calls for healthy, sustainably produced food at affordable prices.

This growth in consumer interest needs to be balanced with affordability and cost.

At a farm level, this has furthered the need for smart, precision farming methods, which have the potential to increase yields, reduce overheads and provide early disease detection.

Smart technologies give farmers the rare ability to monitor their farming operations on a granular level, no matter where they are, counteracting the traditional challenges of remoteness and the labour intensiveness of manual checks.

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report on everything from perimeter breaches to movement of assets and altered storage tank levels.

These detailed data insights have the power to inform farmwide sustainable strategies. What can be monitored can be more effectively managed. Farmers are using smart technologies to implement water-saving irrigation practices, as well as monitor things like humidity, temperature, carbon dioxide levels, plant growth, pesticide use, disease and a range of other metrics.

Being able to adjust to these insights, and react to undesirable conditions, give farmers the unique ability to preserve resources, save space and enhance their yields.

Similarly, ingestible and wearable smart solutions for livestock mitigate risk around disease and streamline breeding and general herd management. Being able to react immediately to high temperatures in livestock means disease containment is more easily achieved and individual animals can be given the attention they need to prevent mortalities and maximise numbers for breeding.

Ingestible technologies make this possible – no matter how dispersed herds may be. GPS cattle collars empower real-time monitoring, tracking, and (in the event of stock theft) more effective recovery.

Get smarter about food safety

Smart technologies can be implemented to inform elevated food safety levels across all stages of food processing and packaging.

These easily integrated pressure pads, tags and sensors are costeffective enough to be implemented throughout the supply chain for improved traceability and to meet food safety and compliance requirements with the highest standards of reporting.

Food storage and packaging is simplified, with storage temperature and humidity being monitored in real-time, with the automated generation of HACCP-compliant temperature logs.

This makes for more effective equipment management, avoids cross-contamination and achieves reduced food waste, which has dire long-term environmental consequences.

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The vacuum coating revolution in feed production

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by Dinnissen Process Technology, The Netherlands n feed production there is a hidden revolution going on. Why are the biggest feed producers in the world using vacuum coating techniques? And why should you consider this technology too? This article answers the questions of why and how every feed producer could benefit from implementing vacuum coating techniques in their production line for better feed, healthier animals, and less emissions.

A brief history of vacuum coating

In 1990, vacuum coating techniques were first introduced in the aquafeed production sector by Dinnissen Process Technology.

The vacuum coater originated as an evolution of the Dinnissen Pegasus速 Paddle Mixer. In mixing experiments carried out under vacuum conditions, high concentrations of liquid were sprayed onto feed pellets. When the vacuum was removed, the liquid was sucked deep into the coated pellets.

In this way, Dinnissen succeeded in gradually increasing the fat content of pellets.

Compared to atmospheric systems, up to 80 percent extra liquid could be added to pellets received from pellet presses. The Pegasus速 Vacuum Coater enabled feed producers to apply liquid additives into pellets and extruded products by creating a vacuum environment within the production process.

A detailed depiction of the vacuum coating process

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For the first time, feed producers were able to improve the quality and characteristics of their products drastically, without influencing the main processes, by adding functional additives such as enzymes and vitamins.

By using vacuum coating technology, the additives penetrated homogeneously into the entire pellet. This resulted in more nutritious feed and food, healthier animals, and less emissions.

Over the years, animal feed became less and less nutritious and, therefore, the addition of functional additives became more and more important. Optimising the recipe, adding the exact amount of the right additives at the best possible moment to create an ever better product, became an art on its own.

A great deal has happened since 1990.

Nowadays, the Pegasus速 Vacuum Coater is used worldwide.

Available options such as oversized hatches, hot-air treatment and CIP-cleaning make the solution suitable for many applications.

With the latest Pegasus速 Vacuum Coater, users can quickly switch between recipes while still complying with the strictest hygienic requirements.

Adding value to feed production

After years of developing, optimising, and innovating, the benefits of using vacuum coaters have been identified and are listed here:

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Pellets suspended in the air

Vacuum coating technology allows producers of animal feed and aquafeed to create a vacuum environment within their production processes, enabling them to deal with a wide variety of challenges.

The process starts with creating a vacuum inside the vacuum coater where multiple layers of additives can be applied to the product. The Pegasus® Vacuum Coater gently suspends ingredients homogeneously in the air while the vacuum unit creates a vacuum environment. The spraying functionality makes

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it possible to spray a precise, predetermined quantity of liquid onto the powders, pellets or granules.

When air is then allowed to enter the mixing unit, the liquids are evenly distributed deeply into each particle. The ingredients being sucked deep into the particles through the vacuum also has the effect of protecting them against crumbling. After this step, additional layers of top coatings or aromas are applied to each particle, which results in a highquality product.

Often, a thin layer of fat is applied to the granular feed material.

This extra protective layer makes the material more elastic so that it breaks or crumbs less quickly. All of this is done very fast, the entire batch process taking just a couple of minutes.

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Adding functional additives

By using vacuum coaters, functional additives can be introduced in the final stages of the production process.

Additives, including a wide range of substances such as oils, fats, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, prebiotics and probiotics, taste enhancers, yeast and other enhancers, can be added to powders, particles and granules.

Functional active ingredients can be processed as powders or liquids, and are always added in the vacuum coater after the heating and pressure stages. This functionality of vacuum coaters ensures that heat-sensitive substances remain active after being added to the product.

Another advantage of introducing functional additives in the vacuum coater, is that the (expensive) additives can be dosed extremely precisely and homogeneously.

The vacuum coating process not only preserves the action of functional additives, such as vitamins, minerals, ameliorators, yeast and enzymes, it also helps with retaining the taste and colour of the product.

An additional advantage of vacuum coating is that pellets no longer have a greasy outer coating. This increases the flow of pellets when exiting the silo, prevents pollution and reduces contamination at farms.

The Pegasus® Vacuum Coater vs traditional production methods

Vacuum coaters are used primarily for adding essential ingredients such as aromas, oils, vitamins, minerals and enzymes to granules and extruded products.

The Pegasus® Vacuum Coater makes it possible to add precisely the right amount of powder or liquid to each granule, after which the additive penetrates deeply into the granule.

With the same technology, batches of solid, as well as liquid, ingredients can be mixed quickly and homogeneously. The Pegasus® Vacuum Coater is capable of adding much larger quantities of additives to powders, granules and granulates than traditional production methods.

Additionally, it’s possible to quickly add several coatings (one after another) on granules and extruded products and to vary the effect of the vacuum process. For example, switching the vacuum on and off controls the depth to which the liquid additives penetrate into the granule.

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The Pegasus® Vacuum Coating System

The sophisticated control programme makes it easy for producers to vary the vacuum settings and, with it, the injection of powders and liquids. As a result, the vacuum coater is suitable for producing a wide range of products on a single production line. Varying ingredients and switching between recipes is fast and convenient. This also applies to the production of small products.

The benefits of the Pegasus® Vacuum Coater for feed producers include: • Energy-rich, non-sticky, and easy to transport granules • Strong pellets, no dust, fewer recalls • Improved efficiency and feed conversion • Lower energy requirements for production • Possibility of adding components ‘end-of-line’ • Less odour emissions, fat/oil is not overheated • Mixing/blending with vacuum processing capabilities • Highly accurate feeding, weighing and liquid dosing • No contamination and hygienic design for fast and easy cleaning • Suitable for fragile and extruded products • Optimum quality, safety and homogeneity of products, used by many premium brands

Specs of the Pegasus® Vacuum Coater:

Production capacity of up to 30 tonnes-per-hour-per-unit Batch sizes from 10-3000 litres-per-batch Fast mixing with double shaft paddle mixing technology Low coefficient of variation Fitted with vacuum tight exclusion valves that have a FDAapproved type seal, developed exclusively by Dinnissen

Optimise your recipe with the Pegasus® Vacuum Coater

Dinnissen Process Technology has perfected vacuum technology over the past few years and made it suitable for use in many other applications. The Pegasus® Lab Coater, for example, is a great addition to any research department. With this compact

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and easy-to-clean machine, testing several recipes becomes a much easier task as adding different ingredients and mixing small batches is possible within relative short amounts of time.

Optimising processes

Peter Raeven, Technical Consultant- Feed Production at Dinnissen Process Technology notes, “At Dinnissen we’re always looking at ways of how the production process can contribute to producing an even better product.

“That’s how, 30 years ago, the first Pegasus® Vacuum Coater was developed. We also know that there are few production environments where considerations of price are as vital as in the animal feed and aqua feed markets.

“That is why we constantly challenge ourselves to come up with solutions that enables feed producers to maximise output at the lowest possible operating costs.

“How can we increase production capacity? How can we improve product quality?

How do we make sure that our machines keep running at all times? How can we contribute to better feed? Less energy consumption? And less emissions?

“By asking ourselves these questions every day, we make sure that all our innovations are efficient and reliable. This applies to our vacuum coaters, as well as to our mixers, hammer mills and other machines.”

As an example, Dinnissen’s Hamex® Hammer Mill, developed for grinding a wide range of raw materials, such as protein products, barley, corn, wheat, soy meal and rape seed meal, caters to all of these questions and concerns. As an optional accessory, the Hamex® Hammer Mill is equipped with a fully automatic screen change system that allows changing while the rotor continues rotating. This saves feed producers about ten minutes waiting time-per-screen change.

Another example is how Pegasus® mixers are optimised for ultra-fast and optimal mixing of powders, pellets and granulates while, at the same time, reducing product damage and contamination to a minimum.

“People recognise Dinnissen from our innovative machines and turnkey solutions, but I believe that the reason why we became a global leader is not because of this”, says Mr Raeven.

“It is because we always kept in mind that we are not developing machines or production lines, but that we are creating better feed, a better meal, pellet or granule.

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Sustainable Pasta Packaging: Trends and technological solutions a GEA webinar reported by Andrew Wilkinson, Milling and Grain

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hen attempting to provide products that have a reduced environmental impact, the pasta market and the food industry continue to need quicker and more concrete solutions if they are going to meet the demands of the market and satisfy the final consumer.

With the need for new systems and technologies, that afford manufacturers and consumers alike a reduction in environmental footprint, this trend is increasingly becoming a factor in decision making from the manufacturing stage right through to the consumer making their purchase.

Using an environment friendly packaging can reduce single-use plastic waste and is considered a fundamental step for the food industry.

During GEA’s webinar held in early November, Matteo Piroddi, Sales Area Manager for GEA Stiavelli and Filippo Biasia, Sales Director for Lineapack, sought to define the essential characteristics of sustainable packaging. They spoke about finding out which are the alternative films to plastic, present GEA’s technological innovations in the packaging market and finally present a new packaging machine born and designed for paper packaging.

The essential characteristics

The very first section of the webinar featured Matteo Piroddi discussing the essential characteristics of sustainable packaging.

Mr Piroddi first discussed the seven functions of packaging: protection, containment, communication, environment, practicality, logistic and convenience - all stressed as key considerations when manufacturers are striving to produce a product that is both economically viable and sustainable as possible.

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presentation. This aspect, according to Mr Piroddi, dictates the nature of its first direct point of contact with a potential customer.

Describing packaging as ‘the silent salesman’ he emphasised that good quality and sustainable packaging ,that is also aesthetically pleasing, are important when trying to create a positive image and appeal to the consumer.

Because a potential customer could be faced with as many, if not more than 600 or so options when they are choosing the product that they are going to buy, Mr Piroddi said it is always important to make a good first impression, “If you have good packaging, regardless of the price the customer will choose you”.

Mr Piroddi then concluded his section of the webinar by discussing the four R’s of sustainable packaging - reduce, recycle, redesign and re-use. With each of the four key principles being referred to as considerations that manufacturers should hold as important are the ones that are becoming more important to consumers too.

Mr Piroddie went on to say that responsible and reasonable choices must be practical in terms of financial expenditure.

“One must be sure to keep your product financially viable.”

So for these reasons, although manufacturers are actively encouraged to ensure that their packaging solutions are sustainable, in doing so they must ensure that they are not pushing up their costs so high that the only way that they can make their product profitable is by passing on this cost to the consumer, he added.

Alternatives to plastic films

The next section of the webinar, presented by Filippo Biasia, Sales Director at Lineapack, sought to address the potential issue of balancing sustainability and financial viability, as previously raised by Matteo Piroddi.

One such example of how to achieve this when a paper and film producer is attempting to make an eco-friendly packaging solution, is to adopt a quality over quantity approach.

For example, instead of manufacturing a solution that features

F three layers of film, with the use of good quality materials and equipment, the same results can be achieved using just two layers, according to Mr Biasa.

In order to produce sustainable, practical and plastic free packaging, manufacturers will have to face and solve two critical aspects.

The first of these key considerations being the need to find a paper with similar elasticity and strength to plastic film and to be able to use it on VFFS machines. The second being to find a solution for the print and the coating to the high absorption of paper.

Three sustainable packaging solution options, as discussed by Mr Biasa, are Acquapack®, Sbucciapack® and TERPAP®.

The first of which, Acquapack®, uses glues and water-based inks for their packaging paper.

By only using non-toxic and ecologically safe inks, the final result is always printing of the highest quality. By adopting this approach, the result is a product that is more in line with the needs of today’s consumers, sensitive to ecological aspects, whilst following the current trends of increased recycling and environmental respect.

The second option, Sbucciapack®, is compatible with any automatic industrial packaging plant and uses a system that uses ecological glues water, sticks a paper layer on the outside to a layer of plastic film on the inside.

Although the two materials are firmly joined together with biodegradable water glues, they can be separated by the consumer for the purposes of recycling.

The third and final of the three brands of environmentally friendly packaging discussed by Mr Biasa is TERPAP®.

A natural pure virgin fiber paper with a synthetic water based heat sealing coating, TERPAP® is suitable for the packaging of dry food products by all VFFS machines.

Launched recently by Lineapack. TERPAP is fully recyclable, biodegradable and compostable.

The weight of TERPAP® is also fully balanced thus guaranteeing a highly resistant product, whilst a resulting increase in elasticity enables the product to be able to sustain the rigours of automatic packaging.

In addition, the composition of the lacquer has been specifically designed to allow direct contact with food, as well as effective application on paper, saving 70 percent of coating compared to similar brands.

All three brands of packaging solutions meet several of the criteria of the seven functions of packaging and the four R’s of recycling as previously discussed by Mr Piroddi of GEA. All of the previously mentioned packaging solutions are also manufactured from certified raw material, with FSC and PEFC certifications guaranteeing that the paper used comes from responsible forestry, with each certification controlled by strict environmental, ethical and economic standards.

The route to paper

An effective transition from plastic to paper packaging, usually takes a fairly typical route Mr Biasia continued.

First, the food manufacturer receives a request or pressure from the market, then they encounter engineering challenges followed by technological solutions such as a vertical packaging machines portfolio update.

Then, following the necessary equipment updates, collaborations with customers such as feedback enquiries should then help to ensure that the quality and shelf life of their product is not being adversely affected.

Mr Biasia then implied that the technology that is designed specifically for paperbased film must be used correctly.

Problems can occur when paper-based film is used in a machine designed for plastic film, such as constant mechanical pressure, very low speed, more machine stops, more maintenance interventions and lower reliability of the packaging machine.

To avoid all of the potential engineering challenges previously listed, GEA have developed a heavier duty type of machinery that is able to cope with the paper.

Although the improvements that GEA and Lineapack have made do present some solutions to the issues of sustainability and environmental impact affecting modern packaging, some issues are yet to be solved.

For instance, as discussed by Mr Biasia, there is not currently a barrier solution on the market that would prevent contamination from water or oxygen, so paper packaging can currently only be used for the storage of dried goods such as pasta, with the shelf life of this particular food item currently only one year.

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A cloud-based service for monitoring and optimising food sorting processes

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by Tomra, Norway

ollowing its successful launch last year by Tomra Sorting Recycling, Tomra Insight is now also being made available to its milling customers and the company’s food family.

Tomra Insight turns sorting and grading machines into connected devices that generate valuable process data. This data is stored securely in the cloud, converted into actionable information and accessible from anywhere via a web portal for desktop and mobile devices.

For these industries, the platform is enhanced by new features and functionalities, says the company.

Data-gathering helps processors in near real-time and in retrospect.

Because product quality is measured continuously, machine operators are empowered to make prompt and optimal adjustments to machine settings in response to product quality changes on the line.

And because Insight provides previously

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inaccessible deep-dive data, customers are now being empowered to make operational and business decisions based on more complete information.

The company’s engineers are helping customers analyse critical data every month as part of the its Insight subscription service.

And accurate and timely comparisons are now possible between multiple sites, shifts, batches and seasons.

Felix Flemming, Vice President and Head of Digital at Tomra Sorting, commented, “By capturing and using valuable data, Tomra Insight is transforming sorting from an operational process into a strategic management tool.

“And this tool is constantly becoming more powerful as we continuously develop it in response to customers’ needs and priorities. New functionalities and features are released every three weeks – a routine during which we work closely with customers in pursuit of shared objectives,” he adds.

Multiple benefits in food

Thanks to the performance metrics gathered by the system, processors can benefit in many ways.

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One company’s experience

One food processor which conducted an early trial of Tomra Insight and has now committed to the subscription service is The Jersey Royal Company.

Located in the British Crown Dependency of Jersey, this company is the producer of the internationally recognised Jersey Royal new potato in the Channel Islands. This business grows, washes, grades, packs and supplies approximately 20,000 tonnes of potatoes every year. Four of the company’s sorting machines – one Halo and three Tomra 5A’s – have been connected to Insight for more than six months now and have convincingly proven the data platform’s effectiveness.

While not representative of the milling industry, the experience of food companies such as Jersey Royal may well pave the way in processes found within the flour mill or the feedmill as both these industries move from 3.0 to 4.0 – the digital factory – based on the IoT (Internet of Things).

Meanwhile Andrzej Kopacz, Operations Manager at The Jersey Royal Company, adds, “Tomra builds ‘The Rolls Royce’ of sorters and Tomra’s Insight is a strong addition to these machines.

“Using the information we’re getting from Insight, we are now managing product-quality more precisely to meet customer expectations, improve product control and allocation, see where we need to help sorters meet targets, reduce waste and make better use of the equipment with less downtime.

“We are now also able to give better feedback to our growers. For example, we can flag-up very quickly if there are too many unwanted green potatoes coming through for processing. To us, it’s clear that Tomra Insight is well worth having,” he adds.

by monitoring machine health and performance to support predictive and condition-based maintenance • Throughput is maximised by evaluating variations and optimising sorting equipment accordingly • Efficiency is improved by identifying gaps in production and analysing potential root causes • Sorting to target quality is enhanced by being able to make decisions based on accurate product composition data • And operations are simplified through easier spare parts ordering and flexible access to data and documentation.

Jeffry Steemans, Product Manager - Digital at Tomra Food, says, “Food processors participating in pilot installations tell us that Tomra Insight will pay back month after month.

“They see improvements in product quality, higher throughputs, lower waste and greater yields. Customers also report that machine operators embrace the transparency of having information available to make better decisions.”

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ISO 27001 certification

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Dinnissen Process Technology sets Industry standard for information security innissen Process Technology received a renewed ISO 27001 certification from an independent certification institute.

ISO 27001 is the world’s most widely-recognised information security standard. In 2017, the machine builder obtained this integral certification for cyber security for the first time and as the first and only machine builder in The Netherlands at that time.

ISO 27001 focuses on the availability, integrity and confidentiality of data; an exceptional quality mark to have as a machine builder.

“Together with our customers, we continuously innovate to make production processes more efficient and more profitable,” says Wouter Kuijpers, Director Operations for Dinnissen Process Technology.

“The role of Smart Industry, IoT and remote management is becoming increasingly important in this respect,” he says.

An example of such an innovation is the Dinnissen Productivity Platform. This platform enables customers to communicate with their machines and installations via the Cloud.

“This provides them with a simple and reliable way to gain insight into the output of their production processes at any time and location, including the service status and possible production interruptions. To ensure secure connections between our customers and our own networks, the Dinnissen Productivity Platform has been developed with an extreme focus on safety and

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reliability,” he adds.

With the ISO 27001 certification across the entire organization, the company offer assurance of secure information services and a safeguard from data leaks and hackers.

Efficient global food production

“We are proud that our customers, suppliers, partners and employees know they count on Dinnissen. The world’s biggest business producers and best brands rely on us with their processes and with their data. We do everything we can to show that we deserve this trust - on all fronts, including our information security.

“That is why we have set the bar high for ourselves. We strive to be the most reliable business partner of all our customers and relations worldwide. After all, they play a crucial role in solving one of the biggest global challenges: the production of enough high-quality food for all people, pets and livestock.

“We help them do this not only as efficiently as possible, but also in the most reliable way possible.

“ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001 - it goes without saying that we comply with all legal requirements, covenants and guidelines in the field of information security, quality, safety, health and environment.”

However, to be a reliable partner for all our business relations we’re taking it one step further. In order to make this demonstrable and to embed it within our organisation, we have opted for integral certification of ISO 9001 (quality), ISO 14001 (environment), ISO 27001 (information security) and ISO 45001 (health and safety), he concludes.

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Feed production

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by COVID-19, due to a • Pig feed down 1.1 percent partially replace Germany in exporting shift in consumer demand • Poultry feed down 2.7 to China, due to limited production for products of animal percent capacity. origin.

• Overall feed production A knock-on effect of the ban is that EU compound feed production (EU 27 + down 2.2 percent on 2019 pig meat initially destined for export to UK) for farmed animals in 2020 is estimated at China will stay in Europe, impacting 161,4 million tonnes, a decrease of 2.2 percent pig feed production. On top of ASF, some Member States, (for compared to 2019, according to forecast data provided by the example, The Netherlands), are depopulating their pig herds in European Feed Manufacturers Federation, FEFAC. order to lower agricultural environmental emissions.

All main feed categories are set to decrease, mainly as a Poultry feed production, is set to decrease by 2.7 percent after result of the combined indirect impact of COVID-19 affecting several years of steady increases. The poultry sector reacted to consumer demand for products of animal origin and the direct the COVID-19 lockdown measures launched in spring 2020 by effects of the spread of animal diseases (African Swine Fever, reducing its production, leading to significantly lower demand for Avian Influenza in particular). poultry feed.

Cattle feed production, which is estimated to decrease by 2.9 Following a period of partial recovery during the summer percent compared to the previous year, is suffering most from the COVID-19 measures applied during the first and second waves of months, a further decrease is expected by the end of the year, mainly in Romania, Ireland and Spain. Avian influenza spreading the spread, and in particular the closure of the HORECA (Hotel/ in several parts of Europe will hamper any recovery on the Restaurant/Catering) chain. ground.

The decreased demand for more expensive cuts of meat, like Poultry feed production may possibly lose its position as veal, fresh meat and added valued dairy products, have impacted leading segment EU industrial compound feed production to pig the whole supply chain. feed, for the first time after more than a decade, as a result of a Farmers have reduced usage of compound feed in their feed continuous downward trend. ratios, in order to reduce milk output and slow growth of Note: From 2016 on, FEFAC no longer includes dry petfood livestock. This was only partially compensated by rising demand production in its statistics, considering that a large part of the in Eastern Europe where drought conditions led to poor forage production was missing in national statistics. harvests.

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In this article we asked the company Brock to take us through 12 key points that millers and grain handling operators should consider when designing a grainhandling system, and to highlight the key aspects of their own proprietary equipment to illustrate the points being made here are many considerations when designing a new grain handling system.

Initial cost is, of course, very important, but it should not be the overriding factor. Grain handling capacities, system expandability, maintenance requirements, equipment durability and service support all play important roles.

Sizing grain handling systems to meet capacity needs

One of the most important factors when choosing grain handling equipment is knowing your throughput requirements and balancing the needs for realistic capacity and future expansion.

Being realistic

If you build too much capacity into a grain system, you will spend more upfront for equipment that may never be fully utilised. Higher capacity equipment can take up valuable space in your operation, and it may cost more to maintain and repair.

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Planning ahead

If you plan to expand storage capacity in the future, take that into account at the beginning or you may end up trying to push existing grain handling equipment beyond the limit of what the equipment was designed to carry.

If you plan to add another storage bin 10 years from now, you do not want to be forced to replace a drag conveyor that still has many remaining years of service life because it cannot handle the new capacity requirements of your system.

Beware of overstated capacities

Some manufacturers claim grain handling capacities at optimal conditions using grain at a 15 percent moisture level. Real-world applications must account for heavier, wetter grain that does not flow as readily.

Brock Grain Systems takes this variability into account when stating throughputs. If a Brock commercial bucket elevator or drag conveyor is rated to deliver 800 tonnes (30,000 bushels) of grain-per-hour, you can be confident it can meet that capacity during everyday conditions, not just optimal ones.

Disclaimer - Capacities based on moisture level plus 10 percent for dry, free flowing, grains with a 768kg/mÑ (48lb/ftÑ) material density.

Avoiding bottlenecks

A good grain system designer will make sure all components work together seamlessly to meet capacity throughputs. Brock Grain Systems and their dealers use advanced tools to design

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and appropriately size complete grain handling systems. Elevator buckets are spaced to maximise capacity with high moisture grain. Drag conveyor chains are appropriately sized for bushel requirements to provide long life. Rollerbelt conveyors are computer matched to the motor drive and gear reducers.

This attention to detail ensures that you are not overworking any part of your grain handling system and that there are no weak links that could limit overall capacity.

Check the details

Not all grain handling equipment is created equally. Even small differences in equipment design can add up to significant savings over the life of the system.

Look for features that increase productivity, reduce maintenance, and make the system last longer.

Bucket elevators

If elevator trunking starts to separate prematurely, buckets can catch on the exposed edges and damage the system. Brock trunking flanges, for example, are solid welded on the inside and outside. This closes the gaps so no moisture, dirt or debris can get inside the trunking. This extra welding is an important feature to ensure long life.

If grain falls back down the elevator, it’s like taking one step forward and two steps back. Brock elevators are designed with a bonnet discharge throat and profile that keeps elevated materials discharged properly, minimising material back-legging. From whole grains to feed to fertiliser, bucket elevators help you get your product where it needs to go. Brock offers standard bucket elevators up to 1600 tonnes-(60,000 bushels)-per-hour and custom sizes up to 2133 tonnes-(80,000 bushels)-per-hour to meet specific needs.

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Many distributors have flat areas that are prone to collecting grain dust and other material. These can be trouble spots that can rust out before your

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Unlike some grain distributors that rely on manual spout switching, Brock uses a cable latching system and are easy to operate. You don’t have to lift an inner spout to move to another outlet.

You can select from a wide range of standard Brock distributor sizes and configurations. Products include flat back, 360° full round and swing distributors with 4, 6, 8, 10 or 12 outlets and diameters from 152-610 mm (6-24 inch). Manual and electronic models are available. They can be custom build to specification.

Drag conveyors

As drag conveyors age, their chains can loosen and have a tendency to ride up off the bottom of the conveyor. This reduces capacity and efficiency. Brock engineers developed 10° angled flights that keep their drag conveyor chain from riding up on the grain. The flights act like a bulldozer blade to keep the bottom clean and prevent possible material build up.

Brock provides a full line of standard and incline drag conveyors in a range of sizes to provide ultimate flexibility when designing a grain or material handling system. Brock builds drag conveyors for performance and endurance under the most demanding conditions. These conveyors offer key features that extend life and increase productivity.

Enclosed roller-belt conveyors

Enclosed roller-belt conveyors are used when you have large capacities of grain or other materials to move in a short period of time. These systems have high capacities and are very gentle on grain. Brock’s roller-belt conveyors are enclosed to contain grain dust and to protect your product from the elements.

A distinct peak on the top of the conveyor allows for snow and water runoff. Another unique feature of the Brock enclosed roller-belt conveyor is the design and construction of their idler pulleys. They use full-length shafts with positive locking tapered bushings for uniform weight balance and long equipment life.

Intermediate discharge units

With Brock’s conveyor intermediate discharge unit, one enclosed roller-belt conveyor system can have multiple discharge points to easily service many bins or silos. It works with Brock enclosed roller-belt conveyors in belt widths from 650-1350mm (26-54 inches) and speeds from 2.0-3.6 metres per second (400-700 feet-per-minute). It can also be retrofitted to existing Brock enclosed roller-belt conveyor systems.

One important distinction about the Brock discharge car is that it never comes in contact with the belt. The Brock discharge section transfers grain from both sides of the belt to a single discharge under the conveyor.

A complete grain system

Brock grain handling equipment, supporting structures, drying systems and storage bins work together to provide easy operation and long-lasting reliability. Brock dealers design installations using pre-engineered solutions to move grain efficiently and with easy expansion in mind. They not only provide site planning, system design and construction, but also deliver seamless support for all components. sales@brockgrain.com. www.brockgrain.com 78 | December 2020 - Milling and Grain

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World class engineering Belarus Agro-Industrial silo complex successfully completed

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Zheng Chang Group, one of China’s leading equipment and turnkey providers to the global feed sector, has carried out one of its largest constructions ever with the completion of the Belarus Agro-Industrial Complex within a three-year period. Here, the company takes us through a brief stage-by-stage progress review based on times and completion points during the projects construction

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he Belarusian agro-industrial project - formerly known as the ‘2016-2012 Full Cycle High-tech Agro-industrial Complex’ - was to be implemented and constructed in two phases, over a total construction period of 36 months beginning in mid-2019.

The project included new amino acid plants, high-tech balanced compound feed production plants, grain silos with advanced drying features, cogeneration power stations, and supporting infrastructure projects such as railways, highways, natural gas pipelines and power transmission lines.

This colossal project was not only an impressive milestone in Zheng Chang Group’s construction history, but also serves as the largest and most advanced project on the ‘Belt and Road.’

The project plays a key role in improving the number of feed processing, breeding and storage amenities in Belarus.

First steps

A preliminary investigation was carried out between 2016-17.

The Belarusian National Biological Group and CITIC Group

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chose Zheng Chang for their construction project after nearly two years of investigations and inspecting both domestic and foreign feed equipment, storage equipment and complete system service providers.

Zheng Chang offered many competitive features which meant that they were a perfect fit for the job: Engineering and design: - Using three-dimensional digital designs, precise planning to be carried out for every step of the production process. Attention to detail was evident from the layout of the whole plant, through to process design, installation, electrical control, production technology and training Equipment - The equipment provided by Zheng Chang greatly helps improve feed quality and production efficiency Steel silos - Zheng Chang’s steel silos offer strong corrosion resistance, a very small carbon footprint, as well as being both beautiful and durable

The signing ceremony

Mr Hao Bo, Chairman of Zheng Chang, successfully signed a contract with CITIC Construction in December 2018 to begin production of the feed production line as part of the Belarusian agro-industrial complex project.

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Yang Jianqiang, Head of CITIC Construction, said, “Zheng Chang’s automated and high-tech production methods will help promote the development of the feed industry in Belarus, reduce the production costs of animal feed and thereby, reduce the price of agricultural products produced by domestic agricultural enterprises for domestic consumption.”

Ground breaking ceremony

Orders of materials are underway by May 2019 to provide facilities which can supply Belarus with 600,000 tonnes of pig, chicken, cattle and sheep feed, whilst work also began on silo construction. The Zheng Chang team collected an incredible 450,000 tonnes of steel.

The project officially begins

In mid-July 2019, the Zheng Chang team officially begin construction and were hard at work producing the new plant. The

company’s extensive knowledge in machinery manufacturing, processing and feed production provides the clients with stable and reliable solutions.

Engineering delivery

In October 2019 the engineering service team supervise the delivery of specialised engineering equipment, to carefully check whether the equipment information, packaging protection, accessories and materials meet the required specifications for the clients.

“As a dedicated team in Zheng Chang’s engineering services, we always insist on focusing upon the details, as well as fast and efficient delivery, while ensuring zero defects in products, a safe loading and unloading processes, - and delivering the best quality equipment to customers safely.,” says the head of the special engineering service team.

“Our engineering projects provide high standards of assistance and support!”

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Pandemic challenges

Since February 2020 Zheng Chang had successfully prove its trustworthiness throughout an unequally pandemic challenge.

The COVID-19 pandemic was rapidly growing more and more serious in China in the new year.

The subsequent epidemic of pneumonia, caused by COVID-19, affected countless people, both in China and abroad. In the face of this sudden and unprecedented crisis, Zheng Chang fully protected the health and safety of employees and their families, but also ensured to discuss the strategy of moving forward with projects under construction with customers all over the world and ensured the dozens of projects mid-way under construction could still be completed in a way that ensures the safety of all involved.

In regard to the Belarus agro-industrial project, the Zheng Chang engineering team were able to continue work unaffected.

In fact, as of February 7, 2020, the project’s construction was 19 days ahead of the expected timescale!

Mr Nowitzki, the head of the Belarusian team, said, “I was originally worried that the epidemic in China would have a great impact on the project and cause delays in the construction period.

“I did not expect the Zheng Chang team to exhibit such perseverance and retain such a comprehensive focus. They kept

their promises - not only did they not delay the project, but it also advanced a great deal faster than expected. The Zheng Chang team is truly trustworthy and deserving of praise!”

Affirmation from the President of Belarus

On June 2, 2020, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko presided over a symposium on the Belarusian Agro-Industrial Complex project and fully affirmed the quality and construction progress of the first and second phases of the project.

In the meeting the Belarusian President noted, “The agroindustrial complex currently under construction is a new hope for Belarus to open up the future in the top scientific and technological fields.”

Successful completion - and delivery of the silo section!

In July 2020 a total of 35 silos with a capacity of 12,500 tonnes built have all been installed by Zheng Chang in the Belarus facility, and more than 3000 key quality points have been inspected and tested.

The project had been under construction for more than 300 days and has been successfully delivered - a great success for all. www.zhengchang.com

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ruks Siwertell’s latest ship unloader, the port-mobile unloader, offers totally enclosed, high-efficiency dry bulk material handling to the alumina, cement and soya meal sectors, as well as grain.

“The port-mobile unloader was initially launched to challenge the limitations of pneumatic discharge systems used in grain handling,” said Jörgen Ojeda, Director, Mobile Unloaders, Bruks Siwertell.

“However, we realised that, as well as ensuring high-capacities, no spillage and close-to-zero dust emissions, it delivers many distinct benefits when handling all these materials.

“One of the greatest advantages of unloading dry bulk, especially more delicate cargoes, with screw-conveyor technology is the low material degradation rates, minimising the production of powdery fines,” he explains.

“Like all Siwertell unloaders, port-mobile units offer a steady conveying velocity, with no particle collisions or crushing forces, which is in contrast to the cargo degradation concerns that traditionally accompany pneumatic unloaders.”

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Fines, produced when materials degrade, are problematic for many dry bulks, but for alumina, the cost of smelting is dramatically increased by their presence, and for grains and soybeans, the quality of whole shipments can be down-graded; significantly impacting profits.

“Many ports already benefit from Siwertell road-mobile unloaders, which offer competitively-priced flexibility and mobility,” adds Mr Ojeda.

“For operators looking for a port-based system retaining similar flexibility during operation, but needing to discharge much larger vessels at a higher capacity, then our new port-mobile unloaders are a fantastic, extremely cost-effective option.”

The port-mobile unloader is available in two sizes, a 400 tonne/ hour and 600 tonne/hour model; both can discharge vessels up to 60,000dwt. They are fitted with a low weight, rubber-tired gantry, which moves the unit to wherever it is needed along the quay.

Ensuring a high through-ship efficiency the port-mobile unloader can reposition its plus-or-minus 30-degree articulating conveyor arm and reach all areas of the cargo hold, including underneath the hatch corners.

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Another step in their commitment to sustainability

ymaga Group’s installation of a photovoltaic solar energy generation plant to power its factory in Villarta de San Juan, Spain is another step in their commitment to sustainability and respect for the environment.

In 2018 they consolidated their commitment when they implemented an Environmental Management System ISO 14001. Using one of the covers of their buildings, they have installed a system of solar panels that will generate green energy.

This first phase will supply 25 percent of the total energy consumed in Symaga Group, aiming for 100 percent in the second phase.

Within Symaga’s continuous improvement for manufacturing plan, the entrance to the plant has been reorganised at a logistical level, improving the internal traffic of trucks, vehicles and parking spaces for over 3500 trucks that come and go every year.

Two buildings have been rebuilt, the first to control the entry and exit of vehicles, with a room to give occupational risk prevention to all visitors and the second building with a new training and meeting room for the production team.

No slow down for Covid-19

Since the onslaught of Covid-19 in Europe since January, Symaga has not been constrained in its activities, while at the same time adopting all the required regulations to minimize the potential spread of the disease within its factory – such as distancing, hygiene procedures, working from home where possible and not allowing truck drives to exits their cabs.

As we have learnt from the past, this company is continually evolving with innovative developments in silo construction, such as the latest one report in this magazine relating to offering customers stiffeners made from HX500 LAD structural steel with a yield strength of 500N/mm2 which increases their resistance by 45 percent.

“Our Steel Quality Improvement Project initially focused on stiffeners, the supports of a silo’s vertical load. As part of the improvement plan the company has also made strides to supply pre-assembled boltings, giving the customer an easier and faster assembly.

These initiatives comes as a recognition of our customer’s needs,” says the company.

That recognition is the ability to receive ideas from customers as to the improvements they would like to see adopted.

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type of storing needs, where a cost effective solution for indoor storage is needed.

Indoor silos are now available ranging from 3.0m to 12.23m diameter.

Maximum height of the line is limited to 10 rings of body sheets,or 11,45m. The development of the new indoor silos comes as a result of Symaga’s Product Development Plan 2020, which highlights the continuous work in R&D to achieve optimised silos as storage solutions for a wider range of customers.

At home

Improvements are also being made at its Spanish head office.

The Group has completed the installation of a new drilling centre, boosting its steel profile automatic processes. This line brings in a new era in drilling thanks to the high productivity of the new model installed.

The company says its top value-added components reside in its manufacturing excellence and quality control. To attain such high manufacturing standards, the company has a Continued Investment Plan which targets an annual minimal investment of EUR three million. The goal is to achieve a full automatization of its factory and full traceability control.

As long ago as 2015, automatization had reached 80 percent in its processes.

Between 2016 and 2018, all punching and profiling lines were automated, bringing productivity up by 30 percent for some production lines.

Last year a new drilling system was acquired and the welding and bending lines were also improved. In 2020, alongside the roll out of a new ICT infrastructure a new bending section was planned.

These developments have allowed Symaga to take part in the world’s largest storage projects as its continued investment in new technologies and human resources is bringing about an enhanced technical and manufacturing capacity, positioning the company among the top silo manufacturers globally.

But much of the success of the Group is down to its staff and to individuals.

In mid-2020 Alfonso Garrido, the founder of Symaga, and many related companies including Growket, Agravid, El Bisabuelo Eladio, Quinta Monteguerra and Casa Guerras, celebrated his birthday.

Mr Garrido has given a lifetime dedicated to work, creating a group of companies that directly employs 200 workers and indirectly many more. He has received many awards in his career, such as the CEPYME and Business Merit of Castilla La Mancha Government among others.

His best reward has been the gratitude of Symaga employees for his many years of dedication.

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A flour milling vision that exceeded expectations for Grain Industries Limited In September 2017, Milling and Grain published a Case Study called ‘Europeanquality standards in the heart of Africa’ and narrated the incredible story of a brandnew mill in Kenya by the name of Grain Industries Limited. Three years on, we felt it was time to re-visit Grain Industries Limited to bring their story up to date and asked Mark Wild of Fawema GmbH to re-visit on our behalf

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act is often stranger than fiction as they say in storytelling. And Mark Wild, who is Fawema’s Africa sales manager, experienced that first hand when recalling the original feature published by Milling and Grain in 2017.

“That original article began by colourfully describing my first meeting with Mr Munir Thabit the CEO at Grain Industries Limited,” Mark recalls. It was so intriguing we recall it here.

‘Night has fallen in the port city of Mombasa, Kenya. The crickets are chirping in the acacia trees, the heady perfume of exotic foods being cooked over open fires fills the hot, humid East African air.

‘The chaotic daytime traffic has finally subsided and peace gradually descends on the dusty city.

‘Suddenly, the silence is broken by the shrill sound of a car horn. A taxi has pulled up at an anonymous gate on an equally nondescript piece of land close to the harbour and a suspicious night watchman tentatively opens the gate to enquire who on earth is asking permission to enter at this late hour.

‘Access is granted and the taxi slowly drives in.

‘The plot is shrouded in almost total darkness, the long grass wildly overgrown and the sounds of nocturnal animals and grass snakes scattering in panic to avoid the approaching vehicle can be heard all around. A dim light powered by a small, spluttering generator shines out from a portacabin office which is nestled

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in the furthest corner of the overgrown field and inside, busily working at a laptop computer, sits a man who is about to enlighten me with a truly fantastic vision.’

“That first meeting took place on a Sunday night in November 2014.

“Ground clearing started the very next day as I recall, and the mill was finally completed and commissioned in August 2017,” says Mr Wild.

The facility, a 750 tonnes per day Buhler wheat mill gave Grain Industries Limited an immediate strong foothold in the highly competitive Kenyan market. Since then however, the mill has undergone expansion and today, in late 2020, it has a daily capacity of 2250 tonnes on wheat and a further 400 tonnes daily on maize.

Event recreated in a virtual world

Three years on from the inauguration of the plant, we wanted to re-create that first surreal meeting in order to ask Mr Munir Thabit some questions about the journey so far: so we pulled the old portacabin office out of storage, dusted off the rickety wooden desk and launched a ‘virtual’ question and answer session: Grain Industries Limited (Re-visited)!

Mark: Munir, when I first met you on that night back in 2014, I must admit that I had a few reservations that such an ambitious project could be realised in such a short time-frame. The moment you began to explain in great detail to me nevertheless, about how the mill would be built, managed and operated, I was hooked.

Did the planning phase of the mill undergo many revisions or was the original blueprint followed entirely and what was your single

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biggest challenge?

Munir: Execution was per plan. We knew from the outset that the plan had to be meticulously drawn-up and it was. Nothing was left to chance and no corners were cut. Our biggest challenge was meeting customer demand in the initial phase immediately when we started milling and packing. We under-estimated the volume of sales and we had perpetual stock outs.

Mark: Now you´ve recently completed an expansion, would you say that your objectives have been achieved?

Munir: On balance, with God`s grace and a very committed team, our objectives have been realised. As already stated, our installed wheat mill capacity has tripled from 750 tonnes per day to 2250 tonnes per day, although we are not at full capacity utilization.

Our wheat bran customers are located in export markets in the Middle East and Asia and we are constantly increasing this side of the business.

Moreover, we have diversified our product portfolio by commissioning a 400 tonnes per day maize mill.

Since our planning was automation from the outset, our head count has increased marginally. Quality has been one of our pillars hence the Food Safety System Certification 22000 (FSSC 22000; latest version) in January 2019, one and a half years from GIL´s inception.

The latest version of FSSC 22000 is very stringent and I am not aware of any miller in Kenya who has achieved this. In addition, our brand “Ajab” has recently been awarded a “Super-brand” status.

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In our three years of operations, we have won the Best New Business of the Year Award 2017 within four months from the start of our operations, the Best Customer Focus Company of the Year 2018 and the Best Growth Strategy of the Year 2019 awarded by the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI)Coast Chapter. Not to forget, we were also second runners-up as the Best Employer of the year 2018.

Mark: Of your total flour output, both wheat flour and maize flour, what´s the divide between consumer packs (500 grams, 1 kg and 2 kg) and your industrial-size sacks for sale to bakeries and other industrial users?

Munir: In the Kenyan market the vast majority of sales is in the smaller SKUs and Fawema packing machines have been our choice. The consumer packs account for the biggest part of our business by far.

Mark: The reason for our original meeting was of course to discuss your packing requirements. Today you operate 14 Fawema high-speed packing lines for packing consumer-size flour into ready-made paper bags, what are your output figures?

Munir: Each of our Fawema machines packs a hundred bags a minute!

Mark: 19 of the top 20 countries for population growth rates are in Africa. As a leading African company providing staple food to a growing population, what does this statistic mean to you?

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moment there is a huge over capacity in both the maize and wheat milling business in Kenya.

Mark: All of your consumer packs are in paper bags. Have you ever considered plastic packaging materials?

Munir: The Kenyan market has always been a ‘paper’ market with regards to consumer-size packets of flour. There are good local suppliers of paper bags who use European or South African paper and are able to print attractive and colourful graphics on the bags which appeal to the buyer. Since a few years, the Kenyan government has also introduced legislation to discourage plastic packaging when and where possible.

Mark: Finally, Munir if I may, I would like to ask you how Covid-19 has affected your business this year?

Munir: Being in a third world country there doesn`t exist a comprehensive first world social/economic safety net for the vulnerable. It is apparent that the pandemic has been a global problem resulting in depressed demand. Kenya is by and large a primary producer. The external global lockdowns have affected exports of our horticultural products and tourism receipts resulting in a shrinking of the economy. This translates to lower demand, lower customer credit scores and lesser risk appetite.

However, the outlook for 2021 looks promising as the pandemic curve is past its zenith in this part of the world. Fingers crossed!

Footnote: Fawema GmbH wishes to thank Mr Munir Thabit: CEO Grain Industries Limited for his much-valued comments.

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by John Buckley The last time CBOT futures went significantly higher than the recent peak of US$6.35/ bu (about US$233/tonne) was way back at the close of 2014. Wheat has cost far more than that further back, before Russia and others gave the market a wider choice of suppliers, spreading the risk of weather-disruption to crops. In mid-2012, for example, CBOT nudged US$9.50 and in 2008, US$13 per bushel, though these spikes were fairly brief.

Rains dampen wheat’s fireworks Urgently-needed rains appeared to arrived just in time to ease the threat of a smaller global wheat crop in 2021, taking some of the steam out of recently strong prices on the world market.

At its recent peak, the bellwether CBOT futures market’s nearby delivery was up by as much as a third from its mid-year levels as traders fretted about dry weather spoiling planting plans and germination of key Northern Hemisphere winter wheat crops, especially in the top two exporting countries, the US and Russia. While both had been planting slightly ahead of normal dates, a large part of these crops risked entering dormancy in less than ideal condition.

With similar weather issues, things were also looking less than ideal in Ukraine while dryness was also slicing into the now-harvesting Argentine crop, even reported at one stage to be taking the edge of (what now still looks like) a bumper Australian wheat harvest.

Where does this leave the global wheat crop outlook for 2021? In early November, it was too early to say to what extent the late-arriving rains had benefited crops. However, in the US, weekly crop condition ratings were starting to creep up from a low starting point (41% ‘good/excellent’ versus 56% this time last year). In Russia, moister soils – and recent higher domestic and international prices – could even mean farmers planting more than they intended earlier – some local analysts looking for a potential 15% increase year-on-year. Just as important as the better moisture, the current Russian weather outlook is to stay warmer than normal for a while yet. That gives crops now getting moisture more time to establish before the often frigid months ahead. It may not be unrealistic, then, to speculate that top exporter Russia will, after all, get an even bigger 2021 crop than this year’s (recently raised from 78 to 83.5m tonnes, some say nearer 87m). The record 85m was set in 2017.

The last time CBOT futures went significantly higher than the recent peak of US$6.35/bu (about US$233/tonne) was way back at the close of 2014. Wheat has cost far more than that further back, before Russia and others gave the market a wider choice of suppliers, spreading the risk of weather-disruption to crops. In mid-2012, for example, CBOT nudged US$9.50 and in 2008, US$13 per bushel, though these spikes were fairly brief.

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As mentioned in our autumn market review, the weather factors driving prices up this year contrasted with overall supply plenty after years of record or near-record-large crops had built stocks to all-time peak levels too. However, these total supply data can be somewhat misleading. Compared with four years ago, USDA data shows, the global stock grew a hefty 52m tonnes. Yet almost 49m tonnes of that was in China – not normally an export source, in fact this season’s fastest growing importer (it has already bought over 1.5m tonnes of US wheat against less than 200,000 this time last year and could expand its seasonal demand from all sources to some 7m).

The other big increase in the global stock has been within India – plus 21m tonnes over the same period. After a good Monsoon on this year’s larger sown area, its record crop is expanding its surplus stocks which could, in theory, make a bigger contribution to world export supply in 2021. India too has historically been more of a wheat importer than exporter and much will depend on government policy – whether it feels safe to reduce the security blanket for its vast population but perhaps even more so, whether India can match the world price (which has got easier since the latter embarked on its recent run-up).

While these Asian stocks are up in recent years, traditional wheat exporters, Russia, USA, Europe are carrying forward less than usual (especially the US – though these are still reasonably large, projected at almost 24m tonnes by the end of this season).

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Proof of that bounty, it is already competing hard for export trade, even undercutting normally cheapest Black Sea regional wheat by some US$10/tonne. Canada is a long call, not sowing the bulk of wheat crop till next spring. But at the moment it still has an estimated bumper 2020 harvest to dispose of (35m tonnes versus the 30/32m range of recent years).

Another factor driving CBOT wheat prices higher has been strong US exports, running 12% up on the year versus the official prediction of a seasonal 1-2.6% gain – despite the handicap of a strong dollar pushing US prices up in other currencies. The dollar index against major currencies is up sharply from its mid-late August lows if still way off the peaks it reached as safe haven during the Coviddominated spring.

So far, US export prices for main types of wheat – including the high-protein spring wheats prized by its foreign customers, including Europe, are running closer to two-year than the nearsix-year highs recently seen on futures markets. As well as China, the US has been expanding sales to other Asia, especially the Philippines, if exporting less to its closer Western hemisphere markets like Mexico and Brazil.

Overall, world import demand for wheat has been fairly brisk in the past month or two, featuring some big purchases from countries including Algeria, Turkey, Egypt, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Syria and others. Russia had been setting the competitive pricing pace, as usual, although in recent weeks its role reversed as the earlier crop worries made it own farmers cautious sellers. A bigger than expected 2020 Russian crop and hopes that 2021 will provide a good one too may loosen more supply from this source, but with the caveat that Russia’s government has warned it could impose an export quota in first half 2021. Ukraine, also well sold on export markets so far, could also rein in for the second half of this season as the smaller crop runs down supplies for domestic users.

Traders are keeping a close eye on China after reports its Jan/ Sep imports rocketed by 168% to some 6.06m tonnes. USDA had seen China’s seasonal exports jumping to 7.5m from last season’s 5.4m tonnes but could adjust that further upward if the recent pace of purchases continues – which would be bullish again for US and world prices. Yet overall, depending on weather over the next eight months, it looks as if the world wheat market may remain adequately, if not amply supplied so prices should not rise much further. (The forward US futures markets carry little premium for deliveries this time next year. And while Paris milling wheat futures jumped to new ‘life-of-contract’ peaks as US markets rose, prices here too have tended to ebb back since rains improved the outlook in other regions.

The world wheat price has re-valued considerably after a long period between US$4 & US$5/bushel.

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EU soft wheat exports have been running much lower this season than the bloc’s estimated 12% decline in its 2020 crop. Along with a frisky euro, that may restrain wheat prices here.

Corn price hits 14-month highs 35% over summer lows Several factors combined to hoist corn prices by 35% over the late summer and early autumn months.

A strong market for wheat, its rival feed ingredient has been followed by droughts in Brazil, Argentina and Ukraine, higher than expected US consumption – and consequent lower projections for end-season stocks, a cut in the official US 2020 crop forecast and, not least, unusual strong import

demand from China.

The latter, has been the biggest factor in a 75% increase in total US corn export trade to date thanks to the ‘phase one’ trade deal made between the two at the countries turn of the year and what seems to be China’s own greater reliance on imports to fill a burgeoning deficit.

Early in the reporting period, retreating global equity, financial and energy markets amid the resurgence in corona virus had threatened less demand for corn ethanol (40% of US consumption) going forward. Latterly, hopes of covid vaccines coming soon have put a much brighter aspect on energy for transport.

Brazil now seems to be getting better rains so looks more likely to approach the USDA 2020 crop estimate of 110m tonnes – though Brazil’s own government is closer to 105m. Neighbouring Argentina is still pegged around 50m. Exports from the region in 2020/21 are seen similar to last year’s as more comes out of Brazil and less from Argentina. Ukraine was earlier expected to export about 3m tonnes more this season but its crop is turning out about 8m less than expected, suggesting imports will too.

The US current crop estimate was a big shock in November cut

by USDA from 374m to 368.5m tonnes versus as much as 388m in August but that’s still 22.5m better than last year’s. Adding fuel to the bullish fire, USDA raised its export forecast to 66m tonnes – 19m more than last season and the most for some years.

China is a big factor in this renaissance, as is the downturn in rival Ukraine’s 2020 production.

The bottom line is that the US, far from adding to its maize stockpile, as expected a few months ago, will see it dwindle from a 50.7m tonne start point to just 43m tonnes – a seven year low.

That enables USDA to predict a far higher seasonal farm price of US$4/bushel which, if it holds, may encourage farmers to plant more maize next spring (depending too on the price of competing crops like soya).

Some other gains are seen in maize usage mostly relatively modest ones including China +4m, Brazil +1m, Argentina +1.5m, Vietnam +1.3m. Although world maize production in total is seen up by 28.5m tonnes, the global stock will stocks will still be drawn down by about 12m to their lowest in recent years.

China needs watching. USDA has raised its forecast for the country’s imports to a record 13m tonnes from last month’s 7m and last season’s 7.6m tonnes. Yet t still well under the 22m tonnes forecast from the US attaché in Beijing, based on China turning to the world market to fill a long-term deficit against consumption, rather than further depleting its (supposedly still large) reserve stocks.

Lower world consumption partly offsets the smaller crop with cuts for the US itself, mainly in feed, of 2m tonnes, the EU 5.5m and Mexico 1m. Going to press, CBOT maize futures have returned to their late October highs which, if China does buy even more (or Brazil’s crop is hit harder by drought) could soon be beaten. More bearishly, USDA recognised slower than expected EU imports with a seasonal cut of 4m to 20m tonnes for this, the top corn customer.

Other news briefs: Brazil internal prices up to their highest levels since 2017 A fast US harvest is restraining the bulls somewhat An extremely slow start to this season’s Ukrainian export campaign Reports of typhoon damage to China’s crop which some observers see losing 5m to 10m tonnes. Quality might also be affected at a time when China has reduced its stockpiles and its feed industry steps up demand to meet a recovery from covid and African Swine Fever cuts Futures suggest little rally potential for US corn prices in 2021 when some analysts look for similar planted acreage to this year’s PROTEINS/OILMEALS Prices likely to stay firm Soya meal is getting more expensive as the US market responds to a lower than expected crop, a risk of drought losses in Latin America and strong Chinese demand. The latest USDA estimate for US output was cut 2.65m tonnes to 113.5m, expected to leave end-season stocks at a seven–year low of just 5.2m tonnes.

This season started with 14.3m and the previous one 24.7m tonnes. USDA also cut 2.5m tonnes off Argentina’s 2020/21 crop estimate to 51m but some local analysts expect evenb less – one just 46.5m under La Nina’s dry weather threat. But Brazil’s crop forecast at least seems to have survived dry weather with 133m tonnes according to USDA or 135m (Brazil’s government) versus last year’s record 126m tonnes.

Soya is also being driven by relentless Chinese demand, now leading a remarkable turnaround in previously poor US exports.

US traders hope that business may continue to boom if the Biden presidency heralds a less strident US tone towards China trade.

Either way, with Brazil’s old crop supplies running down until harvest in first quarter 2021, the US would expect to take the lion’s share of these and other exports during this period. Strikes

by Argentine port workers may also help US soya product trade.

All this has been enough to drive soybean futures to four-yearplus highs, dragging meal costs up with them. And no early reversal is expected with USDA expecting US farmers to earn 21% more for their beans this season and crushers 18.5% more for meal.

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holding back supplies amid currency instability and ideas that export tax policy is eroding their profitability. Crushers have been running at half capacity & things could tighten further if the local crop is as small as some suggest.

Forecast US seasonal ending stocks would be even smaller than in 2015/16 when CBOT prices peaked over US$12/bu (about US$440/t).

China is expected to import 100m tonnes of soybeans this season versus last year’s 97.4m and just 82.5m in 2018/19). US soya demand is also strong, its crush hitting a new record for the usually quiet (pre-harvest) month of September.

The bulk of Brazil’s late-planted soya harvest could be later than usual, forcing importers to extend already larger purchases of recently-harvested US beans - though Brazil’s crop looks very large.

Other major oilmeal sources tight too Rapeseed meal costs are likely to remain firm on rising soya meal prices and rapeseed’s own tight supply balance – which indicates big European and global stock draw-downs in the season ahead.

USDA’s latest take on the global crop estimates just over 69m tonnes, the same as last year but 3m less than in 2018 and 6m under the peak year of 2017.

Europe’s crop is now seen just over last year’s at 17m tonnes, 3m down from 2018 but production in major EU supplier Ukraine

is down from 3.5m to just 2.5m tonnes, leaving importers here more reliant on top producer Canada where the crop is another lower than usual one at some 19.5m tonnes. Australia, another EU supplier has about 1m tonnes more while Russia is thought to be up by about 500,000 tonnes. However, even in another season of lower than usual rapeseed demand (chiefly due to the lower crops and reduced bio-fuel use of the oil), world carryover stocks by the close of this season are expected to fall to a four-low of around 5m tonnes – a slim cushion if any further crop problems emerge next year.

The combination of tighter supplies and firming soya has already propelled the Winnipeg rapeseed futures market to its highest level since mid-2017. European rapeseed meal prices (on the benchmark Hamburg market) are running at their highest monthly average in six years.

Sunflower meal prices are also running at multi-year highs after this year’s global crop dropped 10% or about 5.3m tonnes to under 50m, its smallest in some years after disappointing harvests in Russia and Ukraine. The former Soviet region is an important supplier to EU crushers although they will at least have access to a crop not far off last year’s normal level of about 9.6m tonnes.

Overall, world oilseed meal supplies are still expected to increase enough to meet projected consumption growth of just under 2.5% this season – but that will require an estimated 10% decline in stocks carried into next season.

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January 6-8 16th ICC Cereal and Bread Congress Christchurch, New Zealand www.icbc2020.icc.or.at 26-28 IPPE 2021 Online only www.ippexpo.org 27-28 Paris Grain Day 2021 Online only www.parisgrainday.com

The World Mill Tech exhibition, which aims to be the international trade fair for the industry, will be organised by Istanbul Trade Fairs and DESMÜD in March 2021.

The most important global representatives of the sector will be present, showcasing their solutions in the fields of packaging, machinery, grain processing, storage, laboratory and measurement devices, to name but a few.

Exhibitors will connect with customers in Europe, Eurasia, the Middle East and North Africa at World Mill Tech, which offers a trading platform to the world’s leading industry players, enabling them to increase their trade volume. Professionals will catch up with the latest trends, cutting-edge technologies, developments and solutions at the exhibition, which will bring together domestic and foreign wholesalers, distributors, importers and exporters.

World Mill Tech is scheduled to take place on 10-13th March, 2021 in Istanbul, Turkey.

17-18 Solids Dortmund 2020 Dortmund, Germany www.easyfairs.com Postponed from 24-25 June to 17-18 March

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The Online Milling School - Starting from December 2 www.onlinemillingschool.com

February 9-12 Eurotier 2021 Online www.eurotier.com

18-20 IDMA and VICTAM EMEA 2021 Istanbul, Turkey www.idmavictam.com POSTPONED UNTIL 27-29 MAY 2021 2021

April 11-13 PIX AMC Gold Coast, Australia www.pixamc.com.au

20-23 GEAPS Exchange 2021 Columbus, Ohio, USA www.geapsexchange.com POSTPONED UNTIL 6-9 AUGUST 2021

19-21 Rice Market and Technology Convention 2021 Panama www.ricemtconvention.com 26-28 Livestock Philippines 2021 Pasay City, Philippines www.livestockphilippines.com The Livestock Philippines 2021 exhibition will take place May 26-28,, 2021 at the World Trade Centre Metro Manila in Pasay City, Philippines.

Livestock Philippines is a major international trade fair exhibiting innovative equipment and technology for livestock producers and has developed an outstanding reputation since 2011 as The Philippines’ premier event for the aquaculture, feed milling and meat industries - and continues to grow bigger and better with each showing.

Supported by the Department of Agriculture, Livestock Philippines is an event that brings together thousands of decision makers including integrators, farmers, feed millers, pre-mixers, meat processors, veterinarians, distributors, retailers and other industry members from throughout the country, across the region and around the world.

An estimated 280-plus exhibitors attended the 2019 rendition of the event from over 30 countries, including companies from Australia, Belgium, Canada, Thailand, Spain, Taiwan, UK, Turkey and The Netherlands.

Confirmed exhibitors include 4B, Biomin, Changzhou Honghuan Machinery, Ottevanger Milling Engineers, Singao and Yemtar.

A VIP package is also available which gains attendees access to the VIP lounge special suites and a complimentary copy of the exhibition guide. Twenty-two percent of attendees specialise in poultry production, whilst the second-most popular visitors are swine production experts, followed by feed manufacturers, crop, maize and corn producers, as well as members of the veterinary drugs industry.

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A lively VIV Qingdao 2020 and a milestone edition for VIV in China The 2020 edition of VIV Qingdao, held over 3 days on 17-19 September in China, presented a vibrant show for the industry.

This year the event offered an invaluable and to celebrate VIV’s 20 year presence in China.

Despite the COVID limitations in travelling, VIV Qingdao 2020 presented no less than 40,000 square meters of exhibition floor-space featuring 352 companies covering all aspects of our industry, from Feed to Food supply chain.

Over the three days at the Qingdao Cosmopolitan Exposition, the show welcomed a total of 16,557 professional visitors. At the same time, the global buyers joined virtually via the digital “Explore VIV” platform that registered 55,402 page views. The platform allowed all visitors to experience the show from afar, attend the webinars, listen to the “VIV Talk Show” interviews real-time and join interesting networking activities.

The online visitors reached out to the exhibitors in Qingdao from 30 countries, including China, Iran, UK, the Netherlands, Peru, Canada, Brazil, Germany, Japan, USA, the Philippines, Malaysia, among others.

The welcome cocktail on September 17th was an important gathering for the members of the industry, as well as institutions, including: Ms. Chu Lian Yu, Chairman of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, and Director of Qingdao Convention and Exhibition Office; Mr. Yan Liliang, Deputy Director of Qingdao Agriculture and Rural Bureau; Mr. Ma Chuang, Deputy Secretary-General of Chinese Association of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine; Mr. Shine Liu, the Vice President of VNU Exhibitions Asia. Concurrently, the “Thanks Award” was announced to top Chinese and foreign companies, trade associations, industry media, and partners who have contributed the most to China’s animal husbandry development and to VIV success in China over the past 20 year.

“VIV is a celebration of joy and recognition. We are very grateful to VIV for the many years of good cooperation” commented Ms. Ina Enting from Netherlands Agro & Food Technology Centre (NAFTC). “Big Dutchman wishes VIV to bring in China the most advanced innovative ideas and the latest technology and lead the industry to a higher level and faster development” said Ms. Fan Xiaoyue from Big Dutchman. “Each exhibition is a new journey and challenge.

We hope to cooperate with the organizers to achieve win-win results.” added Ms. Li Xiao from Shandong Longchang Animal Health Product CO.,LTD. Finally, Ms. Cai Xia, from Interheat commented: “We are deeply honored to receive this award on the occasion of VIV China 20 years. As we all know, VIV is a very professional show in the industry, and our company has benefited a lot from this platform.“ More than 10 high-level conferences were staged during the three days at VIV Qingdao, VIV’s impressive program of content attracted nearly 3,400 visitors. The sessions included: the Global Pig Genetic Improvement Summit, the 1st China Animal

Husbandry Antibiotic-Replace Summit; the 3rd Farm and Food Integration Forum; and the VIV International Summit.

The latter session brought multiple themes to the audience including disease monitoring and biosecurity measures on pig farms, sustainable solutions for animal waste treatment, China’s transition to cage-free egg production, efficiency and profit improvement on layer and egg, smart farming management and equipment innovation, and a session from the Global Dairy Farmers. In addition to their impressive content program VIV Qingdao also featured 80 industry leaders, technical experts, and brand operation experts contributed as speakers.

To name a few: Mr. Martial Sardin, China Manager of L’Ifip – Institut Du Porc; Dr. Vincent Guyonnet, Managing Director of FFI Consulting Ltd; Dr. Rogier van Leeuwen, Manager Business Development of Royal GD; Yao Minpu, Chief Strategy Officer, National Engineering Research Center of Biological Feed; Aidan Connolly, CEO of Cainthus, President of AgriTech Capital, Former Chief Innovation Officer of Alltech; and Dr. Fan Fuhao, Researcher, Center of Quality Test and Supervision for Breeding Swine (Guangzhou), MOA. VIV Qingdao organising team introduced The Online experience at VIV Qingdao this year that featured a series of webinars and online programs before and during the show.

The online trade matchmaking portal registered around twelve thousand visitors and nearly one thousand trade meetings were held on the platform before and during the exhibition days.

A unique matchmaking session dedicated to the development of business relations between China, on the supply side, and Ghana, on the demand side “Pig and Poultry Farming Online Matchmaking” that was held on the first day of the show, was coorganized by VIV Qingdao 2020, Grand International Exhibition and Ghana China Trader. The session focused on breeding and hatching, animal health, nutrition, farm and house equipment, animal waste treatment, amongst other topics.

Mr. Jeremy Liu, Director of VIV in China, together with the Ghana Agriculture Ministry Officer, Mr. Ma Chuang, Vice Secretary General of Chinese Association of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine (CAAV), and Mr. Nicholas Forson, International Relations Manager of Ghana-China Trader all contributed to this insightful business matchmaking. the online session was attended by twenty three buyers from Ghana and an array of Chinese exhibitors.

See you at VIV Qingdao 2021!

VIV Qingdao 2021 is coming back next year on September 15-17. To reserve your booth at the best early bird price and get extra benefits, please contact before December 31, 2020 Mr. Philippe Verstuyft, Sales Manager (philippe@vnueurope.com,) or Ms. Sylvia Shan, International Sales Manager (sylvia. shan@vnuexhibitions.com.cn). www.vivchina.nl

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VIV ASIA 2021* BANGKOK | SEPTEMBER 22-24

VIV TURKEY 2021 ISTANBUL | JUNE 10-12

VIV MEA 2021 ABU DHABI | NOVEMBER 22-24

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EuroTier and EnergyDecentral 2021 to go Digital In view of the continuing uncertain international situation due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, EuroTier, the world’s leading trade fair for animal production, and EnergyDecentral, the international trade fair for innovative energy supply, will only take place in a digital capacity from February 9 - 12, 2021.

The decision for the trade fair not to take place physically in the German city of Hanover was reached by the DLG (Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft - German Agricultural Society).

As the organiser of the two leading trade fairs, the decision was reached by DLG following extensive meetings with industry representatives, their advisory board and their partners.

The “EuroTier / EnergyDecentral digital” events offer exhibitors an extensive range of features with a range of digital business packages that afford maximum flexibility, while offering visitors an extensive technical program and attractive networking opportunities. For 2021, the DLG will also offer additional events and trade fairs on all aspects of the topics of animal husbandry and decentralised energy supply.

“The increasing number of corona cases worldwide and the related restrictive travel guidelines for both exhibitors and visitors require flexible business solutions and information services, like those offered by the ‘EuroTier/EnergyDecentral digital’ events,” explained Dr Reinhard Grandke, CEO of the DLG. “Our digital trade fairs are both international business platforms and expert networks for the current issues of the animal production and energy sectors”.

With digital company profiles, live events including chat and meeting functions, “EuroTier/EnergyDecentral Digital” will offer

a broad range of communication and interaction opportunities for exhibitors and visitors alike. The digital technical program with DLG Spotlights on the key trade fair topics of dairy, pig, poultry, energy, emission control and direct farm sales, as well as live discussions from the DLG Studio provide the perfect setting for planning investments.

“For the DLG, it’s important to make the entry into the digital world of EuroTier and EnergyDecentral as easy as possible.

Therefore, we’ve put together three different exhibition packages for our exhibitors that can be used individually and expanded flexibly. Participation in the technical program and additional advertising options complete the range of services, which is equally attractive for national and international exhibitors. We offer maximum reach and flexibility for addressing visitors as well as transparent and secure investment planning,” said Dr Karl Schlösser, Project Manager of EuroTier, emphasising the advantages for the exhibiting companies.

The same applies for the visitors of the digital platform. After a one-time online registration, visitors can obtain information on the products and services of the exhibitors, contact them directly and actively participate in numerous events and discussions of the technical program.

“We therefore offer visitors a simple way to specifically contact the appropriate contacts within the exhibiting company and to plan investments with them,” said Dr Schlösser. www.eurotier.com www.energy-decentral.com

Additional German Agricultural Society Events to Look Forward to in 2021 Other than EuroTier and EnergyDecentral 2021, The Deutsche LandwirtschaftsGesellschaft - German Agricultural Society (DLG) network are also planning to hold a selection of additional national and international trade fairs and industry events for the animal production and decentralised energy supply sectors in 2021, as both outdoor and indoor events with a safe business concept. These events include: • agra 2021: The leading agricultural exhibition for Central Germany will take place in Leipzig from 22-25 April, 2021 and will offer an information and exhibition program for livestock holders.

• DLG-Feldtage 2021: The meeting point for

crop professionals will take place from June 8-10, 2021 in Erwitte (East Westphalia) on around 45 hectares of exhibition grounds and will offer numerous advantages of an outdoor event in a region of Germany that is heavily influenced by animal husbandry.

• Agritechnica 2021: The world’s leading trade fair for agricultural machinery will take place from 14-20 November, 2021, and will offer livestock holders a large number of exhibition and information services.

• BIOGAS Convention & Trade Fair: Together with the professional association Fachverband Biogas, the DLG will organise the world’s largest international biogas trade fair will be held in the

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famous German city of Nuremberg, from 7-9 December, 2021. The trade fair will offers a complete market overview of this specialised industry. This conference will feature the German Biogas Association’s impressive international technical programme.

• International trade fairs and conferences: Together with partners, the DLG will provide information on topics and requirements of animal husbandry in the respective agricultural regions during numerous trade fairs and events, and offers exhibitors and visitors tailored-made business platforms.

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the interview

Roger Butler, president of nabim (UK flour millers)

Milling industry stalwart Roger Butler, who began his career cleaning hessian flour sacks aged 14, has become the new president of the National Association of British and Irish Millers (nabim) the trade association for UK flour millers. Mr Butler, 59, takes over from George Marriage this month, having previously served as the association’s vice president. Currently chairman of Whitworth Brothers and Carr’s Flour mills, his appointment comes as the UK flour industry continues to face unprecedented challenges due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Roger, you’ve been in the milling industry all your working life. What differences do you see from what it was like in the milling industry when you joined to where you feel we are today?

From when I started in the milling industry we are now in a different world and things have evolved and we have to found many different ways to produce flour.

You can see that technology is changing the way we work.

Virtual meetings are not just on a computer screen, you are surrounding yourself, selecting your background and joining meeting-room tables for an overall experience. How long will it be before we have our corporate offices in our homes. The milling industry is evolving also. We have to be open minded.

How did you come to be in the milling industry in the first place?

My father worked for Cadge and Coleman, which was part of Whitworth Holdings. He was a flour miller himself but sold flour After the Second World War he worked in the screen room and on the roller floor as an assistant mill manager.

When we had the first wave of Asian sub-continent people arriving, they wanted Chapati flour and my father went out and found what these customer wanted, which was alien to the UK market, and then he set up the mill to produce and it and then he sold it. That was in the early to mid-1960s.

Did that have a big impact what you wanted to do?

It was natural for me. I got taken to the mill to do something useful. I started in the mill at 14 packing hessian flour sacks and cleaning and all the jobs no one else wanted to do, including elevator boots below the water level.

I did that until I left school at 16-17 and went to Allied Mills at Uxbridge as a flour packer but ended up covering shifts and becoming a second miller and running the intake, the lab and anything else. Then on my 18th birthday Allied asked if I wanted to Canada. I immigrated and became a permanent resident of Canada and went to work for Sooline Mills in Winnipeg, which was one of the Western Mills as a miller shift worker! I had already got my City and Guilds first and second years before I’d even left school. At 16 I was doing City and Guilds and not working towards A levels.

Then I ended up in Papua New Guinea. A long story but I’d come back from Canada to the UK for the winter and went to work at Pledges Flour Mill Ashford in Kent, which was a milling business that had asked the institute for any spare millers and I was free so I went to run the mill.

It was only a two-tonne an hour mill and I was walking down Ashford Hight Street one afternoon, I saw in an job agency window an advert for a flour miller wanted in Papua New Guinea. Next minute I’m on the phone to GillespieGoodman-Wattie who had asked nabim millers for a mill in Lae as parts of the Australian-backed Commonwealth aid package to P&G to make sure there was food for the population. The mill had just been commissioned. It was a Robinson mill and I went there as a mill supervisor to run and train millers and ended up running a feedmill and a dock and all sorts of things that went with it as well.

We produced flour for Navy biscuits, which were shipped up into the Highlands and the by product went into our feed mill to produce chicken feed. That was between 1982-85.

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And other places you worked in?

In 1987 china to commission Henry Simons first mill in rural china 80 miles up river from Wuhan at Wangshie and one of the first mills in China.

From there to Kirkcaldy in Scotland to work at Robert Hutchison remodelling that mill and running the operations before it was bought up by Meneba. I also did a lot of work in Russia with Perestroika with the Knowhow Fund and the CIS to keep the mills in St Petersburg and north of there in terms of wheat supply.

Then ended up coming down to Whitworth Brothers in 2000.

We started building mills and investing and this is where we are today..

Did you settle down in 2000? You’re back in the UK

No it was after China. That absolutely knocked the travel bug out of me. I wanted to go there and see China and spent six months in the mid 80s in New Zealand with a visit to Northern Roller Mills while on holiday.

What are the points that stand out in your mind as being key to the development of milling?

Thinking out of the box and challenging the status quo.

Taking the best ideas and best practice and reinventing them and not forgetting them. An practical example, is putting cables on the outside of a mill. You can keep the snakes and mice out if you build a concrete frame for the cables to go through but fill with gravel. Nothing can get through that. No using flashing or mastic. It’s the best pest control and hygiene junction.

It’s all about the way you can apply these techniques in different places to get the best out of the packages you’re offering. It’s about innovation, challenging technology.

A classic is machines sweating in mills. You get mould build up.behind the feed gates and then you need a miller to be checking the feed gates. If you stop the mould build up you don’t have to check the feed gates. It’s cause and effect - get rid of problems at source rather than try to manage them.

A classic example is you’ve got a window in a mill building, the mill gets hot and all you do is open the window. What you’re really doing is blowing cold air onto a bit of kit that is going to sweat and then end up with mould and rust issues.

You have to bring the air in from somewhere else.

Another example from Canada is if you wanted pest control in an old wooden mill you just opened the windows and switch the machines off over a weekend. You had to heat the motors and sifters up with paraffin burners to warm the grease but its best way to kill moth eggs – by dropping the temperature below 10 degrees which will kill them.

Is it taking an idea from one place and adopting at another, where it might provide a different dimension?

That’s precisely it and that’s what the business has done. And that is what we have done with the latest mill we are building with Buhler and the Mill E3 technology which is going up at Whitney Bridge South. It’s an exciting mill build and William my son is the project engineer who is putting it together with Mike Peters our MD who has overall responsibility.

Is this new build the best yet, and what is the standout feature as far as you are concerned based on your global experience of milling?

What is in this mill has not been done before. The amount of AI in it is phenomenal and a complete step change in milling technology. The machines had to be adapted so that they could talk to each other.

This is the new methodology. It provides a road. It’s a bit like a satnav in a car. You get in and it gives you a route. Where it gets cleaver is that if the road is blocked it will provide an alternative and possibly more than one but in addition telling you how much fuel you’ll need plus how much time it will take and what you will pass on the way.

It’s the next layer of intelligence, not just the way its run but on what’s going in background and linking everything together. It then it starts telling you which options to take giving you the reasons why.

The more data you collect the more intelligent you can be. This is what’s going on in other industries whereas in the milling industry a roller mill is a roller mill. We have to put the information we have in driverless cars onto milling machinery.

people. More developed country have more choice if that makes sense.

What are the challenges these countries face?

The biggest challenge in many of these countries is water and power. Without a national grid they have to put in regional gas-fired power generators. At the dock they have well-invested engines built by Rolls Royce. They need that to discharge ships and to power the mills so they can send flour out to the population.

Do you think the milling industry is up to the challenge of providing food for a growing world population - 9.5 billion by 2050?

Oh yes. Absolutely. It’s whether or not the raw materials supply can keep up and whether or not it will be the same raw materials. Will it be more wheat and less rice as has happening in China, which experienced limited rice production because of a lack of water. Rice is harder to grow and you can feed more people with wheat in the form of steam buns and noodles.

This is the way the world is changing,. How it will evolve from what we are using today. It’s a different world. We won’t be able to keep up individually, but the younger generation is more demanding.

And it’s not all about raw material supply. Location and size are important as well and being in the right location for the consumer. This is the same everywhere - it’s a balance between your raw materials, where your customers are and an energy supply.

You’ve seen the wider world got a whole raft of experiences. how do you see transitional countries catching up?

What is the way forward for the industry? Is it becoming a more global, more joined up and interconnected global industry?

Yes, in developing countries the milling industry provides basic food which is a top agenda item for most political bodies because they have to feed their population and therefore you’ll find the milling industry is quite well invested.

Africa is pretty well invested in milling probably more so than parts of the UK because its so critical to population growth.

If you look at Indonesia milling operations are very efficient because they have a big population to supply.

They are replacing mills in China continually and they are not that old. They are on it because they have to feed a lot of

I think so. Knowhow has changed dramatically over the years and it’s now in fewer and fewer hands. But Covid-19 has thrown a spanner in the works of globalisation. If you look back two years to where we thought we were heading it would be resulting in fewer and fewer producers globally.

I now don’t think we are going to get to the same level of travel and setting things up that we had and it’s going to be harder to move between regions in terms of business models and businesses. That window we had in the 1980s onward might be harder to access post Covid-19. That’s just a thought.

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PEOPLE THE INDUSTRY FACES Matt Henry Named Kemin’s Regional Sales Director

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emin Industries has named Matt Henry as the business unit’s Regional Sales Director for Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, Indonesia and Korea. Mr Henry previously served as Country President - Australia and New Zealand for Kemin Animal Nutrition and Health – Asia Pacific. He has served in his prior position for the past 10 years, overseeing Kemin’s animal nutrition and health business in Australia and New Zealand.

Before joining Kemin, Mr Henry served as General Manager of Merchandise for GrainCorp.

He will relocate from his native Australia to Singapore, where Kemin Animal Nutrition and Health – Asia Pacific is headquartered.

“I am looking forward to taking on this new role at Kemin and expanding my focus to new areas,” said Mr Henry. “I have thoroughly enjoyed building and growing Kemin’s business in Australia and New Zealand over the past 10 years, and I am excited to translate our successes there to other countries in which we operate.”

Current AB Agri Director of Feed Safety Elected Chair of AIC

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ngela Booth has been elected Chair of the Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC), the UK trade association representing the agricultural supply chain, including arable marketing, crop protection and agronomy, feed, fertiliser and seed. Ms Booth brings many years of broad experience in the industry, including eight years as Chair of the AIC Feed Executive Committee, Chair of the FEFAC Feed Safety Committee and a member of ACAF. She is currently Director of Feed Safety for AB Agri.

“I’m delighted to be elected to the position of Chair of the AIC Board, an organisation which continues to act as the leading voice for the UK agri-supply industry,” said Ms Booth.

“We are facing unprecedented change in our industry, making AIC’s role as the leading voice for agri-supply trade members more vital than ever.”

Kemin Announce Dr Lim as New Head of Innovation and Application Excellence in Asia

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emin Industries, a global ingredient manufacturer that strives to sustainably transform the quality of life every day with its products and services, has named Keith Lim, PhD, as its Head of Innovation and Application Excellence at Kemin Food Technologies, Asia.

Dr Lim has over 15 years of experience in food ingredient application and has actively led product development projects. Prior to joining Kemin, Dr Lim spent three years working with Sensient Technologies as Technical Director for the Asia Pacific region.

“It is our pleasure to welcome Keith to the Kemin family,” said Michelle Lim, President of Kemin Food Technologies, Asia. “Keith’s breadth of knowledge in food additives and ingredient application and his extensive experience will be a great asset to us as we continue to strengthen our technical capabilities and advance the development of shelf-life and food safety solutions, to address current and future market needs.

Hamlet Protein Appoint Poultry Nutrition Specialist

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amlet Protein, a multinational company dedicated to vegetable protein specialty ingredients for young animals, has announced the hiring of poultry nutritionist Kyle Brown. From its US headquarters in Findlay, Ohio, the company is targeting growth in the poultry segment in North and Central America.

COVID-19 restrictions have affected the poultry industry across the world in H1-2020.

Supply reduction followed from lower placements and parent stock reductions. The impact of COVID-19 on economies will drive the market for the remainder of the year. In a more volatile and price driven market poultry might benefit, being the cheapest meat protein with a short and flexible production cycle.

Erik Visser, Hamlet Protein CEO, commented, “Hamlet Protein has a strong track record in piglet and calf nutrition. We have a clear ambition to grow in poultry as well. That is why we invest in people and research, specifically in the US.” Mr Brown received his BS in Poultry Science, a Minor in Agricultural Economics and is currently completing his PhD in Poultry Science at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. He has done extensive research on the usage of non-starch polysaccharide degrading enzymes and evaluating different mineral sources effect on availability and broiler performance. His dissertation research is evaluating the efficacy of exogenous enzymes in corn-soybean meal diets with varying nutrient profiles.

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