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05 Pineapple fruit residue silage as fodder source for livestock

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The Pelleting Process INTERVIEW

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20 Success story of IB Group EVENT COVERAGE

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26 Business opportunities, latest technologies

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Pineapple fruit residue silage as fodder source for livestock

Pineapple is a commercial horticultural crop grown in some parts of India, East Asia and Africa. The fruit is processed for juice, jam and canned products for human consumption. Out of the whole fruit, only about 30% is edible and remaining 70% (crown, peels, pulp) is non-edible for human consumption. In India this crop is grown in about 90 000 hectares of land and 30–35% is processed in industries and more than 1.3 million ton of this non-edible residue is available annually and is being wasted. The pineapple fruit residue (PFR) contains high moisture (65–70%) and total sugar (>50%) making it susceptible for fungal growth and spoilage within 2 days.

plastic drums/bags of 50 kg capacity at a moisture content of about 65% with 4:1 ratio (w/w) of pineapple leafy crown and fruit peels, and kept under airtight condition. In a period of 20 days, good quality silage was prepared with average pH and lactic acid content.

Nutritive value of the PFR silage on dry matter basis (total sugars 52.0%, crude protein 7.50%, neutral detergent fibre 56.04%, acid detergent fibre 19.76%, total digestible nutrients 72%, calcium 0.61%, and phosphorus 0.30%) was better than the conventional maize green fodder. Evaluation and validation was done through feeding studies in sheep and dairy cows using PFR silage as fodder source. The ration was balanced for major nutrients with PFR silage and concentrate mixture, and fed as total mixed ration (TMR).

Feeding of PFR silage based TMR to sheep for 75 days did not show any adverse effects and supported a daily growth rate of 140 g, and the overall performance was similar to maize green fodder silage based TMR fed group of sheep (Control). Study in dairy cows fed PFR silage based TMR replacing conventional hybrid Napier green fodder for 90 days showed an improvement of daily milk yield by about 20% and fat content by 0.6 units. No evidence of metabolic or health related disorders were noticed indicating that PFR silage was effectively utilized by the livestock.

Now the dairy farmers in India have started obtaining the fruit residue from the nearby factories and make silage for feeding to dairy animals. Its feeding has been A study was undertaken at National found very economical. Currently, the cost of PFR silage Institute of Animal Nutrition and is half the price of conventional green fodder. This Physiology (NIANP), Bangalore to technology has a potential for adoption in Kerala, improve the keeping quality of PFR North-eastern parts of India and parts of East Asia and through silage technology. The PFR was Africa where pineapple fruit is cultivated and processed.

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The NIANP (ICAR), Bangalore has developed a silage technology to preserve pineapple fruit residue and use it as fodder for livestock. Feeding of this silage along with other feed ingredients in dairy cattle has shown improved milk production and milk quality. By this technology the pineapple fruit residue which is wasted in processing factories can be utilized as a valuable fodder resource.

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Feed wheat imports increase in Vietnam Feed wheat imports in Vietnam has increased significantly in market year 2015-16 due to its price competitiveness when compared to imported corn prices, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Services (FAS) said in a recent report.

Vietnam does not produce wheat, and must import it annually for milling and feeding purposes. Unlike milling wheat that has maintained an almost stable import volume. The marketing year 2015-16 total wheat consumption is estimated at 2.475 million tonnes, about 325,000 tonnes more compared to market year 2014-15 due mainly to the increase use of feed wheat in the market. The USDA attributes the increase in feed wheat consumption to the growth of the feed industry, specifically the aquaculture feed industry. Feed wheat can be an alternative feed source mainly in place of corn, the USDA said.

The report estimates Vietnam's wheat

imports volume in the market year 2015-16 at 2.93 million tonnes. Forecast for market year 2016-17 import volume remained at 2.7 million tonnes.

Australian milling wheat is expected to continue its dominance in the wheat import market in Vietnam, according to the FAS. However, its market share is declining. In volume, Australian wheat was down from 1.3 million tonnes in market year 2014-15 to 1.26 million tonnes in market year 2015-16.

According to the FAS, imports of corn into Vietnam are up sharply from 4.9 million tonnes in the market year 201415 to 7.9 million tonnes in the market year 2015-16 due to its attractive prices.

Imported corn is mainly used in the animal feed industry. Imported volume depends largely on the livestock and aquaculture industries, the USDA said.

Corn (including local production and imported corn), imported feed wheat, rice/rice bran (local production), cassava (local production) are energy

sources for feed production and can alternatively replace each other based on the market price and availability.

Vietnam's marketing year 2016-17 corn import forecast remains at 6 million tonnes. The year-over–year decline in imports is attributed to tight exportable supplies in Brazil in market year 201617, and expected decline in border trade, the USDA said.

In terms of demand, compared to market year 2014-15, the increase of energy use for feed in market year 2015-16 is expected around 500,000 tonnes, satisfying the expected 3% increase of the industry 2016.

According to the FAS. Feed wheat from Argentina and Brazil (in late market year 2015-16) and eastern E.U. countries (in the early market year 2016-17) will continue to be an important energy source in the Vietnam feed market.

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China's contention that US exporters of distiller's dried grains are selling the animal feed product at unfairly low prices could have a chilling effect on export volumes and freight rates in the westbound trans-Pacific trade.

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Therefore, the announcement in late September that China's Ministry of Commerce issued a preliminary determination claiming DDGs are being dumped there, causing injury to China's DDG industry, comes at a bad time for exporters and liners alike. The ruling could adversely affect US exports just as the peakshipping season in the westbound Pacific is beginning.

Exports of all kinds have been lackluster the past year because of the strong dollar, which makes US products and commodities more costly overseas, and also because of weak economic conditions in China and Europe.

DDGs, a byproduct of ethanol production, are a high-protein feed product for livestock and poultry.

Shipping lines in the westbound Pacific value the commodity because it is a high-volume export in trade lanes where containerized imports exceed exports by at least a two-toone ratio.

The provisional anti-subsidy duties range from 10% to 10.7% and will be implemented from Sept. 30, China's Ministry of Commerce said in a statement. Imports from suppliers including Poet LLC, Big River Resources LLC and Marquis Energy LLC will incur duties between 10% and 10.5%, the ministry said.

DDG exports to all markets have increased exponentially over the past decade, from 1 million metric tons in 2006 to 12 million tons last year, according to IHS Markit Economist Mario Moreno. However, DDG exports have been falling year to date, subtracting 17.3 percent from total US export growth, he added.

A preliminary decision from authorities was that imports of subsidized U.S. DDGs has hurt China's domestic industry, according to the ministry. Chinese buyers will have to pay deposits on the after-tax imported price to customs. China imported a record 6.8 million metric tons of DDGs in 2015, worth about $2 billion, according to official customs data. The nation is the world's biggest buyer and almost all of its imports come from the United States.

China will impose an anti-subsidy duty on imports of distillers' dried grains (DDGs) with or without solubles from the U.S., adding to antidumping duties of 33.8 percent introduced recently.

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Troubleshooting The Pelleting Process John D. Payne, Borregaard Ligno Tech Introduction

Development of Pellet Quality

The benefits of producing good quality pellets are well documented and accepted. This article will deal specifically with production matters and pelleting technique for supplying consistently good quality pellets.

For better quality pellets, engineering process technology suggests to apply greater amounts of electrical energy per ton of pelleted feed, more so for ruminant and pig than for poultry. Fundamental Requirements for good pellet quality and production rate are adequate grinding and conditioning.

The "Troubleshooting" strategy is to investigate the major factors which influence pellet quality and production efficiency, i.e. feed formulation, specific power consumption (pellet press) and conditioning, which results in better pellet quality, production rate and profitability.

The first two stages that are recommended to investigate troubleshooting either Pellet Quality or Production Rate problems are: a good feed formulation and Sufficient Specific Energy (kWh/ton) used by the pellet press motor:

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A pellet quality problem occurs when pellet durability falls below your level of acceptability while a production rate problem occurs when it falls below your level of acceptability relative to pellet quality and design capacity. Level of acceptability varies from country to country depending on a number of factors such as technical production ability, feed raw materials and market pressures. However, better pellet quality or better overall efficiency is widely accepted, particularly by integrated feed producers.

Stage 1 Determination Of The Formulation’s "Feed Pellet Quality Factor" (FPQF) If FPQF is higher than level of acceptability, then the problem is in the feedmill. If it is lower, then discuss it with the nutritionist or feed formulator.

Determination of FPQF can be used: A. as a formulating tool to predict pellet quality B. as a production tool to maximize production rate A. Feed raw materials and their influence on physical pellet quality needs to be understood. Knowing that some raw materials pellet well while others are very difficult. Each raw material should be given a Pellet Quality Factor; 0 for bad, 10 for good.

Pelleting each raw material as a straight and ascribing a value to it in order to calculate the pelletability of a mixture, does not always work out correctly. There is a synergy between raw materials which we is not yet fully understood.

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The values listed for various raw materials are given in the table on page 40 of "The Pelleting Handbook" , published by Borregaard Ligno Tech. Clearly, if a feed formulation can be identified as potentially difficult before it gets into production, then a great deal of time and money can be saved. However, it should be stressed that the results from calculations should only be used as guidelines.

Table 1. Dairy Feed %

PQF

FPQF

Gluton

13

3.00

0.39

Citrus

22.5

7.00

1.57

distillers

6

3.50

0.21

Barley

20

5.00

1.00

Palm Kemal

10

6.00

0.60

oo-Rape

6

6.00

0.36

Minerals

2.5

2.00

0.05

Wheat

20

8.00

1.60

Talow

-40.00

Beet Pupl

7.00

Table 2. Duck Feed Maize Meal

%

PQF

FPQF

16

5.00

0.80

Rice Broken

35

5.00

1.75

Soya

30

4.00

1.20

Oil

0.5

-40.00 -0.20

Fish Meal

3.5

4.00

Mns + Vits

10

Rice Bran Wheat

0.20

2.00

0.07

2.00

0.20

8.00 Total FPQF

Table 2. Tilapia Feed %

PQF

Feather Meal

3

4.00

Fish Meal

2

4.00

Distillers Grain

1.9

3.00

Oil 1.15 -40.00

0.06

Minerals

2.51

2.00

Rape Meal

5

6.00

Wheat Pollard

15

5.00

Wheat 27

8.00

2.16

Soya

4.00

1.02

25.6

Sunflower Meal 16.84

6.00

Total FPQF

4.02

When using a conventional pelleting line with no expander, if the result is below 5, there could be a pellet quality problem, if it is below 4.7, then the probability of a problem is very high. The tolerance between 4.7 and 5 takes into account the effectiveness and pelleting technique of the feed mill, some mills need to be "5" or over to make good pellets, while others could tolerate a lower level. It is suggested, therefore, that producers of pelleted feeds set their own FPQF level based on nutritional production circumstances and raw materials in relation to the level of pellet quality acceptability.

When using an Expander, lower FPQF can be tolerated.

B. Calculating FPQF also provides a means of deciding production strategy. If FPQF is 5 or over, it generally indicates that the formulation will be easy to condition, therefore more steam can be added. It also indicates that Pellet Quality should be good, therefore, production rate can be maximized.

Stage 2

Determination Of Specific Energy (kWh/T Pellet Press Motor) FPQF If good quality pellets are to be produced, then the 0.12 pellet press has to impart a given quantity of energy.

0.08 Studies suggest higher pellet quality requires greater 1.20 energy input. To produce poultry, pig and ruminant pellets of acceptable durability at an acceptable production rate, then at least 10, 12/15 and 20/25 0.13 0.30 kWh/T, respectively must be used by the pellet press 0.75 motor. For fin fish and shrimp feed, around 12 kWh/T is required.

1.00 6.82

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Tables 1, 2 and 3 show the FPQF calculation of a ruminant, duck and Tilapia feed formulation, respectively. The process of calculating the Feed Pellet Quality Factor (FPQF) for any given formulation is straightforward. List the raw materials used in the formulation with their respective % inclusion and Pellet Quality Factor (taken from The Pelleting Handbook or your own modified version). Then, multiply the PQF by the % inclusion of the raw material e.g., Wheat meal: PQF 8: Inclusion 30%. Therefore, its contribution to the overall FPQF = 8 x 30% = 2.4. Add all the FPQF’s together and their total represents the Feed Pellet Quality Factor for that particular feed formulation.

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question. But first check the die to ensure that the holes are not blocked or rolled over. If the kWh/T value is found to be lower than that required, it suggests that the die is not working hard enough. Possibly, it is worn out or simply that its compression length is insufficient. If the value is equal to, or higher than that required, then the fault must lay somewhere else in the plant, such as grinding or conditioning.

Specific Energy Consumption (kWh/T) = kW / T/h Conclusion A "Troubleshooting" route in block form provides a summary to help direct you to a speedy solution of pellet quality/production problems you may encounter.

Measuring/monitoring the performance of your plant will enable you to manage it effectively and provide a means of speedily troubleshooting production or pellet quality problems.

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To determine kWh/T (units of electrical energy used by the pellet press motor to produce one tone of pellets) the production rate in ton/hour must be known as well as voltage and the average amperage used by the pellet press. To calculate production rate, determine the amount of time it takes to produce a given quantity of feed and calculate tons/hour. Then apply the following formula to calculate power (kW) being taken by the pellet press motor. kW = Average pellet press motor amperage x Voltage x 1.73 x Power Factor / 1000 Assume a Power factor of 0.93 unless known.

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Above Level

Below Level

1. Check Fat addition 2. Worn out die ?

3. Die too thin

Determine kWh/T Pellet press motor

Above Level

Northing wrong Investigate: Grinding & Conditioning

Analyse Feed

Out of Spec ?

Investigate raw materials, intake & storage

Grinding Check meal spectrum of particle size

Conditioning : Check steam plant, paddles, %fill, ploughs, Holes in die for roll over, Roller setting, fines return

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MARKET PROJECTION

Corn harvest report against 2nd week of September. Argentine corn was indicated at $171/MT and Brazil at $189/MT, while Black se corn was indicated at $164-169/Mt for the period Oct-Dec. Indian corn prices on SPOT were high and a fullfledged harvest is yet to start. Though small arrivals have started in some markets. Expecting a crop of 16-17 MMT, Indian corn prices will need to be at $165/Mt (FOB) (Rs.11055/MT) if any exports have to happen. Nizamabad corn was prices at INR 18210/MT up 0.52%; Davangere at INR 18200/MT; Karimnagar at INR 18735/MT and Sangli at INR 19200/MT up 1.02% and Gulabbagh at INR 15578/MT up 0.83%. Poultry prices are improving, but still lower than cost of production.

As the US corn prices are down, DDGS prices too have been down and DDGS remains a cheapest protein source in comparison to other protein sources, DDGS with 27% protein is price at $6.59 per unit protein, while SBM at $372/MT with 48% protein is priced at $7.75 per unit protein. DDGS offers and additional advantage of 6-7% oil to provide energy in the rations.

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US corn harvest has started, though slow. The WASDE report in first week of September put the corn production in the world at 1028 MMT, which is likely to keep the prices under pressure. But at the same time there few changes in domestic consumption were made as low priced wheat would give completion to corn. The global corn ending stocks though were unchanged at 219.4 MMT which suggests ample corn. US ending corn stocks are estimated at 60.55 MMT. Prices in the US were down this week, Sept down 2.30% to $126.84/MT; Dec down 1.18% to $132.67/MT; Mar down 1.20% to $136.39/MT and May down 1.17% to $139.52/MT. This is also reflected in US FOB prices where were down by at least $5/Mt against 2nd week of September to $161166/MT for deliveries in Oct-Dec period (FOB US Gulf). Indicative price FOB PNW was $181/M, down $4/Mt

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Production estimates for feed ingredients in India

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India is the 3rd largest egg producer after China and USA. It is also the 4th largest chicken producer after China, Brazil and USA. As per FAO Stats, in India, the per capita yearly consumption of eggs has risen from 28 in 2000 to 62 in 2015. The current per capita consumption of poultry meat is estimated at 3.1 kg per year (as per USDA data). Presently with approx. 1.3 billion people, population of India is growing significantly every year.

Various studies validate that the production of eggs and poultry products is getting organized year after year and even moving ahead of consumption which has optimized prices to a great extent. Interestingly, eggs and chicken has come a long way from being considered as agriculture

produce few years back to present status as a day-today food items.

Eggs and chicken are available at the quite reasonable prices and accepted by most of the Indian communities.

Production of eggs has gone up to 70-71 billion today, from only few millions produced approximately 25 years back. In the same period the broiler production has touched nearly 4 million tonnes. This significant growth in the market size of eggs and broiler offers ample business opportunities in India. It also demands government support and favorable policies to support improve production of poultry/animal feed ingredients, especially maize, wheat and oilseed meals like soy meal and canola meal.

In animal agriculture, poultry is the most organized sector with a market size worth INR one lakh crores. The Middle-East Arabian countries still import large quantities of chicken. India must make most of this opportunity to export poultry products to these countries.

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Table 1: Growth of the poultry industry from 1990-2015

With respect to the production scenario Parameter of feed ingredients, the USDA estimates Layer birds (crore) Indian oilmeal production in MY Layer feed price (Rs) 2016/17 is expected to recover to a Egg price (Rs) more than normal level of 15.4 MMT, Eggs per head/ year assuming normal market condition and Eggs per hen ideal weather. Similarly corn production Average layer farm size for MY 2015/16 remains unchanged at Separate brooding 21 MMT based on the reports of good Feed automation harvest of Rabi corn in the eastern Small eggs discount states. Based on the recent Ministry of Eggs cleaning & packing Agriculture's third advance estimate, Table 2: Growth in broiler industry MY 2014/15 sorghum and millet (largely Kharif crops) production Parameters estimate has been revised lower on Broiler parents housed (cr) revised lower acreage and yields.

Broilers/month (crore) Sorghum production is estimated at 5.5 Broiler feed price (Rs/kg) million tonnes, versus 4.6 million Chicken per head (kg) Broiler price/kg live (Rs) tonnes in 2014-15.

Broiler integration With the forecast of a normal monsoon Broiler FCR and consequent sufficient domestic rice Days to slaughter (2 kg) production, government is unlikely to impose any export restrictions, and at the current pace of monthly exports, CY 2016 exports are likely to reach 9.0 MMT. MY 2016/17 rice production estimate is raised marginally 105 MMT compared to last year 103.5 in 2015-16, on higher planted area as reported in government's third advance estimate.

The USDA estimates a wheat production of 88 MMT despite higher planted area reported by the government. In context to the poultry input situation in the country, poultry feed requirement has reached 31-32 million metric tonne (MMT) per year.

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1990

2015

10 12

24 22

1.5

2.90

20

68

260

310

20000

200000

10% 10%

80% 80%

Nil

Discounted

No

Imp

1990 0.7 5 20 0.4 25 0% 2.2 48

2015 3.5 25 30 2.5 65 60% 1.65 38

90% 1% Nil

10% 7% 50%

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or soymeal. The poultry industry currently gets soybean at a higher cost because of various factors like exports, Minimum Support Price (MSP) to farmers on seed and hoarding activity. Soya imports without import duty will be a positive step in moderating the feed cost i.e. approx. 70% production cost in poultry & cattle sector.

Under current situation, the import bill of the country seems to be reducing by coming year, resulting in feed manufacturing cost optimization.

The grain requirement is 65%, or 20 MMT, and India alone produces 24 MMT of maize annually. Based on availability, the industry has drifted from only maize to rice polish, and other grains and is looking at import of grains. The large feed mills of India are already focusing on global markets due to fluctuating prices, market accessibility & commercialization of feed production.

Production of soybean has been growing steadily in Central India and experts predict with a production of above 11 million metric tonnes of soybean seed per year, the livestock industry can get its estimated requirement of 7MMT of de-oiled soya

Table 3: Sowing figures of the feed ingredients (till July 29)

Lakh hectares

Crop

Area sown in 2016-17

Area sown in 2015-16

Rice

231.92

225.68

Coarse Cereals

150.76

144.84

Oilseeds

159.78

147.98

Total

542.46

518.5

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Wheat-Output expects to be increased in South Africa

South Africa will probably raise the estimate for wheat production this season by 1.2 percent as recent rainfalls improve yields and crop conditions, a survey showed. The country, which is the continent's biggest corn producer, may maintain its forecast for the grain.

million tons.

The country will probably maintain corn-output estimate at 7.3 million While South Africa is the sub-Saharan tons, a survey showed. The range was region's biggest producer of wheat 7.29 million tons and 8.5 million tons. after Ethiopia, it's still a net importer of the grain, according to U.S. Department This harvest would be 27 percent lower than in 2015. of Agriculture data. Rains in the Western Cape, the largest growing The country may need to import 3.8 Local growers will probably produce 1.7 province, are easing the driest million tons of corn this year, 1.1 million million metric tons of wheat this conditions since records started in tons of which will be of the white type season, a Bloomberg survey showed.

1904. that's used to make a staple food, That's more than the Crop Estimates Wheat futures have declined 20 percent according to Grain SA, the largest lobby Committee's August prediction of 1.68 for grain and oilseed farmers. The since reaching a record on May 30 on million tons, and would be 18 percent nation this year became a net importer the South African Futures Exchange in more than the 2015 season's harvest. of the grain for the first time since Johannesburg.

The range was 1.66 million tons to 1.75 2008.

Corn Estimate

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Indian shrimp feed manufacturer, farmer and processor The Waterbase has been awarded an honor for feed innovation by strategy consultants Frost & Sullivan.

promises to be a massive technology contributor to the aquaculture industry in India," said Shruti Jadhav, manager with Frost & Sullivan.

Frost & Sullivan's 'shrimp feed new product innovation leadership awards' identify companies that have demonstrated excellence in new, innovative products or product lines within their industry, said Waterbase.

"Its advanced pelleting technology equipment coupled with its implementation of stringent quality assurance protocols to ensure that feed quality is maintained to the assured specifications renders an unrivalled competitive edge to the company.�

“Given its strategic intent to consistently focus on improved enduser experience and enjoy strong consumer acceptance, The Waterbase

"Our enterprise business growth trajectory is well ahead of industry standards and we're very grateful for this recognition," said Ramakanth V

Akula, CEO, with The Waterbase.

"We strongly believe in being in sync with our customers and offering services which meet their needs and demands. This win clearly shows our strong passion towards aquaculture advancements.� The Indian firm plans to double its dealer and farmer networks by 100% over the next two to three years, it said. The company is also in the process of setting up a vannamei hatchery, has market presence in the coastal states, and is currently focused on geographical expansion.

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Does additional protein in cattle diets bring more profit??

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Protein forms the costly and critical component of the ration in cattle feeding.Considering this fact dairy farmers usually expect more returns from feeding additional protein in the cattle diets. But the question here is that is this additional protein used by the animal or is it excreted in the feaces.

Providing the dairy cows with essential amino acids are more important than satisfying the crude protein requirement. Crude protein is calculated after measuring the nitrogen content of a food, because amino acids are the building blocks used to make protein and it contains nitrogen.

Looking at the total nitrogen content of the feed gives some insight about its protein content. As all of the nitrogen in the feed is not found in protein form. True protein is the actual protein after removing the nonprotein nitrogen content in the feed and protein.

The efficiency of dairy cows to utilize nitrogen is low and most of the nitrogen is either excreted in urine or feces. In order to reduce the nitrogen excretion, scientists are balancing rations for improving the amount of metabolizable protein and also supplying adequate amount of amino acids that play a major role in milk synthesis. Noftsger and St. Pierre (2003), showed a 35% improvement in nitrogen efficiency, when a ration was balanced for methionine and lysine in metabolizable protein content.

Role of essential amino acids in animal When essential amino acids are supplemented in such a way that they can be made available at the intestinal

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level, then it helps in the utilization of other amino acids present in feed, for the formation of required proteins by the animals. This clearly suggests that essential amino acids are needed for the effective utilization of other amino acids.

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Milk protein production by the cow is limited by the particular amino acid that is in shortest supply in relation to the cow's requirement for forming amino acid chains. Amino acid requirements can be expressed using either the factorial method or the ideal protein method.So, by balancing the metabolizable protein and supplying the essential amino acids at intestinal level of the cattle, the cost of production as well as loss of nitrogen from feces and urine can be avoided. As a matter of fact, more nitrogen is produced by the inclusion of more amount of crude protein and thus there is an inadequate availability of energy in the rumen which will increase the ruminal ammonia concentration. Unused ruminal ammonia enters into the portal blood system through the rumen wall and is transported to the liver, where it is detoxified by converting to urea. In addition to this, the ammonia which is derived from amino acids from post ruminal digestion is converted to urea in liver. Urea then circulates in the blood through kidneys and excreted in urine or it can enter into saliva through rumen and also into milk in case of lactating animals.

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Milk or blood urea nitrogen is an indicator of diet adequacy and nitrogen utilization efficiency in lactating dairy cattle. As a management tool for dairy farmers i.e. monitoring of MUN(Milk Urea Nitrogen), dairy farmers can adjust dietary protein level to better match protein requirement of their cows and potentially increase profitability by reducing feed cost.

High dietary protein (nitrogen) intake resulting in BUN or MUN of greater than 19 to 20 mg/dL has been associated with an altered uterine environment and decreased fertility in lactating dairy cows and heifers (Elrod and Butler, 1993; Elrod et al., 1993; Ferguson et al., 1993; Butler et al., 1996). However, high protein intake and high BUN cannot always be associated with reduced reproductive efficiency (Carroll et al., 1988) and is therefore not a unique symptom. Apart from this, there is an energy cost associated with the conversion of excess ammonia to urea by the liver, which otherwise can be used for other productive purposes by the animal.

Role of limiting amino acids in true protein formation Essential AA (EAA) refers to those AA that cannot be synthesized in animal tissues, or at least not at rates sufficient to meet requirements for protein synthesis. Therefore, they must be absorbed.

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Methionine is considered as the first limiting amino acid in cattle diets. The metabolic requirement of methionine is high in dairy cows, in part because of its role as a methyl donor in transmethylation reactions in the

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synthesis of milk fat.On the other hand Lysine is considered to be the second limiting amino acid in cattle diets and has an essential role in milk synthesis in cattle.

The addition of rumen protected essential amino acids in the lactating animal diet can help to replace costly sources of protein with cheaper ones.

It has been a myth that the addition of rumen protected amino acids in the diet is expensive. If a dairy nutritionist can cautiously balance the ratio of the essential amino acids and the total amount of metabolizable protein in the diet, then the cost incurred on the feed can be optimized.

Many nutritionists suggest the optimum ratio of lysine and methionine to be 3:1.These ratios are in relation to the amount of metabolizable protein.

The Lysine requirement can be predicted for Lactating animals according to NRC is RUPLys = ď …f (DMIf X Cpf X RUPf X Lysf X 0.01) where: RUPLys = amount of Lys supplied by total diet RUP, g DMIf = intake of DM of each feedstuff contributingRUP, kg CPf =crude protein content of each feedstuff contributing RUP, g/100 g DM RUPf =ruminallyundegraded protein content of each feedstuff contributing RUP, g/100 gCP Lysf = lysine content of each feedstuff contributing RUP, g/100 g CP Equation to calculate Digestible Lysine in Lactating Animals. dRUPLys = ď …f (DMIf X Cpf X RUPf X RUPdigestibilityf X Lysf X 0.001) where: dRUPLys =amount of digestible Lys supplied by total diet RUP, g DMIf =intake of DM of each feedstuff contributing RUP, kg

Requirements of Lysine and Methionine for Dry animals and Lactating Animals Total Intestinal Amino Acid Milk Production (Lt/d)

Dry Animal

5-10 L

10-15 L

15-20 L

20-25 L

25-30 L

30-35 L

Average (g/d)

Intestinal Lysine (g/d)

44.9

61.5

78

120

162

204

246

155.2

Intestinal Methionine (g/d)

13.9

21.5

29

42.5

56

69.5

83

50.1

Dry Animal

5-10 L

10-15 L

15-20 L

20-25 L

25-30 L

30-35 L

Average (g/d)

17.96

24.6

31.2

48

64.8

81.6

98.4

62.08

5.56

8.6

11.6

17

22.4

27.8

33.2

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If economics of the farm is prohibitive, thenreducing the grams of metabolizable Lys to

RUP, g/100 g DM

meet a lower ratio of Lysine to Methionine rather

RUPf =ruminallyundegraded protein content of each

than increasing the level of metabolizable

Following points should be considered to balance these amino acids in the diet: 

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one must know the exact requirement of metabolizable protein for an animal based on its body weight and milk production lysine and methionine concentrations in the diet must be balanced based on the amount of metabolizable protein needed by the animal. The general thumb rule would be that lysine is 7.2% metabolizable protein and methionine is 2.2% of the metabolizable protein

decreased milk yield and milk protein yield Encapsulating Lysine or Methionine is not an easy task as it has an irregular shape which makes it difficult to apply a coating around and it is very hygroscopic in nature which makes it more difficult to handle. These challenges make it difficult to develop an efficacious product that can maintain the balance between having a high rumen bypass and high intestinal digestibility, while being able to withstand everyday stresses.

Lately, newer technology is developed to encapsulate products to protect it from rumen degradation. It is a proprietary method, utilizes aspects of controlled, but rapid solidification of the product embedded within a custom designed matrix of fatty acids. It allows for greater product functionality than which can be achieved with simple spray cooling methods.

To know more about technology, please contact at Sriharsha.KV@kemin.com

Correction in Soybean prices expected soon As prices of soybean turn bearish with increasing market arrivals, the prospects for India's re-entry into the overseas market for soymeal exports, especially in East and South East Asia, appear brighter.

Higher domestic prices on lower output had made Indian soymeal exports unviable in the last two years.

As a result India had lost its market share in countries such as Japan and Thailand to China, a major processor and exporter of imported soybeans.

The soybean harvest has commenced in the key growing regions of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra and the price has turned bearish in recent weeks on projections of a good crop this year.

The Centre, in its first advance estimates, has pegged soybean output at 14.22 million tonnes for 2016-17, higher than the targeted 13.61 MT. Last year, soybean production in the country stood at 8.59 MT. The projected increase in output is despite a marginal decline in acreage to 114.78 lakh ha this year from last year's 116.29 lakh ha.

Further corrections expected

regain its market share in these

Soybean is ruling between INR 2500-

countries this year with a good crop in

2800 a quintal in terminal market

sight. “We want to regain the lost

Indore, against INR 3200- 3400 in

ground in these markets. I think we

mid-September, as market arrivals

have succeeded in communicating to

have begun to increase. “Indian

our buyers in these countries that we

soymeal prices are still higher by 5-10

are back in business and we are the

per cent and that needs a correction

only producer of non-GM soybean,” he

to make our exports viable. A further

added.

correction in soybean prices is

For India, where the harvest has already commenced, the soymeal export window is open till March, when the new Brazilian crop arrives, Jain said.

expected and we can see that only in the second half of October when the market arrivals are set to increase,” said Davish Jain, Chairman, Soyabean Processors Association of India.

He said crushing of beans in the new season has begun and is expected to gain pace in November, when more processing units are expected to be operational. New export contracts are likely to happen later this month and shipments will commence from November, he added.

Jain, who recently led an industry delegation to markets such as Thailand, Japan, Philippines and Vietnam, is optimistic that India will

High domestic prices in the last two years had out-priced Indian soymeal in the international market. As a result buyers of Indian meal shifted to other origins and exports fell sharply from around 2.78 MT in 2013-14 to 6.69 lakh tonnes in 2014-15.

In 2015-16, Indian soymeal exports fell further, to 70,820 tonnes. April-August exports this fiscal were estimated at 10,145 tonnes, against 35,857 tonnes in the year-ago period, by the Solvent Extractors Association.

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INTERVIEW

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Starting your journey with Poultry business way back in 1984, please share your experiences of these three

Mr. Bahadur Ali, as the name suggests is virtually 'The Brave Guy' in the industry who has learnt the science of Poultry Management and then

decades you have been in poultry business.

Started in 1984 as a small poultry farm, the venture IB Group has grown today into INR 3000 crore company with multiple agro businesses. A strong thrust on R&D, consistent automation, up-gradation of process and a dynamic team of innovative thinkers under the guidance

implemented his vast knowledge of my brother Sultan Ali as Chairman of the group and and experience in business expansion and diversification.

myself as the Managing Director have enabled the IB Group to uncompromisingly provide value to its customers.

Today, the group has reached an With humble beginning in Rajnandgaon, in 1984 on annual turnover exceeding INR suggestion of a veterinarian to opt for poultry business,

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3000 crores. The company's

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my elder brother started a small poultry farm of 500

phenomenal growth is attributed chicks. Soon we faced various difficulties in marketing to its foresight in terms of its true vertical integration and diversification of its business.

In an e-interview with the visionary of the group, TGTF brings the success story of IB Group, present challenges and many more.

due to the exploitation by the middleman. To overcome this challenge we opened a small shop in Rajnandagaon with live chicken to provide healthy and quality chicken to the end consumer. Encouraged with the positive results, we opened another shop in Nagpur and subsequently, with the support of a family friend, we took first bank loan in 1987 and purchased land for expansion of poultry farming which proved to be a turning point of our poultry business.

Please share your experience of World Poultry Congress, 1996 – which perhaps brought the turning point in your life.

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Zeeshan Ali (2nd generation joining the family business) is heading the dairy business, has visited USA and Europe several times to study the latest developments in dairy industry and applied those technologies at their dairy farms to stay ahead of the competition.

As an industry leader you have witnessed the transformation of livestock industry in India in the past decades. In your opinion what have been the key challenges and the key drivers of prosperities for livestock sector during this period?

In order to have best performance at lowest production cost, IB Group made massive investments in technology, infrastructure and system management. While the air and water could be taken care of by technology, for best quality feeding, IB Group has set-up fully automatic poultry feed manufacturing plant, one of the best in India, equipped with extruder, expeller, pellet mill, bulk storage silos, dryers, finished product silos and bulk tankers. . It has the most sophisticated completely computerized pellet feed manufacturing plant with a capacity of 1000 tons per day (TPD).

Floating fish feeds was the only segment that was not consumed within your group. Could you please throw some light on the kind of market scope and future predictions pertaining to this segment? period of our workmanship, the company was growing rapidly with the initial investments in poultry business.

However, November 1996 was another turning point when I visited World Poultry Congress, at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. I met an American consultant who introduced the scientific way to run this business and hence given us the roadmap to success.

IB Group has also diversified into dairy segment since 2006, which is still a disorganized sector in India.

What kind of challenges has your group faced in the Dairy sector?

The company continued to forge ahead,

After surveying the global trends and Indian market requirement, a fish feed plant was established in 2008.

The concept of extruded fish feed was introduced, which floats on the water. The company installed three extruders from Muyang, China and one from Wengers, USA. The total capacity is to manufacture 1000 tons per day (TPD) floating fish feed. Floating fish feeds are now marketed all over India with special emphasis in Andhra and West Bengal belt. The company is also exporting fish feed to Bangladesh and Nepal.

IB Group is always known for bringing innovations into their business, what are the latest innovations being adopted by your group and what are the future expansion plans of the group?

The basic recommendation is that even as you grow, make sure that you keep the production cost low.

looking for new opportunities and

Could you spell out any suggestions for the new

markets. In order to provide nutritional

comers, who may be keen to make a career in the

products, it diversified into dairy farming

poultry industry?

and today Abis Dairy has more than

Personally, I believe in one policy i.e. to invest in the best

5000 high yielding cows and buffaloes.

technology and adopt best practices in the business. Do

To avoid human interference, the

whatever it takes to keep low cost and high quality.

company has heavily invested is latest

We have created a work culture in the company to

technology like milking parlour,

provide ample opportunities for individual growth and

development with the organization business objectives. advanced laboratory to ensure quality assurance of raw material to end product This has resulted in growing on an average annual growth of 30 percent for our different group of companies. i.e. milk.

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Fodder Production and its Marketing Network in India

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Livestock being a key source of supplementary income and livelihood, especially for small land holders and landless rural poor, plays an important role in the rural economy of the country. The desired growth of agriculture sector can be accomplished only through enhancing overall productivity of the livestock sector.

Ensuring an adequate supply of reasonable quality feed and fodder is one of the major challenges which Indian livestock sector is facing currently. Thus, in order to meet the current shortfall of fodder in the country we need to enhance green fodder production.

Future development and growth of livestock are highly associated with the scope of availability of fodder from Species

Feeding

Cattle & Buffalo

Stall-fed & fodder from cultivated land

Sheep & goats

pastures & fallow lands and harvested grass

Camel

looping of trees & shrubs

Horses

dry & green fodder

cultivable land, forest, pastures and grazing lands.

Traditionally, cattle which graze on the pastures and gauchar (grazing) lands are supported by feeding crop residues or straw of jowar, bajra, wheat, maize, paddy etc. either in the form of straw supplemented along with some green fodder. The economic viability of livestock husbandry heavily depends on source(s) of feed and fodder as feeding cost account for about 65-70 percent of the total cost of livestock farming. Adequate supply of nutritious cattle feed comprising of dry fodder, green fodder and concentrates is a crucial factor impacting the productivity and performance of the animals. Currently, scarcity of feed/fodder resources is a one of the major constraints impacting the livestock development.

Therefore, it is important to put more emphasis on fodder development programmes for augmenting fodder/feed supply, while formulating livestock development strategy. The adequate availability of fodder is a pre-requisite for improving the productivity of livestock and also make livestock production a cost efficient proposition. The data system for collecting fodder production information is far from adequate and hence data/estimates of fodder production and demand in the country vary widely. Feed and fodder production and its utilization depend on the cropping pattern, climate, socio-economic condition and livestock type.

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with regard to both, the green fodder as well as dry fodder.

The deficit of green fodder is expected to move up further from 62.76 percent (666 million MT.) in year 2010 to 64.21 percent (759 million MT.) in year 2020.

According to report, huge deficit gap of fodder is expected to be aggravated in the years to come.The quantitative and qualitative deterioration of common grazing land owing to overgrazing and lack of proper maintenance resulted in low biomass production and increased the fodder deficit. The area under fodder crops in the country has also remained almost static (around 5%) for last two decades and it look uncertain whether this will increase in future.

Processing and Marketing System for Fodder Crops

Concentrates feeding is restricted to lactating high yielding bovines and work animals. The major sources of fodder supply are crop-residues (byproducts of cereals and pulses), cultivated fodder and grass/tree leaves/fodder from common property resources such as gauchar land, forest, permanent pastures and grazing lands.

Farmers are growing fodder mainly for its own animal consumption. A small area is set aside for fodder crops by farmers where irrigation is available. In normal rainfall years, generally farmers does not face the problem of fodder shortage. Fodder is being bulky, less remunerative and costly to transport, most of the producers having surplus fodder sell it soon after the harvest, mostly within the village or nearby villages. In normal years, fodder/grass is marketed locally. Since not all areas are self sufficient in fodder/grasses, there is a selling of fodder/grasses from surplus areas to deficit area on a very small scale, due to costly transportation.

In India, it is estimated that the average cultivated area devoted to fodder production is around 4 to 5 per cent of the total cultivated area. The total area under cultivated fodders is 8.3 million hectares on individual crop basis (ICAR, 2011). Sorghum amongst the kharif crops (2.6 million hectares) and berseem amongst the rabi crops (1.9 million hectares) occupy about 54 per cent of the total cultivated fodder cropped area. Green fodder is the essential component of feeding high yielding milch animals to obtain optimum level of milk production. The technology of growing year round fodder production has helped the dairy farmers to sustain milk production at 67 litres per day per milch animal with economical use of concentrates and reduction in cost of milk production.

According to report of the working group on Animal Husbandry and Dairying for the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-12), Planning Commission, GOI, there is a huge deficit in the country

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Generally demand for green and dry fodders in a village is met from within the village. Thus, intra area and inter area marketing of fodder takes place, of course on very small scale. The marketing of fodder gets impetus during scarcity/famine period. Through processing, the fodder can be fed to animals as green feed; as hay, i.e. crops harvested dry or left to dry if harvested green; or as silage products. Silage or ensilage is a method of preservation of green fodder through fermentation to retard spoiling. Following alternative marketing/processing systems for the disposal of fodder in the Gujarat and Punjab states of India, showing their size and efficiency.

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Problems faced by fodder growers 

Fodder production does not require the intensive use of inputs. On the marketing front, the price in the market fluctuates vigorously with the supply in market.

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In Karnataka, the highest percentage of problems are reported with respect to access to credit, labour availability, high expenditure on production, seed quality and access to technical knowledge.

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In Punjab, supply of poor quality and unrecommended varieties of seed, shortage of labour especially during harvesting of the crop, lack of technical knowledge, acquisition of credit were the major problems faced by the fodder growers during production of these crops in the study area. One of the major problems faced by the dairy farmers and commercial fodder production farmers in India is, the lack of availability of high yielding varieties of fodder seeds. In India, the National Policy for release of high yielding variety of fodder seeds, the way it is done for the high yielding and better quality grain varieties, is badly lacking. This is a major bottle neck in enhancing good quality fodder production in this country. Policy planners need to pay special attention towards this burning problem, and thus, ease out the problem regarding fodder shortage in the country.

In Gujarat, fodder is generally sold by producers through one marketing channel, namely producer-Local TraderConsumer. In this channel local trader incurs marketing expenses mainly on transportation and loading/unloading of fodder, but not on chaffing and packing of fodder. Total marketing cost is born by the local trader (purchase).Transportation and marketing costs per Qtl. generally Marketing problems remains around INR 23-25 in all the  Problems in respect of non-availability of market three seasons. The consumer's price is information in time and transport facility at generally INR 300/Qtl. in kharif which reasonable rate. goes up to INR 400/Qtl. in summer. The  As fodder being high volume low value crop, net profit margin of local trader on transportation of fodder has become a very costly consumer's price at highest price is INR affair.

Hence, demand of fodder is not coming 52.31(9.17%) in Rabi season and lowest from the distant places. Across different seasons, at INR 26.67 (8.9 %) in Kharif season. problems relating to marketing of fodder do not Punjab Model vary much.  Channel-I: Producer-Forwarding  Low price in the market. agent/Commission agent-Dairy  The sharp fluctuations in prices in wake of even owner (Consumer) small changes in production/supply are another  Channel-II: Producer-Forwarding serious concern impacting the cultivation of these crop agent/Commission agent-Chaff choices as prices are dependent upon the demand of cutter-Consumer fodder by dairy owners on the particular day.  Channel-III: Producer –Consumer

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GMO corn varieties import in Brazil Brazil's biosafety commission CTNBio recently approved imports of three genetically modified (GM) varieties of corn from the United States for animal feed production according to the government and the poultry and pork industry group ABPA. The measure will facilitate U.S. corn exports to Brazil, said ABPA, adding it will help mitigate tight corn supplies after a harsh drought severely cut production this year, and forced the animal growers to import corn from Argentina.

Francisco Turra, head of ABPA, said

negotiations between Brazilian pork and poultry processors and U.S. corn traders were already under way, but any purchases hinged on the import approval for the three corn varieties.

Turra said U.S. GM corn could help supply the local market through January, when Brazil's next corn crop starts being sold domestically. "That

does not mean we would import large quantities," Turra said, adding that the measure gives the sector flexibility at times of tight supplies.

Earlier this year, the Brazilian government lifted taxes on corn imports from outside of the Mercosur trade bloc to mitigate the issue of low supplies.

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The Brazilian biosafety commission approved two GM corn varieties produced by Monsanto Co and one developed by Syngenta AG . Brazil already cultivates and processes genetically modified organisms, but varieties that are not planted in the country need a greenlight from CTNBio to be imported and processed.

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EVENT COVERAGE

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Business opportunities, latest technologies to spearhead VIETSTOCK 2016

On October 19-21, 2016, all roads will exhibitors and visitors and allows them to schedule for their meetings lead to Vietnam for the country's biggest feed and livestock show—the at the show in advance. “Participants can request direct meetings to VIETSTOCK 2016 Expo and Forum which will be held at the Saigon

specific industry people. This way,

Exhibition Convention Center in Ho

they can maximize their time during

provide a unique livestock platform for industry players where they can approach the latest products and technology from the leading exhibitors in many different countries as well as the foreign pavilions.

Furthermore, the participants will maximize their business opportunities by meeting with suppliers, distributors and those who are involved in the industry chain.

Face-to-face interaction will be the best way to communicate and deliver clear messages to expand networks and develop business partnerships,” said by Ms. Rungphech (Rose) Chitanuwat.

Aside from the wide array of newest technologies which will be the show by exploring business Chi Minh City. showcased by the exhibitors, an opportunities through significant interesting and relevant series of Hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture business conversations.” shared by conferences and seminars will cover and Rural Development since 2004, Ms Rungphech (Rose) Chitanuwat, extensive topics such as: “Advance the bi-annual holding of VIETSTOCK Business Director of UBM ASIA. PreTechnologies For Improving Swine has grown bigger and better in each Production”, “Managing Feed Quality registration at www.vietstock.org is edition and this year, the show has & Safety”, “Farm Management and required in order to access the expanded to 40% with the Disease Control in Livestock Farm", “Business Matching Program” participation of more than 300 enable participants to learn more on international and local exhibitors who Holland, Taiwan, Korea, China, the the latest industry innovation, whilst Czech Republic and so on will lead would welcome nearly 9,000 visitors providing them with an opportunity the foreign pavilions where local comprised of livestock farmers, to benchmark and growtheir guests will have the first hand to animal nutritionist, feed millers and businesses. Visit www.vietstock.org explore the latest innovations in feed, other industry players from over the for more on VIETSTOCK 2016 Expo & livestock and aquaculture production Forum. or you may contact at world, especially CLMV area that are being offered by these phong.huynh@ubm.com (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam). countries.“For three days, we will VIETSTOCK 2016 will be a special

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Aquaculture Vietnam 2016 Conference. Themed “Sustainable Aquaculture in Practice”, this conference provides a platform for Aquaculture members to keep their skills and knowledge up to date throughvariety of papers and discussions led by top renowned experts.

In addition, another highlight of this year is “Business Matching Program” – afree application to connect

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CEOs' Conclave focuses on a new way of managing business CEOs' Conclave 2016, a flagship event of Huvepharma was organized on the 26-27 August 2016 in Jaipur, India.

The Conclave 2016 began with a traditional welcome by Mr. O.P. Singh, Managing Director, Huvepharma SEA accorded to all guests and a grand welcome dinner on the 26th August 2016.

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Mr. O.P. Singh formally greeted and welcomed 220-strong audience to the conference. In his words “Business progress requires flexibility, judgement, focus on results. As per USDA report, in 2016 the global production of chicken meat is going to be 4.2 million tons and 80 billion eggs in India. This magnitude of existence demands forecast of risks, build competitive advantage and write a robust script for growth despite unpredictable consumer behavior. Streamlining the annual gross margins between costs & selling price has to be carefully done to make poultry business sustainable”.

business model for the future – A response to global demand”. He put forth findings that the developing countries will be the drivers of meat production, consumption and trade.

He opined that poultry is the most efficient land species to produce meat and shall become the leading meat source by the year 2020.

This was followed by a workshop on “Understanding industry growth by building competitive advantage” by Mr. V.N. Bhattacharya, a highly regarded business and corporate strategy consultant from Bangalore. He took the participants through case studies and highlighted the need for relentless focus on value delivery to core customers and continuous review and adaptation of business strategies to ensure & retain sustained competitive advantage.

The last presentation for the event, was

by Mr. V.N. Bhattacharya, who spoke about “Building Strategic Resilience and Articulating Sustainable Model in Food Business”. He established through examples of several entrepreneurs and corporates that constant innovation, continuous improvement and flexibility to do business for customer satisfaction This was followed by first presentation are key to survival in the long run. He of the day by Prof. Vijay Paul Sharma, also pointed out that the willingness to Chairman, Commission for Agricultural review existing strategies and formulate Costs & Prices, Ministry of Agriculture new ones, the ability to chalk out new & Farmers Welfare, Government of avenues for business, the drive to India, who spoke on the topic “Future recognize challenges & dynamics of commodities and its relevance to Livestock feed production”. alternatives/competitions, the readiness to embrace change will decide the He elaborated on the changing composition of Indian agriculture, rising future & sustainability of any business.

These presentation sessions were importance of high-value sub-sectors followed by Q&A by a very inquisitive, like horticulture, dairy & livestock and keen & participative audience. shifting consumer preferences from Thereafter, momentos were handedover staples to high-value sub-sectors. by Mr. Singh & Dr. Kanora to the The second speaker, Mr. Dirk Jan speakers as a token of appreciation for Kennes, Global Strategist of the Food & their taking part in the CEOs' Conclave Agribusiness Research and Advisory's 2016.

(FAR) Farm Inputs team at Rabobank,

Subsequently, Dr. Alain Kanora, DVM Diplomate ECPHM, Global Marketing Director and International Sales Director Affiliates, Huvepharma took over the session and in his address, he covered the most significant aspects of today's poultry business, namely, ensuring our products are safe, nutritious and wholesome food for the consumers – in short, food safety and satisfaction.

took stage & spoke about “Future landscaping of agribusiness in the next decade”. He explained how global demand for animal protein is steadily increasing, developing markets have become larger than developed markets, technological improvements in feed formulation, and consolidation and integration of the feed/meat chain has become a necessity to ensure market access.

The main conference of the CEOs' Conclave 2016 was formally inaugurated on the 27th August with the traditional lighting of the lamp by

Next presentation was by Mr. Osler Desouzart, President, OD Consulting, Market Planning & Strategy, who spoke on the topic “Structuring meat trade

Mr. Singh welcomed all the assembled delegates, particularly the younger second generation of poultry entrepreneurs. He also welcomed the foreign delegates who had come from countries like Bangladesh, Nepal & Sri Lanka. He put across to them that the reason for conducting the CEOs' Conclave regularly is to provide the industry a new way of thinking about managing business of any size, at any level, based on what works in the real world.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Think Grain Think Feed - Volume 2 | Issue 12 | October 2016

FEBRUARY

NOVEMBER Oilseed and Grain Trade Summit Date: 15-16 November 2016 Venue: Hyatt Regency, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. Email: ogts-info@highquestgroup.com Web: www.oilseedandgrain.com

EuroTier Date: 15-18 November 2016 Venue: Hanover, Germany Email: expo@dlg.org Web: www.eurotier.com

Poultry India Date: 23-25 November 2016 Venue: HITEX, Exhibition Centre, Hyderabad, India Email: info@poultryindia.co.in Web: www.poultryindia.co.in

Feed Tech Expo Date: 23-25 February 2017 Venue: New Grain Market, Karnal, India Email: feedtechexpo@gmail.com Web: www.feedtechexpo.com

MARCH AFIA 2017 Purchasing & Ingredient Suppliers Conference Date: 6-10 March 2017 Venue: Orlando, FL, USA Email: info@afia.org Web: www.afia.org

VIV Asia Date: 15-17 March 2017 Venue: BITEC, Bangkok Email: ruwan.berculo@vnuexhibitions.com Web: www.vivasia.nl

DECEMBER PDFA Date: 10-11-12 December 2016 Venue: Jagraon, Ludhiana, Punjab, India Email: info@pdfa.org.in Web: www.pdfa.org.in

Aqua Aquaria India Date: 21-23 April 2017 Venue: Andhra Loyola College Campus, Vijayawada, India Email: traduciruso@gmail.com Web: www.aquaaquaria.com

JANUARY

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10th International Feed Regulators Meeting (IFRM) Date: 30-31 January 2017 Venue: Atlanta, USA Email: info@ifif.org Web: www.ifif.org

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International Feed Expo Date: 31 Jan - 2 Feb 2017 Venue: Georgia World Congress Center, 285 Andrew Young International Blvd NW, Atlanta, Georgia USA Email: info@ippexpo.org Web: www.ippexpo.com

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