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GR WRIGHT

AND SONS LTD• To fortify or not to fortify

• Rice Polishing - 150 years

of innovation

• Durum wheat debranning

• Moisture control

• Chelated trace minerals

• VIV MEA & VICTAM

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44 - 150 YEARS OF DOING

THINGS THE WRIGHT WAYMilling and Grain magazine were recentlythe guests of G R Wright and Sons Ltd at

their mill in Ponders End, near the town ofEneld in North East London

COVER IMAGE: One of the vehicles usedto transport our milled at Ponders End tobe used in Wright's our mixes, in front ofthe silos used to store cake our,sugar, Baseour (x2) and Wholemeal.

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VOLUME 127 ISSUE 3

NEWS 6-38

FEATURES

44 150 years of doing thingsthe wright way

50 To fortify or not to fortify

54 Separation of different

kinds of grains

56 The challenge - attracting

and retaining talents

58 Rice Polishing - 150 yearsof innovation

62 Durum wheat debranning

68 Barge unloading on

the vast European river

network

72 Chelated trace minerals

STORAGE78 Moisture control - New

Technology provides a

simple and more accuratemethod of moisture

control

2 GUEST EDITORHenk Van de Bunt

86 MARKETSKai-J Kühlmann

110 INTERVIEWDavid Wright

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EVENTS88 Event listings, reviews

and previews

COLUMNS8 Mildred Cookson18 Tom Blacker

20 Christophe Pelletier

24 Chris Jackson

30 Johan den Hartog

FACES112 People news from the

global milling industry

TRAINING41 Eighth Annual

Introduction to Flour

Milling Course

PRODUCT FOCUS 42

CASE STUDY 84

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FEBRUARY 2016


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I would like to thank

Roger Gilbert for

asking me to be your

guest editor this month,

this has given me the

opportunity to look at

my involvement with the

worldwide feed and grain

industry over the last 50

odd years.

I was brought up within the feed industry, my

family owning and operating a feed mill in the small

Dutch city of Nijkerk - where I still live.

It was during my time as the Director of the mill

that I became a member of the Board of Victam, and

eventually I became its President. By then - 1989

- the VICTAM trade show in Utrecht was rmlyestablished as THE international feed event and it

kept expanding under the guidance and management

of Piet Schrama

The rst show had been organised by members

of the Dutch feed industry and it proved so

successful that it was regularly repeated and so the

show we know as VICTAM was born. Over the

years the shows grew and we introduced related

industry sector shows – FIAAP for feed additives

and GRAPAS for rice and our milling and also

grain processing. In 2011, we moved the show to

Cologne in Germany. In 2015, we held our second

and our 50th Anniversary event in Cologne - what

many have said was our most successful show in

Europe, with some memorable celebrations to mark

the occasion.

In 1991 Victam Asia was successfully launched,

but was small (it was actually held in a hotel car park

in Bangkok!). The show, along with the conferences,

has grown enormously to what will now be our

largest event in Asia at the end of this month in

BITEC, Bangkok. Looking at the way our industry

has developed and grown over the last decade I

think that the Asian show will continue to grow

especially as more and more local suppliers enter the

market and as the area becomes more afuent. This

can only be good for our industry!

This edition, I’m very proud to say, will also be our

25th Anniversary Event. Quite an achievement for

a small independent organiser. Once again we will

mark the occasion with a celebration dinner which

will include what I am told is an exciting galaxy of

local entertainment, both traditional and modern.

During the years my work within the feed industry

increased. I became President of IFIF (International

Feed Industry Federation) in 1996, a position I

proudly held until 2004 which helped me gain

a greater understanding of the industry and the

enormous responsibility it has within the human

food chain.

In 1999 I stepped down as President of Victamand became the new General Manager of Victam

International BV, the trading company of the

Victam Foundation, succeeding Piet Schrama.In

the same year I became a member of the Board

of IFF (Internationale Forsschungsgemeinschaft

Futtermitteletechnik e. V.) A position which I nd

both rewarding and enjoyable.

This will be my last show as General Manager.

I will retire at the end of June this year and I will

take up a new position as a member of the Board of

Directors of the Victam Foundation - a non-prot

charity, that works within and for the feed and grain

industry all over the world.

I am looking forward to spending more time with

my family and our new grandchildren once I retire,

together with other interests that I hope to develop,

such as consultancy within our industry. This of

course may mean that I will not be available for

baby-sitting that often!

I would like to say I have enjoyed my time working

in the feed industry, and that I have made a number of

good friends and acquaintances that I will miss.

Henk van de Bunt

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EUROPE

REGIONAL FOCUS

6 Millions of hectares of wheatharvested in Ukraine in 2014. This

was the largest in Europe (not

counting Russia) and over three

times the gure for the UK that

year. The only other country that

came close was France at nearly

5.3 million ha.

24.1 Millions of tonnes of wheat

produced by Ukraine in 2014,

on the aforementioned 6 million

hectares. This is approaching half

the total wheat produced in theUS that same year. Even more

impressive when you consider the

Americans were using over three

times the land area.

EUROPE STATS

150 years of doing things the Wright way

The Wright family have occupied the site at Ponders End for over

150 years. However, the Doomsday Book shows a mill on the

site as far back as 1087.

See the full story on page 44

European Millers

looking forward to a

prosperous 2016

Recently, Tom Blacker from theInternational Milling Directory met

three UK-based food technologistsand our millers who were all Swiss

Milling School educated.


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bespoke productsG.R Wright and Sons became a FAWEMAcustomer when in 1973, they took deliveryof their rst automatic bagging machine

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FEATURE

CASE STUDY

FEATURE

To fortify or not to fortify

Discussions unfolding from the start of

this year have revealed that Scotland

is edging ever closer to a decision

some 16 years in the making, whether

or not to fortify our with folic acid.

The uncertainty surrounding the issue

of fortication has led to a reduction

of the amount of folic acid added toproducts by companies who voluntarily

fortify their foods, in order to comply

with regulations should fortication be

implemented. This has led to mounting

concerns of the level of folic acid

intake across the UK.


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Two leading UK crop research institutes are joining forces

to create a major new centre for applied crop science and

innovation.

East Malling Research (EMR) has become part of the NIAB group.

This alliance, bringing together internationally renowned expertise

in crop genetics, agronomy, environmental and data science, will

strengthen NIAB’s ambition to lead the UK in crop innovation.

EMR brings international leadership in top fruit and soft fruit

research, complementing NIAB’s scientic expertise in arable crops,

potatoes and ornamentals.

Both organisations have a focus on industry-facing, appliedresearch aimed at addressing the challenges facing UK and global

agriculture. The partnership will strengthen the UK’s crop science

infrastructure and capabilities, with the pooling of complementary

research expertise, and a shared commitment to the translation and

application of science to support crop production in the UK and

internationally.

In research terms, the integration will align EMR’s internationally

renowned capabilities in horticultural and environmental science,

including expertise in plant breeding, soil science, water use and

biological pest control, alongside NIAB’s existing strengths in

genetics and pre-breeding, variety evaluation, agronomy research,

precision farming and informatics.

The combined organisation, employing more than 300 staff andwith a turnover in excess of UK£22 million, will provide long-term

stability, scale and capacity for investment in crop science. NIAB

EMR will be established as a wholly owned subsidiary of NIAB,

and will continue to operate from its existing site at East Malling in

Kent.

CEO of the combined organisation, Dr Tina Barsby, said “This is a

vitally important time for crop innovation, with a rapidly advancing

knowledge base and renewed interest in productive, efcient

agriculture, driven by the challenges of global food security, climate

change and resource conservation.

“The move creates a potent new force in independent applied

research, bringing together the scientic expertise required tosupport progressive crop production at all levels, and represents a

major step forward in NIAB’s plans. Our experience of merger and

acquisition in recent years – including the successful integration of

TAG and CUF as part of the NIAB business - puts us in a strong

position to realise the full potential of a combined organisation.”

Boost for UK crop science as NIAB

and EMR join forces

An aerial view of EastMalling Research, Kent

Despite the huge contribution millersmake to the global supply of food,milling is still a niche industry.

Companies which supply equipment and

processing technology, ingredients and additives

and other services to millers are nding it

increasingly difcult to attract and/or identify

individuals who either have the experience and/

or the skills or who would simply like to work

in our sectors to take up positions that becomeavailable.

At any one time a large multi-national milling

industry supply company might have 10’s of

positions unlled; some have 100’s of position

available.

In this edition of Milling and Grain we

introduce a dedicated page near our Interview

and People pages we call the ‘Career Hub’ which

highlights positions that are available now for

those wishing to apply for a new job.

This month we identify a host of positions

from just three companies and this list is only a

fraction of the positions these companies have ontheir les and which they wish to ll.

We are not wanting to become a recruitment

agent nor collect job information or individual

CVs. That’s for others to do.

Our sole objective is to alert readers of Milling

and Grain that there is a myriad of employment

opportunities out there among our industry’s

suppliers if your willing to look and are prepared

to relocate.

These companies need staff who are both

committed to milling and have experience that

is relevant to milling. It is our task to highlightthose opportunities and attempt to put job seeker

in contact with employment provider. Each job is

categorized by the degree of experience required,

its job title and location plus a link to more

information either via a QR code or a short web

link.

Our ‘Career Hub’ is simply providing a ‘hub’

for job leads. We will publish each job twice

(in successive editions) which is free to our

advertisers and for a small charge for non-

advertisers.

- The Publisher



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In my previous article in

Milling and Grain, I featured an

article entitled “British Empire

Mills” from a June 1902 issue

of Milling, one of the threemajor milling journals, all held

at the Mills Archive. Milling,

the ancestor of Milling and

Grain, did not have the current

magazine’s worldwide readership, but as a “Leading

Weekly Organ of British and Irish Millers” it paved

the way with articles on typical British mills in various

countries, illustrated with photographs, some of which are

reproduced here.

In Part 1 I described mills in Australia, India, New

Zealand and South Africa, often equipped with Simon or

Robinson plant. The Ganges Flour Mill Co Limited inIndia owned one such mill in Cawnpore, described as a

typical modern Indian mill with a Simon system producing

seven to eight sacks of our per hour.

Nearer home, in 1885 Messrs R Scouler & Sons owned

Dutch Mills in Ayr that were also equipped with a Simon

roller plant. The mill, capable of four sacks per hour was

said “to be pleasantly situated and a good type of inland

Scottish mill”.

In Ireland, Messrs. J Furlong & Sons owned two large

ourmills, the Marina Mills, one of which is shown in the

photograph. As they stood on the Cork quayside of the

River Lee, sea-going vessels could discharge their cargo at

the door of the mill. The mill itself was tted out with the“Simon” system and had a capacity of ten sacks per hour.

Canada was well represented in the article with detailed

descriptions, but rather poorer photographs, of mills in

Alberta and British Columbia. The Edmonton Milling

Company’s mill in Strathcona, Alberta was built in 1892

and at that time had a capacity of around two sacks an

hour. When built it was the most northern ourmill in

Canada.

By 1902 its output had increased to 4 sacks. Most our

mills in North America at that time were run under limited

liability law, and the rst stock holders in the above

company were from Ontario, North Dakota, Strathcomaitself and a WJ Orsman, who was a JP from London. Most

of the trade was done locally and wheat bought and paid

for at the mill door, and in the same way the buyer of mill

products paid for them on the spot and carted them away

himself.

In 1902 British Columbia was in its infancy, and sparsely

populated, with its population was spread far and wide.

Mr E Appleton, the manager of The Columbia Flour Mills

Company in Enderby, said that owing to the limited supply

of wheat no great development of the milling industrycould be expected until more land was cultivated.

The mill owners, Messrs RP Rithet and Company, were

well-known wholesale merchants and shippers of Victoria.

The capacity of the mill was a little over seven sacks of

280lbs per hour. It had four grain bins with a capacity of

over 31 000 bushes.

The mill had been retted in 1900 by the Stratford Mill

Building Company, and contained seven stands of rolls,

tted with the “Craigfeed”, together with one “Talley-

Scroll” mill and six power-packers, four for our and one

each for bran and shorts. There was a “Beall” steamer and

tempering tank on the rst oor.The oor above held four puriers, four “Mitchell” dust

collectors, one “Richmond Niagara” shorts duster and one

set of screenings rolls. The bolting oor was furnished

by Mildred Cookson, The Mills Archive, UK

Milling around the World at

the Mills Archive

- British Empire Mills - part 2

Milling journals of the past at The Mills Archive

Messrs Scoular and Son’s Dutch Mills,Ayr (Simon’s System)

Messrs J Furlong and Son’s Roller FlourMills, Cork (Simon’s System)



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with three 54-inch “Universal”

bolters, one our dresser, one

centrifugal, one bran duster reel,

and one ‘Talley Scroll’ mill. The top

oor housed one rolling screen and

the “Cyclone” dust collectors.

The mill machinery was driven by an

80 horsepower engine, the exhaust

being utilised in a feed water heater,

and also for heating the mill in the

winter.

Back to the UK and we have a very

ne photograph showing Bulford

Roller Mills. It shows the proud

workers with a typical Essex wagon

in the foreground loaded, ready

to move off and lled to capacity

with our from the mill. This mill

is a substantial brick structure with

weatherboarding on the upper parts,

erected in the early 19th century.

The mill was originally drivenby water-power and was ideally situated in the centre

of Essex, one of the best wheat-growing areas in the

Eastern Counties. For many years it was owned by

Messrs. Horsenaill and Catchpole, who had a large

London trade and were even able to get the old East

Coast Railway to build them a private station, that is

called Bulford Station to this day. Mr Horsenaill had a

comfortable residence near the mill as well as a miller’s

house and cottages for the workmen.

After Mr Horsenaill and Mr Catchpole retired in 1892,

the mill was purchased by Mr Harrison and Mr West.

They made alterations to the machinery, taking out someof the millstones that still survived and replaced them

with rolls. Again this was not successful and the mill

was sold once more, this time to Messrs Cramphorn

Limited, a rm of corn merchants of Chelmsford and

Brentwood. They immediately called in Mr Turner who

reconstructed it on the lines of a modern mill. From then

on it was a success.

Port mills were the future and the nal illustration

demonstrates this, showing that Messrs Rishworth,

Ingleby & Lofthouse Limited of Hull had a ne group

of buildings erected at the port of Hull with a Simon

system capable of producing 30 sacks per hour, with theprovision of doubling this if needed. The silo they had

had a capacity of 33,000 quarters of grain, provided with

ship elevator capable of discharging grain at the rate of

50 tons per hour.

These articles only give a brief glimpse of the several

million records held by the Mills Archive Trust. If you

would like to know more please email me at mills@

millsarchive.org

The Edmonton Milling Company’s Mill,

Strathcona, Alberta, Canada

Messrs Cramphorn’s Bulford Mills, Essex(Turner System)

Messrs Richworth, Ingleby and Lofthouse’s(Ltd) Mill, Hull (Simon’s System)

Ganges Flour MillingCompany Ltd Mill atCawnpore (Simon’sSystem)

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PMI Nutritional Additives and Delacon form exclusive

partnership to meet challenges in animal nutrition

PMI Nutritional Additives

and Delacon form exclusive

partnership to meet challenges

in animal nutrition. The collaboration

will yield additional opportunities

for research on new ways to feed

animals using phytogenic feed

additives.

Delacon has announced that Land

O’Lakes, Inc animal nutrition

businesses, including the new

business unit, PMI Nutritional

Additives, will be its exclusive

partner in the United States for

phytogenic feed additives.

Delacon, who coined the term

phytogenics to describe natural feedadditives made from plant extracts

and botanical compounds more than

25 years ago, has worked with Land

O’Lakes feed division since 2000.

The expanded partnership with

Land O’ Lakes new business unit,

PMI Nutritional Additives, will

allow for in-house and eld trials

of Delacon’s phytogenics, and

provide the opportunity to conduct

fundamental research to develop new

approaches to feeding animals using

phytogenics.

“As the global feed industry seeks

antibiotic-free feeding programs, our

cooperation comes at a critical time

of transition,” states Delacon’s CEO

Markus Dedl.

“We not only want to participate

in this opportunity, but we want to

advance animal nutrition and help

lead the industry into the future.”

The expanded research and

development of phytogenic feed

additives for all animal types in the

United States provide the cornerstoneof this enhanced partnership.

“With more intensive and direct

collaboration with Delacon, we

are bringing the plant-based feed

additives to a new level in the United

States,” says Dave Hoogmoed,

executive vice president and chief

operating ofcer for Land O’Lakes

feed division.

“Phytogenic innovations developed

through our collaborative research

and development efforts aim to

deliver optimised performance by

supporting nutrient utilisation, gut

health and integrity,” explains Tim

Makens, general manager for PMI

Nutritional Additives.

“Research and development is the

driver for everything we do,” Mr

Makens continues.

“Collaborations between leaders

can bring better ideas to market

faster. This partnership helps develop

more efcient and effective solutions

to the challenges we face today and

those we don’t yet know.”Mr Dedl and Mr Makens call the

collaboration a ‘match in nature’:

“With Delacon’s deep knowledge

in plant-based feed additives

and PMI Nutritional Additives’

extensive experience in US animal

nutrition, we have great capabilities

for success in the livestock feed

business.”


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Nutriad mycotoxin surveys:Spain and Poland

Mycotoxins, especially aatoxins, are a constant

concern for agriculture. Some weather patterns,

such as were seen in European throughout 2015,

have put the industry on high alert. Weather inuences

the average aatoxin-producing potential of the fungi and

contamination can occur both during crop development

and after crop maturation.

An uncertain mycotoxin situation in 2015 led Nutriad to

conduct several mycotoxin surveys in different European

countries (UK and Ireland, Poland, Spain). Each surveywas conducted on 60-70 samples of wheat or maize.

The Spanish Nutriad Mycotoxin Survey, executed in Q4

2015, covers 60 locally produced maize samples from

across Spain. More than 400 analyses were conducted

to test for the occurrence of the seven mycotoxins most

frequently found in agricultural commodities that are

intended for animal feed production.

The Poland survey included 46 maize samples collected

either directly from farms or from animal feed production

sites. Sample providers were advised to follow the

principles of good sampling (Richard, 2000). The

analytical personnel and/or laboratory staff were notinvolved in sampling and, therefore, did not inuence any

part of this procedure.

The surveys provided an insight into the incidences of

aatoxin B1 (AfB1), zearalenone (ZEN), deoxynivalenol

(DON), T-2 toxin, HT-2 toxin, fumonisin B1 (FB1) and

ochratoxin A (OTA) across all regions of Poland and Spain.The Spanish survey also tested for FB2. The 60 samples

were collected either directly from farms or from animal

feed production sites immediately after the harvest when

the probability that some storage mycotoxins such as OTA

would have developed was low.

The surveys conclude that the 2015 harvest of maize

in Poland and Spain is of concerning quality in terms of

mycotoxin contamination. Based on the results of this

survey, it is the belief that the 2015 maize crop in both

countries should not be considered safe for inclusion into

nished feed rations for all animal species.

Maize as the most important feed ingredient will likely

be contaminated with the mixture of deoxynivalenol,aatoxins and fumonisins. Higher incidence of aatoxins

in 2015/2016 will present a challenge mainly for dairy

producers and production of aatoxin M1 free milk.

Fumonisins are very toxic for swine and horses.

The last possible line of defence is the detoxication of

mycotoxins in vivo. The addition of proven mycotoxin

deactivators to animal feeds is a very common method

to prevent mycotoxicosis and is an effective strategy to

keep mycotoxin risk low under all conditions. It is highly

recommended to apply an effective mycotoxin deactivator

which offers an opportunity to signicantly improve

animal health, performance, productivity and protimpaired by mycotoxins.

Depending on the target performance, different

mycotoxins can be more or less problematic. Therefore,

using different products for different animal groups is seen

more and more.

Cimbria Director in Egypt receivesPrince Henrik’s Medal of Honour

On January 27th His Royal

Highness Prince Henrik of

Denmark extended the HRH

Prince Henrik Medal of Honour and

the Danish Export Association’s

Diploma to Mr Sami Salaheldin,

Regional Director of Cimbria Unigrain

in Egypt at a ceremony at the Helnan

Dreamland hotel in 6th of October City,

in the presence of the Ambassador of

Denmark, Pernille Dahler Kardel. His

Royal Highness Prince Henrik is on a

private trip to Egypt.

Cimbria delivers seed and grain

storage complexes to Egypt, which is

the world’s largest importer of grain.

In the past, 30 percent of the imported

grain would go to waste, but thanksto modern storage facilities, this has

been reduced. Sami Salaheldin has

had an important role in this.

“Sami Salaheldin has advised the

Egyptian ministries, consultants and

clients on how Danish technology can

reduce the enormous losses of grain after

the harvest,” says Søren Overgaard, CEO

of A/S Cimbria, who has nominated him

for the Medal of Honour.

Danish technology

recognised in EgyptCimbria’s projects in

Egypt have made the way

for more orders from

Egypt.

“Sami Salaheldin’s effort

has contributed to the

general acknowledgment

of Danish technology in

Egypt. Ministers and decision makers

show great satisfaction with Cimbria’s

solutions, and this strengthens the

general perception of Denmark in the

country,” says Pernille Dahler Kardel,

Denmark’s Ambassador in Cairo.Stepping stone to new projects

In August 2014 Cimbria received

an order in Egypt nanced with help

from UAE, to deliver the market with

23 new silo complexes in 2015 and

2016. Although this means the need

for grain storage in Egypt will be

covered, Cimbria continues its work.

The success in Egypt will be used as a

stepping stone to new client segments

and markets.

“We want to focus on the private

sector for seed plants, cleaning

facilities for the food industry,machines for treatment of herbs and

spices as well as cleaning devices for

the treatment of oil and wheat. At the

same time, Cimbria Egypt will focus

on the other markets in the Middle

East and North Africa – we have silo

projects in Sudan in the pipeline,”

says Søren Overgaard, CEO of A/S

Cimbria.

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Cold snap in the north of

Vietnam kills nearly 2 000 farmanimals

At the end of January nearly 2 000 head of

livestock died and almost 5 000 ha of crops were

destroyed in the coldest spell ever to hit the north

since 1977, according to the National Centre for Hydro-

Meteorological Forecasting.

Temperatures of 6°C were recorded in cities and as low

as -2°C to -3°C in mountainous areas; Frost and snow

blanketed many areas, such as Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Son La,

and Dien Bien provinces and, for the rst time, Hanoi

and Nghe An province.

Mr Ma Quang Trung, Head of the Department of Crop

Production under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural

Development, estimated that losses will total around

VND10 billion (US$45,000).

In light of these recent agricultural losses ILDEX

thought it would be prudent to highlight a few specic

products from some of their top exhibitors who will beat their upcoming show on 23-25 March, to help prevent

further misfortune of this kind.

Electric carbon bre heater for poultry houses - High

efciency to convert 98 percent of electric energy to heat

output, with no carbon monoxide emitted - can replace

conventional gas or diesel heaters

Temp R-Tron 612 - Temp R-Tron 612 is an easy-to-

operate climate controller for tunnel ventilation poultry

houses. It is a 12-stage controller with 2 analogue outputs

for variable speed fan and regular and dimmable lighting.

Master portable heaters CF 75/CF 75 INOX -

Designed for both indoor or and outdoor mountingCan be placed on the oor or hung from the celling.

Ildex Conference highlights:‘A comprehensive approach to immune modulation

in poultry & swine nutrition’ by ICC Brazil

Speaker Dr KuoWei-Ssu will also share relevant

data from trials conducted in Brazil, United States,

Taiwan &the Philippines showing ImmunoWall®

performance in ghting with local diseases and

replacing growth promoters in Poultry and Swine

nutrition.

VIV Asia Master Class in VietnamVIV Master Class taking place on 23 March in the

afternoon in Meeting Room 2 (3rd oor) of SECC

in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. This is an interactive

panel discussion, sharing profound knowledge on

concrete cases of swine nutrition, health, efciency,

cost effective swine farming and processing.

FAVA team ready for ILDEX VietnamAquaculture Symposium taking place on 24 March

all day in Meeting Room 2 (3rd oor) of SECC inHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Focusing on infectious

diseases of tilapia & strip catsh, with 4 sheries

experts from Chulalongkorn University in Thailand

and a specialist in tilapia from Vietnam.


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Coperion K-Tron introducesunique new electronicpressure compensation for its

high-accuracy loss-in-weightfeeders

Coperion K-Tron has introduced a unique new

Electronic Pressure Compensation (EPC)

system for their high-accuracy loss-in-weight

feeders. The main advantages of the new system

include improved accuracy and reliability as well as

lower initial cost and easier installation compared to

traditional mechanical pressure compensation systems.

Retrotting options for existing feeders are available.

EPC can be installed on a majority of Coperion

K-Tron gravimetric feeders in almost any application

and all industries.

In a closed feeding system, pressure build-up inside a

feeder can signicantly impair weighing accuracy. Thecommonly installed mechanical pressure compensation

systems are sensitive to structural factors and machine

alignment and may therefore be intricate or even

unreliable.Coperion K-Tron has now developed a clever but

simple electronic solution for accurate and steady

pressure compensation in feeder hoppers. The modular

design incorporates pressure sensors and electronics

tailored to interact smoothly with Coperion K-Tron’s

KCM feeder control system.

Depending on set-up and requirements, sensors can

be positioned on the feeder hopper and, if required, on

the material discharge tube. The software implements

a self-optimising compensation algorithm for best

performance and dynamics identical to those of

Coperion K-Tron’s SFT load cells, which allows forhighly accurate feeding results, even in systems with

perceivable pressure uctuations.

A separate eld evaluation kit allows for the

assessment of potential pressure issues in existing

installations.


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Recently, I met three UK-based

food technologists and our

millers who were all Swiss

Milling School educated. Each

meeting reminded me of the

strength and depth in training

that we currently enjoy in

Europe. Its value is held all over

Europe and its location in the

food value chain is on the doorstep of developing regionslike Turkey, Middle East and North Africa.

And then there are the associations in Europe such as nabim

and the Flour Advisory Bureau in my native market of

the UK and Ireland. Then you also have the overarching

European Flour Millers, who often prove to be invaluable

as they enable millers to meet and communicate directly.

At a conference recently, I had the pleasure of learning

about Swedish our millers who currently export baked

food goods around Scandinavia and mainland Europe. The

same technological innovations as elsewhere in the world

are driving value for their customers.

As in my previous column, I wrote how we here at themagazine take time to be close to our network based in

Europe, and there are many more site visits and project

visits coming up too.

Currently, there are over 600 EU registered member

companies and suppliers in the International Milling and

Grain Directory. It is great to see that this number continues

to increase every year, and with it our print coverage

continues to reach an increasingly high-quality international

audience.

In 2014, VIV Europe was a huge success for all

participants. In 2015, Victam in Germany and Ipack-Ima in

Italy were very strong at delivering positive outcomes for

all. Now it is great to say that there are some great European

events this year again.

The following is a selection

of European-based industry

events that we all have to

look forward to in 2016:

Tom Blacker, International Milling and GrainDirectory

European Millers looking forward

to a prosperous 2016

AND GRAIN

www.muehlenchemie.com www.flourworld.de

23 June 1948: Germany is divided. The Soviet Union im-

poses a blockade on Berlin. 2.2 million people are cut

off from the outside world. In a unique and unforgottenrelief effort, the allies led by the United States and their

president Harry S. Truman, organize an airlift and supply

the people of Berlin with all they need in order to survive.

278,000 flights delivered some 2.3 million tonnes of

freight. Among the goods was a flour sack that has now

found a place of honour at the FlourWorld Museum.

It is hunger that calls for relief measures. And it is flour

that plays its life-supporting role again and again.

Grain was the beginning

With its collection of over 3,000 flour sacks from 130

countries around the globe, the FlourWorld Museum in

Wittenburg, near Hamburg (Germany), is unique in the

world of grain. It is an initiative and cultural project of

Mühlenchemie and a token of thanks to all millers. The

museum shows the history of flour and its significance for

mankind: FLOUR IS LIFE. Every new sack with an interest-

ing motif is welcome in the Sackotheque and will find a

permanent home there.

[ Museum Story No. 3 ]

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Date Event

4th - 8th AprilIFF Practical Course: Fundamentals in Feed-

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26th - 28th May The European Flour Milling Congress 2016 - Spain

13th - 14th June IGC Grains Conference - UK

15th - 16th June Cereals - UK

13th - 16th Sept SPACE - France

9th - 10 Nov JTIC - France


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Seminar for rice millers is decided for April

O

n January 14th, Shoichi Tanaka, president of

Satake (Thailand) Co, Ltd, along with 6 other

delegates made a courtesy call to Can Tho City

People’s Committee in Vietnam. A resulting agreement

was made to hold a technical seminar in April to allow rice

millers in Can Tho city to be introduced to the latest rice

milling equipment from Satake. The initiative is expected

to help stimulate further sales promotion within Vietnam in

the future.

The delegation greatly appreciated Satake’s technology,

and subsequently, on their return, began recommending

Satake products to rice millers in their city.

In response to this compliment, Shoichi Tanaka, president

of Satake (Thailand) Co, Ltd. and his party made a

courtesy call to the people’s committee on January 14.

Satake then decided to hold a seminar for rice millers inthe city in April, to help introduce the latest rice milling

equipment. Satake has been exporting rice milling

equipment to Vietnam since 1989, and now supplies

dryers and optical sorters for coffee etc to that market. The

seminar in April is expected to help stimulate further sales

promotion to the country.

Satake Exhibits at Foodex Japan

Satake plans to exhibit the Small-Scale Flour Unit

along with the Small-Lot Brewery Rice Whitenerat the upcoming Foodex Japan 2016 (The 41st

International Food and Beverage Exhibition) to be held at

Makuhari Messe in Chiba city, from March 8 to 11. (Booth:

8F-23)

The Japan Management Association has hosted Asia’s

largest food and beverage exhibition every year since

1976. This is its 41st year as a venue to encourage business

between exhibitors and visitors.

Satake will be exhibiting: the Large-Scale Rice Flour

Production System (panel display), Small-Scale Flour Unit

(actual display), the Small-Lot Brewery Rice Whitener

(panel display) and food (Magic Rice, etc) at the rice our

pavilion with the aim of promoting rice our systemsto rice our and food manufacturers, the local

community, agricultural corporations and

breweries.

The Small-Scale Flour

Unit enables ne

grinding by wet type

milling. The Small-Lot

Brewery Rice Whitener

is being installed due to

the popularity of Sake

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more than satised withthe resulting product.

Satake would like to

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Among all of the trends in food

markets, transparency is a tough

demand to meet. As such, it

is only natural that consumers

have questions about what they

buy and want to be sure that

they buy something they feel

comfortable with. In times when

the food economy was local with

everyone knowing each other in small communities, the

food supply chain seemed transparent.

With the separation of rural areas and urban centres as

well as the increasing distance; both geographical and

relational, between consumers and the different links of

the chain, the distance in terms of trust increased too. Add

to this a few scandals through the years and the result is a

feeling that something is broken in the world of food.

The renewed desire for transparency is nothing than a plea

for trust. Since the personal relationship with suppliers in

many cases no longer exists, trust cannot be just a matterof knowing the farmer, the baker or the miller. Today’s

transparency is about veriable facts.

Today’s consumers, unlike their parents or grandparents,

do not want to be told a story anymore. If they don’t trust

you, they won’t believe you. They are used to searching

online for everything, with more or less success when it

comes to the truth, but they nonetheless want to nd out

for themselves and gure out on their own what to think.

Today’s concept of transparency is replacing PR.

The prospect of having to collect, update and disclose all

information through the chain from DNA to retail store

or restaurant seems a daunting task and for many foodproducers, it feels like an overwhelming request. It seems

and feels that way because it is. It is rather close to some

Herculean task.

One of the questions I often get asked is how much do

consumers want to know, and should everything be

available? My answer is that in theory, consumers want to

know everything and so it all should be available indeed

but in practice, it is somewhat different. Consumers do not

really want to know everything about how their food is

produced.

Well, maybe some do but they are very few. Most

consumers do not even read nutritional labels, so they

won’t bother spending hours or more to learn everything

about the bread or the chicken they just bought unless

something serious triggers it.

So, what do the large majority of consumers really want?

They don’t want to know everything but they want you to

be able to answer them any question they have. They want

the certainty that, should they have a question about their

food, they will get an answer, the truth and that nothing

will be hidden from them. Transparency is much more

about trust and truth than it is about hard data. Yet, the way

to get there is through data and open access.

The amount of data that can be collected is huge and so

is the task to set up your transparency system. However,

regardless of how much data you collect and share,

your transparency performance will always depend

rst on making transparency one of the pillars of your

organisation. By that, I mean have the genuine willingness

to engage in a candid and honest interaction with your

customers and consumers.

Genuine, candid and honest are key words when it comes

to transparency. People will sense if you are so indeed.

If they sense the opposite, you will not gain trust and

the perception of your company will further deteriorate.

Consumers will forgive honest mistakes when you admit

you made one and are willing to do what is needed tocorrect it, both inside your organisation as towards your

customers.

Consumers will accept that you do not necessarily have

all the answers ready but that you are willing to do the

research and come back diligently to them with the

information. Although immediate response has become

an expectation in the digital world, people understand

that sometimes a bit of time is needed. Although data is

important for transparency, attitude is at least just as much.

By being responsive and handling difcult conversations in

a mature manner will get you a long way. In a transparency

approach, there is no need for defensiveness. You openthe doors and get out of the way. Of course, the mix of

transparency and data brings the issue of boundaries.

There is a ne line between what is useful information

for customers and what is critical information about the

company and information that affect competitiveness.

Consumers will understand that some information is

sensitive enough to not be disclosed. In this process, too,

it is essential to be genuine, candid and transparent as

long as it is not an attempt to hide something. Remember,

transparency is a tool to increase the consumer’s trust and

loyalty!

Transparency is a market-driven exerciseby Christophe Pelletier

Christophe Pelletier is a food and agriculture strategist

and futurist from Canada. He works internationally. He

has published two books on feeding the world’s growing

population. His blog is called “The Food Futurist”.

The Pelletier Column


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UPDATES

Following a comprehensive

review of its grain and oilseeds

businesses in Central and Eastern

Europe, Cargill is to stop providingcrop inputs to farmers and to fully

exit from these activities by the

end of May 2016. This changewill affect Cargill’s businesses

in Hungary, Romania, Russia,

Slovakia, Ukraine, Bulgaria

and Poland. Going forward,

the company will refocus itsattention on its grain and oilseeds

origination, merchandising and

trading activities in these markets.The Black Sea region remains a

key focus for strategic growth and

Cargill will continue to strengthen

its existing investments andoperations, including its network

of port terminals and oilseed crush

plants in the region.

Sysco Corporation, North

America’s leading foodservice

distributor, announced todaythat it has reached a denitive

agreement to acquire Brakes

Group, a leading European

foodservice distributor. BrakesGroup is owned by Bain Capital

Private Equity. The transaction is

valued at approximately US$3.1

billion and includes the repaymentof approximately US$2.3 billionof Brakes Group’s nancial

debt. Unanimously approvedby Sysco’s Board of Directors,

the deal is subject to customary

regulatory review by European

Union competition authorities.The companies expect to complete

the transaction before the end ofSysco’s scal year in July 2016.

Headquartered in London, BrakesGroup will operate as a standalone

company within Sysco. The Brakes

Group business will continue to beled by chief executive ofcer Ken

McMeikan. His management team

and the rest of the employee base

will remain in place.

So the time has come to write another column, as we progress

towards the end of the rst quarter of this year. Time seems

to y by, as we here, try to arrange yet more missions to and

from the UK to help develop the agri-tech industries of the

world, whilst working closely with our exhibition partners in

Holland and Germany. We look forward to appreciating the

new technologies that the world offers to increase production,

whilst maintaining the environment.

I believe that these technologies will be fundamentally

important for developing countries where agriculture is a vital part of the economy. AsI am very privileged in having had the opportunity to visit many countries and see their

economies develop over the years, with a move to city dwelling and away from the

countryside. One of the consequences of this is that the importance of their agricultural

industries gets less well appreciated. We all expect food to be available as our incomes

increase.

There are some notable exceptions to this theory and last month I wrote about one such

country, Indonesia. The current Indonesian government seems determined to increase

production from both the land and the sea.

Now I turn my attention to another -- Vietnam. Here is the rst Asian country that

I visited now some 30 years ago the way that the country has developed is quite

remarkable. Both major cities Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi have changed beyond

belief; they are now modern, safe and sophisticated, but still retain the charm of theirpast.

The country is fortunate in having very enthusiastic Ambassadors in my country

promoting the attributes of theirs. As with many nations this country certainly has a

manufacturing base; with a population of 84 million people this is a given.

However, I am told that there country also have several aims that need to be achieved,

including tourism. With a wonderful coastline, beaches, historical sites, culture and food

with its climate and a people who are polite and attentive, I am sure that this industry

will develop.

And with still more than 60 percent of the population involved in agriculture and

aquaculture here are two more major industries that the Government is keen to see take

on board modern methods of production from primary production to the consumer. With

an additional aim to becoming a world class exporter of food.

To achieve this there must be opportunities to help with training and education at alllevels. Investment in, and I put rst, people, plant, machinery and technology.

Most places that I see in the world the young people do not want to stay farming it is

regarded as a poor occupation with low pay and long hours. The world has to wake up

to the fact that without farmers we have nothing.

As technology advances, we need highly skilled graduates to take the industry forward.

Vietnam has a vibrant young workforce, to be encouraged to produce more food from

diminishing resources and maintain the environment for future generations.

For our part at the forthcoming ILDEX Vietnam 23 March from the UK, I will

bring companies involved in the industry to visit Ho Chi Minh City and along with

Milling and Grain and Aquaculture we will be organising seminars specically for the

aquaculture industry and animal genetics.

Please register and come and visit our booths at the exhibition and listen to the seminarsthat I am sure you will nd of great interest.

I hope to see many friends of long standing at this event and just as importantly to make

new friends and business colleagues.

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Scientic study demonstrates

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antibiotic growth promoter

Encapsulated ButiPEARL™ effective option for growth

promoter in broilers

Recently, a novel and timely study evaluating the

effect of a slow release calcium butyrate versus

avilamycin was published in Poultry Science, an

international journal publishing research notes, symposium

papers and studies of basic science as applied to poultry.

The timing of this study, which provides an effective

alternative to antibiotic growth promoters, is critically

important as the global trend and pressure to move away

from antibiotics continues.

The alternative, butyric acid, is a short chain fatty

acid which is known to be involved in mucosal immune

response and to have an anti-inammatory effect in

animals. Although butyric acid is a small molecule, it can

have diverse modes of action, such as increase villi height

and crypt depth, leading to increases in absorptive surface

of the small intestine and resulting in better nutrient

utilisation.

As butyrates are so quickly absorbed and metabolised, an

encapsulation technology is needed in order to secure the

slow release of the butyrate in the small intestine.

ButiPEARL™ is a slow

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In a recent study (Table 1),

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versus avilamycin was

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the control group on body

weight gain (BWG) and feed

conversion ratio (FCR), which

demonstrated their effect to

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Between the ButiPEARL

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Birds in these two treatment

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This study demonstrates

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Science 00:1-9 (2016), Table 1.

[1] Smith J et al. In VitroDissolution and In Vivo

Absorption of Calcium [1-14C]

Butyrate in Free or Protected

forms. Journal of Agricultural

Food Chemistry 2012.

Table 1. Animal performance data of ButiPEARL versus avilamycin

(* signicantly different from Control with P < 0.05)

Parameters ControlControl +

ButiPEARLControl =

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BWG (g0 2,123 2,323* 2,356*

FCR (g:g) 1.59 1.49* 1.50*


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Companies spend a lot of effort

and money to control the safety

of feed and food, in order to

satisfy their customers and to

reduce nancial risks. Quality

management systems are

implemented, improvementsin buildings and machineries

are realised, records are kept,

performances are monitored and results are analyzed,

evaluated and further improvements introduced.

When a company operates according to a food /feed safety

management system, a third party carries out an independent

assessment of compliance with normative standards on a

regular base.

These assessments, by means of audits, are carried

out according to certain methodologies and with well-

dened tools. All these facilities, methods and tools are

the ‘hardware’ side of the feed / food safety assurancesystem. However, the human-factor cannot be neglected or

underestimated.

Human factor

The human factor relates to the people who are operating

within the certied companies. A precondition is that

these people are qualied with the proper knowledge and

competences.

The knowledge is about the products and processes in

the feed companies and service providers. Additionally,

they need to have understanding of risk assessment

methodologies, etc. This knowledge can be obtained by

a minimum of professional education, as well as regularadditional training. Because not each person in a company

knows everything, cooperation in a (HACCP) team is

important to bring all knowledge and experiences together.

Human failure or error

A cause of a feed safety incident could be a human failure

or error. GMP+ International has an Early Warning System

(EWS). That means that GMP+ FSA certied companies

must notify GMP+ International when the specic feed

safety limits are exceeded. It is always requested to inform

about the cause of the contamination. In 2015, in about 10

percent of incidents of contamination, “human failure” wasmentioned. There is no reference to compare it with, so we

cannot conclude that it is low, normal or high.

People do make mistakes, but why do we make mistakes

or cause errors? Is it the individual’s fault? Latent

organisational weaknesses include work processes, and such

work processes are usually behind human failures. That

could be also the cause of the human failure, but it depends

on the frequency of the errors and whether it is culpably

or not. Therefore, it is important that an organisation and

individuals are willing to learn from mistakes.

CultureA non-blaming atmosphere in a company is all about the

culture of organisation. Culture is about the human factor

inuencing the functionality of a feed safety management

system. That is called food / feed safety culture. Feed and

food safety is more than just a system; it is also about

culture. If an business owner considers the production

of safe feed as a company value, feed safety assurance is

always applicable at the same level of urgency. Then it is

a driving force for daily operations and the focus is on the

long-term continuity.

According to Grifth (2008), a company value determines

the behaviour of the employees in the daily operations.Many feed & food safety incidents are caused by an absence

of responsible behaviour by employees.

Feed safety culture truly comes down to how employees

think about, approach, and execute their daily task within

a feed-making environment. Each person within the

organisation is involved. The management of a company is

mostly determining the company culture. The mind-set of a

manager inuences the mind-set of all of their employees.

When a manager makes earning money a priority above

assuring the safety of the products or service delivered to

customers, it can result in risky behaviour. For instance, in

co-mingling inferior products with a higher or unknown risk

prole with products with a proper quality level.Feed & food safety culture is an important risk factor, and

should be a much higher priority than it currently is in some

cases.

Figure 1: Human errors and the causes

by Johan den Hartog – Managing Director of GMP+ International

Feed Safety Culture: crucial for effective feed safety control


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AIB International announcesglobal leadership changes

AIB International hasannounced leadership changes

that will further secure the

organisation’s position as an industry

leader and create an agile organisation

focused intently on its growing client

base’s needs.

First, Stephanie Lopez has been

named Vice President, Food Safety

Services, Americas, with Jeff Wilson

taking on the role of Vice President,

Europe, Asia and Africa (EAA).

Ms Lopez has nearly two decadesas a food industry leader. Since

joining AIB International, she has

held various roles in inspecting,

auditing, education and innovation.

Additionally, she has stood out as a

technical thought leader on emerging

food safety issues, has spoken at key

industry events, and contributed to

key technical publications.

Jeff Wilson will bring a wealth of

food safety knowledge and expertise

to the global executive leadership

team with over 36 years of servicein the food industry. Wilson, located

in the UK, most currently served

as General Manager for the EMEA

(Europe, Middle East and Africa)region for AIB International. He has

operations management, auditing and

food safety management experience.

In his new role as Vice President

for the EAA region his commitment

and knowledge will expand AIB

International’s global focus.

“The term international isn’t

just in our name,” said Andre

Biane, President and CEO of AIB

International.

“To truly succeed in the globalmarketplace we must adapt to the

needs of our clients, as well as the

needs of industry.”

To this end, Maureen Olewnik,

PhD., will become Principal, Industry

Affairs. In this role, Ms Olewnik

will leverage her industry network

and technical expertise as the

representative for AIB International

through select food safety and

baking related industry alliances and

associations in helping to establish

long term strategic direction for theorganisation. Ms Olewnik has more

than 34 years with AIB in various

leadership roles, from working as a

cereal chemist to leading AIB’s food

safety operations. Her knowledge

and expertise is recognised by many

national and international industry

leaders.With Ms Lopez’s departure from

AIBI Certication Services, Alfonso

Capuchino will step in as General

Manager. AIBI-CS offers multiple

GFSI audit schemes and is a

separate wholly owned and operated,

subsidiary of AIB. Mr Capuchino

has more than 25 years of industry

experience as a food and beverage

technical manager, and lead auditor

in BRC, IFS, SQF, and FSSC. Since

joining AIB International in 2015as a Senior Director of Certication

Services, he has led growth in the area

of certication.

“These leadership changes position

us to not only better serve the global

needs of our clients, but to be more

competitive and continue our legacy

of ensuring safety quality food

worldwide,” Mr Biane said.

AIB International has ofces

strategically located across the globe

and serves more than 120 countries,

all with the same central mission: toempower the global food industry

to elevate their food safety and

production process capabilities.

GrainCorp joins AustralianGrains Champion consortium

G

rainCorp announced on 17 February it has agreed

to join a consortium led by Australian Grains

Champion and including HRL Morrison & Co,acting on behalf of underlying Australian superannuation

investors.

Australian Grains Champion is proposing the

commercialisation and potential listing of Co-operative

Bulk Handling Ltd.

Australian Grains Champion is a Western Australian

grower-led initiative. Australian Grains Champion

approached GrainCorp, inviting GrainCorp to support

its Proposal as a cornerstone investor. Australian Grains

Champion is presenting the Proposal to the Board of CBH

with a request that it be put to CBH’s grower members.The Proposal also provides a unique opportunity for

GrainCorp to invest in CBH through its investment in

Australian Grains Champion, and a pathway for GrainCorp

to obtain a future equity interest in a publicly listed

Australian Grains Champion as holding company of CBH.

Alfonso Capuchino Stephanie Lopez Jeff Wilson Maureen Olewnik


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Quality control from anywhereand anytime: The new Brabender® MetaBridge® software makes it possible.

Brabender® technology optimises the quality of yourraw materials and ensures your success.

Brabender® GmbH & Co. KG · www.brabender.com

Monitor the moisture content of your flour samples independentlyfrom end device and location: With its web-based MetaBridge® software, the new Moisture Tester MT-CA allows for a user-friendlywater and solvent analysis.

■ Track your test results from your lab, your home office oron the go by using a PC, Mac, tablet or smartphone

■ Share your readings by authorized multi-user access

■ Interconnect all your USB-compatible Brabender® instruments and operate them simultaneously

Alapala is awarded 3 Good Design Awards

One of the world’s leading milling machinery

producers, Alapala won 3 awards in the Industrial

Design category at the Good Design Awards, in

which awards were also given to global giants such as

Apple, Tesla, BMW, Mercedes and Schneider Electric.

One of the world’s leading milling machinery

producers, Alapala, achieved a great

accomplishment in the Industrial

Design category of the Good Design

Awards 2015, the most well-

established and prestigious design

award program in the world. Alapala,

was granted awards for 3 of their

machines in the Good Design Awards

2015.

Organised by the Chicago Athenaeum

Museum of Architecture and Design,

the Good Design Awards are presented

to the best industrial and graphic

designs from around the globe. Now inits 65th year, the Good Design awarded

products and graphics, are added to

the Museum’s Permanent Design

Collection. The award-winning milling machines from

Alapala, Similago II, Aurora and Arion will also take their

place in the museum.

Alapala Machine Vice Chairman, Görkem Alapala

commented on the award, “We export 95 percent of our

production and we are one of the top companies in the world

in our eld, and thus we continue creating value for Turkey.

Winning this award is proof of Alapala’s focus on design.”

Founded by the The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of

Architecture and Design and the Metropolitan Arts Press

Ltd. in 1950, the Good Design Awards is a program

awarding the most innovative products and graphic

designs from around the world. Every year, designers and

manufactures from more than 50 nations are recognized

for their contributions contemporary design. Since 1950,

approximately 40,000 products have been awarded and

exhibited at the museum.

You can check on the following link for the Award

Program and further details:

https://chi-athenaeum.org/industrial-2015/?page=2


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US Wheat AssociatesDirectors Elect 2016/17Ofcers

The US Wheat Associates (USW) Board of Directors

unanimously elected new ofcers for the 2016/17

(July to June) scal year at their meeting on

February 6, 2016, in Washington, DC.

The board elected Chris Kolstad of Ledger, MT, as

Secretary-Treasurer, current Vice Chairman Jason Scott

of Stevensville, MD, as Chairman and current Secretary-

Treasurer Mike Miller of Ritzville, WA, as Vice Chairman.

They will take ofce at the USW Board meeting in July

2016 in Fargo, ND, when current Chairman Brian O’Toole

of Crystal, ND, will become Past Chairman. USW is the

export market development organisation for the US wheat

production industry.

“Wheat has paid the bills on my family’s farm for 100

years and I want to thank the board for giving me theopportunity to give something back to this country’s wheat

industry,” Mr Kolstad said.

“I look forward to working with USW’s directors and

staff, as well as with the National Association of Wheat

Growers, to make sure US wheat remains the world’s top

choice for quality and value.”

Mr Kolstad is the fourth generation of his family to farm

in Montana’s ‘Golden Triangle’ region. He and his wife

Vicki have four children, including their son Cary who

is a partner in their operation. They grow hard red winter

(HRW) wheat, dark northern spring wheat and durum, plus

barley and dry peas.A commissioner of the Montana Wheat & Barley

Committee, Mr Kolstad has represented his state on

the USW board since 2012. He is also a member of the

Montana Grain Growers Association and Montana Farm

Bureau. His community leadership includes serving on his

local school board, as treasurer of his family’s church and

as a regular blood donor who has given almost 19 gallons

of blood since 1972.

Jason Scott is a sixth generation wheat farmer from

Maryland’s Eastern Shore, where he manages his family’s

soft red winter (SRW) wheat, row crop and vegetable

operation. He also owns and operates a Pioneer Hi-

Bred® seed dealership with his father. Mr Scott has beena member of the Maryland Grain Producers Utilisation

Board since 2003 and served as president from 2005 to

2007.

Mr Scott received the Maryland Farm Bureau Young

Farmer Achievement Award in 2011. In his seven years

on the USW Board, Mr Scott has represented his state and

USW on two board team delegations to Africa and Europe

and served as Secretary-Treasurer. He and his wife Casey

have a young daughter.

Mike Miller is a fourth generation farmer who operates

a dryland wheat farm and grows multiple crops on a

separate, irrigated farm in east central Washington. He has

served on many local, state and national boards, and is in

his third term on the Washington Grain Commission and

his fth year as a USW director representing Washington.

Mr Miller is also very active in supporting wheat researchand development. He and his wife, Marci, have three

children.

Brian O’Toole is the president of TE O’Toole Farm Seed

Company. He and his wife Sara have four children and

raise wheat, edible beans and sugarbeet on their northeast

North Dakota farm. Mr O’Toole is an experienced

agricultural and community leader. He serves on the North

Dakota Wheat Commission, on the board of the Wheat

Marketing Centre in Portland, Oregon, and is Chairman of

SBARE Wheat Granting Committee.

Mr O’Toole is also past president of the North Dakota

Crop Improvement and Seed Association and past

president of Crystal Farmers Elevator Co-op. He hasreceived the Young Outstanding Farmer Award, Master

Farmer Award and Friends of 4-H Award. He has served as

Secretary-Treasurer and Vice Chairman of USW.

US Wheat Associates Ofcers (L to R): Mike Miller, Secretary-Treasurer; Roy Motter, Past Chairman; Brian O’Toole, Chairman;Chris Kolstad, Secretary-Treasurer Elect; Jason Scott, ViceChairman; Alan Tracy, President

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Pancosma Worldwide Scientic Exchange

introduces the novel non-nutrition concept

Agroup of 60 distinguished

scientists and leading players

of the feed industry gathered

in the picturesque city of Luzern, in the

German-speaking region of Switzerland,

from 3 – 4 February 2016, for the 5th

edition of the Pancosma Worldwide

Scientic Exchange (PWSE).

This exclusive scientic congress

hosted by the Swiss feed additives

manufacturer, Pancosma, discussed

the latest cutting-edge concepts in

animal nutrition and health.

This year’s PWSE was entitled “The

21st century animal nutritionist: the

master of non-nutrition”. It reects a

new addition to Pancosma’s series of

concepts for animal nutrition. Building on the legacy of the

revolutionary ‘Gut Effects’ concept

rst developed by the company, and

promoted as Intelligent Gut Action®,

Pancosma has yet again pioneered a

novel concept in animal nutrition –

the role of non-nutrition as the future

of animal nutrition.

Since the rst edition of the PWSE

was launched in 2010, the PWSE

series has developed into an innovation

platform that attracts renowned

scientists from the eld of animal

physiology from all over the globe,

to present their latest discoveries in

animal health and nutrition.

It is the only event of its kind in the

feed additives industry, and it creates

a unique opportunity for the best in

both academia and industry to come

together to exchange original ideas.

Non-nutritionThis novel concept reveals the

increasingly important role of a

category of dietary compounds, called

non-nutrients, and their effects, which

extend beyond the benets of nutrientsto positively impact animal productivity.

Non-nutrients, dened as substances

with no nutritional value, can be

integrated into nutritional strategies,

to optimize the animal diet, maximize

productivity and lower feed costs.

The speakers at this year’s PWSE used

evidence from studies to demonstrate

the benecial effects of non-nutrition

on animal health and productivity.

The 2-day event chaired by Dr. David

Bravo, Pancosma’s Research Director,

was divided into 3 sessions entitled:

1) Altering the gut ecosystem: new

target, new ways; 2) Phytonutrients as

functional additives: removing the foo-

foo, the dust, and the black box; and 3)

Making sense of gut sensing.

Dr. Goetz Gotterbarm, CEO of

Pancosma, concluded the scientic

discussions, and said, “It is a fascinating

revelation that besides nutrition, the diet

also provides non-nutritional substances

which impact animal physiology.

“The new strategic focus of

Pancosma is to further develop

mastery of non-nutrition; a

continuation of the previously

established ‘gut effects.’ This

novel strategy enables absolute and

intentional complementarity with our

customers, who are the nutritionists”.The intimate setting and exclusive

nature of

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