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April 24, 2013

24/04/2013: Phytate.info gets a spring update; farmer and grain manager face trial in alleged fraud; record grain exports in Kazakhstan despite drought

Phytate.info, a free online resource for the animal feed industry has been updated with a range of new features and content, including videos from the second International Phytase Summit (IPS2), a live Twitter feed and a new expert to ask about phytate and phytase application.

Proceedings from the first International Phytase Summit held in 2010 have been published as well as selected videos from IPS2 relating to phytate synthesis and breakdown, the global cost of phytate, superdosing and comparing commercial phytases.

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Kazakhstan exported 5.2 million tonnes of grain between July 1, 2012, and April 1, 2013, compared to 8.3 million tonnes during the same period the previous year, said a senior agriculture ministry official.

The country, which is central Asia’s largest grain producer, could potentially export a further two million tonnes of grain by the end of the current marketing year, Sagintai Zhumazhanov, head of the ministry’s land development department, said.

According to the ministry's report, it is due to water saving technologies that allowed farmers to collected 12.9 million tonnes of grain in 2012.
"This amount not only meets the needs of the domestic market, but also allows to export some 7.8 million tonnes," the ministry said.

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A central Illinois farmer and a former grain company manager will be tried in federal court in June on charges they organised a $14 million fraud scheme. The two are accused of working together to defraud Towanda Grain Co,. Printz's creditors and others. Both have pleaded not guilty.

Farmer Robert Printz of Fairbury and former Towanda Grain Co. manager Timothy Boerma of Lincoln are scheduled to be tried June 17, 2013 in federal court in Peoria.

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English: Grain in the field
English: Grain in the field (Photo credit: Wikipedia)







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