04/07/2013: The Kamenka warehouse; Tasmanian grain; CHS launches grain marketing website

Construction has started on a new grain storage facility in the Kamensky District, Russia. When completed it will be the largest grain storage facility in the Penza region.

Cherkizovo bought the Kamenka grain warehouse in 2012, and have invested €11.6 million (500 million rubles).

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The Grains Research & Development Corporation Board visited for a strategy meeting concerning Tasmania's current moratorium which bans the production of genetically modified crops. 

Keith Perrett, chairman, said Tasmania's current moratorium banning the production of genetically modified crops is another limit to the options for Tasmanian farmers.

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CHS Inc. has created www.chsag.com to serve farmers selling grain directly to CHS river terminals and processing plants in Iowa, Minnesota and Illinois. 

The new public Website features cash bids updated every 10 minutes, a powerful charting tool, radar weather and forecasts, futures market overviews, as well as specific location contacts and announcements.

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Mount Roland, Tasmania. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

25/09/12: dry weather forecast for Australia; Romers Labs to sponsor mycotoxin event and more

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• Continuing dry spring in south-eastern Australian could cut grain crops forecast. The Weather Bureau has predicted drier than  normal conditions in Victoria, south eastern Australia and also Tasmania.  Read more...

• Romer Labs is the main sponsor of this years ‘World Mycotoxin Forum meets IUPAC’ in Rotterdam.  During the conference Romer Labs will offer a workshop on the very latest innovation in mycotoxin reference testing. The workshop entitled “Improving accuracy and sensitivity in multi-mycotoxin LC-MS/MS methods” will focus on the importance of using C13-labeled internal standards when running multi-mycotoxin methods on LC-MS/MS. The C13-labeled standards are a patented technology of Romer Labs.  More information on the conference... 

• Phase 3 completed at grain storage facility. GAME Engineering has been working with WoldGrain since 2010 completing Phase 1, Phase 2 and now Phase 3 of their plant development programme at their grain storage facility in Hemswell, Lincolnshire. As part of WoldGrain’s planned programme of works which included a plant upgrade and throughputs in 2012, they installed new in-feed conveyors to their original storage silos.  More information... 

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