The Global Miller

February 18, 2020

IGP Institute to host Bühler KSU expert milling courses

In-depth course covering milling processes to be offered in English and Spanish. Industry professionals that have an extensive milling background are invited to attend the Bühler–KSU Expert Milling course. There will be an English section offered March 2–6th, 2020, and a Spanish section offered March 9–13th, 2020.

'This course is great for anyone with more than five years of milling experience,' says Jason Watt, Bühler Instructor of Milling. 'The classroom lectures and hands-on activities will help individuals take their milling experience and expertise and fine-tune it.'

Jason Watt, Bühler milling instructor at the IGP Institute, shows the wheat product to participants in the Bühler–KSU Expert Milling course during a wheat conditioning exercise at the Hal Ross Flour Mill.
Image credit: IGP KSU

Topics to be discussed include, but are not limited to, flow sheet technology, optimum machine adjustment and mill handling, special cleaning systems, tempering of wheat, starch damage and mill pneumatic systems. Participants will also spend time completing practical exercises in the Hal Ross Flour Mill.

Past course participant, Chris Craft, head miller at Grain Craft in Birmingham, Alabama, describes his experience at the Bühler–KSU Expert Milling course and the valuable knowledge that he gained throughout the course.

'I wanted to advance my knowledge and try to advance in the field where I can look at more detailed operations in the industry,' says Mr Craft. 'I was able to ask questions about my own mill and setup and get some insight from the instructors, and they really gave me some ideas and direction to make improvements when I go back.'

In addition to flour milling and grain processing, the IGP Institute offers courses in the areas of feed manufacturing and grain quality management, and grain marketing and risk management.

To learn more about these other training opportunities, visit the IGP Institute website, HERE.

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February 17, 2020

Van Aarsen company profile

Van Aarsen has become a household name worldwide for machinery and turnkey projects for animal feed technology, both for commercial feed producers and for vertically-integrated businesses.

Quality is of the utmost importance in both sectors of the industry and innovations in feed production are therefore of great interest.

Thanks to their extensive experience, engineers and technicians are always able to offer tailor-made solutions.

Visit the company website, HERE.

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Tickets on sale for Cereals 2020, a leading technical event for the arable industry

Tickets are now on sale for Cereals 2020, with early bird prices of just £15 and group discounts available. A leading European Arable event, Cereals will be held on 10-11 June 2020, at the Chrishall Grange, Duxford, Cambridge, UK.

Having sought and considered visitor and exhibitor feedback, the new Comexposium management team have cut ticket prices and made it easier for farmers to bring their whole family or staff party to the Event.

Image credit: Cereals

'There is so much going on at Cereals – from working machinery demonstrations to the packed seminar programme; not to mention the invaluable networking opportunities – that it's only right that farmers want to bring their whole teams with them,' says event organiser Alli McEntyre. 'But in the past, costs have been prohibitive, so we have worked hard with our industry partners to bring the event to a wider audience and make it more affordable for all.'

New features for this year include a Young Farmers' Club programme with a focus on sustainability, an Innovation and Technology demonstration area, and a drainage showcase – extremely topical given this year's wet autumn and winter. There will also be a Grain Exchange for fresh ideas from grain marketing companies, an improved event layout and more crop plots featuring leading and award-winning varieties.

Perennial favourites like the NIAB Soil Pit, Syngenta Sprays & Sprayers Arena, and working demonstrations will be returning, and the improved theatre programme promises to challenge and inspire, with a great mix of blue-sky thinking and practical advice. There will even be a grain marketing competition and a Dragon's Den business challenge, as well as a focus on farmer-led innovation.

'British agriculture is facing an exciting – if uncertain – future,' says Ms McEntyre. 'We want to equip farmers with the latest knowledge, ideas, and technology to help them embrace all of the opportunities which will arise in the coming years.'

This year's event returns to Chrishall Grange, Duxford, Cambridgeshire, making it farmer Robert Law's fifth time of hosting. 'A lot of the big shows have gone; this is the major summer networking event,' he says. 'Given the agricultural and political climate, going to events like this is more important than ever before.'

For more information visit the Cereals event website, HERE.

Register for the event, HERE.

Famsun Sci-Tech Industrial Park: Aspiring to be the most advanced production base for feed machinery

In this new era of global Industry 4.0 abundant agricultural production is still the cornerstone of human development. Every year, over two trillion tonnes of cereals are produced on this planet, but nearly 800 million people still lack food.

As a leading enterprise in global agriculture and husbandry Famsun has, over the past five decades, dedicated itself to providing efficient and sustained solutions to the agriculture and husbandry sectors for safer, healthier and more environmental-friendly food across the world.

Famsun has always made joint efforts with global agricultural and husbandry producers. They stick with the thought of 'Creating System Value' in three key engineering areas of feeding, breeding and oilseed production to provide system solutions for our partners. From farm-to-table, Famsun has held fast to its reputed 'Made with Wisdom' and its sincere serving spirit, that has won the trust and support of partners in over 120 countries and regions worldwide.

To build a 'trinity platform' for research and development in Asia, Europe and America, Famsun has also built production bases in countries such as Egypt and has an established global marketing service network. The brand 'Made in China', can now be held up as a banner of efficiency, environmental protection and intelligent that provides credible services for global partners in both agriculture and husbandry.

February 16, 2020

World Mycotoxin Report 2019 EMEA & APAC - Biomin Mycotoxin Webinar

By Vaughn Entwistle, Managing Editor, Perendale Publishers

Every year since 2004 Biomin has conducted an annual survey of mycotoxins as part of the technical service they provide to their customers. The worldwide survey reports on which mycotoxins were discovered and where they were found. Biomin maintains that the survey is crucial to helping the company to develop new products for customers as it allows them to us evaluate the mycotoxin risk to animals.

This year's webinar was moderated by Joshua Davis and featured a panel of mycotoxin experts including:

- Alexandro Marchioro MSc Senior Mycotoxin Expert at Biomin
- Anneliese Müll PhD, Project Manager, Mycotoxin at Biomin
- And Martina Bellasio PhD Senior Mycotoxin Expert at ROMER LABS

Mycotoxin origins
Mycotoxins produced by fungi contaminate a wide variety of feed ingredients given to ruminants, swine, poultry, fish, and shrimp. These mycotoxins can have many deleterious consequences for animals, including affecting health, growth, welfare and, ultimately, profitability.

Biomin's mycotoxin report covered the major topics surrounding the issue of mycotoxin infection:
• Upcoming mycotoxin threats in livestock feed across the globe
• Relevant mycotoxin testing tools to ensure proper monitoring in an animal rearing operation
• The dangers posed by the presence of multiple mycotoxins and newly emerging mycotoxins
• How to establish an effective mycotoxin risk management program

The report was offered as a live streamed webinar and opened with a world map colour-keyed in terms of the risk threshold. While all regions are affected by mycotoxins, the risk threshold is based on risk in the field and rated from moderate to Extreme risk. Pale yellow denotes moderate risk levels which gradually darkens to dark red which represents extreme risk. A new addition for 2020 was the introduction of mycotoxin risk for aquaculture.

Corn (maize) was one of the first feed crops evaluated and was depicted by a graph recording ten-years of mycotoxin contamination. It was noted that the same strains of mycotoxins have appeared around the world.

Read the full article on the Milling and Grain website, HERE.

Evonik company profile

Evonik is one of the world's leading specialty chemicals companies. Profitable growth and a sustained increase in the value of the company form the heart of their strategy, which is supported by their owners, RAG-Stiftung (74.99 percent) and funds managed by CVC Capital Partners (25.01 percent).

Their specialty chemicals activities focus on high-growth megatrends—especially health, nutrition, resource efficiency, and globalisation—and their goal is to enter attractive future-oriented markets.

In 2011 Evonik’s roughly 33,000 employees generated sales of €14.5 billion and an operating result (EBITDA) of €2.8 billion. More than 70 percent of sales are generated outside Germany, providing convincing evidence that our business is global.

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