Alltech invites participation in its first global sustainability insights survey

Sustainability and the journey it entails has been described as the greatest challenge and opportunity of our time. In 2019, Alltech committed its team to a single, shared purpose of Working Together for a Planet of Plenty™, viewing it even more broadly as a vision for the global agri-food sector. As collaboration is essential for the achievement of shared goals, Alltech is inviting the global agriculture and agri-food industry to participate in the company’s inaugural Sustainability Insights Survey to gather insights on the issues that matter most to the agri-food value chain’s stakeholders.

“Given the evolving understanding of sustainability and the complexity of our industry, we believe that there is significant value in exploring and sharing perspectives across the value chain,” says Tara McCarthy, global vice president of ESG at Alltech. “This consultation will better enable us to develop a robust, future-facing perspective and a collaboration strategy that is relevant, ambitious and inclusive. Our aim is to identify tangible actions across the industry and across the value chain, as we seek to deliver a Planet of Plenty.”

The survey is now open to the global agri-food industry to provide input until June 12, 2023. The results of this global research will only be presented in aggregate form and responses will not be personally identified in the report. However, the aggregate findings will be shared and available for the benefit of the agri-food industry and its partners later this year.

For more information and to complete the survey visit the website, HERE.

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“DLG Thai” renamed “DLG Asia Pacific” to reflect new regional responsibility

The DLG’s (the German Agricultural Society) subsidiary “DLG Thai” located in Bangkok, Thailand, will operate under the name “DLG Asia Pacific” with immediate effect. The new name more accurately reflects the regional focus of the Thailand-based subsidiary and forms part of DLG’s growing international focus on prospective agricultural and food markets. Under its new name, DLG Asia Pacific will be responsible for managing all DLG and partner projects in the region.

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“The change of name to DLG Asia Pacific is another important step in DLG’s internationalisation strategy,” says Jens Kremer, Managing Director of DLG International.

“With DLG Asia Pacific, we are represented with a strong team geographically close to the important markets of the future. This means the company can react quickly to developments in the region and not only position our events appropriately in the markets, in line with demand, but also develop new formats quickly and successfully,” he adds.

Located in Bangkok and operating in Thailand and neighboring countries, DLG’s subsidiary was set up in 2021 in response to local demand, notably from agricultural ministries, for DLG’s core competencies in professional agricultural knowledge platforms.

“Bangkok continues to be the ideal location for DLG’s subsidiary DLG Asia Pacific. The central position offers optimal conditions as one of the region’s central business hubs for networking here, on the ground, as well as in other neighboring countries, with organisations and partners and jointly launching new projects,” says Katharina Staske, Managing Director of DLG Asia Pacific. “We have identified enormous potential in the agricultural sector in this region and have prepared firm plans to contribute to sustainable development in local agriculture, through our know-how and flexible, tailored concepts,” she adds.

A variety of trade fairs and events in the region
In addition to the established trade fair events Agritechnica Asia and Horti Asia as well as Agriconnect, all held in Thailand, DLG Asia Pacific is also the organiser, and, in many cases, the initiator of exhibitions and conferences in other countries in the wider Asian region. These include Vietnam, the Philippines and South Korea. Events such as the International Rice Congress, October 16-19, 2023, which DLG organises jointly with the International Rice Research Institute, and the Food Industry Technology Show Korea, November 22-25, 2023, will be managed by DLG’s Bangkok team and further developed together with local partners.

Close cooperation with DLG’s subsidiary in China
Starting this year at Agriconnect Conference, DLG Asia Pacific will be working more closely with DLG’s subsidiary in China, DLG AgroTechService. The aim is to capitalise on the competencies of both subsidiaries and expand networks in Asia even further, in order to promote the regional agricultural and food industry, and jointly develop new formats.

“For 15 years, DLG AgroTechService located in Beijing has successfully established DLG’s presence in China, strengthening relations with the Chinese agricultural ministry and conducting joint projects, including German-Chinese practical crop cultivation projects, cross-country exchanges with young experts and new livestock and renewable energy exhibitions and events. I’m convinced that the close cooperation between our two subsidiaries will give additional impetus to the agriculture and food industries in Asian countries, promote professional cross-border dialogue and facilitate new business platforms,” says Leely Zhang, Managing Director of DLG AgroTechService.

For more information visit the DLG website, HERE.

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Aberdeen Grain choose McArthur Agriculture to upgrade its malting barley cleaning capacity

McArthur Agriculture has worked with Aberdeen Grain, located at Whiterashes, Aberdeenshire, to design and install an upgraded system of the farmer-owned grain co-operative’s malting barley cleaning capability. The upgrade project is well under way and will be commissioned in time for harvest 2023.

“We wanted to improve our operations by having the capability to not only dry and clean but to also fine grade the malting barley before it goes into store,” explains Kate Blues, General Manager at Aberdeen Grain.

“Currently, malting barley comes into the plant via a wet grain storage hopper and passes through our existing rotary cleaner to be pre-cleaned, before being dried and transported to storage bays. Once harvest is over the barley is then transported, which means costly and resource heavy double handling, back to our cleaner to be fine cleaned,” continues Ms Blues.

The upgraded system with two JK Machinery VibroMAX 10413 vibratory sieve cleaners with JAA 10 fully adjustable air leg separators on the outlets at its core, will allow malting barley to be dried, cleaned and fine graded before going into storage, without the need for double handling. McArthur Agriculture recommended and will supply the VibroMAX cleaners.  

“By installing the VibroMAX cleaners we will significantly increase the level of Aberdeen Grain’s dressing capacity,” explains Ms Blues. “Additionally, by eliminating the need for double handling after harvest, we will improve the throughput of grain across our site.”

The existing rotary grain cleaner will be retained to pre-clean the malting barley before it is dried. Instead of going into store directly from the drier the grain, once dried, will pass through the VibroMAX.

The VibroMAX has the capability to improve the fine cleaning and grading by removing small impurities and undersized grains to meet the exacting and ever tighter specifications of Aberdeen Grain’s customers, before being transported to storage bays where it will stay until it is sold.

The compact design of the VibroMAX has meant that both cleaners can easily be accommodated within the plant’s existing building.

To further maximise and future-proof the capability of the upgrade project, McArthur Agriculture advised Aberdeen Grain to install Skandia Elevator’s next-generation H-Line grain handling equipment. The H-Line conveyors and elevators have been designed for commercial grain storage operations as well as for larger farming enterprises.

“We were very impressed with how McArthur Agriculture approached this project. Scott McArthur spent time with our lab manager to really understand what we required to continue to deliver the highest grade of barley for malting,” adds Ms Blues. “It was clear that time had been spent on researching the right cleaners and grain handling equipment to deliver the upgrade we need. Installation is on target to be fully operational in time for harvest 2023.”

For more information about McArthur Agriculture visit the website, HERE.

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Livestock Malaysia 2023 – Stronger and better in its comeback

The doors of the Kuala Lumpur Convention Center will open once more to Malaysia’s premier livestock show that will gather exhibitors and visitors from all over the world to see the latest innovations in the meat and feed industries. 

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As the longest-running livestock show in Southeast Asia (SEA), industry professionals are looking forward to the re-staging of Livestock Malaysia which will take place from November 29 to December 1, 2023. More than 150 participants from local and international stakeholders will showcase the newest technologies and developments in feed production, meat processing and livestock production.

Staging the 10th edition of the show is fully supported by the Malaysian government led by the Department of Veterinary Services and other industry groups in the country such as the Malaysian Veterinary Medical Association, Federation of Livestock Farmers’ Association of Malaysia, World Veterinary Poultry Association – Malaysia, World Poultry Science Association – Malaysia and the Malaysian Animal Health and Nutrition Industries.

In its comeback, international pavilions from China, Korea and Taiwan are expected to bring valuable partnerships, stronger knowledge transfer and investment prospects to create a globally competitive Malaysian livestock sector. As one of the most prestigious livestock events in SEA, Livestock Malaysia 2023 is expected to draw 6,000 trade visitors and delegates representing integrators, veterinarians, livestock farmers, feed millers, wholesalers, retailers, importers and distributors. As such, more business opportunities are expected to be fostered for both local and international livestock industry professionals. Seminars and conferences will be hosted by renowned industry leaders that will generate more innovation and knowledge for livestock and meat producers.

For more information visit the website, HERE.

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FlourWorld Museum opens a new chapter: “Flour is art”

The FlourWorld Museum in Wittenburg illuminates a further chapter in human history, opening a new room dedicated to the Industrial Revolution. An epoch that allowed the world population to grow, while at the same time creating new technical solutions to provide for it. The modern industrial milling presentation was conceived and designed by museum curator Dr. Oliver Seifert, in cooperation with Bühler Group, a world-leading Swiss technology leader in grain processing, and Mühlenchemie GmbH & Co. KG. An audiovisual installation and working models of an optical sorter, roller mill and plansifter show interested visitors the individual steps in the industrial production of flour, the worldwide staple food. 

The “Flour.Power.Life” exhibit concept at the FlourWorld Museum revolves around the importance of flour as a staple food in the history of humanity. This history reaches from the first cultivation of grain 10,000 years ago during the Neolithic Revolution, when humans became sedentary, until today. The new “Milling Room” addresses the other major revolution in human history – the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century. It changed the world even more radically than the Neolithic Revolution of 10,000 years ago. What is remarkable is that both revolutions were intimately associated with grain. 

Before the Industrial Revolution there were over 60,000 mills in Germany. Today there are only about 200, although the population has quadrupled. The story in other parts of the world is similar. The new exhibition shows the technical achievements and devices that led to the development of the modern industrial mill. Three machine models are centrepieces and take visitors through the process of flour production. An optical sorter, roller mill and plansifter demonstrate the mechanical processes of cleaning, grinding and sifting. The models were developed and built during the last three years by 37 apprentices of the deep-rooted Swiss company Bühler in Uzwil. They give a detailed look at the functioning of a modern mill. In addition, a schematic presentation shows all the fully automated work steps in today’s industrial milling.

“The room is designed to present the technology of modern flour milling, the power and the dimensions that make industrial manufacturing processes so revolutionary. When you visit a modern mill today, even with its steel machinery, high tech and sealed-off cleanrooms, it’s hard to comprehend the quantities that are processed every second to get a consistently high-quality product like flour,” says Volkmar Wywiol, founder of the FlourWorld Museum. 

The exhibit designers used artistic means to make these energies tangible. The link to art was obvious. In the 17th century, due to the technical sophistication of mills, mill construction was called “the art of milling.” A multimedia grid wall with 80 moving panels that slowly turn around – almost like the blades of an old-style windmill – transforms into a mysterious machine. Crystalline objects appear, first a few, then more and more, and the machine starts to eject the objects from the grid. Sorting, grinding, and then the dancing movements of the particles on the screens of the plansifter – the grid wall shows the processes demonstrated by the models in modified, highly reductive visual and acoustic form. The apparently irrational change of the aggregate state from crystalline to fluid stands for the transformation of indigestible grains in the mill to the pure white product we call flour. A transformation that still has something magical to it, despite all the science.

The new Milling Room can be viewed during a visit to the museum in Wittenburg every other Saturday and every Sunday from 12:00 to 17:00. An audioguide explains all the displays and exhibits. The FlourWorld Museum in Wittenburg is an initiative of Mühlenchemie. 

For more information visit the website, HERE.

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Tietjen presents solutions for fine grinding

Tietjen presents its new developments for the compound feed and petfood/aquafeed industry. 

With the large chamber mill FD, Tietjen presents the latest of its hammer mills optimised for fine grinding of petfood. It achieves a very high throughput of over 15 t/h and reaches a high fineness at the same time.  

For the large chamber mill FD, Tietjen has enhanced its proven design. The durable, optimised rotor design is dynamically balanced and now allows, depending on the recipe, a loading of more than 15 t/h with almost the same installation space compared to other large-capacity mills from Tietjen. The new optimised design and the optional enlargement of the impact zone ensure the very high fineness of the ground material with simultaneous high loading. Particle sizes of < 500 µm at a fineness of 99 percent are achieved even for demanding petfood recipes. 

In combination with a metering screw and the new air-gravity separator AGS AD, the efficiency of the grinding system is increased even further. 

Thanks to the separation of foreign particles with the AGS AD and the subsequent automated discharge with a collecting screw, a smooth operation of the system is guaranteed. To make this possible, the separation of magnetic foreign bodies was optimised compared to the AGS. Pneumatically swivelling magnets and flaps clean the bulk material from foreign bodies fully automatically and then channel the foreign bodies into a collecting screw, which discharges the foreign bodies out of the system. 

Thanks to almost identical installation space and flange dimensions, the predecessor AGS can easily be replaced by the new AGS AD.

For more information about Tietjen visit the website, HERE.

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The May edition of Milling and Grain magazine is available now!

The May edition of Milling and Grain magazine is now available in-print, online and on our App.

Our features this edition begin with an article that discusses how to improve efficiency and quality in flour milling with the plansifter, by Halit Shasheet, Business Area Manager, Tanis Milling Technologies.

Karel Thurman, Commercial Director Animal Nutrition, BENEO, takes us through faba beans and rice, alternative ingredients for piglet nutrition.

A new open resource will accelerate research towards better targeted crop protection, as discussed on page 52 of the May edition.

Dániel Zatkalik, Pannonia Bio, talks us through a sustainable alternative for soybean meal. 

Our events section sees highlights from the 7th Annual Aqua Feed Extrusion conference at VIV Bangkok with Dr Mian N. Riaz, Texas A&M University, and our interview this month is with Suresh Deora, Chairman, Compound Livestock Feed Manufacturers Association of India (CLFMA).

Read all this and more in the May edition here: https://millingandgrain.com/magazine/

Also available on our Flickread library here: https://flickread.com/edition/html/64351bb08db4c#1

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