Demand for canola to grow by 50 percent by 2020

Pioneer Hi-Bred global canola research director David Charne said "demand for canola oil is expected to grow by 50 percent by 2020 ". The demand would also mean an increase in co products such as canola meal that can be used in animal nutrition. Dr Charne went on to say "about 20 percent of the growth required to meet the demand would come from an increased sowing area but the rest had to come from better productivity, which implies a yield improvement of three percent per year. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Global Miller, published and supported by the GFMT Magazine and the International Milling Directory from Perendale Publishers.

DuPont and Evogene form research partnership

Seed developers DuPont and Evogene have formed a research partnership to develop a strain of soybeans that are resistant to soybean rust. Evogene is based in Rehovot, Israel, and focuses on developing new traits to insert into commercial crops such as corn and soybeans. DuPont said "the research with Evogene will focus on soybean rust, a fungal pest that can wipe out 80 percent of affected soybean fields. Soybean rust is estimated to cost farmers US$1.5 billion (€1.112 billion) annually in lost soybeans. Read more ...

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Food production needs to increase by 70 percent

The UN Food and Agricultural Organisation indicates that food production will need to rise by 70 percent relative to 2009 levels by 2050 as its predicted the global population will reach nine billion people, FAO, the United Nations food body, in Rome said, in its new report on land and water challenges. However, the State of the World's Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture - the new report by the FAO - highlights the distribution of land and water resources do not favour those countries that will need to produce more food. Read more ...
 
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We are located in the town of Kroonstad, two hours south west of Johannesburg, our expertise of more than 20 years in the African Market combined with our design and manufacturing capabilities make us the number one choice for medium size maize milling projects in Africa. We have plants operational in South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Zambia, Angola, Tanzania, Kenya, DRC and as far as Eastern Europe, Syria and Belgium.

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Döscher & Döscher

The company, founded by Claas Döscher and Jörn Döscher in Hamburg, has been working in the field of industrial measurement systems since 1994. In the first 7 years of consulting and engineering, the company acted as agents for other manufacturers and integrated their measurement systems into the production plants of our customers.

In 2001, due to the experience gained by Döscher & Döscher by this time, and in co-operation with the chair of high-frequency engineering of the CAU/Kiel (another measuring system laboratory), they were able to develop technology for devices apart from moisture testing & density measurement. This new technology represents the current state of the art.

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GMO ban by France was illegal

The ban of 2008 by France on the cultivation of genetically modified crops (GM) was illegal. Frances highest court has confirmed that the ruling by the European Court of Justice’s judgment that the French GMO ban was illegal. “As both judgments state, no ban on planting GM crops can be declared without valid scientific evidence, something that France and other European countries have not produced.” Read more ...

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