Rota Val

Rota Val Ltd was formed in 1970 as a specialist and dedicated manufacturer of Rotary and Diverter Valves for the Solids Handling Industry. Click on image to visit company website.

Adisseo introduces FeedSolutions web platform

Adisseo has introduced a new, innovative web-based communications platform FeedSolutions.Adisseo.com to offer nutritionists and livestock producers easy access to pertinent information. This platform shares timely information in several convenient and interesting ways including videos, technical articles, news releases, an interactive forum and an events calendar.

“Nutritionists and livestock producers have the most up-to-date, technical information about our product brands and the solutions they offer at their fingertips.  FeedSolutions.Adisseo.com, a dynamic and interactive platform, teaches customers the best uses for our products and how to maximize the benefits to their operations in a user-friendly way,” says Frank Chmitelin, Adisseo vice president of worldwide sales.

Attractions at FeedSolutions.Adisseo.com include experts in animal nutrition who provide the latest scientific thinking on various key topics. An events calendar helps individuals plan in advance for industry events where they can meet with Adisseo staff.  Interactive and enriching discussions occur 24/7 through the online forum. Users of the Adisseo Precise Nutrition Evaluation (PNE), for instance, can explore best uses and first-hand benefits of the NIR service through the online forum.

More is planned for this inviting communications platform. “Adisseo will be constantly improving the platform to better serve its customers,” says Chmitelin, “We are seeing first-hand how Adisseo solutions are enhancing customer competitiveness.”

 

06/06/2013: US$475,000 to buy old grain elevator site; nutrition 'must be a global priority'; feeding waste to pigs

The former Cargill Pool Elevator on Fuhrman Boulevard looks like it will soon have a new owner.

During a morning auction conducted by Cash Realty & Auction, a winning bid of $475,000 was submitted by an anonymous investor.

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"The Pig Idea" campaign, launched today as part of world environment day, hopes to re-introduce the practice of feeding waste to pigs.

Campaigners hope to share the benefits of feeding pigs surplus food and are  calling for a change in European law so farmers can return to feeding pigs waste in the long term.

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According to an article published in the Lancet medical journal, malnutrition is responsible for 45% of the global deaths of children under the age of five.

Researchers warn that countries will not break out of poverty unless nutrition becomes a global priority.

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English: Pigs ready for feeding. Photo credit: Wikipedia)

05/06/2013: Maggots with supermarket meat; 'orphan crop' could save millions of lives; former cyclist now maize mill mogul

A new EU plan to feed animals with protein-rich maggots which have been reared on cow and pig excrement is currently being trialled.

As soya beans (currently the primary protein source used in animal feed) are in such high demand, both farmers and scientists have been searching for cheaper alternatives.

The plan would see flies bred on an industrial scale using animal and vegetable waste, with the maggots then used for feed.
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Millions of African lives could rest in the unlikely hands of a vegan hippy scientist.

Howard-Yana Shapiro, agriculture director of US confectionery corporations Mars, has already published the complete genome of the cacao tree and now plans to share the genetic makeup of crops with the public.

"The genetic information will be put on the web and offered free to plant breeders, seed companies and farmers on condition it is not patented." he said.
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Felicien Munyamfura was one grassed up pedal cyclist earning Rwf1000 (US$1.54) per day until he decided to set up his own business.

After borrowing Rwf90 000 (US$138) from a friend, Munyamfura bought a sorghum crashing machine. Today, he is the only one who runs a maize mill in Kinigi Sector, Musanze District.
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Maggots  (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Muyang

Muyang currently has over 4000 employees, including 1000 technicians and engineers who specialise in machine building, heat treatment, feed science and technology, civil engineering, automatic control, computer science & application, animal nutrition, dust control, grain milling, chemical engineering, edible oil engineering and marketing. Click on image to visit company website.

High altitude testing for packaged dry goods

Versaperm is launching a new version of its HASS (High Altitude Shipping Simulator) into the UK and European marketplaces; it fully complies with all relevant European standards and is now CE marked.

The HASS simulates shipping boxes of dry packaged goods, such as cereals, at high altitudes. It gives the controller very flexible options - including the simulated height, the number of high peaks the goods need to fly over, the ramp speed (or rate), and time at the peak. Results can be fed into a QC system to produce statistical results which allow the manufacturer to spot the first signs of any trends or problems and thus take preventative measures.

Many types of product packaging are liable to burst or leak and thus fail at air-transport elevations and this makes the product unsalable, and potentially even harmful. The new HASS controller monitors and controls both the vacuum level and rate of change of the vacuum during simulating precise flight conditions.

The system then takes the packaged product through each cycle in sequence, before eventually reducing the pressure back to "ground level".

The unit's control system supports testing on up to 200 altitude profiles without reprogramming, each with its own set of configured set points.

English: High altitude  (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Consergra

Consergra S.L., is a spanish company established in 1969. Since then, their main activity is the construction of special refrigeration and air conditioning units, mainly used for the preservation of grains, oilseeds and perishable granulated products. Click on image to visit company website.