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For maize and other
coarse grains, the
key restraint is
slack US demand
from the livestock
sector, partly down
to weaker meat
export trade, partly
due to the recession
within the US
itself. World import
demand for maize
has fallen right off
at the higher prices,
with buyers waiting
for the full harvest
flush to bring
better bargains
– or switching to
still abundant and
relatively cheap
feed wheat.
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GLOBAL
GRAIN & FEED MARKETS
Every issue GFMT’s market analyst John Buckley reviews
world trading conditions which are impacting the full range
of commodities used in food and feed production. His
observations will influence your decision-making.
US feed harvests in
race against weather
A
FTER nail-biting delays to
sowing in the late spring
and early summer, the all-
important US feedgrain
and soyabean crops were blessed
with mostly favourable weather in
August and September, even avoiding
the hard, damaging frosts that often
occur in October. Crop analysts began
to prepare for record yields and output,
some even talking of a possible supply
glut which, at a time of lackluster
demand from US and overseas livestock
industries, might have pushed down
prices of inputs across the feed sector.
But in October, that incredible run of
luck finally began to run out as the
heavens opened and some of the major
states found ripening harvests sitting
under some of the wettest conditions
on record for this time of year.
Fortunately for consumers, crops so far have
weathered the ‘Monsoon’ autumn remarkably
well – possibly because the late start to sowing
had also put maturity in many of the affected areas
at a record slow pace – so many crops were well
off ‘harvest-ready’. Nonetheless, as this issue
goes to press with less than half the soya crop
gathered and three quarters of maize still in the
field, the ultimate size and quality of the 2009 US
feed crops still hangs in the balance.
The US ‘weather market’ has had a dramatic
effect on prices across the global grain and feed
sector in the past month, hauling them up from
the September lows – even dragging wheat value
higher in the face of huge – and still growing -
supplies. The strength has spilled into European
markets where farmers and their customers had
been in a standoff for weeks amid differing views
on grain value. However, this is no runaway bull
market yet, not least because consumers are not
yet chasing it up.
For maize and other coarse grains, the key
restraint is slack US demand from the livestock
sector, partly down to weaker meat export trade,
partly due to the recession within the US itself.
World import demand for maize has fallen right
off at the higher prices, with buyers waiting for
the full harvest flush to
bring better bargains – or
switching to still abundant
and relatively cheap feed
wheat.
Against that, the still
relatively cheap price
of maize and the rally in
crude oil prices over the
late summer months does
now seem to be breathing
fresh life into the ailing US
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corn ethanol industry, already tipped
to take an extra 12.7m tonnes this
season. Strong ethanol demand that
could help push up the cost of maize
is not welcomed by the main outlets
in the feed sector.
However, it will
at least increase
supplies of
by-products,
dried distillers’
grains, for the
more traditional
users.
For soya the
main anchor
on prices is
t h e p ro s p e c t
of record Latin
American crops, already being sown this
autumn at a fast pace which, if the weather
cooperates, could land an extra 30m tonnes
on the market early next year. Who will take
all the extra meal? China may be a voracious
soya buyer but demand will need to pick
up in Europe, Asia, Latin America and the
US itself to prevent prices easing into first
half 2010.
Wheat, which relies on feed demand
for about a sixth of its global consumption
has been forced to follow the firmer price
trend inspired by US weather threats to
maize and soya. Prices at the top end of
the milling wheat market are also being
pushed up by less than stellar quality from
much of this year’s North American hard
winter and spring harvests, often carried
out under damp conditions, by the collapse
of Argentina’s breadwheat exports. Much of
the export demand for wheat, especially in
the US market, is also tending to focus on the
hard and better quality wheats, helping to
push prices up and widen quality premiums.
That said, fundamentals offer no real support
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COMMODITIES
to the soft wheats that make up the largest
share of world production. These are once
again in huge supply – in the US, the EU and
the former Soviet countries.
Prices of feed and milling grains have
also remained under the strong influence
of ‘outside’ markets during the last quarter
during which a constant barrage of conflicting
economic news has driven equity and
commodity markets both ways. A pivotal
factor has been the weak dollar, running at its
lowest level against other major currencies for
well over a year and along with still relatively
cheap freight rates offering consumers in
most of the big wheat and feedgrain consumer
countries a good deal at these prices.
For the ‘macro markets’, the big question
is whether US currency weakness (which
could paradoxically increase as the US/
world economy recovers) and the huge
US, European and Chinese fiscal spending
programmes of recent months will ultimately
translate into hyper-inflation down the road.
Banks and investment houses are constantly
touting this theme, many betting on higher
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prices of grains
and other key
commodities in
later 2010/early
2011. They have
the funds and
the muscle to
help bring about
these prophecies themselves but not to
hold markets up indefinitely if the supply/
demand fundamentals turn against them.
Early pointers to supply for 2010 suggest
world wheat area will – as we’ve indicated
in recent issues - decline in the face of
low prices. Maize sowings might lose out
further to soyabeans, in the US and South
America, as the price ratio between the
two remains wider than usual. However,
for the Northern Hemisphere producers,
many of these potential shifts will not be
decided until second quarter 2010, when
sowing weather will be just as important as
grain/oilseed price ratios in deciding wheat
farmers grow.
Maize
– will US harvest avoid a
washout?
The US grows over 40% of the world’s
maize and accounts for 60-70% of exports,
making up the largest component of global
feed trade. Clearly, the size of the US crop is
key to feed costs around the globe. Markets
were reminded of that in October when
incessant wet weather and delayed crop
maturity kept farmers from harvesting what
could have been the biggest US crop ever.
Early in the month, many analysts felt USDA
was under-estimating this at just under
2007’s record 331m tonnes. By end-October,
however, estimates were starting to slide
toward 325m or less. Wet crops, lack of
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drying facilities and ever-present threats of
autumn freezes also raised questions about
how much of the crop would grade adequate
quality.
With many analysts predicting the harvest,
instead of wrapping up in October, will run
well into November, possibly even the New
Year in Northern states, an accurate picture
of size and quality is clearly some way off.
However, assuming that some promised drier
weather in coming month does allow the
bulk of harvest to complete, the US should
be able to meet all the currently estimated
domestic (276m) and export demand (54.5m
tonnes) without dipping into the reasonably
comfortable surplus stocks it carried into
2009/10 on September 1.
Forward futures prices for maize point
‘North’ with a premium of about 40/45c/
bushel – about $17.50/tonne anticipating
a slightly tighter market by latter 2010.
Whether that happens depends also on
how much maize the US plants next spring.
Although the ethanol juggernaut is slowing
down (compulsory requirements for the US
fuel industry to use renewables will expand
far more slowly from next season onward),
feed demand might be expected to pick up
from two flat years if the recession really is
coming to an end – so more maize will be
needed for 2010/11.
Europe’s maize crop has, as expected
earlier, taken a dip this season. Planted area
was down by about 3% but yields fell by a
much larger 7%, knocking about 5m tonnes
off production at just under 58m. This should
not, by itself, put too much upward pressure
on prices as demand for maize in Europe is
also seen down by about 4m tonnes while
about 7m tonnes of stocks were carried in
from 2008/09 compared with only 4.5m the
previous year.
Support is coming from the global maize
market, however, driven in turn by the events
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in the USA. As we World import demand for maize has
go to press, US No slackened off in October, helping to keep
3 yellow corn for prices under control. This probably reflects
export is quoting buyers waiting for the US harvest picture to
over $187/tonne clear and, hopefully, prices to fall.
compared with
$150 in September WHEAT – volatile prices but ...
but this is not a bad
price compared with ... world crop keeps growing
almost $195 earlier A large and growing supply surplus of on
in the year and over the world market has not prevented the value
$300 at the start of of wheat fluctuating over a wide range during
last year. Buyers the past two months. Traders blame several
are also getting a factors, most emanating from the influential
bonus from the weaker dollar which has Chicago soft red winter wheat futures market
knocked about 15% off the real cost for where ‘outside’ investors – mainly speculative
many importing countries in the past year – funds – had sold the market heavily short,
and from cheaper ocean freight rates over anticipating prices would keep dropping.
that period (although these appear to be As analysts began to see a bottom, even a
hardening up in late October). potential bounce, some warned the selling
Maize prices may also draw support from had been overdone and the market began
the lack of competition on world export to anticipate heavy ‘short-covering’ by the
markets this year. Argentina – the normal funds to protect their exposure. This didn’t
No 2 supplier – is facing its second poor crop happen immediately, because of the sheer
in a row (harvested early 2010) and will cut weight of supply from the recently harvested
exports accordingly. That is offset somewhat and approaching Northern Hemisphere
by continuing improvements in exports from wheat crops that make up the bulk of world
Brazil where larger crops have been grown wheat output – underlined by still growing
in recent years and stocks have built up estimates of final production from bodies like
enough to expand exports if needed in the the International Grains Council and the US
year ahead. Brazil
tends to discount
the US price
too. However,
less competition
will be coming
from former
Soviet countries,
where crops are
smaller. China,
of ten a big ger
export supplier
than Argentina
in the past, has
seen drought
trim about 10m
tonnes of its crop
this year and with
growing domestic feed demand already taking Department of Agriculture. The funds and
up all the slack, is unlikely to figure much in other short sellers also needed a catalyst to
exports this season. encourage a change from selling the buying.
While exports may be down from other That eventually came from two factors. The
maize suppliers, the US still faces potentially over-riding influence was a slumping US
stiff competition from feed wheat of which dollar, raising the face value of grain exports
there is still a lot available on the world and, paradoxically, providing evidence that
market – in CIS countries, Europe and North the US economy was finally starting to come
America. out of recession – a potentuial stimulus for
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consumer demand across the US and global
grain and feed sector. The second factor
was the record late US maize and soyabean
harvest, threatening to raise the inherent
value of these crops and, with them, wheat
too. Allied to that, US farmers’ inability to get
maize and soya crops out of the field was also
holding up the sowing of winter wheat crops
to be harvested next year on the same land,
pointing to a likely shrinkage in area sown for
these, especially the soft red types the form
the basis for Chicago futures and, of course,
make up the bulk of Europe’s wheat crop.
However, while these factors did briefly
drive the wheat price up by almost $20 a
tonne in just one week of late October,
the excitement appeared to be over by
early November as fresh economic jitters
surfaced, analysts downplayed the effect of a
smaller US SRW crop and world production
estimates continued to edge higher.
Among these there have been some
exceptions, not least in Europe itself where
the IGC has just cut its crop estimate by 2.4m
to 136.6m tonnes (versus last year’s 151.2m),
including 128.4m. (141.2m.) of soft wheat,
following revisions for France, Germany,
Romania, Spain and the UK. The good news
is that this is still a big crop by any measure
and the proportion of milling quality will be
similar to last year’s at about 70%. Looking
at the main players, Germany expects
25.1m tonnes (26.0m) with protein content
slightly lower than last year but Hagberg
values higher. France should produce 38.8m
(39.5m.) with about 90% milling quality but
proteins averaging 11.3% - slightly lower than
last year as well as the five-year average of
11.9%. In the UK itself, lower area and lower
yields caused a sharper fall in production to
14m from last year’s 17.3m tonnes. The IGC
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COMMODITIES
also notes that exceptionally good quality is
reported in the Baltic States, with as much
as 95% graded milling wheat in Lithuania.
Further east, Russia, ideal weather aided
the completion of the spring wheat harvest
in Siberia with the total crop raised seen at
60m tonnes – just 3.7m tonnes short of last
year’s bumper 63.7m output after higher
than expected yields in Central regions/
Urals offset reductions in southern areas.
Ukraine’s crop is estimated at 20m – about
5.9m less than last year but still way bigger
than the average of recent years. Harvest was
also completed under favourable weather
in Kazakhstan where the crop forecast was
raised to 14.5m compared with last year’s
13m. For the former Soviet Union as a whole,
the harvest is expected to be around 8m less
than last year. Bearing in mind that these
countries have carried about 19m tonnes
of stocks into
the new season
– almost double
last year’s level, it
seems clear that
these prominent
exporters will
have plenty to
sell to the world
market. In recent
weeks, prices
coming out of
these ‘Black Sea’
wheat exporters
have been firmer
than one might
expect amid good harvests, narrowing the
frequently large discounts that they tend
to offer against EU and other mainly soft
wheats. Although these countries normally
tended to ‘front load’ their export sales
campaigns, they are probably being a little
less aggressive at this stage because of the
unusually low world wheat price and because
of one or two weather risks looming for next
year’s crops, (chiefly dryness at sowing time
in parts of Russia and Ukraine). However,
even without the big discounts, Russia
and Ukraine have still taken a lot of the
‘opportunity’ business going to countries
like Egypt and other Near East/North African
buyers, helping to keep world export values
of wheat down. If their crops go in normally
and avoid a severe winter, we can probably
expect more competition from the east in
world export markets, particularly those
most heavily contested by Europe, the US,
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Canada and Australia in North Africa, the
Middle East and further afield.
Among the other major wheat suppliers,
Canada has experienced some problems with
below-normal temperatures, rain and snow
delaying the last 10% or so of its spring wheat
harvest, the slowest pace in five years. Yields
have been better than expected but concerns
have been mounting about the quality of
unharvested crops resulting in the export
price of these hard milling wheats rising from
a low of $257 two months ago to $292/
tonne recently (CWRS 13.5% protein fob
St Lawrence).
To some extent this rise has also followed
the US market for hard milling wheats which
is being influenced by some mixed results
on the quality front there too. Most of the
spring wheat harvest managed to escape the
worst of the weather but protein content
and falling numbers are seen lower than last
year’s – although test weights are higher.
However, due to better than expected yields,
the production forecast has been raised for
both spring bread and durum wheats. As
in Canada, US hard wheat prices have risen
recently with Dark Northern Spring (14%
protein, fob Gulf) quoting $280 as we go
to press compared with a low of $257 in
September and Hard Red Winter wheat at
$207 ($190).
Rain in Argentina has recently boosted
prospects a little for Argentina’s crop which
got off to a poor start for the second year
running amid dry conditions. Because area
sown is again well down, the crop will again
be unusually small with exports not likely to
get much beyond 1.5m tonnes - a very poor
result for a country that normally supplies
the world with 10m to 12m tonnes of most
good quality bread wheat.
Forward supply outlook
Planting of winter wheat in the northern
hemisphere mostly progressed well, despite
dry conditions in parts of Europe, the Black
Sea region and Near East Asia although
falling prices since mid-2009 prompted some
growers, especially in the US, to reduce
sowings, according to a recent IGC review.
The Council expects global area in 2010 to
end up smaller than this year’s but stresses
that much depends on spring wheat planting
decisions as well as the subsequent southern
hemisphere sowing season. In the EU, rain
generally favoured winter planting and
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establishment but dry conditions continued
in Hungary and much of Romania, delaying
planting. Lower profitability may result in a
slight reduction in the total EU wheat area,
in favour of oilseeds but nt everywhere, with
the UK expected to rebound amid good
planting weather and a shift from cheaper
barley. In Russia, beneficial rains supported
winter grain crops. However, south-eastern
regions remained dry and rains were needed
soon to ensure adequate plant establishment.
Planting progressed at a good pace in Ukraine
but, despite mid-month rain, soil moisture
remained very low in central/southern
regions, making crops more vulnerable to
winter frosts. Plantings of winter wheat
(about 90% of Ukraine’s production) are
expected to be lower than last year because
of the dry conditions. Wet weather in Canada
meanwhile delayed oilseed harvests and
will probably lead to reduced winter wheat
plantings. In the United States, farmers are
expected to reduce sowings due to the sharp
fall in prices and, as mentioned above, late
harvest of maize and soyabeans. Elsewhere
among the big wheat producers, dry weather
in the North China Plain helped planting of
winter cereals with underlying soil moisture
levels mostly adequate. In India, producers
were expecting support prices to rise,
possibly raising area with recent heavy rains
improving soil moisture in north/east areas
but the southern wheat belt remaining dry.
Among the influential importing coutjnries,
North African weather has been favourable
for planting, with good soil moisture reserves
while Egypt’s government is planning to
stimulate larger crops.
OILMEALS
– surplus & lower prices ahead?
Big crops of rapeseed and sunflowerseed
are being produced across the northern
hemisphere for the second year running,
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COMMODITIES
not least in Europe itself. However, oilseed
meal costs have remained fairly firm in the
past month or two as the market fretted
over the rain-delayed US soyabean harvest.
Costs of raw soyabeans have been higher
than expected with crushers scrambling
for the last old-crop supplies and any new
crop offers, preventing the normal seasonal
flush of supply lowering soya meal prices.
Demand for US soya products in Europe
has, in any event been slower, partly due
to the larger domestic oilseed crops of this
year and last and partly to buyers avoiding
consignments that might be contain traces
of genetically modified maize strains not
allowed for consumption within the EU.
At the end of October, however, the EU
Commission recommended allowing in
three GM maize varieties which should
help resolve this issue.
Analysts have been mixed in their views
on the outlook for soya meal prices. The
supply situation is rather fluid with les
than half the US crop harvested as we
go to press, compared with twice that
normally. Wet, cold weather has also
resulted in high moisture content of
soyabeans and crushers having difficulty
getting hold of decent beans to produce
an acceptable meal quality, most of which
is probably being snapped up by domestic
buyers first.
That said, most of our US sources suggest
yields will more or less hold up and that a
near record crop will still come through –
about 8m up from last year’s and equal to
an extra 6.5m tonnes of soyabean meal. If
this proves correct, this market is likely to
head into more significant surplus as we
move deeper into the new season (which
started on October 1), thanks to events
in South America. Following the steep
price rises in soya and other oilseeds and
their products in the past two years, huge
crops are planned in this region which now
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accounts for the lion’s share of soya supply.
Consergra s.l
Spain
Our latest data from Brazil, Argentina and
various trade and industry sources suggests
that their joint production could jump by
an unprecedented 30m tonnes – perhaps
even more – equal to an additional 24m
tonnes of soyabean meal.
Of course, weather could spoil these plans.
However, so far, the planting season down Company Information: CONSERGRA, S.L. is a specialist in grain conservation, and
south has so far got off to a roaring start manufactures the CONSERFRÍO® grain chiller. It’s a modern, highly energy-efficiency
with good weather allowing producers to cooler which helps to conserve a wide variety of grains, seeds, oily and granulated
sow promptly in hopes of an early harvest perishable items stored in silos and warehouses. Its use, independently of climatic
(arriving around late-February onwards). conditions, prevents shrinkages of weight, rotting, insects damage and toxin build up.
The conservation with the CONSERFRÍO® is natural and highly cost-effective, the
To put this in the context of user
pay-back on the investment is extremely fast. Our units, installed all over the world
industries, the world is only expected to
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need about 7.5m tonnes more oilseed meal to 500 ton per day, per machine. CONSERGRA, S.L. puts their 40 years experience
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Soya meal should thus be abundant enough
to act as an a global anchor across the
protein sector.
Sunflower meal supply prospects are
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also better than in the summer months
too, with a large world crop of about 32m
tonnes estimated for a second year running
verus the 27/30m of recent years. EU
supply will benefit from carryover stocks
of sunflowerseed from last year as well as
imports, adequately meeting consumption
of about 3.2m tonnes (unchanged from last
year). The world also has a large rapeseed
crop again – at 57m tonnes, similar to last
year’s and about 10m tonnes higher than DMN-WESTINGHOUSE
in 2007. European production alone is up United Kingdom
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from this, the world’s largest rapeseed Company Information: DMN UK supplies DMN-WESTINGHOUSE Rotary Valves,
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importer, helping to keep world prices
Besides an extensive range of standard versions, we supply components that are con-
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with no real justification for price rises – bulk handling industry sector, our overall market share has stayed the same with some
large orders from end users, especially in the food sector. Aggregates industry is still
provided Latin America continues to get
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normal weather.
We have seen a rise in repair and re work of existing valves to ATEX. Also a large
increase in the sales for Morris Clamp Couplings, this may be due to our extra large
stock holding which was implemented at the end of 2008.
2010: There are signs of growth for 2010, while this won’t be on the same scale as
previous years. We are hopeful that some of the projects which have been deferred
for 2009 will now become live. As always pricing will be a major issue in winning any
order, so costs will need to be keep under control.
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Agromatic AG
Agromatic is a Swiss manufacturer of safety equipment, established in world-wide export
of temperature monitoring in mills, silos, compound feed plants and food processing
industry.
Agromatic manufactures temperature monitoring systems with different suspension pos- Fields of grain?
sibilities for large silos up to 95m height, special cables for storage halls, all kinds of full Or fields of gold?
and empty indicators, continuous level monitoring height, safety monitoring for elevators,
conveying belts etc. Combined units for speed and/or alignment control, also for plastic
buckets.
Spark detection and spark extinguishment devices for food compound plants, metal
detectors and separators as well as dryer monitoring systems are also supplied by this
Swiss manufacturer.
The range of the laboratory equipment (4 roller flour mill/sampler/laboratory sieves/
sieve shakers) have been completed by a high precision small quick moisture indicator
(Agro Combi).
For the operation in mills among throughput systems for the raw grainblending also
dampening systems and associated units are being produced. In 1979 Agromatic was the
first manufacturer introducing an automatically regulating dampening system.
Agromatic works with the slogan:
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is why we never underestimate the
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Company Information: Chief Industries UK Ltd, and its subsidiary Phénix Rousies
Industries in France, are part of the Chief Industries Inc. Group based in Nebraska, USA.
Together, the Chief companies manufacture a comprehensive range of top quality grain
storage silos, conveyors and ventilation systems for worldwide distribution.
Chief Industries has over 50 years experience in grain storage systems, incorporating state-
of-the-art design and manufacturing, supplying flat floor silos with capacities ranging from 30
to 30,000 ton, and hopper bins with capacities ranging from 2.5 to 1,400 ton. By designing
complexes of a number of silos the grain storage possibilities are endless. Manufactured
from high quality galvanized steel, Chief ’s storage installations last for many years.
Market activity has seen a further increase in 2009 with continuing worldwide demand
for storage facilities, and turnover has again exceeded that of previous years. In addition, a
major port storage project in Pakistan has added further to the company profile. With it’s
modern manufacturing facilities Chief has continued to take advantage of the market con-
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competent supplier, has placed Chief UK in a healthy position to look forward to a further
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Brabender® GmbH & Co. KG Feed Management Systems

Duisburg - Germany USA

Feed Management Systems® Inc. a leader in providing integrated software solutions

Company Information: For 86 years, Brabender® GmbH & Co. KG has been the leading
company tor the development, manufacture, and distribution of instruments and equip-
ment tor testing material quality and physical characteristics in all fields of research, devel-
opment, and industrial production in the chemical and food industries all over the world.
Brabender® test methods became the basis of many international standards.
Reflection of 2009: A new stand alone extruder was introduced which
processes small material samples. The alre ady well k nown extruder
model range was updated to state-of-art technology. The successful pre-
sentation of new developments was made during the IBA in Düsseldorf.
Thoughts for 2010 : Within the 4th Farinograph® generation the Brabender®
Food Quality Testing Farinograph®-AT will set standards for the rheological measurement of flour and dough. Due
with Brabender® to an automatic and tempered water dosing system, the tests will be facilitated and become
Instruments even more reproducible. The extended software offers additionally many advantages. For
the rapid analysis of grain and flour the Kernelyzer-F will be available for NIR-measurements.
for the feed manufacturing industry to manage their nutrition, feed formulation and
production needs. Ensure the safety, quality and affordability of your feed supply by
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Perry of Oakley
United Kingdom Trade assurance schemes now
Sense Enterprise Solutions Ltd
United Kingdom

Perry of Oakley Ltd is a family owned designer and manufacturer of grain driers and mate-
rials handling equipment. All equipment is manufactured in the UK at our purpose built
a key feature of food and feedchains Company information: Sense developed FeedAX in 2003 after we were selected by
I’Anson Brothers to implement a Microsoft Dynamics AX solution for their feed manufac-
factory. turing business.

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i t h m e m b e r s hi p
Our grain driers are suitable for the drying of all cereal crops including Maize, wheat, Barley, “It is clear
Tothat
date,TASCC
all of our is nowhave
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the benefits chain
replacing old,which
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systems
of the assurance
Oats and oil seed rape. The driers have a capacity up to 150 tph and are in use world- hauliers, and
merchants, stores
benefited from and testing
streamlined facilities
processes, meet
increased legislative
efficiency and customer
and profitability.
schemes operated
wide. The PERRY range of handling equipment offers specifications and capacities to suit on by the Agricultural Industries requirements.
FeedAX extends the standard functionality of Microsoft Dynamics AX to provide for the
farm use to heavy duty commercial grain store applications. Our handling equipment range Confederation approaching
Quality that lasts, at a includes chain and flight conveyors, Belt and Bucket elevators, Belt conveyors, Mechanical
specific requirements of feed mills, including: Contracting, Sales, Transport, Formulations,
3,000, the schemes are now from point of manufacture
Weighbridge, to “ F oReporting
Compliance r e x a mandp l e Process
, w e Control
a r e nIntegration.
on conformances seen
price you’ll remember intake pits and screw conveyors. a key feature of agricultural the farmgate,” said Mr Rudd. currently working on the during the annual audit are
2009 in the UK saw an increase in the number of smaller capacity grain driers ordered. I and feed ingredient supply FeedAX enables yourn businesse w TA to S Cbe
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Increasingly providing
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operational
think this reflected the number of farmers with very small driers who had struggled in the chains, says AIC technical 2010 /11. One of the issues standards in the supply chain
gaining recognition beyond
firmed product roadmap beyond 2020 and Dynamics
wet harvest of 2008. These farmers wanted to remain independent of the central grain manager Garr y Rudd. being debated is the use ofAX are
integrates
rising,”seamlessly
concludedwith
Mr other
Rudd.
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s . “ Re c iproducts
p r o c a l and technologies. This makes FeedAX a sound long term investment
stores and maintain there own drying facility but they did not need large capacity driers
stand out from the crowd second hand and hire trailers,
Speaking at UK Grain, Mr Rudd agreements for with
yourassurance
business. which is really important to More inforMation:
because of the relatively small amount of cereals they grow. pointed out that participation in schemes operating to the
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For 2010 enquiry levels and orders placed to date are good with an even mix of small and major membership of many of
for Feed
had increMills
ase signif ic antly countries deliver feed mills in theup’
‘joined UK and Ireland.
The ultimate solution medium to large capacity driers being ordered. Our investment in fully automated punching the schemes,” said Mr Rudd. Technical Manager, AIC
and forming equipment as well as increasing the size of our stores facility should see PERRY over the past seven years. assurance and reduce cost
Industry and for 2010: Many feed mills are reviewing
outlook Confederation
the role ofHouse
their business
in grain equipment FeedAX is an ERP system specially designed
bureaucracy,” said Mr “It is clearcompetitive
Rudd. increasingly that TASCC is nowWithEast
well placed to deal with forthcoming orders both in the UK and worldwide for the needs
“Between of Animal
them, theFeed Manufacturers
schemes systems in today’s market. thisofinEngland
mind we Showground,
believe that
www.perryengineering.com and Distributors. FeedAXparticipants
offers the best an of
integral part ofanthe
both worlds; grain standard
industry Peterborough, PE2 6XE
market leading Microsoft
now provide assurance on the Input from scheme
Dunkeswell Airfield, Honiton, Dynamics AX solution, chain which
developed andhelps hauliers,
delivered by United
people with Kingdom
real world feed manufac-
safety of combinable crops, andAXrepresentatives of the supply
Devon, EX14 4LF
Email: sales@perryengineering.com
Tel: 01404 891400
www.perryengineering.com 01159 646 646
feedinfo
for the
ingredients
@feedax.com
turing experience.
and feedstuffs chains ensures that the schemes
food and feed industries; are up-to-date, relevant, remain up
www.feedax.com
merchants, stores and testing
facilities meet legislative and Tel: +44 1733 385230
Fax: +44 1733 385270
customer requirements.
Fax: 01404 891402
www.feedax.com
as well as delivering security to date in terms of regulations, but
to the fertiliser supply chain remains practical to implement. Given that the number of
Email: garry.rudd@agindustries.org.uk
Web: www.agindustries.org.uk

Perstorp Performance Additives

The Netherlands/Sweden
We pride ourselves in implementing > Turnkey installations
the latest technological
improvements > Cleaning equipment
Company information: For nearly fifty years Perstorp has been involved with devel- We strive for the highest quality > Milling equipment
oping a range of highly effective feed additives to improve the performance of farm animals. & confidence in our products & > Transfer equipment
Perstorp’s outstanding product range is complemented with a competence mix that makes services
> Extraction Control
the difference in helping you become more profitable. Product innovation and R&D activ- Our goal is complete customer
ities lead to feed additives that improve the nutritional value of feed and protect animal
> Packaging
satisfaction in the production of
health. We take care of our customers by giving them personal attention, good technical our flour milling machines > Complementary machines
support and a rapid response in satisfying their needs. And we make sure that our long
experience in the feed industry is used to your benefit.
Reflection of 2009: The credit crunch and turbulent propionic and formic acid prices
have impacted our markets in 2009. Despite this we have remained a healthy and reliable
business par tner for all our customers and we have created some innovative new
products.
Thoughts for 2010: At the end of 2008 everybody knew that we were heading into a
turbulent year. This year forecasts are more optimistic. A more stable market situation will Konya Organize Sanayi Bölgesi 7 Sokak
UNION OF ZOOBUSINESS
allow us to focus on innovations and find new markets and applications. No: 3 Konya/TÜRKİYE
ENTERPRISES
For more information visit our website at: T: +90 332 239 1016 (pbx)
F: +90 332 239 1348
www.perstorpfeed.com E: unormak@unormak.com.tr

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