AGRO INDUSTRIES

Agro-Based industries in general are those industries that have direct or indirect links with
agriculture. It covers a variety of industrial, manufacturing and processing activities based
on agricultural raw materials as well as activities and services that go as inputs to
agriculture.

I just recently an Agro industry near me at koteswara called AGLP AGRO

INDUSTRIES, it was established in 1950, by THE ATKERE FAMILY, Well known for
enterprising spirit commenced the journey as a small-scale unit over six decades
ago, which today stands as one among the best in the field, at Koteswara,
nearby Kundapura, Karnataka State. It is a renowned company engaged in
manufacturing and supplying of different varieties of Indian parboiled rice.

AGLP AGRO INDUSTRIES prepares different types Indian parboiled rice by 10

important processes:
 Rail/Truck/Ship Unloading
 Grains are brought from farms through Trains, Truck, Ship to the rice
mill
 Intake/Storage
 Grains are kept in a dry container
 Drying
Methods of drying the paddy
 Spread the grains in thin layers (5 cm)
 Cover or collect the grains during rain.
 Mix frequently, at least every 30 minutes.
 Monitor the grain temperature.
 Shade or cover when grain temperatures are above
50ºC (42ºC for seeds)
 Parboiling
 There are three basic steps of parboiling
o Soaking
 o Steaming
o Drying
These steps make the rice easier to process by hand, while also boosting its
nutritional profile, changing its texture,
and making it more resistant to weevils.
 Sizing/Grading
 Rice grading can be regarded as a process of sorting, assigning rice
into its different classes or grades.
 Milling
 Milling is a crucial step in post-production of rice. The basic objective
of a rice milling system is to remove the husk and bran layers, and
produce and edible, white rice kernel that is sufficiently milled and
free of impurities.
 Paddy separation
 Paddy separation-Rice surface is smooth as compared to rough
paddy surface. This difference in surface texture is utilized to
separate brown rice from paddy through paddy separator. Grain
surface with smooth texture, being of higher width, is removed off
along with red grains by precision sizes.
 Husking/Shelling
 Husk separation is done using husk aspirators available in various
designs. After separation of husk, dust, bran and small brokens, a
mixture of brown rice and paddy is obtained. The paddy is separated
from brown rice using paddy separator
 On the other hand, rice husking is the process of removing both the
hull and the bran layer that lies underneath it. This is usually done
using a machine called a rice mill or dehusking machine
 Shelling consists of separating the grains, or the shells in the case of
groundnuts, from the portion of the plant that holds them.
 Optical Sorting
 A high-resolution CCD optical sensor drives a mechanical sorter to
separate different granular materials, automatically sorting
heterochromatic particles out of the batch of raw rice; removing such
impurities in this process improves the quality of the rice.
 Loading/Packaging
  The rice is packed with polythene bags or gunny bags into
5kgs,10kgs,25kgs etc… and is sent to the market. The process is done
in the rice mill

A good rice mill will produce 50−60% head rice (whole

kernels), 5−10% large broken and 10−15% small broken
kernels. Depending on country standards, rice grades in
the market will contain from 5−25% broken kernels.