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The International Business Magazine for Grain, Flour and Feed May 2022

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features
20 A ‘differentiated world-class facility’
Ardent Mills’ new flour mill in Tampa, Florida, US,
features several nuances that set it apart.

26 Cyber criminals targeting agribusiness

Industry’s increased use of internet-enabled
technologies makes it more vulnerable.

36 Global flour trade trending lower

IGC sees 6% decline from previous quarterly
forecast in January.

38 Study: Non-GM feed has its costs

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would conflict with environmental and sustainability

42
goals, and lead to higher food prices.

Weather problems impacting the Americas

36
South and North America each facing grain
production challenges.

46 European supplier profiles

A look at the European suppliers who provide the
international grain, feed and milling industries with
the most up-to-date technology.

departments
06 Editorial
38
08 Calendar
10
14
World Grain News
Grain Market Review: Oilseeds
26
16 Country Focus: Spain
64 Supplier News
73 Archive
74 Advertiser Index

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 FROM THE EDITOR
Cybersecurity is no
longer a luxury
W
hile the age of Information
Technology has benefited
agribusiness in myriad ways,
an anonymous group of bad actors con-
tinue to threaten the industry in ways
that perhaps weren’t envisioned when
the World Wide Web was first intro-
duced as a widely available technology
in the 1990s.
A report from CrowdStrike in 2021
noted that of the 160 computer hack-
ing groups that the company tracks, 13
were identified as targeting the agricul-
ture industry. The US Federal Bureau of
Investigation reported that at least eight
hacks of agriculture companies occurred
in the United States in 2021, including
grain cooperatives in Iowa and Minne-
sota that were partially shut down for
several weeks as the ransomware hack-
ers demanded seven-figure payments to
end their hacking operation.
The threat appears to be growing,
with ransomware costs totaling an esti-
mated $6 trillion (yes trillion, with a t),
according to Cybersecurity Ventures.
And with geopolitical tensions boiling
over, the threat of state-based cyberat-
tacks on other nations, which could in-
clude their agricultural assets, has never
been greater.
Speaking to North American grain
elevator managers at the 2022 GEAPS
Exchange in Kansas City, Dan Hanson,
senior vice president of management li-
ability and client experience for Marsh
& McLennan (MMA), warned that the
global agricultural supply chain is a
prime target for cybercriminals.
He emphasized that it’s not just the
Fortune 500-type firms that are tar-
geted. In fact, more than 60% of the
cyberattacks in the United States are
on small- and mid-sized companies,
including some that have faced devas-
tating consequences for not spending
adequate time and resources on cyber-
6 May 2022 / World Grain / www.World-Grain.com
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Managing Editor Eric Schroeder
Associate Editor
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John Reidy
European Correspondent Chris Lyddon
China Consultant Fengcheng Wang
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health and technology recently reported Audience Development
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as 100 employees or less) fail after a Audience Development Analyst Dustin Pickman
cyberattack. However, a recent MMA Audience Database Specialist Hannah Carney
survey of agricultural companies found Audience Development
that only 56% of respondents ranked Coordinator Lauren Juliana
cybersecurity as a top-five risk man- Director of Digital Media Jon Hall
agement priority. Eighty-two percent Digital Advertising Manager Carrie Fluegge
believe they are prepared to prevent a Advertising Manager Nora Wages
cyberattack, yet only 45% said they had Advertising Coordinator Kayley Kerns
a plan in place. Even more troubling is Design Services Manager Elisabeth Spillman
that 87% of all agribusinesses surveyed Senior Graphic Designer Brian Peterman
did not have a contingency plan to man- Production Specialist Marj Potts
age security breaches. Senior Design Consultant Becky White
Agribusiness, which traditionally has Promotions Manager Jim White
excelled in business strategies focusing Promotions Media Designer Abby Chronister
on production, safety and efficiency,
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and Executive Editor Meyer Sosland
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 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
JUNE
June 5-7
Sosland Purchasing Seminar
Location: Sheraton Crown Center, Kansas
City, Missouri, US Contact: Sosland Publishing
Tel: 1.816.756.1000
Internet: www.purchasingseminar.com
June 7-8
International Grains Conference
Location: London, England
Contact: International Grains Council
Tel: 44 (0)20 7513 1122 Email: gc@igc.int
Internet: https://www.igc.int/en/conference/
confhome.aspx
JULY
July 10-13
Institute of Food Technologists (IFT)
Annual Meeting and Food Expo
Location: McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois,
US and virtual Contact: IFT Tel: 1.312.782.8424
Fax: 1.312.782.0045 Email: info@ift.org
Internet: https://www.iftevent.org/
AUGUST
Aug. 3-5
ILDEX Vietnam 2022
Location: Saigon Exhibition and Convention
Center, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Contact: VNU Exhibitions Asia Pacific
Tel: +662 670 0900 Fax: +662 670 0908
Email: nfo@vnuexhibitionsap.com
Internet: www.ILDEX-Vietnam.com
Aug. 15-19
Bühler – KSU Expert Milling (English)
Location: IGP Institute, Kansas State
University, Manhattan, Kansas, US
Contact: IGP Institute. Tel: 1.785.532.4070
Email: igp@k-state.edu
Internet: https://www.grains.k-state.edu/igp/
Aug. 30-Sept. 1
IAOM–KSU Flour and Dough Analysis
Location: IGP Institute, Kansas State
University, Manhattan, Kansas, US
Contact: IGP Institute. Tel: 1.785.532.4070
Email: igp@k-state.edu
Internet: https://www.grains.k-state.edu/igp/
SEPTEMBER
Sept. 7-9
VICTAM Asia
Location: IMPACT Exhibition Center,
Bangkok, Thailand Contact: Victam
Tel: +31 33 246 4404 Email: expo@victam.com
Internet: www.victamasia.com
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Sept. 7-9
2022 AFIA Liquid Feed Symposium
NOVEMBER
Location: Hyatt Regency New Orleans, Nov. 9-11
New Orleans, Louisiana, US Contact: AFIA 2022 AFIA Equipment
Tel: 1.703.524.0810 Email: AFIA@AFIA.org Manufacturers Conference
Internet: www.afia.org Location: The Vinoy Renaissance St.
Petersburg Resort & Golf Club, St. Petersburg,
Sept. 12-16 Florida, US Contact: AFIA Tel: 1.703.524.0810
IAOM–KSU Basic Milling Principles Email: AFIA@AFIA.org Internet: www.afia.org
Location: IGP Institute, Kansas State
University, Manhattan, Kansas, US Nov. 14-18
Contact: IGP Institute. Tel: 1.785.532.4070 Bühler -KSU Flowsheet Technology
Email: igp@k-state.edu Location: IGP Institute, Kansas State
Internet: https://www.grains.k-state.edu/igp/ University, Manhattan, Kansas, US
Contact: IGP Institute. Tel: 1.785.532.4070
Sept. 19-23 Email: igp@k-state.edu
IAOM–KSU Advanced Milling Principles Internet: https://www.grains.k-state.edu/igp/
Location: IGP Institute, Kansas State
University, Manhattan, Kansas, US Nov. 29-30
Contact: IGP Institute. Tel: 1.785.532.4070 Unconventional Ag
Email: igp@k-state.edu Location: Hyatt Regency Minneapolis,
Internet: https://www.grains.k-state.edu/igp/ Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
Contact: HighQuest Partners
Sept. 26-28 Tel: 1.978.887.8800
Women in Agribusiness Email: eventinfo@highquestgroup.com
Location: Dallas, Texas, US Contact: Women Internet: https://www.unconventionalag.com/
in Agribusiness Tel: 1.918.887.8800
Email: eventinfo@highquestgroup.com
Internet: https://wia.highquestevents.com/
OCTOBER
For a 12-month listing of 2022 industry events, see
Oct. 12-14 the 2022 International Buyers’ Guide or visit
Export Exchange www.World-Grain.com. Send your event details to:
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VICTAM Asia moves forward in September after
COVID-19 postponements
After being rescheduled three times because of the COVID-19 pandemic,
VICTAM Asia 2022 will be Sept. 7-9 at the IMPACT Exhibition Center in Bang-
kok, Thailand. VIV Health & Nutrition and GRAPAS Asia are co-located with
VICTAM, making the event a total animal feed and health event organized by
Victam and VIV.
VICTAM will feature the latest technology, ingredients and additives to man-
ufacture and process feed for animals, pets and aquatics. The show also will
highlight the latest in pharmaceutics and pharmaceutical ingredients, genetics
and high-tech animal health solutions. GRAPAS is dedicated to grain, rice and
flour milling technology. Equipment on display will include bags and bagging
technology, milling equipment, storage systems, quality control and more.
VICTAM Asia also will include several conferences and seminars. These in-
clude Aquafeed Extrusion, Insect Protein for Animal Feed, Aquafeed Hori-
zons, GMP+ Feed Safety Seminar and more.
GMP+ International will bring the best practices it’s experienced interna-
tionally for securing the feed supply chain. Topics to be discussed during the
conference on Sept. 9 include the role of feed in animal disease transmission,
mycotoxins, and the role of associations in building feed safety culture.
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 NEWS REVIEW
Ukraine war to have lasting impact
on food inflation, supply chain
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, US — As the war continues in
Ukraine, the impact on global agriculture will have prolonged
affects, including food inflation, limited fertilizer supplies,
a European recession and fundamental changes in supply
chains.
“There’s a lot that we are not talking about in terms of the
overall issues that can come from the Ukrainian-Russian
conflict, particularly if it extends over a year, two or three,”
said Richard Kottmeyer with FTI Consulting, Inc., during
a webinar April 14 hosted by the American Feed Industry
Association (AFIA).
The conflict adds another layer to existing pressure on the
agriculture industry from the COVID-19 pandemic and the
EU’s Farm to Fork Strategy, which aims to reduce the envi-
ronmental and climate impact of production.
Food inflation is likely to hit levels not seen in 20 plus
years, Kottmeyer said.
“If the war ended today, we would have food inflation wide-
ly for three years,” he said. “That’s significant. As the war
continues, food inflation and the number of years continues
to get worse.”
Commodity prices will continue to climb, Kottmeyer ex-
plained, with some models showing corn rising above $12
a bushel.
“I’m not saying it’s a likely scenario, but the question is are
you prepared if it becomes the scenario?” Kottmeyer asked.
With the food inflation that currently exists and the likeli-
hood it will get worse, there is severe pressure on fundamental
stability in northern and west Africa, he said.
“The Ukrainian conflict is likely to lead to other conflicts
within the next 24 months,” Kottmeyer said. “That could put
severe pressure on any number of specialty commodities, and
agriculture trade in general.”
The problem compounds further if there is another COVID
outbreak, or another problem to top the ones that already ex-
ist, he said.
“There is going to be a fight for supply, for inputs, for
wheat, for food, between energy and grains,” Kottmeyer said.
“There isn’t a model I see where someone is not a loser. The
question is who loses and what do they lose? How are we
going to define who is harmed by the scarcity? Without that
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definition, it’s going to be developing countries and we’re go-
ing to go from one conflict to more conflicts.”
It is possible China could step in with wheat or other com-
modities to provide food security for Africa and other coun-
tries that are most at risk, he said.
“That creates all kinds of geopolitical questions in terms of
what is the cost,” Kottmeyer said. “What are the loyalty and
geopolitical changes if China takes food security on its Belt
and Road Initiative 2.0.”
Infrastructure was already in chaos in part because of
COVID, and now it’s worse. It’s likely ports in the Black Sea
are going to be Russian or split, Kottmeyer said.
“Supply chains fundamentally are going to have to change,”
he said. “What happens with labor? Labor is a critical issue
and we have a lot of negotiations going on right now.”
Recession is likely in the EU, with the possibility of losing
3% to 4% in terms of GDP in the region. Fertilizer accessibil-
ity also will be an issue with 50% of the Black Sea region’s
potash not shipped.
“It looks like Russia and Belarus are limiting shipment and
production,” Kottmeyer said. “With limited supply, Europe
is unlikely to get allocations. India may be the most at risk
for lack of fertilizer because they are some of the earliest
to plant.”
There are also significant direct, physical disruptions in
the region, explained Roland Fumasi, RaboResearch Food &
Agribusiness, including the ability to produce crops in Ukraine
right now and moving that production out of the region.
Disruptions include land mines in agriculture fields and
a labor shortage as people move away from agriculture to
defend their country. Fumasi said they estimate 50% of
Ukrainian wheat production is in heavy conflict zone and 25%
of corn production.
“It’s a big challenge right now in terms of getting a crop
planted,” he said. “Even if we assume that Russia and Ukraine
get some crop planted and harvested, we have a major logisti-
cal challenge.”
The United States could increase exports of corn and wheat
by 200 million bushels each, Fumasi said. But that would only
make up 10% of the shortfall in wheat and about 17% of the
corn shortfall.
May 2022 / World Grain / www.World-Grain.com
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NEWS REVIEW

Beneo to build pulse processing plant in Germany

PARSIPPANY, NEW JERSEY, US — Functional ingredients
supplier Beneo said it will invest $54 million in a new pulse
processing plant in Offstein, Germany. The plant is expected
to be completed in the second half of 2024 and will produce
protein-rich pulse ingredients for food and animal feed.
Beneo said the facility’s initial focus will be on protein
concentrate, starch-rich flour, and hulls from fava beans. The
plant will have the option to process other pulses in the future,
Beneo said.
“The recent investment by Beneo into a new pulse produc-
tion site is only the starting point,” said Christoph Boettger, a
member of Beneo’s executive board. “We strongly believe in
plant-based ingredients and therefore see the new plant as an
important first step in enlarging our protein offering moving
forward. This will enable us to produce a wider variety of
sustainable plant-based protein ingredients over the com-
ing years.”
Beneo also noted that pulses fit into its sustainability pro-
gram. The company said fava beans provide nitrogen for
themselves and subsequent plants, eliminating the need for ni-
trogen fertilization. The fava beans to be processed at the new
plant will be locally sourced from farmers that are certified by
the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative, Beneo said. In addition,
Beneo said the production process it will use features low en-
ergy consumption in comparison to alternative processes.
Beneo said it will process raw ingredients at intermedi-
ate production facilities until the new plant in Germany
is operational.

COFCO wins lease rights on bulk terminal

SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL — COFCO International Brasil SA
has been awarded the rights to a new agriculture solid bulk
terminal in the Port of Santos, one of the largest and busiest
ports in Latin America.
According to COFCO, the 25-year lease on the STS11 ter-
minal will expand its own port capacity in Brazil to 14 million
tonnes once it’s fully operational in 2026. Also, as part of its
lease agreement, COFCO said it will invest in the moderniza-
tion and expansion of the terminal facilities.
“The investment will provide farmers more choices and
create new opportunities for COFCO International Brasil SA
to cooperate with local industry partners and logistics compa-
nies,” COFCO said.
COFCO said it sources agricultural commodities, including
grains, oilseeds and sugar from more than 7,000 farmers and
supports the development of a fully traceable and conversion-
free soy supply chain.
“COFCO International Brasil SA is committed to the sus-
tainable development of Brazilian agriculture, farmers and
communities for the long term,” the company said.

Lack of Russian wheat shutters Kazakhstan flour mills

NUR-SULTAN, KAZAKHSTAN — While the Kazakhstani traders exporting 110,000 tonnes of wheat in just two days,”
government has pledged to supply regional markets with wheat, the USDA said.
many flour millers have ceased operations due to a lack of imports The USDA expects wheat and wheat flour exports in March
from Russia, according to a report from the Foreign Agricultural and April to be higher as traders attempted to complete sales
Service of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). before grain export restrictions took effect.
The government introduced wheat and wheat flour restric- Traders and millers were not in favor of the restrictions,
tions from April 15 to June 15 that allow Kazakhstani pro- noting that they had contracts with international buyers that
ducers to export up to 1 million tonnes of wheat and 300,000 would have to be renegotiated.
tonnes of flour. Exporters are expected to be required to sell The government’s Food Contracting Corp. said it has
10% of the exported volume to the domestic market at a fixed 500,000 tonnes of wheat in domestic reserve, of which
price. The Ministry of Agriculture said the restrictions are 250,000 tonnes is a permanent reserve. Furthermore, the FCC
meant to balance exports with domestic food security needs. noted it had reserved 275,000 tonnes of wheat to supply flour
The Kazakhstani grain industry said there is a severe lack mills and poultry farms from January to August 2022.
of wheat imports from Russia, and the available wheat is ex- Also due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Kazakhstani ex-
tremely expensive. Wheat reached $355 per tonne, which is porters have been looking for alternative options to export
historically high. grain. Exports through the Kazakhstan ports of Aktau and
At least 50% of Kazakhstan’s flour mills have ceased op- Kuryk are limited by outdated infrastructure, unpredictable
erating or are operating at very limited capacities. As of mid- weather and lack of capacity at receiving ports in the Caucuses.
April, millers said they have stocks left for about two weeks. Central Asia, Afghanistan and Iran are expected to remain
In previous years, lower priced wheat imports from Russia destinations for most Kazakhstani grain. Exporters will con-
stopped domestic wheat prices from increasing. sider shipping more grain through the Caspian Sea because
“With Kazakhstan’s wheat and wheat flour export restric- the China border largely is closed to agricultural shipments
tions coming into effect on April 15, exporters reportedly in- and Russian ports are unable to ship Kazakhstani grain, the
creased their shipments to avoid the export restrictions, with USDA said.

12 May 2022 / World Grain / www.World-Grain.com

 Bunge raises full-year earnings outlook
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, US — While Bunge’s Agribusiness
continues to adapt to dynamic, rapidly changing market con-
ditions, the company’s Refined and Specialty Oils business
is benefiting from favorable demand trends as well as sup-
ply chain and innovation capabilities, executives with the St.
Louis-based company said on April 27.
Bunge net income in the first quarter ended March 31 was
$688 million, equal to $4.48 per share on the common stock,
down 17% from $831 million, or $5.52 per share, in the first
quarter of fiscal 2021. Sales totaled $15.88 billion, up 23%
from $12.96 billion a year ago.
On an adjusted basis, earnings per share were $4.26 in the
first quarter of fiscal 2022, up from $3.13 in the same period
a year ago. The strong first quarter led Bunge to raise its full-
year adjusted EPS to at least $11.50, up from its forecast of
$9.50 in January, reflecting “stronger-than-expected Q1 re-
sults and current forward crush curves.”
Following the release of the financials, shares of Bunge
climbed as high as $121.78, up 6% from the previous day’s
close of $114.86.
“We continue to build on our positive momentum, deliver-
ing year-over-year earnings growth for the tenth consecutive
quarter, with all segments of the business contributing to the
strong performance,” Gregory A. Heckman, chief executive
officer, said during an April 27 conference call with analysts.
During the first quarter of fiscal 2022, segment EBIT within
Agribusiness totaled $699 million, down 16% from $836 mil-
lion in the same period a year ago. Adjusted segment EBIT,
ADM profit climbs 53% in first quarter
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, US — Exceptional growth in the
company’s Nutrition business helped propel a first-quarter
earnings surge at ADM.
Net earnings attributable to ADM in the first quarter ended
March 31 totaled $1.05 billion, equal to $1.86 per share on the
common stock, up 53% from $689 million, or $1.22 per share,
in the same period a year ago. Revenues for the first quarter in-
creased 25%, climbing to $23.65 billion from $18.89 billion.
“I’m very proud of how our team lived our culture and
fulfilled our purpose over the last quarter, as they continued
to serve the world’s need for nutrition in a dynamic global
environment,” said Juan Luciano, chairman and chief execu-
tive officer. “Our first-quarter financial results, including ad-
justed earnings per share of $1.90, reflect an extension and
amplification of the factors that drove our 2021 performance:
great execution by our team, including exceptional growth in
Nutrition and effective risk management; a tighter supply en-
vironment, especially with the smaller South American crop;
and robust and resilient demand. Importantly, I’m also very
appreciative of how our company has rallied to support our
colleagues in Ukraine and the country’s agriculture industry.
“Looking forward, we expect reduced crop supplies —
caused by the weak Canadian canola crop, the short South
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though, was $627 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2022,
up from $601 million in the same period a year ago. Sales
increased 15% to $11.23 billion from $9.79 billion, while vol-
umes fell to 20.07 million tonnes from 21.64 million tonnes
a year ago.
“Agribusiness started the year strong,” said John W. Neppl,
executive vice president and chief financial officer. “In pro-
cessing, the US, Europe and Brazil reported higher soy crush
results, benefiting from improved margins due to strong
demand.
“Merchandising had a good quarter. However, results were
down compared to a very strong prior year, reflecting lower
results in our global grains and financial services operations.”
In the Refined and Specialty Oils segment, EBIT was $173
million, down 44% from $308 million a year ago. Adjusted
segment EBIT was $180 million, up from $124 million a year
ago. Sales were $3.98 billion, up 46% from $2.73 billion,
while volumes were 2.3 million, up from 2.18 million tonnes.
Neppl said higher results in the quarter primarily were
driven by improved margins and volumes in North America,
which benefited from strong food and fuel demand. Results
in the other regions were slightly lower compared to the prior
year, he said.
Milling segment EBIT totaled $50 million, up sharply from
$8 million a year ago. Adjusted segment EBIT was $51 mil-
lion, up from $12 million. Sales also were significantly higher,
surging to $603 million from $390 million. Volume increased
to 1.16 million tonnes from 1.04 million tonnes.
American crops, and now the disruptions in the Black Sea re-
gion — to drive continued tightness in global grain markets
for the next few years.”
Operating profit in the Ag Services and Oilseeds segment
increased 30% in the first quarter of fiscal 2022, climbing to
$1.01 billion from $777 million. Ag services profit rose 23%
during the quarter to $258 million, while crushing profit in-
creased 12% to $428 million from $382 million.
ADM said global trade results were driven by strong per-
formance in destination marketing and global ocean freight.
Crushing results, meanwhile, benefited from a strong global
margin environment driven by robust protein and vegetable
oil demand, ADM said.
Operating profit in the Carbohydrate Solutions segment in-
creased 22% in the first quarter to $317 million. Starches and
sweeteners profit increased 42% during the quarter, climbing
to $316 million from $222 million. Vantage Corn Processors
posted a profit of $1 million in the quarter, down sharply from
$37 million in the same period a year ago.
ADM said the starches and sweeteners subsegment profit
was driven by higher corn co-product revenues, higher vol-
umes and margins in EMEA, and higher volumes and margins
in wheat milling.
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OILSEEDS
Military conflict in Ukraine
sends prices sharply higher
by Chris Lyddon
The invasion of one of the world’s two main producers of
sunflower oil by the other one has sent oilseeds prices, in an
already tight market shooting higher. Russia’s invasion of
Ukraine has closed ports, ended shipping movements and
likely will have a profoundly adverse effect on future crops.
The International Grains Council (IGC) explained the im-
portance of the two countries to the market in sunflower seed
and, in particular, sunflower meal and oil, in its March 17
Grain Market Report.
“Although being important exporters of sunflower seed,
both Russia and Ukraine are the dominant suppliers of sun-
flower meal and sunflower oil to the international market,
their aggregate share of traded volumes averaging about 80%
over the past five years,” the London-based organization said.
“As a consequence, the Black Sea conflict has had, and will
continue to have, significant ramifications for global shipment
flows for the foreseeable future, with volumes in 2021-22 and
beyond expected to be significantly restricted.
“Taking sunflower oil as an example, export prices for ship-
ment from Ukraine initially spiked higher in late February and
the early days of March on heightened concerns about the im-
pact of Black Sea events on world market availabilities. Given
disruption to trade flows and with exports now governed by an
export license system until the end of 2022, fob prices are no
longer freely quoted. Nevertheless, the impact can be gleaned
through recent trends in values at relatively minor origins, Ar-
gentine (Up River) offers surging to a record of about $2,400
fob, up by around 70% in just a single month.”
The USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS), in its April
12 Oil Crops Outlook report, noted that sunflower oil prices in
Rotterdam swelled by over $1,000 in March to a record price
of $2,570 per tonne in anticipation of lower supplies spurred
by the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
“With limited port access in the Black Sea, reduced sun-
flower seed crush, and potentially reduced new crop plant-
ings, sunflower oil prices are likely to remain high in the com-
ing months,” the ERS said. “Historically, sunflower oil is a
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premium-priced oil in many import markets due to its status
as a non-GM oil. It is the preferred oil in markets throughout
the Middle East and North Africa with consumption growing
rapidly in India and China.”
The record sunflower oil prices are expected to result in the
consumption of alternative oils like canola, soybean, and palm
oil, the ERS said.
“Since they are main substitutes, international soybean and
palm oil prices followed suit and increased this month by $219
and $238 per tonne, respectively,” the ERS said. “Soybean
oil nearby prices (FOB Brazil) surged to $1,752 per tonne in
March, which is $551 higher than the same period last year, a
46% increase. Similarly, palm oil prices (FOB Malaysia) have
advanced to $1,778 per tonne, 72% higher than in March 2021
and the highest since 2007-08.”
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), in its
April 8 Food Price Index, said that global vegetable oil pric-
es had risen by 23% in March compared with the previous
month, to reach a record high. The FAO noted increases for
sunflower, palm, soy and rapeseed.
“International sunflower seed oil quotations increased sub-
stantially in March, fueled by reduced export supplies amid
Source: International Monetary Fund
the ongoing conflict in the Black Sea region,” the FAO said.
“Palm, soy and rapeseed oil prices also rose markedly, buoyed
by rising global import demand in the wake of sunflower oil
supply disruptions.”
Chris Lyddon is World Grain’s European correspondent.
He may be contacted at: chris.lyddon@ntlworld.com.
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KEY FACTS
Capital: Madrid
Population: 47,163,418 (2022 est.)
Religions: Roman Catholic 58.2%, atheist 16.2%,
agnostic 10.8%, other 2.7%, non-believer 10.5%,

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Location: Southwestern Europe, bordering the

SPAIN
Large-scale livestock industry is
major consumer of grains
by Chris Lyddon
Spain’s domestic consumption of flour is growing, but much
of the focus of its grains sector is on supplying a large-scale
livestock industry. However, pandemic restrictions and chang-
ing demand for meat exports have affected consumption, par-
ticularly of higher-value products.
In its March 17 Grain Market Report, the International
Grains Council (IGC) put Spain’s 2021-22 grains production
at 23.8 million tonnes, down from 25.4 million the previous
year. The total includes 8.2 million tonnes of wheat, up from
7.8 million in 2020-21. Corn production was an unchanged 4.2
million tonnes. Barley output was 8.9 million tonnes, down
from 10.9 million the year before. Rye production is put at
300,000 tonnes, down from 400,000. Spanish output of du-
rum wheat is put at 700,000 tonnes, down from 800,000 the
year before.
The European Grain Trade Organization COCERAL, in fore-
casts issued in March, forecast Spain’s total grains production
in 2022 at 20.998 million tonnes, compared with
23.055 million in 2021. That includes 6.12
million tonnes of soft wheat (previous
year was 7.308 million), 765,000
tonnes of durum, up from 728,000
the year before, 8.159 million
tonnes of barley, compared
with 2021’s 8.966 million.
COCERAL put Spanish corn
production in 2022 at 3.621
million tonnes, up from
3.739 million, with rye out-
put at 293,000 tonnes, down
from 302,000, the crop of
oats at 1.253 million tonnes,
down from 1.191 million and
the triticale crop at 762,000
tonnes, down from 793,000.
Spain’s sorghum production is
forecast unchanged at 27,000 tonnes.
Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, Bay
of Biscay, and Pyrenees Mountains; southwest of
France.
Government: Parliamentary constitutional mon-
archy. Chief of state: King Felipe VI (since June
19, 2014); head of government: President Pedro
Sanchez Perez-Castejon (since June 2, 2018).
Economy: After a prolonged recession that be-
gan in 2008 in the wake of the global financial cri-
sis, Spain marked the fourth full year of positive
economic growth in 2017, with economic activity
surpassing its pre-crisis peak, largely because
of increased private consumption. The financial
crisis of 2008 broke 16 consecutive years of eco-
nomic growth for Spain, leading to an economic
contraction that lasted until late 2013. In that
year, the government successfully shored up its
struggling banking sector — heavily exposed to
the collapse of Spain’s real estate boom — with
the help of an EU-funded restructuring and re-
capitalization program. The unemployment rate
rose from a low of about 8% in 2007 to more
than 26% in 2013, but labor reforms prompted
a modest reduction to 16.4% in 2017. High un-
employment strained Spain’s public finances,
as spending on social benefits increased while
tax revenues fell. Spain’s budget deficit peaked
at 11.4% of GDP in 2010, but Spain gradually re-
duced the deficit to about 3.3% of GDP in 2017.
Public debt has increased substantially — from
60.1% of GDP in 2010 to nearly 96.7% in 2017.
Strong export growth helped bring Spain’s cur-
rent account into surplus in 2013 for the first time
since 1986 and sustain Spain’s economic growth.
Increasing labor productivity and an internal de-
valuation resulting from moderating labor costs
and lower inflation have improved Spain’s export
competitiveness and generated foreign inves-
tor interest in the economy, restoring FDI flows.
Spain’s borrowing costs are dramatically lower
since their peak in mid-2012.
GDP per capita: $36,200 note: data are in 2017
dollars (2020 est.); inflation: 0.7% (2019 est.); un-
employment: 14.13% (2019 est.).
Currency: Euros (EUR): 0.93 euros equal 1 US
dollar (April 19, 2022).
Exports: $392.85 billion note: data are in current
year dollars (2020 est.): cars and vehicle parts, re-
fined petroleum, packaged medicines, delivery
trucks, clothing and apparel (2019).
Imports: $373.67 billion note: data are in current
year dollars (2020 est.): crude petroleum, cars
and vehicle parts, packaged medicines, natural
gas, refined petroleum (2019).
Agriculture: 2.6% (2017 est.) of GDP and 4.2% of
the labor force.
Internet: Code: .es; 42.54 million (2021 est.) us-
ers.
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COCERAL also put 2022 rapeseed production at 240,000
tonnes, up from 226,000 in 2021, with sunflower seed out-
put at 786,000 tonnes, up from 774,000, while the soy-
bean crop is forecast at an unchanged 11,000 tonnes. Total
oilseeds production in 2022 is forecast at 1.037 million
tonnes, up from 1.011 million in 2021.
In a report from July 30, 2021, the USDA attaché in
Madrid said that “after a long-term decline trend with tree
crops competing with arable land, Spain’s area planted to
grains has stabilized around 5.8 million hectares.”
“Compared to the previous season, area planted to wheat
has increased, minor grains (rye, oats, mixed grains, and
sorghum) area remained stable compared to the previous
season, whereas barley area is below previous year’s lev-
els,” the report said. “In the case of corn, which is mostly
grown under irrigation, the combination of sufficient lev-
els of storage water, improved margins, and the extensive
use of corn as a second crop, especially in the Ebro Valley,
have resulted in a slightly larger area.”
The attaché forecast Spain’s total 2021-22 grains pro-
duction at nearly 36 million tonnes, close to the previous
year’s level.
“Animal feed is Spain’s primary grain destination, ac-
counting for over 75% of the country’s demand,” the at-
taché said. “In 2021-22, Spain’s feed grain consumption
hinges on livestock products demand in key export mar-
kets like China, the status of outbreaks of animal diseases
in other EU Member States, and the pace of recovery in
the hospitality sector as public-health related restrictions
are lifted.
“In 2019-20, grain usage was severely affected by the
COVID-related strict lockdown that limited in-country
consumption of value-added HRI (Hotels, Restaurants, and
Institutions) oriented livestock product. In 2020-21, the
still low HRI activity, combined with the ample pasture
availability, prevented the record feed production levels
registered in 2019 from being repeated.”
While struggling with the commodity prices surge, the
export-oriented swine sector coped better with the sanitary
crisis than HRI-oriented producers, managing to offset to a
certain extent the reductions in the internal market caused
by the slowdown in HRI activity and the lack of tourists,
the attaché said.
“Industry sources report that in 2020-21, the pandemic
resulted in a related increase in retail sales of grain-based
food products despite the reduction of sales through HRI
channels and tourism,” the attaché said.
Flour milling
According to the Spanish flour millers’ association AFHSE
(La Asociación de Fabricantes de Harinas y Sémolas de Es-
paña), citing data collected Dec. 31, 2019, the sector has
101 active flour mills and eight semolina plants. The asso-
ciation described the sector as being almost entirely made
up of small- and medium-size family businesses, often go-
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ing back several generations. Around 80% of the mills are
in rural areas and they employ some 3,000 people.
AFHSE cited National Statistics Institute (Instituto Na-
cional de Estadística, INE) figures putting 2019 flour pro-
duction at 3,598,068 tonnes, 22% higher than in 1995.
AFHSE described the rise as progressive but not linear,
putting it down to more efficient use of production facili-
ties. The flour produced is mainly for the domestic market,
although the association said the industry does have the
capacity to supply export markets.
Exports have fallen over time, from 6% to 7% in the
late 1990s and early 2000s, to 4% of production in 2019.
AFHSE explained that the fall, a similar trend to other Eu-
ropean countries, is due to an increase in processing capac-
ity in developing countries, which means that they have
replaced purchases of flour with wheat. It also said that
Spanish domestic consumption of flour has trended up-
wards in recent years.,
Agricultural policy
Spain’s fuel ethanol production fell from a peak of 547 mil-
lion liters in 2019 to 480 million in 2021. The COVID-19
pandemic resulted in reduced consumption of ethanol as
fuel, while the conflict in Ukraine is impacting the avail-
ability of corn for the sector.
Source: Trade Data Monitor, Inc.; USDA FAS
Spanish agricultural policy forms part of the European
Common Agricultural Policy, which will operate in a re-
formed version from the start of 2023. The changes give
the Member States of the European Union much greater au-
tonomy through the CAP Strategic Plans each has to draw
up. Spain submitted its 3,381-page plan on time, by the end
of 2021.
Spain’s plan, according to the strategic statement it in-
cludes, “aims at the sustainable development of the agri-
culture, food and rural areas to ensure the food security
of society through a competitive sector and a living rural
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environment.” Spain aims to do this by achieving greater
equity in income support, with improved distribution of di-
rect aid. It will also, it said, ensure compliance with envi-
ronmental objectives, combining regulation with payments
that reward farmers who go further than baseline standards.
It also plans to implement a range of measures to contribute
to the environmental, economic and social sustainability of
the sector, including investments, innovation, training and
counseling. The country also is promising an effort to en-
courage young people to join the industry as well as to deal
with the sector’s gender gap.
On a more specific level, the plan goes into detail. For
example, for milling wheat it includes requirements on the
use of pesticides and herbicides and bans the use of GM
varieties.
As with every other plan submitted, the European Com-
mission’s Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural
Development (DG AGRI) has replied with observations,
in a letter from Director General Wolfgang Burtscher, in
response to which Spain has to amend and resubmit its
plan.
The Commission’s comments start with an issue that has
hugely overshadowed the process of drawing up the new plans.
“The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing gen-
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Animal feed is Spain’s
primary grain destination,
accounting for over 75% of
the country’s demand.
eralized commodity price surge bring to the forefront in the
strongest possible way the integral link between climate
action and food security,” the Commission said.
In general, the Commission said Member States should
review their draft plans “to strengthen the EU’s agricul-
tural sector resilience,” as well as “to reduce their depend-
ence on synthetic fertilizers and scale up the production of
renewable energy without undermining food production,”
and “to transform their production capacity in line with
more sustainable production methods.”
Chris Lyddon is World Grain’s European correspondent. He may be contacted
at: cajlyddon@gmail.com
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world-class facility’
Ardent Mills’ new flour mill in Tampa, Florida, US,
features several nuances that set it apart

by L. Joshua Sosland

I
n deciding how to construct a new flour mill, the first
since the company was established in 2014, Ardent
Mills, LLC was determined to build a “differentiated,
Virtually all world-class facility,” said Steve Neely, plant manager
flour milled at of the Port Redwing, Florida, US, mill.
Port Redwing More than just the newest flour mill in the United
is shipped States, the facility built along the Gulf coast in met-
the opportunity to bring in both ocean vessels and shut-
tle trains.”
A single ocean vessel has the capacity to deliv-
er 800,000 to 1 million bushels of wheat to a flour
mill, more than double the 400,000 to 420,000 bush-
els a 110+-car unit train can hold. The mill has CSX
Transportation rail service.

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by truck to ropolitan Tampa, Florida, US, has several details that “The ability to unload wheat either from unit trains
a customer
set it apart, Neely said. Advanced analytics, state-of- or ocean vessels provides supply chain flexibility,”
located within a
two-hour drive
the-art equipment, unusually large grain storage capac- Neely said.
of the mill (a ity and unique supply chain capabilities are among the For deciding what features should be incorporated
small quantity mill’s distinguishing features. into the Port Redwing mill, Ardent Mills tapped deep
goes to Miami, “It is a state-of-the-art mill, but the facility has other into wells of expertise across the organization, he said.
Florida, US). nuances that set it apart,” Neely said. “One is having Participants in a planning process included the com-

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Stainless steel pany’s senior director of engineering, senior director of
spouting quality, food safety and continuous improvement, tech
is among milling and the company’s lead elevator director.
the sanitary “All of them gave input about what they want for the
features in the mill of the future and were part of the original design,”
new mill.
Neely said. “That’s what led to this level of automation
that no other mill has.”
At 17,500 cwts of daily flour milling capacity, the Port
Redwing mill is not Ardent Mills’ largest (its Hastings,
Minnesota, US, mill is, at 35,250 cwts) and is not among
the 25 largest flour mills in the United States. With the ca-
pacity to receive large quantities of wheat, though, Ardent
Mills constructed a large grain elevator at the Port Redwing
mill, with 4.1 million bushels of storage capacity. The el-
evator may be the largest ever built concurrent with the
construction of a US flour mill and, according to the 2022
Grain & Milling Annual published by Sosland Publishing
Co., it is the sixth largest elevator of any US flour mill
currently operating. The concrete elevator includes 12,
50-foot-concrete bins with 300,000 bushels of grain stor-
age apiece as well as a number of smaller grain bins.
The flour mill replaces one operated in Tampa by
Ardent Mills and before that Conagra Brands, Inc. (a
partner in Ardent Mills with Cargill and CHS, Inc.) for
50 years. The new mill is situated about 15 miles from the
old one, to the south along Tampa Bay. Located within
the city limits of Gibsonton, Port Redwing is part of a
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134-acre peninsula. Ardent Mills leased a 10-acre tract
for its facilities.
Features Bühler technology
The mill was equipped by Bühler Group, which pro-
vided technical equipment incorporation and startup.
Other partners were Younglove Construction — con-
tractor (all building structures and concrete work);
SCA Construction (mechanical installation); Ebmeier
Engineering (engineering and design); and Interstates
(electrical and programming).
All grades of flour milled at the old Tampa facility
will be produced at Port Redwing. In addition, the new
mill has the capacity to grind soft wheat — milling
cake flour and pastry flour.
Hard winter, soft red winter and hard red spring are
binned by class with wheat blended into mixes based
on customer specifications.
The mill features two units — an A mill that grinds
hard red winter and hard red spring, and a B mill that
grinds hard red winter and soft wheat. In the past, when
customers of the Tampa mill needed soft wheat, the
flour was railed in from other Ardent Mills locations and
transferred.
The mill structure was built with enough space to ac-
commodate a C mill should the decision be made to
increase capacity.
Production at the mill is about 75% bulk and 25%
sacked. Two high-speed Behn+Bates packaging sys-
tems, made by Haver & Boecker, Oelde, Germany,
have been installed. An eight-spout carousel packs all
the white flour in 25- and 50-pound bags. The four-
spout line also does 25- and 50-pound bags of whole
wheat and bran.
The ability to unload wheat
either from unit trains or
ocean vessels provides
supply chain flexibility.
Steve Neely, plant manager,
Ardent Mills in Tampa
Neely said keeping the systems separate helps pre-
vent cross contamination between white and whole
wheat flour.
Flour is stored in 34 bulk bins with an aggregate ca-
pacity of more than four days capacity.
Bühler said the Port Redwing flour mill incorporates
the Bühler Mill E3 concept, “the centerpiece of which
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is the Arrius integrated grinding system.”
Features of the Arrius system include superior grind-
ing performance and hygienic design, Bühler said.
Additionally, installation is easier thanks to what
Bühler describes as “plug-and-play form factor.”
“Product quality is monitored, adjusted and logged
for traceability in real time by the NIR multi online
analyzer,” Bühler said of the Mill E3 concept. “This
system reduces waste and increases food safety trans-
parency. Taking accurate measurements within milli-
seconds, the NIR system can be multiplexed to cover
the whole milling process.”
Equipment from Bühler in the cleaning house in-
cludes Sortex color sorters with RGB cameras (that The B mill features 3 double-high and 8 single-high The A mill
measure red, green and blue wavelengths). Bühler Arrius integrated grinding systems, 3 purifiers, 2 eight- features 7
said the innovation results in improved yield and qual- section sifters and 1 four-section sifter, 11 impact dehull- double-high
ity because of its ability to discern even subtle col- ers, 6 bran dusters, and 2 fiber dusters. The B mill has a and 18 single-
or variations. capacity of 5,000 cwts/day. high Arrius
integrated
The A mill features 7 double-high and 18 single-high Virtually all flour milled at Port Redwing is shipped
grinding
Arrius integrated grinding systems, 8 purifiers, 6 eight- by truck to a customer located within a two-hour drive systems.
section sifters, 25 impact detachers, 11 bran dusters, of the mill (a small quantity goes to Miami, Florida, US).
and 4 fiber dusters. The mill has a capacity of 12,500 Within the mill, Ardent Mills has taken online moni-
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“We have online instrumentation for real-time analysis,”
Neely said. “That’s in at all phases of the operation. We
have tested online systems at a few other mills, but the
analysis is most comprehensive at Port Redwing.”
By all phases, Neely means from wheat receiving
and blending to processing and loading.
“You are able to see the whole process from start to fin-
ish, tip to tail,” he said. “It gears up the operators to making
immediate adjustments, enhancements, maintaining con-
sistency to our customers with the online instrumentation.
Ardent Mills’
If they want to be sure to maintain a specific protein and
new flour mill
avoid variability, it allows them to see exactly what it is
in Tampa is
unique in that happening real time and make adjustments up and down
it brings in as necessary.”
wheat via ocean Principal flour quality parameters — moisture, pro-
vessels and tein and ash — are monitored continuously, Neely said.
shuttle trains. Within the mill, members of the Ardent Mills team
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carry tablet computers that allow them to track mill op-
erations, including the real-time monitoring system.
“Tablet computer automation is having the controls
at your fingertips,” Neely said. “It’s having the tools at
point of use. If you’re on the sixth floor and you’re hav-
ing a problem on another floor, and the control room
is on the second floor, you are still able to correct the
issue real time from wherever you are.”
The tablets not only represent a step forward for
automation at the Port Redwing mill, the devices also
play a central role in the mill’s sustainability program.
“Anything we can do on a tablet, we are working to
automate those processes and log them electronically,”
Neely said. “We are targeting zero waste and expect to
be close to the target within five years.”
Other steps taken to enhance sustainability range
from installing high efficiency motors to distributing
operators their own reusable cups to cut down on use
of disposable paper and styrofoam.
While the mill was completed nearly on time and on
budget, Neely said the pandemic created challenges
for the construction project. COVID-19 struck right
at the start of the project, necessitating safety proto-
cols associated with COVID and resulting in supply
chain challenges.
Supply chain delays affected a wide range of build-
ing materials, from nuts to bolts, wood and especially
cement, Neely said.
Construction challenges
Central Florida has been an attractive market for the
Tampa mill since Conagra acquired the property in the
1970s, but operating a flour mill in Florida poses chal-
lenges, and building a mill at Port Redwing presents
additional difficulties.
“This is basically beach,” Neely said. “It is dredged
land. From a structural perspective the challenge was
ensuring we had the proper foundation to support all
the structures we were building, so thousands of pilings
had to be installed underground for proper support.”
The effort involved repeatedly drilling to bedrock,
about 75 feet, and pumping concrete to support the
structure.
Numerous features of the mill were added as a re-
sponse to the elevated risk of storms in Florida. Neely
said Ardent Mills wants to be sure to keep customers
supplied in the event of a power outage.
“We have a very large generator in the event of a hur-
ricane or inclement weather,” he said. “With the large
bulk flour storage, we would typically have a lot of
time to plan for a hurricane. It is not like a tornado that
comes up immediately. You are aware of the hurricane
coming; you’ll plan toward it and fill those bins as full
as you can. In the event there were a loss of power the
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The mill is a great
opportunity for Ardent Mills
– we are a world-class facility
and a world-class company.
Steve Neely, plant manager,
Ardent Mills in Tampa

generator will allow us to just load out our finished prod-

uct. It’s a nice contingency plan.”
The mill was built 12 feet above sea level on the first
floor, 2 feet higher than the 10-foot guidance from the
Federal Emergency Management Agency. Additionally,
all wheat stored on the property is situated above ground.
“In the event something was to happen, we have in-
stalled hurricane-rated doors on the exterior for first-floor
safety,” Neely said.
The steps were taken just as a precaution, Neely said.
He noted that the area has not been directly hit by severe
weather in quite some time.
Florida and other southern areas pose sanitation chal-
lenges for flour milling, which Neely said was addressed
at the Port Redwing mill in the facility’s design. Finished
product that is transported pneumatically only touches
stainless steel.
“We also developed either self-cleaning operations,
self-cleaning drag conveyors or a drop-bottoms,” he said.
“Building sanitation into a design allows us to easily get
in, inspect and clean. What we called a scheduled cleanout
cycle — every 30 days or less. We have grain aeration
and fumigation on an as-needed basis, but by cleaning
everywhere and keeping it clean, you will minimize any
pest problems.”
Asked what it was like to be placed in charge of the first
new flour mill built by Ardent Mills since the company
was established in 2014, Neely described the assignment
as a “once in a career opportunity.”
A graduate of Kansas State University, Manhattan, with
a degree in milling science and management, Neely has
been with Ardent Mills since the company’s inception and
was with Cargill for 18 years before that.
“This mill is a great opportunity for Ardent Mills —
we are a world-class facility and a world-class compa-
ny,” he said.

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 CYBER
CRIMINALS
TARGETING AGRIBUSINESS
Industry’s increased use of internet-enabled
technologies makes it more vulnerable
by Hannah Hoeflinger
A
gribusiness is increasingly incorporating inter-
net-enabled technologies and data-driven so-
lutions into farm production, food processing,
supplier industries, logistics, client communications and
sales marketing. Farming operations that have adopted
precision farming are even more dependent on advanced
technology to carry out their day-to-day business.
Improving internet access is making it easier for ag-
riculture businesses to adopt efficiencies and reduce
costs through enhanced technology, but it also widens
the cyber-attack surface and threat landscape.
As the industry utilizes cloud-based storage for large
data sets, open-sourced or cloud-based software and
corporate management of proprietary software, there
will be more opportunities for data access and mali-
cious activity by unauthorized users.
Agriculture is now more vulnerable than ever to
phishing campaigns that house malicious links and at-
tachments; ransomware that leads to lost revenue and
business disruption; exposure of confidential data; and
even data integrity issues due to negligent security.
Ransomware’s costly impact
In 2020 and 2021 there were several major cyber inci-
dents that had an impact on agricultural businesses of
all sizes, from large corporate farms to small- and mid-
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size operations. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation
noted a few of the larger breaches:
• In July 2021, a US baking company lost access
to its server, files and applications, halting pro-
duction, shipping and receiving as a result of
Sodinokibi/REvil ransomware. It was deployed
through software used by an IT support man-
aged service provider. The baking company was
shut down for approximately one week, delaying
customer orders and damaging the company’s
reputation.
• In January 2021, a ransomware attack against a
US farm resulted in losses of approximately $9
million due to the temporary shutdown of opera-
tions. The unidentified threat actor was able to tar-
get their internal servers by gaining administrator
level access through compromised credentials.
• In November 2020, a US-based international
food and agriculture business reported it was un-
able to access multiple computer systems tied to
its network due to a ransomware attack conduct-
ed by OnePercent Group. The threat actors used
a phishing email with a malicious zip file attach-
ment and were able to download several terabytes
of data through their identified cloud service
provider prior to the encryption of hundreds of
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folders. The company did not pay the $40 million
ransom and was able to successfully restore its
systems from backups.
• Minnesota agricultural firm Crystal Valley
Cooperative was targeted in a ransomware attack
in September 2021 and was forced to take sys-
tems offline due to cybersecurity incidents. The
attack left Crystal Valley unable to mix fertilizer
or fulfill orders for livestock feed.
• Russian hackers leveled a ransomware attack on
an Iowa farming co-op in September 2021, de-
manding $5.9 million to unlock the computer net-
works used to keep food supply chains and feed-
ing schedules on track for millions of chickens,
hogs and cattle. New Cooperative in Fort Dodge,
Iowa, US, was forced to take its computer net-
work offline to isolate the incursion and shuttered
its soil-mapping software as a precaution.
Why is agriculture a target?
The interdependency of information technology and
bio-data output of agribusinesses provides ample op-
portunity for biosecurity threats. Cyber criminals can
earn a significant profit exploiting this industry because
of its foundational importance in the economy, the val-
ue of new bio-automation techniques and the despera-
tion companies could face when business-critical data
are held hostage.
Globalization has created an extended supply chain
that is far more difficult to secure, and that often results
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cyber risks facing agribusiness
• Business interruption resulting in critical delays and
lost opportunity
• Theft, loss, or unauthorized disclosure of corporate
personal information
• Unauthorized access or theft of valuable assets
like the advances in plant and animal varieties and
genetics
• Manipulation of critical automated, technology-
based processes (e.g., thermal processing time and
temperature for food safety)
• Unauthorized control of robotics or autonomous
vehicles (e.g., failure to perform, overriding of
precise function)
• Misinformation influencing the reputation and trust
of agriculture and food processing among consumers
• Theft of customer and third-party information
• Access to personal information on other
organizations’ servers
• Corporate espionage by competitors
• Manipulation of vehicles, machinery, HVAC systems
and more.
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in partnering with and relying on companies that may
lack proper cyber security.
Agriculture has had a traditional focus on perfor-
mance and safety — not security — and that can lead to
major cybersecurity gaps in the entire production and
distribution chain.
The growing complexity of precision agriculture
makes it difficult to manage and secure critical data
and functions.
Information firms specializing in agriculture are a
potentially vulnerable point of attack.
Methods of attack
Cyber criminals attack agriculture in a variety of ways.
They include:
Business email: Using email to impersonate someone
the farmer may know and trust and convince them to make
an urgent payment or to change their account details.
Text and phone scams: Phishing calls and scam
texts attempt to trick targets to reveal personal informa-
tion or click on a link that downloads malware.
Phishing emails: Cyber criminals can now convinc-
ingly mimic branding and content of well-known orga-
nizations, which means many people blindly trust them.
Costly technology risks
There are two kinds of precision agriculture business-
es: ones that have been hacked and ones that will be.
Being highly connected and successfully handling
information flow represent the two key factors that cre-
ate a successful digitally managed farm operation. But
these best practices also become the highest vulnerabil-
ity to cyberattack to disrupt food production.
Cybersecurity in agribusiness isn’t something that
should be assumed is simply an IT function or a task
outsourced to a vendor. It’s a way of doing business
that needs to start at the top and permeate the entire
organization for cybersecurity to work.
Larger operations may be able to weather cyberattacks
such as phishing, but small farms or businesses are of-
ten unable to absorb that kind of financial loss. The US
House of Representatives Small Business subcommittee
on health and technology has reported that 60% of small
businesses in the United States fail after a cyberattack.
Different types of exposure
Errors by well-intentioned (but often under-trained)
employees can cause serious harm, as can direct attacks
by disgruntled, rogue employees. Phishing attacks are
prevalent, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Scams can range from the obvious “Nigerian Prince”
attacks to falsified invoices from supposedly real ven-
dors to what is known as “Spear Phishing,” which is
highly targeted attacks that appear to be from a trusted
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source such as the company president.
All agricultural organizations have health care data
stored for employees and independent contractors as
well as being access points for third-party data. This
information is highly regarded by cybercriminals, even
more so than credit card information.
Furloughed employees who have become disgrun-
tled with the company may use their own social media
accounts to defame their employer as well as distribut-
ing sensitive or even false information. While this may
create a media liability risk, some cyber insurance poli-
cies will cover it.
Corporate social media accounts can be hijacked to
spread misleading claims about the organization. That
could produce a negative image, especially if the com-
pany is well-known or publicly traded.
Both the European Union’s GDPR (General Data
Protection Regulation) and the CCPA (California
Consumer Privacy Act) requires any company that col-
lects and shares data to get user consent, provide trans-
parency regarding use of the data, and protect that data.
Penalties for non-compliance or breach of privacy are
steep, so all companies, including agriculture-related
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businesses, need to provide additional safeguards for
sensitive information as well as update and monitor
data collection, retention and removal protocols.
Are agribusiness firms prepared?
The most recent MMA Cyber Survey showed that 56%
of all respondents ranked cybersecurity as a top-five
risk management priority, down from the last survey.
The interdependency of
information technology
and bio-data output of
agribusinesses provides
ample opportunity for
biosecurity threats.
Eighty percent were confident in their organization’s
ability to manage and respond to a cyber event, which
is a significant increase from the last survey. Eighty-
two percent believe they are prepared to prevent such
an attack, yet only 45% of respondents said they actu-
ally had a plan in place.
As mentioned previously, less than 20% are confident
that their data — and the data from connected sources
— are secure. About 87% of all agribusinesses did not
have a contingency plan to manage security breaches.
Preparing for and managing cyber risk
Just as the goal of food safety regulations is to protect
human health, prioritizing cyber security in agriculture
is a significant protective step to secure a food supply.
The first step is to identify sources of potential risk.
This should include conducting audits to fully under-
stand how employees access and use critical and sensi-
tive data. The audit should determine who has access to
information and critical systems and examine existing
capabilities for monitoring inappropriate system access
and potential security vulnerabilities.
Next, institute formal, written policies on the use of
corporate networks, and ensure that access to sensitive
data is restricted only to parties that require it.
Agribusinesses should also:
• Develop and test a detailed data breach response
plan to help the organization act swiftly, decisive-
ly, and effectively
• Encrypt all sensitive data and the devices that
house that data
• Use secure back-ups for critical data and ideally
encrypt, segregate and regularly check the func-
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• Use a secure email service that filters for poten-
tially malicious activity
• Implement Endpoint Detection and Response
(EDR) software to manage threats
• Train employees and educate suppliers on how to
identify, avoid, and report potentially malicious
activity on corporate networks, like phishing
scams.
• Limit access to sensitive information with privi-
leged access management
• Protect against unauthorized access with frequent
password changes and multi-factor authentication
• Regularly review and update software, firewalls
and security patches
Cyber insurance coverage
First-party coverages
Business interruption/extra expense Reimbursement
for lost revenue and expenses caused by a technology
failure, computer system outage, or cyber-attack, with
the option to include: Contingent business interruption
resulting from a third-party/supply chain event
Internet of Things products/services used in distribu-
tion, inventory, and warehouse operations.
Information asset protection Costs to recreate or re-
configure information and electronic data assets, with
option to include cost to replace hardware or to rebuild
systems.
Breach/event management Costs for notification and
investigation of privacy and security breaches, including
legal and forensic services, with the option to include
losses from unauthorized price alteration.
Cyber extortion Ransom and investigative expenses
associated with threats to steal confidential information,
introduce malicious code, corrupt computer systems, or
hinder system access.
Third-party coverages
Privacy liability Failure to prevent breaches of confi-
dential personal information — electronic or hard copy
— or to disclose an event, with the option to include
coupons, discounts, and goodwill payments in settle-
ments and costs.
Network security liability Actual or alleged failure of
computer security to prevent or mitigate an IoT or com-
puter attack.
Regulatory Defense Costs to defend regulatory ac-
tions and for certain fines and penalties.
Payment Card Information Fines and penalties for PCI
industry settlements, fraud recoveries, chargebacks,
and forensic investigations.
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• Assess the cybersecurity processes of any third
parties that access or retain critical data
• Build favorable “hold harmless” agreements into
contracts with third-party vendors.
Larger operations may be
able to weather cyberattacks
such as phishing, but small
farms or businesses are often
unable to absorb that kind of
financial loss.
Cyber insurance
The Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers (CIAB)
calculates that the average breach costs nearly $4 mil-
lion across all sectors.
To help plan for and mitigate the risk of a cyberat-
tack, cyber insurance can serve as a means of protec-
tion on both the back end to help cover the costs of a
breach and also on the front end. Outside consultants
can help bolster cybersecurity and work with employ-
ees to help raise awareness of vulnerabilities and the
importance of good cybersecurity practices.
There are still unanswered questions around regula-
tory enforcement and how organizations are prepared
for investigations and claims of financial injury from
consumers and the ever-creative plaintiffs’ bar, regard-
less of whether a security or privacy breach occurred.
The cyber security insurance marketplace can help ad-
dress this evolving risk with many carriers providing
affirmative coverage for wrongful collection events (al-
though the current cyber insurance marketplace typi-
cally requires a security or privacy incident trigger).
According to the 2019 NetDiligence Claims Study
Report, which analyzes actual paid claims, small- to
mid-size companies have been hit with an average
of $178,000 per breach, with crisis services costing
$112,000 and legal costs averaging $181,000.
Lost income for small and mid-sized firms aver-
aged $343,000 and the expense to recover systems and
files cost an average of $45,000. Equally as bad, there
were an average of 280,000 records exposed to hack-
ers, which produces a per-document cost of $234 on
average.
Hannah Hoeflinger is national cyber risk operations leader for Marsh &
McLennan. She may be reached at Hannah.Hoeflinger@MarshMMA.com.
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Global flour trade trending lower
IGC sees 6% decline from previous quarterly forecast in January
by Arvin Donley
W
ith shipments to parts of Asia falling short
of expectations, the International Grains
Council’s (IGC) forecast for global wheat
flour trade in 2021-22 has been reduced by 900,000
tonnes (wheat equivalent), to 13.9 million tonnes, a de-
cline of 6%.
The report, issued by the IGC on April 21, showed
that the figure for the current year, which ends June 30,
was slightly higher than last year’s 13.7 million tonnes
traded but nearly 4 million tonnes below the record set
in 2016-17.
The IGC said the bulk of the quarterly revision is
linked to reduced outlooks in what traditionally have
been the world’s top wheat importers. Iraqi imports
are forecast to fall 500,000 from the previous quarterly
projection and Afghanistan’s intake is expected to de-
cline by 300,000 tonnes.
“Nonetheless, imports by Iraq are still expected to
post a sizeable increase year on year, to 2.2 million
tonnes (up from 1.9 million last year), following a dis-
appointing domestic wheat harvest,” the IGC said.
A year-on-year decline of flour imports by
Afghanistan, from 2.5 million tonnes to 1.7 million,
largely can be traced to a 22% drop in shipments from
Kazakhstan, which has limited wheat and flour exports
due to food security concerns since the start of the
Russia-Ukraine war in February.
The IGC noted that projections for smaller flour im-
porters such as China, Syria, Yemen and parts of sub-
Saharan Africa also are revised downward based on the
pace of accumulated arrivals.
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In addition to Kazakhstan, other major exporters
downgraded from the previous forecast are Turkey
(down 600,000 tonnes), Ukraine (down 300,000
tonnes) and Egypt (down 200,000 tonnes).
India, which recently has emerged as a signifi-
cant wheat exporter, also is taking on a bigger role in
flour exports.
“At around 400,000 tonnes, India’s wheat flour
shipments in the July-January period already exceed
its full-year volume of 2020-21, with sizeable year-
on-year increases in deliveries to Indonesia, the UAE,
Sri Lanka, and parts of sub-Saharan Africa,” the
IGC said.
In the IGC’s initial outlook for 2022-23, it forecasts
global flour trade to expand by 6%, to 14.8 million
tonnes, including larger imports by Iraq, “where poor
production prospects are likely to keep import needs at
a historically high level.”
Imports by Afghanistan also are projected to edge
higher in the upcoming season, assuming a rebound in
shipments from its key supplier, Kazakhstan.
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The Council foresees Turkey remaining the world’s
largest exporter in 2022-23, with a projected increase
in shipments supported by a potentially larger wheat
harvest and strong overseas demand.
If realized, the IGC’s projection for wheat flour trade
in 2022-23 would be the largest since 14.7 million
tonnes were traded in 2019-20.
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FEED QUARTERLY
Study:
NON-GM FEED
HAS ITS COSTS
Researchers say increasing GM-free feed output would conflict with
environmental and sustainability goals, and lead to higher food prices
by Arvin Donley
T
he potential costs of increasing use of feed pro-
duced free from genetically modified (GM) in-
gredients would butt up against competing de-
mands of rising food prices, greenhouse gas concerns
and other environmental and sustainability goals, ac-
cording to a new study spearheaded by the Institute for
Feed Education and Research (IFEEDER).
Funded by IFEEDER, Dairy Management Inc., MFA
Inc., the National Corn Growers Association, the US
Poultry and Egg Association and other partners, re-
searchers from Iowa State University and Decision
Innovation Solutions, the study investigated the poten-
tial economic and environmental impacts that increas-
ing GM-free feed production could have on farms, at
grain elevators and in feed mills.
“The research found that fairly large-scale, systemic
changes would be needed to accommodate increasing
production of non-GM grain in grain handling, as han-
dling two differentiated product streams deviates from
the high-volume commodity system that has developed
in the United States,” the study noted.
Crop production impact
With the US adoption rate of GM seeds (over 92% for
both corn and soybeans) and the on-farm benefits of
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GM traits (from reduced labor and fuel use to improved
crop yields and soil health), a significant premium
would be required to entice a farm’s return to non-GM
seeds, according to the study. The study found that GM
seeds are more expensive than non-GM seeds, but her-
bicide costs for GM corn production can be higher or
lower than non-GM herbicide costs, depending on the
area of production and chemicals used. For soybeans,
GM seeds typically are priced higher than non-GM
seeds, but the herbicide costs are typically significantly
lower than non-GM production.
“In most cases, the higher costs of GM seeds are off-
set by lower costs for herbicides, insecticides and field
operations when compared to non-GM production,”
the researchers concluded.
The study, which examined land use in primary crop-
producing states across the United States from 2007-
16, found that a shift away from non-GM seeds creates
land-sparing benefits. For example, the use of GM seed
traits produced between 6.8 million and 15.9 million
acres of land sparing and 35% to 65% less land con-
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version from grassy habitats to crop production than
would have occurred otherwise.
“If a very conservative 5% yield advantage is ac-
knowledged for GM corn over non-GM corn, grassy
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habitat conversion would need to
have increased by 54% to 11.6 mil-
lion acres,” the study found. “It
For feed
would almost double to 13.7 mil- production, the
lion acres if a more realistic yield
advantage of 15% is considered for ability to be part
GM corn. Similarly, grassy habitat
conversion would have to increase
of a potentially
to 9.1 million acres to overcome the expanding GM-
3% soy GM seed trait advantage.”
The study concluded that GM seed free feed market
technology has environmental and
economic benefits on the farm that
has capital and
non-GM seeds cannot yet meet. GM operating cost
traits promote reduced tillage and
fuel use, thus reducing overall costs considerations.
and CO2 emissions.
Grain elevators and feed mills
For grain handling and feed production, a GM-free
product incurs potentially higher investments and costs
to segregate non-GM grain and ingredients.
As an intermediary, the grain elevator not only buys
non-GM at a premium price but also sells it at a higher
price. Therefore, clarity and transparency on costs of
segregation and isolation are critical for grain elevator
decisions on whether to handle non-GM grain.
The study found that the grain elevator would spend
an additional 5¢ to 7¢ per bushel to handle and seg-
regate non-GM soybeans, compared with regular soy-
beans, and 7¢ to 9¢ per bushel for non-GM corn.
The feed mill, at the end of the feed production
chain, would see the largest increase in the price of the
final product, which has direct bearing on the price of
meat, milk and egg products derived from animals fed
with non-GM feed.
The report noted that the additional costs of segregat-
ing non-GM product ingredients ranges from $4.91 to
$9.08 per ton for swine feed, $4.93 to $9.11 per ton for
broiler feed, $5.14 to $9.32 per ton of layer feed, 44¢
to $2.68 per ton of beef cattle feed, and $1.32 to $3.57
for dairy cattle feed.
“For the feed mill, the choice of the segregation strat-
egy has greater weight in the final additional costs,” the
study said. “Spatial segregation entails higher costs, es-
pecially for smaller facilities, relative to temporal seg-
regation or dedication.”
When calculating the final costs for beef and dairy
cattle, the researchers said it is worth remembering that
these animals consume a significant fraction of their
diets from ingredients produced on the farm rather than
feed mill ingredients, the study said.
The study examined the impact of adventitious pres-
ence (the unintended presence of low levels of trans-
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genic material in non-GM ingredients
or products) at the farm, grain eleva-
tor and feed mill levels and the extent
of segregation strategies needed to
have a high probability of achieving
three common trade tolerances (0.9%,
3% and 5%) of AP (adventitious pres-
ence) of GM in non-GM grains.
The study noted that incoming grain
impurity has a strong influence on the
level of AP. For the segregation scenari-
os modeled in the study, a 5% tolerance
was achievable. Elevator configura-
tions plays a significant role in deter-
mining segregation capability, with
increased flexibility leading to a higher
probability of achieving the lower tol-
erances of AP. A key finding by the re-
searchers was that “even facilities that may not be ideally
configured can still implement combinations of strategies
and achieve AP goals with reasonable confidence.”
“For feed production, the ability to be part of a poten-
tially expanding GM-free feed market has capital and
operating cost considerations,” the study noted. “The
ability to segregate to achieve desired AP tolerance lev-
els is feasible, but the management requirements add a
higher level of complexity unless the facility is solely
dedicated to non-GM feed.”
There are also environmental issues for feed mills
that must be weighed.
“As the animal sector pursues sustainability targets,
feed implications will need to be considered,” the study
noted. “For example, feed is a significant component
of an animal’s carbon footprint. The scope of the GHG
impact linked to GM vs. non-GM feed will need to be
considered as the animal sector explores pathways to
meeting their evolving targets.”
Commenting on the 156-page report, Lara Moody,
executive director of IFEEDER, said: “Like many in-
dustries involved in the production of America’s food
supply, the US animal feed industry is diligently work-
ing to be more sustainable and efficient, using all avail-
able tools at its disposal, as part of our commitment to
consumers to be good environmental stewards. The re-
search released today shows that when you limit the use
of safe, proven technologies, like GM crops, the costs
for both environment and consumers can increase.
“As food retailers and manufacturers pursue ambi-
tious sustainability goals in the future, we hope this re-
search will inform their decision-making on the value
that GM feed provides.”
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by Drew Lerner
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ryness has returned to Mato Grosso, Brazil,
just in time to hurt Safrinha corn yields during
reproduction. The moisture stress that was be-
coming more widespread in the state at the end of April
will be closely monitored for about three weeks. In the
meantime, the market focus is quickly shifting back to
North America where there is much talk about weather
adversity.
The Brazilian situation is not good. The area impact-
ed is mostly Mato Grosso and Goias, but they collec-
tively represent a large portion of the anticipated second
season crop this year. Dryness during the reproduction
is never a good thing and yields are sliding lower. A
little more than half of the corn crop was reproducing
at the end of April and the remaining crop was expected
to reproduce in the first half of May. Topsoil moisture
was rated very short in many areas at the end of April
while subsoil moisture was rated marginally adequate
to short. Crop stress was present and increasing in the
last 10 days of April, but production cuts could still be
minimized by generalized showers and thunderstorms.
There is potential for some precipitation, but monsoon-
al rains have ended for the season, leaving mid-latitude
frontal systems as the only method for bringing rain to
the region.
Argentina does have potential to be colder than
usual in May and that could send a cold airmass into
southern Brazil and a frontal system into Mato Grosso,
Mato Grosso do Sul, Parana and Goias. Such a frontal
system would bring rainfall to the area and could re-
verse the declining yield trend. However, there were
no strong frontal systems expected through the first 10
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days of May. The longer it takes to get moisture into
the Safrinha corn and cotton areas of Mato Grosso, the
more yield loss is possible. Most pollination already
will be complete by the third week in May, and if sig-
nificant rain has not occurred by that time, most of the
second season corn will come up with reduced yields.
Some analysts already have reduced the crop and more
cutting is expected through the first half of the month.
Problems looming for North America
North America is the next big production area in the
world that is vulnerable to adverse weather in 2022 and
any problems there, especially in the United States,
could create food shortages and send market prices
even higher.
North America weather problems already have
evolved. Southwestern Canada’s wheat and canola re-
gion is still much too dry while excessive April pre-
cipitation from North Dakota to Manitoba, Canada, has
stopped most farmers from entering their fields. The
situation is unlikely to improve enough for fieldwork
until possibly the middle of May.
Farther to the south in the US Midwest, Delta and
Tennessee River Basin, spring planting of rice and
corn has been delayed by too much rain and cooler-
than-usual temperatures. The wet-biased environment
was peaking in the first week of May with little to no
progress occurring in many areas, but there is still time
for improved weather and successful planting. In the
meantime, US hard red winter wheat areas are suffer-
ing from all kinds of adverse weather and production is
expected to be cut.
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Similar to this time last year, drought is present from
northern Mexico through most of the west half of the
United States and into the southwestern Canadian
Prairies. The drought has been driven by a unique com-
bination of weather patterns all reinforcing one and
another. La Niña has prevailed for 21 months and any
time that phenomenon prevails this long there is poten-
tial for drought in North America and possibly in a part
of Central Asia. La Niña’s persistent presence at this
time in the 22-year solar cycle often is involved with
multi-year droughts and this drought has been around
since 2020. Having a persistent La Niña in the 22-
year solar cycle while the Pacific Decadal Oscillation
(PDO) is negative (meaning colder-than-usual ocean
water off the West Coast of North America and warm
water farther to the west) leads into strong summer
ridge building in the central United States and that can
extend north into Canada.
In the past when all three of these significant
weather influences have occurred at the same time and
with significant intensity, the result was almost always
drought for the US Plains and a part of the Midwest.
Weather patterns do not always have to have the same
solution, but this combination of weather features has
a nasty reputation of negatively impacting agriculture
and production. Delayed planting in the western Corn
Belt because of a wet start to spring followed by dry-
ness during the summer would not bode well for 2022
production, and until there is a trend change that pulls
the plug on this environment the assumption is that at
least a portion of the United States is going to come up
short on production. The debate is on about determin-
ing production losses, but it is still too soon to have
much confidence in any of this since crops are not in
the ground yet.
La Niña’s impact
Changes in weather influences are underway that raise
the potential for changes in North America, especial-
ly in Canada’s dry region. La Niña is peaking in its
intensity and should begin weakening in May. That
weakening trend will continue into June. While this is
happening, the lingering effects of stratospheric warm-
ing that took place in March, causing cold weather in
North America during April, also is abating. The reduc-
tion of influence from these events raises the potential

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for change in North America. However,

the change will be led by the negative
phase of PDO, which promises to put a
quasi-permanent trough of low pressure
along or over the western parts of North
America. Extremely wet
Wet Marginal
Putting a trough of low pressure aloft
Moist Limited
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EUROPEAN
SUPPLIER PROFILES
This special advertising section is devoted to grain and milling technology offered by European-based suppliers to
the international market. Use this index to find company profiles that discuss service range, product technologies
and research and project developments for each European-based advertiser in this issue.
4B Braime Components................................ 46 DENIS.............................................................. 54
Alapala............................................................ 48 DSM................................................................. 54
Altinbilek ........................................................ 48 FrigorTec GmbH............................................ 55
Balaguer Rolls................................................. 48 Henry Simon Milling...................................... 55
BBCA Storex................................................... 50 IMAS Makine Sanayi AS/MILLERAL............. 55
Bühler AG....................................................... 50 Mill Service S.p.A........................................... 56
CESCO EPC GmbH....................................... 50 MORILLON..................................................... 56
A/S Cimbria ................................................... 54 Mühlenchemie................................................ 56
Key provider of bucket elevators and conveyors
An international market leader in the field of
elevator and conveyor components and elec-
tronic monitoring equipment, 4B Group serves
a large range of industries from agricultural to
heavy-duty industries.
4B has a large range of elevator components
and is a leader in elevator bucket and bolt
4B Group design and manufacturing and supplying the
highest quality forged
Hunslet Road
chain and elevator belt-
Leeds, LS10 1JZ UK
ing. 4B’s engineering
Tel: 44 (0) 113 246 1800 team provides a free
Email: 4b-uk@go4b.com design service for new
Internet: www.go4b.com bucket elevators and
conveyors and upgrades
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MySilo/Siloport .............................................. 58
OBIAL.............................................................. 58
Ocrim SpA ..................................................... 60
Pfeuffer GmbH............................................... 60
Rüter Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG........ 60
Satake Europe................................................ 62
Symaga SA ..................................................... 62
of existing machines. 4B’s electronic division
specializes in level controls, electric sensors
and safety control systems that prevent costly
downtime and reduce the risks of explosions
in hazardous areas. With an extensive range of
ATEX/IECEx/CSA-approved hazard monitor-
ing systems, misalignment switches, bearing
temperature monitors and level indicators, 4B
can offer anything from
a replacement sensor to
a fully integrated hazard
monitoring system, that
can be operated either
as a stand-alone system
or connected to a PLC.
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FEATURE: EUROPEAN PROFILES
Turnkey flour, feed mills
Alapala
Yeşilköy Mah. Atatürk Cad. EGS
Business Park
Blokları B - 3 Blok Kat: 14 No: 431
34149 Bakırköy İstanbul / Turkey
Tel: +90 212 465 60 40
Email: info@alapala.com
Internet: www.alapala.com
Grain storage, handling
Altinbilek
Organize Sanayi Bölgesi 9.
Cadde No:5 26110
Eskisehir, Turkey
Tel: +90 222 23613 99
Fax: +90 222 236 1397
Email: abms@abms.com.tr
Internet: http://www.abms.com.tr/
Chilled cast iron rolls
Balaguer Rolls
03430 Onil-ALICANTE, Spain
Tel: +34 965 564 850/ +34 965 564 075
Fax: +34 965 564 966
Email: info@balaguer-rolls.com
Internet: www.balaguer-rolls.com
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Alapala is a leading global machinery produc-
ers and solution providers in grain milling tech-
nologies since 1954. Today, Alapala is a leading
exporter in Turkey of food processing machin-
ery and grain milling categories. The company
is also among the top 1,000 exporters of Turkey.
Alapala has 650+ turnkey project references
in four continents and over 120 countries. It
has a local presence in more than 48 countries.
Alapala builds turnkey flour,
semolina, maize, and feed
mills, and recently pasta pro-
duction plants integrating:
· Grain intake, handling,
and storage systems
ALTINBILEK, founded in 1974, is a leading
manufacturer of cereal transport systems. Its
success in the last 46 years has been based on
the vision of a highly trained and effective team
and achieving customer satisfaction and loyalty.
In this competitive world, one of the key fac-
tors for success is R&D capability and invest-
ment to expand business to be forward-think-
ing and innovative in order to stay ahead and
meet market demand. Design and engineering
services offer ideal mechanical works solutions
as tailor-made projects. The company’s qual-
ity management system plays a central role in
defining its primary goal to keep customers
satisfied. Continuous expansions of its facility
With more than 100 years’ experience, Balaguer
Rolls is a global leader in manufacturing cen-
trifugally chilled cast iron rolls for flour milling
industries, compound feed, soybeans, coffee,
chocolates, paintings, salt biscuits and chemical.
Balaguer rolls and machines are 99% exported
directly to 130 countries into five continents.
The use of the cutting-edge technology and
the commitment to quality are part of the com-
pany’s DNA, which results in obtaining rolls with
the highest quality standard. Quality control is
the cornerstone on which the company excel-
lence is built. Quality controls are carried out at
every single stage of the production process,
ensuring that the rolls always meet the quality
· Machinery for grain cleaning, milling, han-
dling and packaging
· Pre-engineered steel mill buildings
· Mill automation systems
· Spare parts and after sales services
Alapala provides turnkey services including
manufacturing, project design, process en-
gineering, project management, installation,
commissioning and training services. Alapala’s
manufacturing plant in Co-
rum, Turkey, utilizes advanced
manufacturing technologies,
including laser cutting, robot-
ic bending and welding, and
automated painting systems.
and large investments has been applied to use
modern technologies in manufacturing.
ALTINBILEK operates across four platforms:
integrated grain storage systems; grain ter-
minal ports; flat storage facilities; and animal
feed mills.
requirements of Balaguer Rolls as well as of the
client. To do so, Balaguer uses the most accu-
rate equipment available on the market.
The patented Optical Fluting Test is the
world’s only device that is able to check roll
fluting profiles by optical vision. The ISO 9001
quality control stamp certifies that Balaguer
Rolls meets the most demanding quality re-
quirements.
Balaguer’s R&D department is continuously
engaged in innovations because the best way
to keep the company on track is by achiev-
ing excellence every day. Its know-how is its
weapon, and it is the most valuable asset of the
Balaguer Rolls company.
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Steel storage silos
BBCA Storex
Avrupa Serbest Bölgesi
Karamehmet Mah.Avrasya
Bulvarı No:29
Ergene,Tekirdag, turkey
Tel: +90 282 691 12 55-59
Fax: +90 282 691 12 60
Bühler solutions around the globe
Bühler AG
9240 Uzwil, Switzerland
Tel: 41.71.955.11.11
Fax: 41.71.955.33.79
Email: buhler.uzwil@buhlergroup.com
Internet: www.buhlergroup.com
Advanced solutions for grain handling, storing and processing
CESCO EPC GmbH
Röberstraße 9
D-99848 Wutha-Farnroda
Germany
Tel: +49 7531 122860
Email: info@cesco-group.com
Internet: www.cesco-group.com
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BBCA Storex, established in Tekirdag Corlu
European Free Zone in 2011, has a total plot
of 43,000 square meters and a 20,000-square-
meter closed manufacturing area. BBCA Storex
manufactures steel storage silos for grain.
BBCA Storex maintains and controls the qual-
ity of the product during storage and grain
handling, as well as providing convenience,
reliability, efficiency, and profitability in the
management of customers’ plants.
Many port and grain terminal projects that re-
quire intense capacity for handling equipment
and grain storage have been implemented
by the company. Its fields of activity include
Billions of people come into contact with
Bühler technologies as they cover their basic
needs for food and mobility every day. Two
billion people each day enjoy foods produced
on Bühler equipment, and 1 billion people
travel in vehicles manufactured using parts
produced with Bühler machinery. Having
this global relevance, Bühler is in a unique
position to turn today’s global challenges
into sustainable business. Bühler contributes
to safely feeding the world as a front-runner
in the global production and processing of
wheat, corn, oats, rye, rice, pasta, cereal and
pulses. Its Grains & Food solutions and digital
technologies help producers make healthy and
CESCO EPC GmbH, formerly known as PET-
KUS Engineering GmbH, is an internationally
operating German company, which designs
and supplies industrial plants for grain lo-
gistics and deep processing with handling,
storing and milling systems. The products and
services offered by CES-
CO are divided in four
business areas: domestic
grain terminals; inland
grain storage plants;
grain port terminals; and
dry milling plants for
deep processing.
CESCO produces chain
grain terminals, silo temperature and ventila-
tion systems, feed manufacturing plants, seed
and legumes processing plants. BBCA said its
quality raw material, (S350GD+ZM310), high
technology manufacturing capabilities and
punctuality have made it reach a great height in
this market today.
safe finished products for human and animal
nutrition. Furthermore, Bühler is doing its part
to protect the climate, producing machinery
that makes cars, buildings and machinery more
energy efficient. Bühler’s purpose is creating
“innovations for a better world.”
and belt conveyors, bucket elevators and vari-
ous silos complete with steel structures, such as
machinery towers, bridges and walkways with
all accessories as well as process equipment in-
cluding pre-cleaners, filters, dryers, and MMW
milling equipment
CESCO offers complete
service from concept to
detailed engineering,
procurement, manu-
facturing, erection, and
commissioning for large
industrial plants for grain
storage and dry milling
for deep processing.
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Grain storage, seed processing
A/S Cimbria
Faartoftvej 22 7700
Thisted Denmark
Tel: +45 96 17 90 00
Email: cimbria.holding@agcocorp.com
Internet: www.cimbria.com
Mechanical handling, cleaning
DENIS
15 Avenue Louis Denis
28160 Brou – France
Tel: +33 237 97 66 11
Email: export@denis.fr
Internet: www.denis.fr
Feed additives, supplements
DSM
Het Overloon 1
6411 TE Heerlen
Netherlands
Tel: +31 45 578 2951
Internet: www.dsm.com
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Cimbria is one of the world’s leading compa-
nies within industrial processing, handling and
storage of grain and seed, as well as animal
feed, foodstuffs and other bulk products. Cim-
bria designs, develops, manufactures, installs
and services custom-built solutions, whether
the need is a complete processing line or a
large turnkey project with highly advanced
automation and management
information systems.
Cimbria has the right tech-
nology to enhance quality
and the right team to bring it
all together. It develops and
manufactures a comprehensive
DENIS is a family business established in 1855,
located near Paris and manufactures 5,000
to 6,000 items a year with a range of leading-
edge machines in a facility of more than 24,000
square meters situated on an industrial site of
eight hectares.
DENIS is present worldwide through subsid-
iaries, partners and sales representatives and
has built up an international
reputation in its specialist
fields, based on a thorough
understanding of the process-
es its customers use in their
various trades. Customers thus
benefit from the experience
DSM has supplied science-based products,
services and groundbreaking innovation fun-
damental to the health, well-being and sustain-
ability of farm animals. With growing demand
for sustainable animal protein that is safe, nutri-
tious and affordable, DSM helps the industry
transition to a more sustainable future to meet
this complex challenge.
Through its three business lines, DSM offers
customers an end-to-end portfolio of prod-
ucts, solutions and services for sustainable
and profitable animal farming. Its Performance
lineup of products for individual processes or
for installation into new or existing processing
lines. Learn more about conveying, drying, pro-
cessing, optical sorting and storage solutions at
Cimbria.com
Cimbria is more than the equipment it pro-
duces. It is professionals who thrive on building
creative solutions to bring the customer’s vi-
sions to life, since 1947. Cimbria
combines the right technology
with the right team to bring it
all together. Customers can feel
confident, because they have
an expert at their side – helping
them grow into the future.
and know-how of a leading manufacturer, with
specially adapted equipment, well-finished.
DENIS’ staff offers various solutions with the
production of a wide range of equipment for
the mechanical handling and cleaning, includ-
ing bucket elevators, chain or belt conveyors,
various types of screws, cleaners, discharge or
extraction devices, etc.
DENIS equipment can offer
handling and cleaning equip-
ment with capacities up to 400
tph, which can be installed in
different fields: grain and feed,
co-ops, industries, farms, seed,
milling and animal feed.
Solutions + BIOMIN portfolio offers functional
nutrition needed for the industry to meet the
challenges of sustainability, animal welfare and
feed quality.
The feed enzyme portfolio enhances the well-
being and performance of livestock by unlock-
ing nutrient potential in feed and lower feed
costs. One of these products is HiPhorius, a
phytase that delivers consistent improvements
in animal performance through efficient phos-
phorous utilization.
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 GRANIFRIGOR grain cooling
FrigorTec GmbH
Hummelau 1
88279 AMTZELL/ GERMANY
Tel: +49 7520 91482 0
Fax: +49 7520 9148222
Email: info@frigortec.de
Internet: www.frigortec.com
Turnkey mills
Henry Simon Milling
Horsfield Way, Bredbury Industrial Park
Stockport, Cheshire, SK6 2SU
United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 (0) 161 804 2800
Email: info@henrysimonmilling.com
Internet: www.henrysimonmilling.com
Integrated milling systems
IMAS Makine Sanayi AS/
MILLERAL
Buyukkacik Mah. 407. Sokak No:8 42250
Konya, Turkey
Tel: +90 332 239 01 41
Fax: +90 332 239 01 44
Email: info@imas.com.tr
Internet: www.imas.com.tr/
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FrigorTec GmbH has produced and distributed
cooling units and heat pumps for industrial
and food applications since 1961. A prominent
part of the company’s product range is the
GRANIFRIGOR cooling unit, which is designed
specifically for grain preservation. It is used in
numerous applications worldwide.
For European countries, FrigorTec offers the
Europe series. For countries in the tropic zone,
FrigorTec offers the GRANIFRIGOR Tropic and
Subtropic series and for the world’s dry and
hot regions, the company has developed the
GRANIFRIGOR Desert series.
Several thousands of GRANIFRIGOR units,
As one of the original innovators of industrial
milling, Henry Simon is known for developing
machinery to improve processes, increase reli-
ability, quality and efficiency. This continuous
technological advancement is still at the heart
of Henry Simon today and the company keeps
driving the technological improvement in the
milling industry. Its professional team provides
global thinking and the ability
to react to local diversities and
needs. Having 400-plus turnkey
projects worldwide, its service
team with local offices is ready to
provide high-quality service.
Advanced Sensor Technology
IMAS/MILLERAL was established in 1989
as one of the daughter companies of Ittifak
Holding, which operates in the most sectors
of Turkey successfully. It has been manufac-
turing high technology products and efficient
turnkey projects in the grain milling sector
for more than 32 years. It operates with the
Milleral brand in the milling sec-
tor and the Viteral brand in the
feed milling sector.
The Multimilla roller mill’s main
body is made of casting that
absorbs vibration and impacts,
some parts of the chassis and
covers are made of light, durable
successfully in operation, are cooling wheat,
barley, maize, rapeseed, rye, mixed feed, oats,
rice, soybeans, peas, potatoes, grass seeds,
paddy, millet, cacao beans, coffee beans
and more.
Grain cooling with the GRANIFRIGOR system
offers the most natural way of grain preserva-
tion and provides protection against insects
and microbes, without chemical treatment and
independent of ambient weather conditions.
GRANIFRIGOR grain cooling is an ecological,
safe and natural option.
brings higher reliability, better operational
safety, and consistent quality in the milling
process. State-of-the-art sensors enable
real-time tracking of a machine’s operating
status and environmental conditions to detect
fluctuation during the operation. At Henry
Simon, implementation of digital technologies
cuts operational costs, significantly decreases
downtime, and improves efficiency.
Having built the first complete
automated roller four mill plant
in 1879, Henry Simon provides a
complete range of machinery and
equipment for wheat, maize and
semolina mills.
aluminum extrusion profiles conforming to
sanitary and hygienic requirements and the
product contact parts are made of stainless
steel. Infrared level sensors monitor the
product level in the inlet hopper to perform
precise feed control. Linear bearing feed-
ing roller group provides easy cleaning and
maximum hygiene. The same
length, long-lasting timing belt is
used for all passages and pulleys
at different rotating cycles. The
roller group is disassembled and
assembled as a package with the
special bearing type mechanism
in 20 minutes.
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Servicing the grain handling and processing industry
Mill Service S.p.A.
Via A. Meucci, 2 - Z.I.
35037 Teolo - Padova / Italy
Tel: +39.049.8978743-8978744
Untitled-7 1
Fax: +39.049.8978780
Email: info@ms-italia.com
Internet: www.ms-italia.com
Silo unloading systems
MORILLON
48 rue des Mauges – Andrezé
49600 Beaupréau-en-Mauges France
Tel: +33(0)241565014
Email: contact@morillon.eu
Internet: www.morillonsystems.com
Flour treatment services
Mühlenchemie
Kurt-Fischer-Straße 55
22926 Ahrensburg, Germany
Tel: +49.4102.202.001
Fax: +49.4102.202.010
Email: info@muehlenchemie.com
Internet: www.muehlenchemie.com
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Mill Service S.p.A. (MS), Padova, Italy, is a
world market leader in the field of cereal mill-
ing plant and grain processing systems. The
company, founded in 1999, has already built
more than 100 plants worldwide with the turn-
key formula.
It specializes in the production of flour and
semolina for the bakery and pasta industry, in-
cluding systems for mixing flour with additives
and for feeding pasta lines and scraps milling.
The company’s experience makes it particu-
larly suitable for customers who need a partner
with a solid technical background for the modi-
fication or expansion of plants, to improve the
milling efficiency, for the implementation of au-
Founded in 1865, MORILLON
is a French company special-
izing in silo unloading systems
(design, manufacture, com-
missioning, and maintenance
worldwide). Today, thousands of MORILLON
systems equip silos all over the world and pro-
vide reliable daily and annual performance.
The SPIROGYRE sweep-auger is designed to
reclaim the remaining free-flowing products
(wheat, corn, barley, pellets) once the gravity
unload has been completed in flat-bottom
silos.
The HYDRASCREW unloader is specifically
designed to unload difficult to flow materials,
Mühlenchemie is a world market leader
in the field of flour treatment. Its key
competence lies in solutions for flour
standardization, flour improvement and flour
fortification — from classic flour treatment to
concentrates for ready-mixed flours.
Mühlenchemie exports its products to
more than 130 countries and maintains close
relations with more than 2,000 mills around
the globe. At the foreign affiliates in Mexico,
Singapore, India, China, Turkey and Russia,
a team of experts supports mills on the spot
and offers individual solutions to ensure
optimum flour quality.
The company has its own production
tomation systems of various levels and for the
reduction of the energy consumption.
Mill Service operates in five continents, and
is able to meet local needs both in terms of
product to be ground (durum wheat, tender
wheat, corn, rye, etc.) and of finished products
such as Atta, Maida, Arepa, Noodles, Semolina,
Grits, etc.
Moreover, it is specialized in the installation
of plants for the production of flours for feed-
ing bioethanol processes. These kind of plants
have been built 3:38:27
4/14/2022 in Belgium
PM and in the UK and
others are under construction in Germany and
in Belgium.
heavy or light, powdery or
fibrous, dry, or damp.
MORILLON also offers two
new unloading systems:
- HYDRASWEEP — a hy-
draulic sweep auger designed to reclaim the
remaining products once the gravity unload has
been completed and especially for products
creating angle of repose exceeding 45° such
as wood pellets or soybeans stored in flat-
bottom silo.
- HYDRACONE — a cone-bottom discharger
designed to unload materials that do not easily
flow by natural means, stored in conical silos from
2.5 to 6 meters in diameter with angle of 45°.
facilities, affiliates and technical centers in 13
countries around the world. Mühlenchemie
standardizes over 100 million tonnes of
wheat a year.
For this, the company has developed
enzyme systems, flour maturing and
oxidizing agents, bromate replacers,
emulsifiers, vitamin and mineral premixes
and functional systems for ready-mixed and
composite flours.
At the Stern-Technology Center in
Ahrensburg, near Hamburg, Germany,
a team of 100 research scientists and
applications technologists works on
innovations for the future.
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Grain storage, handling equipment

Mysilo is one of the leading grain storage storage silos and handling equipment.
systems manufacturers with an annual Main products include grain storage silos,
capacity of 4 million cubic meters. The handling equipment, bucket elevators, chain
company has installed more than 1,000 conveyors, belt conveyors, aeration systems,
projects for approximately 600 customers in fans, temperature monitoring systems,
52 countries. Mysilo specializes in design, electrical panels, catwalks and steel towers.
manufacture and installation of grain
MySilo/Siloport
Organize Sanayi Bölgesi 1.
Cadde No: 52/B,
Aksaray, Turkey
Tel: 90.382.266.22.45
Fax: 90.382.266.22.52
Email: mysilo@mysilo.com
Internet: www.mysilo.com

Ship loading, unloading

NEUERO is a specialist in pneumatic ship un- through the use of closed conveyor systems and
loading and mechanical ship loading for bulk dust control systems.
goods. NEUERO follows the “Made in Germa- NEUERO’s GSD is a solution when the area
ny” tradition with more than 100 years of activ- in the port needs to be shared with other port
ity in the production of reliable and individual- activities. It can be situated on the quay or on
ized conveyor systems. With more than 5,000 the ship’s deck and has a capacity up to 180 tph
facilities in more than 80 countries, NEUERO’s of grain.
goal is to offer the best ship loaders and ship
NEUERO Industrietechnik unloaders in the world to make it easier for its
GmbH customers to work on ports and to ensure the
Neuerostrasse 1 supply of bulk goods worldwide.
49324 Melle NEUERO ship loaders and ship unloaders are
Germany used for loading dry bulk goods, particularly from
Tel: +49 5422 950 3 0 the food sector. All types of inland or deep-sea
Email: neuero@neuero.de vessels can be loaded. This is done “dust-free”
Internet: www.neuero.de/en

Grain storage systems

OBIAL
Erenler Organize San. Bol
M. Altinsoy Blv. 27/A Merkez Aksaray/
Turkey.
Tel: +90 38 22 66 2120 (10 lines)
Fax: +90 38 22 66 2130
Email: info@obial.com.tr
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OBIAL is one of the world’s leading compa-
nies for grain storage systems. OBIAL is DIN
EN ISO 9001 accredited. The design, produc-
tion and management processes are closely
monitored according to the requirement of
ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management Systems.
OBIAL is able to meet all kinds of demands
from international markets quickly and effi-
ciently. It offers design, production, assembly
and after-sales services of steel silos for grain
storage and all necessary transport equip-
ment such as elevators, chain conveyors,
ventilation and more. The range of stock
silos’ capacity is from 70 up to 15,000 tonnes
with flat-bottom bins and from 70 up to 1,600
tonnes with conical-bottom bins.
The company also provides design,
production, assembly and after-sales service
for axial ventilators, cooling pads, poultry
control panels, silo stock/motor groups, light
deflectors, shutter sets, chicken/chick feeders
and feeder line lifting systems (winches),
feed and grain stock silos and other
poultry equipment.

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Milling, feed, grain facilities
Ocrim SpA
Via Massarotti, 76
26100 Cremona Italy
Tel: +39 0372 4011
Fax: +39 0372 412692
Email: info@ocrim.com
Internet: www.ocrim.com
Technology for professional quality assessment
Pfeuffer GmbH
Flugplatzstraße 70
97318 Kitzingen
Germany
Tel: +49 9321 9369-0
Email: info@pfeuffer.com
Internet: www.pfeuffer.com
Efficient, compact plansifters
Rüter Maschinenbau
GmbH & Co. KG
An der Kapelle 27
D-32479 Hille
Tel: +49-(0)5703-52029-0
Fax: +49-(0)5703-52029-29
Email: info@RueterMaschinen.de
Internet: www.RueterMaschinen.de
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Ocrim, based in Cremona, Italy, is known for
being a reliable partner for the construction
and supply of milling plants, feed mills and
grain processing plants and end-of-line plants.
The important commitment in the field of
research, customer care, training and communi-
cation has always served as an incentive for in-
novative and productive teamwork. One of the
strengths of Ocrim are the turnkey
projects, a choice increasingly wel-
comed by customers who decide to
rely on a single interlocutor able to
guarantee a high professional level
and to offer complete management
of the entire process. The turnkey
As an internationally active specialist for sam-
pling and grain measurement technology,
Pfeuffer has over 70 years of experience in
equipment for agriculture, bulk
handlers, flour mills, mixed feed
plants, seed breeding, malting
plants, and breweries. The prod-
uct portfolio covers the entire area
of grain quality control. The fea-
tured product is a new designed
Auto Sample Cleaner for dockage
testing, sorting and weighing. The
automat weighs an initial sample
of grain, starts up the cleaner, op-
erating the de-awning, aspirates
Rüter Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG is a
mechanical engineering firm in Germany. A
highly skilled manufacturing workforce and an
innovative design team has ensured Rüter’s
reputation as a leading manufacturer for the
milling industry.
Rüter’s highly efficient and compact plansift-
ers of both single-box and cross-yoke types
are capable of generating outputs of 200
kilograms per hour to 120 tonnes per hour for
formula is also envisaged for the supply of
compact and customizable Superior mills.
Within Cremona, Ocrim has two offices: the
historic headquarters in via Massarotti, which
houses the offices and part of the production
and the headquarters of the canal port, where
there are some important production depart-
ments, logistics offices and also the new grind-
ing pole; and the Milling Hub, which
aims to strengthen the Italian agri-food
chain, giving those without their own
milling plant a chance to have a cus-
tomized plant and all the technical and
technological skills of the Ocrim team at
their disposal.
the dust and light material, carries out the siev-
ing and automatically weighs the two fractions
of small grain and quality grain. The automatic
sample cleaner weighs the two frac-
tions, calculates the percentages
based on the initial weight and
shows them on the display. The re-
sult consists of the cleaning loss (as-
piration discharge, straw and sand
sieve) and the quality grain and
small grain proportions and can be
transferred automatically to ERP/
merchandise management system
or to USB flash memory.
a variety of powdered products of 30 microns
to 12 mm diameter.
The self-balancing cross-yoke plansifter design
ensures minimum structural stress. Its modular
design allows it to be accommodated in tightly
constrained spaces. Other leading-edge inno-
vations include the light-weight aluminum sieve
stack housing, the customizable sieve stack and
the patented sieve cleaner. Furthermore, the
plansifters are economical to install.
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Flour milling, optical sorting
Satake Europe
Horsfield Way, Bredbury Industrial Park
Bredbury, Stockport, Cheshire,
SK6 2SU UK
Tel: +44 161 406 3888
Email: sales@satake-europe.com
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Galvanized steel silos
Symaga SA
Ctra. de Arenas, km. 2,3, 13210
Villarta de San Juan, Spain
Tel.: +34 917 26 43 04
Fax: +34 913 61 15 34
Email: symaga@symaga.com
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Satake Europe, a member of Satake Global
Corp., is the EMEA base for sales and aftersales
service for Satake Rice Milling, Reach modular
rice systems, Henry Simon Milling and Satake
Optical Sorting equipment. Situated close to
Manchester, the home of Henry Simon, and with
Satake trained engineers and technical sales
managers located across the EMEA region,
Satake Europe is ideally positioned to serve
the industry.
The Henry Simon range of flour milling ma-
chines and complete Simon Systems are mar-
keted, engineered and serviced by Satake Eu-
rope. The original pioneering spirit, combined
with the ground-breaking design and aesthet-
Symaga’s reputation as a major reliable manu-
facturer is founded on the number of silo in-
stallations delivered across 145 countries, with
50 million cubic meters of storage built, and
12,000 projects over more than 35 years.
The 150-person team is devoted to design,
manufacture and deliver storage solutions
ready to be integrated in your projects.
Symaga Silos is a Spanish company spe-
cializing in designing, manu-
facturing and marketing of
galvanized steel silos for grain
storage. Symaga supplies a
wide range, flat up to 25,000
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plant efficiency and preventive maintenance
data for the smart mill of the future.
Satake Europe is also a market leader in the
development and production of rice process-
ing technology, machines and turnkey rice
milling systems. Recent developments include
the modular “Reach” rice mill systems featur-
ing the latest whitening, polishing and optical
sorting technology.
silos, 12 meters in diameter with 45-degree
hopper and 2,643 cubic meter capacity,
with double-welded compression ring, with
60-degree and 66-degree hopper.
The versatility of the products makes them
available for different industries such as
breweries and malting, animal feed, port
facilities, flour mills, ethanol, drying, and rice
facilities, seed, oil plants, and storage of raw
materials for the plastic industry
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The silos are recognized
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 SUPPLIER NEWS
Sioux Steel acquires SCAFCO Grain Systems
SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, US — Sioux Steel Co.
announced on March 21 that it has acquired SCAFCO Grain
Systems Co. based in Spokane, Washington, US.
The companies have more than 164 years of combined ex-
perience providing customer service and manufacturing grain
systems for customers all over the world. Both companies
have a family origin and ownership.
SCAFCO has been located in Spokane for its entire 60-year
existence. It has installations in more than 80 countries and
offers a line of grain bins, structures, handling equipment, dry-
ing technology and accessories.
SCAFCO Grain Systems will bring a variety of new prod-
ucts to Sioux Steel’s current existing product lineup.
SCAFCO Grain Systems Co.’s footprint in the Pacific
Northwest will not only satisfy existing farmers and busi-
ness owners in the area, but also offer more shipping interna-
tionally to both companies’ expansive worldwide networks,
Sioux Steel said.
Sioux Steel, started in 1918, is a fourth-generation, family-
owned company that manufactures grain bins, buildings, live-
stock equipment and bin sweeps. Its headquarters are in Sioux
Falls, South Dakota, US.
The addition of SCAFCO products, machinery, and
Bühler marks 50th anniversary in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — Bühler celebrat-
ed its 50th anniversary of establishing its business in South
Africa on March 18.
To commemorate the anniversary, a special event, celebrat-
ing milestones and special memories among Bühler, its cus-
tomers and staff, was held in Johannesburg.
Bühler said it plans to expand its business there as well as
to other African nations.
It began on Jan. 10, 1972, when Bühler MIAG South Africa
was registered in Johannesburg. René Schneider founded the
joint company, and Hans Widmer was appointed the manag-
ing director and the offices moved to the Raschers corner in
the central district of Johannesburg. As the company grew, a
workspace of Rand Steel Engineering in Booysens was pur-
chased. In 1976, Bühler MIAG expanded its offerings and
leased a workshop in Wadeville, covering an area of 9,250
square meters on a 24,000-square-meter industrial site, which
was later purchased in 1978. At the beginning, the company’s
main activity was customer service, selling spares and wear
parts as well as fluting and welding in the workshop. Soon
after, the product portfolio got larger as the business grew and
more demands of customers and markets needed to be served.
Now the Johannesburg office is the regional headquar-
ters for the Southern Africa sub-region. From here they are
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factories will quickly increase Sioux Steel’s capacity to de-
liver products to customers worldwide.
From farm bins and farm com installations to complete
commercial systems, the combined team at Sioux Steel
and SCAFCO Grain Systems Co. are ready to provide in-
dustry first service and products to help producers and
processors take their business to the next level, Sioux
Steel said.
“We are proud to be able to offer our customers more op-
tions and strategic avenues and we now look forward to man-
ufacturing and distributing even more of the quality products,
both companies are known for on a complete global level,”
said Scott Rysdon, president and chief executive officer of
Sioux Steel.
Larry Stone, president of the Stone Group of Companies,
said the combination of the two companies makes him opti-
mistic for the grain storage business.
“Sioux Steel Co. is sure to succeed while taking grain bins
to new markets and storing new products with the assistance
of the highly skilled team of SCAFCO Grain Systems Co.’s
employees,” he said.
SCAFCO was a subsidiary of the Stone Group and was the
only one included in the sale.
From left, Stefan Scheiber, Bühler CEO; Veiccoh Nghiwete,
Ambassador of Namibia; and Heiko Feuring, head of Middle
East and Africa region.
responsible for Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar,
Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, La Reunion,
Solomon Islands, Seychelles, Swaziland, South Africa,
Zambia and Zimbabwe.
“South Africa has been, and will remain, a country with par-
ticularly important customers, both local family-companies
and leading regional and global brands,” said Stefan Scheiber,
chief executive officer of Bühler.
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Jamal Al-Hazaa inducted into Miller Hall of Fame

WITTENBURG, GERMANY — Jamal Al-Hazaa, chairman
and president of the Al-Hazaa Investment Group, was induct-
ed into the Miller Hall of Fame for his contributions to the
milling and food production industry in the Middle East and
his entrepreneurial achievements in the region.
The Miller Hall of Fame, housed at the FlourWorld Museum
in Wittenburg, Germany, honors personalities who have made
important contributions to the development of milling. An in-
dependent jury inducts a new member every year on World
Flour Day, March 20.
Jamal Al-Hazaa said he was honored to receive the award,
which prizes the company’s efforts to preserve its heritage in
the milling profession. On left, Samuel Schär, chief services and sales officer - group
“I am proud of my profession as a miller, in particular a CEO Advanced Materials, Bühler, presents Jamal Al-Hazaa with
wheat miller, because of its moral value to me,” he said upon his Milling Hall of Fame induction award.
receiving the award. “A value derived from the essential role
we play as millers in human life by supplying and sustain- He has made the group a significant contributor to food
ing a key staple food, which has been consumed since be- security and nutrition in the Middle East. Al-Hazaa is also
fore human civilization and has also been crucial to the de- an active contributor to addressing environmental concerns,
velopment of farming and human civilization. I always say believing that businesses can empower a positive change. A
that the importance of the wheat can be summarized by the photovoltaic plant was established in Jordan to cover nine
Ukrainian’s conception of their flag, ‘blue sky above yellow factories’ energy consumption from clean resources instead
field of wheat.’” of fossil fuels.
Jamal Al-Hazaa is an influential pioneer in the Middle Previous Miller Hall of Fame inductees include Volkmar
Eastern milling industry. At a young age, he worked in various Wywiol, a pioneer in flour treatment for consistent baking re-
departments of the flour mill founded in 1942 by his father, sults and founder of the FlourWorld Museum, who was cho-
Sharif Al-Hazaa. He grew the business from one local mill sen as the first member of the Hall of Fame. Martin Schlauri
into a regional business of 13 flour mills and seven factories. of Bühler AG was inducted in 2021.

Cimbria supplying grain storage facility in Egypt

PORT SAID, EGYPT — Cimbria is supplying a silo complex
at Port Said, Egypt, that includes eight bins with a capacity of
12,500 tonnes each for storage of wheat.
This is the first silo complex at the port, located at the entry
point of the Suez Canal, for the storage of imported wheat.
Cimbria has done business in Egypt for more than 30 years
and has delivered 2.5 million tonnes in storage capacity to
the nation. However, this is the company’s first Egyptian port
silo complex.
“The 100,000-tonne silo complex for Port Said will be an
important contributor to secure food storage in Egypt,” said
Sami Salah El Din, regional director of Cimbria in Egypt.
“Therefore, we are very proud to support the Egyptian gov- This model shows the silo complex planned for Port Said, Egypt,
ernment’s efforts on securing safe and sufficient food for the to be supplied by Cimbria.
growing population of Egypt with this order.”
Every year, the government of Egypt imports around 9 Port Said’s new silo complex includes grain bins, conveyor
million tonnes of wheat from countries like Russia, Ukraine, systems, fully electronic control system, and loading equip-
France, the United States and Australia. A significant share of ment for railways and trucks.
the imported wheat is used to produce 300 million pieces of “The complex is a strategically important part of the
the traditional Egyptian flatbread balady daily. Balady is an Egyptian government’s aim of building safe stockpiles of
important part of the everyday diet for the population of 100 grain and wheat reserves as a withstand to fluctuations in
million people in Egypt. Additionally, the private sectors are market prices due to future market developments,” Salah El
importing around 3 million tonnes of wheat for white flour. Din said.

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AGI’s 2021 earnings boosted by strong demand in most regions

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA — Strong demand for the past 10 years,” Close said. “Today, the region is a small
AGI’s products across most regions boosted its earnings in part of our overall business following extensive diversification
the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 2021, and helped it achieve of our business into new regions, products and customers.”
record results for 2021. The region generally contributes about 3% of AGI’s con-
“Our strong results in the fourth quarter contributed to a solidated sales annually. AGI has no production facilities in
record year for 2021 with broad-based strength in Farm, either country. Given the contributions of Brazil, India, and
AGI Digital, EMEA, India, and AGI Food,” said Tim Close, the rest of the EMEA region, AGI is more diversified from
president and chief executive officer of AGI. “We see strong the region than it was in years past. While the region is im-
growth opportunities across all our segments as demand for portant to AGI, any negative impacts would not be material
global food infrastructure remains robust. Backlogs sit at the to AGI overall.
highest level in our history, providing solid visibility for 2022. Currently, AGI is compiling a list of customers, projects,
The backlog visibility, augmented by strong sales pipelines, scope of work, and contracts with a view to vetting these
lead us to forecast adjusted EBITDA levels of at least C$200 through the Canadian, US and EU sanctions. It will con-
million for the upcoming year.” tinue to update and monitor as these sanctions evolve in the
AGI reported adjusted EBITDA of C$44.6 million, an in- near term.
crease of 61% year-over-year for the fourth quarter, and an- In the fourth quarter of 2021, Commercial segment sales and
nual adjusted EBITDA of C$176.3 million, an 18% increase adjusted EBITDA increased 60% and 64% year-over-year, re-
from 2020. spectively. Results were particularly strong in the US, Europe,
Close said AGI joins the world in supporting Ukraine and Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and South America markets.
condemning the actions taken by Russia. He said the com- Adjusted gross margins in the Commercial platform are
pany’s personnel in the region are safe and it is looking for a focus as securing steel and other components on a timely
additional ways to support them where possible. and cost-effective basis amid the supply chain disruptions has
“Ukraine and Russia are an important source of commodi- been challenging. Many of AGI’s Commercial platform con-
ties for the world, and we have been active in the region over tracts include provisions to pass along some or all the key raw
material cost increases. Ongoing disruption of raw material,
freight, and labor could lead to ongoing pressure on adjusted
gross margin performance of the platform.
Overall, the Commercial segment is seeing strong demand
as backlogs are up 46% with the Commercial platform and
Food platform contributing 23% and 212% increases, respec-
tively, signaling a strong outlook for the first quarter of 2022.
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Alapala’s Depart offers online spare part sales
ISTANBUL, TURKEY — Alapala Group’s Depart spare parts
business is now offering e-commerce site, shop.departspares.
com, for the purchase of parts.
Operating within a membership system, the site offers a
smooth customer experience and special offers to celebrate
its opening, the company said. Its first members will receive a
10% discount. Members can have their spare parts needs met
quickly with Depart’s door-to-door service.
Depart supports its customers across the world by offering a
comprehensive range of professional services such as mainte-
nance packages and remote connection systems in addition to
Symaga increases production in 2021
VILLARTA DE SAN JUAN, SPAIN — While 2021 was a
challenging year with a global logistics crisis and unprec-
edented increases in steel prices, Symaga said it completed
many projects during the year.
As of the start of 2022, the company has built more than 50
million cubic meters of storage and more than 12,000 projects
have been assembled.
In recent years, its silos have been delivered to new coun-
tries such as Jordan, Niger, Papua Nueva Guinea, Bostwana,
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quickly supplying affordable spare parts.
Running its operations within the largest spare part sales
and distribution network in the milling industry, Depart
adopts a business approach focused on customer satisfaction
and quality with over 45 offices and three distribution centers
across the globe.
“As a reliable and powerful business partner for millers
around the world, the company enables its customers to make
the most of their investments by offering them a wide inven-
tory of spare parts, on-site and remote technical support, and
training programs,” the company said.
Equatorial Guinea and the Virgin Islands. Symaga silos are
present in 145 countries.
Despite the uncertainty in the steel and logistics markets,
Symaga has managed to increase production by 15% com-
pared to 2020, generating more direct and indirect employ-
ment and maintaining the company stability.
Of course, this result has been made possible thanks to
Symaga team, and management appreciates the effort, the
company said.
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 Ocrim to build flour mill for Morouj in Sudan
KHARTOUM, SUDAN — Morouj Commodities Ltd. is
building a new flour mill in Sudan entrusting Ocrim as sup-
plier. Morouj, founded in 2005, is considered one of the larg-
est companies in the food packaging, processing, importing
and exporting sectors in Sudan. It provides a diverse range of
products. This is its first flour mill.
The new 600-tpd mill will produce flour for pasta and bakery
products. It will include 1,200 tonnes of flour storage with an
integrated 40-tph mixing line that also allows for production
of special flours through the addition of micro-ingredients.
The facility will be configured with the modular mill-
ing concept, which Ocrim said allows for cutting-edge
Sukup hires marketing team
SHEFFIELD, IOWA, US — Sukup Manufacturing Co. has
hired a marketing, communications and advertising team that
includes Jaime Copley and Renee Hansen.
Copley was hired as advertising manager and will serve as
media liaison for the company. She will promote and strategi-
cally market the Sukup Manufacturing brand and its products.
Additionally, she’ll work with outside media/publications
to share the Sukup story from corporate headquarters. She
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maintenance. It is possible to stop only a part of the mill,
resulting in greater productivity and flexibility in planning
scheduled or unexpected maintenance. Ocrim said all that is
possible through technological solutions for layout, plant en-
gineering and automation.
Management of the mill will be provided through Ocrim’s
management software, Management@mill.
An increasing number of companies, already integrated in
the agri-food market, are approaching the milling sector for
the first time, Ocrim said. In this last period, Ocrim has re-
ceived many requests from companies that have decided to
take a path that is new to them.
brings more than two decades of television news experience
to the job. A former news anchor/producer and television re-
porter, Copley most recently oversaw two newsrooms in both
Iowa and Minnesota as news director.
Hansen is the company’s external communications manag-
er. Hansen will promote, market and represent the company in
the Ames/Des Moines metro while working closely with Iowa
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1992
David Sugden, independent consul-
tant to the grain industries and con-
tributing columnist to World Grain,
was appointed director of business
development for flour milling en-
gineering company Satake Robin-
son. In this newly created position,
Sugden will lead Satake Robinson’s
expansion into Europe and help to
increase business in North America
where a milling division has been
established with Satake (USA) Inc.,
Houston, Texas, US. Sugden has
more than 30 years of experience in
milling and baking.
Azteca Milling Co., an international
supplier of maize flour, is expand-
ing its Plainview, Texas, US, pro-
duction facility. The new produc-
tion unit will represent the third sig-
nificant capacity increase since the
original facility began producing
Maseca brand maize flour in 1981.
The expansion will increase milling
capacity by 50%.
Charles W. Deyoe, head of the De-
partment of Grain Science and In-
dustry at Kansas State University
since 1977, is resigning that posi-
tion effective July 1. He will con-
tinue as a professor in the depart-
ment and as director of the Food
and Feed Grains Institute and the
International Grains Program at
KSU. University officials said an
acting head of the department will
be named and that a national search
will be launched for a successor.
2002
In the largest transaction of its kind
in Cargill’s 137-year history, the
company has purchased Montedi-
son’s 56% shareholding of Cerestar,
the global manufacturer of starches,
sweeteners and derivatives. Cargill
now will file a public tender offer
for the remaining 44% shareholding
held publicly, at €33 per share. The
merged business will create a strong
global presence: Cerestar is weak
World-Grain.com / World Grain / May 2022
WORLD GRAIN ARCHIVE
in the United States, where Cargill Ukraine has exported 17.3 million 1986
leads the market. Conversely, Cere- tonnes of grain since the beginning
star has 12 plants in Europe, com- of the current marketing year (start- 1987
pared to Cargill’s two, as well as a ing July 2011), an increase of 87% 1988
300,000-tonne starch plant in Chi- from the previous marketing year,
na, where Cargill only has one feed Interfax reported on April 24. The 1989
mill. The board of directors will be country’s grain supply is estimated
headed up by Pierre Morallion, who at 63 million tonnes in the current 1990
has been chairman and chief execu- marketing year, Leonid Sukhomlyn, 1991
tive officer of Cerestar since Octo- a representative of the Ukrainian
ber 2001. agrarian ministry, said at a press 1992
conference. Thus, there is no need
The American Feed Industry As- to restrict grain exports. In January 1993
sociation (AFIA) and the China it was reported that the Ministry 1994
Feed Industry Association (CFIA) of Agriculture Policy and Food of
are close to signing an agreement Ukraine expected grain exports in 1995
of cooperation that will allow the 2011-12 to reach 26 million tonnes.
two feed organizations to better Wheat exports were estimated at 7.8 1996
serve their members and offer them million tonnes. 1997
increased global opportunities. The
agreement will strive to harmonize Bunge Ltd. announced on April 4 a 1998
international feed industry posi- transition of leader-
tions, collaborate on developments ship at Bunge Eu- 1999
impacting feed regulatory issues, rope, Middle East 2001
establish dialogue on trade policies, and Africa (Bunge
and strengthen the feed industry’s EMEA). Jean-Louis 2001
voice on global issues. Gourbin Gourbin, chief exec-
utive officer, Bunge 2002
2012 EMEA, retired May 2003
Sistema JSFC, the largest diversi- 1. Tommy Jensen,
fied public financial corporation in currently chief oper- 2004
Russia and the CIS, announced on ating officer, Bunge
April 4 that along with RZ Agro Jensen EMEA, succeeds
2005
Ltd., it is establishing an agricul- Gourbin as CEO and reports direct- 2006
tural joint venture to be named RZ ly to Alberto Weisser, chairman and
Agro Holding Ltd. RZ Agro Ltd. CEO of Bunge. 2007
was created in 2009 and is affili-
ated with the Sierentz Group, both ADM Alliance Nutrition Inc., a
2008
controlled by members of the Louis wholly owned subsidiary of Archer 2009
Dreyfus family. Sistema acquired Daniels Midland Co., announced
two grains and oilseeds farms on on March 26 that it will build a 2010
the Rostov Region of Russia, with feed premix plant in Effingham, Il-
a total acreage of 406,000 hectares. linois, US. The facility will include
2011
These farms will be part of the joint enhanced controls and processes 2012
venture along with the existing ag- to meet the highest standards in
ricultural holdings for RZ Agro safety and quality for pet food pre- 2013
Ltd., which consist of management mixes and specialty blends. The
company Russkaya Zemlya LLC plant will incorporate state-of-the-
2014
and three grains and oilseeds farms art stainless-steel conveyances and 2015
in the Rostov Region with a total processing equipment. Automation
acreage of 41,5000 hectares. Upon will enable real-time tracking of 2016
completion of certain conditions every ingredient through bar coding
2017
in 2013, Sistema will own 50% of and lot-controlled number systems,
the venture. ADM said. 2018
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4B Components Ltd. .................................9 Hi-Roller ...................................................11 Pfeuffer GmbH ........................................11

www.go4b.com www.hiroller.com www.pfeuffer.com

AGI ......................................................2, 23 International Grains Council ...................63 Rüter Maschinen GmbH & Co. KG ..........71
www.aggrowth.com www.igc.int www.ruetermaschinen.de

Altinbilek ................................................39 Irle Kay Jay Chill Rolls Pvt. Ltd. ...............70 Satake ......................................................21
www.abms.com.tr www.kjrolls.com www.satake-group.com

BBCA Storex ............................................19 Leland Industries Inc. ...............................44 Sosland Publishing Purchasing Seminar .....72
www.bbca.com.tr www.lelandindustries.com www.purchasingseminar.com

Bühler AG ................................................76 Mill Service Spa .......................................43 Sukup Manufacturing Co. .......................61
www.buhlergroup.com www.ms-italia.com www.sukup.com

CESCO ....................................................51 Milleral / IMAS Integrated Suncue Co Ltd. ........................................37

www.cesco-group.com Machinery Systems ..................................31 www.suncue.com
www.milleral.com
Chief Industries, Inc. ..................................3 Symaga ....................................................65
www.agri.chiefind.com Morillon SAS ............................................59 www.symaga.com
www.morillonsystems.com
Cimbria S.R.L. ..........................................45 Tapco, Inc. .................................................7
www.cimbria.com Mühlenchemie GmbH ....................... 32-33 www.tapcoinc.com
www.muehlenchemie.com
Denis .......................................................27 Tri-States Grain Conditioning, Inc. ..........30
www.denis.fr MYSILO Grain Storage Systems Co. .......47 www.tsgcinc.com
www.mysilo.com
DSM Animal Nutrition and Health ..........41 VAV Aandrijvingen ...................................62
www.dsm.com/anh Neuero ....................................................57 www.vav.nl
www.neuero.de
The Essmueller Co. ..................................75 Vigan Engineering S.A. .............................4
www.essmueller.com OBIAL ......................................................29 www.vigan.com
www.obial.com.tr
FrigorTec .................................................71 World Grain ...........................49, 67, 68, 69
www.frigortec.com Ocrim S.p.A. ...................................... 52-53 www.world-grain.com
www.ocrim.com
Fundiciones Balaguer S.A. ......................17 Yenar ........................................................25
www.balaguer-rolls.com Petkus Engineering GmbH ......................35 www.yenar.com.tr
www.petkus.com
Henry Simon ............................................15
www.henrysimonmilling.com

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