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VOLUME 33 NUMBER 11 NOVEMBER 2015
FEATURES
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A royal accomplishment
King Millings 125th anniversary gala celebrates the past, looks
optimistically toward the future.
32
Crops lower, but supply situation still

comfortable
Global grain ending stocks for 2015-16 at the highest level in 29
years.
40
Slowing emerging economies soften demand

Growth for commodities is shifting to developed markets where the
potential is far less.
46
Surviving Castros revolution

Dictators daughter, Alina Fernndez, shares her experience growing
up, leaving Cuba.
26
52
Time to implement low-price strategy

String of bumper global harvests have dropped grain prices to their
lowest levels in years.
60
Easing trade restrictions

The U.S. and Cuba are attempting to restore normal economic
relations, which may lead to more bilateral agricultural trade.
70
Building better rice

More than 3,000 rice genomes released to public database can be
used to design sustainable crops of the future.
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Feed operations
Considerations in installing spouting.
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World Grain News
Grain Market Review: Wheat
Country Focus: Ethiopia
Rice News
Supplier News
Product Showcase
Archive
Advertiser Index/Fax Back Form
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Keeping a close eye on the United States

With drier conditions possible, U.S. may hold trump card for grain
and oilseed prices in 2016.
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Keeping ahead with enzyme design

Many factors must be considered when developing tailor-made
flour treatment strategies.
ON THE COVER: Prima Flour Mills in Sri Lanka has a Bhler Portalink 600 with an unloading capacity of 800 tph.
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FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Global trajectory
lower on prices
aking long-range forecasts about

grain prices as well as prospects
for food demand in the two largest nations, China and India, requires a good
amount of bravado. Doing that also requires
a strong base, and none is better equipped
for that than Carl Zulauf, a professor in the
Department of Agricultural, Environmental
and Development Economics at Ohio State
University. Writing for the farmdoc daily of
the University of Illinois, Professor Zulauf
authored two pieces that may be interpreted
as predicting a less than bullish trend for corn,
soybeans and wheat. As might be expected of
someone making such projections, the professor includes the caveat that his analysis is not
a view of short-term prospects, but should be
seen as a forecast of the longer-term currents
buffeting price determination.
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staff, Dr. Zulauf has enjoyed a successful caUHHUDVUHHFWHGLQWKHQXPHURXVDZDUGVKH
has received for his teaching and research in
agricultural economics.
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for corn, soybeans and wheat, he sets the
century between 1913 and 2014 as his base.
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indexes based on 2014 averages of $3.65 per
bushel for corn, $10.05 for soybeans and $6
for wheat. This results in 1913 real prices
for the three at $15.76, $42.80 and $18.87.
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story: Supply expands faster than demand,
Mr. Zulauf observes. Acknowledging that it
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variations in periods of prosperity. Most
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biofuel program stood out in the sharp price
rise between 2005 and 2012. That period
shows how exceptional strength stems from
dual forces instead of single food demand.
The latter, he says, has not been enough to
offset the supply increase.

In his separate study of trends in grain demand in China and India, Professor Zulauf
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demand forecast for these two nations is not
bullish. He focuses on the importance of per
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demand, with that measure for China soaring recently and India also rising, but less so.
His numbers graphically underscore this difference. Between 1980 and 2013, per capita
calorie intake increased by 23% in India and
by 44% in China. By 2013, per capita calorie intake in China was 26% higher than in
India. Underscoring the inversion in income
ratios between the two countries, he notes
that in 1980 per capita income in China
was 47% lower than in India, but by 2013,
Chinas per capita income was 118% above
Indias. As if those trends are not impressive
enough, Professor Zulauf points to Chinas
relatively dramatic gains in animal protein
consumption, which is credited to both income gains as well as dietary preferences in
India that account for a large share of that
countrys population eating vegetarian diets. He also compares consumption levels in
the two countries to that of the 10 countries
with the highest per capita incomes. In calories consumed per day, China has risen from
70% of the top 10 in 1980 to 91% in 2011,
whereas India has risen from 65% to 72%.
While the annual rate of gain in per capita
calorie intake has not started to slow in either
nation, Professor Zulauf points to a likely
slowing in Chinas food demand in the next
decade. He acknowledges global food demand may continue to grow in the next few
years, but anything approaching the last 20
years is unlikely. This bolsters his long-term
projection: The question is not if but when
will corn crop year average prices be below
$3 and pushing toward $2.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
DECEMBER
Dec. 6-8
National Grain & Feed Association (NGFA)
Country Elevator Conference and Trade Show
Location: Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Contact: NGFA Tel: 1.202.289.0873
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: http://www.ngfa.org
Dec. 15-18
Fats & Oils Istanbul (FOI) and Feeds & Grains
Istanbul (FGI)
Location: Ceylan InterContinental, Istanbul, Turkey
Contact: Agripro Tel: +90 (212) 236 0345
E-mail: [email protected],
[email protected]
Internet: http:// www.fatsandoilsistanbul.com.tr;
http://www.agripro.com.tr
JANUARY 2016
Jan. 4-8
IGP Institute Grain Elevator Manager course
Location: Manhattan, Kansas, U.S.
Tel: 1.785.532.4070 E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: http://www.ksu.edu/igp
Jan. 26-28
International Production & Processing
Expo (IPPE)
Location: Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta,
Georgia, U.S. Contact: IPPE Tel: 1.678.514.1977
Internet: www.ippexpo.org
Jan. 31- Feb. 5
Texas A&M University feeds and pet food
extrusion course
Location: College Station, Texas, U.S.
FEBRUARY
Feb. 3-5
IAOM Latin America District Conference
Location: Panama City, Panama Contact: IAOM
Internet: http://www.iaom.info/latinamerica/
Feb. 9-10
Oilseed Congress Europe/MENA 2016
Location: Barcelona, Spain Contact: Michelle
Pelletier Marshall Tel: +1. 978.887.8800, x117
Internet: http://www.oilseedcongress.com
Feb. 23-26
GrainTech 2016
Location: International Fair Ground, Cairo, Egypt
Contact: Ali Fadl Tel: +2 01142359208
Internet: www.igmfairs.com
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Feb. 27-March 1
Grain Elevator and Processing Societys
(GEAPS) Exchange 2016
Location: Austin, Texas, U.S. Contact: GEAPS
Tel: 1. 763.999.4300 Fax: 1.763.710.5328
Internet: www.geaps.com
MARCH
March 6-9
12th Fumigants & Pheromones Conference
and Workshop
Location: Adelaide Conference Center, Adelaide,
South Australia Contact: Insects Limited
Tel: 1.317.896.9300
Internet: http://www.insectslimited.com
March 7-11
AFIA Purchasing & Ingredient Suppliers
Conference
Location: Hotel Monteleone, New Orleans,
Louisiana, U.S. Contact: AFIA
Internet: http://www.afia.org
March 10-12
Global Grain Asia
Location: Shangri La Hotel, Singapore Contact:
Global Grain Events Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7779 7222
Internet: http://www.globalgrainevents.com/
March 12-15
North American Millers Association 2016
Division Meetings
Location: Loews Don CeSar Hotel, St. Petersburg
Beach, Florida, U.S. Contact: Terri Long
Tel: 1. 202.484.2200, ext. 11
Fax: 1.202.488.7416
Internet: www.namamillers.org
March 13-15
National Grain & Feed Associations 120th
Annual Convention
Location: Hotel Del Coronado, San Diego,
California, U.S. Contact: NGFA
Tel: 1. 202.289.0873 Fax: 1.202.289.5388
Internet: www.ngfa.org
For a 12-month listing of 2015 industry events,

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GEAPS Exchange 2016 planned Feb. 27-March 1

The Grain Elevator and Processing Societys (GEAPS) Exchange 2016 is planned for Feb.
27-March 1 in Austin, Texas, U.S. The annual technical conference and exposition includes
more than 30 hours of educational programming, workshops, pod programs, networking opportunities, and an Expo with hundreds of exhibitors.
Submissions for the Idea Exchange are now being accepted. It is one of the most popular
educational sessions at the Exchange each year and showcases innovations in the grain industry. The session includes two segments: Why Dont They? I Did! and Whats New?
Regular members present Why Dont They? ... I Did! It features ideas that grain operations managers and workers have used to improve safety or efficiency at their facilities. The
Whats New? segments are presented by associate members and include presentations on
new products and services developed for grain operations during the past year.
Those interested in presenting can fill out an application describing their innovation, product
or service and how it is an improvement over existing technology.
Applications can be submitted to the GEAPS office at 4800 Olson Memorial Highway, Suite
150, Golden Valley, Minnesota, U.S., 55422, or e-mail to Janet Arneson at [email protected]
or call 1.763.999.4300.
Last years event, which was Feb. 21-24 in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S., had the second highest
attendance in the history of the conference. In all, 3,215 attendees from 31 countries participated in the show. The Expo featured 200,000 square feet of space and 354 exhibitors. The 35
hours of educational programming (education sessions, Idea Exchange and Expo pods) was
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APPA inaugurates third shiploader this year

PARAN, BRAZIL In the past year, the Port Administration of
Paranagu and Antonina (APPA) has begun operating three new
shiploaders to speed up the loading of ships at the Port of Paranagu
in Brazil. The third shiploader began operations on Oct. 20. The goal
is to have four shiploaders in operation.
The investment in the acquisition of the four new shiploaders was
R$59 million ($15 million), made with APPAs own resources. Two
of the shiploaders started operation in March. The third was being
assembled and going through the testing phase. It went into operation
in the cradle of 214 export corridor.
The new equipment represents increased productivity and
wealth, said Cida Borghetti, deputy governor of Paran. She said
that investments strengthen the Port of Paranagu.
Studies show that modernization made over the past four years
makes a difference and puts the terminal in Paran as one of the most
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of grain, said Beto Richa, governor of Paran.
The new shiploaders can operate at a speed of 2,000 tonnes per
hour. They will increase the export corridors capacity by 33% and
enlarge the loading capacity for the next grain crop.
In addition to being faster, the new shiploaders can load larger
ships, since they have a longer throw. Each spear is 36 meters long.
This provides a wider bandwidth to load ships, allowing large
vessels to dock in Paranagua, said Luiz Henrique, president of the
APPA. The spears of the shiploaders are also higher than those of
the old chargers, making it possible for larger ships to dock without
any restrictions.
The new shiploaders are environmentally friendly. Therefore, they
possess a dust collection system that reduces the emission of particles in the air during ship loading.
Soybeans are moved by conveyor at the Port of Paranagu.

The equipment also has its own generator, enabling the collection
of throws to move on the tracks in case of power outage.
We will reduce the time of shipment and the shipping cost, said
Henrique.
In the last four years, the Paran government has invested R$939
million ($238 million), and this year the Port of Paranagu hit record highs of productivity. In June 2015, the unit of Paranagu exported 1.92 million tonnes of grain.That matches the largest-ever
volume moved in a month since May of 2011, when 1.81 million
tonnes were exported.
Miller Milling names new senior leadership team

BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA, U.S. Jeff Thomas, David
Hegewald and Brian Harrington have been named to new executive positions at Miller Milling Co., Bloomington, Minnesota,
U.S., it was announced by Kazuyoshi (Kaz) Watanabe, president.
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to plant manager in Saginaw in 2010.
Hegewald has been named vice-president of administration.
Most recently he was director of risk management. Earlier he was
with Deloitte & Touche LLP in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. for
22 years.
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Tiger Brands CEO to step down

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
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SO FRANCISCO DO SUL, BRAZIL Terlogs Terminal Maritimo Ltda.
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RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA The Grain Silos and Flour Mills Organization (GSFMO) is going to be divided into four companies, according to reports in local Saudi media.
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The company also produces many wheat derivatives like grits,
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Despite decline, Ukraines cereal production still above average

KIEV, UKRAINE Ukraines harvesting of
the 2015 cereal crops, with the exception of
maize, is virtually completed and aggregate
output is estimated at 60.2 million tonnes,
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Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of
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record level of 25.8 million tonnes, although

grain quality is poorer compared to 2014.
About 60% of the output is reportedly graded
as feed due to adverse weather, mainly in
western regions, the FAO said. By contrast,
despite higher yields, barley production
decreased by 9% to 8.2 million tonnes as a
result of reduced plantings in response to high
input costs. For maize, however, a reduction in
Cargills first-quarter profits

increase 20%
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, U.S.
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ended Aug. 31 were $512 million, up
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ter last year. Net revenues were $27.5
billion, down 17% from $33.3 billion for
the period last year.
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sional sharp price reversals, the company
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ADM increases holding in Wilmar

SINGAPORE In response to a query about an unusually highly
level of trading of its shares, Wilmar International Ltd. on Oct. 20
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shareholder in the company, has been purchasing shares.
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22% of total sales volumes for Oct. 20.
On Oct. 16, ADM sold its cocoa business to Olam Internation-
al for $1.2 billion. ADM then increased its shares in Wilmar from
the17.3% that it reached in December 2014 when it purchased 60
million shares for $147 million. Wilmar has assets in soy crushing,
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throughout Asia. Wilmar reported that second-quarter earnings were
$201 million, or $3.20 per share, up 18% from $170 million, or $2.70
per share, in the same quarter last year.
Cargill completes acquisition of aquaculture feed company

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, U.S. Cargill announced on Oct. 8
that it has completed the acquisition of EWOS, a leading supplier of feed
to the international aquaculture industry, for 1.35 billion ($1.52 billion).
EWOS produces more than 1.2 million tonnes of salmon feed for
the biggest salmon producers in the world. It operates in all four the
worlds major salmon farming regions: Norway, Chile, Canada and
Scotland. In addition, EWOS has entered the feed market in Vietnam.
In August, Cargill entered into an agreement with Altor Fund III
and Bain Capital Europe III to acquire EWOS. The deal closed after
meeting all necessary country regulatory approvals.
The acquisition makes Cargills animal nutrition business a leading player in the growing salmon feed industry, one of the most advanced and professionally managed segments in global aquaculture,
the company said.
The combination of Cargill and EWOS is a fantastic, long-term

growth story, said Joe Stone, Cargill corporate vice-president. We
are creating the global leader in aquaculture nutrition, enabling
world-class R&D, delivering innovative products and solutions and
creating opportunities for the industry, our customers and our employees through shared values that will propel our growth.
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leadership role under Cargill ownership and assume responsibility as
president of Cargill Aqua Nutrition. In his role, Wathne will be based
in Bergen, Norway, and be part of the Cargill Animal Nutrition leadership team, along with Sarena Lin, president of Cargill Feed & Nutrition, and David Webster, president of Cargill Premix & Nutrition.
As announced, Cargill will now have an additional 1,000 employees across seven feed manufacturing facilities.
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Fred Merrill, milling entrepreneur, dies at 91

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Brookfield rail deal in Australia faces opposition

MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA Grain Producers
Australia (GPA) said the Australian Competition and Consumer
Commission (ACCC) must have an ongoing, active oversight role of
Australias rail freight networks, supported by an appropriate reguODWRU\IUDPHZRUNLIWKHWDNHRYHURI$VFLDQRE\%URRNHOGLVWREH
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group that has agreed to pay A$8.9 billion ($6.55 billion) in cash
and stock for Asciano Ltd., the Australian rail and port operator. The
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southern half of Western Australia. The relationship between BrookHOGDQGJUDLQKDQGOHUVKDVEHHQVRPHZKDWIUDXJKWDWWLPHV
Andrew Weidemann, GPA chairman, said if there ever was an
example of how not to do things, it would have to be the lease of
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enabled the company to extract monopoly rent and leave WAs grain
growers worse off.
Grain growers in Western Australia have highlighted the way
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to use the network, Weidemann said.
A similar situation to this in Victoria existed some years ago, when
the rail freight network was privatized and the result was that the
network fell into disrepair, rail services became uncompetitive and
much grain was forced onto the road. Eventually, the Victorian government had to resume ownership.
Successive governments have been forced to spend large sums of
money in rehabilitating the Victorian network, with much more still
required all while the challenge of getting grain to port has become
the industrys biggest bottleneck and a major loss of supply chain
productivity, GPA said.
The ACCC is concerned that the vertical integration will lead to
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G3 building terminal at Port of Hamilton

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA G3 Canada Limited (G3)
announced on Oct. 13 that it will construct a new lake terminal at the
Port of Hamilton in Ontario, Canada to originate grains and oilseeds
out of Southern Ontario for export to global markets.
G3 is excited to announce this major investment in the Port of
Hamilton as part of our vision to create a coast-to-coast Canadian
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G3. Grain exports from Southern Ontario have been increasing for
some time now. We look forward to expanding our relationship with
farmers in the province, and will work hard to establish G3 as the
partner of choice in marketing their grain.
The 50,000-tonne-capacity facility will be located at Pier 26 in
the Port of Hamilton, just off Queen Elizabeth Way. Grains and
oilseeds will be loaded on to vessels for transport to G3s facilities on the St. Lawrence River. From there, they will be shipped
onwards to export markets around the world.

G3 is a joint venture between Bunge and state-owned Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company (SALIC) that was established to purchase a controlling interest in CWB, formerly the
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to-coast Canadian grain enterprise that provides stronger market access for growers.
We recognize time is valuable for our farmer partners, which is
why this facility has been designed to get trucks in and out as fast
as any competing terminal in Ontario, Gerrand said. Combined
with G3s existing facilities in Trois-Rivires and Quebec City, and
our strong marketing connections, we believe G3 will present a very
competitive new option for Ontario farmers.
Construction on the facility is already under way and is slated for
completion prior to the 2017 harvest.
Noble Agri hires former ADM executive to lead grains, oilseeds

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND Noble Agri (NAL) announced on
Sept. 29 the appointment of Kevin Brassington as Global Head of
Grains & Oilseeds. Brassington will be based at NALs Geneva, Switzerland headquarters and will assume his responsibilities immediately.
Brassington comes to NAL from Archer Daniels Midland Co.,
where he served as president, Oilseeds Europe. He brings to his new
post two decades of experience in all aspects of the grains and oil
sector, rising through the ranks in North America and Europe, to positions of increasing global responsibility.
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GRAINMARKET REVIEW
Wheat
Abundant supplies keep prices weak
by Chris Lyddon
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The world wheat market has a bearish tone with supplies abundant
and strong competition for unenthusiastic export markets. That and a
strong dollar mean that the U.S. faces the prospects of record low shipments abroad in 2015-16.
World wheat export prices remained weak in September, pressured
by heavy supplies and subdued importer buying interest, the International Grains Council (IGC) said in its Grain Market Report. Strong
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below market levels.
Concerns about increasingly dry weather in Australia and adverse
dryness for new crop planting in Russia and Ukraine contributed to price
support toward the end of the month. Overall, the IGC GOI wheat subIndex rose by a net 3% m/m, but stayed close to its lowest levels since
mid-2010.
In a commentary on the wheat market, David Sheppard, managing
director of U.K. merchant Gleadell, jointly owned by ADM and InVivo,
said that global futures markets continue to defy the bearish fundamental supply position, which is supported by ongoing new crop concerns in
the U.S., Black Sea regions and Australia.
Chicago and MATIF markets are overpriced against other cash
wheat origins, he said.
The IGC pointed out that there is an exception for higher quality wheat. Attractively priced Black Sea wheats often feature in
reported purchases, it said. However, values for higher protein
milling wheat were underpinned by signs of tightening availabilities.
Compared with the last Grain Market Report, 12.5% protein milling
wheat quotations rose by about $2, to $184 FOB, with 11.5% protein
at around $174 FOB.
In the E.U. (France), milling wheat (11.5% protein) weakened by $3,
to $181 FOB (Rouen).
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new crop APW values in Australia broadly steady for most of the
month, but rising worries about dryness contributed to modest gains
in late September, to $212 FOB (Adelaide), the IGC said. In the
U.S., an increase in nearby FOB prices further worsened export competitiveness. As of Sept. 23, SRW at $217 FOB (Gulf) was around $43
higher than Black Sea 11.5% protein supplies and $36 above comparable E.U. (France) values.
In its Wheat Outlook report, the USDAs Economic Research Service
put U.S. wheat exports for 2015-16 at 23 million tonnes, a cut in the
forecast of 2 million and largely on par with last years paltry exports.
According to the USDAs Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. 2015-16
exports will be the lowest since 1971-72.
The main reasons for lower U.S. export prospects this month are increased wheat supplies in major competitors coupled with its own lower
projected wheat output this year, the ERS said. Higher-than-expected
wheat production and supplies in the main wheat exporting countries of
Australia, Canada, E.U., and Ukraine are expected to toughen the com-
World wheat ending stocks
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Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture
petition for U.S. exports all over the world.

Most countries currencies have been depreciating vis--vis the U.S.
dollar for some time (though in September, the U.S. dollar lost some of
its value against the euro and Australian and Canadian dollars. A strong
dollar creates a big price disadvantage for U.S. exports, effectively pricing them out of the market, and reducing the U.S. share in global wheat
exports.
Higher projected foreign 2015-16 wheat production for major exporters and larger beginning stocks boost world wheat supplies, the ERS
said. With projected use unchanged, the already record-level ending
stocks are increased further, it said. Global wheat trade is projected
higher, and exports are expected to rise for Ukraine, Canada, Australia,
the E.U., Russia and Kazakhstan. The U.S. remains priced out of most
global wheat trade, with a further decline in its wheat export prospects.
Currently, U.S. FOB prices are about $35 per tonne above both
French and Black Sea wheat, FAS said in a report titled, Grain: World
Markets and Trade.
Russian and Ukrainian exports are forecast at record levels, it said.
E.U. exports are projected to be the second highest on record. E.U. and
Black Sea exports have displaced the United States as the primary supplier in many major importing countries in North Africa and the Middle
East based on low prices as well as freight and logistical advantages.
Furthermore, the United States has recently lost market share in
some traditional markets and the trend is expected to continue, it said.
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are down 38% from last year, further dimming prospects for market
share recovery, it said.
Chris Lyddon is World Grains European editor.
He may be contacted at: [email protected].
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Focus on Ethiopia
Country is one of Africas largest
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by Chris Lyddon
Ethiopia has a small-scale farming industry, but one which

is of great importance to its economy. Grain trading is subject
to a high level of state control and the country has continuing
problems feeding its population.
The International Grains Council (IGC) forecasts total grain
production in Ethiopia at 15.6 million tonnes in 2015-16,
compared with 15 million the year before. The countrys wheat
crop is forecast at 2.8 million tonnes, up from 1.8 million the
prior year. Maize production is put at an unchanged 6.5 million
tonnes. The IGC sees Ethiopias barley crop coming down
to 1.7 million tonnes from 2.1 million in 2014-15. Sorghum
production is seen unchanged at 4 million tonnes.
Ethiopia also produces teff grain. The USDA attach, in a
report published in March, put the total production of teff at
4.33 million tonnes.
Total Ethiopian imports of grain in 2015-16 are forecast by
the IGC at 2.4 million tonnes, up from its estimate for 2014-15
of 2.1 million. They include imports of wheat put at 800,000
tonnes, down from 900,000 the year
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Capital: Addis Ababa
Population: 99,465,819
Religions: Ethiopian Orthodox 43.5%, Muslim 33.9%,
Protestant 18.5%, traditional 2.7%, Catholic 0.7%, other
0.6% (2007 est.).
Location: Eastern Africa, west of Somalia.
Government: Federal republic. Chief of state: President
Mulatu Teshome Wirtu (since Oct. 7, 2013); head of government: Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn (since
Sept. 21, 2012).
Economy: Ethiopias economy is based on agriculture, but
the government is pushing to diversify into manufacturing,
textiles and energy generation. Coffee is a major export
crop. The agricultural sector suffers from poor cultivation
practices and frequent drought, but recent joint efforts by
the government of Ethiopia and donors have strengthened
Ethiopias agricultural resilience, contributing to a reduction in the number of Ethiopians threatened with starvation. The banking, insurance, telecommunications, and
micro-credit industries are restricted to domestic investors,
but Ethiopia has attracted significant foreign investment
in textiles, leather, commercial agriculture and manufacturing. Under Ethiopias constitution, the state owns all
land and provides long-term leases to the tenants; land
use certificates are now being issued in some areas so that
tenants have more recognizable rights to continued occupancy and hence make more concerted efforts to improve
their leaseholds. While GDP growth has remained high, per
capita income is among the lowest in the world. Ethiopias
economy continues on its state-led Growth and Transformation Plan and is scheduled to issue another development plan in 2015. Ethiopia has achieved high single-digit
growth rates through government-led infrastructure expansion and commercial agriculture development. Ethiopia
in late 2014 issued its first sovereign bond, generating $1
billion in revenue for a 10-year note.
GDP per capita: $1,600 (2014 est.); inflation: 7.4%
(2014 est.); unemployment: 17.5% (2012 est.).
Currency: birr (ETB): 20.99 birrs equal 1 U.S. dollar (Oct.
22, 2015).
Exports: $4.14 billion (2014 est.): coffee, khat, gold,
leather products, live animals, oilseeds.
Imports: $12.08 billion (2014 est.): food and live animals,
petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, machinery,
motor vehicles, cereals, textiles.
Major crops/agricultural products: Cereals, coffee,
oilseed, cotton, sugarcane, vegetables, khat, cut flowers;
hides, cattle, sheep, goats, fish.
Agriculture: 47.7% of GDP and 85% of the labor force.
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Regan Doyle, Steve Doyle, Jim Doyle, Steiner, Brian Doyle and Patrick Doyle.
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by Arvin Donley
King Millings 125th anniversary

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King Milling Company, located in downtown Lowell, Michigan, is celebrating its 125th birthday in 2015.
the ceremony at Notos restaurant in

Grand Rapids, Michigan, including dozens of current and former King Milling
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Important dates in the history of King Milling

1890 Superior Mill in Lowell, Michigan, U.S. files for bankruptcy and is purchased
by a corporation owned by Francis King, his son, Francis T. King, Charles McCarty
and Reuben Quick for $20,000. They named the company King Milling.
1896 Forrest Mills, then owned by Charles Wisner, merges with King Milling and
Wisner gains some ownership of the company.
1900 Francis King dies and Francis T. King becomes King Milling president.
1911 Thomas Doyle purchases the company shares of Charles McCarty.
1927 King Milling purchases Peckham Furniture Company, which at one time
was the largest sleigh manufacturer in the world. The Peckham operations were
converted into a poultry and livestock feed manufacturing facility headed by William Doyle, youngest son of Thomas Doyle.
1934 Francis T. King dies. Charles Doyle is named president.
1940 The Doyle family purchases the King familys shares of the company.
1943 Charles Doyle, who suffered a paralytic stroke in 1936, dies in 1943. Young
er brother, William, is named president.
1943 The King Millings flour mill burns to the ground, and the company is unable
to produce flour for two years while a new mill is constructed.
1945 The new mill opens, but 10 days later company president William Doyle dies
of a heart attack.
1945 William Doyles oldest son, King, who is serving in the U.S. Navy at the time
of his fathers death, returns to Lowell to serve as company president at age 23.
Mid-1960s King Milling is one of the first mills to convert from a bucket elevator
system for conveying flour to a more sanitary pneumatic system.
Late 1960s King Milling develops and implements wheat heating process that
deactivates enzymes in the wheat, enhancing shelf life and improving other enduse characteristics.
1978 King Milling becomes one of the first flour mills to apply color sorting tech
nology to wheat by installing a Sortex machine in its A Mill.
1995 King Doyle and his brother, Mike Doyle, retire. Kings son, Brian, becomes
company president; Mikes sons, Jim and Steve, become company vice-presidents.
2004 A fifth floor is added to the original mill built by William Doyle and much of
the old milling equipment is removed and replaced. This addition increases milling capacity from 5,400 cwts to 7,500 cwts per day.
2010 King Milling becomes the first flour mill in the world to become SQF certified.
2013 A new mill, named the B Mill, is built in 2013, bringing King Millings daily
white flour milling capacity to 12,500 cwts.
2015 King Milling celebrates its 125th year in business.
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year tenure as the companys leaders,

from 1945 to 1995, King and Mike accomplished the following:
x Increased the mill capacity to
5,400 cwts.
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to 2.8 million bushels with the addition of 900,000 bushels of storage in the 1970s and 1 million
bushels in the 1980s.
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King Milling.
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milling technology. Well, were already
operating seven days a week. To put
some perspective on this growth, it took
the company 96 years to get to a milling
capacity of 5,000 cwts per day. We started up the new 5,000-cwt B mill in 2013
and now, less than two years later, all the
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sales. Basically I do a lot of general
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FEATURE
CROPS
LOWER,
but supply situation
still comfortable
rains crops for 2015-16 are largely down on record

levels achieved last year, but the world still has
enough grain, with the International Grains Council
(IGC) putting ending stocks at the highest level for 29 years.
Based on the latest indications, the world cereal supply
and demand balance in the 2015-16 marketing season is
likely to remain in a generally comfortable situation, the
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
said in a Cereal Supply and Demand Brief. While world
production is expected to fall below last years record,
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demand, requiring only a small reduction in global stocks by
the end of the season.
Of the wheat sector, Rabobank said in its AgriCommodities
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sustain for the remainder of 2015 without adverse weather.
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2016, after Black Sea export programs have slowed down,
and E.U. exports should be the prime source, with U.S.
32
by Chris Lyddon
Global grain ending stocks for

2015-16 at the highest level
in 29 years
supplies also possibly becoming more competitive.
Despite an ongoing strong El Nio and some dryness in
the Black Sea region ahead of winter wheat planting, there
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wheat planting in the northern hemisphere is ongoing and we
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For corn (maize), Rabobank said reduced yields could push
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export offerings out of Brazil that cut into the U.S. export market
share and could potentially result in additional stock building
FEATURE: CROPS LOWER, BUT SUPPLY SITUATION STILL COMFORTABLE
in the U.S., it said. Brazilian exports are

generally competitive.
The bank noted that increased
competitiveness followed a devaluation
in the Brazilian currency relative to
the U.S. dollar. It forecast a 2% rise
in Brazilian corn area for the coming
season. Even so, current domestic
prices in Brazil favor soybean plantings
over corn, it said.
U.S. farmer storing will, once

again, become a critical factor to watch
in the 2015-16 season, Rabobank said
of the corn market. With grain and
oilseed prices at the lowest levels in a
long time, we expect farmers to once
again store large amounts of grains,
holding onto them until they might
see more favorable prices, which can
force a winter premium, especially as
processors and exporters will begin

strong buying programs once widescale harvest is under way.
The FAOs Oct. 8 report put world
cereal production in 2015 at 2.534
billion tonnes, 6 million tonnes less than
expected in September and 24 million
tonnes (0.9%) below the 2014 record.
This months revision results from
lower production prospects for coarse
Global Grain Trade Activity

Marketing years as indicated (in 1,000 tonnes)
WHEAT
SOYBEANS
BARLEY
2014-15
Top exporters:
1. E.U. ....................................................35,397
2. Canada ..............................................24,116
3. U.S. ....................................................23,294
4. Russia ................................................22,000
5. Australia .............................................16,700
World Total: ...............................164,893 (-1%)
2014-15
Top exporters:
1. Brazil .................................................50,000
2. United States ......................................49,940
3. Argentina .............................................9,600
4. Paraguay ..............................................4,600
5. Canada ................................................3,775
World Total: ........................124,880 (+10.8%)
2014-15
Top exporters:
1. E.U. ......................................................9,547
2. Australia ...............................................5,600
3. Russia ..................................................5,336
4. Ukraine ................................................4,456
5. Canada ................................................1,544
World Total:..........................29,294 (+27.8)%)
Top importers:
1. Egypt..................................................11,063
2. Indonesia .............................................7,490
3. Algeria..................................................7,257
4. Iran ......................................................6,300
5. Brazil ....................................................6,000
Top importers:
1. China .................................................77,000
2. E.U. ....................................................13,450
3. Mexico .................................................4,025
4. Japan ...................................................2,900
5. Taiwan ..................................................2,350
Top importers:
1. China ...................................................8,800
2. Saudi Arabia .........................................8,200
3. Iran ......................................................2,200
4. Japan ...................................................1,150
5. Algeria................................................... 950
FLOUR
SOYBEAN MEAL
SORGHUM
2014-15 (estimated)
(1,000 tonnes, wheat equivalent)
Top exporters:
1. Turkey ...................................................3,531
2. Kazakhstan...........................................2,385
3. E.U. ...................................................... 900
4. Iran ...................................................... 830
5. Argentina ............................................. 652
World Total: .............................13,770 (+4.8%)
2014-15
Top exporters:
1. Argentina ...........................................28,500
2. Brazil ..................................................14,700
3. United States ......................................11,839
4. Paraguay ..............................................2,550
5. China ...................................................1,700
World Total: .............................64,000 (+6.6%)
2014-15
Top exporters:
1. United States ........................................8,890
2. Australia ...............................................1,500
3. Argentina .............................................1,200
World Total:............................12,124 (+58.3%)
Top importers:
1. Iraq ......................................................1,510
2. Afghanistan ..........................................1,420
3. Uzebekistan..........................................1,170
4. Brazil .................................................... 550
5. Syria ..................................................... 350
Top importers:
1. E.U.-27 ...............................................19,550
2. Indonesia .............................................4,250
3. Vietnam................................................4,200
4. Thailand ...............................................3,000
5. Philippines ............................................2,500
RICE
MAIZE
2014-15
Top exporters:
1. U.S. ....................................................47,627
2. Brazil ..................................................28,000
3. Ukraine ..............................................19,500
4. Argentina ...........................................17,000
5. E.U. ......................................................3,800
World Total:..............................131,708 (+1%)
Top importers:
1. Japan .................................................14,700
2. Mexico ...............................................11,000
3. South Korea........................................10,000
4. E.U. ......................................................9,000
5. Egypt....................................................7,500
2014-15
Top exporters:
1. India...................................................11,500
2. Thailand ...............................................9,000
3. Vietnam................................................6,200
4. Pakistan ...............................................4,000
5. United States ........................................3,207
World Total: ...............................42,583 (+2%)
Top importers:
1. China ...................................................4,400
2. Nigeria .................................................4,000
3. Philippines ............................................1,700
4. E.U. .....................................................1,630
5. Iran ......................................................1,500
Top importers:
1. China .................................................10,000
2. Japan ...................................................1,000
RAPESEED
2014-15
Top exporters:
1. Canada ................................................9,207
2. Australia ...............................................2,400
3. Ukraine ................................................1,970
World Total:...............................14,566 (-2.6%)
Top importers:
1. China ...................................................4,600
2. Japan ...................................................2,450
3. E.U. ......................................................2,356
4. Mexico .................................................1,540
5. Pakistan ...............................................1,025
Source: International Grains Council, London; United States
Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service,
Washington, D.C.
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grains and rice, which more than offset

a higher estimate for wheat, it said.
The forecast for global coarse grains
production in 2015 has been lowered
by around 5 million tonnes in recent
weeks on less buoyant expectations in
the United States and the E.U., more than
offsetting improved prospects in Brazil.
FAOs latest forecast puts world coarse
grains production at 1.306 billion tonnes,
1.8% down on 2014s record. Its forecast
for world wheat production is now 735
million tonnes, 6.4 million higher than
its previous forecast in September and
0.3% over the 2014 record. Higher
wheat production in China and the E.U.
accounts for most of this months upward
adjustment, it said.
The FAO predicts world grains
utilization in 2015-16 approaching
2.530 billion tonnes, down 6 million
tonnes from the previous forecast, but
still 1.2% or 31 million tonnes above
2014-15. This months revision mostly
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food consumption estimates for rice,
it said. Total food consumption of
cereals is currently put at 1.097 billion
tonnes, down 21 million tonnes from the
previous forecast, but still 1.1% higher
than the revised estimate for 2014-15.
It projects total feed utilization of
cereals at 904 million tonnes, 6.4
million higher than its previous forecast
and 1.8% above 2014-15 level.
Higher anticipated feed use in China,
Canada and the E.U. accounts for most
of the revision, it said. Total industrial
use of cereals (for the production of
ethanol, starch and brewing) is projected
to increase marginally from 2014-15 as
demand by the grain-based fuel ethanol
industry is predicted to remain almost
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in the maize intake in the United States.
By contrast, a strong demand for starch
is anticipated to boost the use of grains
for starch production, with most of the
increase concentrated in China.
The FAOs forecast for world cereal
ending stocks in 2016 is 638 million
tonnes, 5.4 million less than predicted in
September. It is 4 million tonnes down
34
2014-15* global grain supply-demand summary

(in million tonnes and hectares)
WHEAT
Supply 2014-15
Beginning stocks ..193.5 (+8.8%)
Production............725,2 (+1.4%)
Total Supply .......1078.4 (+2.6%)
Total Traded.............. 164.8 (-1%)
Demand 2014-15
FSI use** ............ 569.4 (+1%)
Feed use ........... 132.7 (+4.6%)
Total................. 702.1 (+1.2%)
Supply 2014-15
Beginning stocks 175.9 (+27.5%)
Production..........1007.4 (+1.6%)
Total Supply .......1305.0 (+4.1%)
Total Traded..........131.7 (+0.4%)
Demand 2014-15
FSI use** ......... 377.1 (+1.3%)
Feed use ........... 598.9 (+4.3%)
Total................. 976.0 (+3.3%)
Supply 2014-15
Beginning stocks ..62.7 (+11.7%)
Production..........319.3 (+12.7%)
Total Supply ............501.8 (+7%)
Total Traded........124.8 (+11.3%)
Demand 2014-15
Crush ............... 259.6 (+7.7%)
Other................ 39.6 (+15.7%)
Total................. 298.2 (+8.3%)
Supply 2014-15
Beginning stocks ... 107.3 (-2.9%)
Production...............478.5 (+1%)
Total Supply ............. 626.8 (-1%)
Total Traded............42.5 (+1.9%)
Demand 2014-15
All uses ............... 482.4 (+1%)
2014-15
Ending stocks.........211.3 (+9%)
Area harvested.... 223.3 (1.50%)
MAIZE
2014-15
Ending stocks....197.2 (+12.1%)
Area harvested..... 178.6 (-1.5%)
SOYBEANS
2014-15
Ending stocks.........78.7 (+25%)
Area harvested....117.8 (+4.2%)
RICE
2014-15
Ending stocks....... 101.8 (-5.1%)
Area harvested........ 160.1 (-1%)
* All totals estimated

** FSI = Food, Seed and Industrial
Source: U.S. Department of Agricultures Foreign Agriculutural Service, Washington, D.C.
( ) percentage change from 2013-14
on the FAOs revised opening levels.

The main revisions since the previous
report concern rice and coarse grains,
FAO said. Given record crop prospects
this year, world wheat inventories are
forecast to approach 206 million tonnes,
4 million tonnes more than anticipated
in September and 3 million tonnes above
2015. End-of-season coarse grain stocks
are projected at 267.6 million tonnes,
down marginally (1.6 million tonnes)
from their all-time high level in 2014. On
the other hand, with global production
expected to fall short of utilization,
world rice stocks are forecast to drop by
6 million tonnes to 164.3 million tonnes
in 2016, 5.3 million tonnes less than
foreseen last month.
According to FAO, world cereal trade
in 2015-16 is forecast at nearly 364
million tonnes, 3.3 million tonnes more
than the earlier estimate, but still 11

million tonnes or 2.9% below the 2014-15
record. Most of this seasons contraction
stems from sharp expected drops in
wheat and coarse grains shipments, while
trade in rice is anticipated to rebound in
2016, FAO said. Based on the latest
indications, international wheat trade
in 2015-16 (July/June) could reach 150
million tonnes, down almost 6 million
tonnes from 2014-15, as lower imports
by Morocco and several countries in Asia
are predicted to more than offset increased
imports by some other countries.
The FAO puts total coarse grains trade
at around 169 million tonnes in 2015-16
(July/June), down about 6 million tonnes
from the previous season, mostly on
lower expected imports by Mexico and
several Asian countries.
(Continued on page 38)
Grain exports and imports by major seaports

(in tonnes, calendar year 2014)
Canada 1
U.S. 1
1
Port of Houston
6,724,339 (NA)
Duluth, Minnesota
1,182,458 (-1.2%)
Portland, Oregon
3,944,892 (+23.8%)
Corpus Christi, Texas

3,692,527 (+36.3%)
Tacoma, Washington
6,848,327 (+96.5%)
South Louisiana
43,826,981 (+41.5%)
Longview, Washington
5,694,510 (+20.9%)
Brunswick, Georgia
906,616 (+5.3%)
Prince Rupert
6,447,017 (+25.5%)
Vancouver
19,617,621 (+21.9%)
Thunder Bay
7,942,794 (+23%)
Montreal
4,075,879 (+54.5%)
Hamilton
1,256,810 (+3.9%)
2
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Paranagua
17,651,218 (+43.9%)
Santos
25,096,145 (-6.6%)
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Exporting ports
Importing ports
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feedstuff or agrifood and may include any of the
following: wheat, maize, soybeans, rice, oats, barley,
rapeseed/canola or feedstuffs. Percentage designates
the increase or decrease in the ports grain traffic from
the previous year, if known.
2
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San Martin/San Lorenzo

14,375,537 (-11.9%)
Rosario
6,100,401 (-32.7%)
Totals include wheat

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Necochea/Quequen
3,917,245 (-18.1%)
Bahia Blanca
4,958,851 (-23.5%)
Zarate
1,256,780 (-21.5%)
1
2
1
5
Santos
1,429,091 (-7.6%)
3
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Nueva Palmira
760,005 (+37.7%)
Montevideo
1,139,932 (+18.3%)
Rouen, France
7,146,938 (-2.1%)
Hamburg, Germany
3,270,000 (+7.5%)
Ghent, Belgium
1,490,238 (+8.6%)
Rostock, Germany
2,971,600 (+6.5%)
Hamburg, Germany
467,000 (-20%)
Novorossiysk, Russia
7,434,800 (+82.9%)
Antwerp, Belgium
584,211 (+68.2%)
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Marseilles, France
800,675 (+13.7%)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
3,022,000 (NA)
Constanta, Romania
17,420,547 (+14.1%)
Rotterdam, Netherlands
8,570,000 (+8.5%)
Incheon
3,699,571 (NA)
Ulsan
988,928 (NA)
Rotterdam, Netherlands
625,000 (-3.8%)
Busan
1,333,720 (NA)
Antwerp, Belguim
376,545 (+4.7%)
Gunsan
2,460,273 (NA)
Pyungtaek
1,871,018 (NA)
Dalian
1,605,765 (NA)
Huangpu
7,973,115 (NA)
Qingdao
19,3622,330 (NA)
Xiamen
3,632,360 (NA)
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Damietta
2,120,934 (-6%)
Alexandria
2,937,620 (+2.1%)
Nanjing
14,877,976 (NA)
Shenzhen
4,137,528 (NA)
5
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2
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Ningpo
1,403,161 (NA)
Tianjin
7,705,030 (NA)
Taichung
3,078,067 (-7%)
Kaohsiung
4,735,796 (+11%)
Giles
601,686 (-17.1%)
Kembla
1,210,000
Thevenard
400,371 (79.5%)
Esperance
2,166,070 (-14.3%)
10
Wallaroo
646,682 (-15.87%)
Geraldton5
1,867,380 (-19.3%)
11
Fremantle
4,686,000 (-7.6%)
12
Newcastle
419,079
Lincoln
1,770,434 (2%)
13
Melbourne
3,006,544 (9.8%)
Adelaide
2,086,264 (-16.4%)
Albany
2,681,766 (8.6%)
Mizushima
847,591 (-49%)
Kashima
3,857,447 (+5%)
Tokyo
639,076 (+7%)
Yokohama
995,782 (+14%)
Nagoya
2,798,879 (-6%)
Kinuura
1,354,588 (NA)
Kobe
3,277,137 (+62%)
Hakata
1,189,047 (NA)
10
Shibushi
2,417,388 (-1%)
4
2 7
Brisbane
1,333,629, (9.8%)
Tomakomai
1,828,123 (NA)
Shijiazhuang
2,220,359 (NA)
10
8 10
Shanghai
758,498 (NA)
1
11
1
4
9
5
3 11
10
6 8
2
12
7
13
Sources: World Grain extends many thanks to all of

the individual ports that supplied this data, as well
as each of the following agencies that helped gather
this information: U.S. Grains Council (Washington,
D.C., Beijing, Cairo and Seoul offices); U.S. Wheat
Associates; the Japan External Trade Organization
(JETRO), Chicago, Illinois, U.S. office.
37
FAO has also cut its estimate for rice

production by 8 million tonnes to 493
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numerous setbacks endured since the
onset of the season and the diminishing
scope for recovering losses through
larger secondary crops as the season
advances.
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on the estimate for 2014.
The FAO forecast rice trade in 2016
(January/December) at near 45 million
tonnes, 1 million tonnes, or 2.2%,
more than in 2015 and almost 3 million
more than it forecast a month earlier.
Besides reassessing trade availabilities
and requirements in light of more
pessimistic 2015 crop prospects, the
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into better consideration, it said.
2014-15* global grain supply-demand summary

(in million tonnes and hectares)
SORGHUM
Supply 2014-15
Beginning stocks ....5.7 (+21.2%)
Production..............63.6 (+4.4%)
Total Supply .........81.4 (+12.5%)
Total Traded..........12.1 (+59.2%)
Demand 2014-15
FSI use** ........... 33.9 (+4.9%)
Feed use ...............30.4 (+14.7)
Total................... 64.3 (+7.8%)
Supply 2014-15
Beginning stocks .....23.9 (+17%)
Production............. 140.8 (-2.5%)
Total Supply .........193.2 (+2.7%)
Total Traded.............29.2 (+21%)
Demand 2014-15
FSI use** .............. 45.2 (+2%)
Feed use ............. 94.8 (+8.2%)
Total......................140.0 (-1%)
Supply 2014-15
Beginning stocks .......7.6 (+52%)
Production.................. 71.9 (-1%)
Total Supply ...........93.7 (+1.5%)
Total Traded............. 14.5 (-2.6%)
Demand 2014-15
Crush .................... 68.2 (+2%)
Other.................. 3.4 (+21.2%)
Total................... 71.6 (+4.8%)
2014-15
Ending stocks......... 4.8 (-15.7%)
Area harvested......42.9 (+9.7%)
BARLEY
2014-15
Ending stocks............ 23.8 (-1%)
Area harvested....... 49.8 (-1.7%)
RAPESEED
2014-15
Ending stocks........... 7.5 (-1.3%)
Area harvested....... 35.9 (-1.1%)
* All totals estimated

** FSI = Food, Seed and Industrial
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agriculutural Service, Washington, D.C.
( ) percentage change from 2013-14
(Continued from page 34)

In its Grain Market Report issued on
Sept. 24, the IGC put total wheat and
coarse grains production at 1.996 billion
tonnes, down from the 2014-15 record of
2.017 billion tonnes.
The y/y (year-on-year) fall mainly
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(corn), seen down by 38 million tonnes,
with the projection trimmed from before
by a further downgrading of the E.U.
crop, the IGC said.
It had raised its forecast for global
grains consumption by 1 million tonnes to
1.986 billion, slightly higher year on year,
mainly because of stronger demand for
feed wheat.
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interest in alternative feeds, and use of
wheat is seen at its second highest level
ever, including a jump in the E.U., the
IGC said. It predicted an end 2015-2016
total grains stock level of 456 million
tonnes, up 2% on the year and the highest
level for 29 years. At 313 million tonnes,
trade is forecast to remain high, but down
by 3% from the 2014-15 record, it said.
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RICE
World production of rice in 2014-15
is estimated marginally higher year on
year, at a record of 479 million tonnes
(milled basis), the IGC said. Favorable
growing conditions boosted yields in
key countries, with the exception of
India, where both summer-sown and
winter-planted crops were smaller than
expected. Nevertheless, at 104.8 million
tonnes (106.7 million), output was still
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The IGC put Chinas production at
144.6 million tonnes, a 1% rise on the
year, with Thailands harvest put at 19
million tonnes, a fall of 6% owing to
a drought-affected off-season outturn.
For the following year, IGC predicts a
smaller crop. World rice production is
seen at 477 million tonnes, marginally
lower than in the previous year, owing
to lower area and yields on anticipated
below-average monsoon rains in Asia,
it said. The forecast is cut by 2.2
million tonnes, mostly due to long-grain
reductions in the U.S. and medium/short
grain revisions for Egypt.
SOYBEAN CROP OFF RECORD

LEVELS, BUT STILL HIGH
Soybean production is high, but just
off the record achieved last year.
With only marginal adjustments
from last months report, global soybean
output in 2015-16 is seen broadly
unchanged, at 317 million tonnes, a fall
of just 2% from the previous year and
the second largest outturn ever, the
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sowings in the worlds major producers
notably in South America the area for
harvesting is tentatively seen increasing
by nearly 1% y/y, to a new peak of 123
million hectares.
Rabobank again made the point about
likely U.S. farmer retention and its
potential to tighten the market, at least
temporarily.
On the other hand, the ongoing
lackluster U.S. export pace due to
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are bearish market factors for CBOT
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SLOWING EMERGING
economies soften demand
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lower growth in emerging markets will likely last for

the rest of the decade, thus limiting the rate at which
demand for agricultural products increases.
The commodity super-cycle is on the down swing, said
Erik Norland, senior economist and executive director, CME
Group, Chicago, Illinois, U.S., during the 10th Oilseed & Grain
Trade Summit this September in Minneapolis, Minnesota,
U.S. In the 1980s and 90s, low commodity prices discouraged additional production, making them ripe for a rally when
demand from China and other emerging markets outstripped
demand, he said.
From 2002-14, higher commodity prices encouraged the
development of new supplies, which are now encouraging
commodity prices to come crashing down, Norland said. This
Erik Norland, senior economist and executive director, CME Group, Chicago, Illinois, U.S., addresses the audience during the 10th Oilseed & Grain
Trade Summit. Photo courtesy of HighQuest Partners.
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by Susan Reidy
Growth for commodities is shifting

to developed markets where the
potential is far less
is slowing growth in Latin America, the Middle East and
Russia, and creating instability.
Growth is shifting to developed economies, which, at best,
will mean a modest increase in commodity demand. Thats
because the potential in those economies is lower given their
stagnant population growth and existing high levels of per
capita calorie consumption, Norland said.
The greatest growth potential is in places with low current
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for being optimistic about Africa, Latin

America, the Middle East, Russia or
China, he said.
Population growth
330
Africa
1990=100
280
230
India
World
Brazil
USA
180
130
China
2040
2035
2030
2025
2020
2015
2010
2005
2000
1995
1990
80
Germany
Japan
Source: US Census Bureau
Average daily calories per capita

4000
3800
USA
Germany
3600
3400
Brazil
3200
China
3000
World
2800
Japan
2600
India
2400
2200
2000
2010
2008
2006
2004
2002
2000
1998
1996
1994
1992
1990
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levels of per capital calorie consumption and high population growth, such
as India and Africa, he said. The least
potential is seen in nations with declining populations (China, Germany and
Japan) and relatively high levels of per
capita calorie consumption (the U.S.,
Brazil and Germany).
While conditions arent perfect in
42
India, the nation has great potential for

increased per capita calorie consumption
and population growth. It has the best
near-term potential for demand growth,
Norland said. Africas near-term outlook
is mixed to negative, and China is essentially tapped out as a growth market.
The case for being optimistic about
India is much stronger than the case
INDIA TAKING THE LEAD

While its demographics arent as
growth oriented as Africa, Indias calorie consumption is up from about 2,100
to 2,400 calories per person, Norland
said. If India could bring that consumption up to the world average, that
would mean 20% more consumption
per person for over 1 billion people.
Indias Gross Domestic Product (GDP),
at least on the surface, looks good.
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by 6% per year, but when you peak under the hood, things are not looking so
good, Norland said.
Mining is not really growing, agriculture is underperforming, manufacturing hasnt seen growth in the last
three years and construction is growing slower than the overall economy.
While the real economy isnt growing, Norland said there is increased
government spending, growth in
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transactions.
When that starts taking up a larger
share of the economy, that can be a bad
thing, he said. People are taking on too
much debt that one day theyre going to
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have come way down, spurring economic activity, and the Indian rupee
has come down in value, meaning
India is competitive on the export side.
Short term, India is the best hope
for economic growth, and increased
consumption of vegetable oil and other
agricultural products, Norland said.
In the long term, Africa holds the
greatest potential, he said. Average
calorie consumption is between 2,200
and 2,300 per day, and the population
is skyrocketing.
If Africa can grow its population
by 70% and come up to the world average in calorie consumption, it could
grow food consumption by 100% in
the next 25 years, Norland said.
Africa is a region that rarely gets

discussed in terms of economics, partly because its 57 countries constitute
only 3.5% of the world economy.
But that economy has been growing
very quickly in the past decade, in part
because it has been sustained or encouraged to grow by very high commodity
prices, he said. Now that commodity
prices are dipping, the African economy is starting to look shaky.
In general, African economies are
based on resource extractions and
exports. Collapsing prices for such
things as copper, iron ore and other
metals, as well as lower energy prices, are bad for countries like South
Africa, Algeria, Nigeria and Angola.
In addition, currencies in the two largest countries havent fallen as far as
other emerging nations, which means
it likely has farther to go.
We have these short-term hiccups
that will make Africa not so promisLQJLQWKHQH[WWZRWRWKUHHPD\EHYH
years, depending on how long commodity price dips continue, Norland
said. But it will hopefully not diminish
Africas potential to grow in the 2020s
and 2030s. It is an area of massive potential growth in food consumption.
he said. Chinas calorie count went

from 2,500 to 3,000 from 1990 to 2011.
I think there are reasons to believe that
the calorie count will stop growing.
Chinas transformation to a middle
class country is starting to run out of
steam, he said. Urbanization has been
the driver for an increased standard
of living over the past quarter cen-
tury, and China is more than halfway

through its rural-urban transition. The
nation also has high levels of debt.
Private sector debt is very high
relative to GDP and is higher than any
comparable emerging market country, Norland said. The other problem
is overvalued currency. The 4% devaluation is just beginning of a much
CHINAS SLOWDOWN
China, which has captured the imagination of so many in terms of the potential to consume more food, is seeing
its population stagnate and begin to decline, he said. In fact, the nations demographics closely mirror those of Japan in
the 1990s, with an aging population.
Japan had been averaging 8%
growth, and dropped down to less
than 1% per year. Norland said he expects a similar scenario in China, but
to a less drastic degree. The nation
will come down from the current 10%
growth rate to 5.7% on average for the
rest of the decade, reaching a low of
3.5% during the 2020s. Japans calorie
count also dropped by about 300 calories per day as the population aged.
There is a lot of potential for China
to slowdown; thats a real big problem,
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larger devaluation that has to happen.

China has excess investment, its too
reliant on exports, it has an overvalued
currency and too much debt. It looks
like Japan in the early 1990s. So the
idea that China is going to drive food
consumption is an idea that was valid
in Europe for the rest of the decade

will be boosted by lower oil prices,
since few nations in the region produce their own oil.
Having interest rates at zero along
with aggressive quantitative easing has
made it possible for debt-laden coun-
tural commodities, Norland said.

The U.S. dollar has been soaring,
which may hurt agricultural goods
when seen from a U.S. dollar perspective, he said. However, those prices
are not declining when seen from the
perspective of other currencies.
The Federal Reserve would like to
Short term, India is the best hope for economic
hike interest rates toward the core rate
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to weaken further, he said.
commodity growth in the U.S. appears
E.U., U.S. HOLD STEADY
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SURVIVING
CASTROS
REVOLUTION
A
s a young child during Fidel Castros Cuban revolution, Alina Fernndez endured the loss of family, food
and even her favorite television programs. Eventually
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Castro, in 1993 disguised as a Spanish tourist.
During the 10th Oilseed & Grain Trade Summit in
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. in September, Fernndez relayed
her experiences growing up in Cuba, how she left, and what
she saw when she returned 20 years later. Fernndez relayed
personal anecdotes, and often used humor to lighten a very serious and frank discussion. She returned to Cuba in 2014 to visit
her mother, Natalia Revuelta Clews, who was seriously injured
in a fall. Surprisingly, Fernndez said she saw some changes.
The Cuba I found after 20 years has the will to change.
Small changes, but changes nevertheless, are starting to
show, she said. The younger generation that will soon take
over is going to be far away from the ideology that Castro led;
it wants to walk into the 21st century.
Downtown Havana, the capital of Cuba. Photo by Adobe Stock.
46
by Susan Reidy
Speaking at grain trade summit,

dictators daughter shares her
experience growing up, leaving
SMALL CHANGES
Fernndez noted that now there are small enterprises and
local entrepreneurs, which wasnt possible for decades. It also
wasnt possible to sell your own house, because it never belonged to you, she said.
You couldnt purchase a car or a cell phone, or get a
room in a hotel because hotels were forbidden for Cubans,
Fernndez said.
Farmers can now set their own prices and sell their products
in farmer markets, she said. Even with these small changes,
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ple would come to her with their problems and pleas, hoping she could speak
with Castro, the man that had absolute
power over their lives, on their behalf.
It is hard to go to school when there
is a line of people in front of your house;
its even worse when there is nothing
you can do to help, she said. You must
be desperate if you approach a child and
expect them to help.
THE REVOLUTION
Fernndez said she remembers clearly the day in 1959 when her American
television programs were interrupted
(and they never came back) by hairy
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the country the night before, and Castro
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which lasted for seven hours.
th
during the 10 Oilseed & Grain Trade Summit. Photo courtesy of HighQuest.
People interrupted him to applaud
there is still plenty of room for improve- derground organization, the Movement, and celebrate him. He was charismatic
ment, Fernndez said, noting that pro- which eventually overthrew Dictator and mesmerizing, Fernndez said.
duction is still run by the government.
Fulgencio Batista. She helped Castro Life was so hectic at the beginning of
Cubas economy is in desperate need QGVSDFHIRUPHHWLQJVDQGDFWLYLWLHVWR the revolution; almost everyone agreed
for a stimulus incentive to compete in organize the resistance and eventually to the revolutionary innovations.
the modern world and to provide for store weapons.
One popular change was education,
the needs of its population, she said.
On the morning in 1953 that Castro at- with a program to bring young women
Fernndez said she has great expecta- tacked the militarys Moncada Barracks, from the farms to Havana for education.
tions for her country from efforts with Fernndez said her mother was in charge They went back to the countryside to
the U.S. to restore diplomatic relations of distributing the political manifest. teach others, and became some of the
and ease trade and travel restrictions The attack is widely accepted as the be- best political messengers for the new
(See related article on page 60).
ginning of Castros Revolution.
regime, Fernndez said.
/HWVKRSHERWKFRXQWULHVQGDFRPMany men died on both sides,
Castro also transformed agriculture,
mon good to better serve the interests of Fernndez said, and Castro escaped to breaking up land holdings of more than
the people, she said. After all, Cubans the mountains but soon landed in jail. 1,000 acres and disallowing foreign
have been the victims of political fail- Fernndez said her mother started writ- ownership.
ures; its time for a change.
ing to Castro in jail, and believes that is
The new laws and ideas were very
when the two fell in love.
popular. Fidels reasons for such radiDAUGHTER OF A DICTATOR
After heavy correspondence, in cal measures were understood by the
Fernndez learned she was Castros which their love became stronger, they population, Fernndez said. He would
daughter at the age of 10, which she met secretly, they conceived a child, and explain in six- to nine-hour speeches
said came as no surprise, given the fre- now I can take a bow, she said.
that he used to make almost daily. Cuba
quent nightly visits from the dictator.
For decades, even before leaving needed to diversify production, and
Revuelta, who was married to Orlando Cuba, Fernndez was a critic of Castro Cuba needed a better plan to satisfy the
Fernandez, had an affair with Castro, and his regime. When it came time to be growing needs of the population. He
who at the time was married to Mirta recognized legally as a formal descen- was able to explain that to the people.
Diaz-Balart. Fernndez described her dent of Castro, Fernndez said she deTo reinvent agribusiness, Castro
mother as the toast of Havana, with nied such an honor.
created the National institute for
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I pretended to lead a normal life, but Agricultural Reform, which Fernndez
KRXUJODVV JXUH ZKR FRXOG KDYH DQ\ its a circumstance from which you can- said was the beginning of many, many
man she wanted.
not escape, she said.
mistakes that led to the very critical
Revuelta supported Castro and his unEven though she was just a child, peo- shortage of food on the island. The new
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community farms were forced to sell to

the state whatever they grew, and it was
forbidden for farmers to sell to individuals, she said.
Storage, transportation and distribution of goods belonged to the state, and
WKH V\VWHP ZDV LQHIIHFWLYH DQG LQHIcient, leading to food rotting at the side
of the roads, Fernndez said. Citizens
were given rationing booklets and assigned to stores in their neighborhoods.
It was never enough, she said,
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He would jump from the television
screen to the living room just like that,
she said. He was overwhelming, he
was everywhere at the same time.
Not long after Batista was ousted,
Castro was back on television saying
some of the military were considered
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the revolution, made a deal with Russia
for its unconditional support, established
hate for America on an international level
and almost started a nuclear confrontation.
The revolution in Cuba changed society in very dramatic ways. Everything
inherited from Batista was to be restructured, Fernndez said.
LEAVING THE ISLAND

Eventually, Fernndez married and in
1977, had a daughter. She publicly joined
Things are starting to change. Sometimes I wonder if
the dissident movement in 1989, which
they know how to do it, but they have the will.
didnt make life any easier. With the fall
of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, Cuba
Alina Fernandez
became an even harder place to live, she
which is why the black market thrived dren left the nation in what came to be said. The economy was ruined, schools
in the nation.
known as Operation Peter Pan.
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Committees were formed for defense
Orlando Fernndez, who Alina :LWK WKH QDQFLDO KHOS RI SHUVRQDO
of the revolution and watched every Fernndez thought at the time was her friends in America, Fernndez was able
household, farmer and neighborhood, IDWKHU HG WKH FRXQWU\ ZLWK KLV RWKHU to escape Cuba along with her daughter.
Fernndez said.
daughter. Fernndez said she was told
Fernndez is hopeful that the small
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were full of systems aiming to control were traitors and worms.
years later will eventually lead to a difpeople, the economy and everything in
Priests and nuns were sent back to ferent way of life and a different society.
the most absolute way, she said.
Spain and churches closed down. Soon
Things are starting to change. someIn her own home, Castro became a suppression of freedom of the press, times I wonder if they know how to do
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TIME TO IMPLEMENT
LOW-PRICE STRATEGY
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rain prices are under pressure in a well supplied
market again in 2015-16 and producers need to
make sure theyre keeping costs down, delegates
were told at the recent conference of the U.K. Agricultural
and Horticultural Development Boards (AHDB) Cereals
and Oilseeds division, the organization formerly known as
the Home Grown Cereals Authority.
It comes after what has been a truly fascinating growing
season, said AHDB Cereals and Oilseeds chairman Paul
Temple. Now we have the process of physically marketing
this crop. We have had now three seasons of good global
grain crops that have put prices back to the levels of 2009.
Jack Watts, AHDB Cereals and Oilseeds lead analyst,
looked at the effect of a series of large grain crops. We
have seen some pretty big crops in recent years, he said.
Delegates listen to a speaker discuss the outlook for the global grain and
oilseed markets on Oct. 15 at the AHDB Conference in London, England.
Photos by Chris Lyddon.
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by Chris Lyddon
String of bumper global harvests

have dropped grain prices to their
lowest levels in years
We have seen another good year, not a record year. You can
really see the impact of those fundamentals on the prices.
The impact of that on arable margins is going to be marked.
This part of the commodity cycle is a signal for arable
businesses to implement their low-price strategies. Low
prices shouldnt come as a surprise to anyone.
He explained how an abundance of exportable wheat has
forced prices to consolidate on to the maize base. A year ago
wheat was a very interesting market, he said. Polarizing
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forces gave us a huge range. This year prices have

consolidated and its much easier to generalize.
He described it as another big year of record wheat
production and a big crop that kept getting bigger.
Demand has crept up.
I expect the market to turn a surplus for the third
year in a row. In general terms, there is a global
abundance of wheat, Watts said.
The E.U. is expected to be the worlds biggest
exporter again, he said.
The E.U. has a huge responsibility in terms of
global food security, Watts said. The U.S. is going
to be a victim of currency when it comes to wheat
this year. Hard red winter is the problem child for
U.S. wheat. I wouldnt be surprised to see U.S.
wheat stocks creeping higher.
He highlighted India and the potential reduction
in stocks there, following a crop affected by a lack
of moisture. We start to see India pick up some
imports, he said. India will begin to import its way
out of this issue.
The effect of the Russian export tax, a mechanism
put in place to protect the Russian wheat market
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the world price, Watts said.
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currencies are going to drive the
domestic prices, he said.
Currently, the tax is having a limited
impact. At higher world prices you
get a bigger implication from Russias
export tax, he said.
El Nio is an issue for Australia.
Im sorry if you are waiting on a
bullish run on the back of a decimated
and demand, he said. Its becoming

less of a commodity feed grain; more
of a niche, specialty feed grain.
He also pointed out how farmers
in the United States, looking for
drought-tolerant crops, are growing
more sorghum which will compete
with barley.
BRITISH MARKET IMPACTED BY MAIZE
Maize is having a direct impact on the
U.K. grain situation, Watts said, noting
Im sorry if you are waiting on a bullish run on the

back of a decimaed Australian wheat crop.
I dont think its going to happen.
Jack Watts, AHDB lead grains and oilseeds analyst
Australian wheat crop, he said. I dont
think it is going to happen. I cannot see
it falling below 20 million tonnes.
In the E.U., a large French crop was
offset by lower crops in Germany and
Poland.
In the last four years, Europe has
impressed forecasters, he said. It is
now issued that Europe will have a
good export pace.
He looked at French supply and
demand, with a crop of over 40 million
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demand, he said, although he noted
the French have a better quality crop
than in the previous year.
Maize is something that we cant
ignore, he said. It is best described
as a dormant volcano.
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production has been phenomenal, he
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He said there is some risk, partly
because there are so few global
producer exporters.
The message in this is not to get
complacent on feed grain prices, Watts
said.
He added that Europe has had a
lucky escape with maize being able
to run down stocks to make up for a
production shortfall.
We know barley is not going to
break any records in terms of supply
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Barley exports, I think, are a bit

of a success story for the U.K. I dont
think we will avoid a stock build-up,
but barley is in a much better position
than wheat. The context of oats as a
break crop with the demise of rapeseed
economics will be one to watch.
We are, from a sellers point
of view, on the ugly side of the
commodity cycle. If the last 10 years
havent convinced you that price risk
management is an essential part of
grain production, nothing will. I wish
you the best of luck.
Julian McGill of LMC international
discussed the outlook for oilseeds.
These markets have been transformed by biofuels policy, he said.
The fundamental cause today of weak
prices is the weak crude price and the
lack of any push from biofuel policy.
With high prices we have seen a huge
growth in terms of area, he said, referring to the period since 2002. People,
that the U.K. was importing maize at a

time when there was an abundance of
wheat.
It emphasizes the competitiveness of
maize, he said. What yield is having
to do is compensate for the fact that
there is a decreasing opportunity to
grow wheat in the U.K. arable rotation.
The challenge is huge, he said of
the U.K. surplus. The carry is the key
incentive increasing long-term storage
of crops. Traditionally, we relied on
intervention to provide this balancing.
In years with a good quality crop, he
stressed the need to pay attention to the
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and low-grade milling wheat prices.
This is going to fuel the debate on what
the customer requirement is, he said.
He also highlighted the shift in
varieties as new high yielding milling
varieties have become available.
This market is not a one-variety
wonder, he said.
In the past, high yields have
encouraged farmers to focus on a lowquality feed wheat, seen as low risk.
That yield gap is being challenged
by three varieties, he said. The result
likely would be that these varieties will
be grown as dual-purpose varieties. It
makes the crop more mobile and more
marketable. It is giving the whole market Dominic Watkins, partner and head of food
PRUHH[LELOLW\DQGPRUHDELOLW\WRDGDSW group at lawyers DWF.
as they get richer, are not consuming

more cereals.
In Europe, rapeseed is becoming
less attractive as a crop compared
to wheat and coming up against
agronomic constraints.
People have cut back on production,
he said. Markets are adjusting. They
are seeing the problems of vegetable
oil. The crude oil price is weak, but
the palm oil price is holding up better
than one would have hoped and that is
giving some support to other crops.
Dominic Watkins, partner and
head of food group at lawyers DWF,
explained the potential impact of the
Transatlantic Trade and Investment
Partnership (TTIP) currently being
negotiated between the E.U. and U.S.
and likely to have an effect on how
foods are marketed in both places.
It is a vast topic, he said. We have
had lots of change in the food regulation
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the worlds most
important business
area over the last decade. Pretty well every area that could be touched has been
touched.
The plan has proven to be
controversial. Only last week 300,000
people in Germany demonstrated
against it, he said. There is a lot of
anti-TTIP feeling out there. TTIP is not
the only game in town. It is not the only
bilateral or trilateral trade agreement
the E.U. has. Its been going on for the
last two years, this negotiation process.
There is quite a large degree of political
oversight. It has still got quite a lot of
negativity to overcome.
In the absence of actual information,
we have ended up with lots of myths.
It is supposed to ensure the safety
standards are maintained. If you have
got an issue with food labeling who
is to say which one is better? There is
a vacuum in which it is easy to be a
scaremonger.
He highlighted differences in claims

that could be made between the E.U. in
the U.S. For example, in the U.S. its
possible to say that eating vegetables
might reduce the risk of cancer. In the
E.U., you cannot.
Theres an entire chapter dedicated
to food safety, he said. It is building
on what we already have now. It is
interesting to see that in recent months
the U.S. stance on GM has shifted. There
is an attempt to have greater labeling.
He also noted how many E.U. member states are opting out of growing
G.M. crops.
It is interesting to see which way the
tide is moving on this, he said.
Chris Lyddon is World Grains European editor.
He may be contacted at: chris.lyddon@ntlworld.
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two countries on bilateral agricultural trade.
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to Cuba through several channels. First, U.S. exporters would
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of food, medicines and medical equipment to a number of countries, including

Cuba, was signed into law.
TRSAs exemptions to the embargo quickly led to the reestablishment
of U.S. agricultural exports to Cuba.
However, TRSA does not include a legal
framework for the resumption of U.S.
agricultural imports from Cuba.
The ERS report said U.S. agricultural
exports to Cuba averaged $365 million per year from 2012-14. Exports are
heavily concentrated in four basic commodities, with chicken meat, corn, soybean meal and soybeans accounting for
84% of total exports during that period
in terms of value. Corn, soybean meal
and soybeans are all feedstuffs used in
livestock production in Cuba. In some
years during the TRSA period, U.S. agricultural exports to Cuba have included
substantial quantities of rice, wheat,
pork, dried beans and soybean oil. But
U.S. restrictions on extending credit to

Cuban buyers have made it harder for
U.S. agricultural exporters to sell a larger volume and broader variety of commodities to Cuba, the report said.
From 2012-14, the U.S. was the second leading supplier of agricultural
imports to Cuba behind the European
Union ($383 million), while Brazil was
third ($348 million). Those three trade
partners supplied 61% of Cubas agricultural imports during that three-year
period, the report said.
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of U.S. agricultural exports to Cuba is
the TRSAs restrictions on the terms of
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124,000 tonnes of rice, 275,000 tonnes
of wheat, and 33,000 tonnes of soybean
oil to Cuba. From 2012-14, however, it
noted that the U.S. exported hardly any
rice, wheat or soybean oil, even though
Cuba purchased many thousands of
tonnes of these products from Brazil and
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Nations.
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with rice imports averaging about 435,000 tonnes per year
from 2010-14. Vietnam supplies 70% or more of Cubas rice
imports, while Brazil supplies most of the remainder, the report said.
In 2013-14, Cuba produced 423,000 tonnes of rice (milled
basis), nearly unchanged from the previous year but up 18%
from 2000-01. Cuba plants two rice crops a year. The main
crop is planted in April-July and harvested August-December.
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suppliers are able to provide competitive to any imports originating in the other
The third element consists of additionterms of credit, the report said. It said country.
al exemptions to the embargo on U.S.
several factors favor U.S. rice suppliers
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current rice suppliers, with export time vide no opportunities for U.S. agricul- equipment for private-sector agriculturbeing only two days compared to as tural imports from Cuba, except for the al activity. The ERS said these new exmany as 30 days from Asia. However, small purchases that licensed travelers emptions could also stimulate additional
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offset to a degree by the higher price of report said.
U.S. For instance, small-scale poultry
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tial to export rough rice to Cuba, which to Cuba contains several key elements may increase their feedstuff imports
could be fully milled there. The fourth that have the potential to affect U.S.- from the U.S.
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addition, general licenses will unblock
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Cuba, permit U.S. persons to participate
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FEATURE
RICE
BUILDING BETTER
lthough rice productivity has more than doubled in recent decades, an additional 25% increase is needed by
2030 to meet the demands of a growing population.
The increase has to be achieved with less land, water
and under more severe environmental stresses due to climate change, according to the International Rice Research
Institute (IRRI). Accelerated genetic gains are needed to
improve yield potential, stability and grain quality of rice.
But rice has large within-species genetic diversity and varietal group differentiation, making it a tough grain to crack.
More complete knowledge of the genetic diversity in the
gene pool and associations of diverse alleles with important rice traits are needed so that rice improvements can be
made using breeding strategies, IRRI said.
Researchers are trying to make that a reality with the release this October of new data from the 3,000 Rice Genomes
Researchers have released the genomes of 3,024 rice varieties to the
public in efforts to help design sustainable rice crops for the future.
Photos courtesy of IRRI.
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by Susan Reidy
More than 3,000 rice genomes

released to public database can be
used to design sustainable crops
of the future.
Project (3K RGP), an international research program that
has sequenced 3,024 rice varieties from 89 countries. The
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that represent the three main subgroups of cultivated rice
indica, japonica and aus.
The results, which come in at a massive 120 terabytes,
are now publicly available online as an Amazon Web
Services (AWS) Public Data Set. Access to the data is free,
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and is governed by the stipulations

for data analysts and users from the
Toronto Statement. Funding for the
research was provided by the Global
Rice Science Partnership.
The dataset provides access to millions of genetic markers that can be
used to design sustainable crops for
the future, that is, ones that are high
yielding and more nutritious while at
the same time requiring less water, fertilizer and pesticides, said Rod Wing,
director of the Arizona Genomics
Institute at the University of Arizona,
Tucson, Arizona, U.S., and a pioneer
in rice genome sequencing.
3,000 RICE GENOMES PROJECT
Rice diversity is massive there are
more than 230,000 germplasm accessions of rice maintained in genebanks
worldwide. The International Rice
Genebank of the T.T. Chang Genetic
Resources Center at the International

Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the
Philippines alone contains more than
127,000 rice accessions from all over
the world. An accession is a collection
of plant material from a particular locaWLRQDQGLWLVDVVLJQHGDQLGHQWLFDWLRQ
number.
These accessions have genes/traits
that can be used to make rice cultivation more sustainable, with a smaller
environmental footprint. Traits targeted for improvement include higher
nutritional quality; tolerance of pests,
diseases, and environmental stresses,
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duced greenhouse gas emissions.
In an attempt to sequence some of
this diversity across the rice species,
the Chinese Academy of Agricultural
Sciences (CAAS), the Beijing Genomics
Institute (BGI) Shenzhen and the IRRI
launched in 2012 the 3K RGP program.
The three research institutions have

sequenced 3,024 rice varieties that are
housed in IRRI and CAAS genebanks.
Funding was provided by grants from
the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
and the Chinese Ministry of Science
and Technology.
The varieties chosen for sequencing include most rice mega-varieties
growing in large areas of different
ecosystems throughout Asia, according to the IRRI. Parental lines of popular varieties and selected genetic mapping populations were also included.
Researchers said this approach should
capture most of the genetic variation
in rice.
The resulting 3K RGP dataset has
millions of genomic sequences from a
diverse set of rice varieties. A large part
of the project is to link the genetic information to the physical traits of the different accessions. Researchers will have
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to assess each of the accessions for the

desired traits, which breeders can then
link to genetic markers in the available
genome sequences from 3K RGP.
IRRI hopes this will speed the traditional breeding process, which has
remained virtually unchanged. In the
past, breeders would make crosses
based on physical traits they observed,
hoping the offspring would have the
desired traits. Often, time-consuming
trial and error was necessary with
multiple generations, before they saw
success.
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breeders and researchers can make
more informed choices when crossing
varieties. This could result in faster
development of rice varieties suited
for poor and environmentally stressed
areas around the world, IRRI said.
Through the Global Rice Science
Partnership (GRiSP), IRRI is leading the development of an informal

global effort the International Rice
Phenotyping Network to systematically evaluate the 3K RGP sequenced
lines and to connect plant performance to specific genes, Hei Leung,
IRRI principal scientist told IRRIs
Rice Today in 2014. By closely integrating these resources into breeding
programs based on modern molecular breeding and selection strategies,
varietal development in hundreds of
rice breeding programs will be accelerated over the next five years, delivering improved varieties to farmers
and consumers at a faster pace than
before.
DATA ACCESSIBILITY
Data access and analysis tools for
the 3K RGP are being made available through the International Rice
Informatics Consortium (IRIC). One

of the tools, the SNP-Seek database,
provides user-friendly access to a type
of genetic marker called single nucleRWLGH SRO\PRUSKLVPV LGHQWLHG IURP
the data.
Another tool in SNP-Sneek, the
JBrowse genome browser, displays
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The great thing about the release
of this dataset is that it is immediately useable, said Kenneth McNally,
senior scientist in IRRIs T.T. Chang
Genetic Resources Center and a project team member. It comes with tools
to help researchers visualize and analyze genetic information.
Wing said the dataset is a powerful
tool that will unite researchers from
around the world, and help drive the
next green revolution.
Researchers are reviewing the re-
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Rice is the most widely consumed staple food for a large part of the worlds population,
especially in Asia.
sults from the 3,024 genomes currently sequenced, and will determine if
they can identify enough critical genes
for rice improvement.
At that point, we will decide how
many more of the remaining 180,000
accessions in the IRGC and CAAS
genebanks we may need to sequence
and analyze, Leung said.
The IRRI also gave the genomes

to the International Treaty on Plant
Genetic Resources for Food and
Agriculture, which is working to create an international system for storing
genetic data of food crop seeds.
In October, delegates from the Food
and Agriculture Organization-based
treaty agreed to proceed with cre-
ation of a Global Information System

(GLIS). World governments and organizations are storing genetic material
in seed banks, but without a single
VRXUFHWRWKHGDWDLWLVGLIFXOWIRUUHsearchers and plant breeders to know
what is held where, FAO said.
The genetic information that IRRI
is making available to us, and the
public at large, is a hugely generous
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endeavors to make all relevant information on genetic resources on plant
crops available for future food security, said Shakeel Bhatti, secretary of
the international treaty.
Bhatti said the global system will
contain a virtual gene library that will
include data from seed banks, research
centers and farmers organizations.
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contribution to the system.
It is going to take time to get it
fully functional because of the vast
array of interests involved, but it will
greatly facilitate the work of all the
actors along the seed value chain, in
developing and developed countries,
Bhatti said.
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Philippines aiming to increase rice
imports to 1.5 million tonnes
MANILA, PHILIPPINES The Philippines wants to increase the

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to boost buffer stocks and keep local prices stable, as the adverse effect of El Nio continues to intensify.
Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said the
inter-agency El Nio Task Force will propose an additional 1 million
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U.S. rice farmers would benefit from Cuban open trade legislation
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Thailand rice production to drop, but exports may remain steady

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Cambodia rice exports surge 37% in last nine months

PHNOM, PENH, CAMBODIA Cambodia exported 369,105 tonnes of milled rice in
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last year, according to a recent report.
The three top buyers of Cambodian rice
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the report released by the Secretariat of One
Window Service for Rice Export.
From January to September 2015, the

Southeast Asian nation sold 78,182 tonnes
of rice to China, 50,266 tonnes to France and
41,022 tonnes to Poland, it said.
Hean Vanhorn, director of the Secretariat
of One Window Service for Rice Export, said
types of exported rice included fragrant rice,
white long grain, and parboiled long grain.
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The country launched a rice promotion
strategy in 2010, setting a goal of exporting 1 million tonnes of milled rice by 2015.
Traders upset by Punjab governments

move to reimpose taxes on basmati rice
CHANDIGARH, INDIA The Punjab governments decision to reimpose 7% taxes on
basmati procurement has not gone over well
with traders.
The taxes being collected by the state
mandi board, effective Oct. 1, include a 2%
market fee, 2% rural development fund and
3% Punjab infrastructure development fund
(PIDF). Traders say this move has made
things worse for the rice industry in the state,
which is already passing through an unprecedented phase of decline.
Ravinder Singh Cheema, vice-chairman of
the Punjab Mandi Board, said the government
had no option but to reimpose the taxes as
about 80% of the crop coming in the mandis
of Tarn Taran, Ferozepur, Gurdaspur and Amritsar during the kharif marketing season was
basmati, adding that the tax waiver meant no
income for the market committees.
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The mandi board supervises the procurement of foodgrains in more than
1,700 grain markets of the state. The revenue
generated from procurement is used on rural
development and the upkeep of mandis.
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rupees per quintal, but it was favoring importers, especially from gulf countries, who purchased basmati from Punjab traders.
However, the waiver of 5% purchase tax
would continue.
Also, the waiver of 2% market fee, 2%
rural development fund and 3% PIDF would
continue for mega projects in which 10 crore
rupees or more have been invested in rice
shelling and processing mills. There are 15
such set-ups in Punjab which shell and trade
about 25% of the basmati.
Ashok Sethi, director, Punjab Rice Millers and Exporters Association, said the 1509
variety of basmati had poor cooking quality
and higher percentage of breakage, leading to
near boycott of this variety.
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Egypts trade ministry lifts ban on rice exports

CAIRO, EGYPT Egypts Ministry of Trade and Industry has
lifted a ban on rice exports due to an expected surplus of the staple and will impose an export tariff of 2,000 Egyptian pounds
($255.43) a tonne, it said on Oct. 11. The ruling will remain in
place for six months, the ministry said in a statement.
Rice exports were banned on Sept. 1 to satisfy domestic consumption. The agriculture ministry said at the time it expected
production of 2.7 million tonnes of white rice in the 2015-16
season, less than estimated annual consumption of 3.6 million
tonnes. But the banning decision was later cast in doubt after the
agriculture minister resigned and was subsequently arrested on
corruption charges.
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be surplus production this season as well as a surplus carried over
from the last season. The Oct. 11 statement also said letters of
credit would have to be provided for rice sales or a transfer of the
full amount of the deal in foreign currency to a bank operating
inside Egypt.
Egypts agricultural export council said last month the country
could export up to 1 million tonnes. Egyptian medium grain rice
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saying it needed to save rice for local consumption and wanted
to discourage rice farmers from growing the crop to save water.
Indonesia to purchase Vietnamese, Thai rice

JAKARTA, INDONESIA The Indonesian government in September announced its intent to purchase rice from Vietnam and
Thailand through government-to-government deals and its representatives will soon begin negotiations.
Honorary President of the Thai Rice Exporters Association,
Chookiat Ophaswongse, said on Sept. 29 that Indonesia may
have to import from other sources, too, as Thailand and Vietnam
may not be able to meet the 1.5-million-tonne demand.
He added that Indonesia will need rice between November 2015
and January 2016, because its own harvest will start in March.
The 1.5 million tonnes that Indonesia needs is composed of

5% white rice and 15% broken rice, he said.
In the first nine months of this year, Thailand exported around
7 million tonnes of rice. The local Commerce Industry is confident the export target of 10 million tonnes will be achieved
this year.
According to Indonesias Jakarta Post, the Indonesian government hopes that 47 million tonnes of rice will be produced
next year, the same amount as the total rice production predicted
for this year by the Central Statistics Agency.
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FEED OPERATIONS
Considerations in
installing spouting
It should be installed at or greater than the slope
needed to convey the product it carries
by Fred Fairchild
In my previous article that appeared in the September

issue of World Grain, we examined the types of spouting
and how to size them. In this article, we look at factors to
consider when installing spouting.
Spouting must be assembled so the interior edges from
one section to another are aligned to provide a smooth surface. This is necessary, whether using liners or just metal
sections, to avoid creating exposed edges resulting in wear
points and damaging soft products such as pellets. When
passing from an unlined spout section into a lined section
of spouting, the edges of the unlined section must be located such that the inside surface does not hit the liner edge.
This can be done by using a larger diameter spout for the
lined section (see sketch 1 on page 90 for a comparison of
joining spout sections and their interior alignment).
states that grain velocities exceeding 1,750 feet per minute

can damage whole grain. For spouting installed on a 45-degree slope handling whole dry grain, the grain might enter
the spout from a bucket elevator at a speed of 618 feet per
minute. At 20 feet down the spout, the velocity doubles
to approximately 1,235 feet per minute. At a point 40 feet
from the top, the velocity is about 1,750 feet per minute, at
60 feet the velocity is 2,140 feet per minute and at 80 feet
the velocity is 2,470 feet per minute.
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is subjected to abrupt changes in direction or a break in the
velocity. For long spouts, a cushion box, sometimes called a
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to carry the product, by gravity, from its inlet to outlet. vertically into the bin or other piece of equipment.
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WORLD GRAIN WEATHER REPORT
KEEPING A CLOSE EYE
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forecasters are suggesting that the event has reached
its peak intensity and that opens the discussion for
what happens next. There is a good chance that as El Nio
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improved weather will impact many of the worlds most important agricultural areas.
Todays most serious problems are in Indonesia where
drought has been at an extreme for several months and will
only slowly ease in the next few weeks as seasonal rainfall
attempts to evolve. The delayed arrival of season rainfall
culminates a normally drier season with critically low soil
moisture and water supply.
Drought in Indonesia is probably among the worst in the
world presently, but many other areas are drier than usual.
Portions of Northern Brazil, Central America, Central Africa,
Europe and Australia suffered from dryness during a large
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improvement or will soon see such conditions.
It is a little rare for improvement to come so soon during a
record or near-record intense El Nio, especially with it still
at its peak intensity. Most computer forecast model runs have
been suggesting El Nio will remain at its peak intensity for
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weather. Years that are snow-free or receive well below average snow are often followed by greater snow years. The same
is true for dryness and extremely wet conditions. The record
books are full of examples of this and all that is needed in
most extreme weather situations is a little time for the balancing to take place.
The end of El Nio promises to counterbalance many of the
abnormalities noted this year. World Weather, Inc. is expectLQJ(XURSHWRVHHDFRROHUDQGZHWWHUVXPPHULQIRUUHD94
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may hold trump card for grain and
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coffee and cocoa production.
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FEATURE: KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THE UNITED STATES
Early spring 2016
PRECIPITATION
cause of the already favorable weather that is expected around

the world in 2016 as El Nio diminishes.
The U.S. weather is dictated by many repeating trends in
the atmosphere. One is the repeating cycle that appears in the
upper atmosphere at roughly 18-year intervals. Another is the
El Nio phenomenon and both of these trends are pointing
toward some level of drier biases in 2016. The 18-year cycle
suggests less than usual rainfall from the lower Midwest and
southeastern states through the lower Mississippi River Basin
to the southern half of the Plains. The pattern also suggests a
warmer bias.
While El Nios demise in many tropical areas around the
world usually means more rain, the U.S. weather often trends
a little drier, especially following extremely strong El Nio
events like that of 2015. In most cases, very strong El Nio
events are followed by La Nia, and La Nia events remove
rain from the U.S. weather patterns. La Nia also produces
some warmer tendencies in the U.S. Midwest.
Statistically speaking, the U.S. wet weather bias that occurred in the spring of 2015 in the southern Plains and lower
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long time.
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southern United States from Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas to
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could be exacerbated by La Nia (if one occurs), making the
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drier and warmer bias is more likely than a wet one and could
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dryness. So where is the other year of dryness to go along

with 2012? Will it be 2016? Or perhaps ongoing dryness in
California and the multi-year drought in the southern Plains
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if our 2012 drought has not yet seen its compatriot?
These drier tendencies for 2016 that are already built into
the forecast patterns makes the year one that should be closely
monitored for drought. World Weather, Inc. is not ready to
make wild projections of calamity in 2016 because of dryness, but it does make the point that with the rest of the world
already expecting much improved weather in 2016, perhaps
only the U.S. holds the wildcard that could pump up 2016
futures prices on a whim that dryness might be a threat.
Most forecasters that tout big droughts of devastating proSRUWLRQVIDLOWRVHHWKHLUIRUHFDVWVYHULHGDQGWKH\GLVDSSHDU
from the public eye as quickly as winter snow abates in the
spring. So do not misinterpret this forecast. No one is predicting calamity for 2016 and no weather forecaster has the inside
track on making such predictions.
But it does not take a rocket scientist, or in this case a meteorologist, to suggest that the U.S. weather in 2016 will likely
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it usually does. However, watching the events in 2016 unfold
will be worthwhile by any savvy grain or oilseed trader to be
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prices before anyone else. Certainly, if the U.S. does not slip
into a drier weather mode in 2016, the pressure is likely to be
downward on futures prices just based on statistics for years
following El Nio. Greater rains will bring greater production
and lower prices unless some major production region, like
the U.S., runs into a production issue.
Drew Lerner is a senior agricultural meteorologist with World Weather, Inc.
He may be reached at [email protected]. World Weather, Inc.
forecasts and comments pertaining to present, past and future weather
conditions included in this report constitute the corporations judgment as
of the date of this report and are subject to change without notice.
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for such trials?
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question of making precise adjustments
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there. With pasta products the situation is completely different. The application is still in its infancy. Many
manufacturers dont yet know that
enzymes can be used. So we are often
asked: Enzymes? What do we want
with them in our noodles? But then,
when we are on the spot and demonstrate to the customers how special pasta enzymes can improve the
bite of the noodles and reduce their
stickiness, they get a great surprise.
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is an important topic, and the customers realize that enzymes offer a very
simple way of enhancing the quality
of their products.
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the energy requirement in the preparation of foods, too, for example, by reducing their viscosity or facilitating the
breakdown of carbohydrates.
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David Nolte, head of the Milling
Laboratory
Anke Wollgast, Rheological
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Ocrim develops multi-function grain analyzer

CREMONA, ITALY Ocrims Research &
Development group has developed an on-line
system: the Multifunction Grain Analyzer (onlineMGA). Upon the debut of this technology,
the company said that this system was developed to satisfy the milling markets needs concerning the continuous control and management of the milling process. The main objective, it said, is to combine the management of
the grains blending with the conditioning.
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product, guarantee the constant time of the
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the plant and reduce the maintenance costs.
The control, in real time, of the production
process is gaining more and more importance.
Proteins and moisture are the wheat chemical
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during the cleaning and conditioning phases.
When the onlineMGA is installed along the
milling line, it is able to measure both proteins
and moisture parameters.
Near infrared Spectroscopy provided a base
for Ocrims development of the reading system
on VIS-NIR technology. Ocrim said this method provides better accuracy of the readings and
a real-time surveying since it acts directly on
water and protein molecules.
The onlineMGA can be employed in several critical points of the milling process due
to the absence of bulky installation structures
and thanks to NIR innovative technology connected to an advanced machine control system.
Ocrim said that the onlineMGA guarantees
high performances that surpass the simple control of the proteins values and moisture management thanks to its combination with the au-
sitioned at the reception, the device can measure the percentage of moisture of the whole
product lot, allowing the immediate control
and valuation of the incoming grains, the company said.
By means of Ocrims
tomated management system and through the

continuous and constant cereal analysis.
According to Ocrim, the most innovative
aspect is the employment of the onlineMGA
in the second conditioning. This removes the
problem concerning measurements on an already wet product. Ocrim said that a continuous retroactive adjustment can be carried out
on the amounts of water added in both dampening phases in order to obtain a percentage of
moisture required, constant in time.
The onlineMGA also can be employed during the raw material reception at the plant. Po-
@mill management,
all the parameters obtained during the various sessions can be recorded and combined with the various lots of
operation and storage, providing traceability of
the product.
The onlineMGA can measure the protein
levels in the grain at the same time the wheats
moisture is being analyzed. The system of
traceability of Ocrims @mill allows the combination and archive of the related protein
value for each product combined in the lot and
operation phase, Ocrim said.
MacGregor appoints vice-president, head of China business

HELSINKI, FINLAND MacGregor announced on Sept. 22 the appointment of
Zhengyu Li as vice-president, head of China,
effective Oct. 1. Li drives the development
of MacGregor business in the most important market in the marine industry. He will
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president, MacGregor. I am convinced that
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solutions and services
for handling marine cargoes, vessel operations,
offshore loads, crude/
LNG transfer and offshore mooring. It is part
of Cargotec, which had
sales of 3.4 billion in
2014 and employs 11,000 people.
over the last 10 years, which totals around 40

million. The company was able to double its
production capacity. The growth in production was coupled with an increase in human
resources. The company now has 200 employees. All of this growth has resulted in a 50%
sales increase, the company said.
Symaga said it is participating in some of the

main grain storage projects for 2015, such as
the construction of a rice re-processing facility
in Thailand.
Symaga said it is also strengthening its business in Indonesia, supplying silos for a grain
import terminal in Southeast Asia.
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Symaga surpasses production record

SAN JUAN, SPAIN Symaga in July
reached and surpassed its production record,
with a total steel manufacturing of 4,700
tonnes throughout the month, which means a
daily production of about 200 tonnes.
Symaga said the record is the result of a
continuous investment in new technologies
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Superior joins largest ever U.S.-led trade mission to Africa

KINDRED, NORTH DAKOTA, U.S. Superior Manufacturing, located in Kindred,
North Dakota, U.S., and Beresford, South
Dakota, U.S., is one of more than 100 U.S.
companies who went to Africa for the U.S.
Department of Commerce-led Trade WindsAfrica trade mission and business forum.
Trade Winds-Africa is the largest-ever U.S.
government-led trade mission to Africa, Superior Manufacturing said.
Africa presents an incredible opportunity
for global U.S. companies, said Donald Nay,
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highest-ranking commercial diplomat in SubSaharan Africa. We are excited to bring these
companies to the continent, connect them to

promising opportunities, and get them on the
right path to success.
Trade Winds is a business forum and series
of business-to-business meetings in Johannesburg, South Africa, plus seven optional trade
mission stops in Angola, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria and Tanzania. At
each mission stop, attending companies met
directly with government leaders, market experts and pre-vetted potential business partners
in the region.
Superior participated in the business forum
and a mission stop in Angola. Superior manufactures a complete line of farm and commer-
cial grain bins with capacities ranging from

1,850 bushels to 792,250 bushels, as well as
grain dryers and grain handling equipment.
Africa presents a great opportunity and
unique challenge for us, said Jon Engelstad,
Superior Manufacturings International sales
manager. We are currently doing business in
several countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and
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Sub-Saharan Africa is a promising market
for U.S. exporters. It is home to six of the 10
fastest-growing economies in the world and
has a rapidly growing middle class, Superior
Manufacturing said.
Other website features include:

An easy-to-use Find My Dealer function
that allows visitors to locate the MFS/York/
Stormor dealer(s) nearest them based on proximity and desired product.
Video Vault page where visitors can view
all company videos, as well as videos from
other Global Industry divisions.
A highly unique Dare To Compare section where visitors can view and assess MFS/
York/Stormor products and components side
by side with competitive products.
News & Events sections including schedules of upcoming tradeshow participation
around the world and the latest updates on innovative new products.
The development and creation of the new
MFS/York/Stormor website has been in the

works for quite a while, Faltin said. We felt
the investment in time was a small price to pay
in order to launch a site that provides our dealers and customers with quick and easy access
to all of the information and materials they
need to determine the best solutions for their
grain storage and handling needs.
MFS/York/Stormor is a division of Global
Industries, Inc. Headquartered in Grand Island,
Nebraska, U.S., Global Industries (www.globalindinc.com) includes four divisions located
in Nebraska and Kansas. In addition to MFS/
York/Stormor, which is also located in Grand
Island, Global divisions include Nebraska
Engineering Company (NECO); Hutchinson/
Mayrath and Sentinel Building Systems.
MFS/York/Stormor launches new website

GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, U.S.
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the launch of its new website, www.mfsyork.
com. The new site has been designed to offer
a user-friendly experience with intuitive navigation and functionality, the company said. It
provides visitors access to detailed information
on both the company and its full portfolio of
on-farm and commercial ag products.
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Vortex adds agent in Denmark

DARLINGTON, U.K. Vortex announced on Sept. 17 the appointment of
Mespo ApS as its exclusive agent in Denmark. Mespo sells components, machines,
and customized solutions for powder handling manufacturers such as DMN-WestLQJKRXVH)LOFRH[6SLURRZDQG*UHHQwood Magnetics.
We are very pleased to add Mespo to
our line of representatives, said Laurence
Millington, Vortexs director of interna-
tional business. Mespo has a great cooperation with many manufactures of powder processing equipment around Europe.
With its convenient location in Ringsted
on Zealand, Mespo can respond to our
Danish customer needs in a short amount
of time.
Mespo founder Bo Christoffersen, with
more than 20 years background in powder
handling industry, has extensive experience and knowledge of powder technolo-
gies and application installations.

The satisfaction of our customers is essential and ensures the future of our work.
The selection of quality components and
our suppliers expertise provides the basis
for this, said Christoffersen. Based on a
close dialog with our customers, we provide the best possible solution by means of
functionally, quality and price each time.
For more information on Mespo, visit
the website www.mespo.dk.
TORNUM to deliver silo storage facility to Romania

KVANUM, SWEDEN TORNUM announced on Sept. 4 that it is going to deliver a grain silo plant to the port of Constanta in Romania.
The investor is Chimpex S.A., a Romanian subsidiary of Swiss-based Ameropa.
On-site work operations are under way and
the silo installation is expected to be completed toward the end of 2016. The terminal will have 20 silos, each with 10,000
tonnes of storage capacity.
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4B Components hires national sales manager

MORTON, ILLINOIS, U.S. 4B Components Ltd., a worldwide manufacturer of material handling and electronic components
for bucket elevators and conveyors, announced on Oct. 9 the recent hire of Randy
Longbrake as national sales manager for the
material handling division.
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a local design/build millwright company
where he was instrumental in acquiring

new customers, and previously with a major
OEM where he focused on customer service.
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They offer great service to their customers
and continue to grow through that service
and the innovative products that they develop, Longbrake said.
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are very excited to welcome Randy to our
team. Not only will he

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Global Industries divisions receive safety honors

GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, U.S.
Global Industries, Inc. announced on Oct. 5
that all four of its divisions were honored with
awards at the recent annual conference of the
Great Plains Safety and Health Organization.
MFS/York/Stormor and Hutchinson/
Mayrath were named as a silver award winner during the event. This is the seventh consecutive year it has received this award and
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is given to recognize outstanding records of
company safety and innovative techniques
and methods developed to support and encourage safety and health in the workplace,
the company said.
Additionally, Nebraska Engineering
Company (NECO) and Sentinel Building
Systems were named bronze award winners
for their continued efforts and improvements
in creating a safe work environment for its
employees. All four Global Divisions have
achieved multiple awards from Great Plains
Safety and Health Organization over the last
10 years, from bronze to gold.
Global Industries places a lot of emphasis on the well-being of our employees and is
truly committed to being an industry leader
when it comes to promoting healthy lifestyles and offering the safest work environment possible, said Chief Davidson, Global
vice-president of manufacturing. The fact
that were consistently recognized for these
efforts demonstrates were on the right path
and is one of the reasons why Global employees tend to stay Global employees for
many years.
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AGCO opens new manufacturing base in China

SHANGHAI, CHINA AGCO, a manufacturer and distributor focusing on agricultural equipment, announced on Sept. 9 the
opening of its brand new manufacturing base
in Changzhou, China. AGCO has invested
$300 million in factories in China.
China is one of the worlds largest farm
equipment markets and AGCO has attached
great importance to the market, said Martin
Richenhagen, chairman, president and chief
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area of nearly 200,000 square meters. Es-
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with state-of-the-art technology, the company said it aims to gradually reach an annual
capacity of 20,000 tractors, 30,000 engines
and 40,000 rear axles and transmissions, and
further promote the localization of product
manufacturing in China, the company said.
AGCO has already invested $300 million
into existing and new manufacturing sites
in China, said Gary Collar, AGCO senior
vice-president and general manager of Asia
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Daqing and Yanzhou, respectively, across the
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four key brands in China: Massey Ferguson,
Valtra, Dafeng King, and GSI, and continuously introduces and manufactures premium
medium and high end products, in order to
provide more mature and feasible solutions
for users.
Since 2011, AGCO has purchased GSI,
Johnson System Inc., and Intersystems
Holdings.
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PRODUCT SHOWCASE
Impact machine Matador
Chilled rolls
Complete design systems
The new Bhler impact machine Matador destroys insect eggs in flour and semolina without exception. A mortality rate of 99.5%,
the multiple impact in the cross-flow principle
and a direct product flow offer maximum food
safety and energy savings. The five finely graded sizes with throughput rates from 1 to 45
tph cover a wide range of capacity. Up to 30%
energy savings and low maintenance costs reduce expenses significantly.
Yenkar is the export arm of Yenar Dokum,

which is an ISO 9002-certified Turkish manufacturer of chill rolls. The company produces
chilled iron rolls for the milling, crushing and
flaking industries by using a double-pour
centrifugal casting system (Spin Cast). Yenkar
produces a range of double-poured, centrifugal-cast chill iron rolls from 150 millimeters (6
inches) up to 600 millimeters (24 inches) on
outside diameter. Lengthwise, they range between 300 millimeters (12 inches) and 2,000
millimeters (79 inches).
Lambton is offering a complete line of commercial grain silos up to 19,288 tonnes capacity, support systems and handling equipment
up to 1,200 tph, and also assists customers/
representatives with complete layout and flow
designs in 2D and 3D imaging to better serve
and guide the needs of each project. For more
information about these Lambton products
and services, visit www.lambtonconveyor.com
Infratec grain analyzer
Bolt-together bucket elevator
Energy conservation
The FOSS Infratec NOVA grain analyzer has

been approved for analysis of moisture in
grain by the National Metrological Institute in
Germany (known as PTB). The approval was
granted after an extensive evaluation of the
instrument assessing not only its performance
in moisture analysis, but also the robustness
and security of the software systems. Further
approvals for the Infratec NOVA are under
way in all countries where the Infratec 1241 is
currently approved such as France, the United
States and Australia. These are expected in the
near future.
MFS/York/Stormor, a division of Global Industries, Inc., recently released a bolt-together

M48 bucket elevator, work platform and distributor platform design. The new M48 bucket
elevator design offers capacity ranges from
10,000 bushels per hour (255 tonnes per
hour) to 30,000 bushels per hour (762 tonnes
per hour), the company said. The new design
consolidates three previous head profiles into
one design that minimizes wear and improves
flow. The bucket elevator head now comes
equipped with a 3-piece hood.
NORD Drivesystems said its equipment is

prepared to meet the new European standard
that expands energy efficiency requirements
to the entire motor and AC drive system. The
new EN 50598 provides a method to determine a numeric value for wasted energy. This
new European standard will be adapted to the
international standard IEC 61800-9 later this
year. NORD Drivesystems energy and premium
efficient motors paired with a NORD AC Vector
Drive already meet the highest level of the new
power loss regulation, IES2, NORD said.
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The team of authors led by the acknowledged

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ADVERTISER INDEX
AFIA .......................................................87
AG Growth International .......................2
Alapala ................................................. 69
Altinbilek .............................................. 83
Amandus Kahl GmbH & Co. KG ......... 25
Ambros Schmelzer & Sohn GmbH ... 101
Bastak Gida Makine Medikal ........... 103
Behlen Mfg. Co. ..........................31, 105
BoMill ................................................ 100
Brock Grain Systems ........................... 41
Bhler AG .......................................58-59
Carter Day ........................................... 51
Chief Industries, Inc. ..............................3
Chopin Technologies ........................... 90
Cimbria A/S .......................................... 45
Consergra S.L. ................................... 103
DAEWON GSI Co. Ltd. ........................ 71
Denis .................................................... 14
Douglas Products ................................ 67
Erkaya.Laboratory Instruments
& Flour Improvers ............................... 82
The Essmueller Co. ............................ 115
FLITECH S.r.l. ....................................... 44
Frame ................................................... 16
Fundiciones Balaguer S.A. .................. 19
Future of Flour .................................. 111
Gamet Manufacturing ........................ 80
GEAPS .................................................. 88
Getriebebau NORD GmbH
& Co. KG ............................................ 106
Global Industries, Inc. ......................... 18
Great Western Mfg. Co., Inc. .............. 92
The GSI Group Inc. .............................. 79
Hi-Roller ............................................... 13
IMAS Integrated Machinery
Systems ................................................ 53
Industrias Machina Zaccaria S/A ....... 54
Ingenieria Mega SA ............................ 92
Irle Kay Jay Chill Rolls Pvt. Ltd. .......... 64
Kepler Weber ....................................... 65
Lambton Conveyor .............................. 55
Leland Industries Inc. .......................... 72
Leonard Breitenbach GmbH ............... 86
Louis Dreyfus Corp. ............................. 27
Maxi-Lift, Inc. ...................................... 21
Mill Service Spa ................................... 47
Mill Teknoloji ..................................... 102
Milltec Machinery Pvt Ltd ................. 108
Molino Makina .................................... 73
Mhlenchemie GmbH ......................... 11
Muller Beltex ....................................... 74
Mulmix Facco s.r.l. ............................... 93
MYSILO Grain Storage Systems Co. ... 97

Neuero ................................................. 81
OBIAL ................................................... 75
Ocrim S.p.A. ......................................... 23
Oilseed & Grain Trade Summit ......... 112
Omas Srl .............................................. 77
Perten Instruments AB ........................ 15
Petkus Technologie GmbH .................. 68
Pfeuffer GmbH .................................... 13
Prive S.A. ............................................. 50
Rter Maschinen GmbH & Co. KG ..... 68
Sangati Berga ...................................... 85
Satake .................................................. 35
SCAFCO Corp. ................................... 116
Sefar Filtration ..................................... 39
Selis Ltd. Str. ........................................ 91

Silos Cordoba ...................................... 62
Sioux Rubber & Urethane ................. 107
STIF ...................................................... 61
Suncue Co Ltd. .................................... 63
Superior Manufacturing ................... 107
Symaga ................................................ 49
Tapco, Inc. ...............................................9
Tornum AB ........................................... 57
Tri-States Grain Conditioning, Inc. ..... 86
Ugur Machine Industry ...................... 6-7
Victam International ........................... 99
Vigan Engineering S.A. ..........................4
Walinga Inc. ......................................... 98
Yenar .................................................... 43
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