Register now for Online Milling School’s session on process equipment

The Online Milling School (OMS) is a 12 class educational online webinar series. OMS is a joint initiative between Milling and Grain magazine and Progressus Agrischools Asia. On September 2nd, at 2PM Bangkok time (ICT, UTC +7), session 8 will take place, the session is titled 'Considerations of Associated Process Equipment'.

Those that attend all 12 classes will receive a certificate of completion to recognise their efforts. If you missed a session it's not an issue, you can simply attend the the sessions you missed during the next cycle, enabling you to receive your certificate.
 

Session 8 agenda
The role and importance of supporting equipment is reviewed throughout the milling process. Specific attention is given for liquid additions at the mixer and post pelleting as well as alternative application methods for non-conventional liquids or more advanced feed additive. Following on, the session will cover the pellet cooling process with specific attention to practices that affect pellet quality. Finally the session will look into the use of expanders as an alternative to the traditional conditioning process.

2.00-2.30 PM - Liquid applicators (fat, enzyme, probiotics, flavours, etc.)

2.30-3.00 PM - Coolers and Cooling Process

3.00-3.20 PM - The role of expanders in livestock feeds

3.20-3.55 AM - Q&A

3.55-4.00 PM - Session Closing

For more information and to register, visit the OMS website, HERE.

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Projections for 2029

by Petter Johanneseen, Director General, IFFO

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) jointly released in mid-July 2020 their projections for 2029. Future growth in fish production is welcomed to feed a growing population with nutritious proteins.
 

The aquaculture sector will be more than ever needed: the FAO expects that “intensification, expansion into new spaces and innovative technologies for land-based and offshore farms are expected to be the main drivers of growth”. The FAO adds that “demand for fish also depends on trends observed in the animal protein sector. For example, the current African Swine Fever situation in China's pork production is leading to increased fish consumption.”

Digitalisation will also accompany the developments of the food production system and fantastic progress has already been achieved to monitor the farms, check on water quality and feed consumption on a 24-hour basis. Increased efforts to ensure full traceability on operations is even more welcomed after the COVID-19 outbreak, which revealed the weaknesses of supply chains in all sectors of the economy, throughout the world.

Blockchain technologies are being studied as an efficient means to tackle friction points and blind spots. One of them that has been identified by MarinTrust, the third-party standard for marine ingredients, is the missing link between the fishmeal sector and the direct human consumption sector. Hoping that the blockchain technology can be the bridge to link activities that today remain in silos, MarinTrust has announced that they will include, in the new version of their Chain of Custody standard, a new clause related to traceability of products back to their origins. This new version of the MarinTrust Chain of Custody should be operational in October 2020.

Read more, HERE.

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Wenger company profile

From small-town entrepreneur to worldwide leader. With a little ingenuity and a lot of hard work, brothers Joe and Louis Wenger founded Wenger Mixing Company in a small Kansas (USA) town in 1935. They went on to design a machine that blended molasses with dry feedstuffs and produced pellets in 1948.

Theirs was the first extrusion cooking system and the basic technology for all commercial extruders used today.  The Wenger brothers' novel idea created a worldwide industry. And, seventy-five years later, Wenger Manufacturing, Inc. is still a family-owned business committed to groundbreaking innovation in the extrusion market.

Visit the website HERE.

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Stefan Scheiber elected to Bühler Group’s Board of Directors

Stefan Scheiber, CEO of Bühler Group, was elected as a new Member of the Board of Directors of Bühler Holding AG at an extraordinary general shareholders' meeting on August 28, 2020. Ruth Metzler-Arnold announced she will resign from the Board of Directors of Bühler Group by February 2021.

At the extraordinary general shareholders' meeting on August 28, 2020, the shareholders elected Mr Scheiber unanimously as a new member of the Board of Directors of Bühler Holding AG with immediate effect. Mr Scheiber (54) is a Swiss national, married, and lives with his family in Wil SG, Switzerland.

 

Stefan Scheiber, was elected as a new Member of the 
Board of Directors of Bühler Holding AG on August 28, 2020
Image credit: Bühler Group

Mr Scheiber started his career at Bühler in 1986 and has spent more than 30 years with Bühler in different functions. From 1988, he has worked in various international management positions within Bühler worldwide, including East and South Africa, Eastern Europe, and Germany.

In 1999, he took charge of the Brewing/Malting and Rice business units and thereafter, assumed overall responsibility for Bühler in Germany. From mid-2005, Mr Scheiber headed the Sales & Services division as a Member of the Executive Board. In 2009, he was assigned Division Manager of the Engineered Products Division which he reorganised into the Food Processing and the Advanced Material divisions. He led the Food Processing division as of 2009.

In 2014, he integrated the Food Processing and the Grain Processing divisions, creating the Grains & Food business, which he led until 2016. Mr Scheiber was appointed CEO of the Bühler Group on July 1, 2016. He is a Member of the Board of Directors of the Kistler Group and a Member of the Executive Committee of Swissmem.

Ruth Metzler-Arnold will resign in 2021
Ruth Metzler-Arnold announced she will resign from her assignments as a Member of the Board of Directors and Chairwoman of the Audit Committee of Bühler Group with effect by the ordinary general shareholders' meeting on February 11, 2021. She has been a Member of the Board of Directors of Bühler since 2011 and Chairwoman of the Audit Committee for the last six and a half years. Rainer E. Schulz, Member of the Board of Directors, shall succeed Ruth Metzler-Arnold as the new Chairman of the Audit Committee.

The shareholders as well as the Members of the Board of Directors express their sincere thanks to both, Ms Metzler-Arnold as well as Mr Scheiber for their long-time commitment and dedication to Bühler, and wish them all the very best.

Visit the Bühler Group website, HERE.

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VIV Qingdao 2020 just two weeks away

From the 17-19th September 2020 in Qingdao, VIV will be celebrating 20 years in China. During the three day trade exhibition, the Qingdao Cosmopolitan Exposition venue will host the Feed to Food animal husbandry supply chain with Chinese and international brands bringing their best to the industry.

The conference program is set to deliver professional session covering a wide range of the industry, from smart farming to animal disease, sustainability to waste management, and much more.
 

If you are unable to travel to China you will still be able to attend most of the conference programs online. In addition, the exhibitors will be available to connect with you only via remote, make appointments with selected suppliers from exhibiting companies!

To get free access to the Match-making program, complete your show registration first, then follow the link on the confirmation page. Once registered, use the registration link to login again and return to your Match-making profile from the confirmation page.
 

On 3rd September VIV Qingdao is excited to host the Global Dairy Farmers All-round Dairy Webinar. This is the 6th of a series of successful webinars heading to the show. Registration is free, HERE. 

For more information and to register for VIV Qingdao visit the event website, HERE.

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International Aquafeed and Fish Farming Technology magazine September issue

By Vaughn Entwistle, Editorial Manager, International Aquafeed and Fish Farming Technology magazine

Greta Thunberg cannot be happy.

As if a global pandemic was not enough to contend with, news about climate change continues to dominate the headlines with yet more bad news. 2020, once again, broke records for heatwaves all over the earth. The United Nations (UN) says that the last four years have been the hottest recorded, with many countries, including the UK, setting new records. To top it all, the highest temperature ever seen on earth was recorded at 54.4°C in California’s Death Valley.
 

In a decade of records, 2020 is on schedule to be the hottest year since records began. By now the evidence is irrefutable, and even climate change deniers seem to be keeping quiet lately. Of course, to those of us in the aquaculture industry, climate change is of critical importance. In this issue, you can read Biomin’s very timely article on how the effects of global warming promise to change fish and shrimp farming.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 2018, “In the last 130 years, the world has warmed by approximately 0.85°C. Each of the last three decades has been successively warmer than any preceding decade since 1850. Sea levels are rising, glaciers are melting, and precipitation patterns are changing. Extreme weather events are becoming more intense and more frequent.” The Biomin article in this issue of International Aquafeed points out how this will play out in aquaculture: “increased rainfall will lead to a reduction in salinity, whilst a lack of rainfall may lead to an increase in salinity, especially in combination with hot weather, where evaporation is high.”

Fortunately, not all the news in this issue is doom and gloom. In the middle of a global pandemic, the global feed company BioMar Group recorded its best six-month financials, ever. Following an impressive Q1, BioMar continue to deliver solid financial results. Their sales volume increased by nine percent, while revenue increased by seven percent compared to Q2 last year. The growth was mainly delivered by robust performance in the salmon markets across geographies, supported by the new salmon business in Australia.

In part, I think such impressive financials are being driven by the worsening climate, and investors are now waking up to see that aquaculture has a bright future because of its unique ability to produce a sustainable, high-value and healthy product—fish, that will be a major source of protein for many people for the remainder of this century.

In this issue of International Aquafeed, our Fish Farming Technology section is also well-served with an article on a neat innovation I first came across at AquaNor 2019. (Remember when we all used to attend trade shows?) Aquanest is a clever solution that provides a retractable and adjustable habitat within a pond and cage system for lumpfish to shelter in.

Next we have an article from the company Sparos, whose Feednetics system keeps aquaculture businesses running with attractive profits by restructuring their operations, and by seeking optimisation and efficient production.

The benefits of oxygenation are well known within the aquaculture industry: fish require at least 80 percent oxygen saturation in the water for optimal growth. Australian gas specialist, Oxair, applies the same technology as that used in medical facilities to the world of fish farming. Oxair’s gas generators use Pressure Swing Adsorption to introduce pure oxygen directly into the water. This enables the production of much greater quantities of fish in a comparatively small volume of water and causes the fish to grow larger as well. This enables even small enterprises to farm considerably more biomass, making it easier for them to assert themselves in the economic environment.

So that’s a short preview of what this issue has in store. Our magazine is here to share information and technology so that all aquaculture companies might thrive, especially now, in the most trying of times.

I hope you enjoy our September issue of International Aquafeed.

Read more, HERE.

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Aqua Ultraviolet company profile

Aqua Ultraviolet has designed solutions that provide cutting edge technology and efficiency to their users. They offer innovative new products striving to make technology simple for all of their customers, distributors, dealers and consumers alike.

Life depends on water, and now more than ever, business does too. For over three decades Aqua Ultraviolet has been the premier manufacturer of ultraviolet sterilisers and bio-mechanical filtration.

Aqua Ultraviolet’s factories are located in Temecula, California where all of their products are created, tested and manufactured. The centralised manufacturing facility allows them to engineer and customise designs to fit any application.

Water – Our Most Valuable Resource
The realisation that discarded plastics are taking over our Oceans and Waterways is at a critical point, the timing has never been more urgent to take action. Water is an ever decreasing commodity, as the demand for clean and safe water rises!  We need to treat our water resources with respect, to ensure we obtain only the highest quality for its use.  Removing the need for excess use of plastic for everyday use by utilising systems that elevate the water quality with minimal environmental footprint.

Aqua Ultraviolet
Aqua Ultraviolet has been manufacturing UV Sterilisers and Filtration Systems for over four decades. 

Their products are proudly manufactured in the USA at their facilities in Southern California.

Aqua Ultraviolet takes pride in delivering Top Quality personalised connections with their customers, working together to problem solve and find the best solution for their projects and applications.

Visit the Aqua Ultraviolet website, HERE.

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DuPont Animal Nutrition announces manufacturing facility in Wuxi, China

On the 27th August 2020 DuPont Nutrition and Biosciences announced the opening of a new Animal Nutrition manufacturing capability in Wuxi, China. The new plant operation will provide the local animal production industry with customised solutions according to DuPont's global quality standards and advanced technology.

'This facility will improve the flexibility of our offerings to the Chinese animal nutrition market,' said Aart Mateboer, Business Unit Director, Animal Nutrition. 'We look forward to providing our key accounts a more customised offering, as well as a larger range of packaging sizes to better meet our customers' needs.  It provides us enhanced capabilities to launch many new products out of our global R&D pipeline to support the evolving needs of our customers in China'.

 

Image credit: DuPont Animal Nutrition

'We are pleased to add our Animal Nutrition products to the portfolio we support at our Wuxi facility, and offer world-class quality with very local customization to our China customers,' said Katariina Rasinmaki, Global Manufacturing & Supply Chain Leader.

'We continue to enhance our capability to deliver solutions from our best in class product portfolio to our Asia Pacific customers,' said Vik Prabhu, Regional Director, Health & Biosciences, Asia Pacific.  'We recently expanded our capability at our Shanghai Animal Nutrition Applications & Technical Service Laboratory, which is an excellent complement to this new operation. Due to African Swine Fever and Covid-19, our customers have adapted quickly to changing conditions and this facility is designed to provide flexible local response to our most valued customers'.

DuPont Animal Nutrition is a market leader in nutritional health solutions with a comprehensive portfolio of feed enzymes, betaine, phytogenics and probiotics. Through the lens of nutribiosis, DuPont invests in science and innovation to help producers improve performance, increase liveability and support welfare in the face of increasing pressure to reduce or remove antibiotics from production systems. DuPont Animal Nutrition capabilities are underpinned by the quality and quantity of our trials, including over 80,000 guts sampled from over 500 farms, investments in omics technologies and microbiome research, and collaboration with leading commercial, governmental and academic partners.

For more information visit the DuPont Animal Nutrition website, HERE.

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Faivre company profile

 

Faivre is a French company, and one of the world leaders in the conception, manufacture and production of aquaculture machines. 

Since 1958, thanks to their knowledge of the market and strong experience in aquaculture, Faivre has developed high quality products to satisfy all of your needs, from one product to the full installation.

Strength, effectiveness and simplicity are the qualities of their production.

Visit the Faivre website, HERE.

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CEO of international protein ingredients company announced as Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2020 Northern California Award finalist

On the 27th August Calysta, a biotechnology company dedicated to the manufacture of protein ingredients from new sources, announced that Alan Shaw, President, CEO and co-founder of Calysta was named an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2020 Northern California Award finalist.

Now in its 34th year, the Entrepreneur Of The Year program honours entrepreneurial business leaders whose ambitions deliver innovation, growth and prosperity as they build and sustain successful businesses that transform our world. Mr Shaw was selected as one of 19 finalists by a panel of independent judges.
 

Calysta CEO, Alan Shaw
Image credit: Calysta

Award winners will be announced through a special virtual event on 7th October and will join a lifelong community of esteemed Entrepreneur Of The Year alumni from around the world. This year, unstoppable entrepreneurs who have provided extraordinary support for their communities, employees and others during the COVID-19 crisis will also be recognised for their courage, resilience and ingenuity.

Entrepreneur Of The Year is one of the preeminent competitive award programs for entrepreneurs and leaders of high-growth companies. The nominees are evaluated based on six criteria, including overcoming adversity; financial performance; societal impact and commitment to building a values-based company; innovation; and talent management. Since its launch, the program has expanded to recognize business leaders in more than 145 cities in over 60 countries around the world.

Reacting to his nomination, Mr Shaw said, 'In a year of extraordinary challenges for businesses across the world, being shortlisted as a finalist for Entrepreneur of the Year®, the world's most prestigious award for entrepreneurs, is particularly humbling and an honour.

'Now is the climate for innovation and entrepreneurialism. For Calysta and companies like us, the opportunities created by The Great Reset to find new solutions to the challenges we face in the months and years ahead will create new markets, new opportunities and new growth.

'Calysta's lead product, FeedKind®, is one of the first commercial scale alternative proteins and is an ideal feed ingredient for fish, livestock and pets. It supports global food security by freeing land and water currently used to grow conventional proteins, helping feed an increasing population in a sustainable way.'

Regional award winners are eligible for consideration for the Entrepreneur Of The Year National Awards, to be announced in November during a virtual awards gala. The Entrepreneur Of The Year National Overall Award winner will then move on to compete for the EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year™ Award in June 2021.

Entrepreneur Of The Year Award winners become lifetime members of a global, multi-industry community of entrepreneurs, with exclusive, ongoing access to the experience, insight and wisdom of program alumni and other ecosystem members in over 60 countries, all supported by vast EY resources.

Visit the Calysta website, HERE.

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Jefo company profile

Jefo is a world leader in the field of non-medicated performance feed additives for the poultry, swine, ruminant and aquaculture sectors. Founded in Canada in 1982, today Jefo has offices on 5 continents, and specialises in the design, manufacturing, warehousing and JIT-distribution of an array of animal nutrition specialty products.
 

Jefo is a pioneer in the green revolution taking place in animal nutrition.

According to their website: "Our commitment is to providing effective alternatives for optimal performances in animal nutrition".

The Europe / Africa division of Jefo was created in 1998 and is headquartered in Nantes, France. We market a line of original products including vitamins, enzymes, organic acids and essential oils.

Visit the website HERE.















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AquaFarm and NovelFarm confirm the dates of the 2021 edition

The dates are confirmed for all operators in the aquaculture supply chain and innovations in the agritech world. AquaFarm and NovelFarm, respectively for their 5th and 3rd editions, will be held from 17-18th February 2021 in Pordenone Fiere, Italy.

"It is important for us to confirm the appointment,' said Renato Pujatti, President of Pordenone Fiere. "A signal of restart that offers the possibility for the two supply chains to continue their work, counting on a consolidated network opportunity."
 

It is precisely on the network, on the collaboration between institutions, research bodies and companies that AquaFarm and NovelFarm work. "We have always worked in synergy with institutions and other associations, including international ones," said Giuseppe Prioli, President of AMA, the mediterranean fish farmers Association, "and this year the network is even more indispensable to be able to get out of the economic crisis together."

"We must be able to deal with, cope with and overcome emergencies of any kind," said Pier Antonio Salvador, President of API - the Italian Aquaculture Association "and ensure that the aquaculture sector is ready, even in the future, to handle crisis situations."

During the conferences and workshops over the two days, there will be ample time given to themes that have proved to be of fundamental importance precisely throughout the lockdown period and beyond. Security, traceability, transformation, distribution and market presentation of products, consumer perception and behaviour, funding and development regulations and funds, technological innovation. These are some of the issues that will be addressed.

Among the novelties of the 5th edition of AquaFarm, there will be a contest for research and technological start-ups: what are the solutions to improve farm productivity? The call for the competition will be launched in September 2020 and will be open to participants from all countries.

NovelFarm has confirmed that for the third year, the Urban Farm Challenge 2021, an international competition for the redesign of abandoned and disused buildings, organised by the Università will take place.

Another important novelty regards algae: a theme that has always met with enormous public success since the first edition and that in 2021 sees the birth of AlgaeFarm a space dedicated to this world, both at the level of conferences and exhibition space.

Visit the Aquafarm 2021 website, HERE.

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Register now for the RAS Virtual Summit 2020

The RAS Virtual Summit is a virtual conference for recirculating aquaculture professionals taking place online on the 16th September 2020.
 

Focus on RAS
The 2020 RAS Virtual summit will deliver executive insights, highlight best practices and provide opportunities to engage with RAS experts through an innovative online platform. Featuring live presentations, Q&A sessions and panel discussions, and a host of on-demand presentations from some of the industry's leading RAS practitioners and experts.

High-quality content
Designed with RAS operators in mind, this Virtual RAS Summit will cover an array of topics covering the RAS value chain: technology and systems design, fish growth and welfare, management and business operations, research. The RAS Virtual Summit provides an opportunity to learn from and engage with some of the best and the brightest minds in the industry.

Register for the RAS Virtual Summit 2020, HERE.

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Alltech company profile

In the 1970s, Alltech’s founder, Dr Pearse Lyons, immigrated to the United States with a dream: to sustain the planet and all things living on it. As an Irish scientist, he saw an opportunity to apply his yeast fermentation expertise to animal nutrition challenges, and his dream became a reality when he founded Alltech in 1980 with just $10,000.

Today, a global team of more than 5,000 people around the world shares this vision of sustaining and nourishing the world’s plants, animals and people.

Alltech deliver on this vision by improving plant, feed and food quality through nutrition and scientific innovation, particularly yeast-based technology. Their team is fully committed to helping plants and animals achieve their full potential while supporting producers in greater efficiency, profitability and sustainability.

Aquaculture
From gut health to mineral absorption, their nutritional technologies help aqua producers overcome challenges to support fish health and profitability. Alltech can help you with:

- Feed efficiency
- Antibiotic-free production
- Food enrichment
- Mycotoxin management
- Gut health management
- Protein management
- Enzyme management
- Mineral management

Alltech’s guiding principle 
In all of these endeavors, they are guided by their ACE principle, their promise that in doing business they have a positive impact on the Animal, Consumer and Environment.

Visit the Alltech website, HERE.

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Researchers successfully replace fish ingredients in farm-raised carnivorous fish

Researchers in Kona, Hawaii, have made a breakthrough in the quest to develop a cost-effective 'fish-free' feed for farm-raised Kampachi, or almaco jack, a carnivorous marine fish prized for its rich, buttery flavour.

The ability to replace fishmeal and fish oil currently used in carnivorous marine fish diets will have important implications for ocean sustainability and meeting the growing demand for seafood around the world.

The trial results are detailed in a technical article in the Global Aquaculture Alliance's Advocate.
 

The Ocean Era mariculture company's facility at the Natural Energy Lab
of Hawaii Authority (NELHA) in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.
Image credit: © Ocean Era, Inc.

 'This is the first time – to our knowledge – that fishmeal and fish oil have been totally eliminated from the diet of a marine carnivorous fish, with no deleterious consequences,' said Neil Anthony Sims, CEO of the Hawaii-based mariculture company, Ocean Era, where the trial was conducted. 'Kampachi are a fast-growing, sashimi-grade fish, so this a significant breakthrough for the sustainability and scalability of marine fish farming.'

Aquaculture, the world's fastest growing food sector, consumes more than 70 percent of the world's fish oil and fishmeal, which are derived from forage fish like sardines, anchovies and menhaden. Roughly 20 percent of the global wild catch, or 18 million tons of fish each year are converted into fishmeal and fish oil for use in animal feed.

During the three-month trial funded by a Saltonstall-Kennedy grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 480 juvenile Kampachi (Seriola rivoliana) were fed one of four diets. Two of the diets contained no fishmeal, and one of these also contained no fish oil. Fishmeal replacement relied primarily on poultry meal, from up-cycled poultry trimmings. Fish oil replacement was achieved using Veramaris® natural marine algal oil, which contains high levels of two critical omega-3 fatty acids, DHA and EPA. A fishmeal and fish oil diet was used as a control, together with an additional commercial control diet. The fish were stocked into sixteen tanks for the comparative grow-out trial.

The fish that were fed the zero fishmeal / zero fish-oil diet performed as well as the fish fed with the fishmeal and fish-oil diet. Performance was evaluated in terms of growth, feed conversion ratio (FCR), fillet yield and survival. FCR is the ratio of the amount of feed it takes to grow one kilogram of fish.

The fish fed the zero fishmeal / zero fish-oil diet also had a more desirable taste compared to the fish fed the commercially available control diet.

'The results clearly show that algal oil can replace fish oil 100 percent without any reduction in growth of this marine fish,' said Rick Barrows, a fish nutrition expert with Aquatic Feed Technologies and co-principal investigator of the study.

The feed formulations used in this trial are available as open source formulae through the F3 Feed Innovation Network (F3 FIN) for anyone working to replace wild-caught fish ingredients in animal feed. F3 FIN encourages sustainable innovations in fish-free aquaculture feed ingredients by sharing experimental protocols, testing facilities and ingredient providers.

Algae oils have been shown to contain twice the amount of EPA and DHA omega-3 fatty acids as fish oil, both of which are important for maintaining fish health and imparting heart and brain health benefits to humans.

'Development of diets that use these upcycled ingredients and microalgal oils is critical to the long-term scalability of marine fish culture, and therefore to our ability to sustainably feed a planet of nine billion people with heart-healthy seafood,' said Mr Sims.

The project, titled 'Developing cost-effective fishmeal-free and fish oil-minimised diets for high market value U.S. marine fish aquaculture,' was funded through NOAA's Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program (NA18NMF4270208). The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service provided feed milling support for the trial. Anthropocene Institute and Ka'upulehu fishponds were collaborating partners on the NOAA grant.

The Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program funds projects that address the needs of fishing communities, optimise economic benefits by building and maintaining sustainable fisheries, and increase other opportunities to keep working waterfronts viable.

Visit the Ocean Era website, HERE.

More information on the study is available on YouTube, HERE.

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FEEDNETICS forecasting tool for aqua feed: Upcoming webinar

Sparos is organising another free webinar on our nutritional tool FEEDNETICS™, this time for the aqua feed sector, on October 1st, 2020. Sparos has been presenting a series of webinars to show a diverse audience how our nutritional tools can help users to predict the effects of nutritional and environmental factors on fish growth, feed conversion, feed costs, body composition, and waste emissions based on a mechanistic simulation model.

FEEDNETICS™ can be used by feed manufacturers for customer support and by the aquafeed industry, including ingredient and additive suppliers, to evaluate formulation performance and diet screening to improve the rationality of feed treatments to be tested in trials. FEEDNETICS™ also enables fish farmers and technical consultants to quantify trends observed on farm and make predictions for different feeding strategies, with the most interesting solutions being tested in the field before implementation.

Find out more HERE.

World Aquaculture 2020 postponed

Despite the improvements to the Covid-19 situation in Singapore some uncertainty still remains in the near term, where large events are concerned.

The primary objective of safeguarding the health and wellbeing of all participants, exhibitors, staff, speakers and third parties is of utmost importance to us.  With this in mind, the organisers have postponed World Aquaculture 2020 until 14-18 June, 2021 in Singapore. It is hoped that this will give more people the opportunity to be part of this conference. The venue will remain the same at Singapore EXPO Convention and Exhibition Centre.
 

There will be a free webinar for WA2020 participants from 14-16 December, 2020 on important aquaculture topics. Details will be posted on the website and WAS social media when they have been confirmed.

If you have previously registered to attend the event, your current registration and exhibition booth will be automatically transferred to the new date. The abstract deadline submission has been extended until 3 February, 2021. 

The organisers have extended their thanks to everyone for their continued support and patience. 

For more information visit the WAS website, HERE.

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AFIA suspends 2020 Feed Facility of the Year program

The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) in partnership with Feedstuffs has announced that it is suspending the annual Feed Facility of the Year program for 2020, citing issues brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. The temporary suspension of the program will allow the AFIA to make important and necessary changes to the program, allowing it to continue being one of the best operational benchmarking programs within the industry.

Gary Huddleston, AFIA's director of feed manufacturing and regulatory affairs, offered the following statement, 'As an essential industry, US animal food manufacturers have been working hard throughout the pandemic to keep their plants operating safely and efficiently so that they can continue delivering livestock feed and pet food to the marketplace, all while adjusting to meet current and changing federal and state health and safety guidance to protect their employees. With current travel restrictions and visitor limitation polices in place, it would be difficult for all facilities that wish to apply to the program to safely be able to participate and for us to be able to score the award appropriately. The AFIA already had plans to make necessary modifications to the program so that the benchmarking data would be more meaningful and attract more participation in the program across the industry, so we will suspend the program this year while working with our members to hear their feedback and return with an even stronger and more effective program in 2021.'
 

The Feed Facility of the Year award recognises overall excellence in feed manufacturing operations, from companies' commitment to safety, quality and regulatory compliance to employee development to overall operating efficiencies. To date, 34 facilities have received this esteemed industry award.

The AFIA has been working with member focus groups on exciting changes for 2021, including making the application process easier and less time-consuming for facility managers, making the benchmarking more meaningful and enhancing the awards portion of the program.

The goals of the updated program are three-fold:
• Provide facility managers with meaningful benchmarking that will facilitate continuous improvement of their operations;
• Recognise facilities that do an outstanding job in their industry category among their peers
• Gather important industry benchmarking data the AFIA can use when working with various government agencies

For more information visit the AFIA website, HERE.

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Soon Strong Machinery Works company profile

Soon Strong Machinery Works Co., Ltd was established in 1978. They manufacture and set up equipment for the terrestrial and aqua feed, mineral, and chemical industries.

Soon Strong is always improving on its offerings, with equipment such as pellet mills, wet expansion machinery, pulverisers,  board dryers, and fluid bed dryers for the animal and aqua feed industries.

Recently they have developed an environmental waste recycling device to satisfy their customer needs. 

Soon Strong consider the production flow processing and planning factory seriously, with low costs and the best benefit to the customer in mind. Soon Strong has developed a good reputation working with companies throughout Taiwan, China, South-East Asia, and India.

Visit the Soon Strong Machinery Works Co website, HERE.

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TSC Silos company profile

As a specialist in the building of square silos TSC Silos supplies an end product that meets the highest quality requirements and is used in a variety of industries

According to TSC Silos, “We use our focus and expertise to design suitable rectangular silo installations of which we are proud. That is all we do: we design, calculate and build silos; day in day out, year in year out. For your benefit.”

The rectangular silo concept is characterised by an optimum storage capacity and flexible layout options. A clever design produces the best possible product discharge with maximum storage capacity.

With a TSC silo you are also investing in a safe, hygienic working environment.

The organisation is 100 percent focused on this silo concept, from sale and design to production and installation.

They are able to handle projects from A to Z: from the steel support structure to the insulating cladding and from functional design up to and including fitting.

At TSC safety is a given. Their well-trained engineers carry out sound calculations for your silo. TSC designs, calculates and manufactures all the silos in accordance with the latest standards (EN 1991, EN 1993 and EN 1090).

TSC Silos are familiar with ATEX, earthquake coefficients, snow loads and the effects of wind. Everything is worked out using advanced computer software down to the smallest detail.

If you so desire, you can have the calculations checked by independent parties; that’s not a problem.

Their experienced installation teams have all the necessary training and are at home on construction sites.

Visit the TSC Silos website, HERE.

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Investing in the Digital Future of Aquaculture: Upcoming Yamaha webinar

This week, Yamaha are excited to bring attendees a webinar all about cutting-edge technology/AI/data and automatisation in the salmon sector, bringing together some of the world-leading companies in their field.

Sustainability has become the core focus of all processes and products. In order to bring their expertise into the aquaculture sector and create a positive impact through the application of their deep technology expertise and portfolio, the Japanese heritage company Yamaha has recently partnered up with HATCH for insights into the aquaculture industry and support in opportunity selection for investment.

Attendees can view the webinar on YouTube.

Read more HERE.

Plant-based seafood firm wins prestigious innovation award

Plant-based seafood product Mind Blown Coconut Shrimp, developed by The Plant Based Seafood Co. has been declared the Most Disruptive Product of 2020 in Prepared Foods' Spirit of Innovation Awards.

The company's Mind Blown Coconut Shrimp is part of a new line of soy-free plant-based seafood products that mimic the look, taste, and performance of real seafood. It has been developed by The Plant Based Seafood Co – an all-female, family-owned firm that brings 20 years' experience of the seafood industry with it.

"To come right out of the gate with 'Editor's Choice/Most Innovative Product of 2020' is a testament to how we plan to be the taste leaders in this space and it really sets the stage of where this brand is headed!" says co-founder and CEO, Monica Talbert. "This is just the beginning of creating great tasting and healthy products, all while having a positive impact on our oceans."

Read more HERE.

Biomin company profile

BIOMIN are dedicated to finding innovative, trend-setting solutions that empower their customers to master existing and future challenges in animal nutrition– the natural way. The application of their scientific know-how and expertise, based on an in-depth understanding of their customer’s needs and concerns, enables them to deliver solutions that support animal health, optimise performance and production efficiency.Research and development is one of the cornerstones of BIOMIN. Their strong in-house research and development, and global cooperation with leading institutions and organisations form the basis by which innovative solutions are developed for their customers.

Through joint projects with renowned universities and research institutes, BIOMIN is constantly in touch with the latest scientific know-how, from which novel feed additives are developed and produced. Their global network of collaborating institutions has grown to over 100.

One of the cornerstones of BIOMIN’s success is the ongoing improvement of their inhouse quality standards. In 1997, BIOMIN introduced the international ISO 9001 standard. The HACCP system, introduced subsequently at BIOMIN’s production sites, provides the quality assurance our customers seek from them. In addition, the feed quality standards QS and GMP+ guarantee the utmost degree of control and quality for their products – from raw material inputs right through to the final product.

Concerns over climate change and the role of greenhouse gases continue to rise. In September 2011, BIOMIN was internationally recognised through the award of ISO 14040 ‘Life Cycle Assessment’ certification. By optimising feed use and improving animal performance, it is possible to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from livestock operations.Through innovative production technologies and advanced, scientific know-how, BIOMIN has pioneered several trend-setting solutions for a range of animal nutrition products, all of which utilise fully natural processes and ingredients.

An in-depth understanding of what the customer’s needs and concerns are has enabled BIOMIN to create and deliver solutions in-line with performance and efficiency goals.

Visit the BIOMIN website, HERE.

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World Aquaculture 2020 update

Despite the improvements to the COVID-19 situation in Singapore, some uncertainty still remains in the near term, where large events are concerned. The primary objective of safeguarding the health and wellbeing of all participants, exhibitors, staff, speakers and third parties is of utmost importance to the World Aquaculture Society (WAS). 

With this in mind, WAS have postponed World Aquaculture 2020 until June 14-18th, 2021, in Singapore. In doing so, WAS hope that this will give more people the opportunity to be part of this conference. The venue will remain the same, the event being held at Singapore EXPO Convention and Exhibition Centre.

WAS will be presenting a free webinar for WA2020 participants during December 14-16th, 2020, on important aquaculture topics. Details will be posted on their official website and social media when they have been confirmed.

Read more HERE.

Liptosa company profile

  

LípidosToledo SA began in 1996 as a family business and under the guidance of a group of professionals with extensive experience in the Animal Nutrition field. 

From the outset, the company's mission has been to provide its clients with personalised service and efficient, natural products that are able to meet the demands of the sector.
In 2000 Lípidos Toledo SA moved its facilities, building a modern manufacturing plant in Talavera de la Reina (Toledo, Spain). In 2012 it acquired a new industrial warehouse in the vicinity of the main facilities where the manufacturing of the powder additives takes place and a third storage warehouse.
With these new facilities Lípidos Toledo SA is able to have separate manufacturing lines for the different products they manufacture, avoiding the risk of cross contamination.
Furthermore, the new facilities enable the company to manufacture products with fishmeal derivatives, allowing the company further expansion, mainly in the aquaculture range.
The facilities allow the manufacture of nutritional products, liquid and powder based phytobiotic additives, nutraceutical products and nutritional and specialty products without any risk of the products becoming cross contaminated.
In 2010, Lípidos Toledo SA acquired a large office space at C/ San Romualdo 12-14 in Madrid, Spain where all logistics work is carried out. This enables Lípidos Toledo SA to fulfil its objective of manufacturing products of the highest quality and providing its clients the best service.

Visit the Liptoaqua website, HERE.


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