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Feed Management Systems introduces feed diet design tool

Feed Management Systems Inc. (FMS) has announced the introduction of Pennent Mill Manager Feed Budgets, a knowledge-based tool that enables feed manufacturers to design and deliver precise diets that optimize an animal group's performance through every growth stage. The tool provides a comprehensive, automated, intelligent software solution that delivers the right feed to the right animal at the right time, according to FMS.

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Peco Foods expands its Newark, Ark., feed mill, poised for growth

Anticipating major growth in the coming years, Tuscaloosa-based poultry producer, Peco Foods, invests $14 million in the expansion of its Newark, AR, feed mill. The facility upgrades during this renovation include a new pellet line, improved grain receiving and an additional 2 million bushels of storage.

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Five benefits of weight loss micro ingredient systems

Micro ingredient systems are split into two categories based on functionality: weight loss and weight gain systems. Traditional weight gain systems continue to be popular due to their price point; however, feed mills focused on traceability, accuracy and batching speed invest in weight loss units. This article explores the benefits of using weight loss systems in feed production.

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AFIA partners with IFEEDER to transfer scholarship fund

Members of the AmericanFeed Industry Association’s (AFIA) Equipment Manufacturers Council (EMC) ScholarshipFund announced the donation of $78,000 to IFEEDER, a non-profit organization dedicated to sustaining the future offood and feed production through education and research. Theannouncement was made at the 2013 edition of the EMC Conference, held in AmeliaIsland, Fla.

Animal Feed Regulations & Safety

Creating a safety state of mind in your feed mill

Feed mills with top safety records — in terms of both employee safety and feed quality — say it starts with a clear commitment from management. In other words, you have to walk the walk and talk the talk. In this article representatives from Southern States Cooperative, Hi-Pro Feeds and Wenger Feeds offer their advice for gaining employee buy-in.

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Interstate Commodities acquires Cargill Nebraska grain elevator

Interstate Commodities Inc., an agribusiness company that has an office in Omaha, Neb., has purchased Cargill's grain elevator in Lincoln at 3001 Cornhusker Highway. Terms were not disclosed.

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Survey finds dry UK harvest delivering good quality

Dry conditions at harvest have resulted in some of the highest Hagbergs recorded in the past few years in the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board/Home Grown Cereals Authority (AHDB/HGCA) Cereal Quality Survey estimates released September 9.Overall, Great Britain wheat quality analyzed so far by AHDB/HGCA, from 17,720 samples collected up to August 30, shows large improvements on the 2012 crop, with average Hagbergs of 334 seconds and an average specific weight of 77.8 kilograms per hectoliter.

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Cargill sells feed mill in Pennsylvania to Risser Grain

Cargill on August 30 closed on the sale of its feed mill and grain elevator in Martinsburg, Pa., to Holtwood, Pa.-based Risser Grain LLC. Under the terms of the agreement, Risser Grain is acquiring the property and assets such as machinery and equipment.

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Registration for feed manufacturing course available

Kansas State University's International Grains Program offers its feed manufacturing course to individuals in the feed industry. The course is targeted for maintenance personnel and managers of livestock, poultry, swine and agriculture facilities, as well as mill owners, managers, supervisors, merchandisers and equipment manufacturers.

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US Grains Council elects Iowa corn, soybean producer as chairman

Julius Schaaf was elected chairman of the U.S. Grains Council during the council's 53rd annual board of delegates meeting in Ottawa, Canada, and elected a new slate for its board of directors.Schaaf is a fifth generation farmer from Randolph, Iowa, with more than 33 years of experience in production agriculture. He farms a corn, soybean rotation.

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Survey finds decrease in UK cereals, oilseed harvest area

The total cereals and oilseeds harvest area in Great Britain fell to 3.68 million acres, a 4 percent decrease from 2012, according to the 2013 Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board/Home Grown Cereals Authority Planting and Variety Survey published July 22. The survey is based on responses from 3,473 growers for May, June and July 2013.

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Morocco lifts restrictions on feed wheat imports

British Cereal Exports, the export hand of the United Kingdom's Home Grown Cereal Authority, has been working with Moroccan government officials to lift its restrictions on feed wheat imports, opening up a new potential market worth an estimated UK$9.6 million a year. The decision comes as the Moroccan Ministry of Agriculture and the state buying agency ONICL have confirmed that the restrictions on feed wheat imports have been lifted, allowing imports to meet compounders' annual demand of 60,000 tons.

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