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Corn futures continue drop on US planting outlook

Corn futures dropped for an eighth session, reaching their lowest price since October 2010, as mild weather improved prospects for a record crop in the U.S., according to reports. Farmers seeded 97.4 million acres of corn as of June 28, said the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the most since 1936, and exceeded the 95.431 million that analysts expected in a Bloomberg survey.

Larson Electronics EPL-48-216 Explosion Proof Light Fixture

Larson Electronics/Magnalight

The Larson Electronics EPL-48-216 Explosion Proof Light Fixture features four high output fluorescent lamps producing 20,000 lumens with a 20,000 hour operational light. The low profile housing is constructed of light-weight, durable, copper-free aluminum and the lamp assembles with screw on end cap for easy servicing.

Feed Mill Management

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.

Formulation and Process Control

Saintbond lifting and measuring equipment

Saintbond designs and manufactures lifting and measurement equipment. Products available include load link cells, dynamometers, load shackles, crane scales, center of gravity and data logging systems.

Mouvex A Series Eccentric Disc Pumps

The Mouvex A Series Eccentric Disc Pumps are designed to safely transfer viscous, non-lubricating, volatile or delicate fluids. With a maximum pressure of 145 pounds per square inch, the pumps are available in cast iron or ductile instruction and can be installed with standardized or Mouvex-brand mechanical seals.

Corn replacing feed wheat in East Asia

Black Sea origin corn is selling at a discount of $23 per metric ton to feed wheat in East Asia, prompting buyers to substitute wheat with corn, according to trading executives and feedmillers. The upcoming corn harvest in Brazil, the recently completed corn plantings in the U.S. and rising corn production in Ukraine are all expected to push up global corn production to a record high and drag down prices, they said.

Feed Mill Management

InVivo Animal Nutrition inaugurates Indonesia feed mill

France-based InVivo Animal Nutrition & Health, a global producer of compound feed, premixes and feed additives, as well as a provider of lab analysis services, inaugurated its newest feed mill in Indonesia on June 20. The $15-million, 125,000-metric-ton feed mill is the group's fifth to open in the first half of 2013, according to the company, joining two compound feed plants in Brazil, one pet food plant in Mexico and one compound feed plant in Vietnam.

Concetti Starpack bagging machine

The Concetti Starpack bagging machine handles up to 1,600 bags per hour with 25-50 kilogram bags and a choice of closure systems. Capable of handling woven-PP, paper and plastic bags, the machine can change bag format with a touch of a bottom.

Storing higher levels of corn can pay off in long run

The drought-free period from 1988 to 2012 was good for the poultry industry because there were healthy harvests of feed corn. But it also had its consequences, Poultry Perspective economist Paul Aho said June 24 at the USPOULTRY Financial Management Seminar.

Southworth PalletPal Roll-In Level Loader

Southworth Products Corp.

The Southworth PalletPal Roll-In Level Loader allows the forks of an ordinary hand pallet to roll into the manual palletizer. The loader has a low-profile, open-ended platform that accommodates any open-bottom pallet or skid.

Novus International president, CEO named IFAMA board president

The International Food and Agribusiness Management Association (IFAMA) has announced Novus International President and CEO Thad Simons will be the new president of the organization's board of directors. IFAMA is an agribusiness nonprofit that brings together experts from all sectors of food production and consumption to improve the industry.

Nutreco acquires Ecuador shrimp, fish feed supplier

Nutreco has successfully completed its acquisition of 75 percent of the shares in Gisis S.A., the shrimp and fish feed subsidiary of the Expalsa group. The transaction has received unconditional clearance by the Ecuadorian competition authority, and takes Nutreco into the global top three shrimp feed suppliers.

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