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Perstorp Ulf Berghult has been ap- pointed as CFO at Perstorp Holding AB. Ulf is a senior executive with a very solid background; most recently he has been CFO at Trelle- borg, a position he has held since 2012. Previous experi- ence includes similar positions at companies such as Thule Group, Dometic and Oriflame.


Cargill Cargill has appointed two new ruminant technical sales managers in its UK team. Alex Goldthorpe be- came responsible for tech- nical sales support for Car- gill customers in the east of England, from Northumber- land to Kent. Also new to the team is Helen Rogers who is providing technical sales support to Cargill’s key customers in the Midlands, south west England and Wales.


BEWITAL agri With the construction of a new Innovation Center, the Re- search and Product Development department has been expanded to include Dr Ralph Schemmer. With a PhD in agricultural engineering, Dr Ralph Schemmer will mainly be involved in the further development of the product fields for monogastrics. Also new to the team is Hans-Bernd von Hebel. He sup- ports the international sales team of BEWITAL agri as key account manager. He will take care of the Baltic States, Finland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, France, Spain and Portugal.


Wageningen UR The Executive Board of Wa- geningen University & Re- search (WUR) has appoint- ed Professor Bas Rodenburg. The chair, which was recently estab- lished, is funded by Utrecht University, where Bas is a professor of Animal Welfare. The appointment is for one day per week. The Board also appointed Dr Jeroen Dijkman as managing director of the Animal Sciences Group. This appointment comes into effect on 1 September.


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UK alliance to start maize mapping in Afghanistan


In cooperation with the University of Surrey, Surrey-based Alcis, a Geo- graphic Information Services (GIS) company, has signed up to join the national Sprint business support pro- gramme for maize mapping and sus- tainable water use in the country. The project will develop a method for mapping maize crops in Afghanistan in relation to past crop cycles, without the need for ground truth data, using ESA’s Sentinel 1 and 2 imagery, and knowledge of the nature of maize growth and climate variables. It will also develop a new spatial product, derived from globally available Earth Observation data, that will examine


climate change impacts on water re- sources in Afghanistan, the water con- sumed by changing agricultural prac- tices and the sustainability of this consumption in the context of climate change. Using remotely sensed satel- lite data, the project will develop sig- natures for the maize crop based on its phenology and local meteorologi- cal measurements. These signatures will be used to identify this crop at scale across the north of Afghanistan. Following successful trials, the project will then seek to develop this data across the entire country. The project will be funded by a grant from the £4.8 million Sprint programme.


Supplementation of wheat bran in broilers can enhance growth performance. Supplementing fermented wheat bran


A study in Taiwan concluded that sup- plementing fermented wheat bran for broiler chickens can potentially enhance growth performance by im- proving intestinal microflora and in- flammation status. Wheat bran’s high lignocellulosic content (44%) and low nutrition value (approx. 1,300 kcal/kg) makes it unsuitable for monogastric animals. In the study a total of 400 male Ross 308 broilers were as- signed to fivegroups. The control group was fed a corn-soybean diet, while the other four groups were fed the same


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diet supplemented with 5% wheat bran, 10% wheat bran, 5% fermented wheat bran, and 10% fermented wheat bran, respectively. The results showed that the broilers that were fed a 5% fer- mented wheat bran diet had signifi- cantly higher body weight from day 22 to day 35. Better feed conversion ratio (P < 0.05) of birds fed fermented wheat bran was observed in both the finisher phase and the overall experimental pe- riod. The birds in these groups also had significantly lower coliform counts in the ileum.


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