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FEFAC WELCOMES INITIATIVE TO LAUNCH EUROPEAN PROTEIN


PLAN FEFAC welcomed the announcement by European Commissioner for Agriculture & Rural Development Phil Hogan to launch a market report and the stakeholder survey linked to the European Protein Plan, first announced at the XXVIII FEFAC Congress in Cordoba in June 2017. The European compound feed industry


represents the largest user of plant proteins grown in Europe and imported from third countries. FEFAC members look forward to providing their animal nutrition expertise and economic impact assessment throughout the survey period and during the planned thematic DG AGRI workshops. FEFAC members will highlight the need


for consistency across different EU policies which directly and indirectly affect the EU protein supply, including the CAP “post 2020” framework, the current review of the EU policy on renewable energies (RED II), the Circular Economy package & EU Resource Efficiency agenda 2030. FEFAC stresses the need to focus on


the competitiveness of home grown plant protein sources in the market study, noting the importance of EU cereal and oilseeds production as the key source of vegetable proteins in EU feed use as highlighted in the new EU protein balance sheet. The nutritional expertise provided by the feed industry allows them to make the most resource efficient use of available protein sources responding to the physiological requirements of the EU farm animal population, minimizing nutrient losses. This has led to a decrease of crude protein levels on monogastric feed by app. 3% over the past two decades (to an average of 15.5% in pig finisher diets), by improving the digestibility and quality of plant protein sources. FEFAC considers additional research


efforts are needed to raise both yields and protein quality of EU plant protein sources (amino-acid profile and antinutritional factors), including oilseeds. European research programmes are crucial to increase the efficiency of protein production and consumption by farm animals (digestibility). At the same time, FEFAC reminds all


stakeholders on the need to set realistic targets for EU plant protein production as the EU will not become self-sufficient for its needs in proteinrich feed materials on the short or medium-term. In the interest of the sustainable development of European livestock farming, a comprehensive responsible protein supply chain framework needs to be developed to ensure that both imported protein-rich feed materials (mainly soybean meal) and


home grown protein sources are produced responsibly, meeting GAP, environmental and social standards. The FEFAC soy sourcing guidelines launched in 2015 in partnership with ITC, provide an independent benchmark system for famer-owned and other supply chain partner programmes for the production and distribution of responsibly produced soy products.


EUROPE RAW MATERIAL CROP


REPORT 2017 Evonik’s ‘Europe Raw Material Crop Report 2017’, provides the Animal Nutrition industry with the essential feed ingredients data it needs from 2017’s European harvest. Using analyses from 5,725 samples of common European crop varieties collected from across 16 countries, the compilation contains the key data on crops from right across the continent. In this latest edition, information about the harvest reports from the two Nordic countries of Sweden and Finland has been included for the first time. “For composing a well-balanced feed it


is crucial to know the exact protein content of every single raw material”, says Dr. Emmanuel Auer, head of Animal Nutrition Business Line of Evonik. “As these protein contents can vary wildly from year-to-year, especially on a more localized, regional basis, our annual reports help provide the industry with this valuable insight and data”. Copies of the latest report are now available from local Evonik sales teams.


MOLE VALLEY FARMERS REPORT POSITIVE TRADING YEAR IN


COMPLEX ENVIRONMENT Mole Valley Farmers reports another positive and progressive trading year, despite a very complex trading environment, with revenues growing by 9% to £464 million for the year ending 30th


September 2017. Both core sectors of the business -


agriculture and rural retailing - contributed above plan, with combined feed volumes growing by 9%. Retail store revenues increased to £211 million, a like-for-like increase of 4.3%, with several store locations reporting double digit growth. Operating profit - including joint ventures


in the year - totalled £2.4 million. This is a 33% increase compared to £1.8 million in the previous year. However, total net profit decreased to £1.4 million, primarily due to losses on the disposal of fixed assets and a self-imposed capping of gross margins across the feed business, combined with some one- off costs. The balance sheet remains strong with


net assets increasing £1.0m in the year. Investments in fixed assets exceeded £4.4m in the year. This included the acquisition of Gwinear Farmers in Cornwall, and TCS Country Supplies in Gloucestershire, with further investment in intangible assets totalling £1.8m. EBITDA remained at £8.0 million.


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RESEARCH REVEALS POTENTIAL IN INCREASING PRODUCTION, VALUE AND SUSTAINABILITY IN


THE SALMON INDUSTRY By-products in Scottish salmon farming are generally well utilised, but total by-product value output could be improved by 803% (£23.7 million), based on 2015 figures, adding 5.5% value to the salmon industry. Researchers from the University of Stirling and University of Massachusetts at Boston have recently published research which investigated how value could be added to aquaculture through better utilisation of by- products, by maximising edible yields and better separation at the processing stage. The terrestrial livestock processing


industry has long been able to separate by-products to maximise value and efficient utilisation, and this research sought to identify the best markets for salmon processing by-products in the same way. For finfish, by- products typically include trimmings, skins, heads, frames (bones with attached flesh), viscera (guts) and blood. Far from being ‘waste’, marine by-products are a potentially important resource, being known to contain valuable nutrients such as minerals, vitamins, protein and lipid fractions (especially important long chain omega-3 fatty acids) which can support further processing into a range of products and markets. By exploiting all high value by-product


types (heads, frames, trimmings and belly flaps) for existing domestic and export food markets, the authors demonstrated the potential for a total increase of 803% (£23.7 million) in the total by-product value output for 2015 adding 5.5% value to the salmon industry. By directing 77% of the annual whole fish production towards human consumption, combining primary products (54% yield) with the maximum potential by-product food yield (~ 23%). This results in 132,171 tonnes of food. The remaining by-products, minus blood water (4.3%), are then utilised in the important production of fishmeal and fish oil, and subsequently used in aquafeed for farm raised marine species. In this example, accounting for that material in feed for European seabass and gilthead seabream, would result in 148,691 tonnes of total edible yield compared to the original production of 92,081 tonnes of salmon. The authors also commented on how


current Fish in: Fish out (FI:FO) models do not adequately take into account how finfish are utilised and therefore the efficiency of marine ingredients utilisation in aquafeeds. IFFO’s Dr Neil Auchterlonie noted that “current research highlights that FI:FO calculations tend to be simplistic, nether taking into account the nutritional contributions from fishmeal and fish oil beyond protein and energy, nor do they account for the end product other than the edible portion. FIFO ratios have therefore tended to underestimate the contributions from fishmeal and fish oil.”


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