AIC DISAPPOINTED AGRICULTURE THE ALLTECH ONE IDEAS FORUM
GOES GLOBAL The Alltech ONE Ideas Forum will soon be making stops around the globe, giving more people than ever the opportunity to experience ONE: The Alltech Ideas Conference and to hear from industry experts on trending topics in the agriculture industry. The global forum events will provide a local perspective of Alltech’s acclaimed annual international conference. From advancements in digital technologies to improving efficiency and profitability. Stops for the Alltech Ideas Forum are planned at 15 locations in 13 countries across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and North America. Visit
https://go.alltech.com/one-ideas-
forum for more information on location details and to register.
APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR THE LARGEST UNIVERSITY-LEVEL
AGRISCIENCE COMPETITION Applications are now open for the 2019 Alltech Young Scientist (AYS) competition. Since its inception in 2005, the Alltech Young Scientist has had participation of over 60,000 students from more than 70 countries and has awarded $1 million in prizes. It is considered one of the world’s most prestigious agriscience competitions for university students and has discovered some of the best and brightest upcoming researchers from universities around the world. New for 2019, the AYS competition
is open exclusively to university graduate students (master’s degree and Ph.D.) and professor nominations are no longer required. Entrants will compete first within their home regions of North America, Latin America, Asia- Pacific or Europe/Africa. Then regional winners will then be invited to attend an all-expenses- paid Alltech Young Scientist Discovery Week in Lexington, Kentucky, where they will compete in the global competition during ONE: The Alltech Ideas Conference (ONE19), which will be held May 19–21, 2019. The prizes include USD$10,000 for the global graduate winner. Registration is currently open for the
2019 competition and will close on Jan. 31, 2019. Students may submit scientific papers on topics such as animal health and nutrition, crop science, agriculture analytical methods, food chain safety and traceability, human health and nutrition, and other agriscience- related sectors. Paper submission may be completed online through Jan. 31, 2019, and regional winners will be announced in April 2019. For more information and to register for the Alltech Young Scientist competition, visit
AlltechYoungScientist.com.
BILL LACKS TRADE DETAIL Lack of details on trade and failure to acknowledge food as a ‘public good’ within the Government’s early announcement of its Agriculture Bill are disappointing for the Agricultural Industries Confederation. However, the Confederation welcomes
opportunities on research and development as well as the extended seven year transition period. Responding to the pre-publication
announcements, AIC Chief Executive Robert Sheasby expressed concern on the lack of detail on how trade will operate. “Trade is vital. Whether it is importing farm inputs such as livestock feed and crop protection products, or exporting produce, trade is vital to the whole farm and food supply chains,” says Mr Sheasby. “Today’s news on the shortfall of vets to oversee exports in the event of a no-deal Brexit reflects the need for concern on the UK’s trading ability.” AIC, along with many other bodies
responding to the command paper ‘Health and Harmony’, called for food to be recognised amongst public goods – for which farmers will be rewarded in the future. That this call appears to have been ignored in announcements so far is a disappointment. There are welcome features, in
particular, the much-needed commitment to innovation and R&D. “The supply industry can play an essential part in both developing new techniques and delivering knowledge to farm through professionally-qualified advisers working in agronomy and livestock nutrition,” says Mr Sheasby.
Through the goods and services which
it delivers, the agrisupply industry will have a vital part to play in the development and implementation of Environmental Land Management schemes. However, AIC believes structures will be needed that enable freedom and flexibility to deliver the outcomes to which government aspires. “The farm supply industry is the
foundation of the whole UK farming and food sector. The publication and implementation of this Bill presents a great opportunity for more integration across the supply chain which can deliver benefits for farming, the environment and the UK economy as a whole,” concluded Mr Sheasby.
FORFARMERS COMP L E T ES
ACQUISITION ForFarmers has completed the acquisition of Voeders Algoet in Belgium, which was announced on 12 June 2018. The results of Voeders Algoet are consolidated in the ForFarmers results as 1 October. Voeders Algoet is located in Zulte, close
to the Belgian ForFarmers facilities, and sells on a yearly basis around 150,000 tonnes of compound feed to swine and ruminant farmers.
EVONIK INVESTS IN A SOLUTION TO ONE OF POULTRY FARMING’S
GREATEST ETHICAL PROBLEMS Evonik has invested in the biotechnology start-up In Ovo through its venture capital unit and now holds a minority stake in the company, based in Leiden (the Netherlands). Co-leading this Series A investment is Singapore-based venture capital fund, VisVires New Protein. Along with the participation of Leiden University this brings the total financing round to an investment of several million. In Germany alone, an estimated 40
million day-old male chicks from laying-hen hatcheries are killed annually, and the global figure is thought to be 3.2 billion. Poultry farms don’t rear the male animals because they can neither lay eggs nor put on sufficient flesh for meat production. In Ovo has developed a method for
determining the sex in the egg that is particularly fast and reliable and can be readily integrated into the workflow of large hatcheries. The technology is being combined with a system to process the large number of eggs to be screened. In large hatcheries about 100,000 eggs must be analyzed daily.
PREMIER NUTRITION’S NEW £13.1
MILLION FACTORY Premier Nutrition has invested £13.1million in a new premix production facility at Fradley Park in Staffordshire. The company’s most automated factory to date, it brings the integrity and rigour of the consumer food industry to the animal feed industry. “From the global sourcing of premix ingredients to the despatch of a finished product, Premier Nutrition is committed to being leaders in risk management giving our customers confidence and peace of mind,” says Chris Rackham, General Manager, Premier Nutrition. NIR technology is used to confirm
ingredient identity while Premier Nutrition’s tumble-mix production process provides, it is claimed, greater cross-contamination control than any other available system. Multiple weigh points ensure production is stopped automatically if a discrepancy is detected and the latest barcode technology allows strict monitoring at every stage. The systems and protocols are designed to guarantee the correct ingredient is added in the correct amount with absolute accuracy. The new factory expands the company’s
production capacity by over 50,000 tonnes/ year, adding to existing facilities at the company headquarters in Rugeley. “Fradley Park represents a significant
investment in the future of our business and the industry. The new site gives us the opportunity to embrace the latest in industrial design and take premix manufacture to a new level in response to increasing demands from customers.”
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