Official Newsletter of the Kansas State University International Grains Program

The International Grains Program held

its annual Feed Manufac-turing short course Sept. 28-Oct. 9. Nine par-ticipants, representing the management teams of five companies from Canada, Thailand and the U.S., at-tended the short course.

Participants attended lectures covering topics such as feed manufactur-ing processes, safety and quality assurance, industry outlook, mill design and feed formulations.

This course also gives participants the chance to tour various facilities related to the feed industry. This year’s participants were able to visit the Bunge grain elevator in Emporia, Kan., as well as the Kleinpeter Dairy, the Cal-Main Hatchery and the Land O’Lakes Purina Feed Mill, all in Montpelier, La. The group also visited Bunge’s loading facility in Destrehan, La.

Spike Gordon, course participant and plant manager for Maple Leaf Agri Farms Inc. in Canada, was pleased with the quality of the course.

“This course gave a high-level overview of the feed industry,” he said. “Professors were all well-versed and experienced in their fields.” Gordon went on to say that this course “gave us a great understanding of the feed industry as a whole and that, combined with the knowledge of the industry and expertise the instructors had, was very effective and useful.”

Colleen Christensen, course participant and acting executive director of the Feeds Innova-tion Institute in Canada, appreciated the different perspectives of the feed industry that this short course offered.

“The agricultural engineering point of view of the equipment this course gave me was intriguing,” she said. “It allowed me to learn about different sizes, scales and configurations of equipment, and how you would modify and change the equipment for different feeds.”

The Feed Manufacturing Short Course will be held again in September of 2010.

IGP Hosts Feed Manufacturing Short Course

Jerry Gibson, Bunge, shows course participant Spike Gordon, plant manager for Maple Leaf Agri Farms Inc. of Canada, the Bunge loading facility in Destrehan, La.

October, November, December

2009 Volume 12 • Issue 2

Fiscal Year 2010 2nd quarter

By Megan Brouk, IGP

Upcoming Short Courses

Introduction to Flour Milling January 25-29

Managing Mill Performance February 1-5

Materials HandlingMarch 9-11

Flour Mill Maintenance March 23-25

Grain PurchasingApril 12-23

Extrusion WorkshopAugust 3-6

Risk Management

August 23-27

Feed Manufacturing September 27- October 8

For more information, visit www.grains.ksu.edu/igp

IGP and USGC co-hosted the Nigerian Feed Manufacturing short course Oct. 6-9. Heiko Koster, USGC’s consultant from South Africa, led the group which consisted of nine participants from Nigeria and one from Ghana.

Participants attended lectures on topics ranging from feed manufacturing techniques and processes to nutritional value and feed ration formulations. During the course, participants were also able to tour Tyson’s feed mill in Sedalia, Mo., and the Cargill Nutrena feed mill in Kansas City, Kan., as well as visit the Kansas City Board of Trade.

Oludare Usman Bello, course participant from the Integrated Dairy Farm Ltd. in Nigeria found the course to be very helpful and educational. “This was an eye-opening experience in feed processing,”

he said. “I learned a great deal about the different types of processes that have evolved from feed, feed formulation and combinations. I learned about how important the selection of inputs is in our feed processing and productivity.”

USGC and IGP host Nigerian Feed Manufacturing Course

Official Newsletter of the Kansas State University International Grains Program

USGC Southeast Asia Grain Marketing Short CourseIGP and USGC hosted the USGC Southeast Asia Grain

Purchasing short course Oct. 19-23. Fourteen participants from SE Asia, including Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia, and one from the U.S. attended the short course. The group was led by Shellen Ng, USGC program manager in Malaysia.

During the short course, participants attended lectures, toured the East Kansas Agri-Energy Plant in Garnett, Kan., and went on a farm field trip. Lecture topics included grain grading, U.S. grain production, marketing and export systems, futures, acting on market signals and ocean freight.

Ed B. Hidalgo, course participant and managing director from Feedmate Nutrition, Inc. in the Philippines said, “Because of this course, I can now be analytical in my decisions of when to buy. This course was an excellent opportunity for persons in the purchasing industry to become wiser in their decision-making process,” Hidalgo said.

By Megan Brouk IGP

By Emily Schneider, IGP

Nigerian Feed Manufacturing short course participants observe the extrusion process at the K-State BIVAP facility.

Southeast Asia Grain Marketing short course participants take part in a grain grading exercise in the IGP grain grading laboratory.

U.S. Wheat Associates conducts crop quality seminars for buyers and flour millers around the world each year. These seminars provide the most current data on the quality of the current wheat crop as well as guidance and assistance in purchasing and processing U.S. wheat.

Dr. Rebecca Miller, director of the Kansas Wheat Quality Laboratory, participated in the 2009 Crop Quality Seminars in Central America. Miller presented crop quality data for the 2009 hard red winter and soft red winter wheat classes. She also answered questions related to HRW and SRW wheat and flour quality, baking and other general cereal chemistry issues. Seminars were presented to nine different groups in the countries of the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica and Guatemala.

Miller participates in U.S. Wheat Crop Quality Seminars

Provided by Dr. Rebecca Miller

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IGP and USGC collaborated to hold the USGC Mediterranean DDGS & Sorghum Feed workshop Oct. 28-30. Mustapha El Youssoufi, USGC consultant from Morocco, led the group of six participants who were from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.

During the workshop, participants attended lectures at IGP’s Conference Center on topics ranging from storing sorghum and DDGS to creating livestock feed formulations using sorghum and DDGS. Participants also toured the East Kansas Agri-Energy Ethanol Plant, Countryside Feeds, LLC of Hillsboro, Kan., Heartland Jerseys Inc. and Rokies Holstein Dairy in Seneca, Kan.

Dusti Fritz, the National Sorghum Checkoff ’s western states field services director, said, “This group was exciting because it had many new generation representatives that didn’t know a lot about sorghum, which exemplifies why it is important to facilitate this type of course. It really gives us the opportunity to teach the basics about sorghum, how to use it, and how to buy it.”

“We had all sectors of the animal agricultural industry represented in our curriculum so we could meet the needs of all participants by showing them how sorghum can be used in feed rations for many different types of species,” Fritz said.

USGC Mediterranean DDGS & Sorghum Feed Workshop

Jay O’Neil, IGP senior agricultural economist, traveled to Chicago, Ill. to present to the Iraqi Poultry Producers Association. The IPPA was visiting the United States as part of an U.S. Grains Council team visit. O’Neil presented on the topics of grain contracting and grain markets. Members of the IPPA are pictured to the left with Bill Olthoff on his farm in Illinois.

By Megan Brouk IGP

O’Neil presents to Iraqi Poultry Producers Association

Bennett, Kansas Wheat Commission help to conduct the 2009 State Wheat Show

Wheat show winners are pictured above with Cindy Falk, the nutrition educator for the Kansas Wheat Commission.

Over 90 Kansas 4-H members, siblings, parents, friends and extension staff attended the 2009 Kansas 4-H and FFA State Wheat Show in McPherson, Kan. on Aug. 7. Attendees judged educational classes of wheat, muffins, photographs and weeds. IGP’s Bob Bennett was a member of the event planning team, and the Kansas Wheat Commission was an event sponsor. Congratulations to all the division winners! For more information about the event, contact Deryl Waldren at dwaldren@ksu.edu.

IGP StaffDirk Maier – IGP Director and Grain Science and Industry Department Head

Mark Fowler – Associate Director

John Howard – Administrator

Jay O’Neil – Senior Agricultural Economist

Jeff Wichman – Media Coordinator

Cathy McGlothin – Program Coordinator

Dr. Bob Bennett – Grain Quality Specialist

Dr. Carl Reed – Grain Storage Technologist Emeritus

Dr. Harvey Kiser – Senior Agricultural Economist Emeritus

Emily Schneider – Student Communications Specialist

Megan Brouk, Jace Gibbs, Jeff Kuhlman, Brittany Wands – Student Assistants

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IGP Staff & Faculty Highlight

Staff Member: Jay O’NeilTitle: Senior Agricultural EconomistEducation: Degree in Political Science-International Relations from San Jose

State University, 1973. Experience: O’Neil has 36 years experience in the grain business. He has worked as a grain trader for Continental Grain Company (4 years), the Export Grain Merchandiser/ Director of Overseas Grain Sales for Pillsbury Company (7 years), the Feed Grain Exports Manager for Ferruzzi Group of Ravenna Italy (3 years), and the General Manager of the Merchandising Group and Transportation and Export Divisions for Bartlett Grain Company (17 years). He came to IGP in 2006. IGP Responsibilities: O’Neil organizes and conducts the annual Grain Purchasing and Risk Management short courses as well as other specialized seminars and workshops at IGP and overseas. Most rewarding part of working at IGP: O’Neil enjoys the interaction with world grain buyers and IGP collaborators such as USW, USGC and USSEC. “I get satisfaction out of knowing that our IGP programs are assisting U.S. producers expand markets for their products and at the same time, helping world buyers in their pursuit of U.S. Commodities,” O’Neil said. Other Activities: In addition to his work at IGP, O’Neil is a member of the N.A.E.G.A. Contracts and Arbitration Committee and has been an expert witness and consultant in legal cases involving grain and ocean freight issues. O’Neil also puts together a weekly transportation and export market report that is distributed internationally.

Scott Beutel (24) of Australia visited IGP on Oct. 29 as part of his tour of the world flour milling industry. Beutel was the winner of the Australian Outstanding Young Achiever Award, sponsored by the Australia Technical Millers Association and the Flour Milling Council of Australia. As part of his prize, he received a grant to fund an eight-week tour of the world milling industry. During the tour, Beutel traveled to the United Kingdom, Switzerland (where he did a technical milling class with Buhler, Inc.), Italy and the U.S. He is currently a student at Queensland University of Technology where he is working toward a degree in Business Management. Beutel has worked in the flour milling industry for the past three years for Weston Milling Company.

Australian Scholar Visits IGP

Other IGP NewsOctober6 A delegation from Henan, China, a sister state to Kansas, toured IGP. 6-8 Leland McKinney, feed manufacturing & formulation specialist, hosted an AFIA Feed Manufacturing Regulation & Feed Safety course. 11-13 Praveen Vadlani, biofuel & biomass conversion engineer, presented at the TAPPI Engineering, Pulping & Environmental Conference, Memphis, Tenn.

November2-3 O’Neil spoke to the USGC-Iraq Team in Chicago, Ill. 5-9 O’Neil was a speaker during a Dalian Commodity Exchange conference in Guangzhou, China. 8-11 Dirk Maier, IGP director, attended the 27th Annual Meeting of the Latin American Milling Industry, Buenos Aires, Argentina.8-13 Vadlani presented at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, Nashville, Tenn. 18-21 O’Neil was a speaker and moderator at the USGC barley conference, Dominican Republic.30-3 Vadlani & Ron Madl, BIVAP, presented workshops at a renewable energy conference at the Universidad Tecnologica de Panama (UTP).

December1-4 O’Neil presented at the USGC/KFA customer seminar in South Korea.

The opportunities provided by the International Grains Program are made possible by its world class faculty and staff. Each quarter, this column will feature a different faculty or staff member who helps IGP continue to be a leader in its f ield.

Mark Fowler, IGP associate director, provided a tour of IGP for Scott Beutel.