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                                        Every issue GFMT’s market analyst John Buckley reviews                                                                               with 15 passages in South Germany
                                      world trading conditions which are impacting the full range of
                                    commodities used in food and feed production. His observations
                                                   will influence your decision-making.
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                            Trade pins hopes on 2011
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      US maize prices
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rose to their highest                                                                                                                      Flour Mills · Rebolting · Corn & Rice Milling


      level since June           crop rebound                                                                                              Starch & Protein · Petfood · Pellets · Biofuels

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    March as traders                     ERVOUS grain and oilseed markets          blending, suggest the bullish impact of this factor     An der Kapelle 27
                                         rose above last year’s summer highs       may have been somewhat over-played. Ongoing             32479 Hille · Germany
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 continued to factor                     to near three-year peaks toward the       competition on world expor t markets from               Fax +49 (0)5703-52029-29
                                         end of first quarter 2010 – though        Canada and Europe too, despite smaller and lower        Ruetermaschinen@t-online.de
  in forecasts of the      wheat and soya prices are backtracking steeply          quality 2010 crops respectively - plus a larger than    cross-yoke-plansifter.com                       MASCHINEN
                           as we go to press.                                      expected Argentine crop - have also stopped the
 lowest US seasonal            Wheat and maize initially took turns to lead        bulls running away with the wheat market entirely.
                           renewed market strength as traders continued               Yet the year ahead is full of uncertainties. While
     ending stocks in      to fret over the adequacy of projected 2011             the latest International Grains Council report is
                           crops while a resurgent energy sector suggested         chalking in a possible 24.5m tonne recovery in
   15-years. The US        competition for grains would remain strong              wheat output, a Canadian Wheat Board official
                           between food, feed and fuel users. ‘Panic’ buying       recently suggested the gain might be closer to 6m
    stock is the main      of various foodstuffs, especially staples like wheat,   tonnes (albeit within a broad 635/675m range
                           sugar and rice, by Arab governments facing political    that would allow for 12.5m less as well as 24.5m
  factor in declining      upheavals gave markets a strong ‘demand-led’ feel       more grain than last year, depending on weather
                           at times. However, the turmoil across the Middle        and other factors).
world inventories as       East and North Africa appeared to be a double-             The CWB also expects a minimal rise in this
                           edged sword for speculative buyers in grain futures     year’s Canadian crop although the more important
this season’s global       markets, encouraging them with steep gains in           issue here is whether, within the total, Canada
                           crude oil and gold prices but also raising fears that   can produce a more normal proportion of milling
 consumption of the        rising energy costs would send the global economic      wheat after two years of weather hindrance on
                           recovery into reverse with all the implications for     that front. Prayers for that outcome must be even
    grain runs about       slower commodity demand.                                more fervent in Australia, where officials recently
                              On the supply side, big question marks               suggested their next crop (harvested late 2011/
 22.5m tonnes over         continue to overhang US
                           and Russian winter wheat
             production.   prospects following their
                           poor star t amid autumn
                           droughts and, in parts of
                           the US Plains, persistent
                           dryness problems. Australia
                           continues to count the
                           cost of the devastating
                           Queensland floods although
                           its continuing role in world
                           food wheat export trade
                           and its overseas milling
                           customers’ ability to work
                           round some of its quality
                           problems with creative




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to be tight at        Whatever maize crop the US does achieve
                                                                                   the close of       in 2011, it will start with extremely low stocks.
                                                                                   2010/11 at end-    Until there is evidence of these being rebuilt,
                                                                                   June. However,     prices could stay firm in this sector, keeping
                                                                                   the squeeze        other grain and oilseed markets up. The US
                                                                                   on supplies of     will also need a timely harvest as supplies                       Inline Moisture Determination
                                                                                   higher grade       dwindle from July into August.                                    Döscher & Döscher supplies specialized solutions for an
                                                                                   milling wheats        Oilmeal costs have also risen in the last                      accurate and reliable moisture and density determination in
                                                                                   continues to       month or two, propelled by extremely strong                       the production process.
                                                                                   tighten, leading   Chinese demand for US soyabeans, eating                           Our technology based on the
                                                                                   to some very       too quickly into the latter’s total supply and                    2-Parameter-Resonance-Technology,
                                                                                   wide pr ice        threatening a possible severe end-season stock                    this makes it possible to control
early 2012) might decline from this year’s very    premiums in recent weeks. North American           squeeze. US traders have also been fretting                       density and color independent of
high level. With a return to normal weather,       hard spring wheat export prices, for example,      about fairly conservative figures being touted                    the moisture in your products.
Australia could still produce millions of tonnes   were recently quoted at their dearest levels       for this spring;s US soyabean planted acreage –
more high quality milling wheat next season        since June 2008. This is obviously focusing keen   just enough, maybe, to meet demand if perfect                     Following Moisture Measuring
than this. Along with bigger expected bigger       market interest on how much hard wheat             weather delivers good yields. Demanding                           Systems can be used in the feed
Indian and Ukrainian crops, not to mention         will be sown on that Continent this spring –       some price-restraint, though Latin American                       production:
still large world carryover stocks from this
season (especially within the main supplying
                                                   and early portents are less than encouraging.
                                                   Despite high prices, US spring wheat area may
                                                                                                      soyabean crops are turning out far bigger than
                                                                                                      expected. That should relieve pressure on the                     •   MoistureScan - Continuous control of the moisture
country, the USA), this suggests a less bullish    decline as other crops offer better returns.       US in the months ahead, possible leading to                           content in process
wheat market later in 2011/12.                     Canada, meanwhile, could see interruptions
                                                            to its mainly spring sown wheat crop
                                                                                                      some cancelled US export business. The South
                                                                                                      Americans may also sow bigger crops again
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                                                            from latter March onward (possible        in supplies of the other leading traded oilseeds
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                                                            unreliable).                              the oilmeal sector.
                                                               On the other hand, European
                                                            plantings are up – perhaps not quite
                                                            as much as earlier hoped but, with
                                                                                                      Main commodity highlights
                                                            decent summer weather and normal          since our last review                               Doescher_90x132mm.indd 1                                             29/03/2011 16:07

                                                            yields and quality (especially in the
                                                            top quality producer Germany) things      Wheat up – then down
                                                            could loosen up enough here by the           A glance at our wheat char ts below
   On the demand side for wheat, a possible fly    autumn in terms of volume and quality to ease      shows prices for the leading indicators have
in the ointment of potentially looser supply is    milling wheat premiums a little. The question      recently been at their most expensive since
potential for stronger feed use. Consumption       remains, though, what will wheat be worth on       the summer of 2008. As noted above, the
by this sector is expected to rise by several      world markets early in the new season. Will        factors behind the latest increases include
million tonnes globally this year to its highest   persistent high world prices drag too much EU      ongoing weather uncertainties in the US and
level since the early 1990’s as meat producers     wheat overseas, as has arguably happened this      Russia, Australia’s flooding/quality problems,
seek alternatives to tight and expensive maize     season? Wheat will also have to follow maize       strong demand from the Middle East and a
and barley. A currently forecast 5% rise in        prices, both in terms of the contest for spring    fair dash of speculative support (fund buying)
world wheat feeding to 123m tonnes will be         acres and as a competing feedgrain.                each time the market gets a piece of bullish
spread mainly over Australia, Canada, the             Maize markets grew jittery again in the         news. One of the big differences between
USA, China and the former Soviet Union,            past month despite early USDA forecasts            now and 2008, as pointed out in this column
offset by a drop in the EU.                        of a possible 4.2m acre rise in US plantings.      previously, is that world stocks were much
   While wheat has remain expensive in             Some traders believe that is unlikely, given the   lower then – both in absolute terms and in
recent months, the price has recently come         demand for acres from all crops – although         relation to consumption. This season’s ending
well off its highs – dropping at one stage by      maize prices are certainly attractive to US        stocks (in July) are in fact projected more than
almost 20% from the February peaks. Maize          farmers. Then there is the question of yields.     50m or about 42% higher than those held
on the other hand, has risen sharply in value,     Last year – with supposedly optimum and            at the end of 2007/08, when wheat prices
narrowing the price spread between the two         trouble-free growing conditions, the US crop       last boomed. There is still a lot of grain in the
grains to its smallest in many years. This is      raced to completion and ended up with rather       main exporting country, the USA, especially
influencing importers’ grain buying decisions,     disappointing yields whereas in 2009, a delayed    - even before the next crop comes along. US
especially in Asia, where feed wheat purchases     start and long cool development period saw         planted area is expected to be up by about
have recently risen strongly. China has been a     productivity soar (even with a wet harvest that    6% but with drought stressing the hard red
notable buyer, taking advantage of the large       ran beyond the year’s end – though this did        winter crop since it was sown – and spring
proportion of this year’s weather-damaged          affect quality in many areas). If all went well    wheat area possibly declining too – some
Australian milling wheat supply downgraded         this year, current planting forecasts suggest      USDA economists believe production could
to feed.                                           the US could produce as much as 250/255 m          still drop by 3.5m tonnes to about 56.5m.
   Even with this extra global demand for          tonnes, according to some observers - or 20m       Even then, supply including carryover stocks
wheat in feeds, supplies are not expected          to 30m less if weather misbehaves, say others.     would still be comfortable. US wheat markets


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continue to price in a ‘risk premium’ until more     world wheat pricing. Currently it is sitting on       time to salvage a reasonable US crop?
is known about coming US and world crops.            massive stocks and it expects another huge,         • US planting competition – will other crops
In February the markets experienced a flurry         possibly record crop this year. Exports – of          take hard spring wheat acres?
of buying amid talk of a major drought loss          several million tonnes – would make sense           • European and Canadian crops – will summer
to crops in China – the world’s largest wheat        to protect domestic growers’ incomes and              weather live up to that description this year,
producer and consumer but that appears to            keep them enthused but, like neighbouring             enabling more high-protein, higher quality
have blown over after recent rain and snow           Pakistan (also in surplus) and many other             milling wheat production?
shrunk the drought area markedly. However,           developing countries, India is anxious about        • ‘Black Sea’ crops – what sort of crop/export
Australia does not seem to have done as              food price inflation – both home-produced,            comeback will Russia, other CIS suppliers
badly as feared after the Queensland floods          through economic growth, and imported                 make?
and remains a fairly keen competitor for             from the volatile world market for food             • Will US maize output increase much – taking
                                                                   commodities. But while exports          pressure off wheat as a feed source?
                                                                   from the Indian subcontinent
                                                                   could remain restricted, they
                                                                   remain a possibility – especially
                                                                                                         Coarse grains – limited maize
                                                                   if world prices start to retreat      relief next year?
                                                                   more seriously, and this golden
                                                                   opportunity to earn good export          US maize prices rose to their highest level
                                                                   revenue seems to slip away.           since June 2008 in early March as traders
                                                                      The International Grains           continued to factor in forecasts of the lowest
                                                                   Council recently forecast world       US seasonal ending stocks in 15-years. The
                                                                   wheat sowings would increase          US stock is the main factor in declining world
                                                                   this year by 3.4% - up nearly 8%      inventories as this season’s global consumption
international milling wheat import tenders.          in the CIS, countries, just 1.2% in Europe and      of the grain runs about 22.5m tonnes over
Canada has also figured from time to time            South America, 9.6% in Canada and 4.4% in           production.
in milling wheat deals despite its lower             Australia. On trend yields it extrapolates a           What the US sows and grows this year will
quality 2010 crop which buyers like Japan are        possible crop of 672m tonnes versus last year’s     be the main factor in any recovery in world
reportedly managing to accommodate by                647.5m. Even if consumption stayed around           supplies. The most recent outlook from the
relaxing blending specifications somewhat.           this season’s unusually high level, that would      USDA suggests its own farmers will put in
Russia, of course, is still out of the world wheat   still add to stocks.                                92m acres – 3.8m more than last year though
market and its officials recently backtracked on        A recent forecast from a Canadian Wheat          some traders think this a bit optimistic,
hints that their export ban might end in July        Board Official was more guarded, however,           others believe it is ‘do-able’ given the current
                                                               putting production in a possible range    extremely high price of corn and some spare
                                                               of 635/672m tonnes with a likely figure   fallow acres coming into the total farmland
                                                               of just 653.5m. With consumption          pot. Depending on whether yields are above,
                                                               seen in a range of 655/675m but a         below or average, the next US crop could
                                                               median figure of 660m, this veers on      be anywhere from 310 to 350m tonnes. The
                                                               the side of further stock drawdown, if    top end would add a few million tonnes to
                                                               not ruling out a looser scenario.         stocks, taking some of the upward pressure
                                                                  Clearly, until more hard information   off prices. Early long-range weather forecasts
                                                               comes to hand about condition of          have raised the odds somewhat on a wetter
                                                               2011 crops and weather over the           spring, possibly running into early summer. This
                                                               next six months, wheat prices could       cuts both ways. On the one hand, it could trim
                                                               well stay volatile. With the spread       corn planting plans, turning acres over to soya,
                                                               against maize now so narrow, they will    which can be planted later. On the other hand,
when the next crop comes in. This may be an          also have to follow the latter market closely,      it sets the crop up with plenty of moisture
indicator that things aren’t going so well there     regardless of improving wheat supply.               and, given a long cool growing season, this can
crop-condition-wise – or it may simply point            The descent in world prices has had a            actually benefit productivity – as we saw in
to the authorities trying to keep prices under       marked impact on EU wheat costs. This has           2009, when these a wet start put the market
control on a tight and still frisky domestic         been well reflected in the Paris milling wheat      on red alert, only to see the crop finish with
breadwheat market. It would not be a big             futures market where nearby delivery has            record yields and output.
surprise if this year’s crop does manage some        fallen to just �234/tonne after hitting a low          Elsewhere in the maize supplying world,
sort of rebound, enough to resume exports            of �227.75. In February, the price was 15%          supplies have been kept up by good
later this summer, albeit on a smaller scale than    higher at �281 and some dealers spoke of it         harvests for the second year running in Latin
normal. Ukraine and Kazakhstan meanwhile             challenging the record 2008 high of �295, even      America and Ukraine. Exports have also
remain sellers on a small scale and if their crops   �300/tonne. LIFFE feed wheat futures have           been supplemented by a much larger India
go well, they could step up exports in 2011/12.      seen a smaller drop, easing about 12% from          crop. Along with the surplus of feedwheat
Yet while some sort of reprise might be sen          £210 to under £185/tonne.                           this season – and a decline in global import
for the ‘Black Sea’ exporters as a whole, it                                                             demand for maize – these contributions are
seems unlikely that these will perform their
role of recent past years in pulling the world
                                                     KEY FACTORS IN THE MONTHS                           helping to keep maize prices under control
                                                                                                         while awaiting the next US crop.
price of lower/middling grade breadwheats            AHEAD                                                  As we go to press, the maize market, like
down levels that buyers had become                                                                       wheat, has backtracked from its February
accustomed to. India is another wild card in         • US weather – will Plains drought break in         highs by about 8.5% - if still a staggering 85%


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                                                                                                                                                             far better protection of the precious commodi-                  coordination of different disciplines
                                                                                                                                                             ties as compared with a single skin round silo.                 are immediately noticed.
                                                                                                                                                             Because of the two layers of air (between clad-                    For example, a conflict between
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Actual project:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 New bulk station at ATR – Husum (Germany)
                                                                                                                                                             ding and panel and inside the bin panel) there is               the supporting structure of the build-
dearer than at this time last year. The main     • Can China continue self-sufficient in maize       is still growing rapidly and expected to                                                                                                                                        Arp, Thordsen, Rautenberg GmbH & Co
                                                                                                                                                             no condensation, which can perish the products.                 ing and the silo techniques is directly
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 KG - ATR for short - with about 650 employ-
factor has been growing unease over the            or will it need to import from the west?          continue on its upward trajectory. The                      Moreover, the bin top that neatly seals                                                                    … where quality is measured.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 ees from out of five production facilities, pro-
impact of high energy costs on the global                                                            USDA expects it to raise demand for soya                the silos prevents contamination and enables
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 vides and advises 15,000 farmers, grain dealers
economy, slowing demand for higher
value foods, including meat, with a knock
                                                 Oilmeals – supply boost from                        meal alone by over 7m tonnes – almost 20%
                                                                                                     - in the current season ending September
                                                                                                                                                             easy passage.
                                                                                                                                                                 SCE modular silos can be used for stor-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 and corn mills in Denmark, Schleswig-Holstein
on effect on consumption of feedstuffs.          Bumper Latam soya crops                             30. World total demand for soyameal is                  ing a variety of products like flour, grain,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as well
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 as northern Lower Saxony, Brandenburg and
However, a more potent factor may be                                                                 seen growing by about 9% or 15m tonnes,                 animal feed, petfood, coffee, cocoa, peanuts,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Saxony.
the negative sentiment this creates in the            Feed users facing higher costs for their       requiring crush of about 19m tonnes more                granulates, pellets, malt and seeds. But for
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Such a prominent firm holds quality, compe-
investment community, where speculative          soya meal for the past year may see prices          soyabeans. The message is clear: the main               products having flow difficulty, the company
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 tence and punctuality as of paramount impor-
funds and institutional investors including      ease in the months as Latin American                suppliers in North and South American must              has developed its own extracting grid slides
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 tance. ATR recognised these values at SCE and
pension funds, may have put rather too           soyabean crops turn out much larger than            keep expanding their crops – this year, next            for extracting high volumes, but allows dos-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 placed the commission of building their new
much faith in a one-way commodity boom.          expected a few months ago. The biggest shift        year and into the future.                               ing at the same time. This system avoids                        noticeable, and can be resolved in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 bulk station.
A rocketing crude oil price may well kick-       has been in Argentina’s fortunes with the              First indications for US sowings this spring         bridges and rat holes.                                          the design phase itself. This results
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     The bulk station consists of two load tracks
star t slowing expansion in demand for           lifting of a major drought threat. Production       suggest only a minimal increase in sown area                According to company officials, factories                   in a drastic reduction in the cost of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 and has a volume of 870m³ distributed over
alter native /bio-fuels (cor n and sugar         there could now be around 50/52m tonnes –           and a crop not much bigger than last year’s             equipped with these grid slides and have                        failure.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 72 smooth wall cells. The delivery includes
ethanol, soya and rapeseed bio-diesel etc),      possibly even more – compared with about            90.6m – which has proved barely adequate                met with a high degree of satisfaction from                         For the client, 3D designs ensures a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 engineering, the supply of hoppers, cellblocks,
implying a highly bullish effect for these       48m expected at the turn of the year when           to meet demand – as farmers decide to                   their owners.                                                   lot savings on the site and ensures a fast
commodities. However, a stalling world           some pessimists thought the crop could fall         cash in on high maize prices instead. The                                                                               and significant ‘return on investment'.                             How to measure
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 cell covering, steel construction and insulated
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 roof and wall coverings. This new bulk loading
                                                                                                                                                             Advantage of 3D visualisation
economic recovery could negate much of
the impact. Most of the growth in feed
                                                 as low as 43m tonnes from last year’s record
                                                 54.5m. Brazil has done even better and is
                                                                                                     US has had good yields for the past two
                                                                                                     years. Will it get the right weather again?                 Functional design in the field of modular                   International industrial and                                        quality:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 will ensure significantly shorter waiting times
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 and higher efficiency of the lorries.
demand, especially maize and soya, is in         now expected tom produce around 70/72m              Further forward, the Latin Americans have               silo construction is of crucial importance.                     safety standards
                                                                                   versus            the land resources to raise their planted                   Studies show that the cost of failure dur-                      SCE has successfully completed
                                                                                   la s t yea r ’s   areas for their 2012 crops when sowing                  ing construction can touch 10 to 20 percent                     several projects in Europe, Africa,
                                                                                   69m , also        begins in October. However, they will need              of the turnover of a project. As each project                   Asia, America and confirms to inter-                      controls. The design, supply and assembly
                                                                                   an all-time
                                                                                   record. Both
                                                                                                     a continuing stimulus from soyabean and
                                                                                                     product export prices.
                                                                                                                                                             is custom made, the plans are first drawn
                                                                                                                                                             using 3D Computer Aided Designing, ena-                         company has been approved to the qual-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   In our technology – projects done following
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             national industry and safety standards. The    of complete turnkey
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            the European Standard.
                                                                                   countries are        Looking at the other major oilseed                   bling the customer to visualize their project.                  ity management system ISO9001: 2008,  for highestFor quality and safety reasons, welding on
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 requirements.
                                                                                   expected to       crops, 2010/11 was an unimpressive year                     The advantage of working with a 3D                          which is applicable for the initial design to
                                                                                   cr ush more       for expansion of rapeseed and sunflowers.               visualisation is that problems related to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Kernelyzer-F
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             final product, including associated welding
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       (NIR) company.is restricted ®-AT minimum
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       the building site
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       by the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               and Farinographto the
                                                                                   soyabeans         Although production of oilmeals in total
                                                                                   (Argentina        rose by about 15.7m tonnes, 85% of that
                                                                                   can draw          was down to soya. So, while the influx of


China and other developing countries. Even
                                                                                   on larger
                                                                                   than normal
                                                 stocks too), resulting in more about 6-7m
                                                                                                     new crop Latin American soya may ease
                                                                                                     prices for a while this spring and early
                                                                                                     summer, uncer tainty over longer term
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Modular square bins
China seems to be feeling the pinch this
month, cutting soya impor ts and recording
                                                 tonnes more (about 20%) meal for export
                                                 customers. Brazil is also expected to ship
                                                                                                     supplies may see costs level out later in
                                                                                                     the year.                                         Chief Idryers Town I Sao PauloEuropeanWarsawsilos Standards
                                                                                                                                                        New Delhi Mexico City I Cape
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                                                                                                                                                                                     Supplied to I Cairo I DIN orIASAE/ASTM
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        I
an unusual trade deficit. Along with the         more whole soyabeans to foreign crushers.
political instability in the Arab world, this    The improvement in South American
                                                                                                     KEY FACTORS IN THE MONTHS                                                                    Grain. It’s your business.
is making investors far more cautions. If it
is true, as some analysts claim, that the top
                                                 producers’ fortunes has weighed against a
                                                 tightening US soyabean market as China              AHEAD                                                                                                                                                                             more profits
                                                                                                                                                                                    Which is why we never
20/30 % (maybe more) of the commodity            continues to suck away record quantities                                                                                           underestimate the importance                                                                           through
price boom is down to speculators, the           from the main supplier. China and other             • The final size of expected record Latin
withdr awal of this suppor t could be            buyers have already begun to switch to                American soya harvests
                                                                                                                                                                                    of how it is handled.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     smart storage
expected to help prices relax fur ther.          cheaper new crop Latin American supplies            • US soyabean sowings and crop weather                                         If you need a partner with the
                                                 just starting to arrive on the market.              • China’s ongoing livestock expansion & its                                    expertise, technology and                                                      In our service – for optimum
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Globalfeed markets - March | April 2011

  • 1. Digital Re-print - March | April 2011 Globalfeed markets - March | April 2011 Grain & Feed Milling Technology is published six times a year by Perendale Publishers Ltd of the United Kingdom. All data is published in good faith, based on information received, and while every care is taken to prevent inaccuracies, the publishers accept no liability for any errors or omissions or for the consequences of action taken on the basis of information published. ©Copyright 2010 Perendale Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means without prior permission of the copyright owner. Printed by Perendale Publishers Ltd. ISSN: 1466-3872 www.gfmt.co.uk NEXT PAGE
  • 2. COMMODITIES GlOBal GraIN & FEED MarKETS Victam Booth B051 Victam International 2011 May 3-5, Cologne, Germany Two Cross-Yoke Plansifters in a wheat mill Every issue GFMT’s market analyst John Buckley reviews with 15 passages in South Germany world trading conditions which are impacting the full range of commodities used in food and feed production. His observations will influence your decision-making. Cross-Yoke Plansifter High Performance · Compact · Flexible Trade pins hopes on 2011 Fast Assembly · Low Weight · Self-Balanced US maize prices Energy Saving · Optimal PCF rose to their highest Flour Mills · Rebolting · Corn & Rice Milling level since June crop rebound Starch & Protein · Petfood · Pellets · Biofuels 500 installed worldwide 2008 in early Reinhard Rüter N Maschinenbau e.Kfm. March as traders ERVOUS grain and oilseed markets blending, suggest the bullish impact of this factor An der Kapelle 27 rose above last year’s summer highs may have been somewhat over-played. Ongoing 32479 Hille · Germany Tel. +49 (0)5703-52029-0 continued to factor to near three-year peaks toward the competition on world expor t markets from Fax +49 (0)5703-52029-29 end of first quarter 2010 – though Canada and Europe too, despite smaller and lower Ruetermaschinen@t-online.de in forecasts of the wheat and soya prices are backtracking steeply quality 2010 crops respectively - plus a larger than cross-yoke-plansifter.com MASCHINEN as we go to press. expected Argentine crop - have also stopped the lowest US seasonal Wheat and maize initially took turns to lead bulls running away with the wheat market entirely. renewed market strength as traders continued Yet the year ahead is full of uncertainties. While ending stocks in to fret over the adequacy of projected 2011 the latest International Grains Council report is crops while a resurgent energy sector suggested chalking in a possible 24.5m tonne recovery in 15-years. The US competition for grains would remain strong wheat output, a Canadian Wheat Board official between food, feed and fuel users. ‘Panic’ buying recently suggested the gain might be closer to 6m stock is the main of various foodstuffs, especially staples like wheat, tonnes (albeit within a broad 635/675m range sugar and rice, by Arab governments facing political that would allow for 12.5m less as well as 24.5m factor in declining upheavals gave markets a strong ‘demand-led’ feel more grain than last year, depending on weather at times. However, the turmoil across the Middle and other factors). world inventories as East and North Africa appeared to be a double- The CWB also expects a minimal rise in this edged sword for speculative buyers in grain futures year’s Canadian crop although the more important this season’s global markets, encouraging them with steep gains in issue here is whether, within the total, Canada crude oil and gold prices but also raising fears that can produce a more normal proportion of milling consumption of the rising energy costs would send the global economic wheat after two years of weather hindrance on recovery into reverse with all the implications for that front. Prayers for that outcome must be even grain runs about slower commodity demand. more fervent in Australia, where officials recently On the supply side, big question marks suggested their next crop (harvested late 2011/ 22.5m tonnes over continue to overhang US and Russian winter wheat production. prospects following their poor star t amid autumn droughts and, in parts of the US Plains, persistent dryness problems. Australia continues to count the cost of the devastating Queensland floods although its continuing role in world food wheat export trade and its overseas milling customers’ ability to work round some of its quality problems with creative 42 | march - april 2011 Grain &feed millinG technoloGy Grain &feed millinG technoloGy march - april 2011 | 43
  • 3. to be tight at Whatever maize crop the US does achieve the close of in 2011, it will start with extremely low stocks. 2010/11 at end- Until there is evidence of these being rebuilt, June. However, prices could stay firm in this sector, keeping the squeeze other grain and oilseed markets up. The US on supplies of will also need a timely harvest as supplies Inline Moisture Determination higher grade dwindle from July into August. Döscher & Döscher supplies specialized solutions for an milling wheats Oilmeal costs have also risen in the last accurate and reliable moisture and density determination in continues to month or two, propelled by extremely strong the production process. tighten, leading Chinese demand for US soyabeans, eating Our technology based on the to some very too quickly into the latter’s total supply and 2-Parameter-Resonance-Technology, wide pr ice threatening a possible severe end-season stock this makes it possible to control early 2012) might decline from this year’s very premiums in recent weeks. North American squeeze. US traders have also been fretting density and color independent of high level. With a return to normal weather, hard spring wheat export prices, for example, about fairly conservative figures being touted the moisture in your products. Australia could still produce millions of tonnes were recently quoted at their dearest levels for this spring;s US soyabean planted acreage – more high quality milling wheat next season since June 2008. This is obviously focusing keen just enough, maybe, to meet demand if perfect Following Moisture Measuring than this. Along with bigger expected bigger market interest on how much hard wheat weather delivers good yields. Demanding Systems can be used in the feed Indian and Ukrainian crops, not to mention will be sown on that Continent this spring – some price-restraint, though Latin American production: still large world carryover stocks from this season (especially within the main supplying and early portents are less than encouraging. Despite high prices, US spring wheat area may soyabean crops are turning out far bigger than expected. That should relieve pressure on the • MoistureScan - Continuous control of the moisture country, the USA), this suggests a less bullish decline as other crops offer better returns. US in the months ahead, possible leading to content in process wheat market later in 2011/12. Canada, meanwhile, could see interruptions to its mainly spring sown wheat crop some cancelled US export business. The South Americans may also sow bigger crops again • MoistureScan XT - for high product temperature (<140°C), for example after the dryer as a massive snow pack melts amid this autumn, if prices persist at anything like forecasts of heavier than usual rains current levels. However, some improvement • MoistureScan Ex - completely suitable for Atex zone 20 from latter March onward (possible in supplies of the other leading traded oilseeds well into the growing period - though these longer range forecasts can be – like rapeseed and sunflowerseed - would be useful in keeping prices under control across www.doescher.com Visit us at Victam [Hall 6; Stand E056] unreliable). the oilmeal sector. On the other hand, European plantings are up – perhaps not quite as much as earlier hoped but, with Main commodity highlights decent summer weather and normal since our last review Doescher_90x132mm.indd 1 29/03/2011 16:07 yields and quality (especially in the top quality producer Germany) things Wheat up – then down could loosen up enough here by the A glance at our wheat char ts below On the demand side for wheat, a possible fly autumn in terms of volume and quality to ease shows prices for the leading indicators have in the ointment of potentially looser supply is milling wheat premiums a little. The question recently been at their most expensive since potential for stronger feed use. Consumption remains, though, what will wheat be worth on the summer of 2008. As noted above, the by this sector is expected to rise by several world markets early in the new season. Will factors behind the latest increases include million tonnes globally this year to its highest persistent high world prices drag too much EU ongoing weather uncertainties in the US and level since the early 1990’s as meat producers wheat overseas, as has arguably happened this Russia, Australia’s flooding/quality problems, seek alternatives to tight and expensive maize season? Wheat will also have to follow maize strong demand from the Middle East and a and barley. A currently forecast 5% rise in prices, both in terms of the contest for spring fair dash of speculative support (fund buying) world wheat feeding to 123m tonnes will be acres and as a competing feedgrain. each time the market gets a piece of bullish spread mainly over Australia, Canada, the Maize markets grew jittery again in the news. One of the big differences between USA, China and the former Soviet Union, past month despite early USDA forecasts now and 2008, as pointed out in this column offset by a drop in the EU. of a possible 4.2m acre rise in US plantings. previously, is that world stocks were much While wheat has remain expensive in Some traders believe that is unlikely, given the lower then – both in absolute terms and in recent months, the price has recently come demand for acres from all crops – although relation to consumption. This season’s ending well off its highs – dropping at one stage by maize prices are certainly attractive to US stocks (in July) are in fact projected more than almost 20% from the February peaks. Maize farmers. Then there is the question of yields. 50m or about 42% higher than those held on the other hand, has risen sharply in value, Last year – with supposedly optimum and at the end of 2007/08, when wheat prices narrowing the price spread between the two trouble-free growing conditions, the US crop last boomed. There is still a lot of grain in the grains to its smallest in many years. This is raced to completion and ended up with rather main exporting country, the USA, especially influencing importers’ grain buying decisions, disappointing yields whereas in 2009, a delayed - even before the next crop comes along. US especially in Asia, where feed wheat purchases start and long cool development period saw planted area is expected to be up by about have recently risen strongly. China has been a productivity soar (even with a wet harvest that 6% but with drought stressing the hard red notable buyer, taking advantage of the large ran beyond the year’s end – though this did winter crop since it was sown – and spring proportion of this year’s weather-damaged affect quality in many areas). If all went well wheat area possibly declining too – some Australian milling wheat supply downgraded this year, current planting forecasts suggest USDA economists believe production could to feed. the US could produce as much as 250/255 m still drop by 3.5m tonnes to about 56.5m. Even with this extra global demand for tonnes, according to some observers - or 20m Even then, supply including carryover stocks wheat in feeds, supplies are not expected to 30m less if weather misbehaves, say others. would still be comfortable. US wheat markets 44 | march - april 2011 Grain &feed millinG technoloGy Grain &feed millinG technoloGy march - april 2011 | 45
  • 4. COMMODITIES continue to price in a ‘risk premium’ until more world wheat pricing. Currently it is sitting on time to salvage a reasonable US crop? is known about coming US and world crops. massive stocks and it expects another huge, • US planting competition – will other crops In February the markets experienced a flurry possibly record crop this year. Exports – of take hard spring wheat acres? of buying amid talk of a major drought loss several million tonnes – would make sense • European and Canadian crops – will summer to crops in China – the world’s largest wheat to protect domestic growers’ incomes and weather live up to that description this year, producer and consumer but that appears to keep them enthused but, like neighbouring enabling more high-protein, higher quality have blown over after recent rain and snow Pakistan (also in surplus) and many other milling wheat production? shrunk the drought area markedly. However, developing countries, India is anxious about • ‘Black Sea’ crops – what sort of crop/export Australia does not seem to have done as food price inflation – both home-produced, comeback will Russia, other CIS suppliers badly as feared after the Queensland floods through economic growth, and imported make? and remains a fairly keen competitor for from the volatile world market for food • Will US maize output increase much – taking commodities. But while exports pressure off wheat as a feed source? from the Indian subcontinent could remain restricted, they remain a possibility – especially Coarse grains – limited maize if world prices start to retreat relief next year? more seriously, and this golden opportunity to earn good export US maize prices rose to their highest level revenue seems to slip away. since June 2008 in early March as traders The International Grains continued to factor in forecasts of the lowest Council recently forecast world US seasonal ending stocks in 15-years. The wheat sowings would increase US stock is the main factor in declining world this year by 3.4% - up nearly 8% inventories as this season’s global consumption international milling wheat import tenders. in the CIS, countries, just 1.2% in Europe and of the grain runs about 22.5m tonnes over Canada has also figured from time to time South America, 9.6% in Canada and 4.4% in production. in milling wheat deals despite its lower Australia. On trend yields it extrapolates a What the US sows and grows this year will quality 2010 crop which buyers like Japan are possible crop of 672m tonnes versus last year’s be the main factor in any recovery in world reportedly managing to accommodate by 647.5m. Even if consumption stayed around supplies. The most recent outlook from the relaxing blending specifications somewhat. this season’s unusually high level, that would USDA suggests its own farmers will put in Russia, of course, is still out of the world wheat still add to stocks. 92m acres – 3.8m more than last year though market and its officials recently backtracked on A recent forecast from a Canadian Wheat some traders think this a bit optimistic, hints that their export ban might end in July Board Official was more guarded, however, others believe it is ‘do-able’ given the current putting production in a possible range extremely high price of corn and some spare of 635/672m tonnes with a likely figure fallow acres coming into the total farmland of just 653.5m. With consumption pot. Depending on whether yields are above, seen in a range of 655/675m but a below or average, the next US crop could median figure of 660m, this veers on be anywhere from 310 to 350m tonnes. The the side of further stock drawdown, if top end would add a few million tonnes to not ruling out a looser scenario. stocks, taking some of the upward pressure Clearly, until more hard information off prices. Early long-range weather forecasts comes to hand about condition of have raised the odds somewhat on a wetter 2011 crops and weather over the spring, possibly running into early summer. This next six months, wheat prices could cuts both ways. On the one hand, it could trim well stay volatile. With the spread corn planting plans, turning acres over to soya, against maize now so narrow, they will which can be planted later. On the other hand, when the next crop comes in. This may be an also have to follow the latter market closely, it sets the crop up with plenty of moisture indicator that things aren’t going so well there regardless of improving wheat supply. and, given a long cool growing season, this can crop-condition-wise – or it may simply point The descent in world prices has had a actually benefit productivity – as we saw in to the authorities trying to keep prices under marked impact on EU wheat costs. This has 2009, when these a wet start put the market control on a tight and still frisky domestic been well reflected in the Paris milling wheat on red alert, only to see the crop finish with breadwheat market. It would not be a big futures market where nearby delivery has record yields and output. surprise if this year’s crop does manage some fallen to just �234/tonne after hitting a low Elsewhere in the maize supplying world, sort of rebound, enough to resume exports of �227.75. In February, the price was 15% supplies have been kept up by good later this summer, albeit on a smaller scale than higher at �281 and some dealers spoke of it harvests for the second year running in Latin normal. Ukraine and Kazakhstan meanwhile challenging the record 2008 high of �295, even America and Ukraine. Exports have also remain sellers on a small scale and if their crops �300/tonne. LIFFE feed wheat futures have been supplemented by a much larger India go well, they could step up exports in 2011/12. seen a smaller drop, easing about 12% from crop. Along with the surplus of feedwheat Yet while some sort of reprise might be sen £210 to under £185/tonne. this season – and a decline in global import for the ‘Black Sea’ exporters as a whole, it demand for maize – these contributions are seems unlikely that these will perform their role of recent past years in pulling the world KEY FACTORS IN THE MONTHS helping to keep maize prices under control while awaiting the next US crop. price of lower/middling grade breadwheats AHEAD As we go to press, the maize market, like down levels that buyers had become wheat, has backtracked from its February accustomed to. India is another wild card in • US weather – will Plains drought break in highs by about 8.5% - if still a staggering 85% 46 | march - april 2011 Grain &feed millinG technoloGy &feed millinG technoloGy Grain PREVIOUS PAGE NEXT PAGE march - april 2011 | 47
  • 5. FEATURE 247-1007 • Brabender • Anz. 90x270 mm • Stand 25.03.2011 • englisch far better protection of the precious commodi- coordination of different disciplines ties as compared with a single skin round silo. are immediately noticed. Because of the two layers of air (between clad- For example, a conflict between Actual project: New bulk station at ATR – Husum (Germany) ding and panel and inside the bin panel) there is the supporting structure of the build- dearer than at this time last year. The main • Can China continue self-sufficient in maize is still growing rapidly and expected to Arp, Thordsen, Rautenberg GmbH & Co no condensation, which can perish the products. ing and the silo techniques is directly KG - ATR for short - with about 650 employ- factor has been growing unease over the or will it need to import from the west? continue on its upward trajectory. The Moreover, the bin top that neatly seals … where quality is measured. ees from out of five production facilities, pro- impact of high energy costs on the global USDA expects it to raise demand for soya the silos prevents contamination and enables vides and advises 15,000 farmers, grain dealers economy, slowing demand for higher value foods, including meat, with a knock Oilmeals – supply boost from meal alone by over 7m tonnes – almost 20% - in the current season ending September easy passage. SCE modular silos can be used for stor- and corn mills in Denmark, Schleswig-Holstein on effect on consumption of feedstuffs. Bumper Latam soya crops 30. World total demand for soyameal is ing a variety of products like flour, grain, and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as well as northern Lower Saxony, Brandenburg and However, a more potent factor may be seen growing by about 9% or 15m tonnes, animal feed, petfood, coffee, cocoa, peanuts, Saxony. the negative sentiment this creates in the Feed users facing higher costs for their requiring crush of about 19m tonnes more granulates, pellets, malt and seeds. But for Such a prominent firm holds quality, compe- investment community, where speculative soya meal for the past year may see prices soyabeans. The message is clear: the main products having flow difficulty, the company tence and punctuality as of paramount impor- funds and institutional investors including ease in the months as Latin American suppliers in North and South American must has developed its own extracting grid slides tance. ATR recognised these values at SCE and pension funds, may have put rather too soyabean crops turn out much larger than keep expanding their crops – this year, next for extracting high volumes, but allows dos- placed the commission of building their new much faith in a one-way commodity boom. expected a few months ago. The biggest shift year and into the future. ing at the same time. This system avoids noticeable, and can be resolved in bulk station. A rocketing crude oil price may well kick- has been in Argentina’s fortunes with the First indications for US sowings this spring bridges and rat holes. the design phase itself. This results The bulk station consists of two load tracks star t slowing expansion in demand for lifting of a major drought threat. Production suggest only a minimal increase in sown area According to company officials, factories in a drastic reduction in the cost of and has a volume of 870m³ distributed over alter native /bio-fuels (cor n and sugar there could now be around 50/52m tonnes – and a crop not much bigger than last year’s equipped with these grid slides and have failure. 72 smooth wall cells. The delivery includes ethanol, soya and rapeseed bio-diesel etc), possibly even more – compared with about 90.6m – which has proved barely adequate met with a high degree of satisfaction from For the client, 3D designs ensures a engineering, the supply of hoppers, cellblocks, implying a highly bullish effect for these 48m expected at the turn of the year when to meet demand – as farmers decide to their owners. lot savings on the site and ensures a fast commodities. However, a stalling world some pessimists thought the crop could fall cash in on high maize prices instead. The and significant ‘return on investment'. How to measure cell covering, steel construction and insulated roof and wall coverings. This new bulk loading Advantage of 3D visualisation economic recovery could negate much of the impact. Most of the growth in feed as low as 43m tonnes from last year’s record 54.5m. Brazil has done even better and is US has had good yields for the past two years. Will it get the right weather again? Functional design in the field of modular International industrial and quality: will ensure significantly shorter waiting times and higher efficiency of the lorries. demand, especially maize and soya, is in now expected tom produce around 70/72m Further forward, the Latin Americans have silo construction is of crucial importance. safety standards versus the land resources to raise their planted Studies show that the cost of failure dur- SCE has successfully completed la s t yea r ’s areas for their 2012 crops when sowing ing construction can touch 10 to 20 percent several projects in Europe, Africa, 69m , also begins in October. However, they will need of the turnover of a project. As each project Asia, America and confirms to inter- controls. The design, supply and assembly an all-time record. Both a continuing stimulus from soyabean and product export prices. is custom made, the plans are first drawn using 3D Computer Aided Designing, ena- company has been approved to the qual- In our technology – projects done following national industry and safety standards. The of complete turnkey the European Standard. countries are Looking at the other major oilseed bling the customer to visualize their project. ity management system ISO9001: 2008, for highestFor quality and safety reasons, welding on requirements. expected to crops, 2010/11 was an unimpressive year The advantage of working with a 3D which is applicable for the initial design to cr ush more for expansion of rapeseed and sunflowers. visualisation is that problems related to Kernelyzer-F final product, including associated welding (NIR) company.is restricted ®-AT minimum the building site by the and Farinographto the soyabeans Although production of oilmeals in total (Argentina rose by about 15.7m tonnes, 85% of that can draw was down to soya. So, while the influx of China and other developing countries. 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