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Mennel Milling to enter bakery mix industry with purchase
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, U.S. - The Mennel Milling
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tentative agreement with General Mills to purchase a mix facility
in Martel, Ohio, U.S. This purchase will broaden Mennel's business
into the bakery mix industry.
D. Ford Mennel, president of Mennel, said in a statement on the
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expand our product offerings to better serve our customer base. With
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ingredient into baked goods or bakery mix. We will now be able to
offer a full line of bakery mix products to our big box, commercial,
wholesale, and bakery customers and marketplaces."
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General Mills has reached a tentative agreement to sell its Martel, Ohio,
U.S., plant to Mennel Milling Co. Photo courtesy of General Mills.
This agreement is a part of a broader restructuring of General
Mills that is impacting facilities in Brazil, China and New Jersey.

FEFAC annual report notes challenges facing E.U. feed industry
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - The European feed industry faced an
extraordinarily challenging 2015-16, according to the European
Compound Feed Manufacturers' Federation (FEFAC) annual report.
Prices of pig meat suffered because of oversupply and dairy farmers
were faced with the lifting of E.U. milk quotas.
FEFAC said it has called on the European Commission to remove
non-tariff trade barriers.
"Unfortunately we have witnessed political uncertainties challenge the very foundation of the internal market," said FEFAC
President Ruud Tijssens.
The European Commission has kept the "opt-out" proposal for approved GMO food and feed products, which could cause disruptions
of the market. FEFAC, COCERAL and FEDOIL said it could lead to a
10% increase in feed costs for E.U. livestock farmers in opt-out countries where GMO soy would need to be replaced with non-GMO soy.
"We have repeatedly stated that there is no need for this proposal
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for non-GMO feed through segregated supply chains," Tijssens said.

The commission also continued to delay decisions on GMO food and feed approvals, he said.
"It is of crucial importance that the E.U. feed
and livestock sector remains competitive and
continues to have access to global feed supplies
to maintain market predictability as the basis for
our livestock farmer so they can capture their
fair share in very dynamic global markets for
animal products," Tijssens said in the report.
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In the report, FEFAC outlined its 2030
Vision of the E.U. Feed Industry based on three pillars: feed safety,
animal nutrition and sustainability.
Knowledge in animal nutrition lets feed manufacturers help livestock farmers keep their animals healthy, FEFAC said.
Also, thanks to this knowledge, there is high value feed use of
co-products that result from industrial processes such as oilseed
crushing, wheat milling, sugar extraction and beer production, the
organization said.

New Mexico Milling formed to serve southwestern U.S.
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that previously was operated by Navajo Agricultural Products Industry
(NAPI) will begin operations next month under restructured leadership
and a new name: New Mexico Milling.
Heading a new management group at the company is Bryan
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nearly 20 years of milling industry experience to New Mexico Milling.
"This is a rare opportunity to operate an independent mill, during a
time when the industry has seen continued consolidation into a select
few large corporate millers," he said. "As a result of the wheat sources in
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long-term sustainable growth."
Ledgerwood most recently was vice-president of milling operations at Richardson International. Prior to Richardson, he was
director of operations at Viterra, and earlier was vice-president of
manufacturing at 21st Century Grain Processing and business unit
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manager at ConAgra Foods.
He has integrated numerous plants as a result of industry mergers and
acquisitions, and has a record of creating sustainable results through
forming and unifying strong plant teams, New Mexico Milling said.
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in addition to grain storage of 2.2 million bushels. The mill is equipped
with packaging equipment with capacities of producing 2-, 5-, 10-, 25-,
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it will offer specialized blending capabilities to produce custom blends
such as bread, pancake and tortilla mixes. The Farmington mill was
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when NAPI shut down operations following a voluntary recall for its
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cited increased expenses and the need for upgrades at the mill. He said
the company would resume operations by the spring of 2016.
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