PT. Swadesi Candrasentosa, distributor for Meriden Animal Health in Indonesia, achieved great success at the IndoLivestock exhibition held in Jakarta, 18-20 June 2014.
PT. Swadesi’s promotional initiatives really paid off, attracting both new and existing customers to the stand. PT. Swadesi ran a competition where anyone who placed an order at the show was entered into a prize draw to win that order free of charge. This resulted in a flood of orders for Orego-Stim! Three names were pulled as prize winners and these people will be contacted in due course.
London and South East Millers Society – ‘Bin the Beetle’ evening event

The London and South East Millers Society tie
The International Milling Directory again returned to London for meetings, talks and a fine reception event in nabim’s headquarters at 21 Arlington Street, London yesterday (Tuesday 11th February 2014).
We met many flour millers and managed to reconnect with many familar faces in the UK industry, and emjoyed hearing some fantastic feedback and industry news from millers.
‘Bin the beetle’ was a great presentation about various ways millers can prevent and react to beetle infestations. Our own Roger Gilbert even asked a question about inspection, and technological advancements even proactively meaning the process and problem-solving work with infestations are prevented before they happen.
The International Milling Directory was well-represented in the attendees’ companies. Register or update your company today ready for the new directory – the 23rd edition for 2014/15 – at www.internationalmilling.com.
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HGCA and nabim: 2014 Milling Wheat Challenge annouced!
The International Milling Directory’s sister magazine, Grain & Feed Milling Technology, covered the Milling Wheat Challenge last year. There is excitement in the announcement of this year’s competition. Launched by nabim and HGCA in the United Kingdom once again, we hope many users of the International Milling Directory appreciate this news and content; a blog from the HGCA below:–
nabim, supported by HGCA, has launched the fifth Milling Wheat Challenge competition to find the UK’s outstanding grower of quality milling wheat.
Martin Savage, nabim‘s Trade Policy Manager said “The competition has gone from strength to strength. In the past four years, it has discovered an amazing group of finalists who are at the forefront of UK wheat production. The winners have each shown that they are progressive in their business as well as their crop husbandry and that they can consistently grow quality crops of bread-making wheats.”
The competition has become established as a way for Britain’s flour millers to formally recognise the value of the country’s best growers to the processing trade.
We are committed to working with UK wheat growers and we are looking for farmers who combine attention to detail with end-customer awareness and business acumen to create a win: win for the whole wheat chain” Martin said.
“Growing quality wheat consistently is a difficult task which requires best practice in growing, storage and delivery to meet the exacting standards of the milling trade.”
HGCA is pleased to be supporting the competition as a way of promoting best practice in both the growing and the marketing of milling wheat. Richard Laverick from HGCA said: “Our aim is to find growers who have a good understanding of their end market, their business costs and an ability to reflect both in their marketing of milling wheat.”
Entry forms are available via the nabim and HGCA websites. The closing date for entries will be Friday, 2 May 2014 and the three finalists will be announced at the Cereals Event on 11 June. On-farm judging of the finalists will take place in late June. The competition judges are Martin Savage from nabim, Richard Laverick from HGCA and Mark Ireland, a Lincolnshire Farmer and former “Farmers Weekly Arable Farmer of the Year”.
The three finalists in the 2013 Milling Wheat Challenge were Stephen Craggs, East Close Farm, Sedgefield, Stockton-on-Tees, James Loder-Symonds, Denne Hill Farm, Womenswold, Canterbury, Kent and Nick & David Philip, Church Farm, Waltham St Lawrence, Reading, Berkshire. The overall winner was Stephen Craggs.
Mark Ireland said that “All three finalists were very good producers of quality wheat” and he added that what set Stephen Craggs apart was his total commitment to detail. “Despite faming with a challenging climate he has developed a simple yet robust system to produce consistent quality. On top of a very strong business, his technical insight and attention to detail gave him the edge. He also has a very rational approach to risk management as well as a proactive approach to going beyond the basics of what a miller wants from a grower.”
Martin Savage urged growers to enter the competition, explaining: “The Challenge is a great way for growers to engage with the supply chain. UK flour millers remain committed to our farmers.”
The finalists, their partners and an additional guest, together with leaders from the UK wheat supply chain, will be invited to a celebration dinner hosted by nabim in October at the Ritz Hotel in London where the overall winner will be announced.