Feed & Additive Magazine Issue 4 May 2021

NEWS 26 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE May 2021 Yanmar announces automated fish counting system I n fish farming, it is essential to know the num- ber of fish inside each net in order to control production volume and the amount of feed used. Furthermore, in recent years as part of a drive to- wards more sustainable resource management, fishing vessels are required to accurately report the number of young pacific bluefin tuna caught in the wild, which end up being used for breeding at fish farms. Current methods are laborious and time-in- tensive requiring manual counting of the total num- Yanmar Marine Systems Co., Ltd., a Yanmar Group company, began accepting orders within Japan for a new automated fish counting system from April 2021. The system is designed for tuna farming and utilizes image recognition technology to count the number of fish. BEWITAL agri invests 6 million euros in new fat spraying tower The German special feed manufacturer installs a new fat spraying tower at the company headquarters in Westmünsterland. Equipped with state-of-the-art technology, the new tower is significantly more energy-efficient and flexible than the previous one. F or almost 60 years, BEWI- TAL agri has been develop- ing innovative special feeds for livestock that are both healthy, efficient and sustainable. In pro- duction, the company relies on state-of-the-art spraying, mixing and encapsulation technologies, in which they are continuously investing to develop them further. With the latest 6 million euro investment in a new fat spraying tower, BEWITAL agri is driving innovation. In the future, pro- duction will be state-of-the-art and, in addition to the expanded capacity and improved energy ef- ficiency, will above all allow even more flexibility with regard to raw materials and mixtures. The production of energy feed- stuffs from vegetable fats has a long tradition in Südlohn-Oeding, Ger- many. As early as 1985, BEWITAL agri invested in the development of a special spray freezing technique to make various vegetable oils us- able for the animal. The resulting fine crystalline fat powders are easy to digest, store and process due to their high pourability. To this day, the spraying of fats is one of the company's most important activities. In order to be able to continue producing these special feedstuffs according to the latest state-of-the-art and for an even wider range of appli- cations, the company relies on a new spraying tower. This has now been successfully installed. In summer 2021 it will be put into operation for the production of high-energy concentrates for cat- tle, pig, poultry and fish feeding and will replace the previous one.