Miller Magazine Issue: 138 June 2021

26 MILLER / june 2021 NEWS Kice Industries announced it has introduced a new baghouse filter to its product line, the Kice GR Filter. “We are excited for this new and improved design which will result in lower energy consump- tion and extended filter bag life,” said Drew Kice, President and CEO, Kice Industries. “It will provide a more reliable cleaning mecha- nism for filtering. The cleaning mechanism will solve some long-standing challenges in this market.” The new filter contains a patented method for controlling and activating the reverse air clean- ing system. It has a standard temp rating of 150 degrees F with a max temp option up to 300 de- grees F. The filter also has low energy require- ments with a 7.5hp reverse air cleaning blow- er. “We’ve been testing for two to three years and think our customers will appreciate the us- er-friendliness of the design,” said Kice. Kice introduces new baghouse filter Russia's new formula-based grain export taxes will re- main in place as long as there is increased global de- mand for food, Deputy Prime Minister Victoria Abram- chenko told Reuters. As one of the world's largest wheat exporters, Russia launched the taxes on 2nd June as part of measures Moscow hopes will help to stabilise domes- tic food inflation. "Lower supply in the global food market will result in large consumers having to summon food from all over the world. We must be ready for this and protect our do- mestic market ... We have to maintain a certain amount of grain in the country," she said. The government plans to update the taxes each week which, traders have said, will complicate forward sales to major customers such as Egypt. Russia competes with the European Union for the rank of the world's largest wheat exporter. Egypt, Turkey and Bangladesh are the largest buyers of its wheat. World food prices increased for a 11th consecutive month in April, hitting their highest level since May 2014, the United Nations food agency has said. "As long as there are risks for the global food market, a rush in demand that leads to shortages in the domestic market and rising prices, the state decision to impose the duty will be maintained," Abramchenko added. IKAR RAISES ITS FORECAST FOR RUSSIA'S 2021 WHEAT CROP The formula employed for Russia's grain export taxes will help the government to change their size in case of a sharp growth in global prices, deputy economy minister, Vladimir Ilyichev said. The gov- ernment is playing the long game and sees the taxes as a market-based instruments to smooth out fluc- tuations, another deputy economy minister, Polina Kryuchkova told Reuters. Russian agriculture consultancy IKAR said it had raised its forecast for Russia's 2021 wheat crop by 500,000 tonnes to 79.5 million tonnes. The estimate was raised due to improving weather for the crop in Russia's south- ern regions and a high sowing area for spring wheat in the country's central regions. REUTERS Russia to keep new grain export taxes while global demand for food is high