Miller Magazine Issue: 153 September 2022

50 MILLER / SEPTEMBER 2022 NEWS Satake Europe has recently completed the installation and commissioning of a turnkey REACH SYS- TEM 3.0 (Processing capacity: 3t/hour/paddy) rice mill for Kipaş Holding, Turkey. Kipaş, founded in 1984, rapidly grew across various sec- tors including textile, cement, paper, and other industries. Located in Kahramanmaraş, close to Gaziantep airport, Kipaş has taken their first step into rice processing using paddy rice from their fields. An existing on-site grain store was used prior to the REACH SYSTEM 3.0 ensuring minimal building investment. The mill is comprised of six sections: receiving and cle- aning, husking, milling and polishing, grading and blending, optical sorting, and packing. The paddy is cleaned using a Satake milling separator, aspirator, and destoner before being passed to the paddy husker, aspirator, and paddy se- parator. The gentle milling system of multiple whiteners and polishers ensures a high yield of head rice. The rice is then graded before passing through the Satake RGBR full colour optical sorter and then onto the packing system. Installation was supervised by Satake's qualified Mechanical and Elect- rical engineers. The Satake Reach system offers customers a custo- mizable package which is delivered in modular sections including the steel structure / platforms, ducting, spouting, and cables. This approach greatly reduces project planning and construction time and costs. The efficient installation and design ensure the mill provides an immediate high re- turn on investment, producing the same quality of rice as a conventional large plant. Kipaş Holding takes its first step into rice processing business Canada's wheat production in 2022 is projected to in- crease by 55 percent year over year to 34.6 million tonnes, largely attributable to better anticipated yields and higher harvest area, Statistics Canada said. The federal agency said that Canada, the world’s seventh-largest wheat export- er, is benefitting from improved yields, good moisture, and moderate temperatures. The anticipated yields are expected to rise by 41.6 per- cent to 51.1 bushels per acre and the harvested area is expected to increase by 9.4 percent to 24.9 million acres, the national statistical agency said, using satellite imagery and agroclimatic data to make the estimates. The beneficial conditions have this year on track to be Canada’s third best wheat harvest on record dating back to 1908, falling just short of 2020 and the record 37.6 million tons gathered in 2013. Last year’s wheat crop was the worst in Canada since 2007 after extreme drought in the Canadian Prairies hurt output. The increased wheat crop from Canada is wel- comed news for global supplies, which have been hurt this year after Russia invaded Ukraine and extreme weather lowered wheat crops across Europe. Canada’s wheat production expected to increase by 55%