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DAIRY FARMING


                     THE NEW MYNUTRIOPT PLATFORM


          Dealing with variabilities in raw ma-  and profit margins. With MyNutriOpt,   and developed based on decades of
        terials for the production of high-qual-  we want to pave the way to better pre-  Trouw Nutrition R&D. The profiles can
        ity  animal diets can be  challenging.   cision farming, optimised animal per-  be downloaded in different formats to
        MyNutriOpt makes this process easier   formance and business success. This   use for reporting or uploaded in the
        and reduces costs, feed waste and time.   unique portal is a great example of how   least cost formulation software. Thanks
        This new online management tool from   the animal feed business is getting more   to the automated synchronisation, nu-
        Trouw Nutrition improves quality con-  digitised and efficient.         tritionists can also update databases
        trol, feed management and operational                                   and/or matrices more often, leading to
        efficiency.                                                             more accurate and better performing
          Built on decades of worldwide Re-                                     animal diets.
        search & Development, MyNutriOpt
        is a new online platform connected to                                       Benefits for quality
        the various NutriOpt solutions and ser-                                   assurance and control
        vices. The platform enables nutrition-                                   Using MyNutriOpt helps QA/QC pro-
        ists and quality controllers to analyse,                                fessionals by providing accurate NIR
        manage  and  export  all  relevant  raw                                 results of raw materials and complete
        material and feed data to make their                                    feed in a user-friendly way. MyNutriOpt
        work more efficient and make better                                     is equipped to easily set standards for
        data-driven decisions: instantly and in                                 the raw material quality to see when
        one place.                               Built with and for             values diverge from that. MyNutri-
             How does it work?                    the feed industry             Opt also collects and stores the nutri-
                                                                                tional values from different samples.
                                              MyNutriOpt was developed in close
          Feed  analysis is the  backbone  of   collaboration with customers from all   This overview is crucial to be more
        high-quality animal  diets. MyNutri-  around the world. MyNutriOpt provides   in control over the raw materials and
        Opt is connected to NIR (near-infra-  feed professionals with the right in-  finished feed and adjust strategies to
        red  reflectance spectroscopy) and   sights and supports daily and strategic   meet market and customer needs while
        rapid  mycotoxin  analysis  services.   decision-making. Analysing, monitor-  lowering costs.
        When a raw material or finished feed   ing and managing feed information in
        sample is analysed, data is automati-  one place is finally possible with MyNu-  Benefits for feed managers
        cally synchronised in real time in the   triOpt, improving feed quality, animal   The use of MyNutriOpt is also very
        MyNutriOpt  portal.  Nutritionists  and   performance and business success.  beneficial for managers of feed mills
        quality controllers log in to the portal                                and integrators.  The time saved by
        to retrieve the latest analyses, shown on   Benefits for animal         working with MyNutriOpt can be used
        the MyNutriOpt dashboard. They can                                      for other tasks or improving knowl-
        calculate nutritional values based on        nutritionists              edge.  This allows a manager  to  in-
        the robust Trouw Nutrition nutritional   Using  MyNutriOpt  has a range  of   crease team efficiency even further. By
        database. With MyNutriOpt, feed pro-  benefits for animal nutritionists. They   having all the relevant feed data in one
        fessionals always have the quality and   can work with all  the relevant feed   place, managers have a better over-
        nutritional values readily available. A   data in one place instead of collecting   view of the business (production, feed
        great advantage of MyNutriOpt is that   and presenting it using different soft-  quality and recalls) and more accurate
        everybody works with all the relevant   ware programs or spreadsheets. This   data at their fingertips. This will help
        feed and ingredient data in one place,   reduces hassle and prevents manual   them make better strategic business
        making it easier to collaborate.    errors. MyNutriOpt enables the ani-  decisions, quickly respond to market
          Every decision you make in producing   mal nutritionist to calculate accurate   changes, negotiate with suppliers and
        feed and formulating diets has a sig-  nutrient profiles through the NutriOpt   create high-quality and consistent feed
        nificant effect on animal performance   nutritional  profile  service,  managed   for farmers.

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        COOPERATION BETWEEN OTTEVANGER MILLING

             ENGINEERS AND WYNVEEN INTERNATIONAL


          The intensive cooperation between   ger will increase the levels of knowl-  integration is a logical step. Stronger
        Ottevanger Milling Engineers B.V. and   edge sharing, innovation and service   together under one strong name: Ot-
        Wynveen International will be logical-  the companies offer their customers.   tevanger
        ly completed by the full integration of   The Wynveen  and Ottevanger    As from 1 April 2021, Wynveen will
        Wynveen into Ottevanger on 1 April   brands, both of which are members of   fully integrate with Ottevanger Mill-
        2021. Merging the activities of both   the Triott Group, have grown closer in   ing Engineers (OME). The location in
        companies will enable the Triott Group   recent years. They have been cooper-  Heteren will become an OME site and
        to offer a comprehensive and versatile   ating intensively for many years, often   retain its function as an engineering
        range of services and products through   for the same customers. To strengthen   and production site. All the employees
        the Ottevanger organisation. In addi-  their presence in the market, reinforc-  at the Heteren site will be employed
        tion, integrating Wynveen and Ottevan-  ing their cooperation  with a further   by Ottevanger Milling Engineers B.V.

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