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FISHERIES

BIOMAR SCALES UP RAS AND FRY FEED

PRODUCTION IN DENMARK

BioMar announces the new production line ly in the last few months of the process where
in Brande, Denmark, is now fully operational. we all have been working under extraordinary
The line is dedicated to RAS and fry aqua- circumstances due to the COVID-19 situation.
culture feed production and is the result of a Thanks to our highly skilled and dedicated
DKK 100 million investment that has enabled people, we have been able to successfully
BioMar to increase the annual capacity of the manage the process without compromising
Danish facility by 25%. the daily operations and scheduled delivera-
bles”.
BioMar’s Danish feed production facility is
situated in the heart of the Silicon Valley for Aquaculture feeds from the new line have
RAS in the Jutland region of Denmark. Jutland been tested through the last couple of months
is home to leading RAS companies from tech- and has shown impressive results. BioMar’s
nology providers to fish producers who have premium range of fry feeds produced on the
been supplying the industry for over 30 years. The Danish production facility has experi- new line demonstrates an extraordinary per-
Hence, BioMar has a full focus on feeds for enced organic growth in recent years hence formance on technical quality parameters.
land-based farming and accelerated efforts in a decision was made two years ago to invest Pellets coming out of the new line are now in
the area with a dedicated taskforce and con- and add capacity. The facility has experience a much better diameter: length ratio, the in-
tinuously strengthens the team with more RAS in specially designed feeds for more than 40 ter-size gap has been improved for a smoother
experts. aquaculture species, including trout, salmon transition between pellet sizes. The improved
and yellowtail kingfish. The investment project process control technology on the new line
“Being situated in an area with a long histo- has been able to increase the overall capacity will further strengthen BioMar’s ability to fo-
ry of RAS research and development has en- by 25% up to 160,000 tons of feed produced cus on more physical quality parameters such
abled us to be first movers in RAS feeds and annually with improved flexibility, quality and as sinking speed and water stability.
will continue to be crucially important in the production performance.
innovation development of feeds for land- “We have just been through the fry feed sea-
based farming. There is good recognition for Anders Brandt-Clausen, the Managing Di- son and we received very positive feedback
our RAS feeds globally and our ambitions for rector of BioMar Denmark explains, “installing from farmers around the world on the quality
this growing segment are high”, stated Carlos an extra production line into a facility that is and performance of the products”, concluded
Diaz, CEO BioMar Group. in daily operation was challenging, particular- Anders Brandt-Clausen.
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10,000TH LELY JUNO FEED PUSHER INSTALLED AT

DREAM HILL FARM IN JAPAN

10,000th Lely Juno feed pusher in- Increasing the feed pushing fre-
stalled at Dream Hill Farm in Japan quency stimulates frequent feed
consumption throughout the day and
Cornes AG Corporation, the Lely night, resulting in a higher feed in-
distributor in Japan, installed the take amongst cows. This has a pos-
10,000th Juno feed pusher. The Juno itive effect on animal health, fertili-
takes over the repetitive labor of ty, production and financial results.
feed pushing at Dream Hill Farm. More and more dairy and beef farm-
This farm started off in April with ers recognize this. Therefore, the
eight Lely Astronaut A5 milking ro- sales of Juno grew significantly over
bots and last week, two Juno feed the past years.
pushers and another eight Astronaut
milking robots were installed.
June 11, 2020
The first generation of Juno was
launched in 2008. Three years later,
a second, more compact, and finan-
cially attractive model was added
to the portfolio. In 2018, Lely intro-
duced the current generation Juno DAIRY FARMING
that replaced the two previous mod-
els. Lely distributes the Juno feed
pushers in 45 countries all over the
world.

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