Citrus pulp in dioxin scare
By FWi staff
DUTCH officials are testing Brazilian citrus pulp following fears that it may contain unacceptable levels of dioxin. The news comes after German scientists linked a shipment of citrus pulp with high levels of dioxin in milk. Dioxin is a known carcinogen.
As a result, Continental demand for citrus pulp is at a standstill. But UK prices remain steady at £70/ tonne, according to traders KW Agriculture.
The strong Pound continues to result in lower prices for many other imported ruminant straights, however.
Supplies of fishmeal dropped £15 on the week to £515/ tonne. Palm kernel is down £5 to £66/ tonne. Distillers dried meal eased £2 to £102/ tonne.
Following last weeks upward blip, soyabean meal has fallen back £5 to £161/ tonne. This knocked £4 off the price of domestic rapeseed meal which is now trading at £97/ tonne.
Maize gluten prices are mixed. Home-produced meal eased £1 to £81/ tonne. But imported meal inched up £1 to £83/ tonne, while home-produced pellets were up £2 to £97/ tonne.
Prices
Wednesday 8 April, 1998
Oil
(%)CP
(%)DCP
(%)Fibre
(%)Ash
(%)Calc ME
(MJ/kg DM)Spot
price (£/t)Dry matter
(DM %)Energy
cost (p/MJ)DCP
cost (p/g)
Brewers grains
(20t tipped)7.7 24.5 18.4 17.0 4.5 11.7 14.00 24 0.50 0.03
Citrus pulp
pellets/meal3.0 7.0 4.0 13.0 7.0 12.5 70.00 90 0.62 0.19
Distillers dried
Home-prod pellets7.5 34.0 26.0 8.5 4.0 14.0 WDN 90 0.00 0.00
Distillers dried
Imported meal7.0 28.0 22.0 9.4 4.0 13.5 102.00 90 0.84 0.05
Fishmeal, pure
2 t lot bags10.0 73.0 71.0 0.9 17.7 14.9 515.00 90 3.84 0.08
Maize gluten
Home-prod pellets4.0 20.0 17.0 8.0 7.0 13.0 97.00 90 0.83 0.06
Maize gluten
Home-prod meal3.0 20.0 17.0 8.0 7.0 13.0 81.00 90 0.69 0.05
Maize gluten
Imported pell/meal3.0 20.0 17.0 8.0 7.0 13.0 83.00 90 0.71 0.05
Molasses (cane) 5.0 4.25 8.0 12.7 99.30 75 1.04 0.31
Molasses (Molmax) 16.0 13.6 8.0 11.5 86.80 68 0.91 0.08
Palm kernel expell
meal – Malindo8.5 15.5 12.0 20.0 4.0 12.7 66.00 90 0.58 0.06
Rapeseed meal
Home-produced2.5 40.0 34.0 12.0 8.0 12.0 97.00 90 0.90 0.03
Soya bean meal Hi pro 1.77 52.0 45.0 4.5 7.0 13.5 161.00 90 1.33 0.04
Soya bean meal
Brazilian 48% pell/meal1.66 52.0 45.0 6.0 7.0 13.5 WDN 90 1.69 0.05
Supergrains
(20-25 tne tipped)10.0 32.0 25.0 16.0 1.5 14.0 27.50 26 0.76 0.04
Sugar beet pulp dried
Home-prod mol pell0.6 11.0 8.0 13.5 8.0 12.5 89.00 90 0.79 0.12
Sugar beet pulp dried
Imported mol pellets0.4 11.0 8.0 13.5 8.0 12.5 n/a 90 0.00 0.00
Sugar beet pulp dried
Imported unmol pellets0.5 9.0 7.5 18.0 8.0 12.5 n/a 90 0.00 0.00
Vitagold (25t tipped) 10.0 34.0 26.0 11.0 3.0 14.5 37.00 35 0.73 0.04
Wheatfeed pellets 4.5 17.0 14.5 8.0 5.0 12.5 79.00 88 0.72 0.06
Source: KW Agriculture