Delivering High Quality Feed to Your Broiler Operation
March 15, 2023
Many broiler producers buy in local ingredients and then mill (grind & mix) and deliver their own feed. Some broiler producers just pick up the phone and order…
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Commercial Layers in the Summer Heat
July 6, 2022
As our 2022 rolls on, here in the Midwest, our poultry producers have already encountered a steady dose of unusually high ambient temperatures. In the month of June,…
ExPress® Soybean Meal Reducing PPRS in US Swine Herds
May 25, 2022
With swine disease concerns such as African Swine Fever and Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome or PRRS in Swine herds; animal-based blood, fat, and protein products have been…
Coordinating Efforts to Combat African Swine Fever
October 7, 2021
Initial reports on this deadly virus began circulating in 2018 causing countries like China to lose more than half of their pork industry. In the past two years,…
Our Parts Team is Here To Help You
November 5, 2020
If you own Insta-Pro equipment, questions will come up on how to best operate and maintain it. And at some point, you will need help answering your questions.…
What resources have you overlooked? – Testing New Ingredients in R&D Part II
November 22, 2017
At Insta-Pro, some of the more interesting products that we have extruded are; turkey and broiler mortalities, by-products from slaughter facilities, radiator stop leak, ground mink carcasses, centrifuged eggshell, ground fish parts, municipal…
What resources have you overlooked? – Testing New Ingredients in R&D Part I
November 16, 2017
In my 27 years of working with Insta-Pro and its unique high shear dry extrusion technology, I have been witness to some rather interesting projects. The majority of them…
Are Specialty By-Pass Protein Products Over Hyped?
April 20, 2017
Since the middle 1980’s the dairy industry has been sold a variety of soy products including hydrolyzed feathers, distiller’s grains and blood meal to optimize production of high…
Food Trends: Feeding Omega-3 to Cattle
June 16, 2016
In today’s health conscious environment there are now producers, processors and marketers of healthier meat, milk and eggs who are finding receptive consumers preferring grass fed, all-vegetable grown…
Farm-To-Table Movement
May 5, 2016
You may have noticed that some local restaurants and grocery stores are boldly advertising their menu items to be connected to their local farmers. But how are they…
Roasted vs. Extruded Soybeans
October 22, 2015
Having observed the use of soybean roasters for dairy cows as well as for other species, I have always wondered how efficient the roasted soybeans were in digestion.…
Soybean Fields Then and Now
August 13, 2015
Warm temperatures forced me to break out my short pants for the weekend and my 9 year old daughter happened to notice an ugly scar on my right…
Egg Producers Benefit from Extruded Soybeans and ExPress® Meal
May 21, 2015
The US and Canadian egg industries are major suppliers of high quality protein in the form of shell and liquid eggs for consumer and food processors’ convenience. In…
Extrusion vs. Expansion
November 14, 2014
In a previous blog Insta-Pro President, Kevin Kacere, discussed the definition of a business partner; conducting business with a company that goes beyond the normal skills and needs of that…
The King of Proteins
August 28, 2014
Changes in market demand always have a big impact on commodity production. From the looks of it, the market is showing an increase in protein demand. As we…
Soy Biodiesel: Is There a Future in the United States?
June 26, 2014
Since the early years of this century (2002-2005), there appeared to be a tremendous future for refining crude soybean oil into a diesel fuel. Those were the days…
Non-GMO Oilseeds: Another Dynamic Niche Market for Natural Processors
January 7, 2014
As consumers are concerned about the sources of their food, an increasing interest by food companies, oilseed processors, and farm growers for non-genetically grown soybeans has occurred. USDA’s…
Why Are Oil Seed Processors Moving Towards Mechanical Processing?
October 15, 2013
Many people these days are looking for natural, simple chemical free and environmentally friendly product and process. Is there a better and healthier option to process oil than to…
