January 28, 2016
Whether an animal feed oriented processor de-hulls their ExPress® soy or not is an economic/ strategic decision. Nutritionally, at least in swine trials, university studies show no significant…
January 21, 2016
Once in a while, we are asked by our soy processing customers or by prospects that are interested in establishing a soybean extrusion/ ExPress® (Extrusion-Pressing) meal plant about…
January 14, 2016
Other than China & India, top countries in the world producing rice are Indonesia, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Thailand and the Philippines. The most important by-product of rice is rice…
November 25, 2015
The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) is the biggest regulatory change to animal feed (which, as I found out, isn’t really a term anymore) producers in decades. I…
October 29, 2015
I recently watched a segment on the McLaughlin Group, a discussion and debate-style TV program, entitled “A Problem of Poop”. You can see it here (the segment begins…
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.…
October 14, 2015
A topic that we here at Insta-Pro Intl think about frequently arose once again in a recent article – food waste. It turns out that about 50% of…
October 8, 2015
If you go through your favorite store or, a specialized pet store, you will find unlimited number of brands, formulas, prices and forms of pet food. But which…
October 1, 2015
I recently participated in an extrusion short course at Texas A&M University. Insta-Pro International regularly gives presentations and performs equipment demonstrations at Texas A&M. While the course focuses…
September 10, 2015
I recently blogged about the use of Insta-Pro Intl– extruded flaxseed as a way to push conversion of more long-chain, omega-3 fatty acids with less flax. When flax…
August 6, 2015
In previous articles, I have discussed omega-3 fatty acids – how to get more in your diet, and why that’s a good idea in terms of health. In…
June 29, 2015
The Global Dairy published an article last month about the latest group of dairy producers who had lost their milk contracts, and were looking for a new place…
May 7, 2015
The recent avian influenza outbreak in Iowa and Minnesota has raised public and industry concerns around facility bio-security and the proper care and disposal of animal carcasses. In this…
April 16, 2015
Amino acid digestibility has been a popular topic in my past blogs and trade journals as an important measure of protein quality and that higher digestibility is better. However,…
April 8, 2015
Poultry nutritionist face a variety of different challenges when calculating the best formulation for feed. In the February 2015 issue of WATT Poultry USA, Gary Thorton discusses a recent…
March 26, 2015
I recently attended a conference in Dubai, and had the pleasure of speaking with people who are working to improve local food and feed production in the region. …
March 12, 2015
In our years of optimizing the quality of extruded whole soybeans and the ExPress® soybean meal, we have been insisting on cooking the soy to a range of…
February 19, 2015
I recently conducted some research with high oilseeds at the Insta-Pro International R&D center. This is something I’ve blogged about before – as we are constantly trying to…
