January 30, 2020
A question I’m often asked is, “How does your ExPress® soy meal by-pass protein compare to other commercial by-pass meals?” The simple answer is ExPress® soy meal provides…
January 9, 2020
Phosphorus is an essential mineral that serves many important functions in the animal body and is required to support optimal maintenance, body growth, reproduction and development of bones.…
January 2, 2020
In poultry production, it’s important to understand the utilization of amino acids and other nutrients for maintenance, growth, and other functions in the body. Some nutrients can be…
December 6, 2019
Consumers are demanding more transparency and access to sustainable food products. A recent article on consumer trends mentioned US soy and plant-based soy alternatives retail sales grew 8.1%…
December 5, 2019
A recent article addressed how weather adversely affects soybean quality and nutrient content impacting soy growers nationwide. The United States produces about 38% of global soy output, mainly…
November 28, 2019
How functional are your proteins? How do you know? Does it matter for what you’re doing? These are questions we get asked from time to time, and while…
November 14, 2019
In dairy production, the total amount of milk produced each day per cow is important, but it’s really the components, milk fat and protein, that are the most…
November 7, 2019
Prior to our September workshop at our headquarters in Grimes, Iowa I had taken a group from Russia for an ExPress® plant tour and a visit to a…
October 10, 2019
It’s well known that dozens of nutrients are essential for health and well-being. Deficiency symptoms of many nutrients have been well-documented over the years. The shocking outcomes of…
October 3, 2019
This is part 5, and the final post, in the blog series on why higher fat diet formulations are beneficial and should be used to feed animals. The…
September 26, 2019
When following instructions is easy, things are done well. For instance, when baking a cake for the first time, you follow a recipe to be exact regarding what…
September 19, 2019
I have an old book on my shelf called “Protein-Calorie Malnutrition”. I don’t even know where I got it, but I think it was being given away as…
September 12, 2019
Recently, I was contacted by one of our customers who has been successfully producing shaped feeds with our MS3000 Model medium-shear dry extruder for a number of years.…
September 5, 2019
I often write on the Insta-Pro blog about the importance of quality measures for all ingredients – it’s very difficult to conduct a least-cost diet formulation that’s worth…
August 29, 2019
This is part 4 in the blog series on why higher fat diet formulations are beneficial and should be used in your program. For review, here are the…
August 15, 2019
Higher fat diets are typically beneficial from an efficiency and performance point-of-view, as I wrote about in part 2 of this blog series. Often, the total amount of…
July 25, 2019
For many years, Insta-Pro International has been a global leader in the development of processing technologies for food and feed, providing value-added innovations according to market needs. This…
July 18, 2019
I wrote part 1 of this blog series on the benefits of higher fat diets in which I defined typical dietary fat ranges for a variety of species. …
