May 19, 2016
A recent Feed Management article highlighted the problems of including excess protein in broiler diets. Providing more protein than the required amount in feed has become a common…
May 12, 2016
When considering a new business, it is important to conduct a feasibility analysis. This is an assessment of the capital required, staff and facility needs, and most importantly…
March 31, 2016
A very inspiring story was shared by one of our customers in South East Asia wherein they said that their customers are very satisfied with the animal performance…
March 17, 2016
You may have heard about the new Insta-Pro Portable Ingredient Analyzer (PIA) NIR machine. NIR technology is specifically designed for Insta-Pro soy customers to help them manage their soybean…
March 10, 2016
Photo: Fully-refined ExPress® soybean oil bottled and ready for shipment to supermarkets in Ethiopia. Insta-Pro customer Kunifira Agro Processing chose to install a 3 ton per day refinery…
February 25, 2016
Business continuity planning, simply put, is a plan on how operations will continue should the place of business be disrupted. This article was inspired by my personal experience…
February 11, 2016
What goals do you have in your extrusion plants? What metrics do you use to know if you’re achieving these goals? How do you obtain the values used…
December 23, 2015
For the last ten years soy production in Russia has increased from 554 thousand tons in 2004 to 2.6 million tons in 2014. Still, Russia is not self-sufficient…
December 17, 2015
In part 1 of this series on coolers, we discussed the use of rotary drum and counterflow coolers when cooling extruded and/or pressed oilseeds. In Part 2, we…
September 3, 2015
As a member of the service team, I travel around the world conducting start-up training and service calls to current customers. I recently traveled to South America to conduct…
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 14, 2015
In a previous blog, I discussed how operators play a key role in running an efficient operation. This week I will take that discussion a step farther and outline…
April 23, 2015
High quality equipment, ingredients and employees are three main factors that go into running a successful business. One thing I have noticed over the years is that while…
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 19, 2015
A healthy business practice to repeat at least on an annual basis is a review of your revenue streams. Are you achieving your annual revenues from a narrow…
March 5, 2015
In an ever increasingly global economy, with goods being imported and exported daily all around the world, it is important for companies that import goods such as extruders…
January 30, 2015
I recently attended a conference on “Innovations in feeding technologies and commercial fish farming”, which was a part of the 20th MVC: Cereals – Mixed Feed – Veterinary…
