October 25, 2018
One of the goals of animal nutrition feeding programs is to balance the need for growth performance and economics by selecting from a list of available ingredients –…
October 11, 2018
I was recently discussing ingredient characteristics at a conference, and how high shear dry extruded ingredients, such as dry extruded full-fat soy and dry extruded/pressed (ExPress®) soy meals…
September 27, 2018
Often discussed on the Insta-Pro blog is the need to pay attention to your animal diet formulations in order to save money when you can, while not only…
September 13, 2018
It is generally thought that extrusion and vitamins do not work well together. We have even indicated this in the Insta-Pro blog. Vitamins, a group of molecules that…
February 22, 2018
It’s important to have an open mind. However, it’s easy to fall into a pattern that’s comfortable and repeatable, until one day, what you’re doing doesn’t make nearly…
February 15, 2018
In the world of animal nutrition, people like me create complete diet formulations that will strive to achieve some end goal with animals raised for food production. In…
November 30, 2017
This is the fifth blog I’ve written as part of the evaluating ingredients series which provides tips for evaluating the relative value of ingredients. This series gives knowledge…
November 9, 2017
As mentioned in our previous blog on rice bran, rice is cultivated in every continent of the world except Antarctica. In total, there are more than 100 countries…
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…
May 26, 2016
These days it has become common to hear new information, both good and bad, about food. Sometimes we hear about food recalls in the popular press. Other times…
May 6, 2014
Co-written by Dr. Dave Albin and Dr. Nabil Said. Ingredients for food and feed products perform many functions, but above all, they must serve as sources of essential…
