Food Grade vs. Sanitary Design
January 5, 2017
Our extruders may be best known for processing feed ingredients, but several customers are producing products for human consumption. These products can include things like fortified blended foods…
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Younger Animals More Likely To Be Energy Deficient
November 23, 2016
Recently, I was looking over a presentation that someone sent me, and I saw one slide on energy values of fats and oils based on age. It focused…
Why Extrude Soybeans
November 3, 2016
What are the benefits of extruding soybeans? This is a question many people ask me. In order to understand that, I want to give you a little bit…
Update: Antibiotic-Free Production & Uncertainty (Hint: Test Your Ingredients)
September 22, 2016
You’ve seen us write about changing feed industry trends, and what they may mean for you, over the last few years on the Insta-Pro Intl blog. In particular,…
No soy? No problem.
September 8, 2016
During recent travels to feed mills in Latin America, including Ecuador, El Salvador and the Dominican Republic, I brought up the topic of soy availability in these countries,…
Pushed To The Limit, Modern Dairy Cows Need High-Quality Ingredients
August 11, 2016
The trend in the dairy industry of squeezing as much milk as possible from ever-larger dairy animals has some industry experts concerned, including the world-renowned Dr. Temple Grandin.…
Alternatives to the bank loan – The new equipment financing landscape in Africa
June 23, 2016
“If I was running a real estate fund, I would have investors lined up out the door. But when you talk about financial services for agribusiness value chains,…
Moisture Content of Pre & Post Extruded Oil Seeds
June 2, 2016
When processing oil seeds, there are several variables to look at. One of the most important variables one must pay attention to is moisture because it can have…
Excessive Protein Formulations – Counterproductive and Increase Pollution
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…
Extrusion Not Only Stabilizes Rice Bran – It Makes It Better
April 21, 2016
In previous blogs, we’ve discussed how high shear, dry extrusion from Insta-Pro Intl can be used to stabilize rice bran. As Mayette Ramos, Sales Director for SE Asia,…
How a Decanter Works
April 14, 2016
The process of mechanical oil pressing yields two final products: meal and oil. With our customers, the meal is typically the primary product, but some producers target the…
High Temperature, Short Time Extrusion Cooking Preserves Protein Quality
April 7, 2016
The importance of quality ingredients, such as extruded full-fat soy and ExPress® soy meal, are very popular blog topics with our readers. In these blogs, examples are shown,…
Mechanical Soy Processing: An Environmentally Friendly Method
March 24, 2016
Articles have appeared in various local newspapers over concerns raised by communities regarding the negative environmental impact of soybean processing plants that use a chemical process to extract…
Rice Bran: An Invaluable By-Product
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…
Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) is here…..
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…
How Safe Are Employees in Your Facility?
August 27, 2015
I have traveled to several countries over the last few years and have seen a big difference in the safety practices in processing facilities. Safety is a job…
Quality Ingredient for Dairy Producers Results in Improved Efficiency
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…
Why Amino Acid Digestibility Matters
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,…
