March 5, 2020
When formulating diets for animals, some things are more lasting than others. There will always be a finite list of quantity-limited ingredients to choose from, and it is…
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…
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 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 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 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. …
May 16, 2019
One of the grand narratives you may have noticed on the Insta-Pro blog relates to oilseeds, grains, and their final ingredient forms exhibiting more differentiation than is often…
May 9, 2019
In today’s feed and food world, with differing ingredients due to ever-changing raw material conditions, and rapidly-evolving consumer trends, it may be regularly chaotic for you during development,…
May 2, 2019
Every living thing is driven to seek nourishment in order to survive and thrive. Many nutrients are essential – animals cannot survive for long without them. It’s important…
April 25, 2019
I’ve discussed on the blog before the variable and low-quality nature of dried distillers’ grains with solubles (DDGS), a plentiful and inexpensive by-product of the corn ethanol fuel…
March 21, 2019
When animal diets are formulated, at times it’s assumed that a sort of “cookie cutter” approach is taken. This means that all of the ingredients and corresponding nutrient…
February 21, 2019
I noticed recently that an FDA-approved animal drug was being launched to reduce ammonia emissions in beef cattle. The drug, which may be a feed additive, appears to…
December 13, 2018
Putting together a diet formulation for animal production – balancing performance goals with economic considerations – is something we discuss here on a regular basis. We periodically provide…
November 15, 2018
Hurricane Michael recently roared ashore in the SE United States, and aside from the usual images of displaced people and damaged property, stories have emerged of significant crop…
