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…
October 4, 2018
When you think of shaped feeds, typically, pelleted diets, pet foods, and fish feeds come to mind. These are complete diets that provide all nutrients in a convenient…
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…
August 9, 2018
This is an unending topic for us – should I dehull my soybeans before high-shear dry extrusion and mechanical oil pressing? We’ve covered it before on our blog…
July 26, 2018
There is no substitute for getting animals off to a good start. What happens early on in the growth phase sets the stage for later performance. I attended…
June 14, 2018
Welfare relief programs are in place around the world to help those who desperately need food. Typically, these are people caught up in negative political situations and war…
May 31, 2018
A perpetual challenge for nutritionists, animal producers, manufacturers, and brokers of ingredients and raw materials is how to value them. This is no small task. Formulations of many…
May 31, 2018
Проблема, с которой постоянно сталкиваются диетологи, животноводы, производители и брокеры ингредиентов и сырья — по каким показателям их оценивать. Это непростая задача. Составы многих ингредиентов, а также другие факторы…
March 22, 2018
We at Insta-Pro periodically provide you with tips for a better understanding of how to evaluate ingredients and diets. The whole idea here is to provide you with…
March 8, 2018
I’ve worked in various settings where quality controls were used. I’ve also developed diagnostic tests that would be used in quality control testing protocols. As a result, I…
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…
December 28, 2017
In other parts of this blog series, energy has been an important topic. From discussing how dietary fiber and fat levels affect energy in poultry diets, as well…
December 7, 2017
We often discuss the dairy industry and how we fit into helping it. For example, here are topics we have focused on in the Insta-Pro blog: Importance of…
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…
October 19, 2017
In part 4 of the How to Evaluate Ingredients series, I’m switching back to poultry. Parts 1 and 2, focused on poultry and how changes in the levels…
