Soybean Innovations Helping Africa’s Farmers
February 14, 2024
Africa’s economies are growing, with more people joining the middle class and spending more money on higher quality food for their families. Demand for poultry, eggs, milk, and…
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Using High-Shear Dry Extrusion to Liberate Calories: Processing Energy for Ingredient Energy
May 3, 2023
The use of high-shear dry extrusion – a technique developed, improved upon, and expanded around the world over decades, by Insta-Pro International – hinges upon a few basic…
Another Example: Knowing your Ingredients is Critical
March 25, 2021
We’ve discussed here before the importance of understanding your ingredients. Whether you’re making food products that require an ingredient with certain characteristics, such as a protein ingredient with…
The Importance of Nutrition Begins Before Birth – High-Shear Dry Extruded Flax
March 18, 2021
We focus a lot on improving the feeding of animals through the various stages of production. It’s not hard to see why – the costs of feeding animals…
ExPress® Soymeal Provides The Optimal Nutrients In Swine Diets. Read Our Blogs To Learn More:
October 29, 2020
ExPress® soy meal can be used by nutritionists of small-scale pork producers and big integrators to formulate swine diets with the support of the nutrition team of Insta-Pro®.…
High-Shear Dry Extrusion Shows Great Benefits In Poultry Diets. Read How:
September 24, 2020
ExPress® soymeal and other high-shear dry extruded products provide nutritious and digestible ingredients for poultry. Learn more about the benefits that you can see with poultry using our…
Are you feeding your animals quality ingredients? Read these blogs to find out
August 27, 2020
Quality ingredients are key for your livestock. With our equipment, you can expect nutritional advantages for soy meal, extruded corn and other end products. The process matters, and…
One Great Ingredient Allows Formulations With Other, Cheaper Ingredients: Can This Save Me Money?
August 20, 2020
Did you know that you get insight into someone’s psyche when they select ingredients and use them to formulate diets. No, really, you do. I’ve written about how…
IMPROVE YOUR DAIRY OPERATION WITH CONSISTENT, HIGH-QUALITY EXTRUDED INGREDIENTS
July 2, 2020
Is it possible to reduce feed costs while increasing productivity? As a nutritionist, I am asked about which feed ingredients have the biggest impact on input costs and…
MORE RESIDUAL OIL DOESN’T ALWAYS EQUAL MORE ENERGY FOR GROWTH
March 12, 2020
Last year, I wrote a blog series which concluded that choosing ingredients with more high-quality residual oil in the meal could add many benefits to your formulation program. …
INGREDIENT PRICES RISE AND FALL, BUT QUALITY AND CONSISTENCY ENDURE
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…
“Cheap Enough To Feed” Means You Get What You Pay For
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…
Bridging the Gap Between Commodity and Synthetic Ingredients with High Shear Dry Extrusion
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 –…
Less Moisture in Ingredients is a Good Thing
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…
Trying New Ingredients Requires Adequate Risk Management
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…
The Hanson & Said Research & Development Center is open for business
August 2, 2018
The R&D facility at our new location is officially open and scheduling appointments for testing. We have started our first production runs and happy with the added room…
Ingredient metrics are great, but make sure you’re using the right ones
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…
Consistent, Quality Ingredients Lead to a Growing Business
July 31, 2014
In my interactions with our customers who are in the business of selling extruded whole soybeans or ExPress® soybean meal, I often hear some of the following comments:…