Growing Demand Spurs Higher Capacity
February 2, 2022
At Insta-Pro, our vision is to continuously improve nutrition for the world’s producers of meat, milk, and eggs. As a part of that vision, we are thrilled to…
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Properly-Processed ExPress® Soy Meal Maintains High Digestibility & Greater Metabolizable Energy
May 18, 2017
We invented the high-shear dry extrusion process and have sought to optimize it over the years through research—much of which has been detailed here on the blog. In a…
Maintenance & Repairs: Dealing With Them Properly
August 25, 2016
In this blog I will discuss maintenance and repairs. In my next blog, I discuss the importance of cleaning and maintaining auxiliary equipment. Certain repairs can be patched…
How Much Oil Are You Really Extracting?
February 19, 2015
I recently conducted some research with high oilseeds at the Insta-Pro International R&D center. This is something I’ve blogged about before – as we are constantly trying to…
Responses to Concerns on Edible Oil Safety
November 26, 2014
I occasionally run across articles questioning the safety of consuming vegetable oils. Authority Nutrition, which is a great website containing informative articles, recently ran one such article. The truth is,…
The King of Proteins
August 28, 2014
Changes in market demand always have a big impact on commodity production. From the looks of it, the market is showing an increase in protein demand. As we…
Why Are Oil Seed Processors Moving Towards Mechanical Processing?
October 15, 2013
Many people these days are looking for natural, simple chemical free and environmentally friendly product and process. Is there a better and healthier option to process oil than to…
Visiting an Oilseed Crushing Plant…a Valuable Opportunity?
March 26, 2013
If a business person is interested in processing oilseeds such as soybeans, cottonseed, or canola seed, they should arrange for a visit to one or two oilseed facilities.…
Mechanical Oil Pressing
November 1, 2012
Oil extraction is often a goal with seed processing. Oils can be harvested from a variety of seeds and a common method is through an oil press. This…
Important Parameters for Processing Soybeans – Part II
September 13, 2012
In my previous blog post, I discussed two important parameters to monitor when pressing soybeans (moisture and steam extraction). Now, we will focus on the other two important…
Important Parameters for Pressing Soybeans – Part I
August 28, 2012
The process of pressing oil from soybeans appears at first glance to be a pretty simple process: you extrude the soybeans and run it through an oil press.…