Success with ExPress Formulation for Broilers – Straight from the Source
January 22, 2025
The ExPress® process, powered by Insta-Pro International’s equipment and expertise, stands out for producing highly nutritious soy meal. Our team of engineers and nutritionists are confident in our decades…
Author: Janeth Colina
Why High-Shear Dry Extrusion Improves Poultry Digestibility
January 15, 2025
The amino acids that make up proteins are critically important in any diet. Typically, in order to build proteins, all amino acids are needed. Commercial diet formulations often focus…
Author: Janeth Colina
Must Read Articles for Broiler & Layer Producers
January 8, 2025
Insta-Pro has invested enormous amounts of time and resources in research and development to further our goal of high-quality ingredient production through proper processing. This also means closely…
Author: Eric Hoile
Make It or Buy It: Superior Nutrition to Boost Animal Growth
October 16, 2024
Livestock producers and feed mills face constant pressure to optimize animal nutrition while controlling feed costs. The challenge lies in maximizing the nutritional value of feed ingredients to…
Author: Janeth Colina
Make It or Buy It: Reduce Waste, Maximize Feed Value
October 2, 2024
Choosing the right processing methods for animal feed is critical to maintaining economic viability and sustainability in animal production. The industry faces a series of complex challenges, including…
Author: Kinoti Kaburu
The Importance of Proper Maintenance for Processing New Crop Soybeans
September 4, 2024
As harvest season arrives, it’s important to recognize the differences between processing new crop and old crop soybeans. Freshly harvested, new crop soybeans typically have higher moisture content…
Author: Kinoti Kaburu
Amino Acid Digestibility in Soy
August 28, 2024
Our dry extrusion was invented to process whole soybeans, and over the years, this process has been well-researched and fine-tuned for controlled and consistent results. The advantages of…
Author: Kathleen Mayo
High-Shear Dry Extruding Soy: Improved Cysteine Digestibility
August 21, 2024
Amino acids that makeup proteins are critically important in any diet. Typically, in order to build proteins, all amino acids are needed. Commercial diet formulations often focus on levels…
Author: Kathleen Mayo
Advantages of Extruding Full-Fat Soy for Broilers
August 14, 2024
The poultry industry has seen significant advancements in the 21st century, with a growing focus on optimizing broiler nutrition to enhance growth, health, and overall performance. One of…
Author: Janeth Colina
Thorough Processing is Key to Adding Value to Soy Meal
June 25, 2024
There is a common misconception about the differences among processing technologies for soybeans and how processing conditions affect the quality of soy meal. However, many differences do in…
Author: Janeth Colina
Key Components in Quality Feed Ingredients
June 12, 2024
When it comes to livestock farming, the adage “you are what you eat” couldn’t ring truer. Quality livestock feed lays the foundation for healthy animals and, consequently, high-quality…
Author: Dave Albin
MORE EVIDENCE OF PROTEIN OVERFEEDING: QUALITY INGREDIENTS ARE THE KEY!
June 25, 2020
The amino acids contained in dietary proteins are essential nutrients. Without them, humans and animals don’t last long. While required for life, it’s also important to have balanced…
Author: Dave Albin
Pigs require amino acids to grow: Choose the proper sources of digestible amino acids for your diets
May 7, 2020
It is well known that one component that accounts for a large part of feed costs whether at a large or small scale producer is the protein. The…
Author: Janeth Colina
PROTEIN FUNCTIONALITY: WHAT DOES IT MEAN, AND DOES IT MATTER?
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…
Author: Dave Albin
LYSINE TO PROTEIN RATIO: AN INDICATOR TO ESTIMATE HEAT DAMAGE IN PROCESSED INGREDIENTS
September 26, 2019
When following instructions is easy, things are done well. For instance, when baking a cake for the first time, you follow a recipe to be exact regarding what…
Author: Janeth Colina
Quality Amino Acids from Protein are Essential for Life
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…
Author: Dave Albin
Ensuring Ingredient Quality Using NIR Technology: PIA Part I
July 5, 2018
In 2016, Insta-Pro International® launched the Portable Ingredient Analyzer (PIA) as a quality control tool that allows soy plant operators to rapidly analyze their raw and processed ingredients…
Author: Kathleen Mayo
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…
Author: Dave Albin