Building a Smarter Food System
February 28, 2024
Ensuring global food security is not easy and a challenge that is being worked on by many businesses, governments, and NGOs around the world. For years, Bill Gates…
February 28, 2024
Ensuring global food security is not easy and a challenge that is being worked on by many businesses, governments, and NGOs around the world. For years, Bill Gates…
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…
January 24, 2024
Europe is the second-largest organic food market in the world, with retail sales worth over $40 billion each year. There are over 250,000 organic farms in Europe today.…
August 30, 2023
The Middle East poultry market is expanding, with the total population of the area reaching over 410 million people. The demand for poultry meat – estimated in 2020…
July 27, 2022
ExPress® soybean meal processed from raw soybeans is a novel feed ingredient in many parts of the world. Nutritionists know they need soybean meal, but solvent-extracted meal is…
October 20, 2021
Once again, food prices are on the rise. Need an example? Look no further than fertilizer prices. In addition, natural gas prices are rising, forcing some fertilizer producers…
October 14, 2021
A poultry producer in East Africa phoned last week with a question: “Should I extrude maize?” “Will extrusion reduce mycotoxins?” he asked too. He buys maize that is…
September 2, 2021
Africa’s economies are growing. More people are joining ‘the middle class’ and spending more money on better food for themselves and their children. Demand for poultry, eggs, milk…
August 19, 2021
The COVID pandemic has affected all of us, wherever we live in the world. In Africa, food insecurity has increased, but to what extent? Just how many people…
July 1, 2021
Insta-pro has always been forth coming with its customers and potential customers. In the past, whenever we received a Request for Quote, we made sure to speak openly…
May 20, 2021
With interest rates very low, this is a good time to borrow money for your new agribusiness project, or to expand your existing extrusion plant. The problem, however,…
February 11, 2021
Many customers in underdeveloped countries are struggling to obtain financing for their projects. This is not the fault of COVID-19, it’s a reflection of the structure of the…
January 7, 2021
Recently, I encountered a unique situation during a routine customer visit. I met with the management and technicians at a customer’s facility to discuss any feedback or concerns.…
December 24, 2020
Europe is the second-largest organic food market in the world, with retail sales worth over $40 billion each year. There are some 250,000 organic farms in Europe today.…
April 23, 2020
A feedmill in Africa imports soybean meal from Argentina. Each quarterly shipment is 10,000mt, arriving in a vessel also carrying maize. Current cost (April 2020) is $425-440/mt, delivered…
April 18, 2019
60 percent of family businesses in Kenya are now willing to bring in professionals to help manage the company, says PwC. In parallel, private equity funds in Africa…
April 11, 2019
Writing a business plan takes a lot of time and effort. The process is like the months of training that athletes need to endure before a major sports…
March 7, 2019
The first 1,000 days between conception and a child’s 2nd birthday are critical for shaping each child’s development. This is the period when the foundations of good health,…