Analyzing Patterns Of Successful Businesses
November 17, 2021
While commissioning projects all across the world for Insta-Pro, I’ve noticed a pattern amongst our most successful customers & their businesses. I am not referring to customers that…
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Insta-Pro High-Shear Dry Extruded Ingredients In Cornell University Dairy Nutrition Database
November 10, 2021
Formulating diets for dairy cows is challenging for a few reasons. Mainly, everything the cow consumes enters the rumen, which is a massive microbial fermentation vat that alters…
Do You Need A Destoner?
November 3, 2021
One of our best services we provide to customers is education. Our goal is to provide enough knowledge and know-how to our customers to help them make an…
Protein: Value Driver For Ingredients
October 27, 2021
We often get asked about ingredient value: What makes an ingredient worth more? How do you get more of what you’re making into a formulation? Given that high-shear…
Rising Food Prices = Higher Profits For Agri-Processors
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…
4 Reasons You SHOULD Extrude Maize
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…
Coordinating Efforts to Combat African Swine Fever
October 7, 2021
Initial reports on this deadly virus began circulating in 2018 causing countries like China to lose more than half of their pork industry. In the past two years,…
Growth Where It Counts – Keep More Nitrogen In Your Birds Via High-Shear Dry Extrusion
September 30, 2021
Recently, we completed a study at Iowa State University that indicated the many benefits of using Hi-Gel™ Corn versions of commodity ingredients, namely corn and soybean meal. You…
Leasing – A New Method Of Increasing Sales
September 23, 2021
Last year forced many enterprises to adjust their development plans for the future. Livestock companies that successfully completed 2019 planned to expand production in 2020, attract new investments…
Soy Hulls Are Prebiotics – Why You Should Keep Them
September 16, 2021
The issue of dehulling as a part of soy meal production is a frequent topic of conversation, we previous addressed why hulls should remain with the meal. This…
Bringing Out The Best In Full-Fat Soybean Meal
September 9, 2021
There is no doubt in anyone’s mind that the COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed the world. A few countries that have been hit hard by the pandemic are…
New Research Will Help Africa’s Soybean Farmers
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…
Not All Processes Add Equal Nutritional Value to Soymeal
August 26, 2021
There is a common misconception about the differences among processing technologies for soybeans and how processing conditions affect the quality of soymeal. Recently, I was asked about the…
How Has COVID Affected Food Supply Chains? – An Example From East Africa
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…
Three Tips For Strategic Planning
August 12, 2021
Like many companies this time of year, we at Insta-Pro International are starting the process of planning for our next fiscal year and looking at our long-range strategic…
Lead Times – What does this mean?
July 29, 2021
Due to supply chain disruptions, we have been answering several questions about getting equipment placed and operational before the end of 2021. After your order is placed, there…
Are Your Animals Getting All They Can Out of Corn?
July 22, 2021
On LinkedIn a few years ago, in a post, I asked “Have we gotten all that we can out of corn?” I also said that we intended to…
Alternative Formulation Strategies Need Great Ingredients
July 15, 2021
Producers are always trying to lower input costs, and when 70% or more of these costs relate to feed, it’s not surprising that various strategies are examined to…