43% Less Drying Needed With “Dry” Extrusion
August 13, 2013
The new Medium Shear Extruder from Insta-Pro provides a solution for quality producers of dry, shaped products, including dry pet food and fish feed for aquaculture. Insta-Pro has…
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% of Cook of Pet food & Aquatic Feed by the MS3000 Medium Shear Extruder
August 6, 2013
Typical dry pet food or aquatic feed contain a wide range of ingredients. More often, they contain grains such as corn, wheat or rice. Those ingredients are rich…
Advantages of The New MS3000 Medium Shear Extruder
July 30, 2013
If you haven’t heard yet, Insta-Pro is preparing to launch a new model of our extruder, for the production of shaped products like pet foods and fish foods.…
Market Changes Drive The Need For A New Extruder
July 23, 2013
After over 40 years of producing High Shear Extruders, why would Insta-Pro enter into the Medium Shear Extruder industry with the Insta-Pro MS3000 Medium Shear Extruder? The reason…
Cheaper Ingredients May Have Hidden Costs
July 16, 2013
It’s no secret that livestock producers have been dealing with high feeding costs. Considering that feed is the largest part of the total cost of production, it’s no…
Non-Insta Pro Parts
July 9, 2013
I want to share a little experience I had recently with some knock off spare parts. Last month we got in an old Model 2500 extruder on a…
Should I Invest in Africa?
July 4, 2013
Foreign investors – and Africans living abroad – are all asking this question. Ernst & Young has surveyed 500 global business leaders and published the results in the…
The Specialty Niches That Are Becoming Main Stream
June 25, 2013
There are many healthy eating niches we see in the marketplace, “Organic”, “Natural”, “Non-GMO”, “Free-Range” and “Antibiotic-Free”. Previously I wrote about the growing discussion regarding Non-GMO products. New…
Energy In, Performance Out
June 18, 2013
Animals are driven to seek and consume food energy every day – this makes it possible for normal activities, such as growing and walking, to happen. Food energy…
What is the Soybean Basis?
June 11, 2013
To many of our current customers operating ExPress® Soybean plants throughout the world, the word “basis” is quite common. For those contemplating a new “all-natural” or an alternative…
How Can I Tell When My Parts are Worn Out?
June 4, 2013
One of the most asked questions by customers when they encounter problems with their extruders deals with a part’s life. Simple inspection of both the inlet chamber and…
Corn Extrusion for Better Broiler Performance
May 28, 2013
In the United States, corn and other cereal extrusion has been applied to special diets such as baby pigs and aquatic feed. It is known that baby pigs…
How Good is Your Data?
May 21, 2013
When I studied feed manufacturing at Kansas State University’s International Grains Program I recall a professor who repeated again and again “you can’t control what you can’t measure.”…
Extrusion Facility for Poverty Alleviation (Part I)
May 14, 2013
In the Bicol Region, Philippines, poverty is a way of life. Most of the youth have a lack of knowledge because they can’t finish studies or never go…
How to Avoid Getting the Wrong Spare Parts
May 7, 2013
During the time around the holidays, I spent a few days helping out in the parts department for the end of the year rush. Many customers have a…
A Great International Financing Solution
April 30, 2013
As we work to assist our customers with all aspects of their business plan, the greatest challenge seems to be financing of their projects. Our customers are sometimes…
Imitation is the Highest Form of Flattery
April 24, 2013
We are living in an era where imitations and copycats are fact of life. Some of us are tempted to invest in a knockoff item if we perceive…
Gas is Great
April 16, 2013
In East Africa these days, there’s a lot of excitement about gas. Tanzania has upped its estimate of gas reserves to 33 trillion cubic feet (tcf)…