Cost Savings on Swine Diets with ExPress® Soymeal
February 12, 2025
For pork producers, using ExPress® meal can result in diet cost savings and an increase in their bottom line. University feeding trials have shown that ExPress® meal has…
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Reduce Dairy Costs While Boosting Productivity
February 5, 2025
We often get asked, “Which feed ingredients have the biggest impact on input costs and performance for dairy?”. One improvement you can make is to use high-quality ingredients,…
How Much You Can Save With Improved Layer Feed Conversion
January 29, 2025
In 2022, Virginia Tech University conducted a feeding trial that compared Insta-Pro ExPress® soy meal with Conventional soybean meal (SBM) in layer diets. The results showed an improved…
Cost Savings in a Down Market
November 27, 2024
During times of economic downturn or uncertainty, it’s important for businesses to find solutions that allow them to do more while spending less. Here are some practical strategies…
Considerations Before Expanding Operations
November 20, 2024
Last month, we focused on how our technology can help processing facilities diversify and expand by implementing Insta-Pro processing solutions. Naturally, this prompts customers and prospects to ask…
Building a Successful Processing Facility
June 19, 2024
PROJECT FEASIBILITY You have seen the great studies and want to explore purchasing an extrusion facility, but don’t know where to start. This quick read outlines how to…
The Right Tool for the Job Makes All The Difference
May 15, 2024
When starting any business, or even something simple as a do-it yourself project in your home, it’s important to get the right tools for the job, and to…
Profitability Considerations of Extrusion
September 13, 2023
Creating a successful return on investment (ROI) in an Insta-Pro ExPress® soybean extrusion plant involves careful planning, thorough analysis, and effective management. Here are some steps and considerations…
What Mills Can Do to Expand Their Operation
July 12, 2023
It wouldn´t be correct to answer the question of “what can I do to expand my operation?” right away with a proposal involving capital investment, which certainly is…
Overcoming Inflating Ingredients Prices
June 21, 2023
As Global Product Director of Insta-Pro International, I am always tracking costs of equipment and ingredients all over the world. Currently, many markets are facing the issue of…
Cut Diet Costs by Using ExPress® Soymeal in Swine Grower Diets
May 31, 2023
As we have seen in several previous blogs, ExPress® Soymeal is a nutrient dense, highly digestible ingredient that leads to improved animal performance compared to conventional solvent-extracted soybean…
Basics of Extrusion & Mechanical Oil Pressing
May 24, 2023
As Insta-Pro is constantly expanding and fine-tuning our equipment and technologies, we thought it would be important to provide a guide to summarize the key aspects of our…
Establishing a Soy Food Extrusion Facility
April 5, 2023
Establishing a soy food extrusion facility involves several steps including planning, site selection, construction, equipment purchase, hiring and training staff, and obtaining necessary licenses and permits. Here’s a…
Innovations to Generate More Income
January 25, 2023
When starting any business, or even something simple as a do-it yourself project in your home, it’s important to get the right tools for the job, and to…
Global Rice Bran Markets
November 9, 2022
In previous blogs, we discussed the process and benefits of extruded rice bran and how extrusion improves digestibility of rice bran in broilers. Today I will review the…
Shelf Life of ExPress® Products
September 21, 2022
Back in 2017, I wrote about the shelf life of soy ingredients made with Insta-Pro equipment, such as Full Fat Soy, ExPress® Soymeal and Express® Soy Flour. As…
Determining the Feasibility of Your Project
August 10, 2022
Today I would like to discuss the basics of how an extrusion facility works and how to calculate if the facility will be financially feasible. In this scenario,…
What Reduced Diet Costs and More Digestible Ingredients Mean for a Layer Farm
June 22, 2022
In my previous blog, we discussed the Virginia Tech layer trial comparing layer diets using Insta-Pro ExPress® soymeal and solvent-extracted SBM. It was shown that there were significant…