Top 5 Read Blogs of 2020 You Didn’t Want to Miss
From DDGS shortage, supply disruption due to COVID and processing quality control; there was alot to discuss in 2020.
Extruded Corn: A Highly Digestible Alternative to DDGS
Scott Vetter, Sales Director USA & CA There is no doubt that we are living in challenging times. With recent events around the world and uncertainty in the marketplace, day to day decision making is tough. One of the things to consider in daily management is the supply chain management of ingredients coming into your operation.
Supply Change Disruptions Due to COVID-19
Katie Mayo, Applied Nutrition Technologist As resources are being diverted to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain disruptions – increased demand for ground transportation, manufacturing diversion away from traditional agriculture, and global stay-at-home ordinances – are impacting downstream supply streams within the animal feed industry.
Near-Term Ingredient Problem: DDGS Shortage Solution
Dave Albin, V.P Nutrition & Extrusion Technologies It’s not every day that a 0.1-micron-diameter virus, invisible to the naked eye, comes along and changes the world. This is all the more fascinating when it’s not even clear as to whether or not viruses are considered a form of life. In case you’re curious, viruses are really quite small, as this video shows, in relation to the havoc they can cause. I should probably also define “near-term” – while it’s true that the food and feed processing industrial infrastructure is inflexible and slow to change (i.e., an equipment processing line can’t be installed overnight), in some cases, certain types of equipment can be retooled for new uses rather quickly, even within the same day.
Antinutrients Part 1: Soy Test Kit Detects Urease Activity
Katie Mayo, Applied Nutrition Technologist Soybeans contain several antinutritional factors (ANFs). Ureases are common ANFs found in many plants and grains, but are at high levels in soybeans as described by Takeuchi. Most concerning, urease and trypsin inhibitor (TI) interfere with protein digestion when fed to animals. A recent study examined the correlation between dietary antinutrients and nutrient digestibility. As the antinutrient levels increased, both poultry and pigs suffered reduced protein digestibility and reduced feed intake.
No DDGS? Now What?
Katie Mayo, Applied Nutrition Technologist The ethanol industry in the U.S. has faced many challenges in the last few years. So far in 2020, there has been a sharp drop in oil prices, forcing plants to idle, attributing to shortages of DDGS. This is a common feed ingredient used in the majority of farm animal diets.
