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INFO Source Newsletter June 2020
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Consumer Survey Reveals High Value Placed on Animal Diet Quality
U.S. Soy and the United Soybean Board conducted a recent consumer survey to learn what information about meat production methods, such as where and how an animal is raised and what the animal is fed,...
Soybean Meal Demand Assessment 2007-2017
The United States Soybean Meal Demand Assessment 2007-2017 completed by Decision Innovation Solutions is now available. The purpose of this research has been to analyze the competitive environment for protein sources in animal diets. The analysis...
Comparison of Soybean, Canola and Sunflower Meal for Stocker Operations
Research was undertaken to evaluate the replacement value of soybean meal (SBM) with canola meal (CM) and sunflower meal (SM) as a protein supplement in a corn silage-based stocker operation. Over a three-year period, weaned...
Feeding low-oligosaccharide soybean meal to pigs
Soybean meal (SBM) is used as the major source of supplemental protein in the livestock industry mainly due to its excellent nutrient profile, dependable supply, and lower cost. However, the oligosaccharide content of SBM is...
Extrusion Processing of Feed Ingredients of Weaning Pigs
Two 28-d experiments were conducted to evaluate the effects of extrusion of ground yellow corn, solvent-extracted soybean meal (SBM), and cracked whole soybeans (CWS) individually or as corn-soybean product blends on growth performance of weanling...
Comparison of Lipid Sources for Young Pigs
An experiment was conducted to evaluate the impact of lipid source on gross energy (GE) and ether extract (EE) digestibility in nursery pigs fed diets containing 10% soybean oil (SO), choice white grease (CWG), palm...
High-Oleic Soybean Use by Dairy Cows
The objective of this High-Oleic Soybean Use by Dairy Cows study was to investigate the effect of three soybean sources differing in fatty acid profile and processing method on productivity, milk composition, and enteric CH4...
Utilization of High-Oleic Soybeans-Dairy
The objective of this Utilization of High-Oleic Soybeans study was to investigate the effect of three soybean sources differing in fatty acid profile and processing method on productivity and milk composition in lactating dairy cows....
New competition from Canola Meal
Canola meal is a popular protein ingredient for dairy since the lower protein content (37-38%) and higher fiber content (10-11%) of canola meal compared to soybean meal (44-48% protein, 3-7% fiber) limits its use in...
Soybean Meal Replacement of Fish Meal
Soybean Meal Replacement of Fish Meal – As a result of increasing demand, uncertain availability, and increasing cost for fish meal (FM), fish nutritionists have been driven to find alternative sources of protein. Particularly for...