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Not Just Chicken Feed: A few years ago, Bob Riley was thinking of slowing down, maybe retiring. Now, with the potential he sees for his company to add value to the biofuel industry, he can’t wait to get to work in the morning. Riley, who 20 years ago bought Des Moines-based Feed Energy Co., has focused his company’s efforts on developing value-added products from soybean oil co-products for agribusiness uses... (September 2006) The Des Moines Business Record

Crude Glycerol Potential Described: While glycerol can be an attractive alternative energy source for animal feed, it has its own limitations in terms of lower energy content than oils and fats, impurities and possible effects on the metabolic activity of the animals... by Dr. Mohan Dasari. (October 2007) Feedstuffs Magazine

Conjugated linoleic acid: Incorporation into bovine milk fat and effects on human health: Milk from ruminant animals has been an important component of the human diet for thousands of years. Ruminants have the unique ability to take organic material that is indigestible to humans and convert it into milk, a food with high nutritional value. Ancient civilizations learnt to exploit this potential through the domestication of various species of ruminant including the cow, sheep, goat, buffalo, and camel...(200?) John J. Kennelly and John A. Bell

In Their Words: Perspectives on the Industry’s Future: In this roundtable feature, Feed Management talks to representatives from the ingredient side of the feed business about issues they believe will have the greatest impact on the future of the industry... (January/February 2008) Feed Management

Feed, Fuel and Food Energized: Building bridges in the biofuel boom: A company with both feed and energy in its name might sound like a business at odds with itself, given the current environment of fuel versus feed. But in fact, Feed Energy Company, and its president, Bob Riley, are doing more than their part in building bridges between a booming biofuel industry and livestock operators in need of quality rations... (May/June 2007) Feed Management

Effects of Exogenous Feed Enzymes on Dietary Energy Availability: Enzymes are proteins and are present in all living cells, where they facilitate and/or regulate the numerous chemical reactions taking place. Enzymes act by recognizing and binding to its substrate (i.e., the molecule on which it acts) and usually only act on only one (1) specific substrate... (March 2007) Dr. Kristjan Bregendahl

Free Fatty Acids in Diet for Laying Hens: Dietary fats and oils, consisting mainly of triglycerides, are relatively large molecules and cannot be absorbed intact in the small intestines. The triglycerides must be broken down (hydrolyzed) by lipase and colipase, both of which are enzymes produced in the pancreas...(July 2006) Dr. Kristjan Bregendahl

Protecting Against Oxidation...Naturally: It has long been known that oilseeds such as soybeans and canola can be stored for 3 to 4 years and then crushed to yield oil free from measurable oxidation. It has also long been known that cold-pressed vegetable oil has a longer shelf life than refined vegetable oil. In fact, some cold-pressed oils can be stored for years without measurable oxidation... (April 2001) Dr. Martin Reaney

BSE Feeding Guide—Guide for Feed Manufacturers to Comply with the FDA Final Rule Prohibiting Mammalian Protein in Ruminant Feed: On June 5, 1997, FDA published a final rule prohibiting the use of mammalian protein (i.e., animal protein products, such as meat and bone meal) in ruminant feeds. Mammalian protein is defined as protein from mammals, but excludes porcine (pork) and equine (horse) protein from single-species slaughter plants... (1997) AFIA

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