Grinding soybean meal for pelleting

When soybean meal gets too fine, the bird's gizzard is robbed of mechanical stimulation and feed passes through the digestive tract faster.

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It’s tempting to think that finer is always better when preparing soybean meal (SBM) for pelleting. A finer grind improves pellet quality, right? Yes — but only to a point. Push it too far, and you start paying for it in nutrient utilization, energy use and bird performance.

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