by Alyssa | Feb 24, 2026 | Oil & Processing
Oilseed meals—like soybean meal, canola meal, and sesame meal—are essential protein sources in livestock and poultry rations. These meals are produced by removing oil from the seed. How the oil is extracted plays a major role in determining the meal’s nutritional...
by Alyssa | Mar 31, 2025 | Oil & Processing
Canola meal, soybean meal, sesame meal, flax seed meal. What do these products have in common? They are all byproducts from oil seed processing. An oil seed is grown for its oil. For example, canola seed is 45% oil; soybeans are 18% oil; sesame seeds are 48% oil; flax...
by Alyssa | Dec 11, 2023 | Oil & Processing
In “The Case for Canola” series, we have talked about where canola meal is grown, the benefits of the oil, and now, I want to talk about the benefits of canola meal in livestock feed. A lot of the canola meal on the market is solvent-extracted canola meal, where...
by Alyssa | Oct 30, 2023 | Oil & Processing
Canola oil, you are both healthful and useful, good for my heart and my cooking. Here are 10 reasons I love you … you are: Low in saturated fat. You have the least saturated fat of all culinary oils – less than half that of olive oil. No wonder the U.S. Food and Drug...
by Alyssa | Sep 12, 2023 | Oil & Processing
We at Resaca Sun Feeds see canola as a highly beneficial crop. This crop has several benefits within a crop rotation and is used as a high-quality feed ingredient to be added to our feeds. Over the next few months, we’ll be outlining why canola is beneficial through a...
