Soy Connext 2026 - The crude protein fallacy: Rethinking how soybean meal quality is measured

Soybean meal may meet a feed mill’s specifications for crude protein but still fail to deliver the nutritional value expected by a nutritionist. That disconnect is at the heart of the challenge Dominique Bureau, Ph.D., professor at the University of Guelph, sees in evaluating soybean and soybean meal quality. Physical damage before processing, excessive heat during drying or storage, and overprocessing at the crushing plant can alter proteins and amino acids in ways that conventional quali