Houdek Serves Feed Ingredient Demand While Growing Soy Demand

A fermentation process in Volga, South Dakota, is amping up the nutritional specs on soybean meal. Years ago, Dr. William Gibbons and Dr. Mike Brown, both professors at South Dakota State University, developed a method of bio-transformation resulting in a high-protein feed for aquaculture. Expansion into feeds for swine, poultry and pets led to a name change. Dustin Gibbons, the son of the company’s co-founder, is general manager of what is now Houdek. In this edition of the Soybean Pod, the younger Gibbons explains how this feed improves aquaculture, livestock and pet diets while building demand for soybean meal.