Wondering about all the nutrition terms? This glossary will help!

Our fish meal puts bones, organs and heads to good and efficient use, letting us add protein, calcium, phosphorus and other minerals that your animals need. Our customers share our sustainability ethics, and sometimes ask about the use of fish meal in some of our feeds. Read on to learn how we’re making good use of leftovers…

Not all of our feeds are pelleted, though only pelleted options are currently available online for chickens. Read why sometimes we go with a mix of grains and pellets.

Some feeds have given pellets a bad name, causing an association with dust, crumbles and diminished nutrition from the pelleting process. Union Point’s pellets are cold-pressed and near-zero dust. Learn why.

How you can help your hens live their healthiest life and how they’ll repay you in eggs. Keep reading.

We offer a helpful article about sprouting or fermenting feeds. You can sprout and ferment ours, but it is not necessary. Read why.

Our grub bugs are part of a beautiful cycle; they're fed post-consumer produce that would otherwise go to waste. Your hens eat these tasty treasures and then you eat their eggs. No waste. All healthy. Read more.

How hard can it be to make your own feed, anyway? Grandma used to do it, right? We look back at how homemade and mass-milled feeds used to try to hit the protein levels we achieve. Keep reading.

Our customer say this photo in a field of corn being grown for ethanol. We loved the acknowledgment from the farmer. Read more.

Why we modify our hours of operation when it’s extremely hot.

This message is most important for our wholesale buyers who pick up their orders from the mill…

What fixed formula means and why Union Point insists on it. Read on.

Humans know the value of peas in their food and supplements. We’ve been using peas for protein at Union Point for years. Read more about why we love peas here.

Learn about nutrient density, fillers and get some math from our nutritionist’s discussion on our blog.

Why we like pellets and why your animals will thrive on them, too. It's worth making the switch. Read on…

Read more about our mill’s organic and Non-GMO practices. We prioritize ingredient sourcing and sustainability, including shipping carbon footprints. Read more.

Organic certification is an ideal that we’d love to be able to fully trust, but there’s more at play than a logo for us. Learn more about how we balance our desire for organic with the reality of the system.

Understanding crude protein, and how lysine plays into the discussion.

How sourcing wheat by region can avoid glyphosate residue. Read more about how we source clean wheat.

Oats are a great source of nutrition, but they can be difficult to digest. Where they fall in our ingredients line-up takes digestion into account. Learn more.

Why we skip out on barley and think you should too, except in sprouted form…