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…

Chickens don’t always love making the switch to pellets. But there’s so much nutrition packed into ours that it’s worth making the switch. Learn more...

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.

We’re bringing back this blog post, because every spring we receive lots of questions about how much meat birds will eat. This post helps you get to an answer, which depends on the breed and your goals.

Chickens have only 24 tastebuds but they’ll still cluck about a small change to their feed. Read our tips.

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.

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.

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

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…

Why bother with oyster shell flakes? Why not add more calcium to the feed? Read why your hens benefit from free-choice oyster, and why flakes are better than ground options.