Abstract: A formulation for preventing or treating parturient hypocalcemia or milk fever comprises a solution of hydrochloric acid in water, soybean meal, additional feed components and minerals. The feed formulation is prepared by grinding soybean meal to a particle size of 1000 to 2000 microns. A hydrochloric acid solution and feedgrade limestone are blended into the meal to produce the formulation.

Abstract: Comminuted soybeans are heated to high temperatures to condition the soybean oil contained therein. The soybean oil is extracted and filtered to remove solid fines, and then degummed and bleached. The prepared oil is introduced into a stirred reactor where lower aliphatic monohydric alcohol and an alkaline catalyst is introduced. Alcoholysis proceeds to virtual completion. A lower alkyl alcohol ester phase is separated out and washed with water to remove traces of unreacted alcohol and the alkaline catalyst.

Abstract: A high bypass protein product as prepared from soybeans. The soybeans are comminuted sufficiently to crack open their hulls. The comminuted soybeans are then heated at elevated temperatures in the range of about 235-350.degree. F., and maintained at these elevated temperatures for about 1-60 minutes. Oil is then partially removed from the soybeans to leave a cake which is then processed as feed for livestock. The resulting feed has a protein bypass value in the range of 55-65%, and quantities of essential amino acids lysine and methionine are bypassed at the rate of at least 8.0 grams per pound of feed ingested by the livestock.