As several events continue to be postponed, moved online or canceled altogether as a result of COVID-19 concerns in the United States, Texas A&M University (TAMU) announced that its 28th Annual Practical Short Course on Aquaculture Feed Extrusion, Nutrition and Feed Management will be held virtually from August 23-27, 2021. 

The one-week practical course will be presented at Texas A&M University live online by staff, industry representatives and consultants. This program will cover information on designing new feed mills and selecting conveying, drying, grinding, conditioning and feed mixing equipment. Current practices for preparing full-fat soy meal processing; recycling fisheries byproducts, raw material, extrusion of floating, sinking, and high fat feeds; spraying and coating fats, digests and preservatives; use of encapsulated ingredients and preparation of premixes, nutritional requirements of warn water fish and shrimp and feed managements will be reviewed.

For registration, please visit tx.ag/extrusion. For more information, programs and application forms, contact Mian N. Riaz, mnriaz@tamu.edu.