Benson Hill Announces Second Poultry Trial Results, UHP-LO Soybean Meal Boosts Broiler Weight By 5.4% And Feed Conversion By 3.2%, Outperforming Commodity Soybean Meal; Reflects Protein And Energy Gains In Six-Week Study

Author: Benzinga Newsdesk | January 28, 2025 04:50pm

• Feeding trial results with a major poultry producer indicated significant improvements in live performance and important meat characteristics in broiler chickens.
• Soybean meal derived from Benson Hill Ultra-High Protein, Low Oligosaccharide (UHP-LO) soybeans outperformed commodity soybean meal in final broiler weights, feed conversion ratio, and other yield metrics.
• Replacing commodity soybean meal with UHP-LO soybean meal in poultry diets improved broiler weights by 5.4 percent and feed conversion ratios by 3.2 percent.

Benson Hill, Inc. (NASDAQ:BHIL, the "Company" or "Benson Hill"))), a seed innovation company, partnered with a major poultry integrator to complete a second commercial feeding trial to validate the value of including soybean meal derived from Benson Hill's Ultra-High Protein, Low Oligosaccharide (UHP-LO) soybeans in poultry diets.

Benson Hill, Inc. (NASDAQ:BHIL, the "Company" or "Benson Hill"))), a seed innovation company, partnered with a major poultry integrator to complete a second commercial feeding trial to validate the value of including soybean meal derived from Benson Hill's Ultra-High Protein, Low Oligosaccharide (UHP-LO) soybeans in poultry diets. (Graphic: Business Wire)

The results confirm that incorporating UHP-LO soybean meal (SBM) in commercial broiler diets substantially improved feed conversion and resulted in heavier broilers, reflecting the higher protein and metabolizable energy present in Benson Hill's proprietary soybean genetics. These observations reinforce findings from the Company's first broiler feeding study released in May 2024.

In the six-week trial, broilers fed a diet containing UHP-LO SBM weighed more at processing and grew more muscle versus broilers fed a diet formulated with commodity soybean meal. For this group of broilers, replacing commodity soybean meal in the diet with UHP-LO SBM improved broiler weights by 5.4 percent and feed conversion ratios by 3.2 percent.

Poultry producers have enhanced flexibility with UHP-LO to formulate feeding rations for cost advantage (up to 5 percent in prior studies) and bird performance gains (up to 5.4 percent in this study). These gains are significant and translate across the value chain.

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