Multiple commercial feeding trials were conducted to evaluate ultra-high protein, low oligosaccharide (UHP-LO) soybean meal (SBM) made from Confluence Genetics’ ProVIA soybean varieties as a complete replacement for conventional SBM in poultry diets. The UHP-LO soybean meal contains approximately 14% higher crude protein (53% vs 46.4%) and 92% lower oligosaccharides compared to conventional SBM, with metabolizable energy credited at 176 kcal/kg above conventional SBM. In broiler trials, birds fed isocaloric and isonitrogenous diets containing UHP-LO SBM demonstrated improvements in final body weight ranging from 2.2% to 5.1% and feed conversion ratio improvements of 2.6% to 3.2% compared to conventional SBM treatments. Turkey trials showed numerically higher final body weights (22.68 vs 22.12 kgs) and improved mortality-adjusted feed conversion ratios (2.332 vs 2.426) with UHP-LO SBM, though differences were not statistically significant. Carcass characteristics, including white meat yield, were maintained or numerically improved across trials. Data from all trials were analyzed using a 1-way ANOVA for a completely randomized design and the significance value for all analyses was P<0.05. University of Arkansas metabolizable energy bioassays confirmed UHP-LO SBM contained 95-256 kcal/kg additional metabolizable energy in broilers and 133-367 kcal/kg in turkeys compared to conventional meal. Results demonstrate that UHP-LO SBM can effectively replace conventional SBM in commercial poultry diets, improving growth performance and feed efficiency while reducing production costs.

Begemann, M., E. Zess and R. Brister. 2026. Comparative evaluation of ultra-high protein, low oligosaccharide soybean meal on broiler and turkey performance in commercial production systems. 2026 International Poultry Scientific Forum, abstract T217.