With all the talk about ethanol production and potential impacts on feed prices and availability not much seems to get said about an important by-product of the process – ddg’s. However, the Nebraska Corn Board has a new resource for dairy producers regarding the feeding of corn co-products.
Current research suggests that it is possible to feed dairy cows up to 30 percent distillers grains on a dry matter basis when the feed ration is properly balanced, according to information included in a new resource publication entitled Utilization of Corn Co-Products in the Dairy Industry, produced by the University of Nebraska and the Nebraska Corn Board.
Utilization of Corn Co-Products in the Dairy Industry is a 12-page electronic booklet that provides the latest corn co-product feeding information to dairy producers, nutritionists, extension educators, industry representatives and others, said Kelly Brunkhorst, ag program manager for the Nebraska Corn Board. The publication is available at NebraskaCorn.org under the Publications tab.
“The electronic publication explains the basic corn dry milling process before covering the chemical composition and nutrient availability of distillers grains,” Brunkhorst said. “It also provides some considerations when choosing between wet or dry distillers grains.”
You can download the pdf file here.