Ethonol Corn Byproduct

[FutureBreeder2013]

Is the corn that was used in the proces of making ethonol edible for livestock

 

[mark tenenbaum]

It is my understanding that there are a multitude of byproducts-which well threre should be considering the huge outlay in corn and WATER. The university of Illinois has alot of good research on this-Google )or otherwise) aslternative fuels-ethanol-green cliches and you should find info. O0 <beer>

 

[justintime]

The corn mash by product left over from the ethanol process is an excellent cattle feed. It is a good protein source, as they only take energy out for the production of ethanol. I fed some last spring to my cows that had calved, as it had been a cold hard winter and I wanted to flush the cows before we started breeding. I have never seen a set of cows gain so much weight in such short order.... and their milk production greatly increased to a point where I wondered if I was going to have scour problems in the calves. There are oftentimes feedlots close to ethanol plants so that they can use the by products. A 10,000 head feedlot located about 30 miles from the ethanol plant in my home town uses as much of the byproduct as they can in their rations. Another 50,000 head lot here has it's own ethanol plant and these two ventures compliment each other very well.

For many years we fed the stillage produced from a local distillery. It was usually 70-80 % corn and the balance was rye or wheat. We fed it year round and we could run 100 cows on a pasture that normally had a carrying capacity of 25-30 head. This pasture has about 1 mile of creek wandering through it, and in the 4 years we fed stillage, I never saw a cow drink at the creek. The cows would walk a mile to drink the stillage rather than drink at the creek along the way. It was great for AI breeding, as I fed it in the morning and evening, and I could simply cut out the cows in heat when they came to the stillage trough and AI them 12 hours later. We used to AI close to 200 cows and heifers in those days, and the conception rates were great. Another bonus for feeding this product is that you can get 2-4 extra calves from some of your best older cows. They stay in great shape, and can survive very well drinking stillage rather than having to only roughage for grass for their nutrition.

I would suggest that you pay attention to the cost of this product. I find that they sometimes price it too high but if they are having a hard time moving all of the byproduct, you can sometimes strike a good deal with them for longer term use.

 

[FutureBreeder2013]

thank you
that was just the reply i was looking for

 

[beattieclubcalves]

the distillers grain from ethanol plants is great it is up to $125 a ton here in iowa for dry and i think $53 for wet but the cattle just love it and it puts some much needed flush on cows

 

[the angus111]

we have ethanol plants around here and the dairies and feedlots got all of the distillers contracted.there is some wet distillers around,but you have to use it so quick its not worth it for a small producer. rusty

 

[CMB]

We've fed it for years with good luck. My nutritionist always has calcium and a mineral blend in our ration if we use corn gluten and distillers. It will make em fat if you dont watch it. 

 

[Freddy]

In our area the 55% moisture distillers has been great, it was a little to high a year ago, but for the last three years we have bagged it an don't need to add hay with the  55% MOISTURE distillers, we usually bag it in August when the  plant have over supply an deal better, we got it delivered an bagged then just has cheap or cheaper  than the guys buying direct an it helps us out cause we don't use big enough quanities to keep up with the spoilage .  The spoilage of the distillers doesnt seem to be a very big problem though cause the spoiled stuff is supposed to have the same feed value as that that isn't. WE DID HAVE TROUBLE WITH RACOONS AN deer getting into bags but got it stopped .....

 

[Throttle]

Bag it like silage? What other ways are there to store it?

 

[simtal]

Nebraska has good information about this:

beef.unl.edu

Check on the by-product storage manual

 

[beattieclubcalves]

Bag it like silage? What other ways are there to store it?

you can bag it like slilage and even tho its wet in wont freeze we had all these worries when we started feedin it
only problem is have been told if ur feedin it to cows that your breedin dont feed anything that is spoiled got any start of mold some people have said it screws up their reproductive system not sure if its true or not