DDGS in dairy nutrition Technical Articles
Article published the May 7, 2018:
After fermentation, ethanol is separated by distillation while the water and non-fermentable materials (known as whole stillage) are decanted or centrifuged which results in wet cake (e.g., removed suspended so...
Article published the March 16, 2015:
We conducted a study evaluating the growth performance and total tract nutrient digestion of heifers fed diets high in distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) with different forage particle size. Particle ...
Article published the August 14, 2013:
INTRODUCTION
When attributional life cycle assessment (LCA) is used to calculate the greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity of corn ethanol the consequences of feeding by-products from ethanol production (DDGS) must ...
Article published the June 27, 2012:
Fat is the milk component most easily modified by the diet with possible changes of up to 3 percentage units (Jenkins, 2007). Nutrition represents the environmental factor with the greatest impact on milk fat a...
Article published the January 26, 2012:
DDGS can be used in poultry and swine feeds, provided that its quality meets nutritionist's expectations. As an industrial by-product from the ethanol industry, its composition may vary not only among suppliers...
Article published the December 17, 2008:
Across the Midwest, ethanol plants (primarily dry mill vs. wet mill process) are being planned and built and existing plants expanded. Today over 98 percent of commercially produced ethanol is used to extend ga...
Article published the December 1, 2008:
Does Grain Need to be Processed?Although it is possible to feed whole grain to cattle, it is normally processed for a variety of reasons.
Reduced separation and sorting of feed It is impossible to mix protein,...
Introduction
Distillers grains (DG) originating from the corn-based fuel ethanol industry are an excellent source of energy and non-rumen degradable protein, and are an effective ingredient for dairy cattle d...