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INTRODUCTIONThe United States is the largest producer of beef in the world, with over 11 million head of beef cattle in feedlots at any given time (as of May 2020; USDA, 2020). Corn is one of the most important ingredients in feedlot cattle diets because it is in expensive and energy dense. Mechanical processing of corn has been used in the feedlot industry for decades to increase starch digestibi ...
Article published the February 11, 2025
IntroductionOver the last two decades the U.S. fuel ethanol industry grew exponentially. Now, large quantities of ethanol coproducts, are commonly available as feedstuffs for livestock both in the USA and in international markets. As described elsewhere, ethanol coproducts are added to livestock diets (both ruminants and monogastrics) primarily as sources of protein and energy, but other nutrients ...
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This is an image of a small ethanol plant in Minnesota, USA. These were very popular before the early 2000s.
News published on July 22, 2024
ARLINGTON, Va. – In its mission-driven work to provide the U.S. animal food industry with tools to support industry members in developing and advancing internal sustainability programs, the Institute for Feed Education and Research (IFEEDER) has added new materials to its Animal Food Industry Sustainability Toolkit. The new resource defines 16 material issue areas identified as impor ...
News published on May 29, 2020
The Distillers Grains Technology Council has taken the annual symposium virtual and with a new format: as an on-line webinar held in three occurrences. The first session was completed on May 13th and this second part will take place on June 10th.
Because sponsors have agreed to offset the costs of the technology, the promotion of these seminars will be at no cost to attendees. These will b ...
News published on May 4, 2020
The Distillers Grains Technology Council is taking the annual symposium virtual. With the impacts of the Covid-19 on gatherings of groups for meetings and events, we have made the decision to continue to bring you the important information you look to us for.
This format will be as an on-line webinar held in three occurrences over six months. Because sponsors have agreed to offset the cos ...
Article published the March 2, 2020
IntroductionThe rapid growth of the ethanol industry in the United States during the last decade has resulted in large quantities of ethanol coproducts in the marketplace, which are now commonly available as feed ingredients for livestock and poultry. These coproducts are often added to animal diets as sources of protein and energy. Mineral concentrations in the coproducts are also an important co ...
This member gave a presentation on May 16, 2019
At the following event:
23rd Distillers Grains Symposium