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DDGS in poultry nutrition
The majority of by-products produced by the dry-grind ethanol industry are dried distillers grains with soluble. The DDGS from different sources like corn, rice, wheat, sorghum are highly useful for livestock and poultry. Among that corn DDGS is an excellent feed ingredient for use in layer, broiler, duck and turkey diets and contains approximately 85% of the energy value in corn, has moderate levels of protein and essential amino acids, and is high in available phosphorus. With growing demand for food and scarce resources, the animal livestock industry doesn’t have the luxury of letting anything go to waste. Corn by-products (DDGS) from the ethanol industry are considered to be waste, but can still have a use as a feed ingredient. Because it is considered a waste product it is a very cheap source of crude protein, crude fibre, available phosphorous, unsaturated fatty acids and essential amino acids. It is an effective replacer of soya and corn in the poultry diet with the added benefit that it reduces feed costs.
Cornbelt agriculture has benefited from the ethanol market that will consume an estimated 3.7 billion bushels of corn this marketing year, and has created a premium pricing environment for the corn grower. 2009 will produce an estimated 11 billion gallons of ethanol, enroute to the 2015 mandate of 15 billion gallons. But along with the explosive growth in ethanol has been a similar growth in production of distiller's dried grains, expected to reach 40 million tons this year. But what is the...
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The rapid emergence of ethanol plants in Indiana will result in a large quantity of corn co-products that could be used to feed poultry. The primary co-product available is fed as dried distillers’ grains with solubles (DDGS); however, the quantity that may be fed may be limited because there are numerous issues affecting use of DDGS in poultry rations. Issues to Be Addressed Whether large amounts of DDGS can be fed on poultry farms...
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The increased use of corn for ethanol production has contributed to a sharp increase in corn prices, translating into higher feed costs for livestock and poultry producers. Yet one way producers can benefit from the ethanol industry is to incorporate ethanol by-products into feed rations. Several researchers at Iowa State are studying the use of dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) as a feed ingredient. A recent project showed laying hen diets can be formulated with high amounts...
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