New Information about Feeding Corn and Soybean Co-Products to Beef Cattle

Report reveals how beef producers may successfully feed finishing steers up to 70% of the diet dry matter without greatly compromising the outcomes.

Miles Ridgway, President of Summit Livestock Facilities a DBA and brand of FBi Buildings Inc., has announced the availability of a newly published 100 + page paper on feeding corn and soybean co-products to beef cattle.

According to Ridgway, Dr. Paul Walker and his staff at Illinois State University prepared this information. Dr. Walker is a leading is a leading authority on beef cattle nutrition as well as the feeding of co-products to beef cattle.

This new report addresses many misconceptions feeding co-products and includes considerable data for use by those prescribing feed ratios.

According to Dr. Walker:

The take home message from this data is that whether modified wet distiller's grains (WDGS) contain higher fat (10-12%) or lower fat (6-8%) contents we can successfully feed finishing steers up to 70% of the diet dry matter without greatly compromising the outcomes . . . The secret to facilitating the dietary inclusion of WDGS above 50% of the diet dry matter may be maintaining at least 15% roughage on dry matter basis within the diet.

Interested parties may request this free publication by contacting a Summit Livestock Facilities representative at 1.800.213.0567.

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