Corn stover valuable cattle feed

A new process can improve feedlot’s profits using stalks, leaves, cobs of corn currently left on field. New research has shown that a substantial portion of the grain in cattle feed can be effectively replaced with corn stover the plant’s stalks, cobs and leaves when these harvest residues are treated with a common food ingredient known as hydrated lime, or pickling lime.

The alternative feeding strategy, which could improve feeders’ financial returns by lowering input costs without impacting the animals’ physical development, has been validated through recent studies conducted at Iowa State University and the University of Nebraska. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little The Global Miller, published and supported by the GFMT Magazine from Perendale Publishers.