Nutritionists worry over reduced oil DDGS

Ethanol producers now also extract oil from corn before making DDGS, which lowers the energy value of the ethanol co-product, but how much? University of Minnesota extension service teamed up with USDA-ARS to develop a tool for energy prediction in DDGS.

As more of the industry extracts more oil before making DDGS, reduced-oil DDGS has created a lot of anxiety in the feed, livestock, and poultry industries because some of the energy value of DDGS has been taken away. The question is: "How much?" Up until recently, no one knew the answer to this question. Read more ...

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