Livestock and Poultry in the Bioeconomy
Cash receipts from animal agriculture make up over half of Iowa cash
farm receipts. Nationally, livestock and poultry production is the
largest use for corn. The emerging ethanol industry creates new
competition for feedstock and also produces a new feedstuff,
distillers grains with solubles (DGS). Along with corn gluten feed,
soybean hulls, glyserol, and other grain processing coproducts, DGS
create new opportunities and challenges for livestock and poultry
producers.
Here are some ways Iowa State University is integrating livestock with the bioeconomy.
Beef
- Impact of Feeding Distillers Grain on Nutrient Management Planning for Beef Cattle Systems
- Steady Supplies or Stockpiles? Demand for Corn-Based Distillers Grains by the U.S. Beef Industry
- Iowa Beef Center Web Page
- Distillers Grains for Beef Cows - August 2005
- Factors Affecting the Economics of Corn Co-Products in Cattle Feeds- September 2005
- Corn Co-Product Value for Finishing Cattle (downloadable software)
- Feedlot Cattle Phosphorus and Nitrogen Excretion Calculator (downloadable spreadsheet)
- With Increasing Availability of Distillers Grains Will Phosphorus Be a Problem for Iowa Livestock Producers?
- Alternative Feedstuffs Feeding Value
- Alternative Grazing Systems
- By-product Feed Prices
- Feeding Ethanol Coproducts Newsletter
Pork
- Impact of Feeding Distillers Grains on Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plans for Swine
- ISU Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles(xls file) (Dave Stender, ISU)
- Feeding Bioenergy Co-Products to Swine
- Impact of Dietary Inclusion of Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles on Performance and Manure Characteristics of Finishing Pigs
- Ethanol Co-Products fpr use in Livestock Diets
- Energy Value of Crude Glycerol Fed to Pigs
Poultry
- Impact of Feeding Distillers Grains on Comprehensive Nutrient Management Planning for Poultry Layer Production Systems
- Poultry Science Web Page
- Including Fiber in the Diet of Laying Hens Lowers Ammonia Emission
- Corn Hybrid Kernel Trait Variation Affects Layin-Hen Egg Production
- DDGS in Turkey Rations
- Overview of DDGS in Poultry Diets
- DDGS for Layer Rations
- Alternative Feed Ingredient Availability and Use
Dairy Cattle
- Impact of Feeding Distillers Grains on Nutrient Management Planning on Dairy Farms
- Value of DIstillers' Grains for Lactating Dairy Cows
- Distillers Grains for Dairy Cattle
- Does Feeding Distillers Grains to Dairy Cows Affect Milk Components?
- Can We Feed More Distillers Grains?
