Don’t sweat burning corn. We get the alcohol but stock still get the corn, only it’s broken down a bit into dry grain. Good for them; makes them fat and happy and tasty.
http://www.southeastfarmpress.com/livestock/feed-value-ethanol-products-long-underestimated
“One of the reasons one ton of DDGS can replace more than one ton of conventional feed is that its energy and protein content are concentrated. Only the starch portion of the corn kernel is converted to ethanol, while the protein, fat, fiber and other components are concentrated and passed through the process to the distillers grains.
Grain ethanol feed product volumes approached 39 million metric tons in the 2010/11 marketing year, an amount of feed that would produce nearly 50 billion quarter-pound hamburger patties.”
Interesting. I wonder what the effect on the cattle of removing the starch is, and what the cost is compared with what raw corn used to cost.
Interesting. I wonder what the effect on the cattle of removing the starch is, and what the cost is compared with what raw corn used to cost.