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Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
2008; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 08-212-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 995; Beef; Cattle; Crude glycerin; Soybean oil
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Crude Glycerin In Steam-Flaked Corn-Based Diets For Beef Cattle (2008), G.L. Parsons, M.K. Shelor, James S. Drouillard
Crude Glycerin In Steam-Flaked Corn-Based Diets For Beef Cattle (2008), G.L. Parsons, M.K. Shelor, James S. Drouillard
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
Plant oils contain large amounts of triglycerides that will react to a catalyst, such as methanol. The transesterification reaction between the oil and alcohol will produce approximately 10% crude glycerin and 90% biodiesel. Crude glycerin is distilled for use in human products such as soaps, cosmetics, and moisturizers, but the usefulness of glycerin as a feed source for livestock is unclear. Rapid expansion of the biodiesel industry has created excess supplies of crude glycerin. It is thought that glycerin can be used in ruminant diets to decrease feed costs, but crude glycerin from biodiesel production can contain various levels of …