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Optimizing The Use Of Fibrous Residues In Beef And Dairy Diets, James C. Macdonald, G. E. Erickson, P. J. Kononoff, T. J. Klopfenstein

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

Increased corn prices over the past decade have altered land use away from traditional forage in favor of corn. Accordingly, beef and dairy producers have had to adopt non-traditional forage resources into their production systems, many of which have become available as a result of increased corn production. Byproducts of the wet and dry milling industries have been used to replace both corn and forage in beef and dairy diets. Byproducts containing corn bran have large amounts of readily digestible hemicellulose. The use of byproducts may increase milk production, ADG, and G:F in dairy, beef growing, and beef finishing diets, …