By-product Feeds

The availability of corn milling by-products are expected to increase dramatically in supply in the coming years. The two primary products from the milling industry that will be fed to cattle are corn gluten feed and distillers grains with or without the solubles and these by-products are very different from a nutrient composition perspective. We have developed the following resources to help you better understand the corn milling industry and the products produced.

This program contains information pertaining to the storage and utilization of three unique co-product feeds from the ethanol industry. Information on composition, storage, spoilage and loss, and the economics of storage is presented in five learning modules.

 More By-Product Feeds Videos

• Storage Methods for Ethanol Co-Products - Economics of Storage
• Storage Methods for Ethanol Co-Products - Spoilage & Loss Considerations
• Storage Methods for Ethanol Co-Product - Examples of Storage Process
• Storage Methods for Ethanol Co-Products - Mixing With Forages
• Storage Methods for Ethanol Co-Products - Nutrient Composition

Additional Resources

• Utilization of Corn Co-products in the Beef Industry
  • Feeding Corn Milling Co-Products to Feedlot Cattle (PDF 3.96MB, 36pages)
    3rd Edition • November 2010
  • Feeding Corn Milling Co-Products to Forage Fed Cattle (PDF 3.69MB, 24pages)
    1st Edition • August 2010
• Corn Processing Co-products Manual: A Review of Current Research on Distillers Grains and Corn Gluten (PDF 1.02MB, 32pages)
  January, 2006
    
• Evaluation of Storage Methods for WDGS with Added Forages and Byproducts in Silo Bags and Bunker Silos
   
• Storage of Wet Corn Co-Products (PDF 20MB, 20pgs)
   
• Cattle CODE
  (EXCEL file download. Last update: March 17, 2008)
   
• Ethanol Plant Distillers Grains Contacts - Nebraska
  (EXCEL file download. Last update: May 23, 2008)
   
• Co-Product STORE (Storage To Optimize Ration Expenses) (PDF 85KB, 16pgs)
  accompanying Excel sheet cost analyzer
  Date published: June, 2008
  Date revised: July, 2008
   
• Distillers Grains University of Minnesota
   
• Nebraska Ethanol Plants