ADSC 3600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Silage, Gossypol, High Fructose Corn Syrup
29 Mar 2017
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Feedlots: located in the west were corn in grown, it"s cheaper to ship cattle to the corn verses shipping the corn to the cattle. Alternate feeds: by-product, co-product- people realized you get money with co-products, waste products, crop residues. Corn: great energy feed for livestock, you can product the most per lb/acre of corn than any other feed source, 10%/90% Wheat: soluble starches can lead to acidosis. Milo: more drought resistant than corn, therefore, you see it more in south east feedlots. Wet mill: where high fructose corn syrup comes from, during the process, you wet the corn, let it soak, then grind . Distillers mill: big negative is sulfur and phosphorus content which is plays a negative effect on the environment as well as too much can lead to toxicity in the cow. Apple pomace: you see it in north georgia, smash apples to make apple juice, high in moisture.
