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Remember to keep the % fat no more than about 7% of total ration. That includes fat from any corn or other ingredients too.

The weight will depend upon if the solids are filtered, centrifuged, or just allowed to settle. Weight will probably be 3-4 times what the dry weight was but could vary even more than that.

Does anyone know if the waste from ethanol plants that will use cellulose based materials will be suitable for cattle feed. My guess is that there will be research done to utilize it in some manner.

Here is a link to commodity prices around the midwest. It is updated weekly by Univ of Mo. http://agebb.missouri.edu/dairy/byprod/bplist.asp

One producer says he injects his not so palatible hay with Mix30 and that helps get the cows to clean it all up. Claims they will eat everything so he has very little waste. Not sure what ratio he uses.

I think skip may be looking the wet percent protein on the WCGF wrong. I bet it is 8% "as is", more like 20-25% on a dry basis. Also the WDDGs would not have 30% protein "as is" but would be close to 30% on a dry basis.

The University of Minnesota also has an excel based program that is free and is easy to use. Also has lots more info in it. Can use for cow maintenance or for growth animals.

I think both the 7% protein, 63% moisture for $42/ton and the 50% moisture for $64/ton are about the same cost. I think the 63% moisture is about 20-25% protein on dry basis and 50% mositure is about 13-15% protein on an as is basis, 26-30% on dry basis. Transportation cost could determine best...

They are very tough. I added 2x4's to try to keep from wasting so much hay. This helped a little but still very wasteful. I finally went to a homemade feeder and just use this one when I need to put out extra hay.

The reason you can't find it on the U of Mich site is because my memory must be gone. It is actually the University of Minnesota. It is titled U of M Beef Cow Ration Balancer. It is one of the better free ones that I have seen. Hope this helps.

The University of Michigan has a free excel program that covers several different feeding scenarios with information on hunderds of feeds. You may want to look at it. It also allows you to customize it for your area (temperature).

I looked over the handout I got from the extension guys. I said 1-2 inches of salt. The handout actually said 1 lb salt per square foot of surface area. I think the guy said this was about 1-2" but I'm not sure. He said they just went and bought 50 lb bags of stock salt and spread it by hand. He...

I recently attended a seminar on feed ing and storing by products. It was presented by University of Il extension and ddg reps. They were touting storing the modified wet ddgs and gluten by basically dumping on ground or preferably concrete, covering with 1 to 2 inches of salt, covering with...

In the past I have used some of the Crystalyx Heifer Replacement blocks. I think they were about 38% protein and ran around $88 for a 250 lb tub. Kind of expensive but seemed to be a good product.

The cost of these ingredients can change daily. A lot of the feed mills will cahrge based upon their cost of their current inventory+ what ever % profit they make. They may get a 10 ton load of corn in that cost them $10 cwt this week and a 10 ton load next time may be $12 cwt. When I have feed...

Even though the title of this post is a couple of weeks old it seems like the title of this post will be appropriate for a while. Seems like every time I look corn has hit another record high.

Way back in the 1960's I remember helping a fellow who removed the chopper from the combine, then baling the soybean stubble and using it to feed during the winter along with other hay types. I remember it being very stemmy but the animals ate it. I think with the druoght, high feed prices...

ADM is one supplier of it in Illinois. There is also one in Macon MO but I forgot the name.

I'm fairly new to cattle business after messing around with a few on the farm as a kid. I see ads for all types of supplements. I just got info on crystalyx brand. Has anyone had any experience with it, good or bad. Thanks to all

The distillers grain is supposed to be a very efficient supplement and also contains high percentage of by-pass protein. The website that promotes it looks pretty interesting.