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Backgrounding Light Calves ?
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<blockquote data-quote="TexasBred" data-source="post: 961458" data-attributes="member: 6897"><p>You misread my comment. I said "Oats" did not have quite the energy of corn. DDG has excellent energy but is also used primarily as a protein source in a TMR. Corn is a better and less expensive source of energy. Your bull ration looks to be a rather low energy ration with the use of silage, straw and beetpulp and extremely high in fiber (undigestible fiber). Evidently whoever formulated the rations did not give you very high estimates for expected gain. You'd get much more bang for your dollar using soyhulls instead of the expensive beet pulp. More protein, more energy (90% of corn), higher TDN and less expensive. ;-)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TexasBred, post: 961458, member: 6897"] You misread my comment. I said "Oats" did not have quite the energy of corn. DDG has excellent energy but is also used primarily as a protein source in a TMR. Corn is a better and less expensive source of energy. Your bull ration looks to be a rather low energy ration with the use of silage, straw and beetpulp and extremely high in fiber (undigestible fiber). Evidently whoever formulated the rations did not give you very high estimates for expected gain. You'd get much more bang for your dollar using soyhulls instead of the expensive beet pulp. More protein, more energy (90% of corn), higher TDN and less expensive. ;-) [/QUOTE]
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