BK9954
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Brewers grain turned into silage from the beer breweries. 350 pounds for $35. Supposed to be pretty good protien. Guy in town feeds his steers out with this. Anyone ever use this or have problems with it.
Crude protein levels vary considerably on an "as fed" basis but even at the price "per barrel" you quoted is extremely expensive considering you're buying 65% water. On a dry matter basis it's well over $500 a ton.BK9954":3h4nwpuo said:This is in barrels made for longer storage apparently. He said they wont start converting into sugar until the barrel is opened. Do you know the protien content? I am thinking if it is close to 20% then it would be 45% the cost of the breeder cubes I currently supplement with. Breeder cubes at 20% protien are going for $8.90 per 50 pounds here.
TexasBred":2p7qzc4r said:Crude protein levels vary considerably on an "as fed" basis but even at the price "per barrel" you quoted is extremely expensive considering you're buying 65% water. On a dry matter basis it's well over $500 a ton.BK9954":2p7qzc4r said:This is in barrels made for longer storage apparently. He said they wont start converting into sugar until the barrel is opened. Do you know the protien content? I am thinking if it is close to 20% then it would be 45% the cost of the breeder cubes I currently supplement with. Breeder cubes at 20% protien are going for $8.90 per 50 pounds here.
Yes put that way better off sticking with cubes. I was trying to get a cheaper way to manage the winter.TexasBred":2ebu9yu9 said:Crude protein levels vary considerably on an "as fed" basis but even at the price "per barrel" you quoted is extremely expensive considering you're buying 65% water. On a dry matter basis it's well over $500 a ton.BK9954":2ebu9yu9 said:This is in barrels made for longer storage apparently. He said they wont start converting into sugar until the barrel is opened. Do you know the protien content? I am thinking if it is close to 20% then it would be 45% the cost of the breeder cubes I currently supplement with. Breeder cubes at 20% protien are going for $8.90 per 50 pounds here.
farmerjan":a0lgrx4l said:If you are close to any dairies you might want to talk to them about it. Alot of dairies have fed it over the years, both picked up from the breweries and also dried brewers grain. There is a brewery fairly close that a couple of dairies here take their dump truck to and when it gets loaded they go back and pick up the truck when they call. They all try to get it fed in a week or so. Most of the dairymen here will put a pencil to it and they will constantly try to keep input costs down, and several of them said it was not cost effective. Since I am not privy to their finances, I can't say but it is more water than protein.
skyhightree1":3lfacamt said:farmerjan":3lfacamt said:If you are close to any dairies you might want to talk to them about it. Alot of dairies have fed it over the years, both picked up from the breweries and also dried brewers grain. There is a brewery fairly close that a couple of dairies here take their dump truck to and when it gets loaded they go back and pick up the truck when they call. They all try to get it fed in a week or so. Most of the dairymen here will put a pencil to it and they will constantly try to keep input costs down, and several of them said it was not cost effective. Since I am not privy to their finances, I can't say but it is more water than protein.
If you have to pay for it directly that's the only time I can see it not penciling out. I only have fuel costs in a load I certainly can't buy 30 tons of feed for 100 bucks even if half is water where can you buy 15 tons of feed for 100 bucks even commodity pellets are going to cost more than that per ton. If they are rushing to feed in a week that has to be in summertime which that can pose a problem but if they build a pit like whats used for silage that will help a great deal but they may not be getting as much as I do weekly.
farmerjan":27le8r8h said:[
Have seen a few get it and bag it like silage, but I don't think they can get nearly as much as you do at a time. And the different nutritionists that the dairies use have the rations figured for them according to how it tests etc. I don't know what they pay, don't think it's alot but it's only 15-20 miles away at most to get it.
:lol2: :lol2: :lol2:skyhightree1":drnndb3q said:farmerjan":drnndb3q said:[
Have seen a few get it and bag it like silage, but I don't think they can get nearly as much as you do at a time. And the different nutritionists that the dairies use have the rations figured for them according to how it tests etc. I don't know what they pay, don't think it's alot but it's only 15-20 miles away at most to get it.
Yea. I don't mix mine they get it straight no adder but they love it. If pastures close I use bobcat to take them some if not I haul on a trailer and they will get on the trailer and chase the truck down.
You probably were not really set up to feed it. It's an excellent feed IF you can get it at a reasonable price.Supa Dexta":1ygok0in said:I used to get it from half a mile away for free, and it still wasn't worth it for me. Gave up on it.
TexasBred":31xu25j8 said:You probably were not really set up to feed it. It's an excellent feed IF you can get it at a reasonable price.Supa Dexta":31xu25j8 said:I used to get it from half a mile away for free, and it still wasn't worth it for me. Gave up on it.