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<blockquote data-quote="faster horses" data-source="post: 1727078" data-attributes="member: 17524"><p>I found the cracked corn vs. whole corn conversation very interesting so did a little research.</p><p>I did find this, it was a comment on another site: </p><p>Whole corn and cracked corn react differently in the rumen.</p><p>Cracked corn falls to the bottom and is passed out of the rumen quickly. Whole corn swells and, if the animal is getting enough forage/fiber, is brought back up for cudding. The few kernals that don't get chewed give up their starch to the rumen microbes, and act as fiber in the intestinal tract.</p><p></p><p>Feeding studies on beef cattle have shown that whole corn is a much better feed than had previously been thought. In some areas, cow/calf producers are being encouraged to replace part of the winter hay ration with whole corn for their pregnant cows.</p><p>The animal gets a base ration of hay (I think it was 1% of the body weight) and then for the rest of the ration 1 lb of whole corn replaces 2 lbs of hay.</p><p></p><p>Interesting, and seems to be working quite well for those that are doing it.</p><p>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p>FWIW. I always thought cracked corn was best. We didn't use much whole corn for our replacement heifers because we couldn't get them started on it. So they got grass hay, our</p><p>Forage Pro product which is soybean based protein supplement and mineral. They did great on it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="faster horses, post: 1727078, member: 17524"] I found the cracked corn vs. whole corn conversation very interesting so did a little research. I did find this, it was a comment on another site: Whole corn and cracked corn react differently in the rumen. Cracked corn falls to the bottom and is passed out of the rumen quickly. Whole corn swells and, if the animal is getting enough forage/fiber, is brought back up for cudding. The few kernals that don't get chewed give up their starch to the rumen microbes, and act as fiber in the intestinal tract. Feeding studies on beef cattle have shown that whole corn is a much better feed than had previously been thought. In some areas, cow/calf producers are being encouraged to replace part of the winter hay ration with whole corn for their pregnant cows. The animal gets a base ration of hay (I think it was 1% of the body weight) and then for the rest of the ration 1 lb of whole corn replaces 2 lbs of hay. Interesting, and seems to be working quite well for those that are doing it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FWIW. I always thought cracked corn was best. We didn't use much whole corn for our replacement heifers because we couldn't get them started on it. So they got grass hay, our Forage Pro product which is soybean based protein supplement and mineral. They did great on it. [/QUOTE]
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