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<blockquote data-quote="TexasBred" data-source="post: 1394488" data-attributes="member: 6897"><p>I too prefer cracked corn but as dun said calves especially will chew up whole corn. Not sure what the pass through rate is for mature cattle but down this way processing corn doesn't cost that much. Even with whole corn IF an opening is created in the outer husk the cow gets the nutrition from the kernel. All you're seeing in the manure is the "skeleton" and as dun said if you wash out a pile of manure you'll see all of it. If you had a microscopic analysis of it you'd also fine the fine ground corn, cottonseed meal, soybean meal and all the other ingredients in the mix but the digestible part of each has been removed by digestion. </p><p></p><p>Back to the original question if it were me any change I made would be gradual and small. Going to 50% corn immediately is asking for a problem. Oats are higher in protein than corn but lower in TDN and energy, more mellow in the ration and lower in starches. Calves really do well on them AND oats like corn and anything else might show up in the manure but it is simply remains of the hull. Nutrients have been extracted by the digestive system.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TexasBred, post: 1394488, member: 6897"] I too prefer cracked corn but as dun said calves especially will chew up whole corn. Not sure what the pass through rate is for mature cattle but down this way processing corn doesn't cost that much. Even with whole corn IF an opening is created in the outer husk the cow gets the nutrition from the kernel. All you're seeing in the manure is the "skeleton" and as dun said if you wash out a pile of manure you'll see all of it. If you had a microscopic analysis of it you'd also fine the fine ground corn, cottonseed meal, soybean meal and all the other ingredients in the mix but the digestible part of each has been removed by digestion. Back to the original question if it were me any change I made would be gradual and small. Going to 50% corn immediately is asking for a problem. Oats are higher in protein than corn but lower in TDN and energy, more mellow in the ration and lower in starches. Calves really do well on them AND oats like corn and anything else might show up in the manure but it is simply remains of the hull. Nutrients have been extracted by the digestive system. [/QUOTE]
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