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<blockquote data-quote="hayray" data-source="post: 349776" data-attributes="member: 3046"><p>I feed whole corn for the same reason as Chris B says. Feeding cracked corn can increase efficiency 5-10% but also increases intake above what you need if on full feed so then you end up paying more money for corn. As far as seeing whole corn passing through in the manure you see just as much cracked corn passing through as you do whole corn in cattle fed whole corn. The digestion removes starch from the kernal and it is not necessary to crack the kernal to get the starch out. There is plenty of research on this, just google feeding whole shelled corn and alot of info. comes up. For me buying a grinder mixer and going through all that extra work and expense certainly would not pay off.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hayray, post: 349776, member: 3046"] I feed whole corn for the same reason as Chris B says. Feeding cracked corn can increase efficiency 5-10% but also increases intake above what you need if on full feed so then you end up paying more money for corn. As far as seeing whole corn passing through in the manure you see just as much cracked corn passing through as you do whole corn in cattle fed whole corn. The digestion removes starch from the kernal and it is not necessary to crack the kernal to get the starch out. There is plenty of research on this, just google feeding whole shelled corn and alot of info. comes up. For me buying a grinder mixer and going through all that extra work and expense certainly would not pay off. [/QUOTE]
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