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<blockquote data-quote="Brandonm2" data-source="post: 329163" data-attributes="member: 2095"><p>I don't mean to be the board skeptic; but I don't see how anything really changes if it is found out that distiller's grain DOES decrease beef quality grade??? That is NOT going to stop the ethanol plants from producing ethanol. At least in theory, the industry as a whole still won't be able to buy sufficient Grade 2 yellow corn too finish all of our cattle without using the distillers grain. Perhaps in the future we will divide the feedlot calves into two groups: </p><p></p><p>1) the earlier maturing, high Quality grade calves we are feeding a traditional corn and soybean meal ration for the restaraunt trade sold on a quality grade pay grid AND</p><p></p><p>2) the continental influence later maturing cattle we are feeding the distiller's grain based feed for the select grade commodity beef trade for a yield grade pay scale</p><p></p><p>The first group will cost more because they are probably fatter and their feed cost us a lot more; but hopefully that will even out because of the select/choice price spread. IF not, then we may be the last generation of Americans to eat Choice grade beef (or at least Choice as USDA currently defines it).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brandonm2, post: 329163, member: 2095"] I don't mean to be the board skeptic; but I don't see how anything really changes if it is found out that distiller's grain DOES decrease beef quality grade??? That is NOT going to stop the ethanol plants from producing ethanol. At least in theory, the industry as a whole still won't be able to buy sufficient Grade 2 yellow corn too finish all of our cattle without using the distillers grain. Perhaps in the future we will divide the feedlot calves into two groups: 1) the earlier maturing, high Quality grade calves we are feeding a traditional corn and soybean meal ration for the restaraunt trade sold on a quality grade pay grid AND 2) the continental influence later maturing cattle we are feeding the distiller's grain based feed for the select grade commodity beef trade for a yield grade pay scale The first group will cost more because they are probably fatter and their feed cost us a lot more; but hopefully that will even out because of the select/choice price spread. IF not, then we may be the last generation of Americans to eat Choice grade beef (or at least Choice as USDA currently defines it). [/QUOTE]
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