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<blockquote data-quote="TexasBred" data-source="post: 839512" data-attributes="member: 6897"><p>Me neither Jeanne....Corn is corn so protein is same whole, cracked or fine ground but digestability will be different as is the amount of energy obtained. Actually the lower the protein in corn the higher the energy. I only use 8.2% crude protein for formulating. Flaked corn is great and I too love it but down here folks are now charging a big premium for it. You'd think the added weight from moisture would be enough for them "profit wise". Pass thru of whole kernels will vary but I always use 12%. Was at the feed store last week and they were charging $9.20 for whole corn and $9.45 for cracked or fine ground corn. Your mill probably pelletizes a lot of feed so they run mostly fine ground corn thus the "fine ground corn" only from them. As to utilization, unless the outer skin is broken the cow gets none of the nutrients from that grain of corn. Calves will usually eat more slowly and utilize more of the whole corn consumed than mature cows who do not break this skin in ruminating. I know you feed a lot of whole corn and it works well for you so I wouldn't change a thing. As for the original post I'd probably mix about 1-1.5 lbs. of soybean meal with 10 lbs. of corn to get just a bit more protein into the calves, start them out slow and then increase the grain as well as making sure they get adequate roughage.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TexasBred, post: 839512, member: 6897"] Me neither Jeanne....Corn is corn so protein is same whole, cracked or fine ground but digestability will be different as is the amount of energy obtained. Actually the lower the protein in corn the higher the energy. I only use 8.2% crude protein for formulating. Flaked corn is great and I too love it but down here folks are now charging a big premium for it. You'd think the added weight from moisture would be enough for them "profit wise". Pass thru of whole kernels will vary but I always use 12%. Was at the feed store last week and they were charging $9.20 for whole corn and $9.45 for cracked or fine ground corn. Your mill probably pelletizes a lot of feed so they run mostly fine ground corn thus the "fine ground corn" only from them. As to utilization, unless the outer skin is broken the cow gets none of the nutrients from that grain of corn. Calves will usually eat more slowly and utilize more of the whole corn consumed than mature cows who do not break this skin in ruminating. I know you feed a lot of whole corn and it works well for you so I wouldn't change a thing. As for the original post I'd probably mix about 1-1.5 lbs. of soybean meal with 10 lbs. of corn to get just a bit more protein into the calves, start them out slow and then increase the grain as well as making sure they get adequate roughage. [/QUOTE]
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