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<blockquote data-quote="sainty01" data-source="post: 150259" data-attributes="member: 319"><p>Mormans has done a tremendous amount of research on using whole corn. They could supply you with facts and figures I'm sure.</p><p></p><p>As for me... I can give you my opinions and my personal experience. </p><p></p><p>We have grown reg. angus bulls and heifers on whole corn for the past eight years. About 40 head of bulls and as many heifers.</p><p></p><p>We do not push the heifers very hard, but try to get every bit of growth out of the bulls that we can. Once the bulls are weaned we start them on corn. We use a pelleted protein that has a feed intake limiter in it (1 pound a hd a day). (Mormans has a similar pellet.) The calves weigh between 600-800 pounds when we start them. We take the bulls to about 1200-1300 on this ration. In the beginning we use grass hay and than switch to grass/alfalfa mix. The bulls do extremely well on this diet. </p><p></p><p>Currently whole corn can be purchased in my area for $1.65 a bushel. That's CHEAP, CHEAP, CHEAP.</p><p></p><p>WARNING:</p><p> Feeding whole corn is a great and affordable way to feed calves, you need minimal equipment and the cost of gain is phenomenal....however, you probably need to be experienced feeding cattle. Feeding whole corn in large amounts can cause bloat, founder, and death. You need to slowly increase the amount, and keep a very close eye on the cattle. </p><p></p><p>Hope this helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sainty01, post: 150259, member: 319"] Mormans has done a tremendous amount of research on using whole corn. They could supply you with facts and figures I'm sure. As for me... I can give you my opinions and my personal experience. We have grown reg. angus bulls and heifers on whole corn for the past eight years. About 40 head of bulls and as many heifers. We do not push the heifers very hard, but try to get every bit of growth out of the bulls that we can. Once the bulls are weaned we start them on corn. We use a pelleted protein that has a feed intake limiter in it (1 pound a hd a day). (Mormans has a similar pellet.) The calves weigh between 600-800 pounds when we start them. We take the bulls to about 1200-1300 on this ration. In the beginning we use grass hay and than switch to grass/alfalfa mix. The bulls do extremely well on this diet. Currently whole corn can be purchased in my area for $1.65 a bushel. That's CHEAP, CHEAP, CHEAP. WARNING: Feeding whole corn is a great and affordable way to feed calves, you need minimal equipment and the cost of gain is phenomenal....however, you probably need to be experienced feeding cattle. Feeding whole corn in large amounts can cause bloat, founder, and death. You need to slowly increase the amount, and keep a very close eye on the cattle. Hope this helps. [/QUOTE]
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