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<blockquote data-quote="Texas PaPaw" data-source="post: 152302" data-attributes="member: 2905"><p>Have supplemented with whole shelled corn in the past and have grazed cattle on corn stalk fields with the cattle gleaning the dropped ears. In all cases there appeared to be a lot of corn in the manure. This was several years ago and my memory seems to fade a little every day. My best recollection is there are approximately 1600 grains of corn in a pound. If that is correct then an animal consuming only 5lb/day would be eating approximately 8000 kernels/day. If a cow does not digest (passes thru) only 5% of the kernels that represents 400 kernels of corn. If the cow poops 10 times/ day this is 40 kernels per cow pie. Years ago after i did this math exercise, the waste did not seem so great.(no, i didn't count the kernels in the manure-just estimated) At that time it was cheaper to waste a little more corn than have it processed.</p><p></p><p>That said, the big feedlots would not process (flake, crack, grind) corn if it was not cost effective. I think it boils down to the cost of processing as to the value of processing corn. Probably not cost effective for lower volumes of usage.</p><p></p><p>Just my 2 cents worth of perspective.</p><p></p><p>Best wishes to all.</p><p></p><p>Brock</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Texas PaPaw, post: 152302, member: 2905"] Have supplemented with whole shelled corn in the past and have grazed cattle on corn stalk fields with the cattle gleaning the dropped ears. In all cases there appeared to be a lot of corn in the manure. This was several years ago and my memory seems to fade a little every day. My best recollection is there are approximately 1600 grains of corn in a pound. If that is correct then an animal consuming only 5lb/day would be eating approximately 8000 kernels/day. If a cow does not digest (passes thru) only 5% of the kernels that represents 400 kernels of corn. If the cow poops 10 times/ day this is 40 kernels per cow pie. Years ago after i did this math exercise, the waste did not seem so great.(no, i didn't count the kernels in the manure-just estimated) At that time it was cheaper to waste a little more corn than have it processed. That said, the big feedlots would not process (flake, crack, grind) corn if it was not cost effective. I think it boils down to the cost of processing as to the value of processing corn. Probably not cost effective for lower volumes of usage. Just my 2 cents worth of perspective. Best wishes to all. Brock [/QUOTE]
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