u4411clb":2gvfgokr said:
What I purchase is ground and on an as fed basis is 18.46% protein and 4.82% fat with moisture 11.40% and dry matter 88.60%. NEI (MCal/lb) - 0.60, NEm (MCal/lb) - 0.60 and NEg (MCal/lb) 0.37. I was told by the producer that the exfoliant problem is not an issue anymore. I have always thought that the infertility from cotton seeds was only temporary and this trash seems to have quite a few seeds in it although they are mostly small. I found this by product and it is within 2 miles of my place so I have easy access and it runs about $50 lbs a ton. Right now I am mixing with soy hulls and I have a shipper that can purchase candy that is defective by size or shape or whatever and it adds energy and fat to the ration and once done I have about $80 -$90 a ton in it when I am done. As compared with prepared feed around my area is about $220 a ton this time of year but nothing is worth cows not being bred back.
They may call it gin trash but it's not. It would have to be 3/4 cottonseed to test that high in protein. I'd have it tested, if it tests out, I'd buy all they had and be on the phone making money with it. :nod: I'd cut it with corn and lower the protein and raise the energy and probably cut your overall feeding price as well unless you're really getting a bargain on the soyhulls and candy products.