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How to turn brewers grain into silage?
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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 1391720" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>An ensiled product would have a relatively high carbohydrate content that would be fermented, producing organic acids that 'preserve' the product by lowering pH into a range that is not conducive to the growth of spoilage bacteria/fungi. </p><p>By virtue of the fact that most of the carbohydrate in brewer's grains has already been removed in the alcohol fermentation process, they no longer qualify as a substrate to be 'turned into silage'.</p><p></p><p>Drying will certainly preserve feed quality, but studies have also shown that distiller's grains can be stored - even at relatively high moisture levels, for fairly long periods, with minimal degradation of feed value - they'll look like lleh and stink to high heavens, but the cows will still eat them, and the nutrients are largely still there, and mycotoxins have not been shown to be a problem. </p><p>Lots of info out there; here's one for starters: <a href="http://www.beefmagazine.com/markets/feed/0501-storing-wet-distillers-grains" target="_blank">http://www.beefmagazine.com/markets/fee ... ers-grains</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 1391720, member: 12607"] An ensiled product would have a relatively high carbohydrate content that would be fermented, producing organic acids that 'preserve' the product by lowering pH into a range that is not conducive to the growth of spoilage bacteria/fungi. By virtue of the fact that most of the carbohydrate in brewer's grains has already been removed in the alcohol fermentation process, they no longer qualify as a substrate to be 'turned into silage'. Drying will certainly preserve feed quality, but studies have also shown that distiller's grains can be stored - even at relatively high moisture levels, for fairly long periods, with minimal degradation of feed value - they'll look like lleh and stink to high heavens, but the cows will still eat them, and the nutrients are largely still there, and mycotoxins have not been shown to be a problem. Lots of info out there; here's one for starters: [url=http://www.beefmagazine.com/markets/feed/0501-storing-wet-distillers-grains]http://www.beefmagazine.com/markets/fee ... ers-grains[/url] [/QUOTE]
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