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What to do with feed "Fines"?
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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 1823810" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>I take it you are purchasing bagged feed? If that's the case, you could purchase feed with molasses in it - or you could buy molasses and mix it into their ration. But, once they get fed SWEET feed, it is difficult to ever convert them to non-sweet feed.</p><p></p><p>My husband was a feed nutritionist. I finish out a few steers every year. We also show cattle. I use WHOLE SHELL CORN as the basis of anything that gets feed.</p><p>To finish a steer, he needs CARBS with enough protein for his age/weight. A weaned calf should need about 14% protein ration - no higher. I use a protein pellet (32%) and add it to the 9% protein corn. As the steer grows, he needs less protein, so you just keep increasing the #'s of corn and keep the protein pellets the same amount.</p><p>WSC is 8% less efficient than processed corn, but in most cases, you can get it cheaper than the 8%. Yes, you will SEE corn in their manure - don't worry, it's also in the manure of cattle eating cracked corn, you just need a microscope to see it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 1823810, member: 968"] I take it you are purchasing bagged feed? If that's the case, you could purchase feed with molasses in it - or you could buy molasses and mix it into their ration. But, once they get fed SWEET feed, it is difficult to ever convert them to non-sweet feed. My husband was a feed nutritionist. I finish out a few steers every year. We also show cattle. I use WHOLE SHELL CORN as the basis of anything that gets feed. To finish a steer, he needs CARBS with enough protein for his age/weight. A weaned calf should need about 14% protein ration - no higher. I use a protein pellet (32%) and add it to the 9% protein corn. As the steer grows, he needs less protein, so you just keep increasing the #'s of corn and keep the protein pellets the same amount. WSC is 8% less efficient than processed corn, but in most cases, you can get it cheaper than the 8%. Yes, you will SEE corn in their manure - don't worry, it's also in the manure of cattle eating cracked corn, you just need a microscope to see it. [/QUOTE]
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