Posts by tag: Ethanol
Effect of finishing cattle on low fat distillers grains on animal performance and carcass and meat characteristics
Read the complete report: Effect of finishing cattle on low fat distillers grains on animal performance and carcass and meat characteristics About this report: High fat and high sulfur concentrations in traditional distillers grains plus solubles limit inclusion rates in feedlot cattle diets. High dietary sulfur concentrations are known to affect intake, potentially impacting health [...]
Interaction of distillers grains on sulfur concentration and dietary roughage on microbial fermentation
Read the complete report: Interaction of distillers grains on sulfur concentration and dietary roughage on microbial fermentation About this report: The increase in ethanol production has provided Minnesota feedlot operators a great opportunity to utilize ethanol coproducts such as distillers grains in feedlot rations. Despite the known advantages of including high levels of distillers grains [...]
Determination of potential human health benefits from diets containing corn distillers coproducts
Read the complete report: Determination of potential human health benefits from diets containing corn distillers coproducts About this report: The goal of this project was to identify whether there were potential health benefits for humans from corn-based distillers coproducts created during the production of ethanol. Potential health impacting components of DDGS were determined from samples [...]
Still in our sights
– by Liz Morrison A little more than three years ago, AURI teamed up with the Minnesota Corn Research & Promotion Council and the Minnesota Soybean Research & Promotion Council to vet some 200 emerging technologies and identify those with the greatest potential to add value to corn and soybeans. The goal was to give [...]
How Alternative Feed Ingredients Affect Poultry Dietary Electrolyte Balance
Read the complete report: How Alternative Feed Ingredients Affect Poultry Dietary Electrolyte Balance About This Report Dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS), derived primarily from corn in the Midwest, are a byproduct of the ethanol industry that can be used as a source of protein in poultry diets. Turkey producers are concerned that the use [...]
AURI Staff Column: Seeing Around Corners
– by Doug Root, Ph.D AURI Senior Scientist of Biomass & Renewable Products Technologies While ground-breaking scientific technology is rarely predictable, we do know that there will always be change and innovation. In the area of transportation fuels, there are many developments that will likely have an impact on Minnesota’s agriculture economy. This column gives [...]
Why do feed trials?
– by Liz Morrison photos by Rolf Hagberg Improving livestock feed with the coproducts left over during agricultural processing is a win-win for Minnesota’s agricultural industry. Livestock farmers find new nutritional, lower cost feed options. The agricultural processing industry finds ways to add value to the products left over during processing. AURI does many feed [...]
No link between distillers grains and E. coli
–By Liz Morrison Feeding corn distillers grains to beef cattle does not lead to higher levels of a harmful pathogen, E. coli O157:H7, in the animals’ digestive systems. That’s according to two new studies sponsored by AURI and the Minnesota Corn Research & Promotion Council The E. coli O157:H7 (ECO157) organism, which is common in [...]
AURI Staff Column: Seeing Around Corners
Renewable fuel advocates have high hopes for cellulosic ethanol — made from plant waste rather than corn. Reality may take a little longer. A federal mandate passed a few years ago required that 250 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol be included in U.S. fuel consumption by 2011 and 500 million gallons by 2012. The provision [...]
Finishing cattle performance and carcass quality when fed high protein dried distillers grains
The research objective of this experiment was to replace 35% of dry rolled corn in traditional corn-based feedlot diets with a high protein dried distillers grains and view its effects on steer performance, carcass characteristics, and subsequent meat quality characteristics, shelf-life stability, and consumer acceptance. Read the complete report. Executive Summary New or modified feed [...]