Profit Tips: Effect of corn processing on feedlot performance
August 15, 2013
Cattle Network-Researchers at Texas Tech University conducted a study comparing steam-flaked corn processed to 22, 26 and 30 pounds per bushel, used in a ration containing wet corn gluten feed (WCGF) at 25 percent of dry matter.
Steam flaking corn helps cattle feeders improve digestibility and availability of starch in feedlot rations, and processing corn to lighter densities generally improves digestibility compared with processing to heavier densities. However, energy use and costs go up with the additional processing needed to achieve lighter density in steam-flaked corn.
Researchers at Texas Tech University conducted a study comparing steam-flaked corn processed to 22, 26 and 30 pounds per bushel, used in a ration containing wet corn gluten feed (WCGF) at 25 percent of dry matter.