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Web Seminar Tonight On Feeding Distillers Grain To Cut Feed Costs

published: January 6th 2011
source: KRVN

Higher grain prices are prompting cattle producers to look for feeding alternatives. To lower feed costs producers will look to feed higher levels of distillers grain. Research conducted at the University of Nebraska and Iowa State University has have developed new dietary recommendations to ensure cattle are consuming a safe amount of sulfur.

University of Nebraska Feedlot and Nutrition Specialist Dr. Matt Luebbe says the result from these experiments suggest higher of dietary sulfur can be fed if bunk management and diets are changed slightly.

These results can be signifigant for cattle producers. Luebbe says they can have a large impact for those producers that want to include a higher level of level of byproducets. they can increase their efficiency by reducing their cost of gain or feed costs. If you can replace half of your diet with these byproducts that has a large impact on profitability.

The seminar on these new finding will be presented Thursday, January 6th at 6pm Mountain Time/7pm Central Time. The webinar will include a group of panelists from the University of Nebraska and Iowa State University to answer additional participant questions. Luebbe says if producers have additional questions producers can also contact call the University of Nebraska Panhandle Research and Extension Center in Scottsbluff.

The webinar can be accessed through beef.unl.edu. There's no cost to participate in the web program, but it is important to check your computer system prior to attempting to connect to this program