Co-product dependent

摘要

As the passage of a renewable fuels standard grows more likely in Congress, the resulting boost in ethanol production will bring larger co-product supplies to Corn Belt cattle feeders. Minnesota cattle feeders Roger Gilland and Glen Graff live in theheart of ethanol country. Every other day, a truck from Minnesota Corn Processors (MCP) in nearby Marshall. pulls into Gilland's feeding operation in Morgan to deliver the wet corn gluten feed (WCGF) that makes up 40 percent (as-fed basis) of the finishing ration in his 2,000-head-capacity feedyard. "It works out pretty well for us because it's a lot of good product," says Gilland, who's fed WCGF since 1990, mixing it in a finishing ration with 47 percent shelled corn and 10 percent earlage. "It takesa little management because of the wet product's shelf life, but the cost and performance is better than corn," he adds.