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Wet Distillers

PPRM

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I know many of these questions have ben asked, but also things change...We are getting Ethanol Plants coming in soon. No Experience with them.....

I have been told they want to sell Wet Distillers and are trying to not have to dry them...It will be corn....

I have two questions....

First, I have been told you can only feed 5-7 pounds per cow per day of this stuff....Is that true?

Second....What is the price per ton? Its feed value?

Thanks,


PPRM
 

IL Rancher

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You can feed more of the wet stuff than that... We have, that is for sure.. The feed value is going to depend on the plant as some extrat more solubles than others, some sell various stages of "wetness" and so on... You will have to feed a balancer to deal with the higher sulphur values and distorted phos to calcium levels.. I think, and check with a nutritionist on this, that you need to up Copper, and Thiamine to deal with the sulpher and raise your calcium levels (Or elimiate supplemental phosph) to deal with the high levels of phosp...

Price per ton is seasonable PPRM... Sometimes they almost give it away, sometimes this winter with shipping from distance it was 50 bucks.... Also some was 33% DM whilte other was closer to 60% DM...As more plants come on line and supply increases you might see it track down but right now it is following corn.
 

Turkey Track Bar

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PPRM said:
I know many of these questions have ben asked, but also things change...We are getting Ethanol Plants coming in soon. No Experience with them.....

I have been told they want to sell Wet Distillers and are trying to not have to dry them...It will be corn....

I have two questions....

First, I have been told you can only feed 5-7 pounds per cow per day of this stuff....Is that true?

Second....What is the price per ton? Its feed value?

Thanks,


PPRM

PPRM:

Check out the publication at this link...it might help answer some of your questions. If it doesn't , Dr. Greg Lardy the author has always been great in answering our questions via email.

http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/ansci/beef/as1242.pdf

Remind me, are you feeding/selling into a natural beef market? If so, one thing to be aware of is, as far as I know, all the ethanol plants are using an antibiotic to inhibit bacterial growth in the distilling process. Lots of research is being done to determine if there are residues, if so, at what level, withdrawal time, etc. To this point, I think most natural programs have shrugged their shoulders or looked the other way at the issue, but now that it is becoming a known issue in the public, it might change some natural programs views.

In this area, one of the limiters to the level of diet inclusion is how much sulfer is in the water, and long term, nutrient management plans.

Hope this helps...

Cheers---

TTB :wink:
 

Denny

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We fed it all winter to our cows 25 to 30#s per day it was 65% moisture and 32% protein.It was free but the trucking was what cost about $9 a ton delivered.

I dont think you could over feed it with hay the cows will eat some then go eat hay seems like they get filled up on it and go for the hay.We had 30 semi loads delivered in October I pushed it up into a pile about 6 ft. tall 40 ft. wide and 200 ft. long it formed a crust about 2" deep and everything below that was good clear into mid may when it ran out.We did'nt have any cows abort as many said we would and the calves were'nt any bigger at birth than years past.The cows are real fleshy and milking heavy so the calves are really growing.I am all geared up to get a bunch more if it's availiable this fall.They are trying to dry it but so far the drying is not cost effective.They claim they are money ahead to give it away.The spoiled stuff stinks like hell and the flies big old black shithouse flies but I dont live where we had it so it's not a problem at home,I talked to a guy who has it in his yard by his house and his wife is'nt happy :wink:

We have been feeding out some hogs on it they grow but slower than a conventional feeds but 150 pigs fed from 50#s to 260#s for a $1000 is a money maker :wink:

I fed it on the ground in long rows across some hay fields and they look like I spread commercial fertilizer on them real dark green grass and lots of it we covered about a 120 acres with it saving on fertilizer cost also..We wintered our cows 190 days on feed for a $113 per head or 60 cents per day plus fuel and mineral.
 

PPRM

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Thanks for the feedback...I have a Mixer so I can control a lot, but it sounds like a somewhat variable feed....I deal with that now, so no biggie...

Denny, I appreciate you describing what you do...I have had people tell me I can't do what I am currently doing, but it works well for me,

PPRM
 
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