RICH PORTER PORTER FARMS WET DISTILLERS

STARTING CALVES

WET DISTILLERS, GREAT FOR WEANING CALVES Great nutrition profile Cattle prefer wet to dry Can add supplement to mix Reasonable price

PROBLEMS WITH WET Need access to it, semi load lots Need feed wagon Need much longer mixing time Bunk life when mixed – half day Bunk life in pile – 1 to 4 weeks

MY RATIONS – AS FED ½ Wet distillers ¼ Ground hay ¼ Ground corn Supplement of course 1 gm CTC/cwt for 5 days of week

LIMIT FEED FIRST 30 DAYS Sounds stupid, works great 2.2% of BW on a DMB is guide Clean up feed in 2-3 hours

WHY LIMIT FEED??? Prevent overeating days 14 to 21 Very easy to spot sick cattle Calf can’t wait a few hours to eat Return to grass when bunk empty

“RANGE CUBE” FEEDING

GREAT SUPPLEMENT ON GRASS Similar to “Super Gold” But much cheaper

DISTILLERS HAVE: High protein (28%) Digestible fiber Fat (11%) Phosphorus

NEEDS ONLY Ca Can add: Regular supplement CTC/OTC

FEED WITH REGULAR FEED WAGON Use “floater” tires Add supplement Feed on the ground, little waste 3 Times a week

GOAL OF ROTATIONAL GRAZING IS BETTER GAINS Can get easily with distillers Combine 5 pastures into one 4 Less gates to open 4 Pastures rested Aug & Sept Consume grass otherwise burned

“TYPICAL RATE” IS ½% BW ON DMB ¼% to 1% can work 600# = 3# DMB or 9# As Fed “May” save grass 20% Late season, 1 lb more gain/day

LIMITATIONS Pastures must be close Must control pasture Need access to wet distillers Impact on grass long term????

PROFITABILITY 20% Distillers + 80% Silage or 20% Distillers + 80% “Waste” grass Does anyone have a calculator? Graze any time no snow cover

HARD DATA I have none but an eye ball KSU people can give data Extend grazing season, and use grass that would be burned Opportunity for producers to share loads and a feed wagon

Effects of supplementing dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) to heavy, yearling stocker cattle for 90 days during the late grazing period. Grazing Supplementation Treatment ControlDDGS (1% BW DDMI)Standard Error ADG, 0-45 Days2.02 lbs a 3.39 lbs b ADG, Days-0.57 lbs a 1.44 lbs b ADG, 0-90 Days0.76 lbs a 2.44 lbs b Total Weight Gain68.5 lbs a lbs b a-b Means within a row with different superscripts differ (P<0.05). 808 lb average starting weight for the steers in the study Grazing occurred from August 10 to November 10 of 2009 No effect on quality or yield grade of the finished cattle. Funded by The Beef Checkoff A. Stickel, T. Houser, K.C. Olson, J. Drouillard, B. Gerlach, A. Pacheco, M. Macek, G. Parsons, K. Miller, L. Thompson, M. Dikeman, J. Unruh, and D. Blasi

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