1. RICH PORTER PORTER FARMS WET DISTILLERS

2. STARTING CALVES

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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. “RANGE CUBE” FEEDING

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

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

11. NEEDS ONLY Ca Can add: Regular supplement CTC/OTC

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

13. 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

14. “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

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

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

17. 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

18. 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 0.153 ADG, 45-90 Days-0.57 lbs a 1.44 lbs b 0.134 ADG, 0-90 Days0.76 lbs a 2.44 lbs b 0.116 Total Weight Gain68.5 lbs a 220.7 lbs b 10.47 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

19. QUESTIONS??