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Faunsdale, AL | It’s like building a fire (rumen function in the cattle) with gasoline (readily fermentable starch). You can do it but it takes a system to limit it and apply it evenly to every cow. Like a burner in a heater meters in fuel and air in a controlled ratio and at a controlled rate.
Building a fire with oak firewood, you probably can make the fire bigger or smaller without it getting out of control. Not so much when you start trying to add gasoline!
Conservative use rates are important because every cow isn’t like every other cow, some will eat more, some will get less. When it tastes good and the rest of the ration doesn’t, cows are going to sort for it and create problems. Wetter feed helps stick a ration together so that helps.
Probably could compare it to price of corn or wheat on a dry matter basis.
I have no experience feeding it….it might sour or spoil somehow. Sure would talk to someone that’s feeding it already before you pull the trigger.
Edited by ccjersey 3/1/2024 09:46
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Feeding brood cows potato byproducts
