April 12, 2012

Nutritionists worry over reduced oil DDGS

Ethanol producers now also extract oil from corn before making DDGS, which lowers the energy value of the ethanol co-product, but how much? University of Minnesota extension service teamed up with USDA-ARS to develop a tool for energy prediction in DDGS.

As more of the industry extracts more oil before making DDGS, reduced-oil DDGS has created a lot of anxiety in the feed, livestock, and poultry industries because some of the energy value of DDGS has been taken away. The question is: "How much?" Up until recently, no one knew the answer to this question. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Global Miller, published and supported by the GFMT Magazine and the International Milling Directory from Perendale Publishers. To get your copy of 'PPLAPP' click here.
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