Animal Science, Department of
Nebraska Beef Cattle Reports
Date of this Version
1964
Citation
Published by ANIMAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT, College of Agriculture and Home Economics
Abstract
Efficiency of sugar beet farming can be improved by feeding beet top silage to livestock.
In two recent trials at the Scotts Bluff Experiment Station lambs fed unwilted beet top silage as the only roughage gained significantly faster than lambs fed corn silage.
Amounts of concentrates were comparable (Nebraska Experiment Station Quarterly, Fall, 1962).
This experiment compared the feeding value of a complete mixture of unwilted beet tops and concentrate added at the time of ensiling, with beet top silage and concentrate handled separately. A conventional corn silage and concentrate ration was used as a control.
Results showed that a complete ration prepared by mixing unwilted beet tops and concentrates at the time of ensiling did not produce greater gains than a ration of unwilted beet top silage and concentrates fed separately.
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