Summary of Grazing Trials Using Dried Distillers Grains Supplementation

Authors

William Griffin, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Virgil R. Bremer, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Terry J. Klopfenstein, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Leslie Aaron Stalker, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Lyle Lomas, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Joe Moyer, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Galen E. Erickson, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

2009

Comments

Published in 2009 Nebraska Beef Cattle Report (Lincoln, NE: December, 2008). Copyright © 2008 The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska.

Abstract

A meta-analysis of grazing trials in which cattle were supplemented with dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) was conducted to determine effects of supplementation on average daily gain (ADG) and final BW in pasture grazing situations. Additionally, pen studies were evaluated to determine the effects of DDGS supplementation on cattle intake, forage replacement, ADG and final BW. In both the pasture and the pen studies, ADG and final BW increased quadratically with increased level of DDGS supplementation. Feeding DDGS decreased forage intake quadratically; however, total intake for cattle supplemented DDGS increased quadratically with increased level of supplementation.