The Economic Impact of Feeding Wet Corn Co-Products in Nebraska

Authors

• Josie A. Waterbury, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• Darrell R. Mark, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• Richard K. Perrin Perrin, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

ORCID IDs

Richard K. Perrin

Date of this Version

2010

Comments

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

Abstract

Isoquants that illustrate combinations of various inputs to produce a given level of output were estimated for wet corn co-products using UNL cattle feeding trial data and applied to actual producer data. Producer economic benefits from feeding wet co-products compared to corn were calculated. Although the combined producer savings from all three wet co-products totaled nearly $39 million, this value was not net of all cost differences between co-products and corn, including transportation, storage, and handling costs.