Supplementing Beef Cows Grazing Cornstalk Residue with a Distillers Based Cube

Authors

Zachary Hall, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Richard J. Rasby, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Mark Dragastin, Dalbey-Halleck Research Unit, unit manager, Virginia

Date of this Version

January 2008

Comments

Published in 2008 Nebraska Beef Cattle Report. Copyright © 2007 The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska.

Abstract

A 4-year study is being conducted to determine the effect of excess undegrad¬able intake protein supplementation using a cube that is 2/3 dried distillers grains (DDG) to beef cows in late gesta¬tion on cow and calf performance and the performance of heifer calves whose dams were supplemented with protein. Feeding a supplement containing DDG did not influence calf birth and wean¬ing weights, cow body weight prior to calving, and calving interval. Cow body condition score and percentage of cows cyclic prior to breeding increased for supplemented cows.