Performance of Growing Cattle Fed Corn Silage or Grazing Corn Residue from Second Generation Insect-Protected (MON 89034), Parental, or Reference Corn Hybrids

Authors

Barry M. Weber, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Brandon L. Nuttelman, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
William A. Griffin Griffin, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Joshua R. Benton, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Galen Erickson, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Terry Klopfenstein, Universitiy of Nebraska - LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

2011

Comments

Published in 2011 Nebraska Beef Cattle Report. Published by the Agricultural Research Division, University of Nebraska Extension, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Copyright © 2011 The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska.

Abstract

Effects of feeding second generation insect-protected transgenic corn (MON 89034) on growing steer performance was evaluated in two experiments. In Experiment 1, a corn silage-based diet was fed to growing steers in pens, and the transgenic test hybrid was compared to a non-transgenic parental hybrid and two commercially available reference hybrids. In Experiment 2, steers grazing corn residue of the transgenic test hybrid were compared to steers grazing a non-transgenic parental hybrid. In both experiments, growing performance was not affected by source of corn silage or residue.