Byproducts with Low Quality Forage to Grazing Cattle

Authors

• Annie J. Doerr, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• Sandra Villasanti, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• Kelsey M. Rolfe Rolfe, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• Brandon L. Nuttelman, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• William A. Griffin, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• Terry J. Klopfenstein, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• Walter H. Schacht, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

2012

Comments

Published in 2012 Beef Cattle Report (2012) p. 53-54. Copyright © 2012 The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska.

Abstract

Sixteen cows grazing smooth bromegrass pasture were unsupplemented or supplemented a 35:65 Synergy:straw mixture. Grazed forage intake was replaced about 50% with supplementation, with no differences in cow performance. In a second experiment conducted over two summers, yearling steers grazing native range were fed a mixture of 70:30 or 60:40 hay:WDGS or 60:40 straw:WDGS. During the first year, all steers fed byproduct-forage mixtures had greater ADG than control steers. During the second year, steers supplemented with byproduct-hay mixtures had similar gains as control while steers supplemented byproduct-straw mixtures gained less. Supplementing WDGS and low quality forage reduced forage intake by 17 to 22% in Experiment 2.