ground ear corn

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farwest

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Any thoughts on replacing cotton seed hulls, oats. And corn with ground ear corn in your grower
 

ploughshare

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Ground ear corn is awesome feed, but is almost equivalent to corn in energy and probably better suited as a finisher.  As long as you balance the diet in terms of protein and mineral, cut back the amount of grower and also feed long stem hay or ample pasture you will be fine.  I really like both cotton seed hulls and oats in a grower, but both are too expensive here to include at sufficient levels in a grower ration.
 

farwest

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Thanks for the info. I would agree. Pound for pound it would be hotter cause the cob is so light. I Feed purina 4 t fier with it and molases so I guess would cut back total pounds of Feed n increase prarie hay
 

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Here's some info about feeding Ground Ear Corn from the Unversity of Pelini! <party>  Hit the link for more info!

Ground ear corn (corn and cob only) appears to have 6-10 percent greater feed value when stored as high moisture feed than when fed dry. This improvement may be largely due to increased palatability of the feed. Approximately 13 percent of the dry matter of high moisture ground ear corn is found in the cob (Table III). This is more roughage than necessary for maximum rate and efficiency of gain in finishing rations. Thus, additional grain should be added to a ground ear corn ration once the cattle are started on the finishing ration.

Ground snapped corn (cob and shuck included) will have 5-10 percent more roughage equivalent than ground ear corn and thus would be fed at a lower level than ground ear corn in a finishing ration. In finishing rations, 8-12 percent roughage is generally recommended. At 8 percent roughage equivalent, ground ear corn would be included at about 40-50 percent of the total ration if no other roughage is included since it is about 15 percent cobs. Ground snapped corn is about 25 percent cob and shuck and would be included at 30-40 percent of the ration dry matter.


LINK:  http://www.ianrpubs.unl.edu/epublic/pages/publicationD.jsp?publicationId=662

Tony
 
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