E4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 4,1983
LINCOLN, NEB. - It’s a terrific
idea, they say, if we only had the
money.
Terry Klopfenstem, ruminant
nutritionist at the University of
Nebraska, was talking about ius
recent meetings with scientists in
Eastern Europe. He explained to
them that soybean hulls, a high
energy, high-fiber byproduct of
soybean meal production, could be
used to feed cattle.
“The scientists like the idea of
using bulls instead of gram,’’ says
Klopfenstein. “Some were quite
excited. But, the problem is just
not having the money to pay for the
hulls.”
Klopfenstem recently visited
scientists m both East Germany
and West Germany on behalf of the
American Soybean Association
(ASA;. In East Berlin, Klop
fenstem spoke on high roughage
diets for ruminants at a food fair.
It was the first tune ASA had been
represented at an East German
seminar.
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Study eyes feeding soybean hulls to cattle
Easter European countries do
not have grain to feed cattle,
Klopfenstem says. Cattle are
raised on available forages and
crop residues. Gram is used for
human food, or to feed swine and
poultry.
“Because the price of soybean
hulls is competitive with grains,”
Klopfenstem says, “soybean hulls
could be very well used in Eastern
European countries.”
Klopfenstem thinks the soybean
hull market can be developed in
West Germany. The hulls will
come either from the U.S. or from
the West German processing in
dustry, which is based on U.S.
beans anyway, Klopfenstem ex
plains. But first, scientists, feed
specialists and others m the
livestock and dairy industries
must be convinced of the high
energy value of soybean hulls.
Klopfenstein thinks that
shouldn’t be difficult. He cites his
own research findings that
soybean hulls used as an energy
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crease gains like com. Other
pluses: hulls don’t decrease fiber
digestion or require a high level of
feeding management.
Klopfenstem’s research is
supported by fanners through the
soybean checkoff, as are many
other soybean-related research
projects at universities across the
country. In Nebraska, funds are
allocated by fanners elected to the
Nebraska Soybean Development,
Utilization and Marketing Board.
In addition to supporting research,
checkoff dollars fund soybean
export expansion projects which
create demand for more U.S.
soybeans.
“I’m very optimistic about in
creasing the use of soybean hulls in
ruminant rations,” Klopfenstem
says. His enthusiasm is catching.
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While in Germany, Klopfenstem
met with Dr. K. Rors, professor at
the Institute of Animal Nutrition in
Braunschweig. Rors expressed
mterest in conducting research in
cooperation with ASA to demon
strate to the German science
community the value of soybean
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“Getting the idea across that
soybean hulls are a high energy
feed will take some work,” says
Klopfenstein, “but at least the
scientists seem ready to accept the
basic logic of using fiber rather
than starch.”
Within the past several years the
number of markets has increased
substantially as farmers and
consumers alike have found direct
selling in town a good old custom
for both parties.
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