Beef and dairy cattle are happy with the byproduct left over after corn syrup is squeezed from corn to make sugar for Coke, Pepsi and other colas. This com gluten, as it is called, is high in fiber and runs about 20 percent protein. Eastern presents award The Eastern Milk Producers Annual Meeting was held recently at the Franklin County Vo-Tech School, Cham bersburg. Mr. D. Eugene Cayman (left), President of the Cumberland-Valley Local Eastern Min' presented Paul Dyarman 111, son of Mr. an, ..irs. Paul Oyarman 11, Shjppensburg, with a trophy for being the 1985 Cumberland County Outstanding First Year 4-H member. Com byproduct looks good from a cow’s point of view, it looks for all the world like high quality alfalfa. “In our experiments, com gluten was just as good as com grain at keeping cows in a positive protein balance giving them more energy than they were using,” Connie Cordes said in a report to the American Society of Animal Science. And there was a bonus, “The wet or dry corn gluten didn’t decrease pH in the cow’s rumen like com grain does.” said Cordes, University of Missouri- Columbia animal scientist. Decreasing pH means the rumen becomes too acid, slowiiyj digestion of hay. Feeding com gluten means cattle eat and digest more hay, so they gain better. In her research trials, Cordes divided lightweight (500 pounds) XXX Young bulls will provide about 5% more meat than steers do for the same price. Research showed that young bulls gain weight faster and more ef ficiently than steers. The meat has the same cooking quality as meat from steers, but less fat. The main drawback to consumer acceptance is that steer meat has more marbling than bull, meat, which research ers say is not the most important part of meat quality anyway. Scientists are looking for ways, including genetic improvement, to produce leaner meat at less cost with the flavor, juices, and other qualities necessary for consumer acceptance. replacement heifers into three groups. One group got a com and urea supplement; another, dry com gluten; and the other a 50-50 mix of com gluten and corn-urea supplement. The groups fed the com gluten alone or in combination with corn urea gained 1.1 pound a day compared to only .8 pound per day for those that received the corn urea supplement. “It appears that these calves fed com gluten increased their hay fiber utilization because pH wasn’t decreased in the rumen,” Cordes said. 7ipERMAN •sseks.s? MANUFACTURING CORP. 7 17-354-9611 A Versatile, Economical Portable Elevator For Bales And Ear Corn ZIMMERMAN AUGER SYSTEMS FOR EMPTYING MANURE PITS Efficient, Economical and requires less Horsepower than most systems Portable Stationary Call For Prices & Your Local Coaler Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 3,1986-A37 With all the advantages of corn gluten, you might expect dairy and beef producers to be in a hurry to buy the stuff. But UMC animal scientist John Paterson had a word of caution. “If you use a byproduct like com gluten, buy it on the basis of its energy value compared to com grain and its protein value com pared to soybean meal. “Right now, the pricing is too close, because 80-90 percent of our com gluten is shipped overseas. “I’d advise producers to watch the markets and to buy com gluten when prices turn in their favor,” Patterson said. ■*ss***
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