Abstract

Stocker heifers were fed diets of either 67% rice mill feed + 33 % dehydrated alfalfa pellets (RA) or a 67% grain sorghum + 33% dehydrated alfalfa pellets (GA). The RA heifers consumed more feed daily but gained slower (P<.05), resulting in poorer feed efficiency. RA heifers also had a lower percentage shrink (P<.05) during the first 2 1/2 hr of simulated trucking. Rice mill feed is a poor feedstuff for growing calves when included in rations at high levels.

Keywords: Cattlemen's Day, 1990, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution, no. 90-361-S, Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service), 592, Beef, By-products, Rice mill feed, Backgrounding

How to Cite:

Brazle, F. & Coffey, K., (1990) “Value of rice mill feed as a feedstuff for backgrounding heifers”, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports 1(1), 25-27. doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.2239