Scientists look for best feed from ethanol byproduct
By Anne Cook
Sunday April 8, 2007
John Dixon
University of Illinois animal scientist Larry Berger, holding a handful of silage mixed with wet distillers grain at the UI Beef Farm, is working to develop efficient and cost-effective feed.
URBANA – Ethanol is the star on the agriculture stage now, but behind the scenes, University of Illinois animal scientists are casting the spotlight on its not-so-sexy byproduct.
Distillers dried grains – or DDGs – are what's left over after distillers turn ground corn into alcohol, the hulls and other solids usually fed to livestock, especially ruminants like cattle and sheep that can digest the high fibrous feed.
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