Transcription of Using Cotton Byproducts in Beef Cattle Diets
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Using Cotton Byproducts in beef Cattle Diets Lawton Stewart Extension Animal Scientist beef Cattle Originally Prepared By Johnny Rossi Extension Animal Scientist beef Cattle Introduction Winter feeding accounts for about 40 percent of yearly brood cow maintenance costs. Hay is the primary wintering feed source for beef Cattle , but feeding crop residues has long been a way to reduce these costs. For example, Cattle can eat many Cotton production Byproducts that remain in the field after harvest, including cottonseed, cottonseed meal, cottonseed hulls, gin trash and Cotton stalk residue. Cottonseed, cottonseed meal and cottonseed hulls are widely used as feed ingredients in beef Cattle Diets .
4 Using Cotton Byproducts in Beef Cattle Diets Cottonseed meal is often mixed with salt in a 2:1 ratio and fed as a protein supplement to mature cows. Intake of this mix will be approximately 3 pounds per
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