IRFA: RFA "Feeding the Future" Report Shows DDGS Extends Corn Supplies Enough to Feed Cows in Four States

GrainNet.com
Date Posted: October 14, 2008

Johnston, IA—A new analysis found that the U.S. ethanol industry produces enough ethanol feed co-products to feed all the cattle raised in Texas, Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado, the nation’s top four livestock feeding states.

The analysis, prepared by Washington-based Renewable Fuels Association, examined the role ethanol production plays in supplying feed to livestock producers worldwide, thereby extending corn supplies for domestic and export markets.

“Ethanol plants are a major source of livestock feed – enough to feed all the cattle in the four largest livestock states,” said Lucy Norton, Managing Director of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA).

“Too often people overlook the fact that one-third of every bushel of corn processed into ethanol results in a high-protein livestock feed.

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