MATRIC Publishes Book on Feeding Distillers Grains

The Midwest Agribusiness Trade Research and Information Center

Contacts: Dermot J. Hayes, Economics, Finance, FAPRI; dhayes@iastate.edu John D. Lawrence, Economics, Iowa Beef Center; jdlaw@iastate.edu Bruce A. Babcock, Economics, CARD, MATRIC; babcock@iastate.edu Sandy Clarke, CARD communications; sclarke@iastate.edu
November 24, 2008

The Midwest Agribusiness Trade Research and Information Center (MATRIC) at Iowa State University has published a book on using distillers grains, a co-product of biofuels production, as a feedstuff for livestock and poultry. The book is only available online at http://www.matric.iastate.edu/DGbook and is free for downloading.

The book, Using Distillers Grains in the U.S. and International Livestock and Poultry Industries, was edited by Bruce A. Babcock, Dermot J. Hayes and John D. Lawrence, all professors of economics at Iowa State University. The editors invited internationally renowned experts in animal science, economics, trade, and transportation and logistics from Iowa State and six other universities to share their knowledge and the latest research about distillers grains.

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