Extending Knowledge on Feeding DDGS to Chickens
Several groups reported their findings on the use of the ethanol by-products, distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) and glycerol, at the recent International Poultry Scientific Forum (IPSF 2010), writes Jackie Linden for TheBioEnergy Site. The...

Wet Ethanol Production Process Yields More Ethanol and Co-Products
Using a wet ethanol production method that begins by soaking corn kernels rather than grinding them, results in more gallons of ethanol and more usable co-products, giving ethanol producers a bigger bang for their buck — by about 20 per cent according...

Growing-Finishing Pigs Not Affect by DDGS
Growth performance of growing-finishing castrates was not affected by increasing dietary distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS; 0 to 40 per cent) or supplementing ractopamine, according to Roman Moreno and co-authors in their paper published in...

Evaluating an Ethanol Byproduct as a Potential Cattle Feed Ingredient [ARS]
There may be no such thing as a free lunch, but a cheap meal is easy to come by—especially if you use the right ingredients.

Unleashing the Power in Beer
Brewing beer creates tonnes of leftover used grains. But that waste can be turned into fuel, as a EUREKA-backed partnership of German and Slovakian developers has shown.

US Feed Outlook
In spite of a cool wet spring that delayed plantings, the 2009 corn crop is forecast to be the second largest on record, according to the USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS).

US Feed Outlook July 2009
US feed grain production in 2009 is expected to be up from 2008 because of increased acreage, according to the USDA Economic Research Service July Feed Outlook.

US Feed Outlook June 2009
Projected US 2009/10 corn production was decreased 155 million bushels this month to 11.9 billion according to the USDA Economic Research Service.

World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates - June 2009
U.S. wheat supplies for 2009/10 are lowered this month reflecting a 10-million-bushel reduction in forecast winter wheat production, according to the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, produced by the USDA's World Agricultural Outlook Bo...

USDA Feed Outlook April 2009
World 2008/09 corn trade is projected up 0.7 million tonnes this month to 76.1 million, says Allen Baker, Edward Allen, and Heather Lutman in the USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS) Feed Outlook report for March 2009.

Potential Production, Effects and Implications of Biofuels
Enormous changes over the last two years in world energy prices alongside changes in grain and food prices have helped to shape biofuels policies in many countries, writes TheBioenergySite senior editor Chris Harris.

Use of Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles (DDGS) in Swine Diets [UMN]
DDGS can be fed at levels up to 30 per cent of the diet for growing pigs over 7kg, and up to 50 per cent in the feed for pregnant sows, acccording to Professor J. Shurson of the University of Minnesota and co-workers. They reveiewed the topic at the Allen...

Grain World Markets and Trade March 2009
Russia and Ukraine are filling global wheat demand as traditional exporters rebuild stocks, according to the Foreign Agricultural Service of the USDA.

World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates - March 2009
US coarse grain and soybean stocks are reported to be down this month, but wheat stocks are up according to the USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates for March 2009.

Corn Ethanol Even Better for Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Using corn ethanol could be more effective in reducing greenhouse gases than at first thought, writes TheBioenergySite senior editor, Chris Harris.