Abstract
Objective: Evaluate the effect of feeding corn grain and corn silage from Syngenta Enogen corn hybrids (EC; Syngenta Seeds, LLC., Downers Grove, IL) or conventional corn hybrids in diets containing either wet distillers grain (WDG; ICM Biofuels, St. Joseph, MO) or Sweet Bran (WCGF; Cargill Animal Nutrition, Blair, NE) on growth performance in growing cattle.
Highlights
Recent research conducted at the Kansas State University Beef Stocker Unit suggested average daily gain (ADG) of growing cattle was 5% better by feeding diets containing Enogen corn as corn silage compared to silage with conventional corn hybrids
Corn coproducts are widely used in the cattle feeding industry, but an evaluation of Enogen corn hybrids fed as dry rolled corn and corn silage in diets containing corn coproducts fed to growing cattle has not been conducted
Main effect of corn source for net energy concentration was not observed in this study, but wet distillers grain (WDG) diets had numerically greater net energy concentration calculated from animal performance than wet corn gluten feed (WCGF) diets
Summary
Recent research conducted at the Kansas State University Beef Stocker Unit suggested average daily gain (ADG) of growing cattle was 5% better by feeding diets containing Enogen corn as corn silage compared to silage with conventional corn hybrids. No corn source × coproduct interactions (P > 0.10) were observed for performance or fecal starch analysis, with the exceptions of DM intake (P < 0.01) and gain to feed ratio (P = 0.01) at day 14.
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