Livestock Feedstuffs and Dietary Components

Protein Concentrates

• Canola Meal
  • High in Crude Protein (CP).
  • High Neutral Detergent Fiber (NDF).
  • Available in pellet form.
• Fish Meal
  • Highest in crude protein among the listed concentrates.
  • Contains crude fat and ash.
• Soybean Meal
  • High in crude protein (second highest among those listed).
• Distillers Grains and Solubles
  • High in CP.
  • High in NDF.

Energy Concentrates

• Generally high in Crude Fiber (CF) or a combination of Starch and NDF.
• Barley Steam Rolled
  • High in NDF.
  • High in Starch
• Oats Rolled
  • High in NDF.
  • High in starch.
• Corn, Whole Kernel
  • High in Starch.
• Corn Steam Flaked
  • High in starch.
  • Higher NDF levels than whole kernel corn.
  • Highest Gross Energy (GE) among corn types.
• Ground Corn
  • High in starch (similar to whole kernel corn).
• Tallow

Other Energy Concentrates

• Soybean Oil
  • High in crude fat
• Wheat Middlings
  • High in CP.
  • High in NDF.
  • High in Starch.

Mineral Supplements

• Generally high in ash content.
• Limestone (Calcium Rich)
  • Approximately 97% ash.
• Mineral Premix
  • Approximately 50% ash.

Byproducts

• Generally high in NDF.
• Almond Hulls
  • High in NDF.
  • High in sugar.
  • High in ash.
• Whole Cottonseeds
  • Very high in GE.
  • High in CP.
  • High in CF.
  • High in NDF (approximately 46%).
• Cottonseed Hulls
  • Very high in NDF (approximately 85%).
• Beet Pulp Dried
  • High in ash.
  • High in NDF.

Dry Forages

• Oat Head
  • Oats dangle off the side of the head.
• Wheat Head
  • Characterized as a 3D, thicker head.
• Ryegrass Head
  • Leaves point side to side.
• Barley Head
  • Leaves point side to side.
  • Short and flat.
• Alfalfa Hay
  • High GE.
  • Green, leafy appearance with thin stems.
  • High in CP.
  • High in NDF.

Ensiled Forages

• Characterized by low Dry Matter (DM) content.
• Wheat Silage
  • High in NDF.
• Corn Silage
  • High in starch.
  • High in NDF.

Dry Roughage

• Wheat Straw
  • High in NDF.

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