Livestock production and biofuels – especially ethanol – seem like a match made in Heaven. Ethanol producers can leverage the corn-purchase requirements of integrated operations for the economic benefit of both. Also, the co-products coming…
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Nutritionist in Ethanol Production
What is the role of a nutritionist in ethanol production? Is a trained consulting nutritionist valuable to those producing ethanol? Let’s ask the more basic questions first. When producing biofuels, does one concurrently produce “co-products”…
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Feed Co-Product Nutritional Value
What is my feed co-product worth? In order to maximize revenue from this important product, every producer of feed co-products should constantly ask this question. The answer may seem simple, but the determination is not. …
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Feed Co-Product Quality Measurement
When one makes biofuels like ethanol, biodiesel, SAF, or renewable diesel, one must meet minimum quality standards in order to sell these primary products. It is important to remember that when producing the feed-related co-products…
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Feed Co-Products in Biofuels – Protein
When we think of different biofuels co-products coming from biofuels operations, the one which immediately comes to mind is “protein feed for livestock”. With very few exceptions, all co-products arising from biofuels production have some…
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Biofuels Feed Co-Products – Minerals
Bio-fuel production generally uses a fermentation process to convert starch into a desired product – for example, ethanol, bio-butanol, as well as others. Corn and sorghum are the usual feedstocks for this source of starch. …
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Protein Quality is Key As Biofuels Co Product
Many producers of biofuels tend to think of co-products in terms of protein quantity – i.e., the percentage of crude protein. While “quantity” is an important number, it has the greatest application for ruminants (animals…
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