USDA To Release Report On Ethanol Co-Products Used For Livestock Feed
News Date June 18, 2007
On June 29, USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will release a report on livestock producers' use of ethanol co-products to feed cattle and hogs. The report, entitled "Ethanol Co-Products Used for Livestock Feed," will highlight results of a survey conducted by NASS with the support of the Nebraska Corn Board. NASS contacted approximately 9,400 livestock operations in 12 states to determine whether they used ethanol co-products--including distillers' grains and corn gluten feed--in their feed rations in 2006. NASS collected information regarding the volume and type of co-products fed, how the co-products were procured and used, and what concerns and barriers may have prevented operations from feeding co-products. Like all NASS reports, it will be available online at http://www.nass.usda.gov. (Contact: Jennifer Yezak)