Objective: Determine and analyze the impact of limit feeding a high-energy diet in backgrounding phase, primarily based on dry-rolled corn Sweet Bran (Cargill Animal Nutrition, Blair, NE), animal performance finishing phase carcass merit.

Animal nutrition and feeding, along with other sciences (reproduction, genetics, hygiene, management, etc [...]

Grain and forage from corn plants vary in composition and digestibility due to genetics and numerous environmental factors. For decades, corn hybrids have been selected based on agronomics (yield, disease and insect resistance). In addition, hybrids have been developed or selected for specific traits desired in specialty markets (food manufacturing properties: popcorn, white color, waxy, high a...

Many owners and operators of concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO) need to secure National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits from the federal or state permitting authority. Because of the expense and inconvenience of permit applications, farm groups have challenged revisions to the federal CAFO Rule as well as state regulations claiming selected provisions exceeded the auth...