The first consideration is to determine which plant and process the distillers grains are coming from. Each plant uses a slightly different process and, particularly in the case of distilleries making alcohol for human consumption a mix of grains. In the case of ethanol plants there may also be a wet production CDS (condensed distillers soluables) which is more of a syrup.
I"ve had experience with both CDS from an ethanol plant (back in the early 90"s) as a researcher and have fed thin stillage from a bourbon distillery since I was in highschool. On a dry basis the current thin stillage product I"ve been feeding is 19% fat and 21% protein but it comes as a 90% water solution. The price is right (free) but there is a lot of freight on water.
I"ve feed momma cows on thin stillage and rough hay for years. As a finishing feed I"ve used dried distillers grains, ear corn, and alfalfa hay in a 1-1-1 ratio with some success. For finishing I really like a 1-1-1 mix of spelleted soy hulls, shelled corn, and corn glutten.
It is important to make sure your mineral mix is balanced for a heavy DDG or corn glutten ration on cows. Most of our forage based rations are heavy on phosphorous since legumes are rich in calcium. These grain bases are woefully deficient in calcium but rich in phosphorous so balance accordingly.
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