A nutritionally enhanced grain such as NutriDense Grain can help swine and poultry producers reduce feed costs while increasing feed efficiency. In this week’s podcast, Jerry Weigel, BASF Plant Science manager of nutrition and technical service, provides an introduction to nutritionally enhanced grain.
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We’ll talk a lot on this blog about NutriDense, a group of traits used in livestock feed. But what exactly is NutriDense? Here’s a quick overview to get us all on the same page.
Corn hybrids containing NutriDense traits, which improve the nutritional value of corn used for feeding livestock, can help corn farmers, dairy, hog and poultry producers increase the profitability of their operations.
NutriDense Corn Silage allows dairy producers to maintain milk production on less feed. Compared to other silage hybrids, NutriDense Silage has a higher protein level, which means producers purchase fewer feed additives. NutriDense Silage is also more digestible for the cows, so the cows receive a greater nutritional benefit and more energy from the feed.
For swine and poultry producers, corn hybrids containing NutriDense Grain traits elevate ration energy content without adding fat, increase essential amino acid content and improve phosphorus availability. At the same time, NutriDense Grain reduces the amount of soybean meal in the ration, which increases digestibility.
Corn farmers and dairy, hog and poultry producers are all seeing the difference that NutriDense traits make. Click here to hear their stories.
How much corn are American farmers producing? How much corn do American farmers have the potential to produce? Is there enough for both food and fuel?
Jerry Weigel, BASF Plant Science LLC manager of nutrition and technical services, tackled these questions at the 2009 Poultry Science Association annual conference where he delivered the World Poultry Science Association Lectureship.
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