ADM Funds Distillers Grains Research in China

Business News/Analysis, China, Co-Products, R & D Focus, Sustainability

March 28, 2012

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by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Archer Daniels Midland Co. is expanding its research activities related to the use of distillers grains and corn stover to replace corn in cattle diets, recently announcing a two-year research project to be conducted in China to explore the potential for the alternative feeds to be used at Chinese dairy farms. ADM will provide an undisclosed sum to fund the research program, which will be conducted jointly with Shengli Li, professor of dairy science at China Agricultural University. The program will include a series of feeding trials at the university as well as cooperative trials at some of China’s large dairy farms.

…In China, where the nation’s livestock currently consume approximately 112 million metric tons of corn per year, replacing more than half of that demand with alternate feeds would be a significant cost-savings for the country’s cattle producers and is a driving force behind this research, according to Li.

…“As a leading agricultural processor serving vital needs for food and energy, ADM is keenly interested in helping China ensure food security for its citizens by making better use of the grain the world already grows today, and by finding high-value applications for biomass such as corn stover.” READ MORE

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