RFA: Ethanol Sector Generated 35 Million Tons of Animal Feed Last Year

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May 11, 2011

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(Renewable Fuels Association) The animal feed created as a byproduct of U.S. ethanol production could supply beef for 50 billion quarter-pound hamburgers every day, the Renewable Fuels Association says in a report. U.S. ethanol producers generated almost 35 million metric tons of animal feed in the 2009-10 marketing year, an amount exceeding grain consumption by all beef cattle in U.S. feedlots during that period, the report said. The 2010-11 marketing-year output is expected to be 39 million metric tons.
This document discusses in depth how the U.S. ethanol industry is now one of the largest producers of animal feed in the country, providing increasing volumes of highly nutritious livestock feed for domestic and international markets alike. This publication would be a valued addition to the welcome area or lobby of a biorefinery or business, offering customers a plethora of information about the types of feed the U.S. ethanol industry produces, the American ethanol production process, U.S. dried distillers grains (DDGs) exports, the use of co-products in livestock and poultry diets, feed co-product impact on net grain use and agricultural land use, and what the future holds for ethanol feed co-products READ MORE and MORE (Des Moines Register) Download report

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