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How much distillers’ grains your herd needs
Kilograms per day and per month, with dry matter, for cows, heifers and bulls.
Calculation tool
How much distillers’ grains your herd needs
Enter how many animals you have in each category: the requirement for liquid wheat distillers’ grains updates as you type, per day, per week and per month, together with the dry matter it supplies.
Estimated distillers’ grains requirement
- Per day
- kg
- Dry matter supplied (about 40%)
- kg/day
- Per week
- kg
- Per month (30 days)
- t
For 100 head you need about 300 kg of distillers’ grains a day (about 120 kg of dry matter), 9 tonnes a month.
Reference doses
| Category | Recommended dose |
|---|---|
| Dairy cows | about 3 kg per head per day |
| Heifers | about 4 kg per head per day |
| Beef bulls | about 3 kg per head per day |
| Finishing pigs | for finishing pigs outside the Parma ham PDO circuit |
For pigs: only for pigs outside the Parma ham PDO circuit.
Distillers’ grains have about 40% dry matter and a pH of about 3.4: they acidify the ration and keep for longer. To convert other quantities, use the as-fed and dry matter converter.
This tool is also on the page Distillers.
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How it works and sources
The number of animals in each category is multiplied by the dose recommended on the distillers’ grains page: about 3 kg a day for dairy cows, 4 kg for heifers and 3 kg for beef bulls. The sum gives the daily requirement, which is then multiplied by 7 days and by 30 days. Dry matter is 40% of the as-fed quantity, because distillers’ grains contain about 40% dry matter.
Data sources
- alphasrl.com page “Distiller di frumento liquido (WWDG)” (liquid wheat distillers’ grains): doses for dairy cows, heifers and beef bulls
- alphasrl.com page “Distiller”: about 40% dry matter, pH about 3.4
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