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Estimating the Substitution of Distillers’ Grains for Corn and Soybean Meal in the U.S. Feed Complex

by Linwood Hoffman and Allen Baker

Outlook No. (FDS: FEED OUTLOOK-11I01) 62 pp, October 2011

Corn-based dry-mill ethanol production and its coproducts – notably distillers’ dried grains with soluble (DDGS) – have surged in recent years. The report estimates the potential substitution of DDGS for corn and soybean meal in livestock feeding and the impact of substitution upon the U.S. feed complex.

Keywords: Distillers’ grains, feed potential, substitution, corn, and soybean meal

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Last updated: Saturday, May 26, 2012

For more information contact: Linwood Hoffman and Allen Baker