Livestock Producers in Cuba Explore Purchase of Iowa's Ethanol Byproducts

US - Iowans who visited Cuba on a trade mission said Cuban livestock producers are still interested in buying and feeding to livestock distillers dried grains, which are byproducts of the ethanol-making process.
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Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey said Monday that on his first trip to Cuba last week he learned that Cubans are interested in importing distillers dried grains, also known as DDGs, which are produced after the starch is removed from the corn kernel to make ethanol.

Distillers dried grains are high in protein and have been touted as livestock feed, primarily for multi-stomached animals like cattle that can digest it better.

Some ethanol plants have had problems selling their DDGs because of a wide variation in quality, transportation difficulties and a lack of markets.

Northey said the Iowans on the trade mission talked with Cuban livestock producers, primarily dairies, that have experimented with feeding distillers dried grains.

"Their experience feeding DDGs has been very positive," Northey said.

Source: DesMoinesRegister
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