That is the advice of speakers during a beef tour that was part of Field Day held last month at the University of Missouri’s Southwest Center near Mount Vernon.

Such feed can be in dry, cake, wet or syrup form, and include the byproducts of fuel production.

Costs to haul the feed to the farm and storage also need to be considered, said Justin Sexton, state beef extension nutritionist.

Providing such feed should include a goal to reduce forage consumption, especially during a drought.

Corn costs dictate the economics of alternative feeds, he added.

“What form you get it (alternative feed) in depends on what works on your farm. Liquid is the more complicated to store and feed,” he said.

Source: Joplin Globe