Wheat DDGS Feed Guide - Western Canadian Feed Innovation ...

Introduction
The Canadian biofuels industry continues to expand, fostered by demand supported by legislated
inclusion rates of ethanol in gasoline and biodiesel in diesel fuel. With the Prairies commonly referred
to as ‘Canada’s Bread Basket’ Canadian wheat is a natural fit for use in ethanol production. Valuable
byproducts such as wet distillers grains, thin stillage, dry distillers grains, and dry distillers grains with
solubles (DDGS) have become available for the Canadian livestock feed industry with wheat DDGS
providing a concentrated source of nutrients. This publication provides useful information on wheat DDGS
as a feeding option in Canadian livestock production. A copy of this publication can be found on the
Canadian International Grains Institute’s web site (www.cigi.ca).
Thank you to Janice Bruynooghe, Julie Mackenzie and Sandy Russell, Spring Creek Land and Cattle
Consulting; and Dr. Mary-Lou Swift, Pacific Agri Technologies Ltd.; for their significant contributions to this
guide, edited by Dr. Rex Newkirk, Canadian International Grains Institute (Cigi).
Table of Contents
WHEAT DDGS – BACKGROUND AND MARKET 4
WHEAT DDGS – PROCESSING 5
WHEAT DDGS – NUTRIENT COMPOSITION 9
WHEAT DDGS IN RUMINANT DIETS 12
WHEAT DDGS IN POULTRY DIETS 20
WHEAT DDGS IN SWINE DIETS 25
WHEAT DDGS IN AQUACULTURE DIETS 29
REFERENCES 30
WHEAT DDGS NUTRIENT COMPOSITION TABLES 34
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