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Researcher: Feeding distiller's grains vital to future of livestock operation success

There's no reason the Texas cattle-feeding industry cannot remain strong and viable if it incorporates distiller's grains intorations, said a Texas Agricultural Experiment Station researcher. "Our concern has been 'Will there be enough feed?'," said Dr. JimMacDonald, Experiment Station beef cattle nutritionist. "Assuming all thedistiller's grains are available for livestock feed, clearly there willbe."

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