Economic Returns of Using Brewery`s Spent Grain in Animal Feed
UK breweries generate extensive by products in the
form of spent grain, slurry and yeast. Much of the spent grain is
produced by large breweries and processed in bulk for animal feed.
Spent brewery grains contain up to 20% protein dry weight and up to
60% fiber and are useful additions to animal feed. Bulk processing is
economic and allows spent grain to be sold so providing an income
to the brewery. A proportion of spent grain, however, is produced by
small local breweries and is more variably distributed to farms or
other users using intermittent collection methods. Such use is much
less economic and may incur losses if not carefully assessed for
transport costs. This study reports an economic returns of using wet
brewery spent grain (WBSG) in animal feed using the Co-product
Optimizer Decision Evaluator model (Cattle CODE) developed by
the University of Nebraska to predict performance and economic
returns when byproducts are fed to finishing cattle. The results
indicated that distance from brewery to farm had a significantly
greater effect on the economics of use of small brewery spent grain
and that alternative uses than cattle feed may be important to
develop.
[1] I. s. mussatto, g. dragone c. i. roberto, "review: brewers- spent grain:
generation, characteristics and potential applications". journal of cereal
science, vol. 43, pp 1-14, 2006.
[2] N. ishiwaki, h. murayama, h. awayama, o. kanauchi, t. sato,
"development of high value uses of spent grain by fractionation t". mbaa
technical quarterly, vol. 37, pp 261-265,2000
[3] D. c. buckner, r. v. bremer, j. t. klopfenstein, e. g. erick, r. d. mark,
"cattle code: an economic model for determining byproduct returns for
feedlot cattle". animal science department, university of nebraska -
lincoln, pp 47-49, 2008.
[4] U. ben-hamed, h. seddighi, k. thomas, "investigation into the economics
of spent brewery grain uses, aspects of applied biology 105, 267-273,
2010.
[1] I. s. mussatto, g. dragone c. i. roberto, "review: brewers- spent grain:
generation, characteristics and potential applications". journal of cereal
science, vol. 43, pp 1-14, 2006.
[2] N. ishiwaki, h. murayama, h. awayama, o. kanauchi, t. sato,
"development of high value uses of spent grain by fractionation t". mbaa
technical quarterly, vol. 37, pp 261-265,2000
[3] D. c. buckner, r. v. bremer, j. t. klopfenstein, e. g. erick, r. d. mark,
"cattle code: an economic model for determining byproduct returns for
feedlot cattle". animal science department, university of nebraska -
lincoln, pp 47-49, 2008.
[4] U. ben-hamed, h. seddighi, k. thomas, "investigation into the economics
of spent brewery grain uses, aspects of applied biology 105, 267-273,
2010.
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form of spent grain, slurry and yeast. Much of the spent grain is
produced by large breweries and processed in bulk for animal feed.
Spent brewery grains contain up to 20% protein dry weight and up to
60% fiber and are useful additions to animal feed. Bulk processing is
economic and allows spent grain to be sold so providing an income
to the brewery. A proportion of spent grain, however, is produced by
small local breweries and is more variably distributed to farms or
other users using intermittent collection methods. Such use is much
less economic and may incur losses if not carefully assessed for
transport costs. This study reports an economic returns of using wet
brewery spent grain (WBSG) in animal feed using the Co-product
Optimizer Decision Evaluator model (Cattle CODE) developed by
the University of Nebraska to predict performance and economic
returns when byproducts are fed to finishing cattle. The results
indicated that distance from brewery to farm had a significantly
greater effect on the economics of use of small brewery spent grain
and that alternative uses than cattle feed may be important to
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