grain screenings?

[JPiantedosi]

I have an opportunity to buy a load of corn screening from a local farmer that he pulls out of his drier..... If I wean my cows onto it would this make a decent supplemental feed for them along with pasture?

Jim

[Lazy J]

Don't feed it to pregnant cattle or young calves. In my experience this is a cesspool for mycotoxins.

[opportunity]

It's cheap for a reason I would be careful about feeding it. I have not seen very good grain screenings oslty good for wild bird food they can pic out hte better stuff

[DaleK]

If by "buy" you mean pay any amount of cash other than 0, no. Great way to find new and wonderful weeds if his corn wasn't clean as well.

[BobbyB]

They make a feed mix at work that is about 50% corn screenings called feedlot starter. It is the cheapest mix they sell and very popular. I delivered 12 tons today to a guy feeding Angus yearlings out on it.

To clarify, our screenings come from the cleaning plant.

[ksfarmer]

Any screenings I've ever seen was composed of weed seeds, trash, and some cracked grain. Not very high on the feed value. Good bird seed.

[francismilker]

Best to used screenings for fertilizer after they've been piled and composted to kill the weed seeds for a while.

Seen a few calves bloat and die after getting in to where they should'nt be and eat a belly full of them a few years back.