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Sorghum DDGs benefit of more ethanol production
Sorghum has been a big help to the bottom line of ethanol plants located in areas of sorghum production, “Especially last winter with the wide basis between grain sorghum and corn – some ethanol plants were using it that hadn’t been using it before.
That’s Sorghum Checkoff Chairman Bill Greving, a Kansas producer. He says there’s the important added benefit of the feed byproduct from sorghum ethanol production…
“You’ll see a slight increase in protein value in sorghum DDGs versus corn DDGs.”
But, Greving tells Brownfield some livestock producers have the misperception that the red distillers grains from grain sorghum ethanol production are not as nutritious as the typical DDGs from yellow corn…
“We finish cattle in our feedlot here on the farm and we use both sorghum and corn DDGs. We see no difference in performance with the cattle.”
Greving says the Sorghum Checkoff will work to educate livestock producers about the value of sorghum DDGs as a valuable feedstock.
A recent survey found that yields of sorghum-based ethanol are comparable to corn-based ethanol and that ethanol production from grain sorghum will hit a high of 29 percent this year. The Sorghum Checkoff’s goal is 50% of grain sorghum used for ethanol by 2011.
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