Center for Advanced BioEnergy Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Poet targets dairy market with low-fat DDGS

Ethanol Producer Magazine
By Poet LLC February 07, 2012

Poet LLC is upping its stake in the dairy feed market with the introduction of Dakota Gold Low Fat dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS), which research is showing can be fed to dairy cattle at a higher inclusion rate than traditional DDGS.

Dakota Gold Low Fat DDGS has a 5 percent fat content, which allows for higher inclusion rates in dairy cows. It is a new opportunity for dairy operations that have had to limit DDGS use in the past because DDGS fat content can cause milk fat depression issues, said Kip Karges, technical services and research director at Poet Nutrition.

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