Beef Feeding Trial From South Dakota State
University
Compliments of Nutrition Research
Comparison of TMF106 to a Widely Grown "Dual-Purpose"
DeKalb Hybrid
as Silage for Backgrounding Beef Steers
This beef feeding trial was conducted by South Dakota State
University. Angus crossbred steers were assigned to two treatment rations for a period of
84 days. Rations consisted of 88.5% corn silage plus protein supplement. The difference
between the rations was the corn silage fed: TMF or "dual-purpose".
In this study, a 16% greater silage yield per acre
was observed for TMF compared to "dual-purpose" hybrid. The feeding trial showed
an average daily gain of 2.3 lb. per day for steers fed TMF silage and 2.4 lb. per day for
steers fed the "dual-purpose" silage. However, steers fed TMF silage
produced 176 lb. more beef per acre than steers fed the "dual-purpose"
silage.
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