Farm Question 9/5/2014
Posted by Jerry Hicks at 2014-09-05 05:17:44
What class of livestock consumes mostly grain?
Response by NoraWI at 2014-09-05 10:11:55
Poultry?
Response by Neal in Iowa at 2014-09-05 14:57:52
non-ruminants (with the exception of horses)
Response by NoraWI at 2014-09-06 15:05:49
Thinking about this some more... poultry are omnivorous, except for geese that mostly graze. Pigs are also omnivorous. The only *class* of livestock I can think of are those in a feedlot that are fed the traditional grain diet until slaughter. Today, of course, we have a variety of finishing diets, including just grass.
Response by Dale Wagner at 2014-09-07 17:53:01
Pigs consume more grain than any other species. Takes more grain to make a lb. of pig unlike the chicken who can make a lb. of chicken on just a little over a pound of grain or a dozen eggs on just over a pound of feed.
It doensn't take much grain to finish beef, most of it was grown on grass.
Response by Jerry Hicks at 2014-09-08 05:49:53
Hogs.
I thought poultry at first as well, but Dale explains it well.
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