Strategically blended high fat pellets for pregnant beef cows derived from by-product feeds using flax or canola as a fat source

该项目是Wilkie的West Central Pelleting，SK，萨斯喀彻温大学和西部牛肉发展中心之间的合作努力，旨在开发战略性混合饲料产品，这些产品来自谷物，豆类和油籽部门的副产品，使用劣质油菜籽或亚麻作为脂肪来源。该研究将显示向越冬怀孕肉牛饲喂颗粒状高脂肪饲料产品的价值，以及随后对产犊后小牛的益处（即发病率和死亡率;出生体重，生长，胴体质量）。为越冬怀孕肉牛开发高脂肪饲料产品将成为West Central Pelleting Ltd.产品线的基础，其结果也将供更广泛的饲料行业采用。该项目将为加拿大西部的牛肉生产商提供越冬奶牛的替代、低成本饲料替代品，并有可能提高小牛的存活率和生长。通过帮助控制饲料价格上涨，该项目将有助于加拿大牛肉行业的整体健康。同样，通过增加谷物和油籽加工部门副产品的价值，该项目将提高几个农业相关加工部门的可行性，包括油菜籽、乙醇、燕麦、豆类和谷物清洗。因此，该项目将增加农村经济的价值。该项目对饲料、谷物和油料种子部门的重要性体现在它得到了包括西中央颗粒有限公司和西部谷物研究基金会在内的工业界的财政支持。

This project is a collaborative effort between West Central Pelleting of Wilkie, SK, the University of Saskatchewan and Western Beef Development Centre and is designed to develop strategically blended feed products derived from by-products of the grain, pulse and oilseed sectors using off-grade canola or flax as fat sources. The research will show the value of feeding pelleted high fat feed products to over-wintering pregnant beef cows and the subsequent benefit on their calves following calving (i.e. morbidity and mortality; birth weights, growth, carcass quality). Development of high fat feed products for over-wintering pregnant beef cows will form the basis of a product line for West Central Pelleting Ltd. As well the results will be available to the wider feed industry for uptake. The project will provide western Canadian beef producers with alternative, lower cost feed alternatives for over-wintering cows and potentially enhance calf survivability and growth. By helping to control rising feed prices, this project will contribute to the overall health of the Canadian beef industry. Similarly, by adding value to by-products of the grain and oilseed processing sectors, the project will enhance the viability of several agricultural related processing sectors including canola, ethanol, oat, pulse and grain cleaning. As such the project will add value to the rural economy. The importance of this project to the feed, grain and oil seed sectors is evidenced by the fact that it has received financial support from industry including West Central Pelleting Ltd. and the Western Grains Research Foundation.