An Agriculture and AgriFood Canada funded Agriculture BioProducts Innovation Program (ABIP) grant.

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1 Feed Opportunities from the Biofuels Industries (FOBI) An Agriculture and AgriFood Canada funded Agriculture BioProducts Innovation Program (ABIP) grant. EPAC, June 2010

2 FOBI Mandate of FOBI network is to improve the value of the co-products of the wheat bioethanol industry to further develop sustainable bioethanol and livestock industries An initiative of Feed Innovation Institute (FII) A three year, multi-disciplinary research network established in October 2008, completed March 31, 2011 Total value: $6,180,202 Agriculture & Agri-food contribution: $5,580,853

3 Overview of Ethanol and Livestock Industries Ethanol $ Policy Extraction CO 2 Wheat Grain Ethanol Plant Extraction Digestion Ruminants Beef Cattle Dairy Cattle Manure Distillers grains/mash DDGS Extraction solubles Monogastrics Pigs Poultry Fish Pellets for combustion

4 Research Network Participants Network Lead: University of Saskatchewan 56 researchers from Alberta and Saskatchewan 5 Industrial Partners 9 Network Members

5 5 Research Groups in FOBI (24 projects with 43 research studies) o Ruminant Utilization (5 projects/ 12 research studies) Nutrient analyses, small pen/carcass quality, large pen commercial trial, dairy, pasture grazing, manure management o Monogastric Utilization (4 projects/ 10 research studies) Nutrient analyses, growth performance/carcass quality for DDGS and byproduct fractions, intestinal health o Value Added (10 projects/ 14 research studies) Advancednutrientanalyses nutrient analyses, fraction, extraction, pelleting, modelling, drying technologies, LCA o Spring Wheat Germplasm Enhancement (3 projects) Characterization of core wheat varieties, breeding to maximize grain and starch yield, breeding to maximize ethanol yield while reducing fermentation time and viscosity o Economics and Policy y (2 projects/ 4 research studies) Government policy analyses, KT/impact of FOBI, production economics, supply chain analyses, spatial analyses

6 Group 1. Ruminant Research (Team Lead: Tim McAlister - AAFC, John McKinnon - UofS)

7 Ruminant Studies Maximum level of wheat-based DDGS in ruminant diets self formulations of diets Lethbridge Research Centre Comparison of wheat vs. corn dried distillers grains small pen studies - University of Saskatchewan / Lacombe Research Centre Comparison of wheat vs. corn dried distillers grains Large pen studies Feedlot Health / University of Saskatchewan / Lethbridge Research Centre Effects of wheat- and corn distillers grain on methane emissions and efficiency in feedlot cattle University of Alberta / Lethbridge Research Centre Wheat DDGS and thin stillage in cow-calf industry - weaned calf-experiment -Western Beef Development Center / Swift Current Research Centre Optimal level of wheat-based in rations for Early-lactating cows University of Saskatchewan Wheat-DDGS as a replacement for forage or grain in lactating dairy cows / Use p g g g y of DDGS in transition University of Alberta

8 Feedlot U of S Wheat-based Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles: Provides energy levels at least equal to that of barley grain without a negative impact ADG, FE Tissue Accretion Carcass Traits & Liver Abscesses 8 % Treatment t showed poor growth in the back-grounding phase and rebounded in the first 56 days of finishing Additional protein compensatory gain Implications: Improved performance Reduced Sub-Acute Ruminal Acidosis

9 Backgrounding / Lethbridge Research Centre Diet digestibility decreased from 76.4% to 68.9% (9.2% reduction) NEg values decreased from 1.15 to 1.07 MCal/kg (7% reduction) Reduction in diet digestibility appears to explain all of the reduced performance resulting from feeding high levels of DDGS Based on diet digestibility and performance, there is no evidence of an energetic cost of N excretion No negative impact on carcass quality

10 Summary: Ruminant Nutrition No impact of replacing barley with DDGS in back grounding diets. Linear increase in DMI with increasing levels of DDGS in finishing diets. When fed at 20% of DM in finishing diets, DDGS is worth ~10% more than rolled barley Nutritional and economic value of DDGS declines with increasing levels of inclusion

11 Summary: Ruminant Nutrition Substitution of wheat-based DDGS at 7 and 14 % of diet DM led to rumen ph conditions that are reflective of sub-acute ruminal acidosis Substitution at 21 % of the diet DM led to similar rumen ph values as that of the control fed animals A:P ratio increase linearly with increasing acetate % and decreasing propionate % - indicative of high forage diets

12 Group 2. Monogastric Nutrition Group Lead: Ruurd Zijlstra-UofA UofA, Andrew Van Kessel-UofS

13 Monogastric Nutrition Studies o Baseline Analysis: characterize nutritional quality o Impact of DDGS on performance indicators Growth performance and carcass quality Phytate utilization (nutrient management) Sow lactation productivity & health o Intestinal Health in Pigs and Poultry o Dry-Processed Fractions of DDGS Processing technique Nutrient digestibility and Growth: Swine, Poultry, Fish

14 Conclusions: Swine Trials Increased ADFI, reduced ADG, G:F with increasing wheat DDGS inclusion NE value of wheat DDGS >2.4 Mcal (Noblet Eq.4) Days to market increased only at 30% inclusion No effect on back-fat, loin depth, yield or index Dressing % was reduced 0.45%-unit for every 7.5% wheat DDGS inclusion Pork quality work in progress at AAFC Lacombe

15 Group 3. Added Value Group Lead: Terry Fonstad-UofS, Darren Anweiler-SRC Areas of Research Ethanol Plant Fractionation, Extraction, Drying, Pelleting Anaerobic Digestion Byproduct biogas production, Pilot Demonstration Integrated Feedlot Water Optimization Technology Integration Energy and Water Efficiency Life Cycle Assessment

16 Group 4. Germplasm and Feed Stocks Lead: Curtis Pozniak U of S Wheat Breeding: Securing Tomorrow s Profitability. Locations: Saskatoon, Goodale, Swift Current, Indian Head, Lethbridge

17 Genetic Enhancement Core Variety Characterization Variety Development Improve EtOH Yield / Fermentation Time What we have already A better Feedstock Science: What can we do? Field Testing Proximate Analysis Fermentation /Viscosity Collab. Field Testing Selection Disease Yield Maturity Proximate analysis/ Fermentation Testing Samples available to the Network Appropriate genetic stocks Field Testing Pentosans/Viscosity Fermentation testing

18 Improving Ethanol Yields Why? Can we make wheat competitive with corn in ways other than yield? Hypothesis: Will altering the starch structure t change reduce fermentation ti time and/or improve ethanol yield? Evaluation of waxy wheats Altering ratios of amylose and amylopectin

19 Group p 5. Economics & Policyy Lead: Jill Hobbs & Stuart Smyth UofS

20 Overview of Economic and Policy Group Focus on four areas: governance implications for new markets economic impacts of DDGS on livestock feeding assessing bilateral dependencies for ethanol plants spatial economics of ethanol-livestock feeding

21 Some of our achievements so far.. Publications: 64 HQPs (Post Docs, Post Grads, Other Research Assoc): 73 New Products, Varieties & Processes: 6 New Research Collaborations: 19

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23 Acknowledgements The Feeds Opportunities from the Biofuels Industry (FOBI) is funded by the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Agriculture Bioproducts Innovation Program (ABIP)

24 Next feeding network: WCFIN Questions?

25 Colleen Christensen, PhD, Pag FOBI Network Lead Executive Director Feeds Innovation Institute University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada