FeedingValueofSproutedGrains-NDSUAgriculture.pdfVIP

AS-647 (Revised) Feeding Value of Sprouted Grains Greg Lardy❚Department Head, Department of Animal Sciences Adverse weather conditions can cause problems in harvesting grain promptly. In North Dakota, having wet weather conditions However, based on the animal feeding trials that that delay the harvest is not unusual. These have been conducted with sprouted grains, the conditions can cause small grains to sprout in the nutritive value of the grain does not appear to be swath or in the head, making them unsuitable for reduced or depressed. In some instances, sprouting use in the milling, brewing and food industries. actually may improve the feeding value of grain. However, this grain can be fed to livestock. Substantial sprouting will involve some reduction Limited information on the feeding value of in energy available per kernel, with slight to sprouted feed grains is available. Some energy moderate sprouting showing smaller effects on is lost during the germination process as heat, the feeding value of grains. CO2 (carbon dioxide) and moisture are produced. March 2013 • 1 Swine and Poultry Research Research conducted with swine at NDSU indicates that sprouted durum and hard red spring wheat support better levels of performance, compared with barley-soybean meal control diets, when fed in swine-fi nishing rations (Table 1). Table 1. Evaluation of sprouted grain in swine-fi nishing rations. Barley 20% Sprouted 40% Sprouted 20% Sprouted 40% Sprouted Control Durum Durum HRSW HRSW ADG (lbs./day)