Biofuel By-Products Find New Life in Feed
Chicken nutritionists at the University of Georgia are studying algal meal, distillers grains and glycerin as ingredients for poultry feed, writes Stephanie Schupska for Georgia FACES.

Fuel for Cars and Leftovers for Livestock
Biofuel research is not just a matter of finding the right type of biomass — maize soybean oil or other material — and converting it into fuel. Scientists must also find environmentally and economically sound uses for the co-products from biofuel production,...

Energy Value of Glycerin for Broilers
Dozier and colleagues in Mississippi conducted three experiments with broiler chicks and found the average apparent metabolisable energy content (AMEn) of glycerin was found to be 3,434 kcal per kg.

Can Ethanol End Our Oil Addiction?
Roger H. von Haefen, Assistant Professor at the Department of Agricultural Resource Economics at North Carolina State University, explains why ethanol production in the US will not solve the country's oil problems. He presented this paper at the 2008...

DDGS in Feed Could Affect Meat Fatty Acid Content
The production of Dried Distillers' Grains with Solubles (DDGS) has increased dramatically in the US recently because of the focus of the country on the production of ethanol, writes ThePoultrySite senior editor, Chris Harris.

The Impact of the Biofuels Industry on the Poultry Industry
Jerry C. Weigel of BASF Plant Science offered his predictions on this topic at the 2007 Carolina Poultry Nutrition Conference.