Composition (dry matter, energy, protein, ash, major- and trace- elements) of common feedstuffs

Phil Rogers MRCVS <philrogers@eircom.net>
Grange Research Centre, Dunsany, Co. Meath, Ireland

Nov 16, 2000

Introduction |

Common DRY Feeds

Common WET Feeds

List of feeds

List of feeds

DM, energy, protein, ash and major elements

DM, energy, protein, ash and major elements

DM and trace elements

DM and trace elements

Introduction
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These tables summarise the mean composition of common feedstuffs. The data come from many sources (feed tables, R&H Hall (IAWS Group), miscellaneous sources etc). As there are wide differences between various sources, the values are averaged as a guide to the approximate composition of feeds.

The tables are divided into Dry Feeds (74-99% DM) and Wet Feeds (10-36% DM)

List of common DRY Feeds (DM 74.2-99.5%)
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Alfalfa cubes corn gluten 60 palm kernel meal ext.
Alfalfa hay corn gluten feed peas
apple pulp dried corn gluten meal rapeseed ext.
barley corn high moisture rice
barley brewer's grains dried cottonseed exp. rice bran ext.
barley distillers grains cottonseed ext. RSM canola
barley malt culms fat blend high LA RSM China 0
barley straw fat blend low LA RSM EC 00
beans fat protected Ca soap safflower meal ext.
beet pulp dried fat soyoil skim milk dried
beet pulp dried + mol fat tallow sorghum
beet pulp pellets fish meal soyabean meal 44%
bloodmeal grain screenings soyabean meal 48%
canola meal ext. grass hay excellent soyabean meal 50%
carrot meal grass meal soyax
cassava_see tapioca groundnut meal ext. sunflower meal ext.
citrus pulp dried guar meal tapioca
copra expeller meal linseed meal exp. tapioca_high starch
corn locust bean tapioca_low starch
corn distillers grains manioc_see tapioca urea 46% N
corn fatty byproduct molasses beet wheat
corn flaked molasses cane wheat bran
corn germ exp. oat straw wheat pollard
corn germ ext. oats wheat straw
corn germ meal palm kernel meal exp. whey dried

 

DM (%), energy (ME MJ/kg), crude protein (% DM), ash (% DM) and major elements (Ca, P, Mg, Na, S, in % DM) in common DRY Feeds
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Feed

DM

ME

CP

Ash

Ca

P

Mg

Na

S

alfalfa cubes

91.0

9.9

17.9

10.9

1.38

0.27

0.24

0.01

0.28

alfalfa hay

89.3

9.9

16.2

9.2

1.28

0.26

0.25

0.02

0.26

apple pulp dried

91.9

8.0

6.6

2.8

0.13

0.10

0.03

 

0.02

Barley

86.2

13.0

11.7

2.5

0.07

0.38

0.13

0.02

0.21

Barley brewer's grains dried

89.3

10.6

22.7

3.8

0.36

0.59

0.22

0.04

0.36

Barley distillers grains

90.3

12.2

26.6

3.9

0.15

0.53

0.14

0.08

0.43

Barley malt culms

89.9

11.0

25.4

7.6

0.31

0.74

0.17

0.06

0.40

Barley straw

81.2

5.5

3.9

6.7

0.38

0.09

0.10

0.24

0.16

Beans

85.0

14.5

32.4

3.9

0.13

0.64

0.13

0.07

 
beet pulp dried

89.5

12.5

10.3

6.1

0.77

0.09

0.17

0.27

0.16

beet pulp dried + mol

88.8

12.2

10.6

7.6

0.68

0.10

0.32

0.27

0.42

beet pulp pellets

89.8

12.1

10.5

5.6

0.96

0.07

0.23

0.22

 
Bloodmeal

90.9

13.2

90.4

3.6

0.20

0.28

   

0.42

Canola meal ext.

89.8

11.4

40.3

7.8

0.75

1.25

0.57

0.03

0.28

Carrot meal

89.0

12.8

8.3

9.0

0.43

0.35

     
Cassava_see tapioca                  
Citrus pulp dried

89.2

11.4

6.2

6.0

1.22

0.11

0.18

0.03

0.08

Copra expeller meal

89.0

13.9

22.6

5.3

0.11

0.64

0.37

0.09

 
Corn

87.0

13.7

10.0

1.7

0.04

0.29

0.14

0.03

0.12

corn distillers grains

88.8

13.0

27.2

4.8

0.24

0.79

0.34

0.16

0.44

corn fatty byproduct

87.0

12.6

18.5

4.1

0.07

0.86

0.34

0.01

 
corn flaked

87.0

15.0

10.4

1.6

0.02

0.30

0.14

0.04

0.12

corn germ exp.

86.6

 

18.1

5.1

0.10

0.60

     
corn germ ext.

88.1

 

25.6

           
corn germ meal

88.6

13.7

24.2

2.4

0.07

0.51

0.25

0.03

 
corn gluten 60

90.0

14.6

67.3

2.0

0.03

0.60

0.18

0.06

 
corn gluten feed

89.0

12.4

23.0

6.7

0.17

0.90

0.34

0.10

0.26

corn gluten meal

90.0

17.2

39.4

1.2

         
corn high moisture

77.0

 

10.0

2.0

0.02

0.30

0.14

0.04

0.12

Cottonseed exp.

91.9

11.3

40.1

6.4

0.20

0.82

0.38

0.03

0.29

Cottonseed ext.

90.5

11.4

44.8

7.2

0.24

0.88

0.44

0.03

0.27

fat blend high LA

99.5

30.5

0.0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

 
fat blend low LA

99.5

30.5

0.0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

 
fat protected Ca soap

99.0

30.3

0.0

12.6

9.09

0.00

0.00

0.00

 
fat soyoil

99.3

32.9

0.0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

 
fat tallow

99.1

30.1

0.0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

 
fish meal

91.0

14.0

72.3

18.0

4.51

2.93

1.30

2.55

0.68

grain screenings

89.3

9.3

12.8

11.4

0.68

0.32

0.11

0.01

 
grass hay excellent

84.0

9.6

11.7

8.8

0.60

0.24

0.30

0.28

0.25

grass meal

91.2

10.1

16.5

11.4

0.74

0.33

0.24

0.14

0.30

Groundnut meal ext.

90.9

12.3

53.7

6.1

0.24

0.61

0.32

0.05

0.31

guar meal

92.1

 

41.1

5.3

0.44

0.57

0.44

   
Linseed meal exp.

89.6

13.2

36.7

6.2

0.42

0.90

0.56

0.10

0.47

Locust bean

86.0

10.7

5.3

4.0

0.51

0.10

0.12

0.08

 
Manioc_see tapioca                  
Molasses beet

74.5

13.0

10.3

12.1

0.90

0.07

0.88

1.26

 
Molasses cane

74.2

11.7

4.4

10.7

1.15

0.09

0.48

0.18

0.46

oat straw

85.2

5.8

3.5

3.0

0.25

0.14

0.07

0.15

0.22

Oats

86.2

11.9

11.1

3.4

0.12

0.40

0.13

0.02

0.19

palm kernel meal exp.

89.7

12.7

20.2

4.2

0.33

0.65

0.33

   
palm kernel meal ext.

89.1

12.7

20.4

4.3

0.31

0.72

0.32

0.02

 
Peas

87.3

14.2

24.8

3.6

0.13

0.47

0.13

0.03

0.26

Rapeseed ext.

89.2

11.1

41.0

8.3

0.72

1.08

0.58

0.06

 
Rice

89.0

 

8.0

5.0

0.07

0.32

   

0.05

rice bran ext.

90.3

7.7

14.8

16.1

0.26

1.61

0.72

0.06

0.20

RSM canola

88.0

11.4

40.9

7.6

0.80

1.33

0.57

0.03

 
RSM China 0

88.5

11.2

38.8

8.0

0.79

1.32

0.56

0.03

 
RSM EC 00

90.3

10.5

41.4

11.2

0.78

1.30

0.55

0.03

 
Safflower meal ext.

92.3

 

20.8

5.6

0.38

0.62

0.24

 

0.28

skim milk dried

92.3

14.8

35.0

9.1

1.33

1.00

0.15

0.54

0.09

Sorghum

86.0

13.6

12.0

1.7

0.03

0.35

0.17

0.01

 
Soyabean meal 44%

88.8

12.8

49.7

6.9

0.40

0.69

0.31

0.08

0.45

Soyabean meal 48%

89.2

12.5

51.7

6.9

0.35

0.74

0.31

0.03

 
Soyabean meal 50%

88.7

13.0

54.6

6.7

0.39

0.72

0.32

0.05

0.43

Soyax

93.0

15.6

38.7

5.3

0.27

0.62

0.23

0.03

 
Sunflower meal ext.

90.1

10.1

39.5

7.2

0.42

1.10

0.60

0.03

0.33

Tapioca

88.1

12.8

3.4

3.6

0.21

0.10

0.10

0.15

 
Tapioca_high starch

88.9

12.6

2.5

4.5

0.22

0.11

0.10

0.01

 
Tapioca_low starch

88.9

12.1

3.0

5.8

0.22

0.11

0.10

0.01

 
urea 46% N

99.0

 

288.0

0.0

0.00

0.00

     
Wheat

86.5

13.5

12.8

1.9

0.05

0.42

0.15

0.02

0.18

Wheat bran

84.7

 

17.2

5.9

0.07

     

0.20

Wheat pollard

89.0

12.1

18.1

5.2

0.19

1.02

0.38

0.08

0.20

Wheat straw

82.6

4.7

2.9

7.6

0.21

0.08

0.10

0.20

0.16

Whey dried

93.9

13.6

12.6

9.7

0.89

0.74

0.13

0.65

1.10

Feed

DM

ME

CP

Ash

Ca

P

Mg

Na

S

 

DM (%) & trace elements (Cu, Co, Se, I, Mn, Zn, in mg/kg DM) in common DRY Feeds
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Feed

DM

Cu

Co

Se

I

Mn

Zn

alfalfa cubes

91.0

4.4

     

22.7

17.0

alfalfa hay

89.3

4.4

     

22.7

17.2

apple pulp dried

91.9

33.0

     

10.0

26.0

barley

86.2

6.7

0.03

   

30.7

29.5

barley brewer's grains dried

89.3

14.1

     

53.2

89.8

barley distillers grains

90.3

30.0

     

50.0

50.0