Nebraska Beef Cattle Report pp 63-65. Steer performance for winter, summer and finishing periods. Rate of winter gain and compensation on grass and in the feedlot. Over the past two years, three additional trials have been completed. Wet corn gluten feed was used as the supplement on cornstalks to increase winter gain.
Wet corn gluten feed as a supplement is of interest because of cost and nutrients it contains.
In 1996 and 1997, two similar trials were conducted where yearlings grazed bromegrass or Sandhills range. Yearly variations in grass quality and quantity are believed to be responsible for both interactions. Quality of bromegrass in year one was below average due to abundant rainfall and early season growth. Cattle were unable to consume the forage and it quickly matured. Gains in year two were closer to what is typically observed when cattle graze full season bromegrass.