The Green River Distillery in Owensboro has provided livestock producers with an opportunity to receive distillers grains, a by-product of the distillation process, as a feed supplement for the past several years.

Many producers are using the product as beef herds are transitioning from pasture-based diets to stored feed, primarily hay, in winter. Each year I receive calls about how to best utilize this resource. Distillers grains can supplement the nutrition of poor-quality hay and extend stored hay supplies.