Ethanol-Powered Cows.

The article focuses on the usefulness of ethanol by-products in the beef cattle ranching. The expansion of the ethanol industry has contributed to the cattle trade as most U.S.-based plants use corn as their main ingredient in making ethanol, thereby, providing abundance of co-products such as distillers grains that can be used as high-protein and energy supplements in animal diets. A beef nutritionist said that the inclusion of distillers as part of the diet of animals will help reduce the amount of forage needed.