Table 2 Summary of key nutritional parameters of ensiled products, as compared to those of corn silage, legume silage, and grass silage.

From: Proof of concept for developing novel feeds for cattle from wasted food and crop biomass to enhance agri-food system efficiency

Parameter

FFVa

FFV + CCa

FFV + SMSa

Trial 2 mixture

FFV + CSa

FFV + CS + WBGa

Corn silageb

Alfalfa hayb

Grass hayb

CPc (% DM)

10.5

7.4

13.8

18.1

7.6

16.0

8.0

19.7

13.6

SPd (% CP)

65.3

50.4

30.2

27.2

41.2

32.6

61.7

40.1

29.5

ADF (% DM)

13.6

36.5

20.4

39.2

40.4

37.7

26.1

32.8

34.9

NDF (% DM)

15.9

57.2

32.4

48.0

57.8

55.4

39.7

41.6

54.4

Lignin (% DM)

2.3

4.8

18.7

10.1

6.4

6.4

2.8

7.6

5.2

Sugar (% DM)

38.6

 − e

 − e

1.3

1.0

0.5

1.1

9.7

8.2

Starch (% DM)

 − e

 − e

 − e

5.1

6.9

8.4

35.5

1.6

2.6

TDN

 − e

 − e

 − e

53.0

54.9

59.0

70

52

52

Crude fat (% DM)

8.8

 − e

 − e

 − e

1.6

4.2

3.2

2.9

3.1

Ash (% DM)

8.0

3.8

21.5

3.9

8.3

8.0

4.3

10.0

6.0

  1. aAbbreviations: same as Table 1 footnotes. bValues for the conventional dairy feed silages are from the feed dictionary of UPenn Dairy Ration Analyzer. cCrude protein. dSoluble protein as fraction of crude protein. eData not available.
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