Implications
Feeding roughage based diets early in the feeding period may be an economically viable option when grain prices are high. However, although some compensatory gain occurred feed efficiency was reduced when a high proportion of corn silage was used early in the feeding period. Compensatory gains (in response to increased energy intake) may be greater for prescription fed steers than for those observed in steers fed decreasing percentages of corn silage-based diets.
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