Feeding DDGS To Water Buffalo
The Chairman of the Egyptian Buffalo Producer’s Association is Dr. Saad Alhayani (pictured left). He also owns and operates a very new open water buffalo feedlot and dairy. The U.S. Grains Council Corn Mission team toured there this afternoon. I’ve got lots of photos in the photo album. These cute, sweet, little creatures are very different than your average bovine.
Dr. Alhayani says he imports frozen semen to assist in breeding better quality animals which is something relatively new to the country. He’s raising thousands of buffalo and feeding them corn and ddgs as well as other ingredients. We saw lots of bags of ddgs at his feedlot. That looked very positive for American corn growers! He says sometimes they blend as much as 25% ddgs in the feed.
His goal is to produce a few thousand pregnant heifers for local producers and maybe even to export. He appreciates the assistance he’s received from the USGC.
You can listen to my interview with Dr. Alhayani’s below and watch a video clip of him showing us his operation as well:
USGC Corn Mission In Egypt Photo Album
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3 Comments
Raj Sethi
Trust these xxxxxx yanks to commercialise everything and never look beyond their big bellies. All they are concerned about is who will buy their corn, next. The whole tribe (yanks) make one sick for exhibiting their utter shelfishness at every given opportunity.
Raj
Chuck
You sound like a very bitter and jealous person Raj. Sorry you feel that way. We would appreciate positive comments posted here rather than a personal rant. Your generalizations are very off the mark and simply not true. Next time you post a comment please try to keep it on the subject matter or it won’t be posted.
Thanks.
Chuck
BTW Raj. By positive I mean on subject and constructive even if you disagree with something. We also don’t allow profanity.
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