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Both and neither, as it depends on your location, the type of cattle you own and how you choose to raise them. Many areas exist in the world where corn (in reference to it as a grain, not a plant) is unavailable and/or too expensive to purchase to be considered as worthwhile feed--supplement or not--for a producer's animals. Various places exist in the world--such as the not-so-southerly areas of the five largest provinces of Canada--where the growing season is too short and summer temperatures are too cool for growing corn as a grain crop, even though some such Canadian producers can grow it as silage or as a standing crop for their cattle, but never for corn grain. Such areas are much more ideal for growing barley, oats and wheat instead.
Even if it is available and relatively inexpensive, many producers will choose to not feed such a feed to either fatten their animals or just to feed them because it's their choice not to based on their animals' genetics, their management practices which determine the lack of a need to feed such a feedstuff to their animals, and their finances.
I would like to address the first and second parts of this question before I draw any kind of conclusion as to what a good answer to this question will be.
Fattening cattle
As mentioned above, not every producer in the world has access to corn to finish their cattle for slaughter, and not every producer chooses to feed this grain to their finishers. Many producers in various parts of the world have access to other, often considered "better" grains than corn, including barley, rye, wheat, oats and triticale. A few producers who like to target the "grass-fed" (more precisely termed "grass-finished") market choose to boycott feeding any sort of grain to their cattle. Instead they choose to feed them grass, even in its most domesticated or tame form, such as standing corn plants or swathed winter oats.
"To Just Feed Them"
To be frank, it is a very pathetic excuse to feed corn to cattle because you want to "just feed them" such a grain because no such excuse exists in the cattle industry, regardless if we're talking beef or dairy. There is always a reason why you choose to feed grain to cattle, never just because you can.
Corn is considered an energy feedstuff because of the high starch content found in the endosperm. Seventy (70) percent of a single grain of corn is starch, and only 10 percent is protein. Thus, if it's available and inexpensive (relatively speaking), the primary reason a producer would choose to feed his/her cattle corn excluding the means to fatten them up for slaughter would be to encourage weight gain by increasing the energy content of their current ration.
Energy content of a ration will need to be increased if a producer's cattle are thinner than they should be and/or are not gaining nor maintaining weight on the current feed--be it grass, hay, or silage--they are fed; poor reproductive rates have been found to be associated with a lower-than-recommended energy intake in a herd's ration by a hired cattle nutritionist; a feed report has come back telling a producer that the current ration is deficient in energy content; cattle are cold-stressed; and pasture and feed supplies are stretched to the limit so much that grain needs to be fed to stretch them out as much as possible until feed can be purchased and brought in.
The current issue with today is that majority of corn grown in the USA and parts of Canada is grown for the production of ethanol, not for livestock feed as is the common belief--but partly true, nonetheless. The by-product of the ethanol industry, DDG (dried distiller's grains) is fed to cattle, but only as part of a ration, never as a ration itself due to the particles being extremely fine to the point of powder, and the high content in protein and fat (which is what you get when the starch portion of the grain is extracted for ethanol). If DDG is fed by itself, it will cause acidosis. DDG is purchased to feed to cattle by producers who have easy access to such a by-product and can purchase it in large quantities, usually.
Regardless, the ethanol industry, encouraged by the federal government through subsities to farmers to grow corn to meet demands for a "clean" fuel source, is taking over and surpassing the demand of corn being used for feed or food. Such demands increase the price of corn, making it more difficult and costly for producers to purchase such a high-energy feed source for their animals should they need it. As mentioned before, there is no such thing as feeding a grain just because you can. Presently, this is most certainly the case, however in the past this may have not been such, particularly if/when the price of corn grain was much cheaper than it is now. With prices higher than what cattle producers like to see or have, they must have a very good excuse and compelling reason to purchase such a grain for their cattle. Otherwise, they're sunk or faced with the alternative to change things so that grain is no longer a requirement as part of their operation.
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What kind of feed to get for black angus?
There's really no Special feed to give to Angus cattle. Just feed them according to what the need, nutritionally and bodily. If you have good pasture, just throw them out on pasture. If you are wanting to fatten them up for slaughter, any kind of grain like corn, barley, soybean, etc. is good. They can also eat hay (be it grass, legume or grass-legume mix), any sort of feed that you'd give to any other breed of beef animal.
How do you make a pig fater and fater or just fatten it up?
feed it a lot of food
Food for cow fattening?
A diet that is high in protein and carbohydrates is commonly used to fatten cattle. Grain, high-quality hay and/or grass, bakery by-products, and alfalfa cubes or pellets are just a few items that can be used to fatten cattle for slaughter.
What is the tolerance level of the mycotoxin Zearalenone in cattle feed?
There is no established tolerance limit for Zearalenone, but because it is produced by a fusarium, I would say the limits should be similar to vomitoxin (also produced by a fusarium. Acceptable vomitoxin levels in the corn ranges from 5-100ppm depending on species. Just to give an idea, acceptable levels in the corn are 20ppm for swine, 30ppm for breeding cattle/poultry, 60ppm for slaughter cattle, and 100ppm for slaughter poultry. For accepted level in finished feed product, cut those numbers in half.
Can eating feed corn make you sick?
Feed corn (field corn) is no different than any other corn. It tastes just as good as is as nutritious as any other corn. It is very tasty but is very slightly more tougher to chew.
Why is it important that hogs and cattle eat corn?
It is actually not important at all, especially for cattle. Cattle can live just fine without having to eat corn; many are grazed on pasture or a rangeland without any corn supplement to "keep them alive" as some extremists might be known to say. Corn grain is actually an unnatural food source for cattle, and will cause metabolic and digestive problems when fed in excess and introduced too quickly. It is alright as a supplement if and when it is needed to meet their energy requirements--especially if they're cold stressed, for instance--but other than that, it's not all that important or crucial to feed them corn at all. As far as hogs as concerned, they don't really need it either, but their digestive systems are much different from that of a ruminant like a bovine. Hogs can and will eat anything, unlike cattle, so it is more debatable as to whether it's "important" that corn be fed to hogs or not. Wild feral pigs often raid corn fields just to eat the succulent corn kernels and chew on the roots, and they likely do so because they know the corn tastes good and they can easily digest it than cattle can (though cattle love the taste of the corn kernels too).
Are cattle fed corn primarily in Australia?
No. Cattle can be fed other grains like barley and oats, and even more can be fed on just grass alone.
How do you tell the difference between sweet corn and cow corn?
Sweet corn is soft from the day it blooms. "Cow" corn is hard it's entire lifespan. Corn feed is a better way of stating it. Hard corn "corn feed" is also packaged as popcorn. Just a little better cleaning.
Do you have to have cattle on your land to be a farm?
no; just grow a lot of crops (ex. corn, squash, tomatoes, pumpkins, zuccini, etc.)
Can you eat a Holstein cow?
Yes you can, and fed right they are very tasty! But they need corn, not just grass or they will taste nasty, just like most cattle.
When people are starving should they grow vegetables and corn to eat or grow corn to feed cattle so they can eat beef?
This question asks for opinions. Please keep them civil.Opinion # 1This question is very difficult from a sociological standpoint. I'm no expert on food security consulting, but it seems to me the best option isn't listed. I would suggest that the people should grow fruits and vegetables as well as finding some type of grassland to graze the cattle on. Corn is not a natural forage for cattle, anyway. They would then have fresh produce as well as high-protein milk, and even possibly a calf once a year to sell to a neighboring family. If cattle weren't an option (i. e. poor quality grazing land), then goats might be, since they can graze on nearly any kind of plant material with the same benefits (milk and new offspring every year). Just my thoughts.Opinion #2Corn shouldn't be considered as the main ingredient or main ration to "feed cattle so [people] can eat beef." This statement in itself is illogical and misguided as it comes from the stand point that all beef from all cattle are corn-fed, which is not true at all. People can easily fatten cattle on grass as they can on corn, not to mention it cuts out the "middle-man" in growing, harvesting and feeding corn when cattle can harvest their own from the grass grown in pastures. Saves these people a lot of extra work and is beneficial for the land and soil beneath; if these people choose, they can turn a part of the pasture that they've had cattle grazing on into garden plots to grow their vegetables in.The other thing that you should think about is that if the soil is inadequate for growing crops and vegetables then grazing cattle would be the best option for people to raise. If the soil is of good quality, then it is ideal for these starving people to raise crops/vegetables/fruits to grow on. However, there's no reason why these same people can't allocate land for pasture and land for crops and have the best of both worlds. Humans are not either carnivorous or herbivorous/vegetarian, they are omnivores and are capable of eating both meat and plants. Thus there should be no "either or" in this question, regardless if it's a tough or easy question to answer.
What is feed ingredient means?
Feed ingredients are just like food ingredients: it's a list that tells you what exactly is in the bag of feed and how much of it. This is important in formulating diets for livestock like cattle, horses, pigs, chickens, etc.
