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Re: MD420 post# 65021

Saturday, 05/07/2022 5:53:20 PM

Saturday, May 07, 2022 5:53:20 PM

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You are right. In the 1970's India had the worst drought in recorded history, and used a very expensive, High pressure high temp steam and Sodium Hydroxide (caustic soda) process to convert one of the worlds largest supplies of waste bagasse into cattle feed. It worked, but was way too expensive to be sustainable after the drought ended.

IFUS does not have that cost problem, in fact the IFUS process is extremely cost effective.

It also, when used at about 45% of the net feed mix, cuts the total feed ration way down, and turns 1 lb/day of normal added weight to the cattle weight increase per day into about 5 lbs/day of weight gain
(more of what the cattle eats is digested and turned into protein mass),
and it reduces the daily water ration needs by 5 gallons of water per steer at a feed lot.

In drought areas with 10,000 head of cattle that is a 50,000 gallon per day water use reduction. 50,000 gals/day is 18.25 Million gallons of water per year, or 1.825 Billion gallons of water for a Million cattle.

The impact would be huge, especially in a drought.

Speaking of droughts:

CNN: The two largest reservoirs in California are already at 'critically low levels' and the dry season is just starting.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/07/us/california-water-shasta-oroville-climate/index.html

The two largest reservoirs in California are already at 'critically low levels' and the dry season is just starting
CNN Expansion 11/17/21 Rachel Ramirez Climate Writer, CNN Digital

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN

Updated 11:35 AM ET, Sat May 7, 2022