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rreliminary studies by the U.S. Department of Agriculture at Beltsville, Md., indicate that someday cement kiln dust may be an unexpected ration additive to increase the daily weight gain of beef steers.
However, H. John Gerken Jr., animal science Extension specialist at Virginia Tech, warned that the results are only preliminary and “farmers should not rush to start feeding cement to cattle on the basis of available information.”
The Beltsville researchers found 750-pound steers gained 2.9 pounds per day
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