Expanded Grain Based Biofuel Production Causes Concern Among Livestock Feeders

A massive expansion of North America’s ability to produce biofuel, including biodiesel and ethanol, is expected to dramatically increase the demand for crops which have traditionally been used in the manufacture of human food and livestock feed.

As the shift to increased biofuel use becomes increasingly evident in both Canada and the United States, western Canadian livestock producers will be looking for help to keep a lid on feed costs. That help could come in the form of a combination of higher cereal grain and oilseed yields through plant breeding, regulatory changes designed to ease the registration of new wheat varieties suited to specific end use requirements and low cost byproducts from biofuel production.

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