Table 2.

Composition of diet (DM basis) fed to cattle (finishing experiment)

Ingredient, % of diet DM	Biochar inclusion, % DM
	0	0.8	3
Dry-rolled corn	53	53	53
Corn silage	15	15	15
Wet distillers grains plus solubles	25	25	25
Supplement1
Fine ground corn	4.630	3.830	1.630
Biochar	-	0.800	3.000
Limestone	1.320	1.320	1.320
Tallow	0.175	0.175	0.175
Urea	0.500	0.500	0.500
Salt	0.300	0.300	0.300
Beef trace mineral2	0.050	0.050	0.050
Vitamin A-D-E3	0.015	0.015	0.015
Rumensin-904	0.010	0.010	0.010
Nutrient analysis, %5
DM	66.9	67.3	67.5
OM	85.4	85.4	85.2
CP	13.3	13.2	13.1
NDF	25.2	25.9	27.9
ADF	10.7	11.2	12.6

CP = crude protein.

¹Supplement fed at 7% of diet DM.

²Premix contained 10% Mg, 6% Zn, 2.5% Mn, 0.5% Cu, 0.3% I, and 0.05% Co.

³Premix contained 1,500 IU of vitamin A, 3,000 IU of vitamin D, and 3.7 IU of vitamin E. per gram.

⁴Formulated to supply Rumensin-90 (Elanco Animal Health) at 20 mg/kg of DM.

⁵Nutrient analysis was measured on weekly grab samples of individual feeds, composited into period samples.