Win-win: Brewers dispose of spent grain, farmers use it for feed, in soil

Cody Smith doesn’t have to worry about how he will feed his cows on his Plain City farm. Instead of buying feed in bulk from a store, he gives his breeding cows spent grain from breweries. Spent grain is the malt and grain that remain after most of the sugars, proteins and nutrients have been removed in the brewing process. It can constitute as much as 85% of a brewery’s total byproduct, according to craftbeer.com. Collin Castore, co-founder of Seventh […]
Source: The Daily Jeff – News from Camberidge OH