Source: MORNING AG CLIPS, 2/12/18

In December, Prestage Department of Poultry Science researchers, Dr. Carm Parkhurst and Dr. Chris Ashwell, completed an initial study that utilized industrial hemp seed cake in poultry diets. Seed cake is the leftover residue after the seed is pressed for seed oil. Hemp seed cake as a feedstuff compares fairly close to soybean oil meal.Three different diets were formulated. Researchers replaced a portion of the soybean oil meal with hemp seed cake at the NC State feedmill. These diets were then fed to male broiler chicks in a 3-week battery trial.

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