As winter slowly approaches and producers are planning their winter supplementation, the question comes in each year; can I feed whole cottonseed to my bulls or will it make them infertile? Our answer to this question is always absolutely not IF you stay within the recommended feeding levels.
Currently, the recommended inclusion rate is 0.5% of body weight or 20% of the total ration. This recommendation is made, however, due to the amount of fat in whole cottonseed (~20%), rather than the amount of gossypol, which is a common driver for concern when feeding whole cottonseed. Gossypol is…
