Quote from jack hershey:
They were 40 to the case and the distribution was handled by the feds (NTIS). While not free, the objective was to get alcohol production rolling and especially on a local basis so that fuel was available immediately and the DDG could be used in rations for local herds and feeders.
The DDG induced a 15% increase in peaking and until dry out the production was held within 10% of peak. All stress biochems could be omitted or pulled from ears if slow release products had previously been inbedded.
I did publications as follow ups in several states. You can check the state of reagan's secy of DOE, the plains states and some of the fine grain states. Most were in the 40 to 50K range of printing. Many universities were involved as it was done using a regional template. There were six Presidential scholars involved if I remember correctly.
Of note, from this "seeding" alcohol production long ago alcohol production has doubled in the US in the last four years.
You can do a search on continuous fermentation to see an econometric effect in the "induced" category of econometrics.
Animal nutrition goes at about 50C a head per month. There are about five progressive DDG rations. One indirect spin off was a LLC that had about 14.2 million head under ration in the feeder stages. The check book was blue. In Texas as recent as 10 years ago, I still had 50% name recognition among large feeders in Texas.
Small scale plants sold, at that time for about 15m. Sales of three a month were common. Six 500K bushel bins were common and the common service leg was usually in the 135 foot range. A trailer on a six point scale (hytdraulic lift) could be lifted and shot in less than two minutes. It takes about six months to permit and implement a siding off a main line in the midwest.