Blue Blood Fodders

Royal Oak Farm is the premiere distributor of high quality animal feeds and fodders in Virginia.  Our products are used by professional livestock farmers who understand that healthy livestock depend on quality feeds.

All products are sold in bulk, either delivered at competitive prices (subject to certain minimum order quantities) or you can pick up smaller quantities here at Royal Oak Farm.  All prices are FOB, Evington, VA.  Delivery in up to 24 ton quantities is available for an extra charge.  For current pricing, please call us at (540) 297-3299.

The Blueblood™ Animal Fodders Product Line

Corn Gluten Feed (16% protein)

Corn gluten feed is a byproduct of the wet corn milling industry. Wet milling separates the corn kernel into its components: starch, oil, protein, and bran (fiber).  Corn gluten feed is the residual bran plus some milling liquids, processed into a 90% total solids pellet.  Corn gluten feed (whether wet or dry) is an excellent feed that is a moderately high source of protein (about 15-20%), low in starch (about 20%), high in digestible fiber and low in oil. Because of these characteristics, cattle can be fed relatively large amounts. Despite its high portion of fiber, it can still be regarded as an energy source. 

Blend Feed (13%) 

Blueblood™ blended feed is a customized high-quality blend prepared by Royal Oak Farm.  It consists of 25% corn screenings, 50% corn gluten feed, and 25% soya hulls.  It contains 13% protein and is formulated as a granular feed for those customers whose livestock prefer granular to pelleted feed.

Soya Hulls Feed

Soya bean hulls provide an excellent, highly available and affordable source of fibre, energy, minerals and protein for livestock diets. They are very palatable and their low lignin content makes them highly digestible to livestock. Soya hulls provide value to beef and dairy cattle because they are readily fermented in the rumen, supplying both energy and protein to the livestock. For pigs, soya hulls are a valuable ingredient in many diets. The fiber is highly digestible, allowing growing and maturing pigs to utilize it as an energy source.

Corn Screenings

Corn screenings, a byproduct of the massive U.S. feed grains production industry, are generated when corn stocks are cleaned for export or to meet grade specifications. The resulting product consists of a mixture of broken corn dust, chaff weed seeds, and foreign matter in varying proportions.  The major component of most corn screening samples consists of broken grain. For this reason, good quality corn screenings do have substantial nutritional value for poultry and livestock.  Royal Oak Farm obtains corn screenings only from reliable producers, thus ensuring its customers receive only a very high quality screenings feed.

Wheat Middlings Feed

A co-product of milling durum for semolina or wheat for flour is mill feed or mill run commonly marketed as wheat middlings (also known as wheat “midds”). Expanded milling and increased availability has created interest in the state in the use of wheat midds in rations among livestock producers.  Wheat midds vary due to differing qualities of parent grains, the specific milling operation, and the end products desired.   Wheat midds contain higher levels of fiber, protein, and minerals than the parent grain with reduced amounts of starch and energy.

Wheat midds will typically contain 17 to 18 percent crude protein (dry matter basis), which is intermediate between most feed grains and high protein oil seed meal co-products. The protein in wheat midds is considered to be fairly high in rumen degradability with a bypass value of only 23 percent.  Although high fiber levels are typically associated with low energy values, the fiber in wheat midds is highly digestible by ruminants. The energy value of wheat midds is intermediate to feed oats and barley for cattle.  Wheat midds are high in macro and microminerals and a particularly good source of phosphorous and potassium. In addition, they are a good source of several trace minerals that are often marginal in forages, including copper, zinc, magnesium and selenium.