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nutrient-cost screening board. It ranks price per pound of a single nutrient (crude protein or TDN) on a dry-matter basis, not what to feed. The Category column separates plant protein meals, grain co-products and rendered animal proteins, which are not interchangeable on crude protein alone: an animal protein's amino-acid profile and digestibility do not match an oilseed meal's. Effective fiber, palatability and inclusion limits are the nutritionist's call.","columns":["Ingredient","$/ton","$/lb protein","vs soybean meal","$/lb TDN","Category"],"rows":[["Sunflower meal","$160","$0.275","78%","$0.154","Plant protein meal"],["Feather meal","$513","$0.317","90%","$0.392","Animal protein"],["Meat and bone meal (ruminant)","$336","$0.325","92%","$0.252","Animal protein"],["Soybean meal","$337","$0.354","100%","$0.231","Plant protein meal"],["Distillers dried grains (DDGS)","$188","$0.355","100%","$0.119","Grain co-product"],["Linseed meal","$250","$0.365","103%","$0.180","Plant protein meal"],["Cottonseed meal","$323","$0.393","111%","$0.249","Plant protein meal"],["Wheat middlings","$138","$0.424","120%","$0.098","Grain co-product"],["Corn gluten meal","$517","$0.428","121%","$0.319","Plant protein meal"],["Canola meal","$312","$0.438","124%","$0.234","Plant protein meal"],["Safflower meal","$215","$0.492","139%","$0.211","Plant protein meal"],["Wheat millrun","$155","$0.507","143%","$0.115","Grain co-product"],["Corn gluten feed","$221","$0.516","146%","$0.158","Grain co-product"],["Rice bran","$144","$0.540","153%","$0.114","Grain co-product"],["Soybean hulls (loose)","$153","$0.687","194%","$0.111","Fiber and forage"],["Blood meal (ruminant)","$1313","$0.759","215%","$0.991","Animal protein"],["Corn (US #2 yellow)","$151","$0.905","256%","$0.098","Benchmark grain"],["Whole cottonseed (fuzzy)","$388","$0.917","259%","$0.224","Plant protein meal"],["Hominy feed","$245","$1.184","335%","$0.151","Grain co-product"],["Alfalfa meal","$435","$1.306","369%","$0.396","Fiber and forage"],["Cottonseed hulls","$550","$4.510","1276%","$0.720","Fiber and forage"]]}]}