Cotton Seed Hulls

Cotton seed hulls are the outer covering of the cottonseed and are separated from the kernel prior to the oil extraction process & its represent almost 30% of the cottonseed. They are rich in nutrients and fibers and can be used as a part of cattle feed.
Applications:
* cotton seed hulls are excellent roughages and have strong application in cleaning of oil pipelines.
* cotton seed hulls is also found to be favored fertilizer for mushrooms.
* cotton seed hulls contain 3-8% highly digestible cotton linters (nearly 100% cellulose). Cottonseed hulls are exceptional roughage with a high level of effective fiber & are very palatable. They are commonly used in feedlot and dairy ratios since they require no grinding and mix well with other feed ingredients.
* they can be pelleted for ease of handling and to lower transportation cost. Cottonseed hulls are comparable in nutritive value to good quality grass hay and are valuable digestive aides to concentrate ratios.