ArticleTranslational animal science2026
Investigating the effects of pine biochar on intake and digestibility in beef steers consuming forage.
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Biochar is a charcoal-like material made from burned organic material of agricultural or forestry biomass. Pyrolysis, the primary method of biochar production, is achieved in limited oxygen conditions which allows the thermally altered biomass to retain most of its carbon. Biochar has potential to enhance soil health and sequester carbon in soils, but must be mixed with an organic material, such as urine or manure, to maximize effectiveness. Feeding biochar to cattle allows them to deposit biochar-enriched manure onto pasture without human intervention while simultaneously receiving any potential benefits associated with consumption. The objective of this study was to evaluate diet utilization in beef steers fed one of four treatments in addition to a basal forage diet: no biochar (CON), or a pinewood-based biochar provided at 0.8%, 1.6%, or 2.4% of the previous 3-d forage intake. Four ruminally cannulated steers were utilized in a 4 × 4 Latin square with four 14-d periods, consisting of an 8-d treatment adaptation (d 1 to 8), fecal and diet sampling for intake and digestibility (d 9 to 13) and rumen fluid sampling (d 14). Steers had ad libitum access to hay and water and were offered treatments once daily mixed with cottonseed meal provided at 125 mg N/kg BW. Statistical analyses employed orthogonal contrasts with fixed effects of treatment and period and a random effect of steer. There was a tendency for biochar to linearly affect (
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