# Mung Bean Straw Can Replace Costly Cottonseed Cake in Sheep Rations

> Researchers in Ethiopia found that mung bean straw can replace cottonseed cake in sheep rations without reducing growth performance, while lowering feed costs. The work addresses smallholders’ limited access to affordable protein supplements and seasonal shortages of quality forage.

- Date: 2026-11-07 · published 2026-11-08T00:07:28.657Z
- Category: report · region Ethiopia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/86597-mung-bean-straw-can-replace-costly-cottonseed-cake-in-sheep-rations
- Commodities: [Cottonseed Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CSM.md)

## Why it matters

Substituting locally available crop residue for cottonseed cake could reduce demand for conventional protein feed ingredients and ease feed costs for Ethiopian sheep producers. The reported findings do not establish a large-scale market impact.

## Read by commodity

- CSM: bearish ▼

## Sources

- bioengineer.org: https://bioengineer.org/mung-bean-straw-can-replace-costly-cottonseed-cake-in-sheep-rations/

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