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APPENDIX A: QPM's Future in the United States
Pages 77-79

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... Any improvement in the fundamental nutritional value of corn is likely to create new, unique, and premium markets. There is, for instance, distinct promise for breakfast cereals and snack foods, both of which are constantly criticized for their low nutritional value.
From page 78...
... • Rats fed QPM gained at least twice as much weight as those fed food-grade corn and consequently had improved feed:gain ratios. • Tortillas and tortilla chips of both QPM and common corn had significantly higher dry matter and energy digestibilities but lower apparent protein digestibilities than their respective raw grains.
From page 79...
... Testimonials from farmers who feed opaque-2 corn silage along with opaque-2 corn grain to dairy herds claim that it increases the milk production. Such claims remain unverified by controlled experiments, although careful studies at the Nebraska Experiment Station have given some preliminary supporting evidence of the value of nutritionally improved corn as livestock feed.10 These experiments show that when opaque2, soft-endosperm corn is fed in place of normal corn to all classes of pigs, from weaning to finishing, the farmer can reduce the total level of dietary protein supplement (soybean meal)


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