Sorghum

Production challenges lead to questions about US feed crop yield, use © GettyImages/bernardbodo

Challenges for US crop data collection

By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Delayed US feed crop harvests create challenges for feed crop production data collection and raise questions about corn and soybean yields and corn usage, say experts.

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Mexico: Evaluating sorghum varieties for use in pig rations

By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Mexican researchers looked at the impact of kafirins and tannins concentrations in sorghum on the ileal digestibility of amino acids and starch, and on the glucose and plasma urea nitrogen levels in growing pigs.