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Having been in farming for many years the quality of corn can vary quite a bit from year to year and even field to field. Some years will be good some years not so good. The only way you would know the quality is to test all the different grains in a mix to find what is quality is. Of course this should be being done by the corn merchants but they would only make sure the quality is of a certain standard. In reality the analysis could still be very variable from batch to batch that they make. We regularly tested the feed they we fed to the cows to see if anything needed to be added.
Would the germination time show the quality or would that not be relevant for amino acids in the grainAndy wrote: ↑Fri Nov 01, 2024 7:52 amHaving been in farming for many years the quality of corn can vary quite a bit from year to year and even field to field. Some years will be good some years not so good. The only way you would know the quality is to test all the different grains in a mix to find what is quality is. Of course this should be being done by the corn merchants but they would only make sure the quality is of a certain standard. In reality the analysis could still be very variable from batch to batch that they make. We regularly tested the feed they we fed to the cows to see if anything needed to be added.
I only ever used that Saturday or Sunday or in the moult to use up the bottleMIL wrote: ↑Fri Nov 01, 2024 7:52 am I was a big believer in this, and so are some very very very very very exceptional fliers
They all use this regularly
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Not relevant at all.NeilA wrote: ↑Fri Nov 01, 2024 7:55 amWould the germination time show the quality or would that not be relevant for amino acids in the grainAndy wrote: ↑Fri Nov 01, 2024 7:52 amHaving been in farming for many years the quality of corn can vary quite a bit from year to year and even field to field. Some years will be good some years not so good. The only way you would know the quality is to test all the different grains in a mix to find what is quality is. Of course this should be being done by the corn merchants but they would only make sure the quality is of a certain standard. In reality the analysis could still be very variable from batch to batch that they make. We regularly tested the feed they we fed to the cows to see if anything needed to be added.
I thought amino acids were important in everyone’s diet , I just thought maybe the grain we feed our pigeons might not be the best quality I know a lot of barley used by dine feed companies would be not of human food chain grade so could that for example not contain the right level of amino acids and the same for other grains in a mixtureMurray wrote: ↑Fri Nov 01, 2024 8:35 am The thing is, let's say I am feeding peas and wheat, and you are feeding a balanced diet with emphasis on fats and energy and things.
I see a big shiny advert, telling me that their 'New product, developed by leading scientists' WILL correct the imbalances in the amino acids in my feed.
That new product must be the best thing ever, if It will 'correct' the feed, regardless of whether you are stuck in 1956 and admiring the beans you got for the season, or in 2024, and trying to decide which race mix to buy.
As the old saying goes, " There's one born ever minute".