The corn crop has a great versatility of use and a formidable capacity to adapt to a diversity of climates and soils, thanks to the large number of varieties of the plant that exist, although an important and determining factor for it to prosper is the total exposure to sunlight.
▶ And it is usually supplemented with other sources of vitamins or protein. The use of feed formulas is not yet widespread in tropical countries, but commercial poultry establishments are emerging that will undoubtedly demand greater use of rations containing corn.
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The use of corn with quality protein as animal feed shows good potential for pig production, but has not yet been fully exploited; In the previous section, the use of CCM maize was already commented on.
The importance of maize with quality protein in the composition of pig rations has been widely demonstrated, and its use is quite widespread in Brazil and China. It is possible that the use of quality protein corns as an ingredient in swine rations could help reduce costs, depending on the price relationship between these corns and common corns.
Corn as a cereal is a source of several important antioxidants that reduce the formation of free radicals, preventing the appearance of cells and later cancerous diseases. In this sense, it is considered that cooking increases its antioxidant capacity.
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