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<blockquote data-quote="NatJ" data-source="post: 25955459" data-attributes="member: 466333"><p>One definite difference: the permitted rate of aflatoxins.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/publications/41603/15640_aer828h_1_.pdf?v=0" target="_blank">https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/publications/41603/15640_aer828h_1_.pdf?v=0</a></p><p>This .pdf has a table on the 5th page, of what levels are permitted in certain products according to how it will be used. Corn can be used for human food at one rate (20 parts per billion), but for animals at a range of higher rates (up to 300 parts per billion for finishing beef cattle.)</p><p></p><p>The farmer you know may be growing specifically for animal food, but some animal food is made from crops orginally intended for human food but then repurposed after they fail aflatoxin testing. I'm pretty sure there are other points that matter too; this is just the one where I remembered the right term to easily look it up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NatJ, post: 25955459, member: 466333"] One definite difference: the permitted rate of aflatoxins. [URL]https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/publications/41603/15640_aer828h_1_.pdf?v=0[/URL] This .pdf has a table on the 5th page, of what levels are permitted in certain products according to how it will be used. Corn can be used for human food at one rate (20 parts per billion), but for animals at a range of higher rates (up to 300 parts per billion for finishing beef cattle.) The farmer you know may be growing specifically for animal food, but some animal food is made from crops orginally intended for human food but then repurposed after they fail aflatoxin testing. I'm pretty sure there are other points that matter too; this is just the one where I remembered the right term to easily look it up. [/QUOTE]
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