CORN FOR -DAIRY COWS PUSHES 'WESTWARD': Good-quality corn has a high starch content which permits the formulation of higher energy-dense dairy rations

摘要

ALBERTA AND SASKATCHEWAN STILL grow millions of acres of barley, but Manitoba broke a 30-year old record in 2012 by planting 300,000 acres of harvested grain corn, which easily surpassed 225,000 acres set in 1981. While, these few hundred-thousand acres are still relatively small compared to the rest of the total prairie barley crop: Manitoba planted only 490,000 acres in 2012 of barley compared to about 2.5 million acres of barley in 1981, when the last Manitoba corn record was set.