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<blockquote data-quote="rukiddin" data-source="post: 5120988" data-attributes="member: 6860"><p>I worked the commercial poultry business (layer houses/broiler broodstock) for years in NC. The biggest majority of our corn came from out west on rail cars. There were two reasons 90% of our corn we used for feed we only bought local if we absolutely had to. 1. We simply used too much corn to depend on local farms in sept, oct and November and 2. Aflatoxins. Like already mentioned, corn from out west seldom if ever has aflatoxins present due to low humidity. It's not near as big a deal with broilers because it doesn't affect them like it does layers. It'll hurt egg production guaranteed though. </p><p></p><p>I'll let you in on a simple trick to see if your corn has aflatoxins present. This is how we would "quick test" corn samples. Take a cup or two of corn. Put it in a blender and grind it for a few seconds. Then put that ground/cracked corn under a black light. If that corn looks like a disco ball with bright spots and sparkles, you've got aflatoxins present.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rukiddin, post: 5120988, member: 6860"] I worked the commercial poultry business (layer houses/broiler broodstock) for years in NC. The biggest majority of our corn came from out west on rail cars. There were two reasons 90% of our corn we used for feed we only bought local if we absolutely had to. 1. We simply used too much corn to depend on local farms in sept, oct and November and 2. Aflatoxins. Like already mentioned, corn from out west seldom if ever has aflatoxins present due to low humidity. It’s not near as big a deal with broilers because it doesn’t affect them like it does layers. It’ll hurt egg production guaranteed though. I’ll let you in on a simple trick to see if your corn has aflatoxins present. This is how we would “quick test” corn samples. Take a cup or two of corn. Put it in a blender and grind it for a few seconds. Then put that ground/cracked corn under a black light. If that corn looks like a disco ball with bright spots and sparkles, you’ve got aflatoxins present. [/QUOTE]
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