Hello everyone. I can shed a little light on deer corn. Deer corn and feed corn are the same kind of corn. It can be either gmo, non gmo, waxy, or certified seed corn. This is just a handful of the types of corn. I manage a feed mill. We grind feed for all types of animals. I use all of these types in the mill. They are all field corn. And by looking at the kernels you can not tell any difference. There are test that we run to find the differnet types. THEY ALL FEED THE SAME. Animals can not tell the difference either. The difference comes in the grade or quality. Moisture, test weight, temp, and amount of fines (broken kernals) FM (cobs, dirt, etc.) toxins (molds).
Deer corn is feed corn. Pre-bagged corn for either deer or feeding from any place other than a grain elevator has a chance of being less than fresh. This could mean the corn has a chance of being molded. Any time a grain is put in bag and sealed the shelf life starts. Grain stores best in bin where the grain can breath.
Cleaning corn is a process of running the grain over a screen and air. The s reens clean dirt, fines, and fm out of the grain. Air blowing through the cleaner blows out light debris. Cleaning does not remove mold or mositure. The more you reclean grain the more grain ends up in the keep side. And if the cleaner is not effient than the more times the grain runs over it the more grain come through the screen. And all of this takes time and labor, which should raise the cost. Mass marketing could lower the cost. And bad quality could lower the cost.
If they are selling corn at a high price and claiming it has been cleaned three or four time, they are just selling you. A good cleaner will do all that all cleaning in two rounds.
If your animals will not eat the straight corn, they might be detecting molds/toxins. Do not feed that corn. Mold/toxins can be very bad for the animals.
Quality of the grain can be done mainly by sight and smell. Good corn will be bright yellow in color. If there is any dark spots on kernel then that would be considered damaged. And that woulld have a bearing on the feed quality of the corn. Any greenish or brown dust looking stuff on the grain could be mold. And LARGE amounts of that could discourage and animal from eating the grain. If the grain has tiny holes in it then it has been ate on by bug. The bugs eat the important part of the grain, which lowers it quality. Corn with LOTS of holes is really old corn and might not have much feed value. And then comes the smell. It is hard to describe the smell. I think good corn smells almost sweet. Moldy old corn smells musky and will almost take your breath if it is bad enough. If the dusk is greenish in color that is mold.
Broken kernels are not bad in feed, except if it clogs the feeder. Most of the different feeds will process the grain in some way. So do not think that broken kernels lowers the feed value. It might not look good to the human eye but animals see food, period.
I hope this helps everyone with the deer corn questions.:thumbsup:
Deer corn is feed corn. Pre-bagged corn for either deer or feeding from any place other than a grain elevator has a chance of being less than fresh. This could mean the corn has a chance of being molded. Any time a grain is put in bag and sealed the shelf life starts. Grain stores best in bin where the grain can breath.
Cleaning corn is a process of running the grain over a screen and air. The s reens clean dirt, fines, and fm out of the grain. Air blowing through the cleaner blows out light debris. Cleaning does not remove mold or mositure. The more you reclean grain the more grain ends up in the keep side. And if the cleaner is not effient than the more times the grain runs over it the more grain come through the screen. And all of this takes time and labor, which should raise the cost. Mass marketing could lower the cost. And bad quality could lower the cost.
If they are selling corn at a high price and claiming it has been cleaned three or four time, they are just selling you. A good cleaner will do all that all cleaning in two rounds.
If your animals will not eat the straight corn, they might be detecting molds/toxins. Do not feed that corn. Mold/toxins can be very bad for the animals.
Quality of the grain can be done mainly by sight and smell. Good corn will be bright yellow in color. If there is any dark spots on kernel then that would be considered damaged. And that woulld have a bearing on the feed quality of the corn. Any greenish or brown dust looking stuff on the grain could be mold. And LARGE amounts of that could discourage and animal from eating the grain. If the grain has tiny holes in it then it has been ate on by bug. The bugs eat the important part of the grain, which lowers it quality. Corn with LOTS of holes is really old corn and might not have much feed value. And then comes the smell. It is hard to describe the smell. I think good corn smells almost sweet. Moldy old corn smells musky and will almost take your breath if it is bad enough. If the dusk is greenish in color that is mold.
Broken kernels are not bad in feed, except if it clogs the feeder. Most of the different feeds will process the grain in some way. So do not think that broken kernels lowers the feed value. It might not look good to the human eye but animals see food, period.
I hope this helps everyone with the deer corn questions.:thumbsup:
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,[just for bow hunting,,start feeding a week or so before bow season],gun season,they are so stirred up,don't want to feed others deer,plus by than,I've killed many],killed many bucks last several years,,buy it by 50-100 bag at feed stores,,havn't had any bad luck with mold or anything in the bags,all pretty good corn,what ever brand it is,it seems,,don't buy that corn thats got a deer on the bag,,I'm poor.