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Economics of quality protein maize as a feedstuff
Author(s) -
LópezPereira Miguel A.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
agribusiness
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.57
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1520-6297
pISSN - 0742-4477
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6297(199311)9:6<557::aid-agr2720090603>3.0.co;2-0
Subject(s) - soybean meal , agricultural science , quality (philosophy) , lysine , composition (language) , microbiology and biotechnology , food science , economics , biology , biochemistry , raw material , ecology , philosophy , linguistics , epistemology , amino acid
This study evaluates pig and poultry feed cost and composition effects from including quality protein maize (QPM) as an alternative energy and protein source. Cost savings could be as high as 3.4% (about $5/ton) for pig feed, with QPM constituting about 80% of the ration and replacing all regular maize and synthetic lysine and 40% of soybean meal. Savings are slightly lower for poultry feed. However, if a 5% price premium for QPM over regular maize is assumed most of the savings are lost, indicating that QPM should compete at the same price to be economically attractive as a commercial feedstuff. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.