feed corn

Crop for animals

Feed corn is corn grown specifically as livestock food rather than for human consumption.

It's typically a variety of field corn (dent corn) with harder kernels and less sugar than sweet corn.

Most corn produced in the United States is feed corn, destined for cattle, hogs, and poultry: The farm devoted three hundred acres to feed corn.

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