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Nutrient Content of Organically Grown Feedstuffs

University of Minnesota, 1364 Eckles Ave., St. Paul 55108

Correspondence: ¹ Corresponding author: jacob150{at}umn.edu

Many smaller farms in the United States are switching to organic crop production to remain competitive with industrial agriculture. In doing so, they are cultivating crops not traditionally grown in the area. Organically grown corn, wheat, barley, oats, soybeans, field peas, buckwheat, and flaxseed samples were obtained from producers throughout the Midwest. The nutrient content of the organically grown feedstuffs was compared with published values for industrially grown counterparts. The nutrient content of a given feedstuff has been shown to vary because of differences in climate, soil conditions, maturity, cultivar, management, and processing factors. As an emerging industry, organic crop production practices vary considerably from farm to farm. As a result, there is considerable variation in the nutrient content of organically grown feedstuffs, as noted with the samples analyzed. This variation will affect the formulation of organic livestock feeds and demonstrates the need to develop a database of the nutrient content of organically grown feedstuffs.

Key Words: ingredient • nutrient • organic