Corn Harvest Quality Report 2017/2018
Contents
- Harvest Quality Highlights
- Introduction
- Quality Test Results
- Grade Factors
- Moisture
- Chemical Composition
- Physical Factors
- Stress Cracks
- 100-Kernel Weight
- Kernel Volume
- Kernel True Density
- Whole Kernels
- Horneous (Hard) Endosperm
- Mycotoxins
- Assessing the Presence of Aflatoxins and DON
- Background: General
- Background: Aflatoxins
- Background: Don (Deoxynivalenol) Or Vomitoxin
- Crop and Weather Conditions
- Planting and Early Growth Conditions
- Pollination and Grain Fill Conditions
- Harvest Conditions
- Comparison of 2016 to 2015, 2014, and 5YA
- U.S. Corn Production, Usage and Outlook
- U.S. Corn Production
- U.S. Corn Use and Ending Stocks
- Outlook
- Survey and Statistical Analysis Methods
- Overview
- Survey Design and Sampling
- Statistical Analysis
- Test Analysis Methods
- Corn Grading Factors
- Moisture
- Chemical Composition
- Physical Factors
- Mycotoxin Testing
- U.S. Corn Grades and Conversions