Corn Harvest Quality Report 2019/2020
Contents
- Export Cargo Quality Highlights
- Introduction
- Grade Factors
- Quality Test Results
- 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 Deoxynivalenol (DON)
- Background: Mycotoxins General
- Background: Aflatoxins
- Background: Deoxynivalenol (DON) or Vomitoxin
- Background: Fumonisin
- U.S. Corn Export System
- Planting and Early Growth Conditions
- Pollination and Grain-fill Conditions
- Harvest Conditions
- Comparison of 2019 to 2018, 2017 and the 5YA
- U.S. Corn Production, Usage & Outlook
- U.S. Corn Use and Ending Stocks
- Survey Design and Sampling
- Statistical Analysis
- Grade Factors
- Physical Factors
- Mycotoxins
- U.S. Corn Grades & Conversions