Quality Attributes of Argentine Corn
1985
M. R. Paulsen | Hill, L. D.
Since Argentina is a major corn (maize) exporting country it is important for U.S. producers, processors, equipment manufacturers, and grain merchandisers to be aware of the various quality attributes of Argentine corn. Samples of corn were collected from five farms, five country elevators, and a port elevator in Argentina. Corn was relatively high in test weight and in kernel density. Samples had high percentages of whole kernels, yet stress cracks were prevalent in corn lots which had been dried with high temperature air, resulting in rapid moisture removal. Depending on drying methods, percentages of kernels with stress cracks ranged from 4 to 82% while breakage susceptibility values ranged from 9 to 50%. Broken corn and foreign material at the farm level averaged 0.7%, while it averaged 5.0% on one export vessel.
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