feedgrain

plural feedgrains · alternative feed grain

1. countableuncountableAny of the coarser grains such as corn, milo, and oats.

   The official estimate of the feedgrain requirement in 1980 is about 125.0 million tons.

   1981, Padma Desai, Estimates of Soviet Grain Imports in 1980-85: Alternative Approaches, →ISBN

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   When wheat is cheap relative to feedgrains, more wheat will be used for feed. When the price of wheat rises relative to feedgrains, less will be used for feed.

   2013, Pierre Crosson, The Cropland Crisis: Myth or Reality?, →ISBN

   Almost all pigs, which were the major source of China's meat supply, were raised with very limited feedgrains.

   2017, Wei-Ming Tian, Grains in China: Foodgrain, Feedgrain and World Trade, →ISBN, page 122