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Ag Decision Maker Activity File A3-50

Specialty Grain Terms

Name_________________________________________

Study the information in File A3-50, Specialty Grain Terms, and answer the following questions.

1. You decided you want to grow organic soybeans because of the extra premiums you have heard about. Can you simply not apply chemicals and qualify? Why or why not?

2. Due to the 12 inch rainfall total during the first two weeks of June, your contracted sweet corn plot yields only half of what you are obligated to deliver. You replant on June 21 but an early frost eliminates this, too. Can this qualify as an Act of God?

3. You are informed by your seed corn company and your local elevator that

your Round-Up Ready seed will need to be identity preserved. What does this mean?

4. Specialty crops are creating interest among farmers. Identify 3 examples

found in Iowa:

1.

2.

3.

5. Vegetable oil is a very common ingredient in food products today. Is

oxidation of this vegetable oil good or bad? Why ?

What about hydrogenation?

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6. What is Masa?

7. Why would you choose to grow white, red, or blue corn?

8. Describe the basic 3 steps in corn processing:

1.

2.

3.

9. Where would tofu soybeans most likely be marketed? Why?

10. New food grade soybeans include Natto, Miso, Edamame and Nimame.

Explain specifically how any one of these is different.

11. The primary products of wet milling are:

1.

2.

3.

4.

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12. HFCS stands for:

It is most commonly found in:

13. You have an opportunity to buy corn gluten feed as a by-product

of an ethanol plant. What percent protein would this be?

14. What application do starches like amylose and amylopectin have?

15. A local cooperative is considering a new employee to handle

sourcing . What would this person do?

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