Originally Posted by Wren
Chinese don't feed the ear grain and the cob. Just the cob. They can't afford to give them both, as they need the grain.

That was the point.

Ren

There is extremely little food value in the cob, even for a ruminant. In the USA there are other uses for a corn cob, as a polishing abrasive for one. With the increased use of fiber to produce methynol, some combines have been converted to gather the fodder, including the cob, after the grain is stripped from the cob. Americans hold those patents. And I couldn't tell you what race they are.