Wheat Rolled 20kg

Wheat grain is a major staple food that provides about 20% of food energy and protein worldwide. Wheat is also an excellent energy source for farm animals: in 2007, 102 million tons (16.7% of worldwide production) were used to feed animals. Feed wheat is often surplus to human requirements or low-quality wheat unsuitable for human consumption.  The inclusion of wheat grain in feeds depends on the relative market prices of the major feed grains. When maize, barley and sorghum are expensive, or when wheat prices are depressed, wheat becomes a valuable option.

Wheat is primarily a source of energy due to its high starch content (about 70% DM). It is richer in protein than maize and barley (11-13% DM for soft wheats vs. 8-10% for maize and 11-12% for barley) and can thus be used as a replacement for maize as a high-energy ingredient requiring less protein supplementation than maize. Due to the natural separation of husk from the grain during threshing, the fiber content of wheat is very low (crude fiber less than 3%), slightly higher than that of maize, but half that of barley and much lower than that of oats. Suitable for all livestock.