Argentinean corn in your corn flakes
- Thread starter Boomerang
- Start date
betweenthelines
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- Location
- southwest
Lot better for the environment to have South American cornflakes for breakfast than bacon from the farmshop in the village and eggs from your own hens.
- Location
- Near Beeston Castle
Do we grow maize in this country where the corn is harvested? I thought it was all just wholecropped.
yellow belly
Member
- Location
- south west lincolnshire
Should eat weetabix or shredded 100% uk wheat and with milk 100 % British breakfast
Exfarmer
Member
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
There is very little maize grown for combining in the UK
yellow belly
Member
- Location
- south west lincolnshire
Will struggle to get the quality needed
- Location
- North Norfolk
And needs a lot of fuel for drying when combining in December!
- Location
- Near Beeston Castle
I know, how about we import it then. Maybe from somewhere that has better growing conditions, Argentina maybe.....
I suppose the answer is if you imported the corn flakes from Argentina then you’d need 10x more ships.
ollie989898
Member
Are for-real branded cornflakes made in the UK?
ollie989898
Member
You can get 100% home grown weetabix, locally grown as well. Here is how.
When you go combining in the summer, take a sack with you.
Wait until the wheat is absolutely perfectly fit. In fact, a little bit over fit and very very dry is beneficial.
Combine the wheat with great care and only use approved and perfectly sanitised trailers to haul the wheat away.
Once the wheat is all cut, open the panels on the combine, every inspection trap and lid off as well.
Take your sack and clean the chaff, dust and other MOG into the sack.
Take the sack home, grab a handful, put it in a bowl and eat it. Hey presto, weetabix.
- Location
- Essex
Do we really need maize from another continent for breakfast?
ollie989898
Member
Difficult to grow grain maize in the UK. What odds does it matter to me where they are grown? USA, Argentina, France, Ukraine?
Wait till you find out where baked beans are grown too...
Scholsey
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- Location
- Herefordshire
A ridiculous amount of things get made with corn starch/flour/syrup.
www.statista.com
This says we imported over 1,000,000 tonnes of maize just from EU countries, so much more likely to be nearer if not over 2,000,000 tonnes of maize imported, that’s a lot of acres of maize and a lot of stuck combined in December!
Maize UK imports from EU 2023 | Statista
This statistic shows the import volume of maize (corn) from European Union member states into the United Kingdom, from season 2015/16 to 2022/23.
www.statista.com
This says we imported over 1,000,000 tonnes of maize just from EU countries, so much more likely to be nearer if not over 2,000,000 tonnes of maize imported, that’s a lot of acres of maize and a lot of stuck combined in December!
ollie989898
Member
The volumes of commodities and co-products/by-products will be insane. We really don't recognise how much stuff the livestock industries consume.A ridiculous amount of things get made with corn starch/flour/syrup.
Maize UK imports from EU 2023 | Statista
This statistic shows the import volume of maize (corn) from European Union member states into the United Kingdom, from season 2015/16 to 2022/23.
This says we imported over 1,000,000 tonnes of maize just from EU countries, so much more likely to be nearer if not over 2,000,000 tonnes of maize imported, that’s a lot of acres of maize and a lot of stuck combined in December!
- Location
- DD9.
Citric acid is very often derived from maize. Try finding something in a packet or jar that doesn’t contain that.A ridiculous amount of things get made with corn starch/flour/syrup.
Maize UK imports from EU 2023 | Statista
This statistic shows the import volume of maize (corn) from European Union member states into the United Kingdom, from season 2015/16 to 2022/23.
This says we imported over 1,000,000 tonnes of maize just from EU countries, so much more likely to be nearer if not over 2,000,000 tonnes of maize imported, that’s a lot of acres of maize and a lot of stuck combined in December!
- Location
- DD9.
ollie989898
Member
It certainly looks to my untrained eye to be made of whatever falls off the back of a combine, barley or wheat I know not. Looks like the stuff you throw away from sieving grain!
Steevo
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- Location
- Gloucestershire
That would be too good for them!
Sieve those tailings. Throw away the good part. Leave the rest out in the rain for a day or two and that’s perfect to use for Weetabix.
- Location
- Lorette Manitoba
I might be wrong and someone will probably correct me on this but I was under the impression that cornflakes are not made from regular corn/maize. Modern maize isn’t digestible enough for human consumption. I do know that a lot of popcorn is grown in Washington state and it’s a white type that’s specially bred for the popping market. So maybe cornflake maize isnt a crop that’s able to be grown in the uk.