date:Nov 04, 2016
was the abnormally high amount of shelling stock. While the quality of the kernels is unaffected, the shells are not marketable.
The shells were over-dry, dark, or crinkled, Anzaldo explains.
These quality issues are important from a marketing perspective, Anzaldo says. While the crop is a record 900 million or so pounds, the marketable split in-shell will be 10 percent to 20 percent less because of the high levels of shelling stock and closed shells.
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