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Contaminated wheat gets diverted to animal feed. At a certain threshold, even chickens shouldn't be fed moldy grains.

Mycotoxins in Poultry Feed and Feed Ingredients from Sub-Saharan Africa and Their Impact on the Production of Broiler and Layer Chickens: A Review -- https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/13/9/633

Perhaps the next step is to feed the moldy grains to bugs (black soldier flies? mealworms?), then feed the bugs to the chickens. Animals perform an invaluable service to humanity: they upcycle inedible calories into calories humans can use.




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