Using alternative feed inputs declines corn imports in Iran by 3m tons

TEHRAN - The implementation of a plan for reducing dependence on imports of livestock, poultry, and aquatic inputs, in a one-year project, the volume of imported corn and soybean meal decreased by three million tons and 400,000 tons, respectively, an official with the Iranian Agriculture Ministry said.According to Director-General of the Agriculture Ministry's Grains and Essential Goods Department Faramak Aziz-Karimi, the mentioned plan has been implemented to substitute corn with other alternative crops such as millet, sorghum, triticale, vetch, soybean oil, and its meal, cotton meal, sesame, canola, and sunflower.As IRNA reported, the mentioned program has been prepared on the recommendation of the Animal Science Research Institute of IRAN (ASRI) and the researchers in this field, Aziz-Karimi said.He further referred to some of the requirements for the implementation of this plan, including allocation of seed and machinery subsidies, providing foreign currency for the import of ...