'Clearwater': An Eco-Friendly Feed Barley
Friday, June 6, 2008 - 13:14
in Biology & Nature
A new barley that benefits the environment as well as farm animals has just been developed. "Clearwater" hulless barley is rich in the kinds of phosphorus -- an essential nutrient -- that pigs, fish and other single-stomached, or "monogastric," animals can use. That's unlike grain from conventional barleys, which contains more of the phytate type of phosphorus, the kind that monogastric animals find difficult to digest.