Mycotoxins and DDGS – Should you worry?

Several mycotoxins can potentially be found in corn. However, the occurrence is dependent on unique environmental conditions that support the growth of specific fungi (moulds) that produce mycotoxins during plant growth. Luckily, mycotoxin contamination of corn is not an annual event throughout the United States. When corn is used to make ethanol, about two thirds of the grain in the form of starch is fermented by yeast to make ethanol. The remaining corn co-product is distiller’s dried g