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UPSC Prelims 1982 · Agriculture · Beyond Crops
The most preferential poultry feed is.
- (a) Maize
- (b) Barley
- (c) Wheat
- (d) Rice husk
Show the answer and explanation
Answer: (a) Maize
Maize forms about 50–60% of poultry feed — the main ingredient.
Why the others are wrong
(b) Barley is used, but much less.
(c) Wheat is used when cheap, but not the main feed.
(d) Rice husk is fibre with almost no nutrition (rice bran, not husk, is used).
The trap
Rice bran is a feed ingredient; rice HUSK is not.
🔒 Poultry feed: maize + soybean meal. ~60% of India’s maize goes to feed.