Less investment in equipment is needed for storage and feeding compared to steam flaking. There may be as much as 10 percent improvement in the feed value of the grain for cattle. A large inventory of grain is needed, which increases capital requirements. Less flexibility of use, since it must be fed to livestock. May freeze in bunk in winter.
Flies can be a problem in summer.
Optimum harvest conditions may exist only a short time. Improved feed value Milo. High-moisture storage improves the feed value of milo more than it does corn as feed for cattle. Hard seed coat and complex structure of the starch molecule in milo may be largely responsible for its greater response than corn to this and most other processing methods. Research results have varied in measures of the feeding value of high-moisture corn for beef cattle.