They eat corn, cereals, wheat and other feed grains and they eat quite a lot.

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Livestock farmers who use corn to feed their animals could see higher costs, but most have contracts with processors who provide their feed grains.

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However, while current leading bioplastics, such as PLA, primarily use feed grains as a plant resource, the possibility of future food shortages has emphasized the importance of using non-edible plant resources to produce bioplastics.

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Obviously, from the above news, it was one of the major purchasers of grains, the people who feed the crops into pigs.

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