{"id":8274,"date":"2024-10-01T09:17:55","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T07:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.farmdesk.eu\/?post_type=publication&#038;p=8274"},"modified":"2024-10-01T10:01:31","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T08:01:31","slug":"hoe-omgaan-met-slechte-mais-van-het-oogstjaar-2024","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/en\/publication\/how-to-deal-with-bad-corn-from-the-2024-crop-year\/","title":{"rendered":"How to deal with bad corn from the 2024 crop year"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8274\" class=\"elementor elementor-8274\" data-elementor-post-type=\"publication\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5404409 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5404409\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c4e075 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9c4e075\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 13-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We always saw in recent years the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmdesk.eu\/nl\/publication\/een-laat-gestart-maisseizoen-in-2023-resulteerde-alsnog-in-een-goede-kwaliteit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reflected again in the cut corn quality<\/a>. Where are we going to end up this year with the wet spring that continued strongly through the rest of the growing season?<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a064c9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a064c9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 13-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What can we expect?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b2ea1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8b2ea1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The first maize could be sown as late as mid-April on the really high plots in some regions, but even long after the longest day of the year, quite a lot of silage maize was still being sown, especially on wet soils. Not only the sowing date, but also the soil condition, the weather during the growing season and the time of harvest will determine the quality of the silage corn.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Perhaps the silages will show lower starch content on average, but there will also be many silages that are likely to end up with very low starch content.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15611e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"15611e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 13-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Dia1-2-1024x688.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8284\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Dia1-2-1024x688.png 1024w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Dia1-2-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Dia1-2-768x516.png 768w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Dia1-2-1536x1032.png 1536w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Dia1-2-2048x1376.png 2048w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Dia1-2-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fa551e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9fa551e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Let the above analysis be an example of cut corn sown in 2020 after the longest day to be harvested 100 days after sowing. More protein and less starch is the simple prediction and observation. In addition, crude fiber content increases and digestibility decreases.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If we were to calculate the forage value today, it comes to 174 euro forage value per ton dry matter and this at just good average corn of 18 tons dry matter yield per ha per year. This gives a total forage value of 3132 euros per ha.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With a third less yield, that is, 12 tons of dry matter per ha per year at late sowing and with much lower quality, we get a totally different picture: the feed value price drops to 143 euros per ton of dry matter. So this late corn with lower forage value and less yield only brings in 1716 euros of forage value per hectare.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc69aaa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bc69aaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Effect of lesser corn on the ration<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b3996c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b3996c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If we were to feed the same amount of dry matter despite the lower quality of this corn, it greatly affects the productivity of dairy cows:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79a938d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"79a938d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmdesk.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/gemiddelde_snijmais.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjgyODEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvZDFiejk0ajA2bjFjdDAuY2xvdWRmcm9udC5uZXRcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjRcLzA5XC9nZW1pZGRlbGRlX3NuaWptYWlzLnBuZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"3816\" height=\"2475\" src=\"https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/gemiddelde_snijmais.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-8281\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/gemiddelde_snijmais.png 3816w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/gemiddelde_snijmais-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/gemiddelde_snijmais-1024x664.png 1024w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/gemiddelde_snijmais-768x498.png 768w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/gemiddelde_snijmais-1536x996.png 1536w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/gemiddelde_snijmais-2048x1328.png 2048w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/gemiddelde_snijmais-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3816px) 100vw, 3816px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b051a2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b051a2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/late_snijmais-1024x664.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8282\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/late_snijmais-1024x664.png 1024w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/late_snijmais-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/late_snijmais-768x498.png 768w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/late_snijmais-1536x996.png 1536w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/late_snijmais-2048x1329.png 2048w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/late_snijmais-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf5508c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cf5508c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We arrive at a production potential at least 2.7 kg of milk lower with the poor cut corn, with energy becoming the limiting factor. This also increases the expected feed cost by 2.5 euros per 100 kg of measured milk. Perhaps the high NDF content plays further into the disadvantage in terms of assimilability.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0759d46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0759d46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Relationship between starch content (in silage corn) and feed profits<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c0a70c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8c0a70c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">From an analysis on feed lists and milk data from 104 Flemish and Dutch Farmdesk farms for the year 2023, we find that the total starch in the ration for high-yielding dairy cows is decisive for a good farm economic result. In this respect, good maize always pays off at the bottom line: farms where silage maize with a higher starch content is fed generally have a better feed profit per cow.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57a725a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"57a725a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-57a725a{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da75312 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"da75312\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"505\" src=\"https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/profit_per_cow_to_Snijmais_maize_starch_content_en.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8285\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/profit_per_cow_to_Snijmais_maize_starch_content_en.png 956w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/profit_per_cow_to_Snijmais_maize_starch_content_en-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/profit_per_cow_to_Snijmais_maize_starch_content_en-768x485.png 768w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/profit_per_cow_to_Snijmais_maize_starch_content_en-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34501aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"34501aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Knowing all these things, is it expedient to buy additional low-starch corn (still only at the seller's cost) to offset the third of the lower yield we may have ourselves?<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0812fc0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0812fc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">An alternative scenario worked through<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98ae2d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"98ae2d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thus, on a farm with 100 producing cows, lower quality silage maize gives a theoretical production drop of at least 2.7 kg of milk.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Question will be whether that will keep the animals healthy given their energy constraints? And <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Will the contents remain at levels?<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Only taking into account the proposed minimum decrease in production results in a theoretical lesser yield of 1.215 euros per cow per day, at a milk price of 0.45 euros per kg of milk.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Over a full year with 100 cows, this makes 44347.5 euros, so to speak, a full income.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Perhaps it would be better to offset the starch-poor corn with the purchase of corn meal, for example. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Even at a market price of 245 euros per ton for cornmeal, we get much better figures.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5df9025 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5df9025\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/late_snijmais_en_maismeel-1024x664.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8283\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/late_snijmais_en_maismeel-1024x664.png 1024w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/late_snijmais_en_maismeel-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/late_snijmais_en_maismeel-768x498.png 768w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/late_snijmais_en_maismeel-1536x996.png 1536w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/late_snijmais_en_maismeel-2048x1329.png 2048w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/late_snijmais_en_maismeel-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4372bc8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4372bc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We maintain productivity and feed costs do increase by 0.84 euro per cow per day (5.39 vs. 4.55). This comes to 30660 euro extra feed cost to maintain productivity. The ration will be better balanced, the cows will be healthier and the contents will be easier to maintain.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The last option where we compensate with cornmeal gives a loss of 69% compared to the loss we would take with just poor cut corn feeding.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Should we have price-setter power in the milk market we would add at least 3 cents to the milk price to digest the poor corn year....<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9822bad elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9822bad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Barley instead of cornmeal?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a642204 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a642204\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We know that corn meal contains very slowly digestible starch. If the necessary fraction of cornmeal in the ration is quite high, consideration could be given to using partially barley as a source of starch. Another option could be not to use corn meal, but ccm or mks, which would provide faster digestible starch due to their higher moisture content. Soaking corn meal a day before feeding or even ensiling it with the previously moist starch-poor cut corn will also speed up digestion. When ensiling together, we do lose the steering option.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e79022e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e79022e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Conclusion<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-315d5f5 elementor-blockquote--skin-boxed elementor-blockquote--button-color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"315d5f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor-pro - v3.20.0 - 20-03-2024 *\/\n@charset \"UTF-8\";.entry-content blockquote.elementor-blockquote:not(.alignright):not(.alignleft),.entry-summary 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