Editing Peanut (section)

=== Animal feed ===
{{See also|Peanut pie (byproduct)}}
Peanut plant tops and crop residues can be used for [[silage]].<ref name="heuze2017">Heuzé V., Thiollet H., Tran G., Lebas F., 2017. Peanut forage. Feedipedia, a program by INRA, CIRAD, AFZ, and FAO. https://www.feedipedia.org/node/695 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824174944/https://www.feedipedia.org/node/695 |date=August 24, 2017 }}</ref>

The protein cake (oilcake meal) residue from oil processing is used as animal feed and soil fertilizer. '''Groundnut cake''' is a livestock feed, mostly used by cattle as protein supplements.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xq5Nxnd7v5MC&q=Preparation+of+groundnut+cake&pg=PA73|title=Fermented Grain Legumes, Seeds and Nuts|access-date=May 25, 2015|isbn=9789251044445|last1=Deshpande|first1=S. S.|year=2000|publisher=Food & Agriculture Org. }}</ref> It is one of the most important and valuable feeds for all types of livestock and one of the most active ingredients for poultry rations.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Onwudike |first=O.C. |date=November 1986 |title=Palm kernel meal as a feed for poultry. 1. Composition of palm kernel meal and availability of its amino acids to chicks |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/0377840186901082 |journal=Animal Feed Science and Technology |language=en |volume=16 |issue=3 |pages=179–186 |doi=10.1016/0377-8401(86)90108-2}}</ref>  Poor storage of the cake may sometimes result in its contamination by [[aflatoxin]], a naturally occurring [[mycotoxin]] that is produced by ''[[Aspergillus flavus]]'' and ''[[Aspergillus parasiticus]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fao.org/wairdocs/ilri/x5480e/x5480e03.htm|title=3. Feed values and feeding potential of major agro-byproducts|work=fao.org|access-date=May 25, 2015|archive-date=May 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528215615/http://www.fao.org/wairdocs/ilri/x5480e/x5480e03.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> The major constituents of the cake are essential [[amino acid]]s such as [[lysine]] and [[glutamine]]. Other components are crude fiber, crude protein, and fat.{{Citation needed|date=December 2019|reason=removed citation to predatory publisher content}}

Some peanuts can also be fed whole to livestock, for example, those over the peanut quota in the US or those with a higher aflatoxin content than that permitted by the food regulations.<ref>Heuzé V., Thiollet H., Tran G., Bastianelli D., Lebas F., 2017. Peanut seeds. Feedipedia, a program by INRA, CIRAD, AFZ, and FAO. https://www.feedipedia.org/node/55 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824180241/https://www.feedipedia.org/node/55 |date=August 24, 2017 }}</ref>

Peanut processing often requires dehulling: the hulls generated in large amounts by the peanut industries can feed livestock, particularly [[ruminant]]s.<ref>Heuzé V., Thiollet H., Tran G., Edouard N., Bastianelli D., Lebas F., 2017. Peanut hulls. Feedipedia, a program by INRA, CIRAD, AFZ, and FAO. https://www.feedipedia.org/node/696 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824215328/https://www.feedipedia.org/node/696 |date=August 24, 2017 }}</ref>