US sees new reports of mycotoxins in corn, barley

There were three new confirmed reports of mycotoxins in crops across the U.S. this week, according to Neogen’s Monday Mycotoxin and Crop Report from August 27.

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There were three new confirmed reports of mycotoxins in crops across the U.S. this week, according to Neogen’s Monday Mycotoxin and Crop Report from August 27.

A new confirmed report of aflatoxin in corn came from Georgia, and a new confirmed report of fumonisin in corn came from Missouri. This is in addition to previous reports of aflatoxin in corn from Texas and Kansas, and a previous report of fumonisin in corn from Texas.

There was also a new confirmed report of deoxynivalenol (DON) in barley in Minnesota. A previous report of DON in barley came from Pennsylvania.

Previous reports of DON in winter wheat have come from Wisconsin, Ohio, New Jersey, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Indiana, North Carolina, Maryland, Delaware, Tennessee, Virginia and Illinois.

Crop progress, conditions

Eighty-five percent of corn has reached the dough stage, 13 points ahead of the five-year average. Forty-four percent of corn has reached the dented stage, 18 points ahead of the five-year average. Sixty-eight percent of corn is rated in good to excellent condition; 12 percent of corn in in poor to very poor condition. States with the highest poor to very poor rating are Missouri, Texas, North Carolina, Kansas, Colorado and Michigan.

Sixty-six percent of barley has been harvested. This is 10 points ahead of the five-year average.

Winter wheat is 97 percent harvested, one point behind the five-year average.

Oat acres are 80 percent harvested, three points ahead of the five-year average.

Spring wheat is 60 percent harvested, 16 points ahead of the five-year average.

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