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Fusarium head blight as bad as it sounds
Cereals, Crops, News

Fusarium head blight as bad as it sounds

An Alberta study says fusarium can easily cost farmers $50/acre. What you can do?

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As demonstrated by terms like rhinorrhea, which is basically a runny nose, some conditions sound worse than they are. In the case of fusarium head blight (FHB), a cereal disease affecting small grains and corn, the nasty name fits like a glove. In her research work on plant pathology for The Grain Research Centre (CEROM) […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Cereals, Crops, Markets

Low-quality feed being dumped on market

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CNS Canada — Prices for feed barley and wheat don’t appear ready to spike anytime soon, as farmers across Western Canada continue to dump supplies containing high concentrations of vomitoxin and fusarium into feedlots. “Steady as it goes here is the tone,” said Allan Pirness of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge. “We’re looking to clean […] Read more
There was not much doubt about the performance of fall-applied anhydrous. This photo was taken on June 22.
Barley, Columns, Crops

Diary of a Les Henry barley crop

This 82 bu/ac malt barley crop near Dundurn, Sask., made malt. Hurrah!

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This is the story of a barley crop on my farm near Dundurn this summer. August 30-31, 2015: Combined a 40 bushel/acre canola crop. September 20, 2015 Applied 1 litre/acre Glyphosate plus 2,4-D ester to get volunteer canola. September 24, 2015 Soil samples taken: Depths zero to six inches; six to 16 inches. Sixteen inches […] Read more
The white, shriveled kernels have been damaged by fusarium. Take safety measures to minimize risk.
Cereals, Crops

Got fusarium? Handle it safely

Fusarium damaged grain can be dangerous to more than just your bank account

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Does handling fusarium infected grain pose more risks to producers than regular grain? It’s a question that yields few answers to the casual researcher or farmer looking for information online. In fact, according to J. David Miller, a professor at Carleton University, you only really hear about the dangers of fusarium damaged grain, and how […] Read more
Fusarium graminearum symptoms in barley are less obvious than those in wheat. Dust from contaminated grain contains more contaminated material than the grain itself.
Cereals, Crops, Features

Marketing fusarium-damaged wheat

Got fusarium? Here are five guidelines for unloading that low-grade grain

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If you grew wheat this year, odds are good you’re facing the hard reality of fusarium. What are you going to do with damaged grain? It’s a hard question in a good year, and much harder in a year when fusarium infection is widespread. Grain infected with Fusarium graminearum can carry vomitoxin (also known as […] Read more
Some plants appeared to be further along than others, but these plants were contained within strips that ran in straight lines down the entire length of the field rather than in random patches.
Cereals, Crops

Crop Advisor’s Casebook: Inconsistent wheat development

A Crop Advisor's Solution from the February 24, 2015 issue of Grainews

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During the last week of August, I was crop scouting for Gerald, who farms 6,000 acres of wheat, barley, oats and canola just north of Wadena, Sask. I was recording the severity of fusarium head blight in one of Gerald’s wheat fields when I noticed something unusual. It was well into the growing season and […] Read more
Cow chewing hay
Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Mouldy feed is dangerous for beef cattle

Moulds that aren’t always visible can cause irreversible damage

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Recently, I walked with a beef producer into a hayfield cut a few days earlier and since had been rained on a couple of times. When I lifted a swath in the middle of the field the hay was dark brown on top and still green underneath. The producer said he was going to bale […] Read more
Durum wheat. (Gipsa.usda.gov)
Crops, Markets

Quality Canadian durum may be in short supply

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CNS Canada — Quality issues with the Canadian durum crop currently being harvested should see the price spreads between top- and low-end grain widen considerably, especially as the carryout from the previous year is also poor quality. Canadian durum stocks, as of July 31, were pegged at 1.1 million tonnes by Statistics Canada in a […] Read more
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Cereals, Crops

Is it fusarium or drought stress?

Drought can cause white heads in cereal crops. But so can fusarium

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Some forecasters are predicting a hot, dry summer across much of western Canada, which means farmers could see some signs of drought stress — such as bleached heads — in their cereal crops. But how can they be sure these symptoms aren’t the result of something else, like fusarium? “In a lab, we can tell […] Read more

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