Wheat harvest date could impact both grain yield and quality. Delaying wheat harvest puts the crop at risk for increased disease, lodging, sprouting, harvest loss, and grain contamination with mycotoxins, says Ohio State University Extension.
Whether your crops get hit with drought or hail, challenging weather during the growing season increases the potential for feed contaminants such nitrates or molds which cause mycotoxins. This article from South Dakota State University focuses on mycotoxins and how to manage them.
Although the weather has been favorable for vomitoxin-contaminated grain, test results could be misleading in some cases, and may even be incorrect, says Ohio State University Extension.
A good way to determine whether you have a major ear rot problem this year is to quantify the disease and get suspect samples tested for mycotoxins, says Ohio State University Extension.
Fungus-infected wheat not bought by grain elevators at harvest may have use as seed for cover crop to protect soil over winter, says University of Missouri Extension.
Before you begin to harvest, examine grain for discoloration. If you see a lot of small, shriveled, discolored kernels, consider increasing your fan speed during harvest to blow them out.
Start checking the wheat crop for flag leaf and head diseases symptoms to get an idea of how your disease control approached worked and what kind of quality you can expect at harvest.
A new, phosphite-based fungicide designed for improved suppression of deoxynivalenol in wheat and barley infected by Fusarium head blight has been introduced by Verdesian Life Sciences.
It is already the third week of October and most of the corn is still standing in the field. Some of the earlier-planted fields are being harvested, but at relatively high moisture levels.
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