Krist Olson got a nasty surprise this fall. For the first time in his farming experience, the Thief River Falls, Minn., farmer was hit with ergot, a fungal disease, in his wheat crop. "Actually, it ...

Grower guidelines for managing ergot are to be updated by the AHDB, following a steep rise in the incidence of the pathogen over the past three years and confirmation that grain can be contaminated ...

CAIRO: Egypt has rejected a 60,000 tonne shipment of Ukrainian corn on concerns over the common grain fungus ergot, agriculture ministry spokesman Hamid Abdel Dayim told Reuters on Wednesday, reviving ...

Researchers have identified four key areas where farmers can reduce ergot disease pressure, limit crop infection and keep clean grain clean. Adas experts have carried out an AHDB-funded review which ...

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