Corn farmers are seeing high incidences of a specific mold in their fields this year after a season-long drought hindered the crop’s pollination. Smut, a gray, moldy growth on corn ears, is present in ...
FARGO - Anyone harvesting, drying or handling moldy corn should use respiratory protection, according to Ken Hellevang, agricultural engineer with the North Dakota State University Extension Service.
FARGO - Cooler, wetter conditions across much of the Midwest have delayed corn maturity and grain harvesting. Some states are reporting the extensive development of corn ear mold, frequently seen ...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- State researchers are confident that genetically modified corn is not the cause of health problems in hogs on a western Iowa farm. A report to be released Monday will indicate ...
LE MARS, Iowa (AP) -- Iowa Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey is reassuring farmers about the discovery of a toxic mold in corn, saying the necessary steps are being taken to handle it. So far, ...
WASHINGTON (AP) Midwestern farmers and environmental groups are asking Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman to block a biotech corn containing a toxic mold that they fear could contaminate the food ...
WAVERLY - Iowa's corn crop may be the biggest ever but not necessarily one of the best. Reports of mold and low test weights may tarnish what's supposed to be a record-setting average yield of 188 ...
China ramps up barley, sorghum buys after rain damages corn Moldy corn, high local prices push feedmakers toward substitutes Buyers taking one million tons Australian barley monthly U.S. sorghum ...