The 2024 Ontario corn hybrid DON screening trial results are in and the full report is available on GoCrops.ca. DON screening trials for corn hybrids were initiated by the Ontario […] Read more
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2024 Ontario corn hybrid DON screening trial report now available
Report can help corn growers plan for DON
Inaugural screening report reviews hybrid susceptibility to producing vomitoxin
The 2018 growing season is remembered for corn damage caused by gibberella ear rot infections and high concentrations of deoxynivalenol (DON). There were discrepancies and frustrations over acceptability of harvested […] Read more
Ontario corn hybrid DON screening trials released
Updated March 27, 2024 The inaugural 2023 Ontario corn hybrid DON screening trial report is available on GOCrops.ca. Ontario corn hybrid DON screening trials were initiated by the Ontario Corn […] Read more
Province sees average year for corn ear moulds, mycotoxins
Annual survey shows 89 per cent OK to feed livestock
Mycotoxin and ear mould levels in this year’s Ontario corn crop are in line with long-term averages, says the annual survey of corn in the province. The survey is conducted […] Read more
Accidental discovery could be a mycotoxin game-changer
AAFC scientists discovered an enzyme that converts fumonisin mycotoxins into a non-toxic form
An enzyme that makes some mycotoxins less deadly has been discovered by a team of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) scientists at the London Research and Development Centre in London, […] Read more
Average DON levels mean good quality corn year
A wet early August could have meant a more challenging quality year
Ontario corn is mostly clean of ear mould and mycotoxin levels are in line with long-term averages, says the annual survey of corn in the province. The survey is conducted […] Read more
How to get more accurate DON toxin readings
Elevator operators are advised to grind the entire sample before testing to get more consistent results
An industry committee has recommended changes to elevator testing procedures for deoxynivalenol (DON) after probing into the inconsistent results farmers found so frustrating during the fusarium-plagued 2018 corn harvest. While […] Read more
Researchers develop a quick test for DON
Science Notes: Innovation could reduce toxins harmful to both animals and humans
Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan Crop Development Centre (CDC) have developed a fast and accurate method for identifying and quantifying toxins in fusarium-infected cereal grain, an innovation that could […] Read more
Where did all the DON corn go?
Most infected corn in Ontario has now been flushed to markets in ethanol and around the world, mostly at discounted prices
Last year’s deoxynivalenol (DON)-infected corn crop has been successfully sold and shipped — albeit at discounted returns for farmers. The specific destinations of that corn, discounts endured by producers and […] Read more
Editorial: Markets, trade variables disrupt usual farm outlook
New layers of challenge keep being thrown over farmers trying to run their businesses in Ontario this spring. Wait, it actually started last fall, with a late and burdensome harvest, […] Read more
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