Moldy Corn & Chickpea Fungus
Moldy Corn & Chickpea Fungus plus Food Forethought. I’m Greg Martin with today’s Northwest Report.
Moldy corn has been common with the 2009 harvest. Pork producers are encouraged to monitor this grain and determine if these molds have mycotoxins.
WHITNEY: In particular you want to avoid feeding that to breeding animals and also in general with these mycotoxins they tend to affect younger pigs more than older pigs so just some things to keep in mind.
The EPA has declared carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases a – threat to public health. The so-called endangerment finding triggers a requirement that the federal government regulate fossil fuel emissions under the Clean Air Act and puts new pressure on Congress to enact climate change legislation.
Chickpeas all over the world are being threatened by a fungus and treating the chickpea seeds with fungicides, planting resistant cultivars, plowing crop fields before planting time, and rotating chickpeas with non-host crops are effective methods of controlling the blight which forms dark lesions on the legume crop's stems, leaves and pods. ARS plant pathologist Frank Dugan from
Now with today’s Food Forethought, here’s Lacy Gray.
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Thanks Lacy. That’s today’s Northwest Report. I’m Greg Martin on the Northwest Ag Information Network.