This week's headlines forNeogen'sMonday Mycotoxin & Crop Reportfor December 12, 2022:
- Dry conditions persist in central regions
- Storms in the South and Northeast
- Mycotoxin reports
Weather and harvest updates
The USDA’s December 6 bulletin reports continued dry conditions throughout the middle regions of the nation while considerable precipitation occurred along both coasts.
Thunderstorms brought significant rainfall to the Southeast and Northeast states while on the West coast, winter storms contributed to snowpack from the Cascades as far south as the Sierras.
The middle of the country missed out on needed precipitation as record dry conditions persist there.
States east of the Mississippi River experienced mild average temperatures this week in contrast with colder than average temperatures along parts of the West coast and Northern plains.
Deoxynivalenol (DON) in wheat
- MI, KS less than 1 ppm
- NE 1–3 ppm
- DE, MD, and VA 3–5 ppm
- MA 5–10 ppm
Aflatoxin in corn
- AL, AR, GA, MS 20–50 ppb
- KS >300 ppb
Deoxynivalenol (DON) in corn
- AL, KS, NY; 1–3 ppm
- IL 3–5 ppm
- IN, OH; 5–10 ppm
Fumonisin in corn
- AL, IL, KS, NE; 5–10 ppm
Zearalenone in corn
- IN, MN, ND, WI; 300–500 ppb
- IL, NY, OH; >500 ppb.
T-2 HT-2 in corn
- IN; 50–100 ppb
- MN, ND, NY; 100–250 ppb
- IL, OH, WI; >250 ppb
Ochratoxin in barley
- MO 5–10 ppb
