This week's headlines forNeogen'sMonday Mycotoxin & Crop Reportfor September 26:
- Drier weather promotes fieldwork in many regions
- Small grain harvest nears completion
- New mycotoxin reports
Weather & harvest updates
The USDA’s September 20 bulletin reports limited rainfall across the nation, with drier conditions favoring fieldwork for late-summer crops.
These conditions further reduced soil moisture in many regions, a detriment to the planting of winter grains.
The nation’s corn condition fell another 1% this week to 52% in good to excellent condition. The mild, sunny weather promoted maturing summer crops, especially Midwestern corn, and soybeans.
- The wheat harvest advances and fall planting begins
- Winter wheat is 21% planted. 4 points above the five-year average
- 94% of spring wheat acres are harvested — on par with the five-year average
- Barley acres are 94% harvested — 2 points behind five-year average
- Corn maturity advances in many parts of the country
- 7% of corn acres are harvested — 1 point behind the five-year average. 52% are in good to excellent condition, 7 points behind last year
Here are the states with the highest good to excellent ratings, as well as the states with the highest poor to very poor ratings.
- Good to excellent: IL, WI
- Poor to very poor: CO, IN, KS, KY, MO, NE, NC, OH, PA, SD, TN, TX
Deoxynivalenol (DON) in wheat:
- MI: less than 1.0 ppm
- DE, KS, MD, and VA: 3.0–5.0 ppm
- MA: 5.0–10.0 ppm
Aflatoxin in corn
- AL, AR, GA, and MS: 20.0–50.0 ppb
- KS:超过十亿分之300.0
