The Lucknow Sentinel, 1996-08-21, Page 3Local wheat
Luso
elds are lower
but not as bad .other ares
by rat Livingston
' Fusarium infection in
the 1,996wheat crops has
affected_ most producers,
however, farmers in this
areeahave been more for-
tvn.ate : than those •in
Middlesex, •Lambton and,
Lake 'Brie counties. -The
Wheat Board says yields
there; ranged' from, 20:. to-,
55 husheis/acre, a 20 to'
7Q per cult yield reduc-
r.
tion, With anything•:above •
a. being:considered an
:exceiient :yield.:
.Heather BQyes; assist,
tant'•manager at .
' hempsvn slid -•Setas Ltd.
000:Albert location, says
that 40 t `6Q, bushels
would catch 90 per cent:•
of'their, producers' yields.'
",About.per cent of
that graded',feed or, sam-
Ole," said Boyes:Feed
grade has one' to five pea
cent fusari ntand. sample
contains. five ,,to 11} poi
cent fusarium :TA meet
,Grade 2, Boyes said the
wheat must; have. one ,per
centor less,° ,
"We rarer► see said
Boyes. "Froniw wh4'iI've
read jot the disease, it's
really bad.°in about ole in,
1 y. ars," Bra es,` whri
,as leen grail>rnL
for about: eight years,
• says .s ie'.s never experi-`
enced: it thus bad: .< a:
At Snebelen Farina ,'
Luckn•ow manager
Saidr Liddle said, "W'e
are -running into mainly
fee&`grade; basically a
50150 split between
bet one and number two
feed."
Liddle estimated>that
five pert
cent of: the whea)
they received .was :Grade
and: 3
Fusarium was a•p:r`ob;
leen: throughout western-
•
and • southwester
Ontario,;": said Liddle
Bruce County eras to t
i .
qtrCola 1
d' ..,e
to a .s .bad
north Brruce "
Lrddle,rwith 0 'ears
yyi t
Q
the. s y rr
c n • a >: ,fi n d'� sari
.a
3 u3U .l la �u Tluin
ons ineba y, s,heat
t
' every year..
. �,ast �e
hda cOnples,affacouplettriaerr
�=
�;.
•-
.k i
who ba iu`.
d lb's' rrlt iirw •'t Cin:'
•
1
wheat.
e, i�J.y a rt tha ,it- certain1. .
wasiri'' ide spread
problem?'
es
oy ,:1s
id
• seen:
., fusaiu.,.. r
years; �..
nafrsatin.
. ..
up to one, or•.one. and
w
halfr per cent, but we,,t
so much good wheat in
here it wasn't an issue,"
she said. "You could let
the odd load fall .through
the cracks . because, it
wouldn't contaminate a5
whole bin."
The Wheat Board says
seed° what ::should..' be
cleaned as thoroughly as
possible to remove as
manyfusarium infected
kernels ass practical:It
is also "imperative that
each seed. is uniformly
'covered: with a fall rate
treatment of .Vitatto 280. '
;'With,.. the cleaning
e. uipment available
now," said .Liddle, ."we
can• clean the majority
out and if it's treated, the
treatment 3011 kill,a lot of,
it at -it is.a very small`
factor when .youplant it.
Fusari.din is' riot a seed•
borne disease it is it starts to rot and break
weather related?* down. If you leave it on
"Seed ,supplies will be top, the spores continue
ti " said Beyes: "The to grow and can affect
de of fusarium infer- the* corn;': she said.
tion next year will pretty • Right .now, prices are
well bingo on the weather good on this year's 'crop;
we get at flowering." "The estimated. return is
Boyes also said that $200 per tonne for Grade
wheat.. producers. who 2 wheat, with feed wheat
.have corn ,crops s .adjacent: about. $20
less,'" said
to those infected ftelus Liddle, -
are, being advised to work 'The Wheat Board 'says G:
their ;land right atter that after many years of
;wheat harvesting, searching, a sQuxce° of
Fusarium spores rata u arrmaxn% resistance has.
infect' `surrounding been found that, holds,''
Crops." Beaus' are: not..',promise for diseaseresis
•:'susceptible but com is. tant ' ctikitiVar8 in the
"We're telling ourfuture.'• ow+ ver,•'in the
farmers and growers to , interiatt , the; best, possible
work 'it up'ight.away,and ...management techniques,.
that.helps the decornposith'ould ,be, used to mini.
tion process- go a little, e. nit+ damage by the dis
process said :3 oyes, ease. to'ensure a c0utart-
ou:'re w rking'a that ued:viable, quality ,wheat
down into :the ground and. crop in the province.
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,opusariad 1` 11t.:is a ' rn'
um ue, b.z:
diicb •:o cur during
scas list � h rrira • y � g.
weather inc thy' stiirxiii�►c :� a disease
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valeinol ���•` ::ni' voaniltt�i�irl
centrations' in roccsset
grain pduots re: subject tous r
a,Cnt
controls so thereis'no risk to '
,.h m
health.
i�►s,
refusal t�N rriay : ea.a
a
eerease,,performance: in animals
have consumed, containing
tlr�.t':bu
toxin levels that exceed limit peeiA,
led ,by Agriculture and Agri -Food
anada. There are no residues cif:
meatt pr
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ltd► . ,B a`
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[ea tiiA' •far► da is., fes ortsib e f .
s ection of all recessed, rail
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UG �i ,alta �� r 1 �. teC�.
rod t � r t
tt b alit` standards 'enforced b
•
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ro anadian ,Grains C n/mission.
Guidance on aCoeptobla DO
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con'
4
` t n-'- in'food ro'� d
e;ntr�t o s is ��ood; s,
becsM
ii �
8
eating g
lot (one'thirdtO.one half
f aurdietof 'Contaminated fl
r
ou
to o
''-or grain can: cause acute, rrr �
p ar3!,
suisea;and vorniting',
long term ex sure •
May mal
people J more sucept
sible to loft
• tious'disease.'
fromr wheat Boardcorn imunicatio•
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