The eating of rye bread, widely prevalent among Jewish immigrants coming from Eastern Europe, is causing ergot poisoning which produces numbness of the fingers, headaches, depression, gastric ...

Cambridgeshire arable farmer John Jeffries is shocked by the high level of ergot contamination he is finding in winter wheat this year. A 1kg sample of Dawsum feed wheat contained as many as 90 ...

The Agriculture Ministry has not received official notification or any new guidelines regarding Tuesday's court decision that reinstates a ban on wheat purchases containing traces of ergot fungus ...

Ergot is a naturally occurring fungus which can affect grains and grasses, and produces potentalkaloids poisonous to animals. Advertisement Advertise with NZME. Advertisement Advertise with NZME.

Egypt's ability to import one of its most essential commodities, wheat, has been thrown into question amid repeated failed tenders, a result of suppliers shunning the world's top buyer because of ...

People who eat bread made from ergot-contaminated rye could develop hallucinations, muscle spasms, convulsions, crawling sensations on their skin and other delusions — all of these reportedly ...