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Ergot is increasingly creeping into cereals in Western Canada, as well as into cattle feed. If grain has been contaminated by the fungus, it will be refused for human consumption and sent to the ...

Ergot is a fungal pathogen that infects cereal crops during the flowering period, causing hard, dark ergots to develop in place of grain. Ergot is highly toxic when ingested by humans and livestock. A ...

Given the dry growing conditions up to now in 2025, ergot should not be that big an issue in grains harvested over recent days. However, it may raise its head as the spring cereal harvest gets ...

Better disease resistance in Canada’s first durum variety resistant to ergot may expand the wheat crop’s foothold on Manitoba farms.

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