Fusarium

[Hopperbin]

Had 66 lb soft wheat last year that was testing 3 to 10 percent. All heavy. So cleaning likely limitted effective on that stuff.

[Hopperbin]

Agree that a gravity table set correctlybwould take some out. How much expense would one want to incure 40 cent cleaning. More hauling. Screanings to deal with. Lets hope our grain companies blend it for us so we dont have to haul a hundred miles. Some of you guys would be hauling much further.

[Braveheart]

Our area used to depend on SK wheat for blending. Car multiples would come in, be offloaded, blended, then shipped south. If SK wheat is affected that option won't be there.

Turning up combine fans doesn't work well at all. "Tombstone" kernels are too close to the same weight as a good kernel. Also, elevators don't usually have gravity tables inland.

The next question would be how high are DON levels. Even if infected wheat was cleaned, DON levels may remain high.

[MBgrower]

I agree, turning up combine fan speeds, and tightening up sieves dont help, tombstone kernals can be same size, density. Maybe if i blew out 25% of good yield i could get my fusarium down one or two percent. Idiot provincial govt crop advisors keep using this reccomendation.

[MBgrower]

I agree, turning up combine fan speeds, and tightening up sieves dont help, tombstone kernals can be same size, density. Maybe if i blew out 25% of good yield i could get my fusarium down one or two percent. Idiot provincial govt crop advisors keep using this reccomendation.

[ado089]

The way fusarium is graded is a joke. Visual symptoms do not correlate with DON levels. Between midge, frost, drought, etc, etc, etc there is no shortage of excuses to downgrade wheat. Bushnell weight, % plump should be the driving factors. If fus is suspected then DON should be tested for.

[Braveheart]

I agree that grain should be marketed/sold as to specs. But, if I put myself in the customers' position and get a sample or shipment with visible fusarium, low DON or not I say "no thanks".

The customer is always right, even when they're wrong.

[ado089]

I agree somewhat but fus is gradded harder due to DON toxicity. If there is actually no DON then it would be downgraded on more utilitarian purposes. I understand the milling implications of lower uniformity, wrinkled bran and so on but I've seen years where 64lb feed wheat is bought and spun around to the mill. I believe grain should be bought and sold based on its fitness for its intended use. These are analytical measurements that are easy agreed upon and far more consistent than the grade 9 drop out grading at the elevator based on visual factors.

[ado089]

I agree somewhat but fus is gradded harder due to DON toxicity. If there is actually no DON then it would be downgraded on more utilitarian purposes. I understand the milling implications of lower uniformity, wrinkled bran and so on but I've seen years where 64lb feed wheat is bought and spun around to the mill. I believe grain should be bought and sold based on its fitness for its intended use. These are analytical measurements that are easy agreed upon and far more consistent than the grade 9 drop out grading at the elevator based on visual factors.

[ado089]

I agree somewhat but fus is gradded harder due to DON toxicity. If there is actually no DON then it would be downgraded on more utilitarian purposes. I understand the milling implications of lower uniformity, wrinkled bran and so on but I've seen years where 64lb feed wheat is bought and spun around to the mill. I believe grain should be bought and sold based on its fitness for its intended use. These are analytical measurements that are easy agreed upon and far more consistent than the grade 9 drop out grading at the elevator based on visual factors.

[ado089]

I agree somewhat but fus is gradded harder due to DON toxicity. If there is actually no DON then it would be downgraded on more utilitarian purposes. I understand the milling implications of lower uniformity, wrinkled bran and so on but I've seen years where 64lb feed wheat is bought and spun around to the mill. I believe grain should be bought and sold based on its fitness for its intended use. These are analytical measurements that are easy agreed upon and far more consistent than the grade 9 drop out grading at the elevator based on visual factors.