mentioned below in fuz thread whats "stem Maggot"

[malleefarmer]

Some sort of root disease.
we have 4 main root diseases here take all root rot, cereal cyst nematode, rhizoctonia and root lesion nematode or pratylanchus.

All can be corrected to a degree with crop rotation and tillage methods.

See markets this morning or your evening are bumbling along the bottom haven't broken lower

[farmaholic]

It's the maggots after the crop is in the bin that concern me the most....

Don't know if I could have stooped any lower....sorry.

[Braveheart]

Wheat stem maggot is just that, a maggot. Some kind of fly lays it's eggs around the flag leaf (I think). It's larvae is a maggot that looks just like normal maggots. You see a white/dead wheat head and dead down to where the maggot is. If you tug just right the wheat stem will come out clean where the maggot is. While annoying I don't think it causes huge economic losses.

[malleefarmer]

learn something every day.
Good old aussie expression for a hangover "i feel a bit maggoty this morning"