05/12/12: Stories on US winter wheat, trichothecenes, Texan rice

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• The US winter wheat crop is set to be the worst since 1986 reports Farming UK. Read more...

• Texas rice farmers are approaching financial difficulties as Congress considers whether to agree a new farm bill or extend the old one. The state is the fourth largest rice producer in the US totalling $176 million annually. Read more...

• Do trichothecenes increase the incidences of mastitis and laminitis? asks BIOMIN. Read the article to find out... 

Wheat at the anthesis stage. Face view (left) and side view (right) & Wheat ear at the late milk (Photo credit: Wikipedia)