Brazilian study quantified mycotoxin levels

A three year survey on commercial wheat grains aimed at quantifying the intensity of Fusarium head blight epidemics related to kernel quality and levels of deoxynivalenol (DON) and nivalenol (NIV). The grain samples were obtained from 38 municipalities throughout the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The results of the survey showed some interesting results, for the first time, the presence of NIV in levels comparable to DON is reported from a multi-year regional epidemiological survey in the country which should be of concern to the small grains industry. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Global Miller, published and supported by the GFMT Magazine and the International Milling Directory from Perendale Publishers.

Brazil's 'agricultural frontier'

It’s the new ‘New Agricultural Frontier’ of Brazil’s Cerrado. In the 1980’s, the state of Mato Grosso was labeled the area of South America with the greatest potential for millions of acres of soybean production. That title has been transferred. Though farmers have produced crops here for ten years, electricity just showed up last year in this town located on a northeastern Brazil plateau, thousands of feet above sea level.

Farmers journeyed here from the southern states of Rio Grande do Sul and Parana. The land-seeking farmers were led here by a cooperative to clear Cerrado land that was priced, at the time, at US$66 per acre. After two years, the coop pulled out but the farm-families stayed. Today, developed land sales for US$1,890,00 per acre. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little The Global Miller, published and supported by the GFMT Magazine from Perendale Publishers.