ABU DHABI - Egypt's Agriculture Ministry sent a letter to traders saying it will allow an ergot fungus tolerance level of 0.05 percent in wheat imports, hoping suppliers will make offers in ...

Sorghum ergot is a fungal disease caused by Claviceps africana and is easily identified by the production of honeydew, a thick, sticky exudate that drips from the infected sorghum heads onto ...

FARGO - North Dakota State University specialists are warning that toxic ergot is showing up in some livestock feed this year. Ergot is a fungus that develops in grasses and cereal grains, especially ...

DASSEL — Ergot, a toxic fungus that grows on grains and grasses such as rye and wheat, definitely has a varied past. It caused hundreds of thousands of deaths around the globe across history, but it ...

DUBAI/PARIS (Reuters) - Egypt has rejected a French wheat shipment for exceeding authorized levels of the grain fungus ergot, sources said on Tuesday, in an echo of problems three years ago over ...

Egypt's health ministry banned wheat with any ergot fungus on Monday, a decision traders said signals the zero tolerance policy that wreaked havoc on the country's grain purchases earlier this year is ...

ABU DHABI/CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's health ministry banned wheat with any ergot fungus on Monday, a decision traders said signals the zero tolerance policy that wreaked havoc on the country's grain ...