Ergot is a parasitic fungus that contaminates feed in animal farming. Its toxicity causes vasoconstriction, resulting in impaired growth in mammals, even ...

In a newly released white paper on China-U.S. trade relations, Beijing has directly blamed multiple U.S. shortcomings — ...

Carlo Van Herk, field operations lead at the Farming Smarter Association in Lethbridge, supervised research on the best time to roll cereal crops.

a step that could end disruptions in the purchases of world’s biggest wheat buyer by replacing quarantine officials who rejected several shipments this year for containing the ergot fungus.

China-US Economic and Trade Relations Are Mutually Beneficial and Win-Win in Nature II. The Chinese Side Has Scrupulously Honored the Phase One Economic and Trade Agreement III. The US Side Has Failed ...

Said to be timely because of high levels of ergot last year, the partnership will see grain storage, drying and handling firm MacArthur BDC providing expertise to incorporate Buhler’s Spark Pro ...

Cairo | Reuters — An Egyptian court on Tuesday effectively reinstated a ban on wheat imports containing even trace levels of the common grain fungus ergot, a lawyer who raised the case told Reuters, ...

One exception to this is ergot, a fungus that infects cereal grains such as rye and people who eat contaminated grain can experience ergotism or St. Anthony’s fire. While the infection on the grain ...