Mycotoxin & Crop Report: Drought Conditions Persist [VIDEO]

This week's headlines for Neogen's Monday Mycotoxin & Crop Report for September 12:

1. Drought conditions persist across much of the U.S.
2. Late summer rains benefit topsoil conditions
3. New mycotoxin reports

Weather and harvest updates

The USDA’s September 6 bulletin reports late summer rains in the South-Central U.S. fell too late to be a benefit for a majority of crops.

However, topsoil conditions are improving in many states, providing good planting conditions for fall crops.

Hot, dry weather persists across much of the West and Central Plains.

Favorable dry weather and near average temperatures developed in the Southeast following recent heavy precipitation.

• The wheat harvest advances and fall planting begins
• Winter Wheat is 3% planted — on par with the 5-year average
• 71% of spring wheat acres are harvested — 12 points behind the 5-year average
• Barley acres are 77% harvested — 9 points behind 5-year average
• Oat acres are 90% harvested — 3 points behind the 5-year average
• Corn maturity advances in many parts of the country
• 92% of corn acres are in the dough stage — 1 point behind the 5-year average. 54% are in good to excellent condition, 5 points behind last year

Here are the states with the highest good to excellent ratings, as well as the states with the highest poor to very poor ratings.

• Good to excellent: IL, WI
• Poor to very poor: CO, IN, KS, KY, MO, NE, NC, OH, PA, SD, TN, TX
  

• MI: less than 1.0 ppm
• DE, KS, MD, and VA: 3.0–5.0 ppm
• MA: 5.0–10.0 ppm
  

• AR: 20.0–50.0 ppb
• KS: greater than 300.0 ppb